Contrasting Workouts
After recieving this blog assignment I decided to work out thursday night at about 9:00 pm, and then again friday morning around 10:00am. The two experiences were very contrasting.
Thursday, when I entered, there were hot sweaty bodies huffing and puffing all over the place. Almost every machine had an occupant. All of the women seemed to be crowded by the cardio machines, or on the mats doing various ab workouts. The men on the other hand, were lumped up in big groups over by the free weight section. All of them grunting and sweating like crazy as the girls looked over occasionally to get a glmpse of a man in pain. The girls were also reserved and to themselves, most of them with their ipods hooked up, not looking to meet anybody with their slicked back hair, and red faces.
On the other hand my friday morning work out was very different. When I entered the fitness center, there were only about 20 other people in the room with me. four of them were over the age of 60, and the rest were girls, with a guy popping in every now and then. When I observed the surroundings I noticed that there were about ten girls in the free weight section, and the others on the cardio. I found it so ironic that when there weren't guys there to look down on the girls, then their confidence levels rose drastically. The influence and power that the guys hold is on gilrs' confidence levels is outrageous, and I was shocked to make the comparasin that I did.
Thursday, when I entered, there were hot sweaty bodies huffing and puffing all over the place. Almost every machine had an occupant. All of the women seemed to be crowded by the cardio machines, or on the mats doing various ab workouts. The men on the other hand, were lumped up in big groups over by the free weight section. All of them grunting and sweating like crazy as the girls looked over occasionally to get a glmpse of a man in pain. The girls were also reserved and to themselves, most of them with their ipods hooked up, not looking to meet anybody with their slicked back hair, and red faces.
On the other hand my friday morning work out was very different. When I entered the fitness center, there were only about 20 other people in the room with me. four of them were over the age of 60, and the rest were girls, with a guy popping in every now and then. When I observed the surroundings I noticed that there were about ten girls in the free weight section, and the others on the cardio. I found it so ironic that when there weren't guys there to look down on the girls, then their confidence levels rose drastically. The influence and power that the guys hold is on gilrs' confidence levels is outrageous, and I was shocked to make the comparasin that I did.
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