By fitness trend I don't mean keeping healthy and looking fit because that's very important.

What I mean is people taking fitness OTT. Like people who brag about it on Instagram all the time and post motivational quotes and all that crap. Quotes like "Cheat on your girlfriends and exams, not on your workouts #fitness #gym #motivation" etc It's just so cringey

Or people who won't go out or do fun stuff because it gets in the way of their gym time. I understand keeping healthy but unless you're a competitive bodybuilder/athlete then I don't think there's any need to be so serious about it.

Anyone else feel the same way?

There is this one friend of mine who has been doing this 365 days of fitness thing for two years now and still looks exactly the same. She also uses it for images of all the Chinese food she eats and I am just like.........

In that sense, yes.

Instagram in general is cringeworthy at this point

I can't wait for when parents start making them and it becomes "uncool" and dies off like Facebook for the youth did

Being healthy and in shape is bad?

No, that's very important.

I'm just talking about people who place too much emphasis on #gymlife when it shouldn't matter that much, especially if you're not even part of the fitness scene.

Ya, especially from people who don't even lift

I know the type of people you're talking about... the humble brag type ones (& maybe not even humble in extreme cases) who work out their entire free time & let you damn know it. And they get a huge superiority complex as a result.

People who post pics of themselves at the gym are pretty bad, but people who post videos Like ok? You should only flaunt it if you REALLY got it

Yeah, I've found it's usually the dullest people on the planet who resort to extreme levels of it.
Maybe so they have something to cling to?


Edit! I workout at home and have a good time doing it.
So, I don't understand the people who make going to the gym a social network event and check in on FB and then post a picture on Instagram.
A progress shot? Cool! Absolutely. But why are you telling everyone when you workout?

Regular everyday people or physical trainers? I follow a lot of physical trainers and fitness guru's like Christian Guzman and Nikki Blackletter and they don't brag about it but they do like to show off their progress.

It's extremely annoying. I have an on and off relationship with the gym, but when I go, these 2 types of people irk me

1) the people who loudly discuss about steroids, pre-workouts, powders and whatever. I'd never spend that much money on something this fishy, so I can't relate, but hearing them passionately talk about it for 10 - 15 minutes makes me kind of sad.

2) people who ask their friends (or strangers) to take pictures of them while they work out. It's even tackier when these people are doing basic ass exercises. At least bench or sth to make the cringeworthy moment worth it

It's great to do fitness, but it's really weird to make it your whole thing and tweet / Facebook / instagram etc. about it. Like just live your life and be fit and healthy, no need to turn it into the crux of your personality.

Gays have been known to do the same with their sexuality, and it ain't cute. Be yourselves boo's.

No not really cringeworthy

Although its worrisome when certain people constantly talk and post about gym, and ridicule people who dont. Thats when its cringeworthy and annoying.

Or those people who literally refuse to eat anything unhealthy. Like not even have a piece of birthday cake.

Ugh it's so annoying

For me, it's really only irritating when it's a focal point of vanity and arrogance. Otherwise it's just a hobby like anything else.

Anything can be cringeworthy when it's overdramatic like some of the above things. If it's in moderation, that's fine.

When I worked out at Golds Gym, there was this one guy who would always ask random people to take videos of him flexing shirtless in the gym. It's so strange. Like how do you even have that much confidence to do that. I don't understand.

But posting a couple of motivation quotes, or a progress pic or two isn't bad.