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I decied to join a gym after some health issues from rotting for years in my room and friday was the day my gym membership started and I had myself a beginners program. I had no idea what kind of wilderness I was stepping into.
I walk in and I'm greeted by two Stacy receptionists one of which asked if I would like showing around (insinuating that she could tell just by looking at my pathetic physique that this was my first time there). I decided to bite the bullet and take up her offer as a contingency to not getting lost/pissing off every person in there by misusing all the equipment.
I show her my schedule for today's work out and she takes me to each of the machines that I'll be using. First up was the dumbbell presses and she overestimated how much I can press and handed me 10lbs dumbells and showed me the correct form and made me do 10 reps. My bitch-arse barely manages to get 5 reps and I felt like my frangible bones were going to snap. She showed me round all the other equipment and I was too chagrined to even respond to her small talk. After I'd done humiliating myself infront of the legit 8/10 she then told me to find her in reception if I needed anything else. I mustered a faltered "thanks" and swiftly commenced my workout. I thought to myself how sad my situation was that I had to sign up to the one gym which has several 8+/10 female staff.
Perhaps the worst part of my ordeal was the complete abundance of chads. I was anticipating that I'd walk in and the place would just have a few baldcels, (fellow) oldcels, (fellow) manlets and (fellow) framecels. But no, this place was virtually chad central and I was getting heightmogged and framemogged at every corner I turned. One of the only perquisites was that the cardio area was far from the weight training area (so at least the stacies won't get to see me struggle to squat 40lbs). Halfway through my workout I was confronted by a enormous chad and the conversation went like this.
Chad: You look lost
Me: I was just waiting to use the rope machine
Chad: What are you training?
Me: "pulls out schedule" It's a full body workout.
Chad: "You won't gain muscle doing that, you need to train a different part each day, do a chest day, do a day for triceps and don't skip leg day."
Me: But the guide told me to...
Chad: Do I look big?
Me: Yeah
Chad: Do you think I know what I'm taking about?
Me: Yeah
Chad: Well who's going to help you gain muscle, me or Mr guy on the internet?
Me: You
Chad: Don't believe everything you read online and don't be afraid to ask.
He then proceeded to help me on the rope machine and I comply, not wanting to piss this guy off. I then thank the Chad and leave the gym afterwards.
I then message my gymcel cousin the schedule I was using and explained that the chad had told me I was doing it wrong and asked him for his advice. To which he responded "That guy is just ignorant, there are several different ways to gain muscles and he was just explaining one that worked for him."
The next morning I wake up with a shooting pain in my muscles, especially my trapezium muscle and it really hurt to lift my arms in the air. So therefore I couldn't go gym for the next few days. When I woke up today, the pain had finally subsided.
So I'm aware that a lot of gymcels lurk on this forum and wanted their advice on the workout routine I mentioned earlier and whether I should restart it for Monday and follow it. As for the chad issue, the gym is 24/7 so I'll probably go late at night when it's quiet and the staff have left (it takes your thumb fingerprint and lets you in). If you know of any better workout routines for a 110lb framecel trying to get to 170 pounds then I'd be grateful if you could give me the link to them. Advice on gear would also be appreciated.
I walk in and I'm greeted by two Stacy receptionists one of which asked if I would like showing around (insinuating that she could tell just by looking at my pathetic physique that this was my first time there). I decided to bite the bullet and take up her offer as a contingency to not getting lost/pissing off every person in there by misusing all the equipment.
I show her my schedule for today's work out and she takes me to each of the machines that I'll be using. First up was the dumbbell presses and she overestimated how much I can press and handed me 10lbs dumbells and showed me the correct form and made me do 10 reps. My bitch-arse barely manages to get 5 reps and I felt like my frangible bones were going to snap. She showed me round all the other equipment and I was too chagrined to even respond to her small talk. After I'd done humiliating myself infront of the legit 8/10 she then told me to find her in reception if I needed anything else. I mustered a faltered "thanks" and swiftly commenced my workout. I thought to myself how sad my situation was that I had to sign up to the one gym which has several 8+/10 female staff.
Perhaps the worst part of my ordeal was the complete abundance of chads. I was anticipating that I'd walk in and the place would just have a few baldcels, (fellow) oldcels, (fellow) manlets and (fellow) framecels. But no, this place was virtually chad central and I was getting heightmogged and framemogged at every corner I turned. One of the only perquisites was that the cardio area was far from the weight training area (so at least the stacies won't get to see me struggle to squat 40lbs). Halfway through my workout I was confronted by a enormous chad and the conversation went like this.
Chad: You look lost
Me: I was just waiting to use the rope machine
Chad: What are you training?
Me: "pulls out schedule" It's a full body workout.
Chad: "You won't gain muscle doing that, you need to train a different part each day, do a chest day, do a day for triceps and don't skip leg day."
Me: But the guide told me to...
Chad: Do I look big?
Me: Yeah
Chad: Do you think I know what I'm taking about?
Me: Yeah
Chad: Well who's going to help you gain muscle, me or Mr guy on the internet?
Me: You
Chad: Don't believe everything you read online and don't be afraid to ask.
He then proceeded to help me on the rope machine and I comply, not wanting to piss this guy off. I then thank the Chad and leave the gym afterwards.
I then message my gymcel cousin the schedule I was using and explained that the chad had told me I was doing it wrong and asked him for his advice. To which he responded "That guy is just ignorant, there are several different ways to gain muscles and he was just explaining one that worked for him."
The next morning I wake up with a shooting pain in my muscles, especially my trapezium muscle and it really hurt to lift my arms in the air. So therefore I couldn't go gym for the next few days. When I woke up today, the pain had finally subsided.
So I'm aware that a lot of gymcels lurk on this forum and wanted their advice on the workout routine I mentioned earlier and whether I should restart it for Monday and follow it. As for the chad issue, the gym is 24/7 so I'll probably go late at night when it's quiet and the staff have left (it takes your thumb fingerprint and lets you in). If you know of any better workout routines for a 110lb framecel trying to get to 170 pounds then I'd be grateful if you could give me the link to them. Advice on gear would also be appreciated.
