In a perfect world, each person would be fit and beach body ready all the time, but sadly in the United States that is not the case. The government and other organizations have stressed the importance of being healthy and the serious dangers that come with being overweight, yet the obesity rate continues to climb. The price of junk food and electronic devices, such as cell phones, is steadily declining while the price of healthy food and fitness machines are constantly on the rise. For example, a salad at McDonalds is more expensive than several burgers that are sold there. With these continuous changes, it has become challenging to maintain a healthy life style. Thankfully, gym memberships can help get people back on track and put an …show more content…
Getting a gym membership can lead to an increase in an individual’s social activity. Gym memberships give people an advanced opportunity to meet new people. A gym membership allows individuals to interact with people who share common interest. They both would like to improve their health. Joining a gym allows those individuals to interact with others who share the same interest, share workout tips or even personal tips, and offer motivation to those around them. It also helps in building strong relationships and trust by being around those people and feeling comfortable enough to work out in front of them. Those who work out with other members in a gym feel the desire to perform the best they can and to prove they are not the weakest link. Individuals who work out at gyms with other people tend to push harder during workouts than those who work out …show more content…
A corporate gym membership is when employers can provide their staff with access to gyms for little to no cost. Scott Beagrie writes that, “Employee Benefits/Alexander Forbes Benefits Research found that 27% of employers offer it on a voluntary basis” (Beagrie 1). He also states that employees are not the only ones who benefit. He found that, “Employers also benefit from promoting staff fitness and wellbeing, which is known to increase engagement and motivation” (Beagrie 1). A variety of programs are offered by employers, from having a membership to the latest and greatest gym or just having access to a small onsite gym that offers a few exercise machines within the office such as an elliptical and treadmill or treadmill workstation. Work stations such as these are treadmills that have been adapted for desk use. Along with the obvious physical and mental health benefits, being a part of a company gym also allows room for the growth of professional relationships. While in the past, business deals were made at fancy restaurants over dinner and drinks; the new trend is making deals at the gym over a game of racquetball. The younger generation is much more interested in health and wellbeing rather than being lavished with fine
The culture of the gym is slowly coming together just after two days of observations. The gym is primarily a male dominant place to do but in our college the only area that is completely dominant is the weight lifting area and that’s only during prime hours. Also on the note of personal space there is noticeably a tendency for both male and female to have a certain amount of space around them like a personal bubble.
In the article “Fitness Culture: A Growing Trend in America by Sheila McClain, it speaks in detail why American have increased their interest in health and fitness. Sheila conducts a comprehensive research of the subject and provides strong statics and information from others. Since, we are an age of technology and everyone is more involved in learning we have learned that fitness matters and is a key link to good health.
The subculture chosen for this report is; Aspirational Fitness Goers. In further detail this subculture is derived from a broader cultural group of Fitness. From here this culture is spilt up into many degrees of ‘Fitness’. Aspirational Fitness Goers are those people, mainly young women, that aspire to the idea of being fit and healthy, however; require a high degree of ongoing motivation and reminders that this end goal of being fit is attainable. This subculture consumes large amounts of time on leisure activities such as watching television and exploring the internet. Markers associated with this subculture are difficult to identify externally. Some external markers include; wearing fitness clothing either branded or non-branded during the day to give the illusion of being fit to those on the outside, this subculture tends to attempt at being motivational; for example, setting an alarm or scheduling the day around some form of fitness such as going for a run, however, never actually fulfilling the proposed fitness ideal. This subculture tends to fall into traps purchasing; fitness books, supplements, fitness applications, et cetera.
An individual going to the gym by themselves will not motivate them on anything they do. That is why people like to have a buddy, trainer, or group with them so they can work harder, and show those persons how they can work hard and not give up. Being alone will make them give up, and stop their exercise because they think they can’t do it. In the contrary, having someone makes them compete, accomplish, work harder, and not give up on any exercise they give them. Because that person will not put an individual to rest, a trainer will make the other person sweat and be super exhausted. For example, a 12th grader went to the gym alone, and didn’t know what to do. So he started working by himself, and do easy exercises. However, he put a timer of 60 second of doing squats, but he stop half way. He stop because he thought he could not finish. Because he puts in his mind that he can not finish. In the contrary, if he had a trainer or a group of friends, those persons will eventually make him go, and not stop in something that he can’t do. Because he is being pushed by someone else, and that someone else makes sure for that person no to give up, and to keep going. That person makes sure he knows that he is capable of doing
...hat the facilities are at best decent and nothing relatively superior, is for the use of a gym that isn’t over crowded, and filled with like-minded individuals of the same age and race. My research methods such as an inductive method including participant-observation allowed me to observe the members and how they interacted amongst each other. Most of what I learned came from the women’s locker room, where many of them felt as ease as they discussed diets, workouts, and health issues. The one aspect that did change after using the facilities was that the price included within the membership was not for high end machines, or for state of the art locker rooms with luxurious amenities. The price is paid to be part of a network of older individuals, with like-minded ideas of staying fit for the sake of being healthy, and to work out in a crowd-free, judgment free area.
Fitness programs can reduce absenteeism. There are many documented situations of fitness and wellness programs are effective. In a one-year study of over 500 employees, each took part in a work place fitness program. The for each employee that worked out as little one day a week, cut their average number of sick days in half, from over ten sick days on average in the previous year without any activity to less than five in the following year. The report also showed that the employees that did not maintain a workout load of at least once a week did not reduce any sick-days. (Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 1997; 39:827-831) Each of the participants followed a one-hour supervised workout consisting of a warm-up, stretching, calisthenics, cardiovascular and strength-building program. Later in the study Dr. Lilian Lechner, M.P.H. stated, “While previous studies have found that employees most likely to partake in workplace fitness programs are those who already get the most regular exercise and tend to be in better health, the current show that work-based fitness offers added health benefits for employees regardless of their fitness level.
Routine physical activity may be difficult for those with low income to achieve. Firstly, people who have low income generally must work longer and laborious hours than people in the high and middle income rankings in order to have enough money to get by. Low-class Americans simply do not have the time or energy to exercise their bodies. Also, an individual’s economic status can be the cause for several obstacles of achieving physical fitness. For instance, the lack of transportation to and from the gym could be a major problem, as well as being able to pay gym membership fees or gym equipment. It is further explained, “A lack of good transportation choices is the most important single issue that limits routine activities such as walking, biking, and transit use by low income people.” (Squibb 2) Poor economy is only one of the ways low-income individuals are limited to physical fitness.
Black, Tamara. 2008. Exercise and Fitness in a U.S. Commercial Gym.Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms International.
The average person spends over 8 hours and 41 minutes a day on average on electronic devices according to a recent study. Time is short within our day so we often find excuses to spend as much time as possible doing as little as possible, this poses a problem as people become less eager to do something productive and more willing to sit on the couch and watch Netflix. But what if you had someone to be accountable to for an hour out of your day? Assigning yourself a trainer gives you a quantifiable amount of time per week to get into the gym and provides you with a reason to go. This alone can lead to a drastic change in your appearance and overall health. The first and most important step to a healthier you is
McClain, Sheila. “Fitness Culture: A Growing Trend in America” Rise B. Axelrod, and Charles R.
In hindsight, businesses that succeed in implementing these kinds of health programs produce overall happier employees. According to the American Psychological Association, “for employees who are more physically active, job burnout is less likely to develop into depression” and being allowed to exercise at work doesn’t cut into valuable family time at home (APA). The psychological effects that exercise provides for a person are unparalleled in the sense that it grants employees an emotional boost. After working out, people tend to feel better about themselves which stimulates happiness. When a person is happier, especially while at work, performance in their job will escalate far beyond a person who may be depressed or feeling down from a lack of physical activity. In addition, employees who spend more time with their families, instead of cutting out valuable interaction in order to exercise at home, experience stronger emotional relationships with their loved
Today, the importance of physical fitness is recognized as an essential component to a healthy, active lifestyle and should be a priority in most people’s lives. It should not be surprising that physical fitness and exercise improve long term health. It has been proven that the rewards of exercising, strength training and cardiovascular exercise can improve the quality of a person’s life in many ways. Living a long, healthy lifestyle without disease and obesity should be a goal for everyone. When fit, both physically and mentally, a person is more confident, alert and aware when physically fit. Being physically fit and continued exercise has a direct impact on job performance and reduces daily stress.
As the media bombard the American public with unrealistic images, a new obsession with fitness has hit the markets. With more and more people aiming to lose weight, the fitness industry has been pressured to accommodate the high demands for efficient and entertaining workouts. This greater variety of work-outs hitting the market is a result of the diverse types of people who are trying to get in shape. Health clubs are no longer only for those 20-30 year olds who are in competitive training or those who need to be fit as a job requirement. Instead, these facilities are now packed with people of...
Entertainment has been an established part of the American culture almost since its founding. The types of entertainment that most Americans enjoy in today's world are going to the movies, going out to eat, and exercising. Different forms of exercise vary from running and playing sports to weight lifting. Those who enjoy weight lifting can choose to do so in the privacy of their home, in a community center like the YMCA, or in a health club. At a health club one can expect to find a wide variety of people; however, some of these people add to the downside of working out at a local health club because they can be annoying and obnoxious. Three types of these annoying, obnoxious people found at the weight room of a local health club are the show-off, the know-it-all, and the wanderer; these types can be identified by their physical appearance, their social behavior, and their attitude.
Exercising is a popular activity for people around the world, but many people exercise indoors when they should be going outdoors for added benefits. Exercising outdoors can make people more committed to a workout program than an indoor workout plan, and their motivation levels increase (Lacharite-Lemieux, Brunelle, & Dionne, 2015). Working out outdoors will improve a person’s overall psychological (mental) health, more so than normally exercising, which already has psychological and physiological benefits (Hug, Hartig, Hansmann, Seeland, & Hornung, 2009). Obesity rates in America are high and getting people to stick to an exercise program would help fight unhealthy obesity (Gladwell, Brown, Wood, Sandercock, & Barton, 2013). Finally, if a