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CrossFit's Sacred Pain Roots
- CrossFit embodies cultural Christianity through its rituals involving pain and suffering.
- The pain experienced in workouts parallels the Christian concept of sacred suffering as transformative and meaningful.
Researcher's Physical Embodiment Experience
- Katie Rose Hajtmanek pushed herself hard to embody CrossFit culture despite conflicts with her athletic training.
- She experienced intense physical challenges, reflecting CrossFit's extreme pain approach, though she avoided hospital-level injury.
CrossFit's Gender Dynamics
- CrossFit empowers many women to gain strength but promotes a hyper-masculine fitness ideal.
- Misogyny underlies competition narratives where female victories are often downplayed or ignored.