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Biggest advice I can give you is ask fellow lifters. Occasionally you'll run into the jacked, cocky asshole who thinks he's gods gift to women and will laugh at you, but most people in the gym are helpful, also learning, and glad to see others working out, its been sort of a fraternity in many ways. Ask your neighbor if he can tell you if you're doing anything wrong with form, esp on big lifts like squats, bench, etc. I've had two guys go out of their way to correct my lifting. One was a piano mover guy who was huge and helped me with bench, the other was a fitness addict and writer for some magazine who told me i was putting my shoulders into bicep curls and thus not isolating my biceps. I've also asked countless people about new exercises they're doing that I've never seen before, for them to spot me, or just made random conversation. All have been more than glad to help and I've made a few friends.
Just go have fun at the gym but make sure not to over-exert yourself. Ask people for help, advice, anything. They will help you. Just stop stressing so much about being afraid of not being perfect. As long as you don't try to overkill yourself, say benching 200 pounds on first try, have a spotter to save you when you do try to exert yourself a little you should be fine. Enjoy it man, you will feel good about yourself.
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