Landing Women at the Gym
A not-so-fit friend, whom we will call Jack, told me a story last week. He was at the gym, working on his daily routine, when he had a moment of lightheadedness. Jack is a little thick around the midsection, but to his credit, he’s really trying to do something about it. Unfortunately, his self-confidence at the gym is lacking. So when his workout made him feel ill, he tried to shake it off. But despite the fact that all the testosterone in his body told him to suck it up, he had to sit down. Before he knew it, he had his head between his knees on a bench, waiting for the blood to flow to his brain again.
Let’s look beyond the fact that he either didn’t eat enough or pushed himself too hard that day and evaluate what happened next.
He found himself swarming with concerned, attractive women in sexy workout clothes.
Mars vs. Venus: At the Gym
Everyone makes mistakes, but some seem to have a knack for doing the same idiotic things over and over. Some men think the gym is their personal playground for snagging a shag. I watch them hitting on the ladies and getting rejection after rejection, from the polite roll of the eyes to the downright hostile stare that says, “Touch me, and I’ll have the police on your a** so fast and hard, you won’t be able to sit on that cycle for a month.” Besides being disgusted, I can’t help but feel amusement. It’s a harmless game, and no one is really getting hurt except for Mr. Wonderful, who frankly seems immune to rejection anyway. I think this guy is just playing the odds. After a hundred rejections, you would think you would finally score on attempt one-hundred-and-one, right?
After failure number one-hundred-and-one, Mr. Wonderful might take a minute to think about lowering his standards a little. Or, like my friend Jack, he might take a stab at a new approach with the ladies.
A New Approach
Guys, there are two types of women at the gym. The first is the health nut, the girl who loves her fitness, the girl with the sexy abs and thighs. She knows she looks good, and she cares about that, but when she’s at the gym, she has one thing in mind and one thing only: keeping up with her fitness. Finding a man is most likely not her highest priority.
Then there’s the second type of woman – the one who wishes she could look like Type Number One, but doesn’t think she’s there yet. She may never feel confident that she’s reached that point. She is probably self-conscious about being at the gym, because she is afraid that everyone is watching her, and they might – oh no! – see her sweat and flush. She isn’t looking for a man, because she feels like right now, at this very moment, she looks about as bad as she can and will ever look.
Do you see why neither of these women is an appropriate target?
And yet, all that fell by the wayside when Jack had to sit. All the women in the gym, both Type 1 and Type 2, showered him with sympathy. For a moment, the Type 1 women forgot about their own fitness. The Type 2 women forgot about being self-conscious.
The jury is in. Like everywhere else in life, the secret to landing women at the gym is showing sensitivity, not arrogance.
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