An Iron Community

Working out is a community. It is a community because fitness brings people together in a place where we can all share the same interests and goals. The group is held together by sharing the same need; becoming fit and healthy. We are supportive of each other and our goals and will help one another to reach those goals. The tensions that are working against this community are generalized statements that everyone who belongs to a gym and works out is conceited and arrogant. Though I can’t speak for everyone, I believe that most who belong to the gym is just trying to become better mostly for themselves. Most who attend the gym are self conscious of themselves but the support from the gym as well as they’re fitness build confidence which I see nothing wrong in that.

I am a part of the gym community. I have a gym membership and attend the gym almost daily. I am a part of this group because I am just like most everyone who works out; self conscious but working my way to better confidence in myself. I like being a part of the working out community because I am there to focus on myself and to better myself with support from the gym and the people who attend.