Psychological Views on the gym

During my times at the gym, studying and noting have been a primary action I usually take. However, I also am starting to become interested in the physiological aspect of the new and the experienced gym goers. People coming to the gym tend to want to "tone up" or "lose weight" which, coincidentally, is how I started. What I've noticed is that even when you reach that "goal" it has already been replaced with the goal of trying to obtain an extremely symmetrical body. Once again once this goal is even close to being reached the goal then changes for size or lowering of body fat percentage. The point I am trying to make is that after such a long time of studying the behavior of the individuals at the gym they never seem to be "okay" with their current state. In my time going to the gym I've noticed that this can be great for activities outside the gym where discipline and ambition would serve one well.

In the gym most patrons soon realize the gym is about keeping a schedule and holding solid to the schedule. Once the gym becomes a permanent activity one will soon find themselves having an unquenchable desire to be better, to look, better, to have better form, to lift heavier. In any case they want more. Once this desire has taken hold one would notice a better life, more work being done, more praise being given to, and less embarrassing instances of not being able to preform physically. What I find interesting about this is that one to two hours a day in the gym, for five days a week pushing the limit each time can get one an unimaginable amount of benefits. I've also seen that this mostly takes hold in people who have toughed out the grind. Although they don't feel the grind get easier everything else has become extremely easy.

I've often stated that the benefits of going to the gym weren't just a better looking body, and now I have even more evidence to back up the claim. This link is to a scientific paper that has been peer reviewed however, unless you have a membership reading the document will be hard. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001691814001577

I feel that this goes hand in hand with Mr. O as Mr. O takes his schooling extremely seriously and has maintained a 4.0 since he started college 2 and half years ago. He has won many grants and scholarships thanks to his unwillingness to stop or settle. I've also noticed a higher GPA since I've made weight training a more serious part of my life. Once you have started a rigorous routine and have been grinding away the feeling is easy to understand. Until next week my friends, stay thirsty.