I have seen so many "gym bros are annoying, weird, dumb, cringey, Shallow etc" posts, reels and memes? And we have people saying no one likes gym bros and gym bro culture? Why? It baffles me why people would hate on people who are working out to reach their physical peaks. "No one finds that attractive".. okay, you might not, who's doing it for you?

I was a fairly skinny boy, and I started working out at a gym a while ago. None of my friends work out (I tried to drag some with me but ah well, they didn't feel like working out and said they can't be consistent and that's fair, it's everyone's own choice) so I had to go through this journey solo, though I thought it would have been fun with friends, lol.

Anyways, I went with the preconceived notions I read online about Gym bros being a bunch of bullies would would laugh at Fat people or skinny people "Who don't got dem gains". I literally struggled to lift 5kg dumbbells for 3 sets on my first day. Guess what? Nobody made fun of me. You wanna know what happened instead? Rando guys walked by telling me to stand correctly, fixing my form, unprompted. I didn't even ask them and they decided to help. Everyone was so cool and positive. Like There is a gym trainer there who trains people for a set amount of money per month, but he still gives people he doesn't work for tips on and off. It's not even just the trainer, but random strangers too.

Like, I was working my triceps for the first time, and this random dude just came out of no where, without saying a word, straightened my back, fixed the positioning of my arms and walked away, lol. He didn't work there.. he was just a "gym bro". Everyone is super friendly and asks about what I'm doing for my diet, then they give me tips on what to eat, what new exercises I should try and other stuff.

Fast forward to today and I have seen major improvements in my body and I feel much healthier and stronger. I can lift way more and I often look at my muscle definition in the mirror and I'm like "damn this is cool af". No one finds it attractive? Okay whatever, It's not for them (tho my gf seems to like it even though when we started dating, she said she isn't into muscular guys, but seems to dig them on me... or she just says it because I'm working hard on it, lol. Anyways, point is.. I like where my body is going).

And now I continue the positive vibes of the gym and advise people who are newer than I am, too. Granted I'm not THAT experienced yet and I don't look anywhere close to the buff guys I often see walking around at the gym but I still try to help out with the stuff random "gym bros" taught me.

So to Any "gym Bro" reading this, You are cool af and you should stay this way. Don't let rando Redditor or twitter weirdo put you down.