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r/Fitness vs r/bodyweightfitness

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Broad fitness goals vs bodyweight-only training

r/Fitness frames itself as a place for physical fitness goals and points readers at its wiki/FAQ for common questions. r/bodyweightfitness narrows that interest to training with your own body—from push-ups and pull-ups through advanced progressions such as planche work.

Both are live Top-cut communities (Fitness about 12.6M members, rank #69; bodyweightfitness about 4.8M, rank #190). Activity samples are text-heavy for both (roughly 26 vs 16 posts per day in our collection window). Each lists the other on its related list.

Short rule titles reinforce the wiki-first culture on both sides. Fitness emphasises reading the rules and wiki before posting. bodyweightfitness titles include reading the FAQ, no medical advice, and keeping discussion wholesome without advertising. Use Fitness for broad programming, equipment and goal questions after the wiki; use bodyweightfitness when the plan is calisthenics and bodyweight progressions.

  • r/Fitness: general fitness goals; rule titles push the wiki/FAQ before asking.
  • r/bodyweightfitness: bodyweight progressions and calisthenics; FAQ-first, no medical advice.
  • They list each other as related. Both have full SubMouse community pages.

Written comparison based on public descriptions and rule titles · updated 2026-11-06.

r/Fitness

Fitness

A place for the pursuit of physical fitness goals. Please see the r/Fitness Wiki and FAQ at https://thefitness.wiki for help with common questions.

Members
12.6M
7-day growth
+3.2K
Posts/day
26.3
Directory rank
#69
Created
May 7, 2008
Submissions
Text posts

Sample mix: text posts 100%

Topics: Fitness

Rule titles (short names we collected)

  • Read the Rules Before Posting
  • Read the Wiki Before Posting

Open r/Fitness on SubMouse

About this community: r/Fitness (#69, about 12.6 million) is general fitness training discussion. Rules: Read the Rules Before Posting; Read the Wiki Before Posting Text (~26.3 ppd).

r/bodyweightfitness

Reddit's Bodyweight Fitness Community 🏸

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…

Members
4.8M
7-day growth
+2.7K
Posts/day
16.3
Directory rank
#190
Created
Jan 22, 2012
Submissions
Text posts

Sample mix: text posts 100%

Topics: Fitness

Rule titles (short names we collected)

  • Read the FAQ
  • No medical advice.
  • Provoke discussion
  • Be wholesome
  • No advertising
  • There is no Rule 6

Open r/bodyweightfitness on SubMouse

About this community: r/bodyweightfitness trains with bodyweight movements—from push-ups and pull-ups to advanced skills like planche and one-arm chin-ups—pointing newcomers at wiki routines. Rank #190 (about 4.8 million subscribers). Rules: read the FAQ, no medical advice, provoke discussion, be wholesome, no advertising (and a humorous “no rule 6”).

Supported differences

Aspectr/Fitnessr/bodyweightfitness
Public focus (from each community’s public description) A place for the pursuit of physical fitness goals. Please see the r/Fitness Wiki and FAQ at https://thefitness.wiki for help with common questions. 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…
Size
r/Fitness is larger in our directory (about 2.6×).
 12.6M members 4.8M members
Posting activity (our sample) 26.3/day 16.3/day
Common post types in our sample text posts 100% text posts 100%
Selected rule titles (short names we collected) Read the Rules Before Posting; Read the Wiki Before Posting Read the FAQ; No medical advice.; Provoke discussion; Be wholesome; No advertising

What they share

  • Shared SubMouse topics: Fitness
  • Our directory lists each of these communities on the other’s related list.

Rules and tone we can verify

Fitness collected short titles: Read the Rules Before Posting; Read the Wiki Before Posting. bodyweightfitness: Read the FAQ; No medical advice; Provoke discussion; Be wholesome; No advertising. Both are essentially all text posts.

Where this comparison comes from

Public descriptions, member counts and related links from SubMouse’s safe-for-work directory. Short titles only—not full sidebar text.

Members and public descriptions come from SubMouse's safe-for-work directory (as of 2026-11-02 UTC); 7-day growth measured from 2026-10-26. Posts/day and post types are shown where recent activity is available. Rule lines are short titles, not the full sidebar. Directory rank is listing order.

Comparisons we prepared

Hand-written explanations for pairs where the public descriptions and rules support a real distinction: