Doing weights at the gym

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5. At my gym (a suburban eastcoast Y) this is entirely a matter of generation.

The only people who act like this are the older men. You know, the guys who spend a lot of time there, but most of it is spent leaning against a machine chatting loudly with a friend while neither of them actually does anything.

The younger guys would never behave the way you're describing, and neither would the women of any age. Women lifting is as common as men in this gym.

I'm 68, female.