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post 1616138921 09-10-2020, 02:18 PM
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Anyone else hate gym culture IRL yet it's so much of what they consume online?

I'll be honest, I can't stand a lot of "gym" sort of people. A lot of dudes I've met IRL whose entire life revolves around the gym are narcissistic *******s, have huge egos, overly concerned about living up to some hyper masculine ideal, seem to be more likely to believe crackpot conspiracy theories than the average population. I can't stand them. I don't have many friends who are serious lifters.

And yet somehow it's so much of what I consume online. Most YouTubers I watch are fitness related, the "explore" section on my instagram is all fitness and sport related.

I love it but hate it. Anyone else get me?
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post 1616139511 09-10-2020, 02:24 PM
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When I first started lifting in 2012 it was fun. People were cool. But now it’s gay as chit. I moved to a home gym but before the virus I always felt gym culture has become gay as chit and main stream.
post 1616139551 09-10-2020, 02:25 PM
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i do my thing and leave.
post 1616139701 09-10-2020, 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted By GordonXXX⏩
i do my thing and leave.
this

I'm 30 and married. I still lift to stay strong and healthy, but I haven't thought about the "culture" in quite some time.
post 1616143591 09-10-2020, 03:15 PM
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The gym has a lot of narcissists and mental illness in it now days srs

It isn't the same as it was pre 2012

I quit hanging around there in 2014
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post 1616143691 09-10-2020, 03:16 PM
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everyone i met at gym is cool. never experienced any dick heads. but i mostly talk to chicks and their friends are tag alongs but theyre cool. im bigger than most of them tho so they cant really act cocky to me. that may be why i never experienced it
post 1616143841 09-10-2020, 03:18 PM
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I just see so many THOTs with their skin tight pants and know its a trend for plebs.
post 1616143991 09-10-2020, 03:20 PM
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The other type are autistic weirdos who I've spoken to in the gym and they mumble something back that needs translation.
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post 1616144041 09-10-2020, 03:21 PM
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Fitness influencers are cringe but man I do want to build a physique like that for myself.
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post 1616144061 09-10-2020, 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted By GordonXXX⏩
i do my thing and leave.
This. Don’t care about what anyone else is doing.
post 1616144241 09-10-2020, 03:24 PM
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Used to go to a well known hardcore gym in the ghetto. Was great

But moved and now go to even centipanis gym. Sloots everywhere in gym shark with massive camel toes and dudes that think they’re big. Dudes screaming their lungs off during a set of like 4 plate squats. Gotta video every set. Instagram ruined the gym
post 1616144641 09-10-2020, 03:29 PM
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i love the gym and everyone it brings in, one of the few places doctors, lawyers, waiters, janitors, tradies, businessmen all go to the same place to do the same thing
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post 1616144941 09-10-2020, 03:31 PM
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I cringe at gym culture online. Everyone at my gym seems fairly normal. Only cringe when some attention whore strolls in to take photos/videos for their online cringe.
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post 1616145041 09-10-2020, 03:32 PM
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Originally Posted By GordonXXX⏩
i do my thing and leave.
Same.
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post 1616145061 09-10-2020, 03:32 PM
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I mean what kind of gym are we talking about here?

Planet fitness

Or some rusty ass warehouse that literally smells like iron and sweat?

Each gym has its own culture is my point. If you ain't feeling it try another gym. Sooner or later you'll think "this is where it's at"..

If you don't like the vapid egomaniac mentality that's in the air around bodybuilders. Try a power lifting gym, trust me people get an ego check real quick...
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post 1616145551 09-10-2020, 03:37 PM
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Originally Posted By ayyy⏩
i love the gym and everyone it brings in, one of the few places doctors, lawyers, waiters, janitors, tradies, businessmen all go to the same place to do the same thing
This.

IMO, yeah the gym martyrdom can be a bit much. But beyond that it is dope to see people rebuilding themselves physically.
post 1616145681 09-10-2020, 03:38 PM
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lol if you don’t chill at the gym On off days chit chat locker room fight etc
post 1616146151 09-10-2020, 03:44 PM
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You can fix this by separating yourself from the online fitness culture. Its easy to do.
post 1616146281 09-10-2020, 03:46 PM
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the entire bodybuilding/fitness community is a giant cesspool of liars and rampant narcissism. I really don't associate myself with either community
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post 1616146471 09-10-2020, 03:48 PM
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post 1616146571 09-10-2020, 03:49 PM
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I just moved to Southwest Florida from the Bay Area and I see a lot of that here. Bunch of tanned tradie tards who all have shaved heads, the same ****ty arm tattoos, and the bloat physique.

Honestly the sloot gym culture is far worse, they all come in with their most attention seeking outfits and just do burpees and body weight squats. They don't compete in anything, they don't measure up to any real world standards in performance, they just goto the gym to gauge how much attention they can get.

This for example:
post 1616146841 09-10-2020, 03:53 PM
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Originally Posted By Imthebestmayne⏩
Honestly the sloot gym culture is far worse, they all come in with their most attention seeking outfits and just do burpees and body weight squats. They don't compete in anything, they don't measure up to any real world standards in performance, they just goto the gym to gauge how much attention they can get.
The comments though lol. Idiots eat this chit up. Joel is going to slide right into her sugar walls if he keeps this up.

post 1616146991 09-10-2020, 03:55 PM
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Originally Posted By ErnieMccracken⏩
The comments though lol. Idiots eat this chit up. Joel is going to slide right into her sugar walls if he keeps this up.

Are you not inspired?
post 1616147091 09-10-2020, 03:55 PM
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I couldn't stand the whores coming in wearing skin tights bending over in my face doing sexercises out of the whole fukin gym they would do the **** where other people are trying to workout. Its like they follow you around so they can be in your line of sight. Its rude to force people to see intimate parts of your body. It is dangerous because I have to physically close my eyes or face another direction but even then it is distracting when they keep looking at you in the mirror to see if you are looking at them. I workout at home now.
post 1616147451 09-10-2020, 03:59 PM
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Originally Posted By Caeculus⏩
I couldn't stand the whores coming in wearing skin tights bending over in my face doing sexercises out of the whole fukin gym they would do the **** where other people are trying to workout. Its like they follow you around so they can be in your line of sight. Its rude to force people to see intimate parts of your body. It is dangerous because I have to physically close my eyes or face another direction but even then it is distracting when they keep looking at you in the mirror to see if you are looking at them. I workout at home now.
Yeah same. They follow me around and then i have to look down or something so i'm not looking at them and one girl asked me to spot her on squats. I had to say no because i wasn't trying to get reported or kicked out of the gym. I also get hit on by gay older men at the gym.
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post 1616147521 09-10-2020, 04:00 PM
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Originally Posted By SmashinYoungVag⏩
Are you not inspired?
Who the fukk are these people?
post 1616147781 09-10-2020, 04:03 PM
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Originally Posted By Caeculus⏩
I couldn't stand the whores coming in wearing skin tights bending over in my face doing sexercises out of the whole fukin gym they would do the **** where other people are trying to workout. Its like they follow you around so they can be in your line of sight. Its rude to force people to see intimate parts of your body. It is dangerous because I have to physically close my eyes or face another direction but even then it is distracting when they keep looking at you in the mirror to see if you are looking at them. I workout at home now.
Lol bro, how tf you gonna let some bimbo thotties beat you out of your gains?

They're your biggest fans ffs
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post 1616148001 09-10-2020, 04:06 PM
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Originally Posted By eod8989⏩
Yeah same. They follow me around and then i have to look down or something so i'm not looking at them and one girl asked me to spot her on squats. I had to say no because i wasn't trying to get reported or kicked out of the gym. I also get hit on by gay older men at the gym.
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post 1616156871 09-10-2020, 05:42 PM
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Originally Posted By ErnieMccracken⏩
Mirin' my new hoodie? Yeah, you mirin'.

based
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wtf is gym culture?

My gym is filled with geriatric people because I go at 930am.

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