Girls & the gym (U.K)

[Broady Brio]

Male. When I used to go to the gym, I used to;

"Fix" my arms. (They be weedy yo'.)
"Perfect" everything else.

 

[Pappeska]

Female, I go to the gym to keep fit, and because I enjoy lifting weights. Helthy body, healthy mind. If I'm anxious I can work it out, maybe that's considered fixing myself, I don't know and foesn't particularly care.

Isn't getting bigger muscles fixing? I know some guys who compplain about their lack of muscles, and they talk about going to the gym to fix this problem...

In a sense, but the end result is being "perfect" (the best you can be). It is only "fixing" yourself if you are comparing yourself with someone who could not be physically better. The girls I have seen simply stop when they are no longer fat (not attractive though as they are far from toned)

My muscles are visible, and when I came home this vacation my mother clearly stated that it was unhealthy to have so little fat over them. I doubt I'm the only one who has heard this, but I should guess it goes for men as well, not just women. Although I've heard we need it more in case we're going to have a child, but since I'm not planning on that in near future I don't see how that relates to anything.

Not everyone would say a toned body is attractive. I don't like six packs, it would have to be very very lightly toned for me to find it attractive.

All you really need for a full workout would be a barbell with about 50kg of weights, a gi or really sturdy piece of cloth, a good pair of running shoes and a place to run. Maybe a bike if you prefer cycling to jogging. I sorted all my workout needs for life at a cost of around £150, and £60 of that was the shoes. As such, I tend to think that people go to the gym to be seen working out. There's no need for the crazy membership fees most gyms charge, but that's hardly the point is it. The gym is a social club. The aim is to do something with ambient sociability, not necessarily to get fit.

I think so too. Going to the gym to lift weights when you're a woman can get you some weird looks. Except for the other women who are there for the same reason I don't go to a gym as of now because my school has its own training area. Out of the ten or so people who use it regularly, there are only two girls.

For some people it is very important to be seen working out... and then they are not really doing it for themselves. Physical exercise is important and all that, but personally I thin it should be done because you find it enjoyable, not because you want to create an image of yourself (in the eyes of others) that you're a healthy person.

And for the money cost, I got my own little home gym set, and it works brilliantly. But many people also go to the gym to get guidance. Maybe they can quit after they feel they've mastered the exercises, but proper form is important and people shouldn't just jump into heavy lifting just like that.

 

[Dags90]

Guys - being well developed is fine, but being a huge body builder doesn't do anything for most women.

Isn't the point supposed to be that men and women should care less about what others think of their bodies, not to simply get the "right" idea of what others want?

And many people would say that men don't go to the gym to impress women at all anyway, they go to impress other men.