Aerobic Pictures

You might not believe me when I tell you this. I know that if I heard it, I would not probably believe you. Nonetheless, there is nothing that inspires people quite as much as aerobic pictures to get fit and in shape. I know how skeptical people are about motivational pictures. Everyone has seen that tripe posted on the walls of their cubicles – someone climbing a mountain with some caption about “persistence”, or “excellence” under it, or some little kitten hanging on to the edge of a table with her claws, beneath which is inscribed, in bubbly cutesy letters, “hang on”. It is considered a sign of very bad taste even to put such thing up – unless you are a middle manage, in which bad taste is considered a virtue. Nonetheless, at least with aerobic pictures, it is true. The right picture can really get people going.

I should know. I am a manager at the Skinny Booty Gym downtown, and among my various duties is decorating the walls. It has given me plenty of time to watch people in their workouts, and the differences that those aerobic pictures make is amazing. Before I put them up, many people seemed to be just slogging painfully through their workouts, without hope of ever accomplishing any fitness goals. Since I put up the aerobic pictures, however, things have been much different. It is like the aerobic pictures give everyone a burst of confidence that makes them practically shine. I know the gleam of sweat, and can tell it from the gleam of confidence. This here is the gleam of confidence. They look at those aerobic pictures and stand up straighter, work that much harder, and I believe, go home feeling better about themselves. Even the aerobic exercise classes seem to go better with the pictures around the room.

I have even taken down my other motivational posters and put up the aerobic pictures around my cubicle in the gym. Even when I am not working out, the pictures of fit, trim people doing their aerobics workouts seems to convince me to put a little bit more into whatever I am working on at the moment. There are many types of decorations which are prettier, more interesting, and more eye-catching than aerobic pictures, but I have yet to find one that has a better effect on the work ethic. And isn't that the most important thing of all?