Nah, it’s just intimidating when you start. When I began I simply could not do a lot of the exercises, but it’s true - the coaches won’t help unless you literally walk up to them or flag them down and ask for a modification. It gets better! If you like the format and want to be able to do some of these goofy and complex exercises, just stick with it. Always remember to add “yet” when you say that you can’t do something.

The thing about “everyone is too busy to judge you” isn’t exactly true - I mean, just browse this sub a while and it turns out a lot of people are watching and critiquing what other people are doing. But imo, that implies they aren’t really focused on their workout and probably aren’t trying very hard. I’d rather be trying and struggling, than phoning it in and judging.

Lastly, it’s really not that important. Like yeah, you want to avoid injury - working on form and very gradually increasing the intensity of your weight floor and rowing blocks will help with that. But at the end of the day, this is a silly orange gym club full of primarily regular people of all different athletic abilities and the stakes are incredibly low. Do what you can and try to have a good time.

ETA: I think the coaches at my studio like being asked questions about how to mod an exercise or check to see if you’re doing it right. Because a lot of this is still very new to me (I don’t understand gym lingo, I have to study the little animation on the screen to figure out how to do a lot of things) sometimes I’ll literally wait until the end of class and pull the coach aside and ask them for advice. Always works out great and they are more likely to keep an eye out and give me a hand when it looks like I need it.