Fitness Analysis Paper

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Introduction

In these recent decades, we can see fitness elements have inserted in western digital media a lot, no matter in movie like "Rocky", advertisements like "California", youtube videos, facebook and instagram posts. It promotes the workout lifestyle to the audiences. However until now in 2018, working out at the gym this fitness culture has become one of the leisure activity to youngster nowadays. And this influence doesn't just stay in the western country, it has shifted to Asia as well. There are more and more fitness elements in the digital media. For example, new workout clothing brand Taiger, nutrition company AP-Nutrition, new gym GoJi Studio and even movie "Unbeatable" ...... . Since then, it attracts more people get involved …show more content…

I surfed through Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Youtube about fitness and workout content. I found out that most of the content are posted on Youtube and Instagram.

Fitness model from Instagram

Founder of "Taiger" and fitness model on Youtube and Instagram

On their social media platform, they often share their body physique update, sponsors and workout tips to their followers and audiences. Followers would comment their fitness questions on their social media, sometimes the fitness model will reply them and help them to achieve their body physique goals. This type of interaction seems really popular to the younger generation. Also, some of the Youtubers have their own fitness clothing brand and they will promote their brand in the video as well.

On the other hand, for my observation at the gym. People love to connect with the mobile devices during workout at the gym. Some of them like to listen music at the gym and some of them are using their phone during their rest time at the gym, they usually are checking instagram to get some inspirations from the fitness model's workout routine or replying their friends text message. Some of them even wear heart-rate tracker eg. Apple Watch in order to maintain the intensity of the workout programme and keep track on the body …show more content…

There were three types of teachers in a gymnasium: Grammatistes, who taught reading, writing and other scholarly pursuits; Kitharistes, who taught music; and paidotribes, who were physical fitness teachers. Thus, the gymnasium also became a center for the arts, philosophy and literature."Gymnastics Zone 2011.

In ancient Greece, gymnastics is an art and also one of the physical education. This culture of physical education has shift from Europe to America and from America to Asia.

Look back to our observation result, people love to post their body physique on social media which actually is reflecting the culture of gymnos ( means naked in greek) but since the technology had created and it's phenomenon appears in different form. Working out is a act of narcissism as well. Since gymnasium is an art, it required appreciation of the hard-work of the creator, thats why people keep posting the workout selfie and people who go to workout can gain confident as they see themselves as an unique masterpiece, it can show off to people how great they

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