Social Anxiety when Exercising in Public

I don't go to the gym since I'm the same way. I walk around my neighborhood, purchased a treadmill from craigslist and do squats, lunges, planks, etc at home. I also prefer this since I don't have to go anywhere and it's convenient. I'm sure the gym has its perks but this works for me.

Buy headphones or something else to block out noises of your own breathing and other people and play your favourite music. Go to gym or out to do whatever you want during times when there are no other people at start. Do things you have to focus on a lot so you won't have time to pay attention to what others are doing. Just make every place you go your own place, make it your own personal time. You aren't there to please others, you are there doing things for yourself

I am the same way. It's scary and I psyche myself out and stay in my comfort zone and then get bored and never go back. I've recently come across the saying, "Do something that scares you every day." So, earlier this week, Ive forced myself to go into the weight room. Yes, it's intimidating, but I just focus on me, my music and my workout. In time, the anxiety will subside.

Wicked_Seraph wrote: »

I used to be the same way... still am, too a degree. I find myself taking out my earbuds every so often if I think I'm breathing too heavily.

At the gym I go to at work, dudes are grunting, panting, "ARGHGHHH" all the time. I don't say anything to do them because tbh I don't care. Realizing that no one cares about my fat *kitten*, either, makes it infinitely easier to just do what I need to do.

Ahh, this sounds just like me. I used to be self conscious at the gym, but the longer I went, the better it got. I ignore the meatheads as I call them, the grunting guys. When I run outside, I've come to realize that no one's really paying attention to me. They're doing their own thing.

Going to the gym at odd hours when there aren't many people has really helped me.