GYM OR Martial Arts?

Do you agree with this ?


I want to gain appearance -- %26gt; i go to the gym.


I want to gain the respect form the others --%26gt; i train martial arts.





and also Explain the psychological reasons why you do each one of them. Thanks.

GYM OR Martial Arts?
Or a third option, you participate because you LIKE it, regardless of what others think.





I do my workouts and sports for my own benefit.
Reply:I think if you work hard in the gym you can gain respect as well. I can leg press more than most men at the gym and my personal trainer is impressed with my dedication, stating there are few peole that work as hard as I do in that gym. I have quite a few "friends" that ask me how much I did today and that encourages me and makes me proud. I thinkthey respectme as well for working hard. I see it (the slackers) every day, the girls and guys that walk around trying not to break a sweat.





I think it depends on the person and their behavior. I also do martial arts through the gym but it's not as intense or structured as it is outside of it. The respect is from a completely different level. Martial arts teachs you respect for your combat, your body, mind and others. The gym is much more individualized and internalized unless you are a competitor you generally don't get recognition...your "level" is not marked by a colored belt and you generally don't "study" to lift weight (exceptions abound on this level but I am talking GENERAL here). Your gym progression and respect is about how YOU feel about yourself. If you are rewarded with an enhanced physique, great...in martial arts, your rewarded by winning a competition, completing a task to the satisfaction of a "judge" before they allow you to progress and with BOTH, the respect is in the ACHIEVEMENT.
Reply:I want a workout without any other things to think about --%26gt; I go to the gym





I want a physical and mental workout, and I want to develop self-esteem and self-respect --%26gt; I train in martial arts





Going to the gym generally works out your body, but not necessarily your mind, and isn't accompanied by any philosophy. Martial arts is. One isn't necessarily better than the other, but they are different.