Why do women at the gym try to compete with me so much?

[Anonymous]

I notice some women at the gym give me stare downs and will intentionally try to compete with me even though I am just doing my workout. It happens so much and it’s annoying. When I ignore them, they look uncomfortable or move away from the area. I have a good physique but they do too, so I’m not sure why they keep targeting me for this? Even being unbothered still makes them keep messing with me/trying to get a reaction. And no I am not competing for men’s attention.

[DevilDaddi]

Honestly I have seen this. I was a power lifter in high school and our girl's team worked out with us. It's because they saw that you are better at something, you may have a muscle group or body part that looks better than theirs or is as they would like theirs to be. Basically it's good old fashioned envy I'm afraid. The girls on our team were like this too. Very competitive. I'm sorry that you're experiencing that. It's gotta be messing with your focus during your workouts. I know it would for me.

[Anonymous]

never really seen girls do this with other girls at the gym , do sometimes notice girls get jealous if i pay attention to there friends but not them

[Asker]

Well you’re not a woman so how would you know.

[WanderingLoveWizard]

He has eyes and a brain

[Asker]

@WanderingLoveWizard Well they obviously don’t work very well. My gym has designated women only areas as well as most women in my gym migrate to one specific area while most men stay in free weights. Typical male mentality to tell someone their experiences didn’t happen because “I didn’t see them” lol. Ignorance at its finest.

[leahzrc]

gym rats are ratty what can I say