intimidated

[deathlyfit483]

Hey guys, I'm 15 almost 16 I'm signing up for a better gym which actually has a squat rack, not smith machines and better equipment overall. However, this gym has a lot of kids that go to my school, and I'm afraid of being ridiculed when I do my squats, OHP, etc.. Whenever I bench I feel like all eyes are on me cause at the moment I can only bench 70 lb, and 100 lb squat.. IDK what to do!

[damiani]

Everyone starts somewhere man. Don't worry, my squats are still chit (155). Still have to work on my form but my deadlifts make up for it.

[astacey16]

Dont think about it go in there with your heapdphones on and worry about you not what other people are saying or doing

[Eandretta96]

Hey guys, I'm 15 almost 16 I'm signing up for a better gym which actually has a squat rack, not smith machines and better equipment overall. However, this gym has a lot of kids that go to my school, and I'm afraid of being ridiculed when I do my squats, OHP, etc.. Whenever I bench I feel like all eyes are on me cause at the moment I can only bench 70 lb, and 100 lb squat.. IDK what to do!

Fck em. That's how I felt and still do somewhat but fck all them.

[jleebaseball25]

Like already said OP, everyone had to start somewhere. That is everyone's fear; being ridiculed, but I've never actually seen it happen. The people you think are looking at you are busy lifting too OP. Have no worries and don't let intimidation ruin a lift

[50YearOldBBW]

Don't worry man, there's not a lot of people that are so ignorant to ridicule someone on not being as strong as them, or making fun of someone because they can't lift a lot of weight.. I remember one time this guy was making fun of an overweight dude on a treadmill, and got confronted by a 300pound swole bearmode dad, **** was cash and I never saw that guy again

[SuperrSaiyan]

people will respect you for working in it! Just keep working and soon you will bench 100 lbs, you will squat 200 lbs and so on

[thereisnocowlev]

Hey guys, I'm 15 almost 16 I'm signing up for a better gym which actually has a squat rack, not smith machines and better equipment overall. However, this gym has a lot of kids that go to my school, and I'm afraid of being ridiculed when I do my squats, OHP, etc.. Whenever I bench I feel like all eyes are on me cause at the moment I can only bench 70 lb, and 100 lb squat.. IDK what to do!

If your schoolmates are nice to you, then you don't have a problem.
If you do get made fun of, just use it as motivation to lift harder.
Win-win

FYI when I started lifting I could only bench 44lbs for 6 reps. My friends were much stronger than me. Now I have the strongest squat and bench more than everyone except some athletes in the school...which is ridiculous tbh. My numbers are weak ass ******* compared to the rest of this forum.

[Juiss]

They may laugh now, but we'll see who will laugh when you start warming up with their maxes.