I've been a gym rat for most of my adult life and, being a cardio person (runner, biker, rower, cross-fitter), I have always been skinny compared to the bodybuilder types.
They probably looked at me as wiry and I looked at them as vain and unable to tie their shoes.
That said, if people form any opinions about others, it is about respect. If you work hard, people respect you whatever your shape. And they respect you if you don't let them intimidate you.
BTW, no one respects people who give a shiite what others think of them. Grow a pair and get over it.
“That said, if people form any opinions about others, it is about respect. If you work hard, people respect you whatever your shape. And they respect you if you don’t let them intimidate you.”
This is my attitude too. When someone comments (rarely) about somebody overweight or barely able to walk doing exercises, lifting or cardio I like to tell them that at least they’re trying - and that everyone has to start where they are at.
It’s the ones that just sit on the equipment and chat or look at their phones for 10 minutes while you’re waiting to get on that machine - that make me want to go crazy.