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@anyo Thanks :) This one has been a lifelong issue for me. I wasn't allowed to play sports in junior high/high school which is how other kids learned to use the gym. To me, it has always been a very foreign place. And the issue has always come from when a friend will motivate/push me to...

@ericab The gym is in my apartment building so...I do take the stairs to get there! I think I'll develop goals as I go. For starters, I'm just trying to get through that initial "going to the gym" phase of not being familiar with things, not knowing what to do, etc. I have no doubt that after...

@ericab I totally agree that there is room for improvement - my issue is the 3 times in my life that I've tried to start going to the gym, each time I've reached out to thank the person who inspired/motivated me to do it, and they immediately launched into a 100% criticism of everything I did...

@josephl Thank you so much, you have no idea how much this helps! This is totally stuff I can add. And it just helps from the "What I'm doing is okay" mindset which I really, really needed after the negativity. Someday when I go into the nursing home at 85 instead of 82, I'll think of you :)

@josephl Thank you, this is really helpful! This makes me feel like I can go back and try again :) When I go back, if I were to add ONE thing, what would you recommend? My apartment gym doesn't have barbell freeweights or a bench press type machine, but we have a good set of dumbbells that...

Does anyone else run into this? I never feel like I can share about being excited about going to the gym because "gym people" squash it immediately by telling me I'm doing everything wrong. I just want to be able to try to start going to the gym somewhat regularly, but 100% of the feedback I...