Staying Healthy in a Sick Economy (Mandy Katz, The New York Times, October 16, 2008)

Summary:

During economic crisis, people spend less money, struggle in debt and lose job, everyone gets stress, there is no business seems to be running well including fitness center business. All of gum workouts are responding to the economic uncertainties by offering shorter, cheaper personal training session; moreover at least one fitness center offers discounts for menbers who lose their jobs. People are facing with the hard time of uncertain situation and getting panic about financial climate. Some of them said. “the only way to get away from it is to have some kind of outlet.” The people who had less exercise during years past turn to more work out at this time because of doing exercise can relieve their stress. At the same time, fitness centers provides TV’s show training video rather than CNBD, because they want their customers feel like escape from the news that would make the customers getting stress. The fitness centers, howere, give the shirts and shorts to the customers that don’t worry about laundry. Even through there are amount of people that do their exercise at home, they don’t want to pay fitness fee, but want to get relieving from stress. Not only release the pressure by doing exercise, people can be in healthy and healthy pocket because they are all stay in the same shape, and don’t want to buy a new cloths to save their money while facing with uncertain financial condition.



Personal response:

Being stress in the economic situation, people try to make themselves not panic or frustrate. Meanwhile organizations have to adjust themselve to survive from this cirsis. In my own experience, doing exercise can be alleviate the stress and depression without doubt. Every time I have less exercise, I easily get migraine attract, and digestive problem. Furthermore, being in the hard time of financial situation, people are getting more pressure than usual, so doing exercise not only stay in healthy but also getting far away from depress. On the other hand, the organinzation should adjust the strategies to maintain and keep their customer stay active by giving them suitable promotion; otherwise, customer could choose their own choices.