The whole point of going to the gym is self-improvement; one can train hard for many hours and be dedicated both in and outside of the gym to see the results that one wants. Through this; you grow as a person, bursting through negativity that once kept you from reaching these goals and now serve as inspiration to those who wish to do the same. It is a place where dedication and perseverance are richly rewarded and encouraged by those who have similar goals.
However, some people, as with all activities across the spectrum, have completely missed this point and take the gym far less seriously than they should. It is not difficult to see where these issues stem from; mass media presents gym goers as brainless muscle heads unable to expand their thinking beyond the confines of the gym. The popular 'jock' trend that is often seen across all forms of media helps to perpetuate this kind of thinking, bringing young and even the 'less young' people into the gym with the wrong kind of mindset to be both successful and integrative. Being very loud (here, I do not mean dropping weights loudly or grunting loudly), swearing, treating people very disrespectfully, making jokes about overweight people in the gym are all things that I constitute to be downright wrong and plain rude.
This principle where people act out what they see in the media is not exclusive to the gym however; but because you have to deal with these people on a regular basis, it can chafe your patience. These 'mainstream' people develop a kind of grandiose attitude because they now believe that the fact that they lift weights, allows them to act in this manner and that it is considered 'normal'.
Most of the people who display great physical development, fitness models for example, have attitudes that are so far removed from the attitude previously mentioned that one would find it be hard pressed to believe that the two groups were doing the same activity to meet the same ends. These other people do not understand the value inherent in helping others and encouraging them; it is in doing so that develop a good character. Whereas fitness models (or people with fitness model bodies) as well as professionals, will almost always be found to give a helping hand, good advice or words of encouragement. It is indeed sad that the discipline of bodybuilding should be tainted by such people; but one can do nothing except show people the correct behaviour by leading by example.
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