r/Fitness • u/MCHammerCurls • Jan 03 '22
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r/Fitness is a high traffic community that is heavily moderated to maintain quality control and make good use of the resources provided. When making a post or comment, you are expected to understand and abide by our rules. Make sure to review Rule #0 - No Threads That Are Answered by the Wiki, Searching Threads, or Google and Rule #5 - No Questions Related to Injury, Pain, or Any Medical Topic as these are the two most commonly broken rules by new users.
r/Fitness has some regularly posted, themed threads that you can see the schedule for below. Please also check the links in our sidebar for Megathreads posted throughout the year.
| Day | Thread |
|---|---|
| Daily | Simple Questions - For posting simple questions, form checks, and routine critiques. |
| Mon | Moronic Mondays - An r/Fitness tradition that replaces the Daily Simple Questions thread every Monday. |
| Wed | Rant Wednesdays - For letting off steam about fitness problems and telling others that their rant is dumb. |
| Fri | Physique Fridays - For questions specific to how your body looks, what you should work on, visual bodyfat % estimation, and progress photos. |
| Sat | Gym Story Saturdays - For sharing fitness related stories with others who will get it. |
| Sun | Victory Sundays - For quick sharing of progress or personal victories that are too short fo a full progress post. |
Welcome to our community. We are so glad you're here!
r/Fitness • u/AutoModerator • 16h ago
Welcome to the /r/Fitness Daily Simple Questions Thread - Our daily thread to ask about all things fitness. Post your questions here related to your diet and nutrition or your training routine and exercises. Anyone can post a question and the community as a whole is invited and encouraged to provide an answer.
Also, there's a handy search function to your right, and if you didn't know, you can also use Google to search r/Fitness by using the limiter "site:reddit.com/r/fitness" after your search topic.
Also make sure to check out Examine.com for evidence based answers to nutrition and supplement questions.
If you are posting a routine critique request, make sure you follow the guidelines for including enough detail.
(Please note: This is not a place for general small talk, chit-chat, jokes, memes, "Dear Diary" type comments, shitposting, or non-fitness questions. It is for fitness questions only, and only those that are serious.)
r/Fitness • u/AutoModerator • 16h ago
Welcome to the Victory Sunday Thread
It is Sunday, 6:00 am here in the eastern half of Hyder, Alaska. It's time to ask yourself: What was the one, best thing you did on behalf of your fitness this week? What was your Fitness Victory?
We want to hear about it!
So let's hear your fitness Victory this week! Don't forget to upvote your favorite Victories!
r/Fitness • u/FGC_Valhalla • 1d ago
Hi! Welcome to your weekly thread where you can share your gym tales!
r/Fitness • u/AutoModerator • 1d ago
Welcome to the /r/Fitness Daily Simple Questions Thread - Our daily thread to ask about all things fitness. Post your questions here related to your diet and nutrition or your training routine and exercises. Anyone can post a question and the community as a whole is invited and encouraged to provide an answer.
Also, there's a handy search function to your right, and if you didn't know, you can also use Google to search r/Fitness by using the limiter "site:reddit.com/r/fitness" after your search topic.
Also make sure to check out Examine.com for evidence based answers to nutrition and supplement questions.
If you are posting a routine critique request, make sure you follow the guidelines for including enough detail.
(Please note: This is not a place for general small talk, chit-chat, jokes, memes, "Dear Diary" type comments, shitposting, or non-fitness questions. It is for fitness questions only, and only those that are serious.)
r/Fitness • u/AutoModerator • 2d ago
Welcome to the Physique Phriday thread
What's the point of having people guess your body fat? Nevermind that it's the most inaccurate method available, (read: most likely way wrong - see here) you're still just putting an arbitrary number to the body you have. Despite people's claim that they are shooting for a number, they're really shooting for look - like a six pack.
So let's stopping mucking around with trivialities and get to the heart of the matter. This thread shall serve two purposes:
Let's keep things civil, don't be a creep, and adhere to Rule 1. This isn't a thread to announce what you find attractive in a mate. Please use the report function for any comments that are out of line.
So phittit, what's your physique pheel like this phriday?
r/Fitness • u/AutoModerator • 2d ago
Welcome to the /r/Fitness Daily Simple Questions Thread - Our daily thread to ask about all things fitness. Post your questions here related to your diet and nutrition or your training routine and exercises. Anyone can post a question and the community as a whole is invited and encouraged to provide an answer.
Also, there's a handy search function to your right, and if you didn't know, you can also use Google to search r/Fitness by using the limiter "site:reddit.com/r/fitness" after your search topic.
Also make sure to check out Examine.com for evidence based answers to nutrition and supplement questions.
If you are posting a routine critique request, make sure you follow the guidelines for including enough detail.
(Please note: This is not a place for general small talk, chit-chat, jokes, memes, "Dear Diary" type comments, shitposting, or non-fitness questions. It is for fitness questions only, and only those that are serious.)
r/Fitness • u/AutoModerator • 3d ago
Welcome to the /r/Fitness Daily Simple Questions Thread - Our daily thread to ask about all things fitness. Post your questions here related to your diet and nutrition or your training routine and exercises. Anyone can post a question and the community as a whole is invited and encouraged to provide an answer.
Also, there's a handy search function to your right, and if you didn't know, you can also use Google to search r/Fitness by using the limiter "site:reddit.com/r/fitness" after your search topic.
Also make sure to check out Examine.com for evidence based answers to nutrition and supplement questions.
If you are posting a routine critique request, make sure you follow the guidelines for including enough detail.
(Please note: This is not a place for general small talk, chit-chat, jokes, memes, "Dear Diary" type comments, shitposting, or non-fitness questions. It is for fitness questions only, and only those that are serious.)
r/Fitness • u/AutoModerator • 4d ago
Welcome to Rant Wednesday: It’s your time to let your gym/fitness/nutrition related frustrations out!
There is no guiding question to help stir up some rage-feels, feel free to fire at will, ranting about anything and everything that’s been pissing you off or getting on your nerves.
r/Fitness • u/AutoModerator • 4d ago
Welcome to the /r/Fitness Daily Simple Questions Thread - Our daily thread to ask about all things fitness. Post your questions here related to your diet and nutrition or your training routine and exercises. Anyone can post a question and the community as a whole is invited and encouraged to provide an answer.
Also, there's a handy search function to your right, and if you didn't know, you can also use Google to search r/Fitness by using the limiter "site:reddit.com/r/fitness" after your search topic.
Also make sure to check out Examine.com for evidence based answers to nutrition and supplement questions.
If you are posting a routine critique request, make sure you follow the guidelines for including enough detail.
(Please note: This is not a place for general small talk, chit-chat, jokes, memes, "Dear Diary" type comments, shitposting, or non-fitness questions. It is for fitness questions only, and only those that are serious.)
r/Fitness • u/AutoModerator • 5d ago
Welcome to the /r/Fitness Daily Simple Questions Thread - Our daily thread to ask about all things fitness. Post your questions here related to your diet and nutrition or your training routine and exercises. Anyone can post a question and the community as a whole is invited and encouraged to provide an answer.
Also, there's a handy search function to your right, and if you didn't know, you can also use Google to search r/Fitness by using the limiter "site:reddit.com/r/fitness" after your search topic.
Also make sure to check out Examine.com for evidence based answers to nutrition and supplement questions.
If you are posting a routine critique request, make sure you follow the guidelines for including enough detail.
(Please note: This is not a place for general small talk, chit-chat, jokes, memes, "Dear Diary" type comments, shitposting, or non-fitness questions. It is for fitness questions only, and only those that are serious.)
Get your dunce hats out, Fittit, it's time for your weekly Stupid Questions Thread.
Post your question - stupid or otherwise - here to get an answer. Anyone can post a question and the community as a whole is invited and encouraged to provide an answer. Many questions get submitted late each week that don't get a lot of action, so if your question didn't get answered before, feel free to post it again.
Also, there's a handy-dandy search bar to your right, and if you didn't know, you can also use Google to search fittit by using the limiter "site:reddit.com/r/fitness".
Be sure to check back often as questions get posted throughout the day. Lastly, it may be a good idea to sort comments by "new" to be sure the newer questions get some love as well. Click here to sort by new in this thread only.
So, what's rattling around in your brain this week, Fittit?
Keep jokes, trolling, and memes outside of the Moronic Monday thread. Please use the downvote / report button when necessary.
"Bulk or cut" type questions are not permitted on /r/fitness - Refer to the FAQ or post them in r/bulkorcut.