Working Out until it Hurts. Cultural Meanings Associated with Pain and Fatigue at the Gym
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Working Out until it Hurts. Cultural Meanings Associated with Pain and Fatigue at the Gym

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https://doi.org/10.29340/48.1462
Published 2015-05-26
Alexis Sossa Rojas
Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social-Distrito Federal
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Keywords

entrenamiento
cuerpo
dolor
gimnasio
cansancio

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Rojas, A. S. (2015). Working Out until it Hurts. Cultural Meanings Associated with Pain and Fatigue at the Gym. Desacatos. Revista De Ciencias Sociales, (48), 140–155. https://doi.org/10.29340/48.1462
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Abstract

This article discusses which values and meanings are generated by gym goers related to working out constantly. Based on a portion of my master’s thesis, I present the results of an ethnographic work about how they understand and value effects such as pain, sweating, and tiredness, caused by work out. I will also explain how some of the features of the gym culture involve notions of prestige, knowledge, and identity, thereby achieving an incarnate morality.
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