A few years ago I used to go to a females only gym and tbh I prefered it over regular gyms.
I currently go to a regular gym and don't think the whole thing is that much of a big deal, but I did feel slightly more comfortable being surrounded only by females.
First of all I felt less intimidated. Whenever I go to the gym i find it hard to weight train because the weights area is filled with almost exclusively big muscular men. I feel a bit out of place and sometimes I'm worried they'd get irritated at me trying to "occupy their space".
Second of all, I've been starred at weirdly a couple of times while using this machine. Here again, it's quite uncomfortable to me.And last but not least, when I'm in my out of shape phase, I feel less insecure and less judged by being only with females. I'm not worried about what men think of my body. In fact, in my females only gym, I've seen so many very large girl who would have probably felt less comfortable around men.
Yes I have, I liked it
Yes I have, I didn't like it
No I haven't and I wouldn't want to try
No I haven't and I would try it.
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Have you ever been to a gender segregated gym ( eg a females only gym)? If so, did you like it?
I went to a woman's gym once & only once. Didn't like it whatsoever.
As for the reasons why to go provided thing is, is most people don't actually care what other gym members are doing unless they're making a fool out of themselves, being annoying, or hogging equipment & getting in the way.
Men generally don't care if a woman uses weights unless you're sitting there doing nothing. If anything, from experience, they're sort of proud of it.
Like said people generally react at a gym if something is off. Now if someone is using the equipment wrong, being annoying (e. g. loud talking, loud music, etc.), or just hogging equipment they may just get stared at. I grew up in the Rockies, between mountain climbing & running my entire life I've got thick/big leg muscles. I can do 200 lb leg extensions & 250 lb leg presses which isn't an easy feat for most women. Never been stared at, once.
As for the last bit. The irony is, is women can be nastier than ticks on a dog judging the appearance of other women. They may simply not say anything while within hearing range.
Yes, I went to a women’s only gym a few years back.
I hated it. It was filled with mostly middle aged women. Half of whom smelt like they hadn’t showered in a few days. Many seemed to have decided the gym was a social hotspot and were hogging machines as they chatted with friends (?) for ages between sets.
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I feel, like I use man only gym anyway, as there is so small number of girls there usually anyway.
About, being intimidated for being out of shape is more likely to get between same gender unless you are VERY out of shape like 200kg+, but even then you would get a lot of respect out of me for not giving up and sticking to it.
In my opinion it is just one more excuse not to exercise, if someone do not go to gym because there is opposite gender, who can judge, you most likely will never see those people anyway unless your gym in same street where you work or live.
Haven't and won't. Yea your gym is kind of annoyingly packed no matter what. Google few moves with dumbbells for upper body and lower body, it's unlikely that you'd be occupying space or the dumbbells like that. You can even move them away from other people unless you need a bench too ofc. Besides that stick with the machines until you gain confidence honestly cus consistency or more important than overcoming these things.. Oh yea and kettlebell can be used instead of dumbbell
I don't go to the gym, yoga and running (or in my case fast walking sometimes lol) are free. If I were to go to a gym I wouldn't want to go to a gender segregated one though. I'm not a afraid of men, and it's nice to get checked out by guys, as long as they don't cat call me. Plus I feel like an all girl gym would be full of cringy girl power crap 🙄
I used to be very uncomfortable before but now much less then. The issue is more shout you than the other sex. Because you are not comfortable with your own body and hence you don't want the attention. When you start to feel more at ease with yourself the tables will switch :p They will be intimidated by you.
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I like co-ed everything. I don't feel comfortable around men that don't want to be around women. They are either ridiculously macho or are just interested in men. Neither of those scenarios are very interesting to me. I made the mistake of working out at a co-ed gym on a Friday night and then used the sauna in the men's locker room. Very sketchy.
At the gym, I have also been followed around by some woman in her 50's or 60's at the gym who wore (and did not carry well) one of those sport bra workout outfits. Ugh. Sometimes men put up with that stuff, too.
Being followed by some cute 20's women isn't bad though. I still like to just get in, work out, and leave as quickly as possible.
I prefer female only. When I went to regular gyms I felt like I was either annoying or turning on random guys, I also felt less self conscious in an all girl gym which is funny as I thought I'll feel more judged surrounded by girls.
Don't you find the female sections of gyms sexist? They are basically making men pay the same for less space in the gym. Not only that but the women steal the general equipment and guys can't get it back. And finally lots of guys feel uncomfortable at gyms too. The only difference is guys don't have other options and have to tough it out.
@nathanp97 I either went to female only classes where no guy was allowed anyway or to big gyms which had a huge mixed-sex space and then a small female only section with less machines than in the mixed one. So in my case, I paid the same amount per month as the people in the mixed space but had less equipment. I've seen many men only gyms before but they weren't advertised to be that way, a girl will only realise it after getting in and seeing she's the only she there. So in what I've seen, I can't call this system sexist. It exists and it's your choice to be a client where you think is the most beneficial gym. I don't see any wrong in it but you have a different experience from mine.
I bet if a women wanted to she could join the men only classes, but I guy couldn't. That would be sexist.
You have access to the general section + the womens section, men don't. Thus, tiubare given. note space and mechines than men get and pay the same. Just because you choose not to use the other section doesn't mean it isn't sexist against men. Women often steal general section equipment and don't even return it. They aren't male only gyms if a female can join it. That just means more guys like that gym. Not many gyms exist in some areas, so you either go to it or don't go to a gym at all.
How would you feel if you could pay less, but could only be in the womens section? How would you feel that if you wanted to use both you would have to pay more than what men pay? How would you feel if they changed the women's section into a beginners/amateur section and men were then allowed in it to and it was bigger with more equipment?
Men get intimidated at gyms too, so it would help men, and help women get more equipment in there.
@nathanp97 "if a women wanted to she could join the men only classes, but a guy couldn't." But in both cases who do you think would be most uncomfortable and maybe even scared? It's the women. As I said I've been to classes that were female only (as in not a mixed and female only section but only for females) it was cheaper and I was fine with it. If I had to pay more to have access to both mixed and f-only sections I would. You only compare money and equipment value but girls see it as I can dress however I want and do whatever moves without having a creep staring. Way less guys have this concern but many girls didn't go to the gym because of this. You think your gym is sexist switch it but a female only section is a good thing not only for females in general but also muslim women for example who can't exercise in certain clothes surrounded by guys. I still think they're a necessity there's nothing wrong with them.
I don’t know of any that exist around where I live, so no, I haven’t been to one.
I don’t really care if guys are there or not. I’m going to be self-conscious either way tbh. I could deal without the dudes that grunt super loudly tho, it’s a little off-putting 😂.
I've never been uncomfortable in gyms. I'm fat and I know what I look like to the average gym goer. I could give a shit what they think tbh. I'm there for me, to get me where I need to be, and they can choke on their judgments. I know that this isn't the mindset of all women, so I see the point of women only spaces. We don't want to feel like we're being observed all the time, especially when we are vulnerable. I might go, but personally, it doesn't matter to me
honestly if gyms were gender segregated I'd probably stop going. I don't judge, bother, or gawk at the girls there, but having them around reminds me why I'm doing this. Without that reminder I wouldn't put as much effort into it and would eventually stop seeing the point of going at all.
Don't you find the female sections of gyms sexist? They are basically making men pay the same for less space in the gym. Not only that but the women steal the general equipment and guys can't get it back. And finally lots of guys feel uncomfortable at gyms too. The only difference is guys don't have other options and have to tough it out.
Yep, my mom goes to one and sometimes I go with with, it's really nice and it's also a nice safe environment as well as your point of not being able to normally go in the weight sections because it's overpopulated with big men. My favorite machine got moved to the 'gorilla' section and now I just don't use it
How is it any safer? The weight section isn't all men, and younger and weaker guys still have to deal with large men in there and they manage.
Don't you find the female sections of gyms sexist? They are basically making men pay the same for less space in the gym. Not only that but the women steal the general equipment and guys can't get it back.
I don't care to be honest. Most women I see are either socializing or don't have a clue what they are doing so they are just taking up space. But there are many that take it seriously and motivate me to work harder. Gender doesn't matter to me.
For the record, a lot of guys don't know what they are doing either.
I have and I hated it. I've watched a lot of YouTube videos on fitness but I'll still make mistakes, and at gender-neutral gyms, I've had men come up and correct me, which is nice. I don't want to injure myself! Plus, it's kind of crazy to see men squatting 400 lbs, while I'm squatting 30, lol. The all-women gyms were also filled with middle-aged women, and I'm not old. I like the energy of being around younger people.
It's not a big problem, you should become comfortable around men if the males there are real men but it would be beautiful if there are a married couple's gym, all the women and men will feel comfortable, cause evey man has his girl and every girl have her man.
The most person a girl can be comfortable around is her husband.
Yes, I have been in a Men’s Weight Training class all semester and I like it. No one judges each other and we all support and help our fellow Kings which I love. I have no issues being in a non-gender segregated gym either. As long as there is a sense of encouragement and support, I’m cool with it. Looks like it’s becoming more of a thing within the fitness community which is fantastic.
I haven't and I certainly wouldn't. I don't want to be in a room full of machines and sweating men pumped from their workouts who are flexing at the mirror. I'm happy with curry gym where there seems to be a balance of the men and women. I get some workout done and some motivation from the sexy eye candy that is the good looking chicks.
There are no men only gyms that I know of. I wouldn't like it anyways because when I'm in a relationship I love working out with a girlfriend. She is the only person I'd train with. Otherwise I'd go alone.
Regular gym at least you get to check out fit girls, what's the point of going to the gym if you're not going to enjoy eye candy? Don't you like checking out other fit muscular guys at regular gym?
Only as a kid when I was 12 for a week when visiting my sisters collage At the University of Florida at the womens gym. But also some men workedout there at the women's gym
I’d rather have a personal gym. But tbh women are annoyingly creepy at the gym. Once. Girl asked me to spot her, and she failed a lift and rubbed her ass against me. It’s so annoying how creepy women can be.
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