Day 1 of Observation

My first day of observation went pretty well, I started at Rams Gym and stayed form 11am to 12 noon. The gym itself is split into 3 section basically which include:

• weight section
• indoor track
• machine section (treadmills, etc)

The first I observed was that the weight side mainly consist of men, the track is about even (gender wise), while the machine side is mostly women. However there are both men and women on both sides (I am just speaking majority wise).

Observations:

• Everyone was wearing t-shirts, and athletic shorts/tights (except 1 guy who was wearing jeans?)
• Not many groups of people working out together (just a small handful of groups of 2)
• Many people who were alone were wearing earphones/headsets (ipod)
• Majority of the guys were pretty muscular, while the rest were around my size. (I did not see and really big/muscular people)
• Mostly young people However I did see one older male working out.
• The environment was nice along with the people, although it was not all that sociable with the exception of a few people helping out someone, either by spotting them as they lift or through giving tips/advice.

This is all of my observation for this day, I have a few assumptions/analysis but I will save those until I finish up all my observation for this project.