At L.A Boxing it is sometimes hard to discern between something that is a symbol and something that is not. The boxing ring is one such object that can be interpreted in either way. In my opinion given that the ring is located right as you enter the gym makes it symbolic. It's raised and so everyone inside the ring immediately seem bigger than they actually are. The drinking fountain is another such object. You notice as you workout here that no one will go for the fountain until they are completely being drenched in sweat. For them the water fountain is an unsaid object of something they need to earn to get. The punching bags however I don't find to be symbolic. The punching bags here are merely to train without any emphasis on the meaning of the bags. Dumbbells here are also another thing that someone can be on the fence about. When you start your workout you are overestimating yourself and underestimating the workout and grab dumbbells that you suspect to be "easy" to later learn that it's what you do with the dumbbells that will kick your ass making you later get much lighter weights. And these are the four objects of LA of symbolic meaning.
