I don't go b/c I don't like being surrounded almost exclusively by men while I'm working out. I go to the gym to run on the treadmill and swim. I do free weights and resistance exercises at home.

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Anonymous wrote:If they hit the weight room, they would be able to shovel snow...shhhhh

Every single woman I know that lifts weights NEVER thinks twice about picking up a shovel. As a matter of fact they usually do it before their DH's. It's the women in Zumba and Barre classes that you must be referring to.

I need and crave exercise. I have a plethora of energy that needs to go somewhere. I not only shoveled my driveway with DH, but then we attacked the road and dug our selves a path to the main road.

I shamed all the men on our cul-de-sac. They were huffing and puffing.

I go to lifetime and will admit that I don't look around much as I'm there for me and not anyone else. I'm a woman and I'm in there. I'm sure there are others. However if yiu see me, don't expect much out of me, I'm not into checking out who is doing what, too busy working on form and pushing myself. Limited time on my hands.

It's really easy. Don't want to be spoken to? Wear headphones. Don't want to be gawked at? Wear loose fitting sweat pants. There are women who dress up to go to the gym, they know what they are doing, and I won't apologize if my eyes linger slightly as they respond to instinctive visual cues that are hard wired in the primitive parts of my male brain.

Look, often times it's not even you being a woman. I can tell you from experience that it's typically other men who notice a guy with a good physique. Women usually don't notice and certainly won't stare at a guy who is yoked out. Guys though, will stare, maybe even pause to look at the guy's set. It's just what happens in a gym. If I am doing some presses with 60 pound weights and someone comes in and pulls the 90s off the rack, I'm going to pause and take a look.

Anonymous wrote:If they hit the weight room, they would be able to shovel snow...shhhhh

I actually agree. Before I started lifting I would never have made it through this weekend. DH can't shovel due to a medical restriction and the people I had hired preemptively couldn't get to our house. I did our driveway, walkway and sidewalk and then helped my friend dig out her minivan and helped our neighbor with his sidewalk.

Who cares if you're the only woman? You shouldn't. Don't be self-conscious, do you girl

Anonymous wrote:Go to an XSport location. Women friendly weights room, dont worry.

Agree! I love the body pump classes with free weights, that's a great way to get back into the groove.

Anonymous wrote:If they hit the weight room, they would be able to shovel snow...shhhhh

Every single woman I know that lifts weights NEVER thinks twice about picking up a shovel. As a matter of fact they usually do it before their DH's. It's the women in Zumba and Barre classes that you must be referring to.

I'm at WSC in Arlington. I'm always in the weight room and there are always women in it.

Though we have dudes in Zumba class--something I don't do.

If they hit the weight room, they would be able to shovel snow...shhhhh

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Anonymous wrote:Eh, I'm almost always one of a few women lifting, and I don't care. I know what I'm doing, unlike most of the others there. So long as they don't hog all the squat racks, it's fine.

That's great for you but you get that not everyone feels that confident right? And that not everyone else knows what they are doing, if they are just starting out.

When I started lifting I had no idea what I was doing, so I paid a personal trainer. If you can afford a couple sessions, it's really helpful for form and avoiding injury.

Crunch in Reston.

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Anonymous wrote:There's this attractive young woman at our gym who wears headphones and works out diligently on her glutes. She wears these tight yoga pants and guys can't help staring but i don't think I ever saw any guy approach her. She squats, deadlifts, lunges goes pretty hard at it.

Damn you should see a doctor dude, if you really can't help it. Don't want people thinking you're a creepy, skeevy asshole if you have a legitimate medical condition that makes you unable to stop your staring.

You guys bought into that hook, line and sinker! You cant tell when you're being baited? really?

Anonymous wrote:There's this attractive young woman at our gym who wears headphones and works out diligently on her glutes. She wears these tight yoga pants and guys can't help staring but i don't think I ever saw any guy approach her. She squats, deadlifts, lunges goes pretty hard at it.

Damn you should see a doctor dude, if you really can't help it. Don't want people thinking you're a creepy, skeevy asshole if you have a legitimate medical condition that makes you unable to stop your staring.

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Anonymous wrote:There's this attractive young woman at our gym who wears headphones and works out diligently on her glutes. She wears these tight yoga pants and guys can't help staring but i don't think I ever saw any guy approach her. She squats, deadlifts, lunges goes pretty hard at it.

Yes, you can help staring. Cut it out, it's rude.

"tight" yoga pants, so people can't help but stare? Aren't all yoga pants tight?