| For me, there is nothing better than hearing some | | | | have a good exercise, I need to be able to feel the |
| hard-core rock music when I walk into a gym to get | | | | adrenaline flowing through the gym. The atmosphere |
| my exercise on. The music helps me get pumped up | | | | has a great impact on the quality of my workout. |
| and ready to break a sweat. It really seems to help | | | | When I was in school in Hawaii last year, I was often |
| create the atmosphere for working out. Recently, in | | | | frustrated when I went to the school's gym. It wasn't |
| Utah County, a group of college students were on the | | | | because I felt that the type of music there had a |
| verge of protesting Gold Gym because of the choice | | | | demoralizing effect. It was, however, similar. Whenever |
| of music and videos that were being played. Luckily | | | | I walking into the gym, there slow-beat, pop music |
| however, their petitions were heard and settled before | | | | playing. It was like walking into a fairy land and |
| the planned protest was put into action. | | | | expecting to get pumped up and have a good |
| This issue here was a report of too many videos | | | | workout. |
| which the student claimed to be pornographic. A list of | | | | I personally am good with the decision that Gold's Gym |
| videos was created and sent to the executives of | | | | made. If the videos being played in the gym created an |
| Gold Gym, upon which the executives determined that | | | | atmosphere that is not good for its clients, it is better to |
| the videos were in fact not in accordance with the | | | | change it to make the clients happy. After all, without |
| media that they wish to display in their facilities. In | | | | their clients, their would be no business. I have not had |
| response, the gym has agreed to closely view any | | | | a chance to go into the gym and see the result that it |
| music videos to assure that they match the moral | | | | must have made on the atmosphere of the gym, but |
| standard of the gym's policies before they will play | | | | news articles claim that the students are thrilled with |
| them in the gym. | | | | the decision and will continue to workout at Gold's |
| I can understand the frustration. In order for me to | | | | Gym. |