Do you workout better when people watch?

onwarddownward
onwarddownward Posts: 1,683 Member
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Yeah. I guess I'm becoming an exercise exhibitionist. I swim for an hour every morning in a hotel pool. Sometimes people at the pool start watching. It might just be to see if I'm going to drown, but it does tend to focus my attention on my form, speed and endurance.

I end up getting a better workout.

Do you like it when people watch?

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  • operation_cute
    operation_cute Posts: 588 Member
    I feel really self concious if someone is watching me workout... but I also hate attention... I'm more likely to screw something up lol
  • fufi04
    fufi04 Posts: 471 Member
    I feel wierd when ppl watch... hence why I workout alone :/
  • Starlightbella
    Starlightbella Posts: 77 Member
    I guess for me it's mixed. When I go to the gym with coworkers I am more likely to workout longer but less likely to try new things that I would attempt if I was on my own. I do like to go with friends however b/c it makes the time fly and it can be fun.
  • FitnessBeverlyHills
    FitnessBeverlyHills Posts: 189
    I think for some it can be very motivational. I tend to like to workout when I know not many people are there, but its mostly because I don't want some sleazy guy staring at my bum while I'm doing squats. I also do Pilates and some of the exercises can be very suggestive, I have to be very aware and make sure my clients privacy is being respected when I'm teaching.

    It's really just personal preference and if that works for you I say be the best exabitionist you can be!!
  • blah2989
    blah2989 Posts: 338 Member
    Yes and no. I mess up on the warm ups If I do mess up, I play it off, but I push myself harder and dont act tired or breathe hard and if I could stop sweating I would, but really Im total ly burning inside LOL! So I stumble more and make stupid mistakes but push hard
  • Stump_Likker
    Stump_Likker Posts: 2,059 Member
    I don't pay attention enough to know if someone is watching me or not. But if someone was watcing me I would be uncomfortable.
  • bernied262
    bernied262 Posts: 882 Member
    i dont like to be watched. Always makes me feel uncomfortable.
  • CountingCaloriesSuxass
    CountingCaloriesSuxass Posts: 387 Member
    I wouldnt say better..but its way more fun to be watched...Always!
  • Booksandbeaches
    Booksandbeaches Posts: 1,791 Member
    I used to care if people watched, but now I can ignore it and get into my exercise zone. When I'm doing cardio, I really don't care if anyone is watching me. When I do weights, I'm more self-conscious, but I know proper form and technique, so if people want to watch, let them. This weekend, a bigger guy at the gym watched me on the assisted pull up machine. I don't know why. Maybe he thought I didn't know how to use the machine, but I do and he eventually looked elsewhere.
  • Trueray
    Trueray Posts: 1,189 Member
    I am usually in a zone so I never notice and I don't care but when I was a fat *kitten* I hated people looking at me and I would hide when I worked out.
  • mkim3138
    mkim3138 Posts: 80
    If a girl is watching I can lift 10 lbs heavier on everything :wink:
  • ravegee
    ravegee Posts: 999 Member
    I hate being watched it makes me really uncomfortable. That's why I bought an elliptical and why I'm going to buy a treadmill too. I'm an awkward person and I dislike going to the gym for that reason.

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