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

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  • philasaurus_rex
    philasaurus_rex Posts: 2,340 Member
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    Hahaha! Gym is not a bar, but you'll stop you're workout to ask for numbers.
    tuckerrj wrote: »
    Talk as little or as much as you want, then say, "Gotta do my next set...". Then turn around and walk away. Duh! Problem solved.

    Agreed!

  • fat2strongbeth
    fat2strongbeth Posts: 735 Member
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    I'm not anti-social, but I'm at the gym to do a job. I'll say a quick hello if I see friends, but don't stand around talking. Headphones are on and I am 100% focused!
  • ScorpioJack_91
    ScorpioJack_91 Posts: 5,241 Member
    edited March 2015
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    chrisskellinton wrote: »
    That's not the definition of Anti-social.....please see DSM5.

    LOL..I didn't mean literally dude smh. I meant just keeping to yourself. Everyone else got what I meant except for you so......
  • ScorpioJack_91
    ScorpioJack_91 Posts: 5,241 Member
    edited March 2015
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    tuckerrj wrote: »
    Talk as little or as much as you want, then say, "Gotta do my next set...". Then turn around and walk away. Duh! Problem solved.

    Oh gee...you know the answer to EVERYTHING..don't you Wise Bearded One? :P
  • ScorpioJack_91
    ScorpioJack_91 Posts: 5,241 Member
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    philasaurus_rex wrote: »
    Hahaha! Gym is not a bar, but you'll stop you're workout to ask for numbers.
    tuckerrj wrote: »
    Talk as little or as much as you want, then say, "Gotta do my next set...". Then turn around and walk away. Duh! Problem solved.

    Agreed!

    Actually she talked to me first about something I'm not gonna get into..long story short, after talking for about 2-3 minutes, I would her interesting so I asked for her number, she said "I'll think about it". I was like "0_o I guess I got the signals wrong". Oh well.




    Nice try though.
  • Bucky83
    Bucky83 Posts: 1,194 Member
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    I don't go to the gym to socialise. I go to workout!

    Not interested in talking to people when I'm a sweaty mess and out of breath.
  • pechepanda
    pechepanda Posts: 7,939 Member
    edited March 2015
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    I'm an introvert and pretty antisocial to begin with, but I have trouble telling people to leave me alone.
    I switched gyms so people would stop talking to me. It didn't work...
    I'll talk to people if I bring someone to the gym with me, but that's about it, and I don't do that often.
  • Yogi_warrior
    Yogi_warrior Posts: 5,465 Member
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    I don't go to gym, I am busy working out naked at home.
  • Alluminati
    Alluminati Posts: 6,208 Member
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    I'm anti social all the time.
  • WishesOnTheStar
    WishesOnTheStar Posts: 114 Member
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    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.
  • kalin73
    kalin73 Posts: 595 Member
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    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
    lisalsd1 Posts: 1,521 Member
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    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
    ScorpioJack_91 Posts: 5,241 Member
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    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
    ScorpioJack_91 Posts: 5,241 Member
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    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.......

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