She Ran Into A Guy At The Gym Who Gave Her Unsolicited Workout Advice, So She Told Him Off
A 22-year-old girl began going to the gym not too long ago, but the reality is that she cannot do many things that other gymgoers can do.
She has a condition called POTS, or Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, and it impacts the blood flow in her body.
Her condition means it’s outright dangerous for her to do some of the things that we take for granted in a gym.
The only pieces of equipment she is able to use right now are the rowing machines and recumbent bikes.
“The whole reason I started to exercise in the first place was not to lose weight or gain muscle but to hopefully manage my condition better,” she explained.
“Unfortunately, a lot of “gym rats” don’t seem to get that. I encountered said gym rat today as I was finishing up my workout.”
“I work out late at night to avoid people, and I have seen him around most nights I am there. Right as I was getting ready to leave, he comes over to me and starts to critique my exercise routine.”
This guy advised her that she was going to see essentially no improvement in what she was doing if she was only going to come in and use the same machines.
He said that she needed to incorporate weights and cardio too. She wasn’t quite sure how to handle this guy, so she said nothing for a few seconds before trying to say that she did appreciate what he was saying, yet she did not need any pointers.
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Unfortunately, this guy took her reply as an invitation to go even harder at her with his advice.
“He just doubled down, started grilling me about my diet and suggesting different workouts to add so I can lose weight quicker,” she said.
“I got fed up rather quickly and snapped at him, saying, “What makes you think I want to lose weight?” He seemed surprised at my response and didn’t say anything, but I kept going.”
She notified him of her condition, which keeps her from being able to do a lot of things in the gym, on top of affecting her life in a negative way.
She let him know that what she was doing in the gym was what her medical team had told her she could do and nothing more before saying that going to the gym isn’t always about losing weight.
She did include some more interesting language before walking off and leaving him there.
On her way out the door, she picked up her phone to call her sister, who loves being at the gym and definitely falls into that gym rat category.
She relayed what had just gone down to her sister, who did admit that the guy was not being nice, though her sister thought she could have handled him in a kinder way, as it wasn’t obvious to him that she is disabled.
Her sister thought the best way to handle this would be to say thank you and move on with her evening instead of getting confrontational.
“I know she could be right, but I am just so tired of people judging me just because they “can’t tell” I’m disabled,” she continued.
“I have started to feel a tad guilty about it, though, because I let out all my frustrations on this random guy who probably thought he was doing a good thing and being helpful.”
She’s left wondering if she should find him at the gym again and apologize for telling him off.
Do you think she should say sorry to him or leave it be?
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