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Anonymous No.76517933 >>76517939 >>76517949 >>76517951 >>76517968 >>76517981 >>76517984 >>76517986 >>76517988 >>76517994 >>76517996 >>76518041 >>76518069 >>76518280 >>76518374 >>76518461 >>76518617 >>76518679 >>76518776 >>76519491 >>76519637 >>76520175 >>76520680 >>76520789 >>76520998 >>76522751 >>76522937 >>76522978 >>76523053 >>76523087 >>76523586 >>76523965 >>76523976 >>76523989 >>76524475 >>76524520 >>76525206 >>76526225 >>76526365 >>76526949 >>76527034
how do you get the courage to actually go to a gym when you can barely bench the bar?

i can't imagine walking into a gym to bench the smallest plates while everyone laughs
Anonymous No.76517939 >>76517945 >>76517994 >>76524475
>>76517933 (OP)
Go to the gym in the middle of the night, when hardly anyone is there.
Do pushups at home.
Go with a friend.
Get a trainer.
Just go anyway and try to ignore everyone.
Anonymous No.76517945 >>76517995 >>76518053 >>76525172
>>76517939
middle of the night is the only option here since i have zero friends and there's no way to practice squatting and deadlifting at home with body weight
Anonymous No.76517949
>>76517933 (OP)
I started working night shift and even when i was a NEET the only time id go to the gym in peak hours is with friends
Everyone from 9am to 4pm is a 30-60yo who cant bench the bar or press the 5kg dumbbells and gives up 2 sets in before heading to machines then into those recumbent bycicle things
I've only seen an oldfag with a missing leg who spams bench and rows but im not sure where he's at it in terms of weight
There's also kids but they're usually not that bad compared to their weight
Anonymous No.76517951 >>76517960 >>76517967 >>76518001 >>76518286 >>76518356 >>76518725 >>76518750 >>76518811 >>76520845 >>76522725 >>76523103
>>76517933 (OP)
No untrained male can barely bench the bar
Even my wife and her friend were able to bench more than just bar one their first try when i was teaching them bench and they’re women
Anonymous No.76517960 >>76517975
>>76517951
the bar looks even more ridiculous with just 2.5kg or small plates
Anonymous No.76517961 >>76517975
because, within a month, if you bench twice a week, and you increase the weight every time (you will) you'll bench the bar with half plates, and within 2-3 months you can bench the bar+1 plate either side
stop being a pussy and suck it up for 1-3 months. pussy.
Anonymous No.76517967 >>76523112
>>76517951
It's absolutely possible actually. Just be a fucking nerd who hasn't lifted anything heavier than a 2L bottle of soda since graduating high school. Ask me how I know. The other anon is right though, do pushups at home first.
Anonymous No.76517968 >>76519522
>>76517933 (OP)
>how do you get the courage to actually go to a gym when you can barely bench the bar?

Everybody started small, also why would you care what people think. If you're rich buy a home gym.
Anonymous No.76517971 >>76518151
No-one cares what you're lifting. The only time I'd even notice is if someone huge is doing light weights and I suspect fraud.

Even then you don't know if they're just doing a drop set or warming up.
Anonymous No.76517975
>>76517960
It doesn’t to me.
Besides I can already see someone is weak at bench just by looking at their muscles so just suck it up and go like >>76517961 says
Anonymous No.76517981
>>76517933 (OP)
No one cares what you can/can't lift at the gym, retard.
Anonymous No.76517984
>>76517933 (OP)
I started as someone who only benched the bar. The only way to bench more than the bar is to bench the bar first. Gymbros are generally more supportive than you think they are. When I was a beginner, i was doing empty bar overhead presses with retarded technique (arched back, smith machine) and was squatting low weights on my toes. I wasn’t laughed at, they just came to help correct my form.

If you really are too much of a puss, start by doing daily push-ups at home for a month. Do one or two more each day until you can get to ~40, I guarantee you can do a 50kg bench if you can do 40 push-ups.
Anonymous No.76517986
>>76517933 (OP)
>how do you get the courage to actually go to a gym when you can barely bench the bar?
There are women only gyms, you know? And benching just the bar is indeed pretty weak for a girl but otoh it's not totally unheard of either, so why do you think the other chicks will laugh at you?
Anonymous No.76517988
>>76517933 (OP)

Because you will be benching more than that within 2 weeks at that level, progress is very quick
Anonymous No.76517992 >>76518151
when you are this weak you won't be ridiculed. to everyone you're like a retarded dog just trying to not stumble, there's no competition or threat
Anonymous No.76517994
>>76517933 (OP)
>i can't imagine walking into a gym to bench the smallest plates while everyone laughs
depends on the gym
mine has mostly old people
they only use very light weights

it's not very assuring that some 70yo lifts more than you
but at least no one cared when I started with an empty bar / small weights as well

>>76517939
>Do pushups at home.
when I started I couldn't even do a single real pushup
Anonymous No.76517995
>>76517945
Then do that.
Anonymous No.76517996
>>76517933 (OP)
>the whole aorld revolves around me
You're not that fat are you?
Anonymous No.76518001 >>76518006 >>76520431 >>76520855
>>76517951
I have a friend who can barely curl 1kg dumbbells and definitely could not bench the bar. All he does is play dota. It's definitely possible, although it is weird because I only used to play videogames up until the age of about 23 and I started with a 40kg bench.
Anonymous No.76518006 >>76519008
>>76518001
>It's definitely possible
Nah, I don't buy it.
Anonymous No.76518019 >>76522953
I bench the bar every time I start for positioning and stretching. Sure i load it afterwards and work up to 2.25pl8 for 5 but anyone passing would see me benching it alone. I don't care, they don't care. Caring about that sort of thing is 100% female or brown and they're fated to never make it anyway.
Anonymous No.76518036 >>76518047
My nephew benched the bar when he was like 7 years old
Anonymous No.76518041 >>76518151 >>76518264
>>76517933 (OP)
I've seen people bench the bar, no one cares.
There was one time that I was benching and someone told me "Are you going to lift that?" and didn't explain and I kinda got flustered because I thought he was mocking me for lifting 80kgs, which was my pb at the time, but he explained that the weight was uneven and my dumb retard of a spotter had loaded more weight on one end causing me to lift 5kgs more on one side.
Anyway, no one cares and if someone does come up to you, listen to them, thank them and do what you decide to do.
Anonymous No.76518047
>>76518036
Did you fuck him afterwards?
Anonymous No.76518053
>>76517945
Anonymous No.76518069
>>76517933 (OP)
the smelliest ugliest jeet will bench with 5 pound plates and nobody laughs in the gym, just lock in bro
Anonymous No.76518151 >>76518160 >>76518264
>>76518041
>>76517992
>>76517971
>no one cares
except these guys >>76511555
Anonymous No.76518160 >>76518264
>>76518151
It's a meme, it's like the red shirt guy in the squat rack looking at the camera and anons pretending he's doing something wrong.
The ones taking that shit seriously are newfags that believe everything is serious business on 4chan and perpetuate the retard cycle.
Anonymous No.76518178
If anyone has a problem with you benching the bar, then that is their problem, not yours. Do whatever you want as long as it isn’t dangerous or impacting someone else’s workout.
Anonymous No.76518264 >>76518275
>>76518041
>>76518151
>>76518160
I actually like to fuck with dyels, shit is entertaining
>come to their bench or power rack even if there're other empty benches/racks avaliable
>angrily ask how many sets they have left
>after they answer, stand near and stare uncomfortably until they finish
Usually they only do 1 more set and run away. Two guys literally finished immediately after i asked kek
Anonymous No.76518275 >>76518285
>>76518264
schizo fantasies. you've never set foot in a gym
Anonymous No.76518280
>>76517933 (OP)
No one cares except maybe weirdos. There are plenty of fatsos, DYELs and old people at my gym. You will fit in with everyone trying to improve themselves.
Anonymous No.76518285
>>76518275
How many sets left bro?
Anonymous No.76518286
>>76517951
When I started lifting I had trouble getting just the bar up for 10 reps. I started doing multiple sets of only the bar and moved my way up like that. I still don't press a lot, but it has gotten better.
I was also training with a jacked dude that didn't make fun of me for having trouble with only the bar, he enjoyed teaching me and is proud to see how far I've gotten. The world is not all evil. Be happy and uplifting and the world around you will be too.
Anonymous No.76518356 >>76518370
>>76517951

I fasted (48-72hr rolling fasts) from >430lbs down to 170lbs at 6' 3", did not exercise except for walking and biking. Lost a lot of muscle mass and was totally untrained, I could barely bench press the bar when I first went to the gym about 9 months ago. I can now bench 145x5, deadlift 300x5, squat 265x5. It happens.
Anonymous No.76518368
if you're so weak start at home with bodyweight exercises. there's no point in using gym equipment when you can use your own body and get as far
Anonymous No.76518370 >>76519034
>>76518356
>I can now bench 145x5
That’s below beginner level, especially for your height lmao
Anonymous No.76518374
>>76517933 (OP)
people never care as much as you think they do. it's all in your head. just go or do some pushups at home first for a bit if you're that self conscious
Anonymous No.76518461
>>76517933 (OP)
No one cares, bro.
Anonymous No.76518617
>>76517933 (OP)
No one cares
Anonymous No.76518633
nobody gives a shit

if anyone does, thats the problem with that retard, not you

and if youre not convinced well just do home workouts
Anonymous No.76518679
>>76517933 (OP)
Just stick to machines if you're a beginner. Fast, easy, and brings the gains. Once you grow some balls, you can do free weights no problem.
Anonymous No.76518725
>>76517951
Anonymous No.76518750
>>76517951
SAAARS THIS IS HURTFUL!
Anonymous No.76518776 >>76518813
>>76517933 (OP)
My first day in the gym I had trouble benching 25s. That's only 95lbs total and that was an awkward and instable bench press. Years later I was hitting 275 for reps. Now I don't even both benching in favor of dips and pushups, and if I did bench it'd be with dumbbells. The joint pain I had working full time and trying to be a natty power lifter didn't work well for me, so when I moved to all calisthenics during covid (thanks sisolak for shutting down our gyms) I realized that was the way to go. So now I'd much rather do weighted dips and pusbups than touch a bench press.
Anonymous No.76518811
>>76517951
Not everyone is 250lbs+ like your wife, anon.
Anonymous No.76518813 >>76520398
>>76518776
weighted dips for most people will result in injuries more than bench press
Anonymous No.76519008
>>76518006
He really is that weak mate
Anonymous No.76519034
>>76518370

I know, I have freakish long arms (6' 7" arm span) and bad form I'm working on. I was stuck at 140lbs for almost 3 months until last week, after realizing I wasn't engaging my chest using mostly shoulders/arms.
Anonymous No.76519491 >>76519529
>>76517933 (OP)
nobody cares what you can or can't do in the gym, just don't smell like shit and nobody would notice you are there
Anonymous No.76519522
>>76517968
>Everybody started small, also why would you care what people think
People who don't care what people think are all in prison. "I want this car so I'll just stab the driver and take it, and take no steps to cover it up because what the police think doesn't matter."

But strong people like weak people because it makes them feel stronger by comparison. The exception is when they're basically fake lifting because they're supposed to "exercise", and occupying gym equipment.
Anonymous No.76519529
>>76519491
This. Stop being a pussy and go to the gym. It's all women and kids at peak hours anyway. They don't know either.
Anonymous No.76519637
>>76517933 (OP)
Meh I've seen it. New guy tagged along with his gym friend that I often see. They were at seperate machines and the new guy couldn't bench the bar, I had to save him. Then he asked me what the clips are lol. At least he tried, it's step one.
Anonymous No.76520175
>>76517933 (OP)
Noone cares how much you bench fag
Anonymous No.76520398
>>76518813
I tend to focus more on high reps and hypertrophy than smashing out big benches though. I still do sets of 20-30 even with a plate around my waist.
Anonymous No.76520431 >>76522341
>>76518001
>barely curl 1kg dumbbells
no way this is real, how does this person function irl?
bottles, detergent, fuck even some books are heavier than that
Anonymous No.76520680
>>76517933 (OP)
>everyone laughs
Nah, they wont.
Anonymous No.76520688 >>76520706 >>76520832 >>76523140 >>76523983
Like 90%+ of people at the gym have no fucking idea what they're doing. You will lift more than most of them within 6 months. I came in lifting only the bar and this is happening to me right now.
Anonymous No.76520706
>>76520688
This. I’m positive that all the dudes who post here about working out for years and years with no results have been 1/4 assing their entire regimen.
Anonymous No.76520789
>>76517933 (OP)
>everyone laughs
not going to happen. People will look because you are new. Thats it.
Anonymous No.76520832 >>76520873
>>76520688
Post ur bench ;)
Anonymous No.76520845
>>76517951
SL5X5 (does anyone even follow that these days?) has you start with an empty bar for bench, squat and OHP. Partly to get you accustomed to making linear gains for as long as possible as a noob, partly to allow you to focus on technique before it gets at all heavy.

There's no shame in starting with just the bar
Anonymous No.76520851 >>76520858
Go to the gym, but don't do any workouts that scare you. Only do things you're confident in. Eventually you'll get too much curiosity in you and you'll try other pieces of equipment.

I have ton of black men and hispanic men that watch what I do and copy my workouts. It's annoying, but I understand it. But I'm in my 30s and these dudes are just as old as me or younger.


Lastly, you can just go on facebook marketplace and buy cheap equipment and workout at home. Build up the skills and confidence and then apply it at the gym.
Anonymous No.76520855
>>76518001
>I have a friend who can barely curl 1kg dumbbells and definitely could not bench the bar
This. My male friend is a speedrunner and he at maximum curls 0.5 lb and squats half his bodyweight including his body
Anonymous No.76520858
>>76520851
>I have ton of black men and hispanic men that watch what I do and copy my workouts
Kek you live in a shitskin area
Anonymous No.76520873 >>76521027
>>76520832
>3 months in
>60kg bench
>never failed a rep yet
>two guys benching near me
>I'm watching them do their sets
>first guy loads 50kg
>fails
>second guy looks at me
>loads 65kg
>fails

Feels like I 5x5'd the empty bar just yesterday.
Anonymous No.76520998
>>76517933 (OP)
>while everyone laughs
No one will give a shit except Stacy (because she's there to be seen, she doesn't have a workout to concentrate on) and why would you care for her opinion anyway
Anonymous No.76521023
I don't care. There's kids who come in every day and try to bench the bar and their form is whack. Nobody is going to laugh.
Anonymous No.76521027 >>76521107
>>76520873
saar benching 1pl is not more than most of the people in gym in western countries
Anonymous No.76521107 >>76523133
>>76521027
kek I'm from Ireland. Most people I see are benching somewhere between 40-80kg. I've only seen a handful of people bench 2pl or more. I think a decent routine with progressive overload will have you overtake most people within 6 months.
Anonymous No.76521142
My gym is the best in my town. But it’s not that much better. And I’m pretty sure if someone laughed at a newb I wouldn’t be the only one to yell at them and call them a cunt. The gym is nonstop SIG and we sink or swim together.

Fuck, for real, go ask a random for a spot with the empty bar and they’ll happily help. Tell them you’re scared and they’ll fucking cheer you on. And if you ask for advice they’ll give it to you.

Gym bro vibes are love, nigga.


One of the twinky fags or prison fags might try to fuck you so maybe don’t choose them. Or do.
Anonymous No.76522341
>>76520431
He sits in front of his PC all day. That's all he does. When I say barely curl 1kg, he can do it for some reps, but that's it. He would probably struggle to curl 5kg once. You know that pic of that asian esport player or whatever with the stick arms? He's just a white version of that. He can't do a single pushup. His diet is appaling, it's bascally just pasta and meatballs and pizza. Doesn't buy or eat fruit or vegetables at all. When he gets a cold, you'd think he's got AIDS or something because it cripples him.
He basically doesn't live "IRL". He's 33, same age as me. I keep trying to get him to do shit, or I did, but I gave up. He doesn't even pay for his own place and has never had a proper job for more than a few months at a time. Doesn't have a driving license. Decent guy though.
Anonymous No.76522725
>>76517951
It's more a balance or mental issue rather than a strength issue I think. I could just barely lift the bar on my first day as a skelly but by the 2nd or 3rd day I was lifting 10kg. I doubt I gained that much strength in 2 days of bad form lifting.
Anonymous No.76522741
the biggest and most jacked guys will welcome you and help if you need. they are supportive and kind.
it's the "barely graduated from DYEL" who are try-hards and faggots who make fun of and belittle others
Anonymous No.76522751
>>76517933 (OP)
Put your head down and do the work. It doesn't matter if people laugh.
Anonymous No.76522937
>>76517933 (OP)
When I was fat as fuck and weak as fuck I was worried about starting the gym as well, first week a yoked dude a bit older than me came over to the treadmill next to me and told me to keep it up and gave me some pointers my next few sessions in regard to lifting.

Just go bro
Anonymous No.76522953
>>76518019
This I warmup with the bar sometimes to check up on my form but I'm doing it very fast and reppin like 20+
Anonymous No.76522978 >>76523015 >>76523025 >>76523074
>>76517933 (OP)
I have a little secret anons. I go to the gym to use the machines and the dumbbells, but I go home and use my bench and rack I bought for the barbell stuff because I am too embarrassed to do it at the gym and terrified also of dropping the barbell on myself in front of everyone.
Anonymous No.76523015
>>76522978
I too like to drop the bar on myself where no one can save me as I whither and die.
Anonymous No.76523025
>>76522978
Your gym doesn't have safeties? I literally bench to failure once per week with no spotters
Anonymous No.76523053
>>76517933 (OP)
Just go, we all start somewhere. I've seen my share of 30 year old yellow belts and adults learning to ride bikes or skate. We've all been there it's relatable on some level. You won't lose as much dignity as you think. You just go and after 2 or 3 times you won't even think about it anymore.
Anonymous No.76523074 >>76524036
>>76522978
I would be more afraid of dropping a dumbbell on myself than a barbell.
Anonymous No.76523087
>>76517933 (OP)
Only a retarded niggerfaggot would laugh at someone that is trying to improve his life.

Here's a life tip for you, OP. It doesn't matter what anyone thinks of you. What matters is what YOU think of yourself. You can't please everyone. Some people might judge you. Who cares? There will always be someone judging you silently, but you can't do anything about it. Live your life for you instead of trying to placate a bunch of strangers.
Anonymous No.76523103
>>76517951
I started lifting at 23 with no prior athletic background and I could barely lift the empty bar, I was using 6kg dumbbells on my chest exercises when using the bench, it took me several months to deadlift properly and figure the form out
Anonymous No.76523112
>>76517967
Idk man that was me at 28 and I could bench 75 pounds..
Anonymous No.76523133 >>76523660 >>76523767
>>76521107
Well, I started with the empty bar and only managed to reach 65kg after 2 years into lifting... I gave up on that exercise..
Anonymous No.76523140 >>76523660 >>76523767
>>76520688
>You will lift more than most of them within 6 months

I kept hearing this before starting and now I can say after 3 years into lifting that it is FALSE
Anonymous No.76523586 >>76523976
>>76517933 (OP)
Because no one cares what your lifting
Anonymous No.76523660
>>76523133
>>76523140
What do you guys think prevented you from lifting a lot? Did you have a good routine that had you benching frequently? Were you adding 2.5kg to the bar every session? Were you getting enough food and protein? Were you sleeping well? At what weight did you begin to struggle, and what methods did you try to overcome it? What stopped you?

Also I double checked my journal. I've been lifting for 2 months, not 3. I grew up in my room playing video games and I spent the last decade smoking weed and eating junk food. I was picked last in every gym class ever. I'm just really curious what causes people to stall this hard, because I'm reading it all the time on this board.
Anonymous No.76523767
>>76523140
>>76523133
2 “years” of lifting isn’t once or even a few times a month. Minimum of 3x a week, every week. Skipping one week will cost you two weeks of progress. I know you fags aren’t being consistent and maybe doing %60 of the shit you’re supposed to do. That doesn’t work.
Anonymous No.76523818
Worse than that is continuing to show your face in the gym after a year plus and lifting exactly the same weight as when you started. Worse than op is being me.
Anonymous No.76523965 >>76523976
>>76517933 (OP)
No one will notice you, even if they do it really doesn't matter and they won't laugh. If you really can't get over the anxiety than just start with bodyweight exercises at home until you get to a good level
Anonymous No.76523976
>>76523965
I do notice them and make it a point to embarass them in public.
>>76517933 (OP)
Lmao if I see you at the gym I will laugh in your face when I see you struggling with lifting the bar only.
>>76523586
I care. I point and laugh at them with my buddies
Anonymous No.76523983
>>76520688
I was driving by the gym I was in last year, and a dyel walked out and 1.5 year later he was literally the same, 0 muscle gained. It’s crazy
Anonymous No.76523986
Nobody is watching you and judging you, everyone's focused on getting their own reps in. The strongest guy at the gym didn't start out as the strongest guy at the gym, he started out either skinny or fat.
Anonymous No.76523989 >>76524230
>>76517933 (OP)
the first time you see newbie gains you'll stop worrying about stuff like this. Muscle develops so quickly it's like magic.
Anonymous No.76524036
>>76523074
your arm is going to weaken before your grip, so the only way you drop a dumbbell on yourself is if you drop it on your foot or something. The barbell you can drop on your neck and not be able to shift off. I saw CCTV of a guy lifting in a little lawn with his dog who died like that. Please at least think of your dog.
Anonymous No.76524230
>>76523989
Not my case, I've been improving a lot in strength but I do struggle to see muscle hypertrophy, although I do sets with reps ranging from 8 to 15. Everyone is different.
Anonymous No.76524475 >>76524488
>>76517933 (OP)
>>76517939


Nobody cares, even if they do they will forget you. Everyone lives in their own little world. You are nothing, but a background character to people around you, let that liberate you to do what you want in your life without stressing yourself out.
Anonymous No.76524488 >>76524511 >>76524529
>>76524475
I feel that only people with extremely low external awareness try to spread this dumb belief.
No: If you're out on the public, I see and notice you, and I care. I may think about you for years afterwards. You are something discernible to me, even if just a background character.
Anonymous No.76524511
>>76524488
>I see and notice you, and I care. I may think about you for years afterwards.
That's pretty pathetic.
Anonymous No.76524520
>>76517933 (OP)
Nobody gives a shit. You are projecting your own hatred onto others.
Anonymous No.76524529
>>76524488
I remember exactly one person from my entire time in public gyms. It was a chinaman who would wear a blue wrestling singlet and do nothing but squats.
Anonymous No.76524539 >>76524551 >>76524690 >>76524830 >>76525140
This fear, shame, and humiliation of being publicly noticed as a failure is something that has crippled me for my entire 30+ years of life. Not just gym-wise, but in everything. It's why I've never had sex or a relationship and have rarely had friends, because the shame of not having experience in anything made me not want to let others see it. It's why I never got a good job or career, because the shame of just having dead end jobs terrified me of doing job interviews. It's why I've never been to a gym, because I was emaciated and extremely weak in high school and college and seeing all the attractive and strong people there was beyond shameful. I didn't get the impetus of "well get better yourself and then you can be confident there", I just had the "don't bother" brain. It's why I've never done anything. I'm just scared, afraid, self-conscious, ashamed.

Ask why I'm on fit, becaue I stumbled upon here and this was the first thread. I know that on here I'll be called a worthless faggot who should kill himself for this and I know that I should. But of course I don't even have the courage for that.
Anonymous No.76524551 >>76524756
>>76524539
I watched a documentary about rich trust fund kids and there was this one chad NEET who knew everyone hated him for being a trust fund kid who liked to tell people he was a rich trust fund kid NEET when they asked what he did. You shouldn't kill yourself you should just stop being a beta fag.
Anonymous No.76524690
>>76524539

I was the same way except it was because I was 400lbs in highschool. Then in my mid twenties I lost the weight and went to the gym and now I just don't care because I now know the average person in 2025 are nothing but natural slaves, addicts of physical and spiritual junk, lacking any form of vitality that all humans should possess. Just go to the gym, chug your GOMAD and be better than the lower forms of life that clog the streets, it is not hard. In fact, its a lot easier than being among them.
Anonymous No.76524756
>>76524551
What's the name of the documentary?
Anonymous No.76524830
>>76524539
Shame, fear, and humiliation are the shackles of the weak-minded. You speak of them as if they are the chains that bind you, but they are nothing more than illusions a weakness you have allowed to fester within you. You waste your life fearing the gaze of others, afraid of judgment and failure. But what is the point of hiding? The world will notice you whether you remain invisible or not, and your attempts to shield yourself from its scrutiny are futile.

You speak of shame in relation to experience, but experience is something earned, not something to be feared. It is the result of action, not of inaction. You have avoided the gym, jobs, relationships, not because of some inherent flaw in your being, but because of your own refusal to act. And now you seek solace in self-pity, hoping that someone will pity you or offer a solution to your cowardice.

There is no easy way out, no magical moment where the fear dissipates without you confronting it head-on. The path to strength, whether physical, emotional, or mental, lies in overcoming this fear, not by hiding from it. And if you truly want to change, you must understand that every action, no matter how small, begins with the decision to act. So long as you let the fear control you, you will remain as you are: weak, stagnant, insignificant.

There is no place for weakness in this world. Either you rise to your challenges or you will remain beneath them, forever a slave to your own insecurities.

As for your question "why you are here", on this thread, it is simple. You are here because you are seeking something. A response, validation, a spark of hope, or perhaps just an echo of your own thoughts. But understand this: your struggle will not be won through words, through validation, or by coddling your ego. It will only be won through action, through the relentless pursuit of strength.

If you cannot summon the courage to change, then you will die as you have lived weak and inconsequential.
Anonymous No.76525140
>>76524539
remmber anon: u can do it.
Anonymous No.76525172 >>76525222
>>76517945
>middle of the night is the only option here since i have zero friends and there's no way to practice squatting and deadlifting at home with body weight
If there's another nightwalker there, you can also hide behind a machine between sets. While most machines don't offer complete cover you can usually keep 2 or 3 them between you and the other guy. The key is to break up your silhouette when you're not completely hidden.
Anonymous No.76525206
>>76517933 (OP)
OP, I understand your predicament. Social anxiety and acceptance are a MOTHERFUCKER to deal with. I struggle too with this. Like speaking in front of a group for example, I HATE it; I clam up and sweat and SWEAR everyone knows I am struggling and it makes it even worse.
They arent looking or noticing, its all in your mind.
Only a queer would laugh at you, anyway. They would laugh at you due what is called 'projection'. They are taking their inner feelings about themselves and putting them (projecting) on you.
OR
Can you set-up at home, a simple bench?
What are your stats, OP?
>Forty seven YOM here.
Im on TRT. When I started I couldnt do 3 sets of 10 with 135, NO WAY. So start small, then go up.
FUCK THE HATERS
>I recently hit 2 plates for 5 reps
To some, its nothing, but if they were to laugh, THEY ARE PROJECTING.
Anonymous No.76525222
>>76525172
I would also add to at least carry a knife of any kind and whenever somebody shows up at night just pull it out and make it clear that you WILL fight to death if the push came to shove. This will get you the respect that will then protect you
Anonymous No.76525256 >>76525267 >>76525395
Nobody's going to laugh at you for putting in effort to get better. If someone has the time to be paying attention to your workout then they aren't putting in shit for effort into theirs. And if they're just there to fuck around then they aren't worth shit in the first place.
Anonymous No.76525267 >>76525361 >>76525395 >>76526390
>>76525256
Speak for yourself fag, I laugh at pathetic dyels like OP all the time, most of the times in front of them. I make sure they feel belittled and bullied for how weak and pathetic they are
Anonymous No.76525361
>>76525267
Based. Fuck weak people
Anonymous No.76525395
>>76525256
>>76525267
>taps sign
Anonymous No.76526225
>>76517933 (OP)
Nobody gives a shit how much you bench. Anyone who gives you shit for it is a fucking insecure sperg who's looking to get a reaction out of you. The best comeback is to not care and focus on your form and breathing.

Don't forget your safeties.
Anonymous No.76526365
>>76517933 (OP)
Have you considered just embracing it and autographing your picture when it pops up on DYEL general? I would really appreciate it if you did that.
Anonymous No.76526390
>>76525267
you don't do shit, pussy
Anonymous No.76526949
>>76517933 (OP)
>while everyone laughs
you are irrelevant. literally nobody cares about you.
Anonymous No.76526995
I just go to the one at work during downtime, I'm literally getting paid to workout.
Anonymous No.76527034
>>76517933 (OP)
Buff said