3 Ways to Become a Respected Fitness Nut
1 - Explain what you do
The overriding majority of people who harass you have no clue what you are actually doing. In their eyes it looks weird that you’re scooping tuna out of a can at 10 am (it’s not lunch time yet), it’s strange that you drink a gallon of water a day (don’t you pee a lot?), and you’ll hurt their feelings if you won’t eat their triple refried banana nut cake (c’mon it’s only 800 calories a slice).
They will continue to heckle you unless you explain why you act the way you do. Explain that you eat tuna at 10 am to feed your ever growing supply of muscle. Tell them you drink water to LOSE water weight. Tell them you won’t eat their triple refried banana nut cake because 800 calories is about 45% of the calories you eat in a day.
In all likelihood they won’t understand you. At least they’ll be confused enough to buzz off and let you continue to see results.
2 - Show Them Your Results
Every gym trainee worth his/her salt has progress pictures. Progress pictures serve many purposes. Mine give me a sense of pride. It feels good to look back and yourself and realize how far you’ve come. Progress pictures are also a great way to get people off your back.
I recall having a co-worker (who wanted the same results as me) over my back about my lifestyle. She was laying it on pretty thick (moreso than usual). From nowhere she began to fire questions at me:
“Why do you workout so much?”
“Are you in love with yourself?”
“Do you ever take a break?”
“Why won’t you eat any pie?”
Her barrage seemed like it was never going to end. The more she spoke the more annoyed I became. After about 30 seconds I asked her to follow me back to my computer.
I explained that I could show her visuals to answer her questions. I logged into my email account and began showing her my before and after photographs. We flipped through photos of me at 252 lbs, 240 lbs, 230 lbs, 220 lbs, and so on until we got to the final picture. She was floored. She’d never seen me as an overweight person. With each picture she became more and more quiet. When I was done I looked at her at asked “Is that a good enough reason?”
She hasn’t brought it up since.
3 - Ignore Your Hecklers
You may find yourself dealing with a completely irrational, ridiculous, annoying, atrocious heckler at some point. When all else fails use a technique I learned from a friend.
One of my friends is notorious for his ability to poke fun at people. If ANYTHING is wrong with you he’ll pull it out and make some jokes. Oddly enough it seems that no one can make fun of him. You can try but it just won’t be very effective. He has a nonchalant way of looking at you like you’re speaking a langauge never before spoken on earth. Whenever you start in on him he just blanks out. He won’t smile. He won’t frown. He’ll hardly even acknowledge that you’re alive. When you’re done he’ll continue on with his day like he’s never seen you.
It drove me and my other friends absolutely insane. Soon we quit trying to make fun of him. It was incredibly pointless. It felt like you were literally walking up to a brick wall and trying to make jokes.
Use this tactic when you’re being heckled by someone who just won’t go away. Nobody likes talking to a brick wall.
Nobody does.
Conclusion
There are so many factors that go into working out and being in shape. You already have to
- Research exercises
- Plan your day to make time
- Eat correctly
- Chart your growth
- Stay motivated
The last thing you need is to worry with the heckling of others. Use these 3 tips to control the pests in your life. In all likelihood they are jealous of your success. If they’re jealous then you must be doing something right 
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