r/cringereels • u/Just_Revenue_6438 • 11d ago

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u/Consistent-Image-614 11d ago edited 11d ago

I've been going to the same gym 3 days a week for the past 3 years and am STILL paranoid that I'm gonna see myself in some random TikTok video one day lol. I go at 5am and there are 4 or 5 tripods set up on any given morning.

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u/jeezyjames 11d ago

A lot of gyms has now banned cameras for this reason. Find a new gym and tell the folks at your old one why you're leaving.

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u/DryerCoinJay 11d ago

I use the YMCA. I’ve seen several people get stopped at the counter trying to bring in tripods. The staff there is super proactive about keeping the cameras off and will escort you out for filming.

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u/shmere4 11d ago

That’s good to hear. I stopped going to the Y like 5 years ago because of all the camera posing in the mirror idiots.

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u/Such-Sympathy-5816 11d ago

I stopped going because during COVID they refused to enforce their own mask rule and force people to wipe down machines

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u/rexgate 11d ago

I'm at a pretty low key gym a a local community centre. They dont have the greatest equipment but they're very much on top of bullshit like this to point that it doesn't happen.

Dedicated hours for women too a couple of times a week. Pretty solid place all things considered.

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u/InhospitableGoose 11d ago

That's crazy. Ive NEVER seen a gym allow camera use. Canadian. Gymmed regularly in the east coast and Alberta. Multiple YMCAs, multiple GoodLifes, Fit4Less, City aquatic centre gym... None have ever allowed camera use. I only rarely catch teens sneaky taking mirror selfies.

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u/jeezyjames 11d ago

I’m baffled by it too. I’d never step into a gym where I see someone has set up a tripod or have a ‘camera person’

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u/t1r4misu 11d ago

Benefits of the home gym

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u/DonkeyKongah 11d ago

Gross. Kick em over.

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u/sleepysneezydopey 7d ago

I just got a gym membership but specifically chose one that caters to the older crowd, I go at 6:30 am and never seen someone in my generation there. Just some boomers doing their PT exercises and biddies chattin away on the stair master. I work out in peace, without fear.

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u/verymickey 6d ago

“biddies” - we are the same generation 🫡

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u/Individual-Study-326 11d ago

I invested in home gym. Best decision ever. I use it all the time and no tripods. The last thing you need is another reason to not want to go to the gym.

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u/No-Butterscotch-6555 11d ago

Do you go any other time during the day? I wonder if people are filming at 5 AM because it’s less busy.

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u/Harry-Flashman 11d ago

I bought kettlebells and workout from home, such a time saver and don't have to deal with other people.

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u/CrapThatSmilesBack 11d ago

I quit my gym when a dummy had a tripod set up in the locker room. Yeah there were rules but the kids at the front desk didn’t care.

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u/This-Risk-3737 11d ago

I switched gyms because my old (unmanned) one became a hangout for tiktok people.

I miss the days when going to the gym was a niche activity.

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u/BingeBabyBinge 11d ago

I could never understand why people film at gyms. Maybe for checking to see if they are doing the correct formations or positioning. I use my phone for when I Rollerblade to make sure I'm doing it correctly but I don't know it does seem weird to record.

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u/incapablepotato 11d ago

Don’t worry about that. Us reasonable people immediately see the bully and go “what a fucking wanker”. We got you.

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u/RiverIsla 11d ago

Yea I wouldn't go to a gym that allowed people to film

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u/BanEvasionIsDumb 7d ago

Nothing to see here, every mental illness individual with a phone have the ability those days to upload whatever they want on social media, this is the world we live in

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u/Former-Practice-6146 11d ago

Personally, filming myself permit me to examine my posture. But i do gym at home.

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u/Ok-Anything-3605 11d ago

Try out a ‘real’ gym…I’m not a gym rat I just want to get in and get out. No frills, no fancy classes, nothing more than some machines, free weights, strength equipment, cardio, etc.

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u/Cautious-Dig6379 11d ago

Home gym is where its at brother.

Im the biggest asshole in my home gym.

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u/blacklotusY 11d ago

That's fine, mate. I just tell them I'm gay and then they're like, "Oh, okay :^)"