In the US I feel like there about 20-30% of the population works out religiously where the rest while to put it kindly don’t. Whats the culture around the gym and fitness in your country like?
In the US I feel like there about 20-30% of the population works out religiously where the rest while to put it kindly don’t. Whats the culture around the gym and fitness in your country like?
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Very, I say more than any other country in the world. I think we have the highest gyms per capita. For people under 30 it’s is genuinely seen as a problem if you don’t go to the gym. Like people will ask you if you have been sick or over working.
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Brazilians are obsessed with the ‚academia‘ (thats how they call gyms). When I lived there for a while all of my colleagues went there religiously. In Colombia, where I‘m from, i don‘t think it is that excessive.
Basically mandatory by this point
No, I was shocked how obsessed is the gym culture in the USA between young people
Yep
South Korea, not really, maybe 5-10% are gym rats. Most people are too busy playing golf in their exercise time
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Extreme workout/obsession with the physical, while minimal work on the mental 😹😅
I wouldn’t be surprise if Brazil is the country where people most work out daily. Gyms are always packed and the running track near my house looks like an anthill. During weekends, you have to wait in a line to play volleyball at the park.
Only in the city and usually middle class and wealthy people only
Only in the city and usually middle class and wealthy people only
Not really, it’s more lean sporty/fitness builds, mostly from soccer people. Only bulky builders are usually rugbiers and rarely gym rats.
Very much.
I used to live in Florianopolis in Brazil where most people eat healthy and work out. It is rare to see anyone that looks unhealthy or overweight.
It was a huge cultural shock to me to move to Indiana. I had never seen so many people with bad teeth and obese. No offense to them – I met amazing people there.
Yes. Gyms in brazil are always packed
Yes, at certain times you can barely go to the machines without a bunch of people waiting to use them too
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More than than before. I think people now get stuck in their computers and phones for most of the day, and they look for something to go out of the house.
The US is the second country when it comes to obesity rate. I doubt more than 20% actually work out
In Colombia people are fitter than in the US but I think it’s all down to diet and lifestyle, not so much working out
Nope
not that many. at my gym ive seen maybe 4 that seem to live there and are huge, YUGE. people like me that go 1 – 3 times a week to stave off death/morbidity are way more common. you go for a walk in buenos aires at 7 pm and 99% of the people you see are on gym outfits going or returning from the gym. not to mention the people you see jogging, but those probably pay for a crossfit gym too lmao
In colombia, I feel like women are way more obsessed than men. Women get all pretty, wear revealing tight clothes (some even come wearing like a bra like top) with makeup.
Yes
I wouldn’t say it’s common but being 43 years old, I can tell a much, much higher proportion of the population goes to gyms when compared to the 90s. There are gyms everywhere
Not really.
No, its mostly a middle and upper class thing.
I seen the majority of young people (people under 40) in Lima being physically fit as the norm then people 40+ who are average or overweight. Few obese people- unless they’re North American expats or tourist from Canada, USA and Mexico!
In Mexico, men can get away with not being fit/ a gym rat if they have money. Their female partners tend to be more fit.
It’s not common for middle and lower classes to be gym rats. Partying and drinking is more of a priority. Of course there are some exceptions that I would call a minority.
Gyms, and group classes tend to be empty on the weekends. Some group classes are not even available on Fridays because instructors/ owners know no one will show up.
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I know they exist, but I wouldn’t say they’re common, maybe it’s my social bubble though, I’m more in the hermit gamer category.
It’s even more common in Brazil than in the US. Working out at the gym on a daily basis is something that the minority of Americans do. Among millennial/Gen Z Brazilians, you’ll have a hard time finding someone that DOESN’T work out.
More economically well off people do tend to have a stronger gym culture, people that live paycheck to paycheck not so much
Very common, almost expected.
Where I live (maracaibo), there’s been a huge influx of expensive gyms(average membership is 50 bucks a month), there’s virtually none of those modest gyms where you can still get your workouts done,ii you find a cheap one then it will be packed. It became a thing of status and clout, just to show off your gym clothes and let everyone see you take your supplements. People from my city are known for that attitude.
It is still a minority of the population, those who can’t afford it are screwed, but there’s plenty of the young population doing sports. I just workout near my place, do some calisthenics or jog.
Is more and more common everyday
Gym is becoming more and more about mental health in Brazil as well. Everybody is really overwhelmed by things in life – I guess in every corner of this planet. So, if you have time, going to the gym is not only a matter of taking care of your body and your shape, but also a matter of taking care of your mind.
I would say most 20-something middle class and upper males go to the gym or do sports in one way or another. I don’t have a single friend that doesn’t regularly play a sport or goes to the gym and we are all office workers.
But I wouldn’t say all of them are gym rats, some are more serious but most just try to look moderately muscled and that’s that.
In Venezuela they’ve become extremely popular ever since the pandemic hit. Like, I live in what’s basically a very small town yet there are like 15 different gyms, with some crossfit boxes scattered around, plus calisthenic parks and obviously sport-dedicated places.
Most of those gyms are a bit overpriced (from 30$ to 80$) yet you see the expensive gyms filled to the brim. I’d say it’ that the fear of being judged as “niche” or different from the rest is what is at play here tbh.
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Like people already said, it is basically mandatory nowadays to be a gym rat
However, there is also an epidemic of anabolic steroids usage…So it is mostly due to our body obsession than due to health…
(I was quite surprised when I lived in europe as an exchange student…I was always seen as the muscular dude, when in Brazil I am just regular)
Here in Brazil you can find a gym on every street. There are gyms everywhere, which are kind of places. There’s even a clandestine gym lol
Brazilians alone are very concerned about physical issues, but this has a lot to do with it being a hot country, with many good beaches that are always crowded. So people want to wear swim trunks or bikinis and show off their beautiful body.
In fact, here in Brazil, the gym has even become a labor “benefit”, as we have a law that obliges the employer to offer minimum mental health conditions for employees, so some companies offer free gym memberships or discounts at gyms.
Oh yes. Ever work place have a group in a app called Gym rats. You compete with your group of friends or coworker to see who goes the most amount of times to the gym…
Kind of.
But mostly on big cities, people on rural areas usually just do manual work, but you can find a lot of gyms in big citites, even in poor areas, ofc it’s more common on young people but i would say that it’s not uncommon
Not in MX. we have tortilla bellies for a reason.