Pick up help for the Gym

So I goto the gym often, usally 4-6 days a week. I usally avoided hitting on women at the gym, because such reasons such as I don't want to be a bother to the girls if they are actually there to just work out, but with time my opinion on that has changed. For one my gym has a woman's only section, so if men were bother they can safely retreat. So now my issue is the approach and continued game at the gym.

I like to think there are two types of targets at the gym(feel free to correct my thinking if you want)
The girl at the gym that thinks poorly of her body and wants to improve it. Usally has some damaged self image/esteem issues. I think these girls are the ones more likely to pay for the personal trainers as well.

The girl at the gym that is clearly a 8,9,or even a 10. She is smiling and wearing the tight spandex, a top that only covers her breasts, leaving her abs and lower back exposed. She has a probably has a tan. Every guy (even the gay men) stop to give her a look when she comes in. Her self esteem/image probably not as damaged as the other girl.

Of course I rather have my selection of the second of the two girls, but I am not keen on good approaches to either. To make my matters worse, my friend is in greater need of help than me. I get my fair share of women outside of the gym, usally have a couple girlfriends at one time. MY friend is 18 and has been raised by his mother(no dominant male figure) and has a greater problem with women because he gives them a superiority complex. He comes to me all the time for girl advice and works out at the gym with me. He asks me for advice for getting the gym girls, and all I can give him is the basics like remember to smile, your aim is to look and act confident. Don't be all in her face, you got to seem like your the catch, not that your desperate. The basics...but nothing like openers to use at the gym.

So anyone got some Opener ideas for me and such?

MY friend did ask me for preloaded words to hit on this 10 at our gym. So relucently I loaded him up. I told him that he would have to approach her confidently from her front as to not sneak up on her. I would follow slightly behind him. I told him the conversation should be this.

Friend :Excuse me

Her: Yes?

F : Me and my friend sometimes talk about you to ourselves and call you modelchick and I was curious about your real name.
(Told him this was to compliment her with a slight joke, and to get her name.

Her: (hopefully a smile or giggle) My name is _____ ( hopefully ask for his name)

F: My name is _____ ( he says this whether she asks or not). Well anyways I am done working out, and we are going to head to Barnes and Noble, I am going there to study for a test. If I happen to see you up there, I can promise a fruit smoothie in your future.
(goal would be to tell his name, create the exit so no uncomfortable lingering, an invite for another meeting, and to present the image that my friend is a college student or something of that sort.

Well he did go up to her, used the first line. She laughed and said maybe she prefers model chick over her name, then told him her name was Tasha. Then she asked for both our names. She was smiling and acting very friendly towards him. He got too nervous to ask for the invite to the bookstore, so he just said well maybe I will see you around then. For him it was a victory since he was scared to death of her, and she wasn't mean at all. But I wonder if my preloaded words were good for him or if I was trying to close on the date too quick?(Even though he didn't try to close)

Too soon to close man. You didn't create an ounce of attraction or Comfort. It's good up to the B&N part. Open her. Greet her when you see her afterwards. Start introducing conversations.

agree to fast to try to close. you have to build Comfort with her before that happens. Good this is you guys can create a funny name for her now and USE IT. this will set you apart from every other guy she has ever dated. Find a model she looks alike lets say Cindy Crawford and call her Cindy.

Also DONT buy her by offering to buy drinks and stuff. Offer her a great, fun time instead.

What ive applied to my game that has made me grow a lot(and i have a lot more to improve and grow) has been: dont have the Fclose/Kclose or any Close in your mind. Be sure that she has a good time, be spontaneous and the chance will present itself to close and you will do it without noticing. it will just get built into you. just make her enjoy you and be sure to enjoy her.

im not big on Gym game, im there to do a job...workout...BUT when i was teaching the Group fitness classes, i had some come up too me so i didnt have to open anyone really

....id say try joining a class..many women are surprised to even see a guy in the class..then u start some social circle game!

Thank you badboy, your the first person to respond to my first posting, the real reason I posted.

As far as your advice goes couple years ago I went to a gym with m girlfriend and her friend to take a dance aerobics class. We ended up showing up late, so I took a spot in the front of the class. I was the only man there, there was probably like 25 women in the class. I am a bit of a joker, so some of the movements we had to do I shook my butt extra hard to make the people I came with laugh. I heard some other giggles in the class as well. When the class ended, its like I had a some fan club come up to me, about 5 girls begging me to come back and asking if I had alot of dance experience. Since I came with my super jealous girlfriend, it wasn't the best situation.

Now I am part of a different gym. It is a gym that takes a low cost idea to attract lots of clients. I have to pay 10 dollars a month to work out(extra 5 for tanning), so they are several times cheaper than the competition. My gym doesn't have classes though, just the weights/machines, and 70 different cardio equipment. So I cannot use the "Funny new cute guy in the class, I want to talk to him" approach. But your advice is good for others that have those classes in the gym.