The lived experience of CrossFit as a context for the development of women’s body image and appearance management practices

Fashion and Textiles

International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research

Table 1 Selected participant background information

Participant #	Age	BMI^a	Length of time involved in Cross-Fit	Typical # of Cross-Fit Work-outs/week
Beth	45	22.1; “normal/healthy”	4.5 years	2–3/week
Amy	26	21; “normal/healthy”	2 years	2–3/week
Marsha	39	32.9; “obese”	2 years	3/week
Nancy	27	21.5; “normal/healthy”	2.5 years	3–5/week
Ann	30	26.6; “overweight”	3 years	3–4/week
Kathy	29	27.4; “overweight”	3 years	5/week
Jo	27	24.2; “normal/healthy”	3.5 years	3–4/week
Emma	26	21.8; “normal/healthy”	2 years	3–4/week
Jan	31	24.6; “normal/healthy”	3 years	6/week
Penny	31	23.6; “normal/healthy”	6 years	5/week
Rachel	28	21.5; “normal/healthy”	5 years	4–5/week
Diane	32	20.2; “normal/healthy”	10 months	3/week
Julie	40	25.8; “overweight”	3.5 years	3–4/week
Stephanie	39	25.7; “overweight”	1.5 years	3-4/week
Claire	27	24.7; “normal/healthy”	1 years	2/week
Linda	32	31.6; “obese”	2 years	3/week

Some participant demographics are not included in this table so as to protect participant identity
^aAccording to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2015), adults with a BMI below 18.5 are “underweight,” those with a BMI ranging from 18.5 to 24.9 are of a “normal” or “healthy” weight, those with a BMI ranging from 25.0 to 29.9 are “overweight,” and those with a BMI of 30.0 or higher are “obese.”