Judging and being judged seems to be part and parcel of going to a gym - something I certainly don’t support but would be lying if I said I haven’t judged people for something I either didn’t understand or didn’t think was “the right way” to do things.
Cardio bunnies, kitted out in some ultra-breathable hi-vis big name brand outfit, bodybuilders in singlets made from less material than most women’s lingerie, casual gym-goers wearing clothes from the bottom of their drawers that look like they belong in an op-shop, and, of course, people who take the gym way too seriously - wearing some combination of neoprene sleeves, shoes with wooden heels, 3 metre long wraps on their wrists, and a big leather belt that probably would be less out-of-place on a medieval blacksmith than it is on a chubby guy doing curls in the squat rack. Just like the equipment, the people are almost the same everywhere you go. I couldn’t count on both hands the different gyms I’ve been to, but the basics rarely change.
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In fact, almost every day of the week for the better part of a decade, I have walked into a building full of cardio equipment, cable and plate machines, platforms, racks, and free weights. I have been going to the gym for the majority of my entire adult life.
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