Anon goes to the gym for the first time

Anon experiences human contact outside of highschool for the first time?

Hey, it looks like there’s a lot of people here as miserable as you!

Good for him. Regardless of how people feel about 4chan the users are still people.

Deadlifts are back day exercises and I will not budge off this hill

That’s just your upper upper legs

Every exercise is a back day exercise if you do it wrong enough.

I see you’ve read my workout books and watched the videos.

Don’t have to do leg day if you break your back haha

I’ve been lifting for 25 years now and have concluded that deadlifts can fit on any day.

I lift weights at home (husband accumulated a set of bars and plates and dumbbells before we got together), it’s not my main workout but deadlifts are the only lift I actually honest to God enjoy. And it helps a lot with yoga.

A lot of people start off with them and go hard but even Arnold threw them in at the end of his workout for 10 reps!

Arms are arms, chest is chest, everything else is legs

I use resistance bands and they have pull day and push day, which seems more reasonable

Deadlift is a “deadlift day” exercise

Actually strong people don’t need to belittle others around them to feel stronger.

My experience with people who are really into working out is that they want everyone to be into working out, and want to help you get there. They’re nerds for lifting. They’re excited to get you excited.

Anyone who shit-talks you for not already being great at it is a fucking poser and you should tell them that.

Everyone’s a nerd for something, I firmly believe that.

“Nerds for lifting” I fucking love that and feel that.

Nerds for lifting describes it perfectly. My friend and I used to being a notebook to the gym to track our lifts and sets. It was a vibe and I’ve never been able to match that energy solo.

Same here. The real gym bros will take their time with someone who is not fit because you actually showing up to the gym, to them is a sign you want to work on yourself and they value that.

Not to mention many of them probably have been you; out of shape, showing up to the gym for the first time.

Bouldering gyms are like this too. The best climbers are the ones stopping what they’re doing to cheer for and hype up the beginners. Mostly very wholesome group

Also a handy excuse to give the arms a break!

My brother in law does strongman competitions, lifting hundreds or thousands of pounds at a time. I joked once about how I might be able to lift the bar that you put the weights onto (he said it was about 75lbs) and his response was a very positive “you have to start somewhere”

I had a similar experience with boxing. We all suffer together, and anyone who makes an effort deserves to be helped. Strong bros are nice people.

Years ago, a buddy got me going to his gym so he could show me the ropes. He’d been lifting most of his life and I really trusted him. It was the sort of gym where people go to do serious work. A lifter’s lifting gym. Everyone there looked so serious and were pressing so much weight. I have never been that sort.

But they were all incredibly kind to me. Helped me when they thought I needed it. Never in a demeaning way. Any bad vibes I got from them was pretty much on me.

Those were really cool times. The gym would shut down about two years later and I haven’t really gone to a gym since.

Damn. Yeah a close friend I know has been taking me to the gym whenever he’s free so it’s nice to get out with him every once in a while. Gym guys are pretty nice.

My first night at karate class was the very same.

Senpai Brown, wherever you are, thank you. Also, cool 55 Chevy delivery truck.

When I was a teenager my friend tried to get me to join an MMA gym. Said his two friends went and the instructor wanted to show them something about defending your self properly so he knocked them both out one after the other. (Like that was the plan. See how bad you are at fighting).

I didn’t join that gym.

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