Joseph Gruber Writing 111 Mrs. Boehme
It appears society has an obsession with fitness. Where does this fixation come from? What is it that makes one person remain stagnant while another is in constant motion? Some claim they exercise to stay healthy yet walk right out of the gym to reach straight into their pockets for a cigarette. There are others who spend all day pumping iron to get a Schwarzenegger body just to head home and clog their arteries with leftover Chinese from the night before. Don’t get me wrong, exercising, for whatever reason it is, is never a bad thing. My question is what society’s obsession with fitness is. What gives some people the motivation to head out to their local Bally’s while others remain sedentary on their couch? In regard to those couch dwellers, don’t they notice while they are constantly being berated by the media with images of physically fit men and women? Recent studies have delved into the motivating factors behind why people stay fit. Recent studies have shown that self control plays a critical role in how someone exercises, yet individuals self control is not an unlimited resorce. An individual makes a mistake when forcibly imposing a standardized routine upon them. A person’s enjoyment they get out of how they work out is critical; even though personal trainers’ and the media present strict routines, each regimen should be tailored to each specific person’s preferences in order for it to be effective.
Physical fitness can play a major role in the quality of ones life. Staying healthy consists of improving one’s physical and mental health as well as improving how someone looks, which in turn creates a healthier more content lifestyle by improving ones self-esteem. Every person needs a motivating factor and each person has their own. There are four key factors for why people exercise, those being physical health (the second level of Maslow’s “Hierarchy of Needs”), mental health, athletics, and aesthetic...