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…

As I don’t go to many outwardly social events, I am choosing to write about the social climate at my gym. I think that the gym is mainly a front stage, with little back stages that you can retreat to. Many people come to the gym to manage how others see them by showing off how their body looks or how hard they work, they are performing for the crowd. In the gym setting, personal space is a very strange thing, with everyone having their opinion on what personal space constitutes as. I also…

the year you were in gym class, imagine the dirty smell of the locker rooms, and picture the shine of the waxed, gym floor. All around you, students are either warming up or talking to their friends, some even anticipating the moment that the coach comes in, ready to start gym class. Whether you liked gym or not, everyone had to do it at one point of their lives. It doesn’t seem to matter what grade or school you went to, there will always be the same three types of people in gym class: the…

What I want to accomplish is going to the gym more. I do have a gym membership, but I don’t use it very often. I will be going after my classes take some time out my day and go do some weightlifting. I spend a lot of time watching Netflix when I could be something way more productive than sitting on my butt and watching tv. I will try to use my Netflix time and switch it with my gym time. This is important to me because I’m very small you can say and I want to get bigger and stronger. A lot of…

took this photograph on the 4th of October 2015, at Aura Leisure Centre in my home town of Dundalk. It’s a sign up in the weight room of the gym. It’s there to encourage those who lift weights to return them to where they got them in the first place. This particular sign always bothered me, so this is what prompted me to take this picture. In an area of the gym mainly used by men, it is appears that it is directed towards them as the term ‘girls’ is used. The stereotype of the man being the…

A behavior that I want to increase in my life is going to the gym and working out. I want to get to the point where is does not feel forceful to make myself go and workout. It will be an enjoyable and something that I look forward to doing. The gym promotes a living a positive healthy lifestyle. Some benefits of exercising include better health, better moods and attitudes, increased lifetime expectancy, and most importantly a better appearance and higher self confidence level. My short term…

tried different things and just never really found a fit. That is until I began strength training. For myself, strength training has become my go to for nearly everything. Stressed? Go to the gym. Sad? Go to the gym. Any frustration, be it large or small, I was able to find solace from in the confines of a gym with the smells of iron and sweat. After making the decision to become a competitor though I began to allow my mind to be filled with self-doubt. At times, this doubt nearly crushed me,…

The 3 worst people in the Gym Exercising is any activity requiring physical or mental exertion, when performed to develop or maintain fitness. A great way to exercise is to lift weight; those who enjoy weight lifting can also workout in the privacy of their home, in a community center , or even in a local gym. However at a gym, one can expect to meet a variety of people. Some of the people one may encounter will be kind and favorable yet some will be distracting and obnoxious. The three worst…

Over the past few days I have been observing social behaviors in various gyms I have memberships in. Lifetime Fitness in Matthews, NC, Monroe Aquatic and Fitness Center in Monroe, NC, and Siskey YMCA in Matthews, NC. I observed the types of people I saw in the gym, what kind of clothes they were wearing, what kind of equipment they are using such as gloves, lifting straps, lifting belts, etc. Since I have been going to the gym for about two years, I am also able to tell approximately at what…

My visits to the gym gave me a lot of insight as to how space in the gym can be gendered and how this may be a result of the social construction of gender. In the gym, my observations indicated that weight-lifting equipment and free weights were used more so by men than women. In the instances that I visited, I only saw one woman utilizing weights. This may be due to the mere aggressiveness and masculinity that is associated with lifting weights, and by a woman engaging in these acts, she may be…