Fitness Discourse Community

For instance we share the common goals to gain strength vitality flexibility weight management confidence among many other things as well.

Fitness discourse community. That is the purpose of this article to show how the fitness industry is a form of discourse community. Sixth a discourse community has a threshold level of members with a suitable degree of relevant content and discoursal expertise 471 473 this defenition covers every aspect of what i think a discourse community should be. The field of athletic training possesses an agreed set of common public goals including goals for professional growth and a set of agreed patient care goals. First and foremost members of the gym share a common goal whether its weight loss or muscle building fitness in general is a shared goal by members of this.

The fitness lifestyle brings health and wellbeing. Physical education community. The fitness discourse community andrew griego. The discourse community that i have noticed is the one that involves the fitness community i associate with.

Alexis benitez november 12 2014 english 3029 short analysis of interview transcript analyzing the gym as a discourse community working out is a great way to release stress and get fit at the same time. Swales guidelines in use. A discourse community has a threshold level of members with a suitable degree of relevant content and discoursal expertise. My study of the gym fulfills a discourse community because not only does it fit swales six characteristics it also can be seen as a discourse community according to johns model.

The convention joining plant fitness is to have a membership which cost twenty dollars per month. One of its benefits is that it brings people together. A discourse community is a textual system with stated and unstated conventions a vital history mechanisms for wielding power institutional hierarchies vested interests and so on. An discourse community of fitness 1619 words 7 pages living a healthy lifestyle is a goal many individuals have and that could either be eating vigorous nutritious meals or being active outside in the world going to the gym for instance.

Fifth in addition to owning genres a discourse community has acquired some specific lexis. Working out has various benefits besides staying healthy. Its a physical and emotional states where progress stalls but losses may also occur in strength and fitness because of increased catabolism. Before being a part of this community i felt intimidated because there were people lifting a lot more weight than me.