Bodybuilding is a sport that only a few take serious and they need a gym that focus on it. I came up with the idea of PUMP because of the simple fact that I am a bodybuilder myself and I understand the need for this new gym. I am currently a member at You fit Health Club because I was a prior member of Porky’s Gym which was bought out by You fit. You fit is not a bad gym in itself, but it doesn’t have all the necessary equipment to bodybuild the hardcore way. PUMP meets all the requirements that a bodybuilder checks for while becoming a member in a gym; it will have squats racks, smith press (women prefer it), benches, dumb bells that reach a 190 weight max among other things. In Hialeah, which is the city I want to open the gym in
Customers usually make decision of purchase by comparing the “value” of a product or service, which can be looked as the benefit–sacrifice ratio. Many customers find the prices of most health club and gyms too high because they see little value in some of extra amenities, in other words, they find that the benefit they receive is not valuable, comparing to the sacrifices they make; in this case, the benefit-sacrifice ratio in this case is pretty low. Therefore, Planet Fitness offers good value membership, which means high benefit-sacrifice ratio for customers, comparing to other major gyms.
bond we share as human beings. The paths we take in life can be of great distress, but the outcome will determine the will of who we are. These paths are a “sign of where we’ve been” (line 11). Doty challenges us how to balance the weight of the world through self-confidence and consideration of others for guidance. According to Doty, this guidance can be found in common places.
My teammates would cry and complain and quit. They could never see the appeal, and it was not until I took a weightlifting class during my freshman year that I found people who did; but they were all boys. For the first few weeks in the class, I continued to hid behind cardio machines and two pound weights, afraid to venture across an invisible barrier to the free weight section, bustling with sweaty boys in an assortment of Nike and Adidas. While other girls in my class sat texting on the recumbent bicycles, spouting gossip, I hovered closer and closer to the boy’s club, as I had dubbed them, rotating between weight stations. Then, on unexpected Friday afternoon, after an hour of listening to mindless drivel about fad diets and fake eyelashes, I breached the invisible line separating me from who I wanted to be. In doing so, I began a harsh journey of calloused hands, sweat stains, aching knees, and soreness in muscles I did not know existed. I has been two years since my evolution to heavy lifting
At the Gym, written by Mark Doty, dramatizes the conflict within the mind of a bodybuilder and his desire to change who and what he is. The speaker observes the routines of the bodybuilder bench-pressing at a local gym, and attempts to explain the driving force that compels him to change his appearance. The speaker illustrates the physical use of inanimate objects as the tools used for the “desired” transformation: “and hoist nothing that need be lifted” (5,6). However, coupled with “but some burden they’ve chosen this time” (7), the speaker takes the illustration beyond the physical use of the tools of transformation and delves into the bodybuilder’s mental state. The speaker ends by portraying the bodybuilder as an arrogant, muscular being with fragile feelings of insecurity.
People often go through their life working-out and going to the gym to get “buff.” For ninety-five percent of Americans that do work out, few can say that they have pushed themselves as hard as possible, but I have the distinct, and often painful, pleasure of knowing that there is another way to work out. This option is unlike any other that I have ever personally been through; and is a way that I would not wish on any average American. 4:55 a.m. Seventeen degrees Fahrenheit, a mild breeze of ten miles per-hour-- for the fifth day in a row and second consecutive month, it is time for me to wake up, make the face-numbing, core-hardening walk through the snow to the Mildred and Louis Lasch Football Building.
The Health and fitness industry have many ethical issues involved which was very interesting to me. I have never purchased a membership at a health club, but from the reading I learned a lot about how they operate. It amazed me that health clubs push their sales representatives to get 200-300 new members a month (Amend, 1992). This is a large amount of people for such a short amount a time, which means some members are not fully aware of the fine print of the membership agreement. Also the reading mentions that more than half of instructors at these clubs do not have valid certification (Copeland et al, 1988),. This is unethical because the members pay each month for the service of a qualified staff member to assist them in exercise and fitness. Safety of the members could also be at risk working out with a non-qualified trainer. Learning how these companies do business make me want to hold off as long as possible to join a gym.
Most bodybuilders walk around the gym in stringers, tank tops, or shorts. Most of them are more muscular than the regular guys that go to the gym. They are the ones that are always at the gym improving their body, lifting large amounts of weight and doing heavy cardio. They make an intense workout look easy. They are the ones many people look up to and get inspired by. They are people in the bodybuilding subculture.
When one enters the gym; past the front desk, beyond the treadmills, away from the pools and basketball courts we see the heart and soul of the gym. The loud cluttering of dumbbells dropping, throbbing screams and powerful grunts define this area. Here is where any avid weightlifters destiny is formed. There are only two paths to take on the journey, and the roads they lead to couldn’t be any more diverse. One path leads to a physique defined beyond measure, where every muscle is visible along with the segments within them. This is the fitness model look, made of lean muscle. The other path leads to a physique hulking with muscle. Here the person is monstrous in proportion, since the emphasis is on size over definition. This is the bodybuilder look, made of muscle mass. The similarities and differences of these two “gods of the iron” can be seen through their workouts, diets and their results.
When we go to the gym, we expect to see results from our hard work. We expect to see the fat melt away and our muscles to be accentuated on our bodies. Getting to the point where we feel good about our bodies, especially our muscles, takes time and effort on our part. However, there are some things that we can do to increase the efforts that we see from our time at the gym.
Advertising is one of the most influential art forms on Earth. Everyday people come face-to-face with a multitude of ads: At this point, they are a part of who we are. We see ads on billboards and all over the internet. While many ads prove to be very successful, there are a huge amount that end up being highly unsuccessful. Although they may fail, a portion of ads become well known for the controversy they bring with them. One specific ad that got a lot of people talking was Protein World’s Are You Beach Body Ready? This ad did not work as intended because of its overall visualization, the standard it set for women, and the meaning behind the product.
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Muscular fitness is a key component to leading a healthy and active life. Muscular fitness is composed of two main aspects, muscular strength and muscular endurance. The American College of Sports Medicine (ASCM) defines muscular strength as “The ability to perform activities that require high levels of strength” and defines muscular endurance as “The ability of a muscle group to execute repeated contractions over a period of time sufficient to cause muscular fatigue” (ACSM, 2014, p. 3). Day to day activities such as lifting, carrying, and putting down objects require a certain level of functional muscular strength and muscular endurance.
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When most people hear the term ‘bodybuilding’ they think of massive, inhuman looking individuals, mostly males, who spend every waking minute in the gym lifting weights and injecting steroids. But that is not entirely true. Bodybuilding is much more complex than that, especially when it comes to nutrition. Bodybuilding is a lifestyle. There are many different factors that come in to play for professional bodybuilders, as well as the regular person who is looking to put on muscle mass or whatever their fitness goals might be. Some of those factors include nutrition, training, recovery, supplementation, as well as the controversial topic of drugs in the bodybuilding scene. Bodybuilding also has a unique history that should be addressed before diving into the topics of bodybuilding.
The gym where I train and workout, the Dubuque Martial Arts Group, is a place where I know who I am. It is a place I can go to escape my problems for a while and release some stress. It's not the actual physical building, but rather the events that have occurred there over the years. It's where I have formed some of my closest friendships. It is the place I have invested years of hard work for many of my accomplishments. To some it may seem odd that a place associated with sweat, blood and physical pain mean so much to someone. However, in my eyes it's almost like a second home.