Why are gyms so anti social...

I've never seen anyone afraid to ask for a spot. Seen plenty of people ask to work in or how many sets left.
The only time someone has come up to me to advise me about lifts or techniques that wasn't a complete retard themselves was when a guy taught me how to stop over pulling with my arms for cleans.
The "guy who 1/4 squats 100lbs and then critiques you for going too low" meme is also real.

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>I think multiculturalism has had as much - if not more - to do with the shattering of communities than technology

Both things have fucked our communities and culture.

The real question is did technology and diversity cause the fracture? Or are these things only symptoms of a culture that has lost it's will to continue? I dont know.

Because the gym isn't a social place. Most people in gyms do not even want to be there and just want to get their workout and leave. Even most people who want to be there dont want to waste their time shooting the shit. Basing your idea on what a gym should be from Pumping Iron isn't realistic. If you want a place that's more social go to a group exercise gym like a crossfit gym or one with a focus like a powerlifting gym.

How exactly has multiculturalism destroyed communities?

I dont like spotting randos because most of the ones that come to Goodlife are retarded and if they drop the weight on themselves I don't want to take the blame.

I talk to people sometimes, made a few acquaintances at the gym

I offered to help a guy load plates on to his bar for dl's and he has left me alone since....never again.

>be me skinny as fuck using some machine
>huge mr olympia looking guy comes up and asks ''how many sets you got left?''
>stutter ''I-i was just done'' and leave
>i had just started
It's always like this, i get bullied away from finishing my excercises and i never grow, this is why i go to the gym at 2 am in the morning usually

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hasn't left me alone*

Perhaps because you are Murican? Not like that here in Finland even though people say we are antisocial autists. I've made many friends already at different gyms and even more acquaintances I greet and chat for a while when I bump onto them outside gym.

Amen every fucking time, " hey bro can you pass me the 65's on the decline bench ?" Oh Goodlife.

Fcuk dude where are you. That was totally me...

lol, that mr olympia dude is always me. i feel like my time is more valuable than that of a skeleton. besides, a skeleton has no use for time when they're supposed to be buried in the dirt, right?

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It's the truth. My parents never let me go further than my backyard as a kid (born in 96).

look at how social people used to be:
youtube.com/watch?v=RYbe-35_BaA

the internet fucked us all up. People now have the ability to destroy someone's career just by misunderstandings. Someone can be represented as a pedophile by a random person because that random person thought you were hugging some random child when its actually your own child. Someone can be represented as a perv when they were just admiring your lift. The list goes on.
Blame social media for brainwashing everyone into thinking a certain way of society.

But the whole being nervous to ask for a spot is more like social anxiety for some people. Its easy for some and hard for others

I've also been asked to take pictures of them a few times.

I enjoy shutting those ones down.

I agree not a single person talks to me and I only ever catch some faggot giving me eyes in the mirrors tfw home gym :'(

Someone helped me when I was doing bench press incorrectly last month.

>In recent years, Putnam has been engaged in a comprehensive study of the relationship between trust within communities and their ethnic diversity. His conclusion based on over 40 cases and 30,000 people within the United States is that, other things being equal, more diversity in a community is associated with less trust both between and within ethnic groups. Although limited to American data, it puts into question both the contact hypothesis and conflict theory in inter-ethnic relations. According to conflict theory, distrust between the ethnic groups will rise with diversity, but not within a group. In contrast, contact theory proposes that distrust will decline as members of different ethnic groups get to know and interact with each other. Putnam describes people of all races, sex, socioeconomic statuses, and ages as "hunkering down," avoiding engagement with their local community—both among different ethnic groups and within their own ethnic group. Even when controlling for income inequality and crime rates, two factors which conflict theory states should be the prime causal factors in declining inter-ethnic group trust, more diversity is still associated with less communal trust. Lowered trust in areas with high diversity is associated with the same consequences as low social capital.

>Putnam theorizes a relation in the negatives trends in society. He envisions a uniting factor named social capital; originally coined by Alexis deToqueville as a strength within America allowing democracy to thrive due to the closeness of society. The decreasing in social capital is blamed for rising rates in unhappiness as well as political apathy. Low social capital, a feeling of alienation within society is associated with additional consequences such as:

>Lower confidence in local government, local leaders and the local news media.
>Lower political efficacy – that is, confidence in one's own influence.
>Lower frequency of registering to vote, but more interest and knowledge about politics and more participation in protest marches and social reform groups.
>Higher political advocacy, but lower expectations that it will bring about a desirable result.
>Less expectation that others will cooperate to solve dilemmas of collective action (e.g., voluntary conservation to ease a water or energy shortage).
>Less likelihood of working on a community project.
>Less likelihood of giving to charity or volunteering.
>Fewer close friends and confidants.
>Less happiness and lower perceived quality of life.
>More time spent watching television and more agreement that "television is my most important form of entertainment".

Source, senpai
Looks interesting

Couldn't really see myself buddying up with other gym members unless they were serious lifters who either had serious gains or heavy lifts, or if I went to a specialised gym like a powerlifting/barbell gym, in which case it's more like a club than a gym, and the people are more like me rather than over 40's staving off death and cardio bunnies.

Search Robert D. Putnam, also his book Bowling alone. Greentext was snipped from wikicrap.

are you a social aspie?

majority of people these days aren't doing massive epic lifts that require spotting

most people will think you're a fucking faggot if you go out of your way telling people their doing improper exercising

people don't make eye contact? how retarded are you?

We are going through the first convulsions of a dying society...
What can we do to stop it?

My dad's always saying how everyone's social skills have decreased hugely. If you think about it we're all fuckin spergs now, even hot girls etc

I DON'T WANT TO SOCIALIZE IN GYMS, I GO TO FUCKING WORK OUT, NOTHING ELSE, NOT TO HEAR PEOPLE LAUGHING OR TALKING OR DOING WHATEVER, I GO, I TRAIN, I GO HOME, NO BS TAKING MY TIME AWAY FROM TRAINING, STOP WITH THIS "EVERYTHING SHOULD BE SOCIAL" BS, KYS.

I SHOULD FUCKING HAVE A HOMEGYM BUT I CAN'T, AND I'M TRAPPED GOING TO A SHITTY GYM WITH PEOPLE TALKING BS AND USING SPACE AND LAUGHING AND SWEATING, FUCK I HATE IT, I JUST WANT TO WORK OUT IN PEACE

death is a natural part of life

" hey bro hey bro can you take a picture real quick" ( roll the r's")

Not everyone is a fucking extrovert like you, normie. Leave me alone.

jesus christ just tell him how many sets you got left you fucking autist hes not gonna rip you apart just cause hes bigger than you

youtube.com/watch?v=W8n11y2lxrE&feature=youtu.be

the updated version

>use a machine
>some wide-eyed soccer mom says nothing and stands near me the entire time while im halfway through
>about as much movement as a fucking statue while she waits for me to be done, doesn't go do another exercise just stands and waits
>the very second i get off she jumps on that shit like its a dick

I need to invest in a homegym already.

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It will die and something glorious will be born by the ashes.

>use a machine
yeah, definitely get a home gym

I used to go to the gym at 2am.
I prefer my home gym now, but back then it was pretty comfy.
The janitor started to recognize me and we would acknowledge each other's existences with a nod or wave, which is the closest thing I've made to a gym friend

is this an american thing ? because in my gym I always get random people to spot me, get asked often how many sets I have left or if I still need the plates next to me on the floor. Also I know the regulars and greet them, the only time I really get left alone is when I have my headphones in and am focused on lifting heavy shit. Specifically when I squat or DL heavy people never bother me. Other than that it is pretty social here.

Yeah I'll bet Big Jim's White Swallow gymnasium and sauna was real social back then my man.

Can you please take me under your wing and nurture me to health?

multiculturalism

What is the relevance of this movie? Not only have I seen the original somehow, but it has almost 3 million views. Is this a famous person or something?

I think it's just that it's a weird glimpse into the past.
Watching a stranger's home movies from before you were born

Underrated post

Go whine on

>More time spent watching television

I'm not convinced that this is happening

>In gym
>Diddyday
>Start at 220, working up
>Autist standing in corner is starting at me in the mirror with his jaw hanging open.
>Rushes over when I finish my set
>Telling me he’s amazed by how much I’m lifting
>Let him know it’s just my warmup
>*agast*
>Offers to load up more plates as I need them
>Kid clearly had learning difficulties, say sure why not.
>310 for 8, kid sperging hard, clapping after every rep
>Entire gym wondering what’s up with him
>Finish off with a set at 350
>Kid almost faints when I pick it up
>Feel like I have to say hi to this mong every time I see him
>Asks me check his DL form whilst he lifts 60lbs

I bought a bunch of kettlebells and bands and left the gym for good. Now I can train in peace and I can try stupid shit like wrapping bands from my feet over my shoulders when I do farmers walks without anyone seeing me. I'm also saving up for a treadmill so I won't have to wear pants when I want to go for a run.

I don't know where you go, but I have friends at my gym. We go everyday to try to get some workouts in, but usually end up spending like 2.5 hours just chatting and watching YouTube videos at the squat racks lol

My gym is not anti social. We all know each other, it isn't a huge gym but has what we need.

I dont usually mind spotting people but you never know what you're getting into. Can the guy handle the weight or am I going to have to catch and awkwardly row 315 off this fuck so he doesnt die?

It has so many views because it was shared on reddit

I hate your kind. Not because you enjoy yourselves at the gym, but because you make me think people are using squat rack when want to

Because we're there to work out not have a chat
People have lives outside the iron church

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I work for 9 hours M-F then head to the gym. All I wanna do is get my shit done then head home and jack off to 2D grills, play vidya, shitpost and whatnot.

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I go to the gym to exercise not to get distracted making small talk with random people who happen to be in the same location.
If you're talking you're not working hard enough.

Actually kill yourself please

>what happened to me, 1 person out of 350 million people, is unequivocally true for everybody