Jacobin Club

Foundation of CrossFit 673 Jerudong CrossFit 673 Jerudong is a well-known gym in Jerudong, Brunei Darussalam. CrossFit is a high-intensity sport with various workouts that targets all parts of the body. By intensity, it means to do fast workouts within a short period of time. The main goal of all these workouts is to allow individuals to lift more weight and do more workouts than they already can. It is about pushing themselves to the limits and overwriting their limit. Access statement of…

on profit and possessions to be joyful, but does it actually aid their wounds? David Fincher, the director of many philosophical and meaningful films, directed the movie Fight Club to mock society about being too obsessed towards materials by using irony, plot-twisting themes, symbolism, and internal conflicts. Fight Club carries philosophical messages about money and materialism to the capitalist society in order to wake up and realize that those objects are not the key to happiness. Once the…

How Technology has Changed Golf Introduction The technological advances in golf, including clubs, balls, and course management, have completely changed the way that a golfer goes about their game; however, this is not a downfall to the sport as technology cannot replace skill. Golfing is an all around extremely mental sport but with the new technological of advances of today, it’s taking a little bit of stress of the golfer himself. Even pro golfers will admit, new golf equipment is much more…

Based off the book written by Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club is a film directed by David Fincher. Fight Club is concerning two men who establish a secret boxing club. Eventually the club transforms into a group of men who create complete and total anarchy against the materialistic version of the world that is taking over a simple world they once knew. This film conveys the quest of men and their desire for masculinity, and turns it up a notch. Would it be possible to find feminist views in such…

athletes, new and old, families trying to stay fit, and the public in general. Among these new concepts entering the fitness industry is DEFINE body & mind. DEFINE body & mind was established in 2009 and quickly became known as the “Whole-listic” fitness club for all fitness levels. Henry Richardson, founder and CEO of DEFINE body & mind, used his personal experience as an athlete and his entrepreneurship leadership skills to help transform people’s view about how to maintain a…

When thinking of the word addiction you often relate it to drugs alcohol or tobacco but sometimes other things have the same addictive aspect. Activities such as shopping, internet, food, exercise are known as a behavioral addiction. Behavior addictions include salience, conflicts, mood modification, tolerance, withdrawal symptoms and .loss of control(Brown,1997). Exercise is mostly known to be a positive addiction because physical activity is known to be beneficial. There is however harmful…

Wal-Mart is an eminent American enterprise that operates retail stores including, discounts warehouse clubs, grocery and other all-purpose merchandising stores. The original Wal-Mart store, founded in 1962 by Sam Walton along with his wife Helen and younger brother Bud in Rogers, Arkansas (Walton, 2003). With all his experience within other stores Walton decided to come up with his own business model with the intention to be different from other merchants not only in relations of discount but he…

Sallis along with others have partnered with organizations to help promote this challenge for making a “Fitness Community” by trying to merge fitness with healthcare and more so place an emphasis on health by having health clubs. Sallus uses his “Claremont Club” as a health club that is created to help…

Have you ever been told by your parents that you are not responsible enough? My mothers’ favorite thing to do was to tell me I was not responsible. As being a kid, our favorite thing to do was to prove our parents wrong. What better way than to prove them wrong with buying your own dog? The responsibility that comes with a dog is greater than people realize. My mother was someone who loved to yell at you about random stuff. It would always end in her telling me how irresponsible I was. One day…

Exciting Wonders of Group Fitness Have we as gym members ever walked by a group fitness class in the gym and thought about how intimidating it looked? I know I have, I would walk by the window of the group fitness room, pause for a moment, and contemplate on going in and joining the group. My thoughts and ideas would race back and forth in my mind about what it would be like. Would it be fun or would it be extremely difficult? Would I be able to keep up with the rest of the group? This…