If an individual is unathletic, going to the gym is hard enough. When they finally decide to go not only is it hot and smelly, it becomes a place of uncomfortable situations and full of characters that would make a person want to run away forever. If a person doesn't want to go because they fear it is a sweaty world with weird rules, they are probably right but should still go anyway and here are the things they will learn and the types of people they will encounter

The first thing they would learn is not to be afraid of the machines. Some of the gym equipment is self-explanatory and at least one time a guy would ask if they can “rotate in” the answer is no. and the sign on the cardio machine that state there is a thirty minute time limit is complete bullshit because someone will hog that machine for at least an hour and if you are standing there to wait your turn you will be there for a while so it's best you do something else and come back later.

Everyone always hears stories about meeting people at the gym and most people want to make friends, for example, the guy in the cut-off who secretly wants to correct your form or the old lady who says things out loud to trick people into conversations. Maybe for some people, it's comforting to have a gym buddy but for us unathletic folk we just wanna get in and out without engaging in conversation.with this in mind, classes at the gym are great because you can stand in the way back so the people who usually glare at you for doing your technique wrong can suck it.

Unfortunately, it is fated that being the weaker, uncoordinated type that an embarrassing event will go down. For example, a person may find themselves in an unspoken competition with a stranger and try to bang out another mile and fall off the treadmill cartoon style, or you could be in a yoga class and let one rip and it turning out to not be the ‘silent but deadly’ type but the loud type and we all know accidents happen, but then that leaves the people around you torn between ignoring the fact that it happened, or making the “Ewww, who farted” face to ensure that it wasn't them.

While at the gym, an individual will come across a series of people that they are bound to encounter. The first being the obnoxious social butterfly. This character would be happy to share their whole weekend with the entire gym or spoil the latest movie they saw and when you can hear every word through your own music that's when you look around to see if anyone else is being distracted. Next is the horrid cougar, the older they get the more vicious they become and can't wait to pounce on the new meat and while they might not always come off too strong at first they lie in wait to ask their prey how to do an exercise they already know.

Another person one will run into is the hog, this person stays on the machines and will lengthen the workout a good 10- 20 minutes

And by then it has just been a waste of time waiting and people are ready to use the bench press bar as a weapon. And if people think that the hog is the only irritating obstacle they should DEFFINATELY THINK AGAIN!. That still leaves the grunter, the fake tough guy, the hippie, and the lurker.

The grunter is loud and annoying and sounds like he's giving birth to an orca whale. No matter what exercise whether its squats or shoulder presses people will know when the grunter is in the gym and can probably hear them a mile away.

The fake tough guy usually wears a cutoff and basically looks like a douche.and when he goes in for a workout he looks around making sure people are watching and tried to lift more than he can handle and you learn pacing yourself is a good idea.

Second to last you have the hippie, who unexpectedly is your favorite of the bunch. They have a seemingly nice look along with an aroma of a snoop dog concert besides that, they are the most friendly folk at the gym though don't get too friendly because then you will get stuck in an unwanted 30-minute listening session when in all reality you wanted to finish your last rep

Last is the lurker, the most uncomforting because these people just stay in the back staring at people and rarely does any form of exercise at all and when caught in the act they nervously pretend to text. These people are just shy and have everyone wondering why they came to the gym in the first place.

The moral is whatever happens at the gym or any awkward situation you will encounter you should continue to workout because it is beneficial and you will get used to it even though it won't make you social or more athletic it still makes you feel better afterward.