Table 2 Patterns of participation and motivations for resistance training in men and women

Duration of bodybuilding

 < 6 months

1411(39.16%)

742(40%)

669(38.27%)

0.341

 ≥ 6 months and < 1 year

1801(49.99%)

927(49.97%)

874(50%)

0.536

 ≥ 1 year and < 3 years

298(8.27%)

123(6.63%)

175(10.01%)

0.066

 ≥ 3 years

93(2.58%)

63(3.40%)

30(1.72%)

0.135

Frequency per week

 2 times

664(18.43%)

349(18.81%)

315(18.02%)

0.774

 3 times

2315(64.25%)

1179(63.56%)

1136(64.99%)

0.657

 4 times

387(10.74%)

202(10.89%)

185(10.58%)

0.867

 5 or more times

237(6.58%)

125(6.74%)

112(6.41%)

0.894

Objective

 Hypertrophy

1155(32.06%)

953(51.37%)

202(11.56%)

0.001*

 Weight loss

1627(45.16%)

649(34.99%)

978(55.94%)

0.001*

 Resistance

381(10.57%)

135(7.28%)

246(14.07%)

0.024*

 Strength

319(8.85%)

65(3.50%)

254(14.53%)

0.001*

 Other

121(3.36%)

53(2.86%)

68(3.90%)

0.583

Practicing another activity

 Yes

2069(57.42%)

1056(53.96%)

1013(57.95%)

0.098

 No

1534(42.58%)

799(43.07%)

735(42.05%)

0.472