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A temple where people pay monthly to lift heavy things and put them back down.
means A facility equipped for physical exercise, weight training, and various forms of athletic conditioning.
from Shortened from gymnasium, via Greek gymnasion, meaning a place to train naked — ancient athletes wore exactly nothing.
Greek rootsGymnos means naked; original gyms had no dress code.
January boomMemberships spike, then quietly ghost by February.
School splitIn Europe, gymnasium often means academic high school.