What the fuck am I supposed to do between sets?

I feel so awkward I just sit on the bench looking at my garmin watch timer count down for 3 minutes. Can barely look around because gym usually full and I don't want to look eyes with other people walking around. I feel so awkward bros what do you do?

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  1. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    read something on your phone

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      If you have enough mental capacity to be fricking around on your phone between sets then you're not working hard enough

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        It helps me with relaxation or if I read some emotianal novel etc being physically aroused from lifting makes it so frickin intense

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          Kek I imagine you crying between sets

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            haha sure it never happened haha just imagine haha

  2. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >what do you do?
    I sit down and close my eyes.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      this

      https://i.imgur.com/TVh3tKG.jpg

      I feel so awkward I just sit on the bench looking at my garmin watch timer count down for 3 minutes. Can barely look around because gym usually full and I don't want to look eyes with other people walking around. I feel so awkward bros what do you do?

      get some mindfulness lessons to listen to and learn just count your breaths focussing on what you hear, how your body feels, and how you're breathing, rather than what you're thinking

      u are not awkward

  3. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I stare at other men
    you could cope just by staring at your shoes
    the awkwardness goes away over time

  4. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    General reminder, your waiting time between sets shouldn’t be any longer than 1 minute.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >your waiting time between sets shouldn’t be any longer than 1 minute

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        I’m down to 40 seconds on compound lifts and 20 seconds on isolation, weight stays the same. Lift hard brother!

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          >Lift hard brother!
          Don't bother. Everyone can tell you don't do this.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          >weight stays the same
          This homie improving rest times instead of increasing the weight.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      absolutely wrong

      https://i.imgur.com/TVh3tKG.jpg

      I feel so awkward I just sit on the bench looking at my garmin watch timer count down for 3 minutes. Can barely look around because gym usually full and I don't want to look eyes with other people walking around. I feel so awkward bros what do you do?

      always stand, dont stare at phone, i walk from side to side and check my weights casually. Look around the gym casually, get a sip of water.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous
        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          I change the song im listening to, take a sip of water, then stare at the ground. Once I feel rested to do another set.

          A tip I got from Frank Yang is to count down from 15 seconds after you feel rested enough to do another set. This allows me to do 1 extra reps than if I jumped right into it.

          i walways time my rest oeriods on my phone. If you arent doing this i honestly feel like youre fricking up. Prevent cheating in either direction.

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            Why? I don't take extraordinarily long rests or rush into the next set.

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              Consistency? Do you randomly put weight on the bar never being consistent? Just try it i gurantee you notice a difference with consistent rest periods.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                How long do you set the timer for? Its just recovery between sets seems sort of intuitive, and not something you have to track. But I will give it a try if it has worked for you. Never wanna leave gains on the table.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                As soon as i finish my set i start it on my phone. Based on the excersise the length changes. For bench its 5 mins as im lifting heavy and cutting atm. My heavy back movements after 3 mins. And any accessories 2 mins. I guarantee youll notice a difference.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                Chalk all over his back for a DL?

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                No that's cocaine, it helps him get stimulated

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                >The person never making any real gains, always blaming it all on genetics since "everything is on point"

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >he stops between sets
      ngmi

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      My whole workout is one superset. You are behind

  5. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I usually sit down on a bench and just stare at my hands

  6. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Stare at thots in their tight leggings for test boost

  7. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I pace around like I'm autistic

  8. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    i just look at booties cause god blessed me with eyes

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      The only correct answer

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      god i love her

  9. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I change the song im listening to, take a sip of water, then stare at the ground. Once I feel rested to do another set.

    A tip I got from Frank Yang is to count down from 15 seconds after you feel rested enough to do another set. This allows me to do 1 extra reps than if I jumped right into it.

  10. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    i vibe like an absolute autist to the songs for like 2-3 minutes while i do 180° circles and take like 2-3 steps tbh

  11. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Walk around. I normally walk around 5k steps in the gym not touching the treadmill.

  12. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Why don't you pop over the road and wolf down a BK Italian chicken sandwich?

  13. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Jam to music and pace around while occasionally glancing at the women who come in right after me to check me out and hope I talk to them. Sometimes I smile and wave depending how in the zone I’m in.

  14. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I never thought about it? I guess I'm not as autistic as I thought.

  15. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >not looking at porn between sets
    ngmi

  16. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Read a book. S'what I do. It's fun.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Reading an actual book in the gym is weird af so people will stare. Read it on your phone.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Who gives a frick also I'm homegym master race so I do whatever the frick I want

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          you must be fun at parties

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            You think someone with a home gym gets invited to parties? Lmao

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              Nofriend introvert homegym chads rise

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                Stop romanticezing having no friends

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                I do as I please

  17. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I post nudes on IST

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Should have said I post my nudes on IST

  18. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    kerj off

  19. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I always watch people between sets. Part of the fun of public gyms

  20. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Just chill bro, reflect on your set, think about the next one, think about how this is going compared to your last lift, attune yourself to your body (interoception)

    Nothing awkward about just vibing, life is meant to be lived

  21. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I practice throat singing.

  22. 1 year ago
    Chud Anon

    PLAY Slay the Spire till you get an ascension 20 heart kill

  23. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    shorten your breaks or add more weight
    when I'm at my last sets I barely get to catch my breath before the timer says "next set you fat frick"

  24. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Harrash women.

  25. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >he isn't in a state of zen while lifting
    ngmi

  26. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I fondle my balls

    t. home gym master race

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Only people I know who have a home gym are these extremely social anxiety ones. Going to gym is a great way to socialize for people who find it hard to interact with others and OP seems like one, so don't miss a chance.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Or maybe we just don't wanna wait for some DYEL to get his ass off the bench. And it comes with the added benefit of being able to watch smut on the big screen, can't do that at the gym.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          Just join him at the bench

  27. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    imagine being so maladjusted that you
    >think everyone else is looking at you and judging you at all times
    >that if you so much as look at anyone (who are, remember, constantly surveilling you), you'll get mocked or some sort of dressing down

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      They are. Have talked about this with my friends. We look at everyone, what they look like, any deformities, if they're ugly, how they're dressed, what they're doing, what their form is like, how much they can lift, etc. The "nobody notices you or cares about what you're doing" is bs. We notice everything.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        You and your friends sound like a bunch of homosexuals

  28. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >stand up
    >stretch
    >change the music I'm listening to on my earbuds
    >look around to see what equipment is available
    >lock eyes with gym qts
    >drink water

  29. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I just do my job between sets. I work from home and working out during my 9-5 completely eliminates the time cost of lifting

  30. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >3 minute rest times
    >literally takes this Black person 15+ minutes to do a 5x5 of 1 exercise!
    Ngmi

    Also only correct answer is to close your eye, focus on breath and envision GETTING FRICKING HUGE. You zoomers need go get off the phone

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      If you are doing 5x5 you should be lifting a compound and loading it heavy as frick I which case 3 minutes won't be nearly enough time to rest. Please tell me you aren't doing isolations for five reps

  31. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >that guy who freezes up like a gargoyle between sets
    >doesn't move, doesn't turn his head, doesn't check his phone, just stares in some general direction or to the wall clock

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      That's me, but I tap my foot to the beat of the music or bob my head if it's heavy enough

  32. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Walk around and do semi-stretching to maintain preparedness for next set.

  33. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Am I not waiting long enough? I generally only take the 10-15 seconds to catch my breath between sets. Maybe stretch a bit.

  34. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    What else are u suppose to do during that time

  35. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I don't being any electronics with me to the gym, just an old Casio wrist watch.
    I rest for 3 minutes between sets.
    I just look into a general direction while waiting for that time to pass.
    Sometimes I do deadhangs.
    I write down my exercises and weights for that day in a scrap piece of paper.
    It's a small and friendly gym but people barely talk to me, I'm fairly sure they believe I'm mentally challenged or autistic. I just want to lift, not look at my phone or listen to music.

  36. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Guys I want to strike up a conversation with my gym crush.
    She's very quiet and doesn't really look up to make eye contact with anyone. I've almost never seen her speaking to others.
    I said to myself I was going to speak to her this week, yesterday she was too far away for me to go over to her. Today I bottled it, we were closer but not next to eachother, I needed to ask her for a bench (first time I've acknowledged her) but I didn't have the balls to say any more. I'm thinking of saying something along the lines of
    >You must really like the music in here
    She doesn't wear earphones.
    Then neg myself by after with something like
    >I need my Carly Rae Jepsen to get through a workout.

    Yes this is autism, but let's discuss the best methods for me to make this work.
    How do I get her to look away from her phone/notepad so as I can approach her naturally and strike up some convo. Not trying to get her number day one, just going to talk and see how it goes.

  37. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Superset it with a different exercise, so you barely can catch a breath between sets.

    My gym routine looked like:
    OHP + Squats
    Bench press + Barbell rows
    Deadlifts + Pullups
    Abs + Calf raises
    Bic/Tric isolations + hamstrings

    Although I got drained quite hard after those 3-4 hour sessions, felt like my body lost the energy to run on.

  38. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >doesnt look at pictures of naked women between sets for test boost and performance enhancement
    NGMI. big time.

  39. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    jerk off to boost test

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