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This is Work: Working Out

Like so many other people in the world, I am a member of a health and fitness center, a.k.a. a gym.  The facility I belong to is a large facility and employs many people from trainers to maintenance folks, and customer service staff. The gym I belong to has a childcare area for people with young children to get babysitting services while they are working out. They also have a pool and lifeguards on duty. This is working out for the members of this gym. This is work for the staff of the facility that keep the place running at long hours of the day and evening, so people like me can be exercising.

Fitness as an industry is huge and I could probably write all day about the people it employs. Some of the people at my gym work there as a second job or side job from something else. There are people teaching elementary school during the day and yoga at night. Some of the staff work multiple part-time jobs at different gyms in their specialty. Although it employs many people, finding people making it a full-time job is a different story.




Fitness is a huge industry and besides attendance at a gym, there are so many other aspects. The exercise equipment and machines are another huge business. My gym has a large variety of options to choose from. I am sure every so often a fitness equipment salesperson makes a visit showing the latest in stair-stepper technology. Sometimes the equipment breaks or needs a tune-up, and a technician is tinkering the machines to keep them in order. Many people have decided to leave the membership behind and start working out at home. Another big part of the fitness industry are places you can buy stuff to work out at home and equipment that is made for home use.

Fitness is a part of a larger health and wellness industry. Exercise is just a small part of the business. From diets to supplements, this is goes to a bigger and lucrative business for so many and jobs for all the folks that want to help you be lean, build muscle, burn fat, lose weight, or stay healthy. #thisiswork

~Karen Cirincione

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