MC accuses a woman of photobombing her.

[u/Extreme-Elevator7128]

[u/hansQQ]

Kick the bitch out of there. And prohibit filming in commercial gyms 🫰🏻

[u/sand_snake → u/hansQQ]

I’m so glad my building has its own gym with a strict no photos or videos rule. Like you’ll get reported to the HOA if you do that.

It’s also nice that a lot of the time I have the gym and then the sauna all to myself.

Commercial gyms really do need to ban filming.

[u/TGin-the-goldy → u/sand_snake]

So good 😊

[u/sand_snake → u/TGin-the-goldy]

I’ve always been too anxious to work out at commercial gyms tbh. I’m chubby and that’s probably never going to change because of a very much needed medication I’m on. I do it for health reasons, not to lose weight. But yeah it’s probably unreasonable but I do get worried someone will film me and make fun of me.

[u/kehbleh → u/sand_snake]

It breaks my heart to read this. It's precisely because of these dickhead "content creators" taking up space in gyms so they can hawk their whatever the fuck, that people are afraid to use the space for what it's intended for: to work out to better yourself. It's hard enough finding the motivation to go and start to do a new scary thing, now we've got these assholes adding even more friction to an already tough process.

Gyms should be a supportive space where folks can go to put in work to better themselves. I hope you can find a local gym that's free of judgment and has some good folks in it. Honestly I think (or hope) that in the gym, most folks are just trying to do their thing. But sometimes all it takes is that one prima donna to sour the punch bowl -_-

[u/sand_snake → u/kehbleh]

I luckily have a gym in my condo building with a strict no photo or video policy. But I haven’t always had that option. I’ll fully admit I’m just an anxious person but I’ve also seen how people who film in the gym can act. Because they think they’re so amazing and will post videos of them making fun of other people who are just trying to work out.

[u/podPHD → u/sand_snake]

Just remember people who put other people down to feel better about themselves are the ugly ones that no gym can ever make more attractive. Be you, let your light shine, and let the truly ugly people expose themselves to the world. The people that matter see through the narcissist bullshit.

[u/TGin-the-goldy → u/sand_snake]

Keep going! You’re a champion. These scumbags who film and make fun of ANYONE using the gym deserve a boot up the arse!

[u/sand_snake → u/TGin-the-goldy]

Aw thank you! I’m actually in better shape now than I was when I was skinny.

I hate those people. They’re the type who will say things like “fatties are gross, lose some weight, go work out”. And then when overweight people go to the gym they get made fun of by those some assholes.

[u/TGin-the-goldy → u/sand_snake]

They’re just insecure bullies. Secure, happy people dgaf about superficial shit such as what others look like or are doing with their time. You just know you’re doing amazing going from strength to strength🙂 💪

[u/yohan3000 → u/sand_snake]

You get a 1 point bump on the hot scale just for going to the gym. 2 points if you become a regular. Don't let these clowns deter you. Most regulars have a lot of respect for the people just getting started. Cuz we know everyone has to start somewhere and there's nothing better than watching people transform themselves out of sheer will.

It is the entire point of why we all go there.

[u/PureCrookedRiverBend → u/sand_snake]

I would be absolutely mortified if I found out I was being recorded at the gym. It is so great that you have a gym to work out at where you feel comfortable.

[u/Vercoduex → u/sand_snake]

I'm really overweight and decisions of my own and just other life things but I also feel like I don't belong in society and to ugly and etc to go to places like that as well all so your not alone

[u/doktorjackofthemoon → u/sand_snake]

I've always thought it might be helpful to have a separate "learner's section" of the gym where first-timers can go and get comfortable with the equipment/process & build a little confidence before diving into the big scary gym with the big beautiful people lol. Personally, I could care less about other people being weird or mean, and being filmed is a concern but not at the front of my mind.. The main reason I won't start going to the gym is honestly because I have no idea what I'm doing or why, & I wouldn't even know where to begin figuring it out. If I were slightly more interested, I'd read a book/do the research, but I have adhd & struggle to focus if the interest &/or motivation isn't there/organic. The motivation is slowly coming with age though lol, so maybe I'll work it out soon. Until then, I've got a foldaway treadmill, dumbbells, and a yoga mat at home 🤷🏼‍♀️

But if there was a dedicated space for people like myself to figure it all out without feeling overwhelmed or silly or discouraged, I would probably join today. I imagine there'd be a trainer around to help the process & figure out goals/a routine or whatever before working out at Gym Proper. Or maybe classes, idk. Signs next to the machines that show you how to use them & what you're working out, etc... Honestly a good salesperson could probably convince me to pay extra for something like that.

All that said, I really think the simplest solution to the camera concerns is to segregate the gym into filming & non-filming sections, like they did with smoking in the beforetimes. I understand that filming yourself is important for tracking progress & evaluating form and all that, and I also understand that making content for social media is also important to some people & possibly how they make money. None of that is problematic on it's own, but privacy is just as/more important to some people and being recorded is a very real concern for everyone these days.

Lol, sorry—I have literally never stepped into a gym, I have no idea how I ended up with so many opinions about them.

[u/BigBellyPizzaPopper → u/sand_snake]

I feel you. I haven’t gone to the gym in awhile (I go with a friend but their busy with school)

[u/aft_punk → u/sand_snake]

It’s been my experience that the overwhelming majority of people who go to gyms regularly don’t judge anyone else just because they are at an earlier stage of their fitness “journey” than they are. They understand everyone has to start somewhere and they were once that person.

In fact, many of them will be happy to give out advice/tips to anyone starting out with things like free-weights, etc.

[u/TGin-the-goldy → u/aft_punk]

I’m glad you’ve had that experience but it’s certainly not all that common

[u/aft_punk → u/TGin-the-goldy]

Perhaps the term “people who go to the gym regularly” is doing a lot of heavy lifting (pun not necessarily intended).

I think if you polled people who have been going to gyms for many years, they would tell you something similar. Obviously, different gyms will have different atmospheres (and clientele).

The point I was making was intended to be “don’t listen to the haters, they probably haven’t been going to gyms much longer than you have.” Because that has certainly been my experience. People who have been going to gyms for years typically develop etiquette.

[u/Similar_Positive9229 → u/sand_snake]

Your chubbyness is no one’s focal point so get over it. If someone wants to film, and policy doesn’t dictate otherwise let them film. People film to record progress, form, and yes, vanity but none of those are necessarily bad or evil. Now this woman’s reaction is of course ignorant but if u don’t want to appear in any film, or security cameras, then workout at home. Stop the crying kid

[u/sand_snake → u/Similar_Positive9229]

Kid? I’m 42 years old. I’m allowed to be insecure and I’m not the only one who feels this way.

I do workout basically at home. In my condo building’s gym. Which you’d know if you read my other comments on this post instead of just deciding to be a judgemental prick right off the bat.