Pick ups at the gym

Ok so I work out religiously at my school rec and can’t help but notice all the beautiful girls around, I’ve read a lot of articles that say picking up women at the gym is a bad idea but I would like y’all’s opinion on this. If yes how would you go about talking to them? There’s a girl who I make eye contact with almost every time I workout and I wanna approach her but I’ve never done so at the gym.

If there are grils that are displaying real interest and you can pull it off, why not?

Keep in mind people are checking eachother out at the gym all the time. I find it hard to differentiate between random looks and real IOI’s there…

I have a couple of coworkers who chase unicorns at the gym.

strike up a conversation, pass a compliment, talk to her, find out what she likes or doesn’t. least she can say is leave me alone creep..

I met a girl at the gym once, she was on the elliptical machine and I just made conversation got her number and invited her for some coffee and she went out with me.

Yeah I suppose that makes sense I work out at a school rec so I just feel like when women come around every guy becomes a poon hound and it’s hard not to come off as a creep when this occurs.