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I’ve seen a lot of posts about how girls hate when guys approach them in the gym but is there a proper way to do it without annoying them
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Anonymous 1w

Be casual and nice, go up in between sets and just start a conversation, compliment her, smile, make sure you’re memorable

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Anonymous 3d

I feel like this works better when you’ve seen each other around the gym for a while, then start saying hi, and go on from there. Don’t always be expecting a relationship out of it either

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Anonymous 1w

Half the time they’re on here saying they hate it, the other half they’re saying “why don’t men approach?”

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 1w

Yeah well it could also just be what stage of their cycle they are on or how their day went, maybe they woke up feeling bad, there’s a lot of reasons why there’s mixed messages. I know personally sometimes I just wanna be left alone because something happened that day, or sometimes I wanna be social because I’m having a great day. It’s situational and you’ve gotta learn to pick up on nonverbal cues. During workouts you can’t necessarily control your facial expressions… so look after they’re done

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1w

And either way being casual and friendly will show you a) if she’s physically interested because she’ll probably have a reaction b) if she is willing to continue talking to you c) if you actually like how they respond d) it’s an ice breaker and gives you an in e) it simultaneously gives you an out that can save you embarrassment, time, effort, anxiety, etc.

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