When You Go To the Gym, Do You Become Antisocial like Me??? (Read)

kalin73

Yeah, I go to the gym, I like to get my stuff done and then leave. I have a trainer and even he doesn't talk to me as much. I'm very focused and when I'm done I'm like, "ok am I good, can I leave now?"

lisalsd1

I don't talk to people most of the time (other than quick chit chat in the locker room) mostly because I get extremely distracted by the chatting. I've been going to the same gym for 3+ years in a relatively small town, so I know quite a few people at the gym...but once I leave the locker room, I don't have time to talk. Plus, I'm married...that's why I ignored the weird guy (on the treadmill next to me) trying to start a conversation.

ScorpioJack_91

WishesOnTheStar wrote: »

BlackScorpio91 wrote: »

When you go to the gym, after taking your preworkout and you're hyped up and when you're listening to your music on your phone or IPod, you become even more hyped up and when you get to your first machine or free weight of the day, you take it on like a gym savage. You're in such a badass mood that you don't want to talk to anyone or that no one else exists in your badass world of badassery.

What I'm trying to say is: doesn't everyone else get antisocial like me while at the gym??? I'm willing to talk to people for 2 minutes between my sets and give advice if they want me to or help spot them but for the love of God...please don't talk to me for 5-15 minutes at a time. No offense but I don't want to hear your whole life story. I don't care. Only a few exceptions were a guy I knew from high school, a couple of my friends and a woman that worked at the gym I go that I asked for her number one time.

As far as I'm concerned, the gym is not a bar, it's a place to make gains. It's gotten to the point where I had to tell several people; men and women, that I was going back to my workout and to talk to me later in a non-*kitten* way. Anyone else had experiences like these?

Exactly like this. Once the focus kicks in, don't like things that break it. Headphones in. Close my eyes or staring at a point on the floor between sets. Occasionally glance around the gym. People might think im crazy or high or antisocial, don't care.

This man gets it!

ScorpioJack_91

lisalsd1 wrote: »

I don't talk to people most of the time (other than quick chit chat in the locker room) mostly because I get extremely distracted by the chatting. I've been going to the same gym for 3+ years in a relatively small town, so I know quite a few people at the gym...but once I leave the locker room, I don't have time to talk. Plus, I'm married...that's why I ignored the weird guy (on the treadmill next to me) trying to start a conversation.

Oh I hate it when someone tries to start conversations when you're on the treadmill...especially with earphones on. You will think they would get the clue of the two things in your ears.......