I want to tell you something that happened to me at the gym today. I tend to overthink some things and many times I convince myself that those things are only in my mind so I can live in peace and focus my attention on other more important things.
Well, one of the things that happened to me is that I thought that several people were making ugly faces at me and I thought that maybe it's my imagination or they just focused their gaze and the rest I just overthought... But half an hour later I approached one of the trainers to comment on some things about the exercises I'm doing and the machines, it should be noted that I officially started going to the gym at the beginning of this month of December... I'm 3 weeks... Anyway, at that moment he makes the comment to me about why a certain group of women didn't like me, specifically a group of 4 adult women, physically they seem to be 10 years older than me. To which I respond What? And I immediately comment that I didn't imagine that they were looking at me with a certain disdain.
After talking about it, he tells me to go to a machine that is near them, but the trainer's intention was really to check what was happening. It should be noted that the women were standing there without using any machine. When the trainer arrives, he asks, "Are you using this machine?" so that she can use it. They all immediately said that they were using the machines and two of them quickly pounced on the machines, we decided to leave and as we were leaving one of them made a comment "Not a thing with that girl" and that here translates to saying that basically that person is like a small thing, like you're not important, like you're nobody...
Honestly I ignored them, I told the trainer that I had read the rules and that type of expressions and comments that incite hatred are grounds for sanctions and expulsions, he said something to calm me down, I told him that I didn't understand what the problem was with those people, to start with I don't know anyone there, I'm alone doing my exercises, I don't even try to look around, I'm new, I've never talked to anyone other than the trainers, I also said that I felt sorry for those people who instead of going to focus on working on themselves, on doing their training, they go to criticize and judge others, I really don't understand it. Either way, I'm not going to let anyone intimidate me.
Spanish version
Quiero contar algo que me pasó en el gym el día de hoy. Yo suelo sobre pensar algunas cosas y muchas veces me convenzo de qué esas cosas están solo en mi mente para poder vivir en paz y enfocar mi atención en otras cosas más importantes.
Bueno una de las cosas que me pasó, es que pensé que varias personas me estaban haciendo caras feas y pensé que quizá es mi imaginación o solamente enfocaron la mirada y el resto simplemente lo sobre pensé... Pero media hora más tarde me acerco a uno de los trainers para comentar algunas cosas de los ejercicios que estoy realizando y las máquinas, cabe destacar que empecé oficialmente a asistir al gym al inicio de este mes de diciembre... Tengo 3 semanas... En fin, en ese instante él me hace el comentario de por qué le caía mal a cierto grupo de mujeres, específicamente un grupo de 4 mujeres adultas, físicamente parecen tener 10 años más que yo. A lo que yo le respondo ¿Qué? Y comento inmediatamente que entonces no me imaginé que me estaban mirando con cierto desdén.
Después de comentarlo, él me dice vamos a un máquina que está cerca de ellas, pero realmente la intención del trainer era verificar qué estaba sucediendo. Cabe destacar, que las mujeres estaban paradas ahí sin usar ninguna máquina. Al llegar el trainer pregunta están usando esta máquina para que ella la use...? Todas inmediatamente dijeron que sí estaban usando las máquinas y dos de ellas rápidamente se abalanzaron sobre las máquinas, decidimos retirarnos y al estar yendonos una de ellas hace un comentario "No pasa nada con esa chica" y eso aquí se traduce a decir que básicamente esa persona es poca cosa, no eres importante, no eres nadie...
Honestamente yo las ignoré, le comenté al trainer que había leído el reglamento y ese tipo de expresiones y comentarios que incitan al odio son motivos de sanciones y expulsiones, me dijo algo como para calmarme, comenté con él que no entendía cual es el problema de esas personas, yo para empezar no conozco a nadie allí, estoy yo sola haciendo mis ejercicios, ni siquiera trato de mirar alrededor, soy nueva, nunca he hablado con nadie más que no sean los trainers, también dije que me daba pena por esas personas que en lugar de ir a enfocarse en trabajar en ellos mismos, en hacer sus entrenamientos, van es a criticar y juzgar a otros, realmente no lo entiendo. De cualquier manera no voy a permitir que nadie me intimide.
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Exercise is very important for our life. I don't like going to the gym, but you do well to do gymnastics. I usually train outdoors. Honestly, doing gymnastics puts me in a good mood and not the opposite.
Do you know why they seemed to dislike you? What could be causing their very strange behaviour?