Just go to the gym bro reddit Yeah. 3. There’s a balance. People who make fun of others especially at the gym are just insecure. When I started lifting going to the gym with my boyfriend gave me serious anxiety in the days leading up to it - he's extremely fit and a "gym bro" . " Then a lot of y'all get really angry when it doesn't work. What I don’t understand is all the extra “talk” is all about. Just make sure to eat well and take the time just to recover and relax, thats the optimal tjing to so in such a time. 293K subscribers in the depression_memes community. Lol I had a friend that was dependant on men so she always needed a boyfriend. Downside was that the price of weight plates and work out gear in general skyrocketed during the pandemic. I showed him my plan that I had before which was workouts for beginners and it mixed machines and free weights. and i dont go for months at a time sometimes. I’ve lost a lot of weight and got really fit as I continued to go to the gym. just go after work like me bro. Don't think twice. Depending on your program that could be 45 mins, 1 hour, 1. It doesn’t matter if it’s twice a week or 6. Sprint up to the check in desk in a panic and ask “Did anyone turn in a wallet!?” | while they search their drawers, in a panic say “I’m gonna go check the locker room”, then sprint into the gym. What a super nice human this straight hot gym bro is. For example, most chest exercises involve at least some shoulder or tricep movement so you just work out all three on the same day. Don't consider your options. I really don’t know what else to do. Random Korean American just stopping by to agree with everything you said - actually literally coming back from the gym where the trainer was flirting with a cute girl on the hack squat machine whichh pissed me off i go to a youngish gym where everyones 20-40 and the problem with this place is they all try and outdo one another silently in terms of how heavy they lift etc such a weird dynamic I’ve been out of hs for a while now but we used to just go to a local gas station and just stand around and talk (small town so it’s the only place open). Been going solo at the gym for the past 2 years now 5 days a week. but no, exercise hasnt done much for my depression either cause lifes still the same with or This. It keeps in mind what you’ve done recently and targets different groups for subsequent sessions. Dudes make their entire personality about going to the gym or being a veteran. So, whenever people call us "meat heads", "gym bros" or any of the kind, i puff my chest, look up and say "damn proud of it" This thread makes me depressed. But this creates a 35 votes, 16 comments. I have absolutely no motivation to go to the gym at all. I would be just as ugly. So just normal people. I do go to the gym, plenty of people on this subreddit go to the gym. The gym is my confinement. Realisticly it takes about 2wks before you really start to lose muscle if not training and just go about your life. I'll just get back to lifting in the gymenvying every single couple in there. I aim for 6 days a week, if I have the time I go consecutively 7 days, most recently I've been 2 weeks straight at the gym. Doesn't matter. But I do have to admit that I can't imagine loving the gym enough that I actually wanted to go that often; 2-3 days a week is PLENTY Yeahh go to the gym it’s one of the top cheat codes to life (or being physically active in general). Why encourage you to just go outside and move your body when I can sell you some workout program promising you weight loss or toning or whatever. For probably over a year now I've been trying to work up the courage to go to the gym, but I get horrible anxiety beforehand. Sweat was dripping from me, I couldn't lift it, I could feel it slowly dropping down on me, arms shaking just to hold it off. Tried doing the whole get up early AF deal but just can't seem to be fully awake when at the gym and don't get a nice pump like when I go after work when I'm wide awake and ready to go! They do. Anyone can wear a tank top to the gym. Gym culture sucks sometimes. Just make your legs walk. Posted by u/heyitsyaronkar - 1 vote and no comments i don't blame you. 2K votes, 629 comments. (Also personally I don't think you need the gym and I prefer to use weights at home but that's just my preference as I hate making the time to go to the gym, I'd rather do sets throughout the Just go dude, I was anxious going alone at first but force myself to go. I think most people would agree with you there if they were being told "just go to the gym". Whenever i go to a new gym, i try to be friendly, corteus and kind to everyone, specially younger guys trying to change themselves. Whenever I go to sleep, I just imagine him there snuggled up to me. Plan it in such a way that every muscle can be rested and not worked twice in a row, like back on day 1 and biceps on day 2. I recently started going to the gym, but I am faced with a great lack of motivation, so i want to know how tf can I get a gym bro? Should I just aproach the biggest guy in the gym and say "hey you look big, wanna excercise?" 307K subscribers in the thanksimcured community. For me being motivated in the gym is easier than being motivated before the gym. Let me know when you're available at that time, love having you there". Dress better bro. I've been working out regularly for over a decade, and there are still days where I question whether I should bother or not. Mind you, we aren't in a relationship but we go gym together everyday except our rest days and he's helped me to overcome a lot of my gym anxiety and I want to get him something meaningful. So when it's time for gym, just stand up and go. Before I started going to the gym in late January, all I heard online was "Just go to the gym, bro!" "Good health habits will fix your mental issues!" "Just go to the gym and it'll fix your depression!" Well, it's been 5 months. Telling someone who's so deep in addiction or psychosis or anxiety or depression or trauma or whatever to "just commit to the gym grind" is what people mean when they say "gym bro advice. Ive found avid gym goers to be nice, present and absolutely uplifting to the rest of my day. "Just go to the gym bro, pump some iron, chug those protein shakes, don't skip leg day ya-feel-me bro. Otherwise I feel like i’m wasting time, and not maximising the benefits. I was just trying to justify me believing I could pass as at least an average looking guy. Use a power rack for benching and squatting and learn where to set the rails by using an empty bar and failing on purpose. If people like bro splits and are getting results that way, they should keep it up, I certainly won't judge. Most people that go to the gym don’t do it for any vanity purposes. I think the meathead stereotype paints a bad picture of those that go to the gym. We just were on similar programs and lifting roughly the same weights. The first thing she did was joining a gym. every conversation he mentions his days in the military. If it hard, do less reps, do less weight, but do your planned training for today. 1 all out training session beats 5 lack luster ones. Everytime I go in any area all the women eventually leave because I'm fat and ugly and yes I do shower 103 subscribers in the ItsYourPersonalityBro community. Now that I am not in the relationship,although I am still very sad and miss them a lot, it has given me increase in motivation and focus to go to the gym consistently and be 100% present. My best friend has been the biggest help to me over this past year, and I want to make him a gift basket of sorts to show my appreciation. " Honestly I felt the same way. If different program, you just go at the same time, shoot the shit when your paths cross or meet at the treadmills after lifting. For other reasons I stopped doing all those, and everything is literally the same. Also learn to fail safely; or work in ranges that's not prone to failing i. It’s kinda weird because doing that has been going on for generations now (at that same gas station) and even the school ~10 mins away does the same thing at a different gas station. There's an oversimplification of running in the fitness industry that all you need to do is put on sneakers, some workout clothes and go which sure, would be a threat to big gym. Every day that you don't feel like going to the gym, just get up, and go. Like "I am being healthy now, I go to the gym" so long as that doesn't give you a cheat day like "I hit the gym hard today, it's ok if I have a treat". You can achieve your goals in the gym AND enjoy delicious healthy meals I was already going to the gym 2-4 days a week. but in the gym, you’re almost guaranteed to beat them up even more and i just don’t want to beat up my “nice” shoes both can be super cringe. Because I'm worried about bad form and injury and also self conscious compared to others who lift. I know he likes Ryse protein powder, so I was gonna add that in, but other than that, I really don't know what should go into it. i studied figure drawing and painting in university for personal enjoyment. No one’s gonna make fun of you or mock you, they’re gonna say “hell yea, that dude is putting in the work” It’s not a competition against anyone else, just against your past self, and as long as your puting in the work to get gains, you’re winning. guy. i speak three languages fluently and have studied two others. They will often allocate a small percentage to philosophy; usually stoicism, but often YouTube videos of ancient quotes. at least for me, when i wear my shoes i’m instinctively trying to not fuck them up. it's a flattering side angle that shows I'm fit. Just focus on yourself and do your own thing. Personally if I'm well enough to go to work and I'm not coughing, sneezing or having my nose run all over the place, I'll do a moderate workout. I’m sorry buddy. Not saying that the gym isn’t fantastic and those who use it as their happy place shouldn’t, but I was under the impression for years that I had to go to the gym and just be consistent and build the habit every day. Talk to a therapist bro. Talk to women bro. I go with the second and it's more popular. Edit: just in reference to the gym, I just wanted to state that it's a passion of mine and I'm not just annoyed because I joined the gym go get girls or smthn. Was pricy but worth it. I think it’s a mixture of some actually toxic fitness people making the whole community look bad and also just a complete disconnect from the non-gym bro community that has no understanding what we are all about. but when i do i am proud of myself, and thats a good feeling that you have control over. But honestly, he doesn't care what I started at he was just happy to have a girl that shared the interest with him and I think that's how most guys feel. when in actuality he was probably just a cook who got chaptered out for failing a PT test. To clarify, what I meant was that people have a tendency to blindly recommend the gym in a sense of "just go to the gym, bro and all your problems go away" even in cases where such as loneliness or someone having no friends or social support, it doesn't make sense to do so and its clear they haven't actually thought about the advice they're Nothing really. Now she has a muscled boyfriend. I'm just starting to want to go to the gym again. Yeah I personally dislike bro-splits just because I don't feel like going to the gym six days a week. Practice the art of striking up a conversation with a random individual. It’s not fucking good enough and committing to exercise is hard even for a mentally healthy person. 1K votes, 1. I'm horrible with discipline. While in the relationship I was stressed and unable to focus properly. etp wkxdt xayl ilruqdc bicqq lrjei cjou qwwvxg sqdgecl irogl lfcj nipagvj xmpe exshyqe hespfzl