🏋️‍♀️ Afraid to approach your gym crush? Most dating advice tells you to "just be confident and approach them," but does that actually work at the gym? The gym should be a safe space, kind of like your respawn point, where you recharge after a tough day. People go there to lift weights and decompress, not to be hit on by random NPCs. So how do you bridge that gap? 🤨

👨🏻‍💻 In this episode, Jordan Yaklin, an online health and lifestyle coach who helps gamers level up their fitness and reclaim their health, breaks down why the gym is a completely different dungeon than bars, dating apps, or cold approaching strangers 👀

💡 If you've ever wondered when it's okay (and how) to start a conversation, how to tell if someone's open to chatting, or what separates a friendly gym regular from a creep who makes everyone uncomfortable, you will gain the clarity you've been searching for.

🎯 Whether you're a gamer who's new to the fitness meta or an introvert who struggles with small talk, this episode will help you gain enough charisma to navigate gym social dynamics. Just like 68% of nerd couples who started as friends, the gym can be one of the best places to meet people who share your goals. You just need the right build for it 💪

🎧 Press Start to learn how to approach your gym crush without being creepy! 🧟

👾 FREE GUIDE: WHERE NERDS REALLY MEET THEIR PLAYER 2 🕹️

Based on real-world nerd data. Download it at https://datelikeanerd.com/reality

📱 Have questions? Join me on Discord! https://www.datelikeanerd.com/discord

Jordan's Links:

1. https://www.instagram.com/jordanyaklin/
2. discord.gg/pnfW7jZp42

Related Episodes:

1. Beat the Fear of Rejection Through Your Gamer’s Journey, with Dr. Daniel Kaufmann
2. Gamify Your Dating Anxiety, with Michael Berger
3. The Nice Guy vs the Kind Man, with April
4. How to Make Nerd Friends, with Pete “Belmont”
5. The Hidden Cost of Finding Love With Red Pill Dating: John’s Nerd Love Story

Timestamps for lazy nerds:

• 00:00:00 Intro
• 00:01:08 How to Approach Your Gym Crush
• 00:02:01 Gym Etiquette
• 00:04:53 Fear of Looking Dumb
• 00:07:08 Gradual Escalation
• 00:09:27 Benefits of Making Friends
• 00:11:14 Meeting Outside the Gym
• 00:13:32 How to Show You're A Nerd
• 00:15:29 Your Safe Spaces
• 00:20:28 Gaining Confidence and Energy
• 00:23:28 Gamifying Social Skills
• 00:29:48 Conversation Starters for the Gym
• 00:36:12 Jordan's Contact

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🏫 How do you find dates after you're done with college? 🕰️ For many people, high school and uni gave us the perfect place to meet people. But once that's over, what do you do? How can you meet someone to date if you're not meeting... well, basically anyone? 🤷

📜 After graduating, Brandon went from having built-in social circles to basically meeting nobody new. His dating life? Non-existent. His social life? Hanging out with the same small group of friends 2-3 times a year. His solution attempts? Cold approaches (didn't work) and dating apps (traumatizing) 😰

🏢 "I'm stuck in the office for most of the time," Brandon explains. Between his 9-to-5 and studying for nursing boards, he's caught in the classic post-college trap: knowing he wants to meet someone but having zero clue where to start and feeling like he has no time to do it.

🥘 If you're feeling "cooked" because college social life seems like a distant memory, this episode breaks down exactly how to transform solo activities into friend-making (and potentially date-finding) opportunities 💘

🎧 Press Start and learn how to set your single-player hobbies to multi-player mode!

👾 FREE GUIDE: WHERE NERDS REALLY MEET THEIR PLAYER 2 🕹️

Based on real-world nerd data. Download it at https://datelikeanerd.com/reality

📱 Have questions? Join me on Discord! https://www.datelikeanerd.com/discord

Related:

• The Tolkien Association: Where to Meet Nerds, with Vir
• Find Your Nerd Community: Where to Meet Nerds, with Jose
• Animé Los Angeles: Where to Meet Nerds, with Matt
• Find Love Through Online Games, with Kaylee Lopez
• Hobbit Hike: Where to Meet Nerds, with Sompi Harmetz
• Dating In The Tolkien Association, with Jose
• How to Make Nerd Friends, with Pete “Belmont”
• Where can Nerds Find a Partner? (Without Dating Apps!)
• Challenges of Dating Without Apps (for Shy, Introverted Nerds)
• How to Find Groups and Socialize as a Shy, Introverted Nerd (Step-By-Step Guide)
• I Surveyed 273 Nerds in Canada: Here's The Dating Strategy That Worked

Timestamps for lazy nerds:

• 00:00:00 Intro
• 00:01:02 Dating Life After College
• 00:05:03 Dating App Trauma
• 00:09:57 Getting Rejected
• 00:18:26 Riot Games Arena
• 00:20:33 Where to Meet Someone
• 00:24:35 Step 1: Your Hobbies
• 00:29:45 Step 2: Where to Meet People
• 00:33:00 No Free Time to Socialize
• 00:35:18 Socializing with Snowboarding
• 00:40:05 Being shy... or not?
• 00:46:26 Socializing At The Riot Games Arena
• 00:53:14 A Video Shoot Missed Opportunity
• 00:58:48 Having Options to Meet Someone
• 01:03:53 Difficulties for Meeting Partners

#datingtips #datingadvice #dating #nerdlife #nerd #gamer #single #socialskills #podcast #postcollege #officejob #skateboarding #surfing #esports #riotgames

Contact:
dm@datelikeanerd.com or
@datelikeanerd on social media

≠ Many of us are different in one way or another, so we try to fit into the social mold. Whether it is being asexual, or a preference like not drinking or doing drugs, playing video games, or anything else that makes us different, dealing with a world where we're different has its challenges 🛑

In this episode, Elyse shares her experience as an asexual woman 🙅‍♀️ From her early teens pretending to have crushes, to struggling to communicate with people and partners who couldn't understand or accept her the way she is. Because the pressures come not only from partners who (supposedly) care about you. They can also come from strangers who think they know better 🤨

💁 Whether you're asexual, you know someone who is, or you feel like parts of you don't fit with society in general, this episode will hopefully help you. Many of us have experienced social pressures trying to force us into other people's molds. But that doesn't mean that we have to disrespect our boundaries just to accommodate 🚧

🎧 Press Start and play the games you want to play without worrying about others!

👾 FREE GUIDE: WHERE NERDS REALLY MEET THEIR PLAYER 2 🕹️

Based on real-world nerd data. Download it at https://datelikeanerd.com/reality

📱 Have questions? Join me on Discord! https://www.datelikeanerd.com/discord

Elyse's Links: https://linktr.ee/princessbilbo

Related Episodes:

• Cosplayers and Conventions, the Nerd Love Story of Elyse and Matt
• Animé Los Angeles: Where to Meet Nerds, with Matt
• Find Your Nerd Community: Where to Meet Nerds, with Jose
• The Tolkien Association: Where to Meet Nerds, with Vir
• Dating In The Tolkien Association, with Jose
• How to Make Nerd Friends, with Pete “Belmont”

Timestamps for lazy nerds:

• 00:00:00 Intro
• 00:01:04 Challenges Dating as Asexual
• 00:04:36 Not Fitting Into The Norm
• 00:07:00 Outside Pressures and Expectations
• 00:11:36 Relationship Struggles
• 00:13:10 Dating Tips for Asexuals
• 00:16:35 Friends to Lovers
• 00:21:56 Friends Getting Married
• 00:24:11 Feeling Out of Place

Contact:
dm@datelikeanerd.com or
@datelikeanerd on social media