The gym can be an intimidating place. Some of the weight machines look like medieval torture devices. People wear the emperor's clothes - practically naked in designer sportswear with holes all over them. The economy is different. It's measured in the weight of barbells or plate weights heaved, pushed, or pulled. You have just landed on foreign soil with a different language and customs. You either proceed cautiously or decide to return to your own borders.
Let's stop. There is another choice.
EMBRACE IT!!
You have just found the fountain of youth!
Scary machines? They are just strangers waiting to be your friend. Ask someone how to use them.
Still not sure about the machines? Go to a class with an instructor and play Simon Says. Just copy what she's doing.
Not comfortable in clothes that even a homeless person wouldn't wear? That's ok because everyone is too entranced with their own reflection in the mirror to pay attention to the fact you are wearing actual clothing.
Not sure how to throw your weight around? Just choose the weights that are comfortable to you. Different muscle groups require amounts and size of weights. It's not the size. It's how you use it. ;)
Here is where you find your non-scale victories - victories that aren't measured by a needle moving to smaller numbers. Victories are more energy, strength, and inner confidence!
Hardly ever will you regret going. (How many other activities could you say that about?)
Don't expect perfection - give yourself some grace and drink from the fountain.
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