Why do some guys pace at the gym?
Everytime im at the gym the same guys, who look to be in their 30's pace around. They lift heavy and looks pissed off for no reason. They walk circuits of the gym between sets.
They never speak to anyone and they look a million miles away, earphones in.
Always perfectly polite when they interact but its like they are behind a wall of aggression and they ignore everyone around them. It creates a really tense atmosphere.
Is that weird of them or am i being the butthole for thinking they are creepy?
Hey Redd!t, AITA for thinking they are creepy?
Some people are just in the gym to work out and not be social. They are pacing around to keep their heart-rate up and space out sets evenly without having to time it. Yes you are being an butthole for caring. They dont give a frick about you and that bothers you because you think you are worth their attention. Seriously frick you.
they have their own concerns, mind yours.
If they are polite when you interact with them then what exactly are you complaining about? They sound like bros tbqh. they dont owe you shit
Im complaining because they are taking it all so seriously.
It creates a really weird vibe to have a few guys pacing around looking furious and dripping sweat
Its like, calm down boomer.
Have you ever considered talking to them?
Nooooo, they look like they are about to attack someone.
FFs its called being focused.
Kids these days totally lack the mental aspect of training
>creates a really weird vibe
Get the frick off my board, woman
>Im complaining because they are taking it all so seriously
man these zoomers are getting to me and i might snap one in half irl fr fr no cap
>imagine being so insecure that you get triggered by dudes that have absolutely nothing against you because they walk around the gym after sets
seethe more you 80 lbs zoomer twig insecure fricking incel lmao
>vibe
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lifting heavy requires mental focus
it is theorized that one of the main contributors to fatigue from doing ball crushing 1-3 rep sets isn't wear on the physical structures completing the lift, but the mental arousal needed before and during the lift
I'm nearly 40, and this is pretty much me. Your body starts to deteriorate in weird ways as you age. For whatever reason, the lower half of my body from my feet to my knees to my hips and lower back get really stiff and start to hurt after standing still for just a few seconds. And so I have to keep moving. I'm also a suicidally depressed incel with severe social anxiety, and so I try to pretend that other people don't exist because I don't want to creep them out by looking at them. Simple as.
53 yo old gay here. I walk around the gym between sets because if I sit or stand I start to stiffen up too. A little bit of walking keeps the blood flowing and oxydenated for the next set. Not doing so w a pissed off face, though. In fact, I usually stop and chit chat people for a few mins. Yeah, Im THAT GUY at the gym. I try to read people's signals, though and dont bother anyone who doesnt want to talk.
do you have a 20 year old wife like fit says? I assume you are planning on children about 7 years from now so your wife should be roughly 13
If you're on this site past 25 you need to have a nice day
I do this, its mostly about preparing for the next set and catching a breath. I have an hour or so a day when i just get to zone out and train. I honestly am not thinking about anyone else when im in the gym. I dont know why anyone would be thinking about me. Let me do my thing.
Leave me be. You can talk to someone else.
like, would you shout at me if i interrupted you?
Because you look psycho
No. I would respond to whatever you want and then go back to my workout. Im not there to be your friend and its not my fault if you cant keep your mind on your own damn business....Im not stopping you from doing you. Do not attempt to stop me from doing me. Deal?
No deal.
Why is there a table near the front desk at my gym with roughly the same group of boomers sitting around it whenever I enter or leave ?
Holy frick my heart skipped a beat reading this. You described me with a pin point accuracy, although I'm 29.
However I find your deduction weird. What makes them creepy? You literally just said that they are perfectly polite, mind their own business, look million miles away (so not staring and creeping at anyone) with earphones in. Seems like the most normal thing to do? Boomers just doing their workout, and then fricking off. What should they do? I mean they probably have been lifting for 10-15 years, they are financially, socially and mentally in a completely different setting than a 19-20 yo broccoli.
Me personally? I have lifted 12 years. I lift heavy and looked pissed off but I don't look pissed off no reason. I look pissed off because I fricking lift heavy. I cannot have a good workout if I'm running my mouth and listening to some Black person rap, it's not fun benching, squatting, ohping, or deadlifting a weight that can kill you. And after my set I'm so fricking done that I have to catch my breath, it would literally be impossible to start smiling and chitchatting. No I don't think I'm cool or going to war, I'm just stating what it is. I have earphones in cause I'm listening to my own music, I feel like nearly 99% of people do this. I'm polite when interacting and I generally ignore everyone else, because why not? I say hello to regulars that I have been seeing for years after years but I would find it more creepy if I started smiling and chatting to underaged girls.
Ignore the tot.
Self centered Kids think everything is a social display for their benefit. They have no concept of what it is to not be doing things to look a certain way. I blame social media. Normal people probably appreciate that you are not analyzing or bothering anyone.
Why do you need me to act like you? people are different grow the frick up.
>I look pissed off because I fricking lift heavy.
This. The heavier the weights are, the more your brain and body need to respond to it, and the only way to lift heavy weights is to give your absolute meanest animalistic pure force generating self. Yeah, if you just lifted 200+ pounds of weight, you're going to be emotionally elevated.
It's basically what
anon said, you're turning on the sympathetic nervous system. You're turning on the fight response, and it doesn't magically just turn off the second you let go of the weight.
I wouldn't take OP that seriously bro. He sounds like a homosexual.
You work out at my gym.
You are describing me.
I’ve seen guys like this before. They also tend to use the water fountain which is odd
Because after a hard set I'm fricking tired, so I sit down. Then after I sit down I'm slightly less tired but still too tired to commence a set, but I'm conscious about resting for too long so I get restless and start pacing, which gets me psyched up to commence a new one set asap.
This is the answer.
Op take note how nowhere did this explanation reference you or anyone else. You are irrelevant to their lives as they should be irrelevant to you.
rent free
cause frick you homie that's why
cns on fire after 415 triple deadlift you think I can stand still?
You're describing me perfectly. Make eye contact and nod at me and I'd be happy to chat, otherwise, I'm staying in the zone. I'm a manlet, lifting heavy takes a lot of fricking focus for me, I'm usually not looking to break it.
I flirt with all the zoomer prostitutes when I see them, believe me, I'm happy to talk, but I'm not going to pretend to be having a good time when I'm working out, cause I'm not. I'm working hard.
I'M JUST GETTING MENTALLY PUMPED FOR MY NEXT SET MIND YOUR BUSINESS YOU BROCCOLLI HAIRED homosexual
kid what the hell are you thinking so much about this for?....im happy to talk to you but its not why i am there
I don't want to stand still or use my phone between sets so I pace.
Im just enjoying my tunes. Go frick yourself. Make friends with someone else
Literally who gives a shit I thought this was the norm for a serious lifter lifting intensely requires intensity
I do this, because walking around somehow feels better for my heart rate and makes me ready for my next set faster.
Like, after a heavy set, I don't want to just stay there on the bench, I just exerted myself, why would I go 100 to 0?
My face just looks angry I’m actually really friendly
Ditto. I get that i probably look annoyed but im really not thinking about it like that. Im pushing myself....as you are supposed to in the gym
I bet your the kind of person who films themself at the gym and posts it on social to show people how disciplined you are. Also the girls at the gym probably thing youre a fricking freak for looking at them all the time with that stupid look on your face.
Aww did i hit a nerve? you are so angry you cant even spell.
Most people chill out and talk and have fun, they dont have to get into "the zone" because their personality is all tied up in being intense and angry
Calm down old man you'll give yourself a heart attack. Learn to enjoy life
Nobody is impressed by how hardcore you are.
There you go again....Your frame of reference is always external. Imagine for a moment...doing something...without thinking about how it looks to other people. Seriously kid you are a fricking basket case.
this is such a weird thing to a) think about and b) think about so much you need to make a thread
kys
I look angry because im doing something i find challenging
meditating between sets is useful for more gains. It helps turn off the sympathetic nervous system so you don't burn out, and being able to switch between the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems is insanely beneficial for everyday life.
ok, femanon here
i am super insecure at the gym cos im a bit chubby still
the guys who are totally ignoring me are a godsend.
Get the FRICK out of my gym chubbers, only fit women are allowed
trying to get fit anon, im trying.
come back when you are acceptable
When im fit you can stare at me all you like
but when you try to talk to me i will laugh at you and you will be too afraid to every talk to anyone else
it will scar you
Sure you will fatso
What kind of a girl are you? Male or female?
Don’t worry high test males are into chubby girls with a big ass, I bet guys in the gym want to frick you anyway
pacing to stay warmed up but give the heart a rest. mis perceived aggression/threat is an anxiety disorder. please stop posting
Looking all intense and covered in sweat is not misperceived as aggression.
It is aggression, again, nobody is impressed by how hardcore you are
It's a gym are you not supposed to be sweaty
Jesus christ. Yes its aggression but it has nothing to do with you. Can you honestly not see how all your thoughts are framed in terms of how you look to others. Thats really weird.
what are you even talking about?
Normal people can be part of a group and not have some weird compulsion to be all angry and intense while doing something they say they enjoy.
We see you and we are not impressed. we feel bad for how uncomfortable you look even if it is annoying to have crazy people around
You probably think you are a fricking monk or something
Kid. By all means come up and talk to me. You will learn.
And i appreciate that not all people are there to be seen.
This thread simultaneously makes me hate humanity and gives me comfort that so many people have their heads on straight.
>am i being the butthole for thinking they are creepy?
Yes.
Other people don't exist to entertain you, you fricking zoomer.
I do it to get my steps in while im at the gym. My work forces me to be sedentary
oh oh oh frick oh frick hes describing me god damn it why, i thought nobody noticed!!
I can't speak for anyone else, but I pace because I'm adrenalized and it helps me calm down, catch my breath, and think. And yeah, I'm not gonna walk around the gym with a dumb grin on my face just to placate some random idiot like you, OP. But I will be polite when interacting with someone because I'm not a psychopath. Sounds like you just can't handle people who aren't fake nice 24/7. Why are you afraid of the full range of human emotions?
Tihs is also me. But I don't pace unless with certain exercises or to get water between sets. I listen to music 50% of the time. Though I use balanced IEM's with a weird cable and a DAP which probably makes me look ancient. I still think I look cooler for refusing to use wireless IEM's. Though the cable is starting to get in the way and am afraid to break it and have already looked at bluetooth receivers with MMCX connectors lmao.
I kinda do this and it's just because I'm being intense but also trying to be polite to other people and stick to my personal space.
caffeine
What are you supposed to do between sets? Stare at a glowing rectangle like you?
I am this description 100%.
the thing is mate, being on the other end of this interaction on a regular basis, I am not at the gym to make other people feel comfortable. I'm there to lift. If you feel uncomfortable because I'm not smiling and chit chatting with everyone who awkwardly avoids my eye contact that's not my fault. you reach a point where you can feel people avoiding your eye contact. When you lift people don't come up and ask how many sets nearly as much etc. and it really doesn't take being much stronger to reach that point.
not to sound cringe but I personally pace because lifting gives me power. I obviously feel at my strongest and most pumped when I'm in a good session. It makes me feel confident and aggressive. That does not equate to hostile and violent. If I could feel the way I do in the gym and an hour or so after all the time I would be an absolute monster (in a good way). I assume that's why people do steroids. These are likely just other older guys who've been through more shit in life than you having their brief escape from the bullshit outside. They're likely more down to earth than a lot of the younger guys who chit chat with you and feel they're your competition. Be young, compete with your peers, make friends at the gym. I'm just past that. Even so I'm rooting for you young guys to train hard. Probably more so than your friendly peers who chat but want to mog you
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Do you know that after a sprint you shouldn't stop abruptly, but gradually slow down? It's the same after a heavy set. Pacing helps gradually bring the heart rate down and keeps your body circulating oxygen.
It's funny because I have the exact opposite problem at the gym OP. I saw a guy dancing in the gym and it pissed me off. I've been trying to tap into my anger to push myself harder. I've hit a wall after lifting for over 10 years. I try to pour every ounce of negativity into my lifts and channel it. And then there's people that are smiling and having a good time. I guess it's fair, because these people have made zero progress in the year I've seen them here.
The gym is supposed to be for pushing yourself. Fighting your inner demons and shit. Feeling like you're not good enough. How are these fricking people smiling and having a good time and barely trying?