Intimidation. Insurance. Women?

One of the first important things that would have to go away if a gym like this was to be successful, would be the feeling of intimidation that some men get, real or imagined when they walk into a gym. Some of the activities described might run the risk of having an “I am the king of the hill” type attitude spring up around them if not monitored carefully. In other words, the same psychology that permeates regular gyms might begin to happen here also.

I like the idea of this sort of gym because I live in the northeast and wintertime usually makes it difficult to do consistent exercise on your own without belonging to a regular gym, which can get boring after a while. Winter sports do not usually fall under the category of “a quick workout”, and when it begins to get dark at 4:00; outside activities are not desirable anyway. Plus, it’s cold. The social atmosphere that’s possible here would make it way more desirable than just having exercise equipment at home.

When I picture this gym in my imagination as you described it, I’m imagining a place that is absolutely huge. It would take a tremendous amount of capital to get going, and God knows what the insurance companies would charge when they got wind of it.

One of my father’s friends used to yell out the car window at people jogging, “Get a woodpile!!!” Maybe he should have started one of these.

As a sort of side question, what sort of activities would an “Ultimate Woman’s Gym” have in the same spirit of being different and interesting? Ironically I thought of this because one of the Google Ads on the sidebar as I was reading this article was for a woman’s fitness center.

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