How to stop being shy at the gym? 5 tips

05 Sep­tem­ber 2016, 16:36

You decid­ed to seri­ous­ly take up the fig­ure, but when you came to the gym, were you shocked by the num­ber of peo­ple involved? Do you feel like every­one is look­ing at you and mak­ing fun of your mis­takes? Are you timid in train­ing and can’t con­cen­trate? We will show you 5 ways to help over­come shy­ness in the gym!

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First of all, you need to learn: the fact that you final­ly decid­ed to vis­it a fit­ness club is already a small vic­to­ry. Yes, per­haps, while your para­me­ters are far from desired, but you, in any case, are try­ing to fix it. Do not scold your­self for extra pounds, but praise your­self for not being inac­tive. Do you think oth­ers laugh or judge you? On the con­trary, they respect your willpow­er. If you are still con­fused, try out our tips in prac­tice.

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Right time

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It is incon­ve­nient even for expe­ri­enced ath­letes to train when the fit­ness club is full. If you do not want to stand in lines at the sim­u­la­tors, try to come at a time when there are few­er peo­ple in the gym. The main influx of stu­dents falls on lunch hours (14:00–16:00) and the end of the work­ing day (18:00–20:00). Are you shy about the stronger sex? Sign up for a fit­ness club that spe­cial­izes in work­outs for women.

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get distracted

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A play­er with your favorite music will not only add vig­or, but also allow you to ignore oth­ers. With head­phones, it will be eas­i­er for you to focus on your own work­load.

Choose a coach

We often see how movie hero­ines train under the guid­ance of sexy pumped-up guys. But if you are embar­rassed in the pres­ence of a hand­some man and can­not con­cen­trate, it is bet­ter to sign up for train­ing with a woman.

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Don’t mess around!

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When you squat, all your thoughts are on con­trol­ling your move­ments and per­form­ing the exer­cise tech­ni­cal­ly cor­rect­ly. But in moments of rest, there is time for all sorts of unpleas­ant thoughts, like: “That lady has a thin­ner waist” or “That guy is clear­ly laugh­ing at me.” Use every break to your advan­tage. For exam­ple, in between sets, you can down­load the press. Or train on a cir­cu­lar basis, when all exer­cis­es are per­formed in one approach with­out rest.

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Find a company

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You will attend train­ing with great enthu­si­asm in the com­pa­ny of one or more girl­friends. Play­ing sports togeth­er is not only fun, but also use­ful: you can con­trol each oth­er’s tech­nique. It will also make it much eas­i­er for you not to obsess over the looks of the peo­ple around you.

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