This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at CNU chapter.
The gym is a rough place. It’s full of obnoxious meatheads, the music is always bad, and everyone seems like they’re judging you. The gym is even worse when you’re a naturally anxious person. I’m here to tell all of you anxiety-riddled people that you’re not alone in hating the gym. I totally relate. Here, I’ve come up with a list of ten struggles anxious people face at the gym:
1. You have to go super early to avoid crowds
2. It’s really hard to wake up so early
3. You feel like everyone is staring at you
4. You’re super afraid to use the machines because you might mess up
5. Whenever you mess up you just want to pack up and leave
6. You’re too self-conscious to exercise next to someone that’s really fit
7. You don’t want to explore the whole gym because you’re too afraid that people will judge you
8. You need to listen to music to feel more comfortable
9. You just want to use the elliptical because that’s the only thing you 100% know how to operate
10. But you feel really proud of yourself when you try something new in the gym
