Ethnography

Ethnography

November 2, 2014

Gym Day

The time is 1:32 pm, the room smells like sweat. I am in a gym, and there are five others in the gym as well. The first one is a girl, she is about five feet tall, and she has a tone body. She is wearing leggings and a pink sleeveless shirt, we will call her Pink. The second person is a male, about six feet tall. The gentleman is wearing black shorts with a grey sleeveless shirt. He has large muscles and also has a tone body, he looks like the typical jock, we will call him Jock. The third person is also a male about five and a half feet tall. He is wearing blue shorts and a shirt that says "Chevy" with the Chevrolet emblem below it, we will call him Chevy. The fourth person is, yet again, another male. This male looks a little overweight, he is wearing shorts and a plain brown t-shirt, we will call him Brown. The final person is another male, this one is a giant. He looks to be about six and a half feet tall, his arms are as big around as my head, keep in mind I wear a size 7 and 1/2 hat, this giant looks like a body builder and we will call him, for obvious reasons, Gigantor.

I believe that Jock and Gigantor are friends, due to their reactions and encouragement they give each other. Jock is using a leg machine right now, he is doing five reps of ten. Closing on the end of the fifth rep, he looks as if he is fixing to give out, Gigantor walks up and tells him "You got this, bro". After Jock finishes his fifth rep he lets out a loud sigh, and stands up and lifts each legs one after the other a few times.

Pink is here by herself and is using the treadmill. She is running fairly quickly, the setting is on 7, and she looks to be sweating profusely, which leads me to believe she has been running for a while. At around 1: 56 pm, Pink get off the treadmill and takes a few deep breaths. She then starts doing pull-ups on the pull-up bar, after doing twenty pull-ups she grabs a towel and wipes the sweat off of her face and takes a drink from her water bottle and leaves.

I also believe that Brown and Chevy are working out together because after they both get done with a machine they converse a little. Brown is staying on leg machines mainly, while Chevy swaps from arm machines to running machines. I believe Chevy is helping Brown get into better shape, because Chevy keeps giving Brown advise and encouragement throughout his workout.

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