Reclaiming Grit in Modern Gyms

I walked into my gym last week, phone locked away, program scribbled on a scrap of paper,

and still got absolutely blinded by a ring-light bigger than the dumbbells. Right there,

it hit me: the iron hasn’t changed a bit, but the culture around it?

That’s morphed—and it’s killing the very reason most of us walked through those doors.

This isn’t just a rant. The data backs it up: a 2023 survey found a whopping

46 percent of gym members feel more anxious inside a modern club than they did just five

years ago. The number one trigger isn’t the weight; it’s the gnawing fear of being watched,

judged, or worse, ending up as an unwitting extra in someone’s viral