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About Us

Diversity, in respect to our blog, is the difference in mindsets and motivations, variations and beliefs, actions and practices in institutions that differ between groups.

- Through consented interviewing and observation, our goal is to search for variations in cultural values in how different groups of students (excluding faculty and staff) find reasons and motivations to attend the gym on the USF campus. By compiling our results, we aim to determine trends in both motivations and mindsets of active USF students.

- Once data is collected and analyzed, we hope to post the trends we have observed in active USF Students.

- Humanistic Approach: By finding diversity in trends, we can better understand the different mindsets of the students at USF who go to the gym.

Sunday, November 9, 2014

Survey for Identifying Aspects of Gym Culture

This survey was created by our team of students to shed a little light on what is really going on with the gym culture on campus. I wonder what we'll find!



Diversity in Athletic and Gym Culture at USF – Cultures on Campus Blog

Below is a questionnaire that will aid us in understanding the athletic and gym culture at USF, and to also understand that diversity within that culture. Please answer all questions as honestly and fully as possible to help us better understand the USF gym culture and to celebrate the differences within it.
Individual’s name will be kept strictly confidential. Information from this questionnaire will be used simply as data represented in our blog, Cultures on Campus, that we can analyze and understand the diversity within the gym culture of USF.
               
Name                                                                                                                     
Age                                                        
Sex                                                         
Major                                                    
Year                                                       
How often do you attend the gym?                                                                                                    
For how long do you spend on each session?                           
Do you exercise alone or with friends/companions?                                                                                                  
What types of exercises are you involved in?                              
Do you focus on weight loss, physique, health, recreation, attraction, meeting new people, etc.? 
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Do you focus on your appearance when attending the gym?
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What type of clothing do you wear for the gym? i.e. Brands, types of tops, bottoms, shoes, etc.
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Do you enjoy the exercise process, or is this process something that you don’t enjoy? Please explain.
                                                                                                          
Does the exercise aid in your ability to perform your career, job, or will aid in your career/job in the future?
                                                                                                          
If so, what career/job/line of work?                                                  
Do you take part in sports activities, and if so, which sport?                                                                                      
Outside of the gym, how do you see the portrayal of gym culture, such as in the media like television or magazines?
                                                                                           
Do you believe that the gym is a place for everybody, whether someone is in shape or not?

                                                                                           



Tough Machines, Tough Workouts, Tough Pressures of Keeping Up at the Gym

All of us NON-gym goers I think undergo some form of this or another. Complicated machines we can't figure out how to use, trying to keep up with everyone else at the gym to fit in and get in shape, and having to worry about being looked at and singled out is something I think we can relate to when going to the gym when out of shape.