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The article from the Spanish Journal of Physics proposes using gyms as physics laboratories to improve understanding of physical concepts. Scientific-sport activities based on real machines are mentioned, where students apply their knowledge and conduct investigations. It explains how gym machines do not multiply applied force, but rather facilitate its execution and are used to change the direction of forces and focus work on a specific muscle area. It also discusses gym machines with levers and pulleys, and concludes that studying physics in the context of gyms can enrich physics education in a cooperative and entertaining way. [Extracted from the article]

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During the Spanish liberal period in the city of Barcelona the emergency of a new style of culture which came as a result of a complex society with historical features that set it apart. This cultural style could be seen in industrial, urban and economic growth, but also in the arts, recreational activities and also in ideology and politics. Given these circumstances and with an eye on social change and advances in production, and European policies, in Barcelona the first hygienic gymnasiums began to appear. The localisation and study of these gymnasiums is the main objective of this paper, which provides a space to be able to better interpret the emergence of physical and sports practices and their systemic and ideological relationship with other historical events. A review of the historical press deposited in the Library of Catalonia offers the possibility of more in-depth analysis and links the hermeneutic discourse to the support of other background and contextual studies. It is therefore concluded that the appearance of these gymnasiums was never associated with nationalising and patriotic ends, but with the modern, urban development of a liberal and private social framework. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article titled "Painful pilonidal lesion in the sacrococcygeal region" describes the case of a 23-year-old patient with a history of septoplasty due to previous trauma at the gym. The patient goes to the doctor complaining of pain in the upper area of the intergluteal region, accompanied by bloody stains on their underwear. After a physical examination and preoperative study, it is decided to perform a scheduled surgery to treat a pilonidal lesion. The article provides information about the incidence, diagnosis, treatment, and possible complications of this disease. [Extracted from the article]

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This article is a case study on the materiality of some contemporary gyms with weight training which show evidence of the shift from corporeal modern discipline to corporeal postmodern discipline. The gyms are located in a popular neighborhood (colony) of Mexico City. With this study of weight training artifacts some arguments are suggested in relation to the change in the use of this equipment by gender as well as the relation of these type of gyms with the social context of the colony. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objective of this study is to analyse whether men who regularly work our in the gym (gym users) can be differentiated from non-user university males from the general population according to the following variables: body image, altered eating habits and altered exercise habits. Two samples took part in the study: one with 78 gym users randomly chosen from gyms in Guadalajara (Jalisco-Mexico) and 340 non-user students from the UNIVA University in Guadalajara. The results of an attitude questionnaire show chat as far as body image measured, there was no difference between gym users and non-user men from the general population. It was also observed that gym users had worse eating and physical exercise habits than the men surveyed from the general population. The intensity of the alteration in eating attitudes and attitudes towards physical exercise seem to be linked to the desire to have larger muscles as measured by a figure scale. These data indicate that gym users have a greater pathological tendency in eating and physical exercise habits than the general population. This may be related to engaging in a sport for an aesthetic outcome rather than for health reasons. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Can physical exercise at commercial fitness gyms be considered as treatment of individualized problems relating to health? Inspired by available research and Yngvar Løchens' (1971) concept «the therapeutic society», I discuss this question here. Interview statements of 16 fitness gym users are analysed as acts of positioning towards certain culturally defined positions, positions that are regarded as expressing cultural interpretations of physical exercise. The analysis shows that the informants can be related to seven positions; «the problem-solver», «the aesthete», «the one compensating», «the dependent one», «the outdoor person», «the sportsman» and «the fitness gym enthusiast». The further analysis shows that interpretations expressed by the former four positions largely harmonize with the values and norms characterizing «the therapeutic society». These positions are discussed as expressions of «the sick role» (Parsons, 1988), «the health role» (Shilling, 2008), as well as individualized responsibility for one's health in a complex knowledge society. «The outdoor person», «the sportsman» and the «fitness gym enthusiast» are to a greater extent discussed as alternative interpretations of physical exercise, emphasizing immediate and valued experiences. Considering these findings, commercial fitness gyms should be subjected to versatile sociological investigation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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