Men: Best way to approach YOU at the gym.....

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  • cubizzle
    cubizzle Posts: 900 Member
    There is always enough time to stop and appreciate someone appreciating you.
  • 78Octane
    78Octane Posts: 68
    To the OP, maybe none of the choices since your profile says that you are married.

    WTF?
  • There is always enough time to stop and appreciate someone appreciating you.

    And you're right.... However... Depends on how long the person wants to talk for, can't let your body cool off for too long once you get started in your workout.
  • supatim
    supatim Posts: 239 Member
    Strangely enough -when I'm at the gym and working hard - my ummmmm.... well, I am easily aroused. Please don't talk to me - it will be completely awkward and eye opening. :bigsmile:

    lol this exactly.

    Even the mere sight of a female in the gym makes me walk awkwardly.

    sounds like you need to get laid or wack it a little more.


    I could wack it 2 minutes before the gym and this would still happen. It is unavoidable.

    I'm screwed if I forget to wear compression shorts to the gym LOL

    so that's why I see so many guys wearing those?

    possibly, though I doubt most guys are ummm as easily aroused in the gym as me (well, Supatim too lol)

    it happens to us woman too...but with all the sweat you just can' tell.


    We need to workout sometime.... :love:
  • 78Octane
    78Octane Posts: 68
    Turning up my headset and going back to the squat rack.

    exactly

    Same here.
  • MireyGal76
    MireyGal76 Posts: 7,334 Member
    How about... My god, you are insanely attractive... And then walk away.

    Not that I have a gym membership right now...
  • r1ghtpath
    r1ghtpath Posts: 701 Member
    i don't care if people approach me about my tattoos, mine are not self explanatory. i will ask people about theirs when i'm out in public.

    i would be ok if a random guy approached me and offered to spot ME, but not the other way around....... HOWEVER, as i get more confident in the gym, this could change

    i would never do the other two on your list.


    if i had any kind of guts at all about approaching guys period, i would do the 'walk up, smack @ss, and walk away'........
  • mznisaelaine
    mznisaelaine Posts: 2,262 Member
    The new me will definitely just smile, make eye contact, and say hello.

    If the guy is not interested in talking to me back, then that is fine with me. I'm a big girl, I can handle it. :wink:
  • I just make eye contact and give like a smirky smile.....it seems like that gives them the green light. At least that's what has worked for me.


    good to know
  • Trechechus
    Trechechus Posts: 2,819 Member
    There is no wrong way. Just talk to me. If you're attractive, I probably wont even care what you're actually saying.

    :laugh:
  • benich3043
    benich3043 Posts: 252 Member
    If I were available I would not want a lady to approach me at the gym. I smell horribly when I sweat and I sweat profusely. I wonder how my wife puts up with it sometimes. I would not want ot be talking and my breath be firing sweat pellets at an attractive lady. Probably would not be a good way to get a date or make a good first impression. Besides, I am not at the gym to pick up ladies. I am at the gym to be able to pick up ladies everywhere else I go (if I was not married, of course). So I guess I am the gym now so I can keep the lady I already have. Dating is hard LOL.
  • DavetheHYNIC
    DavetheHYNIC Posts: 318 Member
    Now I know the other day this was asked to the women. Well, I'd like to flip it. First off I want to say this is NOT to hit on you. There are regulars I see at my gym all the time for the past 2 years and would like to talk to them. I'm really shy until the ice is broken. haha I'm not good at this. After reading the thread on that previous post I mentioned above, I'm probably viewed as one of those "b!ch faces" and that bothers me. :ohwell: I want to change that. So, here's the scenario:
    If I approached you, (of course at an appropriate time), how would you react if I asked the following:

    A. I'm curious about your tattoos, what is their meaning? (if not self explanatory)
    B. You seem to know lots of lifting exercises and have great form, how long have you been working out?
    C. Would you be able to spot me sometime?
    D. You are the best looking man in this gym and if we lived in Hollywood, you'd be on TV (not hitting on, just paying a compliment :wink: )

    Go!

    It's a coverup of my ex wife name, Patron shots on Bourbon st. Will have you doing stupid ish.

    Since Dec 2010

    No maam I don't loan people I don't know money, but if you want me too help you with the weights just ask.

    Thank-you, I here that often.
  • toots99
    toots99 Posts: 3,794 Member
    Saving to read later...
  • dandaninc
    dandaninc Posts: 392
    There is no wrong way. Just talk to me. If you're attractive, I probably wont even care what you're actually saying.

    BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

    That was aweswome.
  • devodev44
    devodev44 Posts: 50 Member
    You ask him if the two of you can spot each other squatting...mission accomplished.
  • trojanbb
    trojanbb Posts: 1,297 Member
    There is no wrong way. Just talk to me. If you're attractive, I probably wont even care what you're actually saying.

    BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

    That was aweswome.

    haha, it is true though!
  • LonLB
    LonLB Posts: 1,126 Member
    I think my intensity at the gym sometimes scares women off..so I try to give the occasional smile haha. The best way to approach me would definetley be asking for a spot or ask if you are doing a certain exercise right. Men like to have their egos boosted and making them seem like a pro will be a great way to start a conversation

    Me too.

    You have to look around and find SOMEONE to smile at, just so people don't think you are crazy.......
  • [/quote}.. "Hey I just met you"
    "and this is crazy"
    "but I'm doing bench press"
    "so spot me maybe?"
    [/quote]

    So Funny!
  • oregonzoo
    oregonzoo Posts: 4,251 Member
    C. Would you be able to spot me sometime?

    .. "Hey I just met you"
    "and this is crazy"
    "but I'm doing bench press"
    "so spot me maybe?"


    This might be my second big smile of the day. Hysterical.
  • cPT_Helice
    cPT_Helice Posts: 403
    . I also wear my wedding ring to the gym, so me being married and my true intentions will always be put out there.

    ha ha

    you say to some guy you dont know "you are the best looking guy in the gym"? the wedding ring only makes you "safe" and your pick up line are your true intentions...come on

    Agreed!
    And.... to ask a guy for a spot? I would not ask someone to stop their workout to come over and spot me unless i am strong enough to do the same for them. In my mind, it's simply proper gym etiquette.
    I would love to increase my db bench press but i would need a spotter to do it. So, I moved onto bb bench presses for now and will figure something else out when the time comes. I would never just ask a guy to spot me, who, like me, probably wants to get his workout done and get home.
    My advice...... have your husband come to the gym and spot you or hire a trainer.
  • saraann4
    saraann4 Posts: 1,296 Member
    haha! you are funny. . . "not hitting on". . Every one of those is a LINE! Probably used on YOU by dudes!

    This
  • reesa722
    reesa722 Posts: 76
    C. Would you be able to spot me sometime?

    .. "Hey I just met you"
    "and this is crazy"
    "but I'm doing bench press"
    "so spot me maybe?"

    LOL. Win.
  • cPT_Helice
    cPT_Helice Posts: 403
    Strangely enough -when I'm at the gym and working hard - my ummmmm.... well, I am easily aroused. Please don't talk to me - it will be completely awkward and eye opening. :bigsmile:

    lol this exactly.

    Even the mere sight of a female in the gym makes me walk awkwardly.

    Really? Is this common for guys? I am gonna have an interesting time next trip to the gym! LOL
  • Dave198lbs
    Dave198lbs Posts: 8,810 Member
    Strangely enough -when I'm at the gym and working hard - my ummmmm.... well, I am easily aroused. Please don't talk to me - it will be completely awkward and eye opening. :bigsmile:

    lol this exactly.

    Even the mere sight of a female in the gym makes me walk awkwardly.

    Really? Is this common for guys? I am gonna have an interesting time next trip to the gym! LOL

    what gym would that be? ooops...I didnt really just hit on you in a dont hit on me thread did I? uhhh..nope! :wink:
  • tajmel
    tajmel Posts: 401 Member
    C. Would you be able to spot me sometime?

    .. "Hey I just met you"
    "and this is crazy"
    "but I'm doing bench press"
    "so spot me maybe?"

    Hehehe.
  • cPT_Helice
    cPT_Helice Posts: 403
    Strangely enough -when I'm at the gym and working hard - my ummmmm.... well, I am easily aroused. Please don't talk to me - it will be completely awkward and eye opening. :bigsmile:

    lol this exactly.

    Even the mere sight of a female in the gym makes me walk awkwardly.

    Really? Is this common for guys? I am gonna have an interesting time next trip to the gym! LOL

    what gym would that be? ooops...I didnt really just hit on you in a dont hit on me thread did I? uhhh..nope! :wink:

    Naaaaaaah..... hitting on me would have been saying that I should be on television...... no, wait. I'm getting all confused. What approach WOULD constitute hitting on someone? - if I was to be holding my breast when I said that - or maybe yours?

    Nevermind, could you just stop what you're doing and spot me please?
  • slkehl
    slkehl Posts: 3,801 Member


    I was thinking the same thing.....Keeps it all tight, warm, and cradled. I find it's much better to wear loose shorts.


    WTF?! at least it's cradled...im beyond self conscious if it's loose

    So those really work?? I used to wonder if that was why my ex wore compression briefs when he wasn't working out
  • 78Octane
    78Octane Posts: 68
    Strangely enough -when I'm at the gym and working hard - my ummmmm.... well, I am easily aroused. Please don't talk to me - it will be completely awkward and eye opening. :bigsmile:

    lol this exactly.

    Even the mere sight of a female in the gym makes me walk awkwardly.

    Really? Is this common for guys? I am gonna have an interesting time next trip to the gym! LOL

    No, this is not common.
  • 78Octane
    78Octane Posts: 68
    Sounds to me that the OP is not happy for some reason in her marriage and wants attention from another male.
  • SeanSilk
    SeanSilk Posts: 12
    It makes me shake my head and laugh to myself when I see posts like this. There are so many posts out there of women complaining to men that they don't like to be approached that it's engrained in most mens minds not to approach a woman at the gym.

    My best advice: Don't. You'll be seen as desperate and make any man who has morals and self-respect wonder if you like him because he's in shape, or if you like him for him as a person.