Gym Essay

Most of the time, when we hear the word “gym”, we associate that word with exercising, getting in shape, lifting weights, losing weight, or staying healthy. We think of that because that is the main purpose of a gym. The standard norm of any gym is to exercise and stay healthy. The majority of the people who goes to the gym usually wear clothes specifically for the gym that are more comfortable and allow them to do movements which with regular casual clothes would be more difficult to do. We also assume that the people that go to the gym frequently follow a healthy diet to get in shape, stay in shape, or lose weight. What I decided to do is to go to the gym, but instead of wearing gym clothes and workout, I went with the purpose of violating …show more content…
I have been going mostly in the morning, and the days that I cannot go in the morning I would go in the afternoon or night. Like all the other people in the gym, I have been working out and wearing gym clothes for the last couple of months. But this time, I decided to not wear gym clothes and instead of exercising I was eating unhealthy food while trying to exercise. I decided to do this twice, once in the morning and once in the afternoon to see If I would get different results. It is important to mention that for that time that I have been going to this gym, the people are very respectful and I have not witnessed any judgement from other people towards others. The areas that I decided to do this were the strength center (weights) and the cardio center. The reactions I was expecting to get were very broad. I was expecting to encounter more people that would just stare and do not mention anything, less people that would ask about what I am doing and continue to do their training, and a few people that would not be okay with what I was …show more content…
In the morning at the strength and cardio room, the majority of the people at the gym at that time were over thirty years old. I was expecting to get many looks, but what I did not expect to get from them was a smile. When they first saw me, they took a few seconds to understand what I was doing, then gave smiled at and continued with their training. There was a couple that appeared to be on their fifties did not like what I was doing and approached me and told me that this was not the place to be consuming this type of food and that I was disrupting their workout. I was expecting this kind of reaction, I informed them of what I was doing and apologize if I disrupted their workout. After that happened, I decided to put an end to the morning session and wait to come back later in the day. When I came back in the evening, there were more people at both centers than in the morning. This time, the majority were younger people who seemed to be on their twenties. This time I did get a couple of reactions that I did not get in the morning, although the majority of them were also people only looking and then continued with their workout. One of the reactions that was different was the one of a teenage boy who approached me and asked me if I could share some food with him which I did. He mentioned that looking a at the food made him hungry and couldn’t resist to ask for some. Also, the