Embarrassing moments at the gym

The vast majority of embarrassing moments in the gym are not essentially because you have made any unforgivable mistakes. Half of them are due to being unprepared and stepping on the pitfalls of practical training, and the other half are self-inflicted by being overly concerned about other people's opinions - after all, the people present are either staring at their own set count and panting like bellows, or they are so exhausted that they can't even care about managing their own expressions. No one really takes your little mistakes to heart.

Last week, I squatted my legs to 70kg. I couldn't stabilize the last eccentric. As soon as I sat down, I let out a fart that resounded in half of the free weight zone. The three deadlifting guys around me paused for half a second. My face instantly burned to the roots of my ears. I wanted to buckle the barbell on my head and become invisible on the spot. As a result, the strongest guy turned around and gave me a thumbs up in the next second: "The core is very tight. The last time I squatted at 80, I was so lean that I was embarrassed to say it." ”

You see, different people deal with the same physical embarrassment in completely different ways: When friends from the sociophobic faction encounter this kind of situation, most of them will pretend that nothing happened, hold their waist and slowly move to the water fountain to hide for ten minutes, and then sneak back after the limelight has passed.； The Sheniu faction laughed twice and then said, "This is not for everyone's pre-practice fun," and turned around to add more movies without any delay. To put it bluntly, as long as you are not embarrassed, others will be embarrassed - this is really not chicken soup. I asked the older brothers later, and they turned around and forgot about it, just calculating their own deadlift weight.

There is another type of embarrassment that is purely a pitfall caused by a novice who has not done enough homework. A while ago, I took Fa Xiaoqian, who was entering the gym for the first time, and he felt strange when he saw the Smith rack. When adjusting the height, the safety pin was not engaged, and when he was doing chest presses, the bar was not stable and hit the chest protector. The whole rack shook with a loud sound, and everyone around him subconsciously looked over. He was frozen on the stool and refused to get up even after saying "I'm sorry, sorry." I pulled him for a long time, saying that he felt like everyone in the gym was laughing at him.

Regarding this situation, there have always been two completely different views in the fitness circle: one group thinks that it is natural for novices to ask questions if they don’t understand. It is not shameful even to ask the tour instructor how to adjust the equipment for ten minutes. It is better than getting injured if the movement is wrong.； The other group feels that many trainers in gyms now sell classes as soon as they come in. They don’t want to be entangled and would rather figure it out on their own, even if they try twice more, they don’t want to speak. In fact, there is nothing wrong with both options. If you really can't get it right, you can probably understand it by watching two one-minute short equipment instruction videos in advance. No one will make fun of you as a novice - everyone has come from the stage where you don't even know how to change dumbbell plates. Who hasn't stepped on a few pitfalls?

I also encountered something even more outrageous. Last month, I wore an old quick-drying shirt that had been washed nearly ten times to practice high pull-downs. When I raised my hand, it tore directly from the armpit to my waist. I was completely frozen on the pull-down bar, and I didn't dare to move. Fortunately, the sister who practiced buttocks next to me handed me a spare jacket of hers. She also laughed and said that her leggings fell apart when she was doing heavy glute bridge exercises last week. At that time, she sat on a yoga mat for 20 minutes waiting for a friend to send her pants, which was ten times worse than me.

I used to always feel that when I go to the gym, I have to wear a full set of professional equipment, have standard movements, and use the right force. Otherwise, doing anything will feel like a public execution. When I get embarrassed, I feel like the lights in the entire gym are focused on my head, like a thief who has been caught. After three years in the gym, I discovered that no one is really staring at you: when you do deadlifts, your expression is so hideous that your mouth is crooked, and people are probably just thinking about how much weight you need to add for the next set. ； You didn't move correctly and swayed for a few times. You thought the bosses around you were looking down on you. In fact, the boss had just finished lifting your legs and wanted to remind you to change your movements to avoid hurting your waist. As a result, you ran away with a blushing face.

Really, I’ve seen people squatting until they cried, I’ve seen people step on the treadmill and fall off, I’ve seen people lift dumbbells until they hit their feet and jump so high, I’ve even seen people doing burpees throw their glasses off and roll to the feet of the coach. These embarrassing moments that seemed like they wanted to die on the spot, no one will remember them for at most three days. The next time you encounter an embarrassing moment, wear noise-canceling headphones and turn up the music loudly. If you really can’t help but look up and look at yourself in the mirror - you look much better when you are sweating profusely than when you are struggling to be embarrassed. There are so many viewers, everyone is very busy.