No no no no and F the F no. Its all blasting metal, and all out - no rest, no pictures, no bro nonsense. That is for goofy teenagers, and others who never progressed beyond that stage of training.
Its all business. No talking to other people chit chat bs. Nah, not doing that. The gym is a place of work and business, not a social or vanity/ego boost situation for me.
You go there to train hard and if you feel like you have more in the tank when you leave, you failed.
I notice most in the gym these days, just look at phones, do exercises wrong, etc. Joke around, chit-chat, etc.
The gal's work harder than the guys in my gym.
There's a handful that actually train-hard, but not the majority.
Like Soul (and many others here) I started in DEC of 1978 (age 12) when I got 2 York 110-lb sets, curl-bar and a Jubinville Multi-bench for Xmas.
Setup a basement gym with that stuff, a pulley mounted in ceiling, etc. I still have some weights/d-bells from that 1st home-gym.
Been doing it ever since (43 yrs). Its the love of training.
But if BHank doesnt like my 5x5 power-routine, I better change it up...