I went back to the Rec on Tuesday, March 11, 2008 around 6:46 in the evening.
Walking toward the workout room I noticed a lot of commotion. There were three guys walking out talking very loudly about sports. One girl walked out with a face full of makeup. How could she be possibly working out? Since a lot seemed to be going on the the hallway I sat out there for about ten minutes before entering my space. While sitting there I noticed that everyone's shoes squeaked, it was so irritating to me.
A short guy with dreads came over to me and asked me what I was doing, and I told him. He then decided he was going to help me out with my observations, and what a good job he did. While noticing a very skinny, tall male walking into the room, the guy with the dreads noticed a guy who had on pajama pants....thermal pajama pants.
There was this one guy who looks like 'Scar' of the Lion King, but his voice is kind of soft. He walked out of the workout room and came back two minutes later with a glazed donut. He offered me a piece because I was staring at it with my mouth opened. (of course I declined). We somehow got into a deep conversation about vanilla icecream, this guy was a pro at his sweets.
I decided it was time to enter the room. So far about twenty five people actually working out, a few others stood around socializing. I noticed that the attendent for the time being was a guy from my Psychology class. I noticed a girl with a prosthetic on the stair master machine. There was a girl on the elliptical going two miles per hour.
On the other side some of the guys in the weight room are taking pictures of each other while lifting weights. Can you say facebook? One guy over there is lifting two fifty pound dumbells. This one guy I noticed had on spandex shorts that stopped at the top of his thigh with a white t-shirt to accompany his attire. In the mirror area there is a guy that looks like the boxer named Rocky. There was another guy who was shaking his butt in front of the mirror.
As I was leaving out, a big, loud obnoxious guy came in yelling 'OMG', for no reason. And a girl walked up to me and gave me a flyer for a clothing store. Boy what a time..............
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Week 5
I went back to the Rec on Tuesday, March 4, 2008 around 11:17 in the morning.
When I walked in I did not expect it to be as much people as it was at the this time of the day. I assumed that everyone came at a later time after lunch. There were about thirteen people in the workout room; six females, including the attendant for the time being and the rest were guys. I noticed three seniors who were there in the jogging pants, one in shorts. Two were lifting dumbells no heavier than twenty five pounds, while the other senior was reading a novel.
There was a guy dressed in all black on the stair master. I assumed he was trying to get his calves toned up. Two females were on treadmill listening to their music devices, next to them was a very attractive guy with bulging muscles. He was also listening to a music device. Most of the guys were on the opposite side of the room where all the heavy weights were.
For so many people to be there, wasn't much really going on. Around 11:30 a new desk attendant came in to relieve the female worker. He was more energetic and friendly than her. He spoke to everyone including me, I assumed that he must really love his job. He soon started to pick up around the area, he even straightened some of the magazines in the rack. He kept this pace for about ten more minutes then he sat down and started reading a textbook.
The senior men were done exercising, but that don't mean that they left the room. I could hear them laughing out loud, the same one was still enjoying his novel. A few more other people started to come in but I decided to call it day....I had a class at 12pm.
Friday, March 7, 2008
Week 4
I went back to the Rec on Thursday, February 21, 2008 around 12:18pm.
I walked in and sat on the bench, and noticed that the attendant was different from the previous week. A few minutes later a girl I knew from high school walked over to me and asked me why do I have a notebook, I just told her I was taking notes for one of my classes and immediately she knew what I was talking about because we have the same class but different teachers.
Right now it is pretty quiet in here. There are no more than twelve people in here. There are two females on the ab machines, they must be friends because they are carrying on a conversation about the oncoming break. One girl is on the stairmaster sweating heavily, another girl is on the elliptical practically running while listening to her headphones. There is an older guy around the age of sixty sitting on an arm machine looking lost and sweaty. In front of the mirror is a small petite girl working her arms using a bench press bar with ten pounds on each end. A guy is next to her doing the same except he has about fifteen pounds on each end. There are two women on the treadmill going at their own pace, and two girls are on the bikes.
A hippie guy is on an oblique bench with a fifty pound weight in his hands. He looks pretty strong; now he moves along to a bar that is in the air and uses his upper body strength to pull his legs toward his stomach working his lower abs.
Ten minutes later I leave out.
I walked in and sat on the bench, and noticed that the attendant was different from the previous week. A few minutes later a girl I knew from high school walked over to me and asked me why do I have a notebook, I just told her I was taking notes for one of my classes and immediately she knew what I was talking about because we have the same class but different teachers.
Right now it is pretty quiet in here. There are no more than twelve people in here. There are two females on the ab machines, they must be friends because they are carrying on a conversation about the oncoming break. One girl is on the stairmaster sweating heavily, another girl is on the elliptical practically running while listening to her headphones. There is an older guy around the age of sixty sitting on an arm machine looking lost and sweaty. In front of the mirror is a small petite girl working her arms using a bench press bar with ten pounds on each end. A guy is next to her doing the same except he has about fifteen pounds on each end. There are two women on the treadmill going at their own pace, and two girls are on the bikes.
A hippie guy is on an oblique bench with a fifty pound weight in his hands. He looks pretty strong; now he moves along to a bar that is in the air and uses his upper body strength to pull his legs toward his stomach working his lower abs.
Ten minutes later I leave out.
Week 3
On Wednesday, February 13, 2008 around 2:08 pm I went back to the Rec.
When I first entered in I observed the attendant reading a book, he looked at me rather weird at first because I did not have on the same workout attire as everyone else. (I had on a gray sweater, jeans, and some tan snow boots). On the wall in back of the attendants desk are posted notes, activities and policies that are currently going on at the Rec. One of the newer activities is entitled the New Body Challenge. Their is a huge poster board on the wall where many participants write their progress down before leaving.
So far there are no more than twenty five people here. There are eight females (five are African American) and the remaining people are guys (two are African American, and one is Chinese) most are caucasion. There are three females on the elliptical, one on the stairmaster, two on the bikes, and two on the treadmill. Most of the guys are on the side where the dumbells are along with weight bench and other things that will halp enhance the muscles.
As time passes more people start to come in, most are females. As one girl was leaving out, I watched her stop at the board behind the attendants desk and mark the New Body Challenge poster....she must be a participant. Shortly after, I left the building.
When I first entered in I observed the attendant reading a book, he looked at me rather weird at first because I did not have on the same workout attire as everyone else. (I had on a gray sweater, jeans, and some tan snow boots). On the wall in back of the attendants desk are posted notes, activities and policies that are currently going on at the Rec. One of the newer activities is entitled the New Body Challenge. Their is a huge poster board on the wall where many participants write their progress down before leaving.
So far there are no more than twenty five people here. There are eight females (five are African American) and the remaining people are guys (two are African American, and one is Chinese) most are caucasion. There are three females on the elliptical, one on the stairmaster, two on the bikes, and two on the treadmill. Most of the guys are on the side where the dumbells are along with weight bench and other things that will halp enhance the muscles.
As time passes more people start to come in, most are females. As one girl was leaving out, I watched her stop at the board behind the attendants desk and mark the New Body Challenge poster....she must be a participant. Shortly after, I left the building.
Friday, February 8, 2008
Week 2
I went to the Rec around 1pm and stayed til 2:17pm. While I was there, I didn't see as much as activity going, there were about seven people there. I assumed that becasue it was still early everyone must have been in class or at work. Four out of the seven people were females, and everyone was caucasion. Five out of the seven people had headphones in their ear, the others were just working out, one watching television. Everyone looked around 20 except for two men and one lady who looked as if they were in the late 30's early 40's.
After sitting there for a minute, a female walked in and decided to zoom in on her. She was a tall slender caucasion female who had dark brown shoulder length hair. She had on black stretch pants with a yellow t-shirt that read 'A day without sunshine is like night.' The first thing she did was walk over toward the mirror; while walking she put her hair in a pony tail, and began to stretch. This process took no more than ten minutes. When she finished she headed over to the elliptical machines, before she started she cleaned the bars of the machine off with a mysterious cleaner that sits at the front desk. Then she began her workout.
The last person I zoomed in on was a man who appeared to be in his early 40's. He had heavy facial hair and wore navy blue shorts with white t shirts that appeared to dripped in sweat. I don't know how long he was there becasue when I came I seen him and then he was on the treadmill. He had nice toned legs with no hair, I noticed them when he was jump roping. It seemed like he was jumping forever, but it was only five minutes straight. After he was done he left.
Friday, February 1, 2008
Week 1
On Wednesday, January 30, 2008 around 4 pm I went to the Rec. The Rec is a place where people come to engage in vigorous activities to obtain healthy lifestyles as well as appearances.
When I first walked in I observed a desk to my left with a person who I assumed was the attendant for the time being. As I walked further in, I seen that the place had two seperate sides; on the left was all of the weights and on the right were machines such as ellipticals & treadmills. I assumed that the left side was for strenghth trainers and the right for people who wanted to get their heart rate up to have a better results from their workout. I also seen a wall wide mirror which people looked at from time to time. I can say that there were quite a few people there; more guys than females. But on my way out about an hour later even more people were comong through still more guys than girls.
When I first walked in I observed a desk to my left with a person who I assumed was the attendant for the time being. As I walked further in, I seen that the place had two seperate sides; on the left was all of the weights and on the right were machines such as ellipticals & treadmills. I assumed that the left side was for strenghth trainers and the right for people who wanted to get their heart rate up to have a better results from their workout. I also seen a wall wide mirror which people looked at from time to time. I can say that there were quite a few people there; more guys than females. But on my way out about an hour later even more people were comong through still more guys than girls.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
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