If you can afford it, get into 3 gyms on January, and maybe even February. Chicks everywhere. Not the especially fit ones... but chicks none the less.
The basics have been said...
telling her she's freaking arnold...
asking her to help you out.
You can also:
-If she's the very lean type.. ask her if she ate at all this week/month.
-As it was said, ask her if she has European roots... but if she looks latin.. latin... and so on.
-If she's lifting lots of weight.. stare at her with a WTF! expression, although smiling at the same time... if she hopefuly finishes at that time (you shouldnt hang on longer than... say, 5 seconds).. say hi... and do the arnold thing.
-If she passes by you... and you're lifting... kind of shout "A hundred!, a hundred and one, A hundred and two!", and proceed to say hi, and also say that you can bench press 150x with lots of weight... kind of making fun of the guys that only talk about weights with women. Then proceed to tell her she looks like Arnold, that you bet she can do lots of reps with lots of weight.
-If she's looking at herself in the mirror, and doesn't look stuck up-READ AGAIN-... start kind of mimicking her checking herself out, and also start flexing your muscles etc exaggerating.
-If you've been working out for a while, and she seems to be using the same machines as you.. or near you... tell her she's stalking you, and go to one of the follow ups I posted below.
*Dont do the arnold thing if she's the type of woman who probably does do steroids.
Follow ups:
-How long has she done excercise/sports.
-How you are considering to stop working out because since you did, women only treat you as a toy.
-Touch her hands... and tell her she won't fool you.. the (marks that develop from weightlifting without gloves... hard skin in the hands) are because of the weights, not because she is a good woman and does the dishes.
-You are required to work out because of your contract with Calvin Klein underwear... and tell her you are a butt model. That it's killing you, and you can't get any sleep etc..
-If there's lame music... point it out. If you like to go clubbin.. point out that you like that type of music. If she agrees... you're a fool if you dont go and ask her out to go to a club some time. That applies if you like rodeo music... rock concerts, Backstreet Boys reunion tour.. whatever.
-You have a busy schedule today, because you are doing such and such, and going to the movies at the end to see ___ movie. Ask her if she's seen it., if she hasn't, ask her what was the last movie she saw... and move on from there so that you like the same type of movies, and ask her out so you go and see some movie some day.
-If she recognizes you, because she's seen you but you hadn't talked... tell her you wouldn't expect that stalking behaviour from such a nice lady etc... talk about your butt, and do the CK thingy.
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You want to just get along with some of the women. Because every gym has their mob of women, old and young.. that live criticizing you at the bathrooms. So if they like you.. when your lady friend goes there.. she'll get good comments. Give off the gentleman vybe that gets along with people, not the player one. Have women friends which you ONLY are friends. If you can get along with the instructor, even better, if not, just be respectful and say hi etc. Even if he doesn't know **** about excercise. Don't try to be a hotshot infornt of the other guys by being a showoff. Be like them, and go all macho power and stuff. but dont ever criticize women... especially one woman in particular.
Lots of these pickups can be used outside of the gym... but work especially well in the gym.
The gym is a perfect place, especially for newbs.. because they are getting off their nervousness when doing excercise. And they don't talk too much, unless they are fools following her around. They talk a bit, in between sets. Just as the DJ bible says to... the bad thing is she talks a bit too.. but once you get her going, she'll start working out just to talk to you.
MindOM got it right, it has a lot to do with your physique. But with the calvin klein comments etc.. she gets her defences down if you are not very fit etc.
Be aware.. some women are very shy. They can only communicate in the gym and work environment. You will see them as normal, but they're not, they're kind of antisocial even.
Sorry if it didn't come up very much in order...