About r/bodyweightfitness
In its own words:
Bodyweight Fitness is for redditors who like to use their own body to train, from the simple pullups, pushups, and squats to the advanced bodyweight fitness movements like the planche, one arm chin-ups, or single leg squats. Start your fitness journey with one of the recommended routines in our wiki! Join our Discord Server! Discord: https://discord.gg/bwf
The community was created on Jan 22, 2012, which makes it 14 years old. Since Oct 19, 2026, it has gained 3,436 subscribers (+0.07%). Among the 15 communities on our fitness list it is number 2 by size.
What sets r/bodyweightfitness apart
r/bodyweightfitness is far more text-driven than most big subreddits: 100% of its recent posts are text posts, against a median of 17% across the Top 100.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026, r/bodyweightfitness went up from 4,797,156 to 4,808,001 subscribers (+10.8K, +0.23%). That is about 271 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (8 so far), so it gets longer every week.
Top posts on r/bodyweightfitness this week
The most upvoted posts of the past seven days, in the order Reddit ranks them (collected Oct 30, 2026).
- What are the best exercises for general athleticism?u/Nothing_Matters8674 · Oct 25 · text post
- I didn't realise how much I was neglecting my coreu/JumpRopedFor4Years · Oct 27 · text post
- Is it possible to go from 3 push ups to 20 in 2 1/2 months as a female?u/lexasketches · Oct 24 · text post
- I can’t progress on pull ups and it’s driving me nutsu/driedDates · Oct 26 · text post
- How do you define "to failure" for purposes of strength and hypertrophy?u/_jay_fox_ · Oct 25 · text post
- No meaningful progress for 3 years ( help )u/jflresende · Oct 23 · text post
- Tips for doing wall push ups?u/Embarrassed-Pin-9634 · Oct 28 · text post
- Power tower?u/PurchaseMindless24 · Oct 26 · text post
- Lower body exercises that don't use arms or necku/smcf33 · Oct 23 · text post
- Minimalist bodyweight strength training 2x/week vs. a body-part split — which is more sensible?u/allstarmode1 · Oct 29 · text post
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/bodyweightfitness, from 2016 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.
- Full Video Explanation Of The Recommended Routine For /r/BodyweightFitnessu/Antranik · Jan 3, 2017 · 11,330 points · 209 comments · text post
- Results after doing 50 pushups a day for a monthu/Competitive-Copy4413 · Nov 6, 2025 · text post
- A 15 minutes bodyweight routine for posture and strength imbalances correction - No equipment requiredu/Leo-HolisticStrength · Nov 25, 2018 · 6,224 points · 191 comments · text post
- A bodyweight training skill tree i made with over 200 exercisesu/KNightNox · Aug 24, 2021 · 5,864 points · 375 comments · text post
- If you can't do more than 5-6 pull-ups, please rest for longer periods between sets if you want to increase that number.u/noNSFWcontent · Mar 11, 2020 · 4,533 points · 325 comments · text post
- From learning to do pistol squats to never being able to walk properlyu/Plane-Clock-2918 · Mar 10, 2025 · text post
- I can finally do a push-up.u/TimmyTheOddBall · Nov 27, 2020 · text post
- Can we PLEASE stop giving teenagers dietary advice?u/berrieunfunnie · Feb 25, 2021 · text post
- Coronavirus Curfew Home Workout - 12 min session! No Equipment Required - Scalable for all strength/ age/ability levels. Excel in isolation! All you need to SMASH your lockdown workout !u/MarcusBondi · Mar 17, 2020 · 4,233 points · 282 comments · text post
- Someone took a picture of me doing Calisthenics.u/Str4ydogg · Mar 1, 2020 · 3,612 points · 347 comments · text post
What r/bodyweightfitness talks about
We read the titles of 103 recent posts (Oct 21–Oct 28), the words that come up most are “calisthenics”, “help”, “body”, “workout” and “advice”. Other frequent themes are ups, strength, muscle, push, routine and good. Recurring phrases include “push ups”, “nordic curls”, “pull ups” and “pull-up bar”. By format, 100% are text posts.
Activity and best time to post
r/bodyweightfitness gets about 16 new posts a day. The public archive holds 201,901 posts and 2,126,421 comments in total, about 10.5 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Thursday (20 posts) and the quietest was Sunday (7). Posting peaks around 18:00 UTC and is lowest around 04:00 UTC.
Rules of r/bodyweightfitness
The moderators of r/bodyweightfitness list 6 rules. In short:
- Read the FAQ
- No medical advice.
- Provoke discussion
- Be wholesome
- No advertising
- There is no Rule 6
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/bodyweightfitness and press “Join”. Read the community rules in the sidebar before you post: every subreddit is run by its own volunteer moderators.
Frequently asked questions
How big is r/bodyweightfitness?
r/bodyweightfitness has 4,808,001 subscribers, which makes it the #190 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 10,845 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026.
How old is r/bodyweightfitness?
r/bodyweightfitness was created on Jan 22, 2012, so it has been around for 14 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Jan 23, 2012.
How active is r/bodyweightfitness?
Moderately: r/bodyweightfitness gets about 16 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 201,901 posts and 2,126,421 comments. In a sample of 103 recent posts we counted 96 different authors.
When is r/bodyweightfitness most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 22, 2026 to Oct 28, 2026, the busiest day was Thursday and the quietest Sunday, and most posts arrive around 18:00 UTC, with the fewest around 04:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/bodyweightfitness about?
The community describes itself as: “Bodyweight Fitness is for redditors who like to use their own body to train, from the simple pullups, pushups, and squats to the advanced bodyweight fitness movements like the planche, one arm chin-ups, or single leg sq…” Recent post titles often mention calisthenics, help, body, workout and advice. Most posts are text posts (100%).
Is r/bodyweightfitness safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/bodyweightfitness as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/bodyweightfitness?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/bodyweightfitness accepts text posts only, with galleries enabled. It has 6 posted rules, starting with: “Read the FAQ”; “No medical advice.”; “Provoke discussion”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/bodyweightfitness?
Communities with similar topics include r/Fitness (12.6M), r/beginnerfitness (3M), r/xxfitness (3.1M), r/TwoXChromosomes (13.7M) and r/Showerthoughts (34.2M).
Stats from public data (data updated Oct 29, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Oct 30, 2026; top posts from Reddit’s public feeds). Point and comment counts are archive snapshots and can be lower than on Reddit today. SubMouse is an independent directory and is not affiliated with Reddit or the moderators of r/bodyweightfitness.