I go to the gym a long time now but it seems like no one ever teached me how to do proper form on exercises.
Yeah I can watch youtube videos, but it still doesn’t feel right.
My gym only has staff with 0 clue besides on machines, so I can’t ask them. And I don’t want to bother strangers.
My current way to deal with this is go to the gym at 4 am in the morning and hope no one is at the gym so I can just play around without people staring at me.
But then I am afraid to try a dead lift cause if something happens what then?
Was thinking about asking a member at the gym who looks decent to show me everything and I just pay him 50 $ but that seems kind of weird.
I can do a few basic exercises like Benchpress, Lat pulldowns etc. but I’d never squat with barbells or dead lift or anything like that cause it just looks like I’d break my back on accident. But those exercises seem to be the best and shouldn’t be skipped (atleast what I read)
I really think my social anxiety is holding me back on this part of the gym. I know everyone says: “No one cares what you do they are focused on themselves” but lets be honest, people stare and wonder what you are doing… it’s just what it is.
This is the main job of a personal trainer, they will guide and observe you and determine where you are at, where you want to be, and what works for you to get there. If the gym you go to doesn’t have personal trainers on staff or on file, other gym goers might be able to recommend one in the area or that knows this gym.