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Originally Posted by Wax Frog  You've hit on two of a few reasons I have never gone the gym route (it also doesn't help that HS gym played a major role in my bullying experience). That one's going to take some work and advice. Not the #1 hurdle on my list, but I suppose I must face it eventually. |
I got picked on in school too. For years everywhere I went and saw another guy, I thought that he was going to want to get in a fight with me. I pulled myself out of that mindset.
If you have crap from high school still impacting you today, then there is no time like the present to start messing with that. I don't see why that can't be your first hurdle. Your resistance shows me it's probably a great idea ASAP.
Why not start out small? You don't have to talk to anyone. Everyone is more concerned with what they look like and their work-out. Of course when I started going, I thought everyone was going to be concerned about me and how I looked. News Flash: No one cares.
And I use the weight machines, not the old school weights. I'm not a body-builder, I just want to be toned and have a nice phyzique. Machines are fine for that.
Bottom line is if you want to push past some of the things that have been holding you back, you have to push past some of the things that have been holding you back.
Getting the courage to face my own self-confidence issues and join a gym was a major step for me. That's why I'm egging you on here. I did not want to join the damn gym. I felt stupid, and I thought there would be tough guy meat heads there. None of that was the case.
So I've gone from being afraid of going, to going three times a week, and now I love it so much I'm seriously considering going M-F. I'm getting addicted to it. Better addicted to going out and getting sweaty than staying home right?