There are 4 of us that I would call regulars that are all around the same age. We work out a few feet from eachother, 4-5 times a week. (They dont go weekends) We should be bros, and yet day after day, nobody talks to each other.
Its the same with girls at the gym, I know the great debate over whether to talk to girls at the gym or not but despite being surrounded by people everyone's in their own world
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Bump. I am generally friendly and outgoing, but at the gym I just do my thing with my airpods in 5 times a week. Haven't made any friends there and usually I make friends just about anywhere else organically.
Any advice? Should I lose the airpods for a couple weeks or something?
Bumping my thread? Either way I don't think Airpods make a difference whether you talk to people or not as you could just take them out or put them in transparency mode, I think it just influences how approachable you appear
Dropp a dumbell in someone's foot. Hopefully it breaks it and you start a beautiful friendship because you go to the hospital with him (better if her) and you offer to look after him until he recover
Bump. I am generally friendly and outgoing, but at the gym I just do my thing with my airpods in 5 times a week. Haven't made any friends there and usually I make friends just about anywhere else organically.
Any advice? Should I lose the airpods for a couple weeks or something?
Dropp a dumbell in someone's foot. Hopefully it breaks it and you start a beautiful friendship because you go to the hospital with him (better if her) and you offer to look after him until he recover
you dont
specially not if youre a zoomer holy shit lmao, if you're not a teen it's over >me zoomer >see guys all trying out their 1 rep max on bench >come by to show them how to use the safeties because nobody is actually spotting the lifter >make sure to be friendly and introduce myself and stuff >they were 18-20 >im 22 >look at me like im a pedophile in a kindergarten >try to rescue this situation >"mind if i try?" >bench 2 pl8 to impress them because the 6'6 Black person couldn't even 1rm my regular and they were cheering him on for 160 >"wow of course" >"you're going to hurt yourself ego lifting"
wtf is wrong with them seriously, they have no social skills and are straight hostile to strangers
im just a gymbro trying to make friends because im a loser
if you're not frying their dopamine receptors with tiktok shit they actively despise you
You don't want gym bros, trust me.
Gym pals might be ok, but never give a gym pal your phone number or socials or you run a high risk having some needy gymcel cling to you like you're his mom. Even then gym pals will extend your training sessions by 30 minutes to an hour just to talk about the most mind numbing shit you can imagine.
why not ask someone for a spot? it's silly but it lets you introduce yourself. if you go at the same time you can start saying hello and having slightly longer conversations, maybe transition to a real friendship.
personally i don't really want gym friends. whenever a friend asks me to lift with them i get frustrated that we're moving so slow. sometimes people approach me to say good job with a weight or ask me why im doing a particular variation of a movement, which is nice because it's relatively brief and in good faith. but maybe you could do the same to someone else? see someone bench heavy, go give them props? good luck anon
get a spot on a set with a weight you usually can get 10 reps on, and go for 12 reps instead with their help. that way if you fail you still get a good 10 in and don't feel embarrassed
There are 4 of us that I would call regulars that are all around the same age. We work out a few feet from eachother, 4-5 times a week. (They dont go weekends) We should be bros, and yet day after day, nobody talks to each other.
Its the same with girls at the gym, I know the great debate over whether to talk to girls at the gym or not but despite being surrounded by people everyone's in their own world
Bumping my thread? Either way I don't think Airpods make a difference whether you talk to people or not as you could just take them out or put them in transparency mode, I think it just influences how approachable you appear
Sound advice, any more?
Yeah I'm bumping your thread but why are you giving out advice in a thread you made for asking for advice?
Because I'm asking for similar but different advice
Don't mistake my tone, you're still welcome friend
Bump. I am generally friendly and outgoing, but at the gym I just do my thing with my airpods in 5 times a week. Haven't made any friends there and usually I make friends just about anywhere else organically.
Any advice? Should I lose the airpods for a couple weeks or something?
Don't wear airpods. Say hi to people, make eye contact. Tell someone they got a nice form on a lift or something.
If I don't wear headphones I become conscious of everyone around me and go out of my way to avoid them
Dropp a dumbell in someone's foot. Hopefully it breaks it and you start a beautiful friendship because you go to the hospital with him (better if her) and you offer to look after him until he recover
you dont
specially not if youre a zoomer holy shit lmao, if you're not a teen it's over
>me zoomer
>see guys all trying out their 1 rep max on bench
>come by to show them how to use the safeties because nobody is actually spotting the lifter
>make sure to be friendly and introduce myself and stuff
>they were 18-20
>im 22
>look at me like im a pedophile in a kindergarten
>try to rescue this situation
>"mind if i try?"
>bench 2 pl8 to impress them because the 6'6 Black person couldn't even 1rm my regular and they were cheering him on for 160
>"wow of course"
>"you're going to hurt yourself ego lifting"
wtf is wrong with them seriously, they have no social skills and are straight hostile to strangers
im just a gymbro trying to make friends because im a loser
if you're not frying their dopamine receptors with tiktok shit they actively despise you
I am 25, technically the high end of Gen Z, as much as they're my generation if I see them with cameras, tripods, etc. I turn and walk away
Your probably ugly
*You're
a contraction of the word you and are
You'(a)re.
Your=possession, it's not "my probably" I don't own 'probably'.
Also I was rated a 90% for attractiveness on photofeeler.
>Your
in this rare case the Your guy is actually correct. sorry kid better luck next time
Join a CrossFit gym
meetup.com or other 'net forums dedicated to interests. That's how my autistic ass made all my friends, not even memeing.
However, this here isn't a net forum dedicated to an interest.
What are your interests? I've been meaning to pick up more hobbies but not nerdy or shut in activities
You don't want gym bros, trust me.
Gym pals might be ok, but never give a gym pal your phone number or socials or you run a high risk having some needy gymcel cling to you like you're his mom. Even then gym pals will extend your training sessions by 30 minutes to an hour just to talk about the most mind numbing shit you can imagine.
why not ask someone for a spot? it's silly but it lets you introduce yourself. if you go at the same time you can start saying hello and having slightly longer conversations, maybe transition to a real friendship.
personally i don't really want gym friends. whenever a friend asks me to lift with them i get frustrated that we're moving so slow. sometimes people approach me to say good job with a weight or ask me why im doing a particular variation of a movement, which is nice because it's relatively brief and in good faith. but maybe you could do the same to someone else? see someone bench heavy, go give them props? good luck anon
I get worried about embarrassing myself if I fail the rep, would rather just die
get a spot on a set with a weight you usually can get 10 reps on, and go for 12 reps instead with their help. that way if you fail you still get a good 10 in and don't feel embarrassed