How do you get over gym anxiety as a newbie? Feel like everyone's watching

[MasonTaylor]

Start with the basics you're comfortable with and expand slowly. Confidence is built rep by rep. Every session you survive makes the next one easier. In a month you'll walk in like you own the place.

[SophiaMiller]

And nobody remembers what anyone else did at the gym yesterday. You could trip over a dumbbell and it'd be forgotten in five minutes. That used to genuinely help me - the stakes are so much lower than they feel.

[Hazel657]

That's weirdly comforting actually. Everyone's the main character of their own workout, not an audience for mine.

[FlexQueen]

Exactly that. Write your plan, pick a quiet time to start, headphones in, and just go. You belong there as much as anyone. We're all rooting for you.

[Hazel657]

Thank you all so much. Going tomorrow morning with a written plan and headphones. Wish me luck.