For Italians, going to the gym is a hobby suitable for those people who harbor a passion for gyms. It goes in the same category as other interests and hobbies, like painting, or cycling, or rock climbing. For example, in your office you might have "that guy who collects toy cars," and "that girl who goes to the gym." Gym-going Italians are ALL ABOUT going to the gym, and make it a frequent topic of conversation and theme of their dressing and shopping. Just as toy-car-collecting Italians inspire neither guilt nor envy in the minds of Italians who have no interest in toy cars, so, too, the gym-going Italian is considered neither here nor there when it comes to one's own gym-related preferences.
For Americans, "going to the gym" goes more or less goes in the same category as "being a good person." People who enjoy gyms and go to them often feel this is the correct thing to do, and people who hate gyms and avoid them like the plague also feel that going to the gym is the correct thing to do. After New Years resolutions are made, gym-goers know that gyms across the nation will be packed with dutiful Americans who, regardless of their personal views on gyms, drag themselves there against their will in an attempt to do the right thing this year.
For Italians, going to the gym is a hobby suitable for those people who harbor a passion for gyms. It goes in the same category as other interests and hobbies, like painting, or cycling, or rock climbing. For example, in your office you might have "that guy who collects toy cars," and "that girl who goes to the gym." Gym-going Italians are ALL ABOUT going to the gym, and make it a frequent topic of conversation and theme of their dressing and shopping. Just as toy-car-collecting Italians inspire neither guilt nor envy in the minds of Italians who have no interest in toy cars, so, too, the gym-going Italian is considered neither here nor there when it comes to one's own gym-related preferences.
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