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This is unrelated to Asian American intellectualism or activism but fascinating and thought-worthy nonetheless: Full Service Gyms Feel a Bit Flabby.  According to the article, people are signing up for gyms less and less.  The reason, according to the article, is that modern gyms don’t have the social aspect that they used to have:

Blame the gym’s now-ubiquitous flat-screen TVs and the fact that iPods are de rigueur, said Jonathan Fields, a marketing consultant in Manhattan who has helped found personal-training gyms and yoga studios. “Now everybody’s plugged in,” Mr. Fields said. “In the 70s, they came for community. Now they come in and disassociate themselves from everyone in the club. It’s killing the health club.”