I am thinking of joining the gym because I have nothing better to do.
This is good, this was my situation and how I was able to make gains, you are going to need to do a bit of dieting (are you planning on bulking or losing weight?) by the time you workout and diet you wont feel like doing anything else
Firstly, I have no idea what to do and I have no friends to help me get started. How did other incels start gumming with no guidance?
I didnt really have friends to help with it either, its certainly nice to have but not needed and you will see a lot of people at the gym alone
Personally I googled excercises online to hit each body part, then my first couple times in the gym, I did not even work out, I just got the feel of the workouts, you will need excercises to hit every part of your body
For example you will need a rear delt excercise
Me personally I find all the excercises (i looked at dozens) sucked, none of them seemed to illicit the correct feeling for muscle hypertrophy for me, they felt super awkward to perform
This is the most common rear delt excercise for me, but it felt like shit to do, but what I discovered is you can do some excericses bilaterally (both arms) or unilaterally (single arm at a time) and most stuff online does not reccomend you do it unilaterally but its honestly a game changer for getting you started in the gym to explore if you want to do excercises unilaterally or not
Basically you need to understand your muscle groups, then go into the gym and experiment with an excericse you enjoy and feels good, just googling online will not be enough, I am happy to help if you message me
Also, a somewhat minor point is that I am a little afraid of being metoo’d. I’ve seen online of foids metooing at the gym and as a currycel I’m already seen as “creepy” despite ever doing anything.
I dont really have experience with this, I am not a curry, and I go to a small non chain 24/7 gym so I go when its empty if possible
I would say avoid major chain gyms like anytime fitness if possible, however the best gym, is the closest gym, you want it to be physically close as possible so that you keep consistency, consistency is all that matters
I attempted to gymmaxx once before but I got so sore after the first time I never wanted to do it again.
Maybe you overdid it, either way this can happen but it goes away after 2-3 weeks
Gym is definitely worth it for 6 months, because for 6 months you get newbie gains and u get gains that u can kinda keep on for life if you dont starvemaxx yourself, after newbie gains though it can become boring and diminishing returns