For this i went around to boys and girls and asked them different questions about why they joined the gym and about why some of the boys go to the gym, i also asked some girls also because i though it would be quite interesting to see why girls go to the gym in comparison to boys. All of the people that i asked where from the ages of 17-18 and go to the gym regularly.

• Why do you go to the gym?

Boys – to build muscle/put on weight, social/see friends/interact with others, impress girls

Girls – to tone, loose weight

• Why did you begin to go to the gym in the first place?

Boys – because they were scrawny and wanted to put on weight/muscle, social, because all friends went so they felt they were out of place if they did not go, impress girls

Girls – loose weight/ tone

• What motivates you to go to the gym?

Boys – seeing other men/body builders who are muscly

Girls – to look better/model, to get into clothes that they want to wear

• If you were offered performance enhances would you take them? if answers yes/no why?

Boys – most boys said no, they said this because they said it would shrink their balls/penis, one of the boys said they would take a full cycle to get themselves into the momentum to work out harder and give them more strength but then they would not carry it on, another boy said that they would if they were offered them free as it would help them lift heavier, and put on more muscle

Girls – no, unless it would help them loose weight/get toned faster

• What do you think peoples perceptions of you are?

Boys – lad, muscly, gym addict, always goes to the gym 

Girls – fat, round ball, small, slim

• Find a picture online of what you want to look like at the end of your ‘fitness journey’ 

 

I think that from asking these questions the main thing that i found out was that the main reason boys go to the gym is to build muscle and to look bigger, or to get the perfect six pack that they see loads of other males/body builders have that they would want to look like. It was also interesting to see the comparison between the girls who go to the gym, the main difference was that boys go to the gym to put on weight whereas girls go to loose weight as they believe they are fat and also go because they want to tone up.