Gym Observation Paper

My observation for my Internal Assessment was performed at the Green Lake High School Workout Center after school Thursday February 4th. I was looking at the difference between men and women and what they do when working out. I sat at the desk right by the entrance door where I could see what everyone was doing. Before my observation, I had a few predictions on what I would observe. I thought that men would use a lot more weight machines and women would do a lot more cardio and abdominal workouts. Due to lack of attendance at the gym, my results do not really justify what I was looking for. I am not a professional observer, but this is what I found. When I first arrived to the workout room, there was one woman and four men. The gym was very quiet during the hour I was there, there was not much talking between the individuals. I did my observation on a day where not very many people go to the gym. I am lacking women notes because there were only three women that came into the gym during the hour I was there. Everyone seemed to be doing their own workouts. There was a man and woman walking on the treadmills and a …show more content…
I choose a day that not many people decided to go to the gym. If there would have been more women, I would have been able to compare their workouts with the men a lot better. I would choose a different day of the week and time. I would also look for different things, I would compare the age groups instead of gender. I would like to see how the age groups differ while working out. I would look to see if older people talk more, use lighter or heavier weights while working out, or don't use certain machines as much as younger people would while working out. I would look at how different age groups act in the workout room. I would like to see which age group seems more focused as they are working out and which age groups is more sociable during their time in the workout