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Sand box?

Sources

International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association (IHRSA). 2003. "The Scope of the U.S. Health Club Industry (industry estimates)." American Sports Data Health Club Trend Report. http://cms.ihrsa.org/IHRS A/viewPage.cfm?pageId=804.

International

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Biagioli, Brian D, and National Council on Strength & Fitness. Advanced Concepts of Personal Training. Miami, FL.: National Council on Strength and Fitness, 2007. Print.

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Gym Sociology- working title

Gym Interactions

Fitness remains an important social aspect as it is highly discussed in news, advertised products, and government publications. Popular culture advertises gymnasiums as a social setting to meet people with attractive figures. In gymnasiums the sight of an attractive person has been known to cause social interaction. People also tend to bond over the appreciation of their bodies. Small talk sometimes consist of routine suggestions, music selections, and dieting. Women tend to be the most social in gym settings. This is because the areas in a gymnasium that women tend to use are set up in such a way. The area has their equipment set up in a circle allowing for sociability to flourish in a small and quit setting. Additionally gyms will have an employee in these areas whos soul purpose is to engage with patrons and make patrons engage among themselves. Gym staff are trained not only in fitness but in social interaction. Its nearly impossible to ignore the social culture created in these gyms and it causes deviation from exercise. On the opposite side of the spectrum, some gym goers’ entire purpose for entering a gym setting is to focus on physiological improvement. These kinds of patrons allow themselves to become absorbed by the activity.  They can often be distinguished from others by certain characteristics, such as, grunting, intense looks in the mirror, perfuse sweating, etc. All these actions are to reinforce the message that “I am working out”. They also tend to isolate themselves which makes them more distinguishable. They do this by looking around but not focusing on anything, making blank or threating facial expressions, and or avoiding direct eye contact with any passersby.

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Supplements

Supplements are the male equivalent of make-up, it provides hope. The number of gyms in the U.S. has more than doubled since the late 1980s. Corporations stand to benefit from identifying the imperfections of the human body and offering a correction. The advertisement plays on peoples insecurities and offers them a solution through dietary supplements and exercise to repair these imperfections for profit.

Gender

Body management is gendered. Women arguably have the most pressure to maintain a “desirable” appearance. Especially in the contemporary West women are pressured to be thin while maintaining a curvy appearance. Regarding exercise women find aerobics makes them feel inadequate and view weightlifting as a masculine activity. While men tend to have to walk a thin line when dealing with aesthetics in order to not appear feminine. Currently some of this tension has been relived because of the metrosexual movement which allows men who work on their appearance to be more socially accepted.Some women face obstacle in the pursuit of fitness. Women tend to be more social in gym settings as they often go in groups and interact with other members. This can become a distraction from exercise. Women are also more likely to face “harassment” from the opposite sex. This is usually limited to unpleasant looks or unwanted conversation. But some men have been known to pursue their “targets” more actively, such as following them around the gym or figuring out their schedules in order to be present during their workouts. As a result some females actively try to avoid any interaction that would disrupt from their workout.

Self-Perception(FITNESS AND FATNESS)

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Spartans (776 B.C. to 371 B.C.)

As Sparta grew through the conquering of land and taking captive it's people, a strict code of conduct was developed for the people instead of following the Greek Ideal. The agoge was a system of education and physical training to produce morally and physically strong men for the Spartan army. At birth a Spartan child would be examined by a council of elders and if found weak or sickly, the child would be left to die. Those who pass expectations are then raised by their mother, who in Spartan culture have a more state nurse and personal trainer role than the maternal norm of women today. While sons trained to become great warriors daughters trained to bear healthy children. Girls prepared physically through gymnastics, wrestling, swimming and horseback riding. Boys were conscripted at seven and remained in service till death. They begin their military conditioning with running and jumping. Then progress to swimming, hunting, wrestling, boxing, playing ball, riding horses bareback, throwing the discus and javelin to compete in the pancratium. Spartans demonstrated their superiority militarily and by having more Olympic victories than any other city-state.