A buddy will keep you honest and add a dimension of fun to your workout.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The most important thing for staying in shape is having fun with your workouts.
If you can be mentally stimulated by the workout and find out how to get through it, it's more fun.
That's the object of going to a gym, having fun.
In my business, if you look good, no one is going to be checking up on whether you work out. So it's up to me.
I find myself working out at hotel gyms quite regularly - just so that I can keep up with my training.
Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.
I appreciate my time in the gym.
I get my exercise acting as a pallbearer to my friends who exercise.
So you shouldn't really flatter yourself that they want to be your buddy. They don't. Generally. They want you for some reason or other, and you just have to fend that off all the time.
You need to be dedicated to your workout, whatever you choose.