The Golden One - Marcus Follin - Anxious in the Gym? No Need! Practical Advice For Beginners
Aired: 2022-01-06
Duration: 05:01


=== Feel Shy? Wear Earphones! (05:00) ===

[00:00:01]  Absolutely massive is what I am in my humble opinion.
[00:00:06]  So I thought to respond to a somewhat commonly asked question and that is from guys who say to me you know I feel a bit anxious going into the gym.
[00:00:17]  I feel a bit shy.
[00:00:19]  I feel a bit out of my element going into the gym.
[00:00:22]  And I have a simple solution for you and that is to wear a pair of earphones.
[00:00:29]  I'm not affiliated with this company in any way by the way, but I do like them.
[00:00:34]  And I do prefer to have, you know, with the cable so it's not wireless because it can be some additional signals going back and forth via Bluetooth.
[00:00:46]  So sometimes of course I have used wireless earphones, but I prefer this type.
[00:00:52]  Anyway, why I mentioned this is because, you know, if you haven't been to the gym a lot, you might think it's almost like a social event going out into a public place, but you don't need to interact with anyone.
[00:01:06]  Now, of course, this is very obvious to any long-time supporter of mine.
[00:01:14]  And if you've been to the gym a lot, you know that some days you have, you know, you can go into yourself, you can show with your body language that you're not there to talk.
[00:01:24]  And same thing for me.
[00:01:26]  Sometimes I am talkative, sometimes I'm not.
[00:01:29]  If I'm in a hurry, I can just, yeah, put this on and with my body language show that I am only focused on my training.
[00:01:37]  So I'm, you know, I'm focusing in on myself a bit more like this.
[00:01:42]  And then I do my sets and then I live.
[00:01:45]  Quick, good session.
[00:01:46]  Or in a different situation, perhaps if you are in a more familiar gym, if you are in a powerlifting gym, you know, where people are more used to talking to each other, then it's, yeah, it's more appropriate to be a bit more like this, a bit more open.
[00:02:02]  You talk to people, you say hello to people and stuff like that.
[00:02:05]  So you can, if you don't want to talk in the gym, go to a more commercial gym and again keep a pair of earphones on you.
[00:02:14]  Show with your body language that you're not there to be social and you should be fine.
[00:02:19]  So if you are shy, if you're anxious and you have no interest in talking to anyone, it's easily done.
[00:02:25]  You don't need to make a big deal out of it.
[00:02:28]  On the other hand, if you train in a nice gym, then by all means be talkative because it's much nicer if you train regularly at a place and you have some sort of relationship with the other people training there.
[00:02:43]  And, you know, it doesn't need to be a big deal either, but it can be just to say hello, maybe chit-chat a bit during the rest during the sets, but it's up to the place.
[00:02:55]  But anyway, to conclude, if you feel shy going to the gym, nothing to be shy about.
[00:03:02]  Most people in the gym, they are there to focus on themselves and they probably will not pay much attention to you.
[00:03:10]  So if you feel that you go into a public space and oh, everyone is watching you, they aren't because they're mostly preoccupied with their own thoughts and their own problems and stuff like that.
[00:03:22]  So you might think that people care about you, but they don't really, not all too much in the sense that they look at you and stuff.
[00:03:30]  But as long as you have, you know, clean, nice clothes, you are, well, you don't smell or anything like that, then there won't be an issue at all.
[00:03:40]  So anyway, I just wanted to mention that in case anyone felt a bit anxious going into the gym.
[00:03:47]  Then of course also this gets a bit harder when we're talking about martial arts because then you have to interact with people because most drills they are, you know, you pair up two and two.
[00:03:59]  But same thing there.
[00:04:00]  Just be polite, nice, cut your fingernails, toenails, be washed, wash your feet, wash your hands, especially important for your hygiene.
[00:04:12]  And of course don't go to either the gym or an MMA club if you feel sick.
[00:04:18]  That's very egoistic of you.
[00:04:20]  So stay at home if you feel ill.
[00:04:22]  But otherwise just be kind and polite and all will be well.
[00:04:28]  So anyway, long story short, don't worry about it.
[00:04:32]  You don't need to go into the gym to make it a social occasion and you don't need to be shy about going into the gym because most people they focus on themselves and you can focus on your own session.
[00:04:45]  So yeah, good times, good times.
[00:04:48]  Lastly, I have written a schedule which you can check out first link in the description box.
[00:04:53]  But I suppose if you follow me on Telegram you are already aware of this.
[00:04:58]  No, thank you for watching and best of luck in the Temple of Iron.