About r/xxfitness
We're a community targeted at female and gender non binary/gender non conforming redditors to discuss fitness. However, all genders are welcome to contribute, all we ask is that you abide by the rules.
The community at a glance
r/xxfitness is a Subreddit for Fitness Enthusiasts and Women's Health with roughly 3.1M members. It has been around since 2010. It uses a forum format for communication. It is the 2nd largest community in the Women's Health topic page and the 5th largest community in the Fitness topic page.
Roughly 33K members have joined in the past year. Popular discussion topics include Fitness, Struggling, and Workout. Common discussion themes are Advice Requests and Solution Requests. Product recommendations often mention leggings, shoes, and fitness app/workout.
Community Topics
Community Features
This community has a forum
Subreddit Analysis
via GummySearchMember growth over time
All time (yearly)
- 2013: 21K members
- 2014: 26K members
- 2015: 29K members
- 2016: 34K members
- 2017: 112K members
- 2018: 72K members
- 2019: 61K members
- 2020: 43K members
- 2021: 173K members
- 2023: 1.0M members
- 2024: 1.2M members
- 2025: 220K members
- 2026: 22K members
Past year (monthly)
- Jul: 552 members
- Aug: 38 members
- Sep: 70 members
- Oct: 0 members
- Nov: 4K members
- Dec: 4K members
- Jan: 5K members
- Feb: 4K members
- Mar: 4K members
- Apr: 4K members
- May: 4K members
- Jun: 511 members
Themes
- Advice Requests20 posts in the past month
- Working out after a bad night’s sleep?
- How to balance lifting and cardio??
- Does anyone have a good 5-15 minute yoga video for a morning routine they love or just really like?
#120Advice RequestsWorking out after a bad night’s sleep? · How to balance lifting and cardio?? · Does anyone have a good 5-15 minute yoga video for a morning routine they love or just really like? - Solution Requests4 posts in the past month
- Starting boxing for fitness, spent way too much on the wrong stuff at first, here's what you actually need
- Anyone found matching gym sets in newer plant-based fabrics (Tencel, hemp, etc.)? Trying to avoid poly and the usual cotton/spandex stuff.
- Help me with protein recipes that don't have artificial sweeter
#24Solution RequestsStarting boxing for fitness, spent way too much on the wrong stuff at first, here's what you actually need · Anyone found matching gym sets in newer plant-based fabrics (Tencel, hemp, etc.)? Trying to avoid poly and the usual cotton/spandex stuff. · Help me with protein recipes that don't have artificial sweeter
Topics
- Fitness87 posts in the past month
- Exciting fitness goal ideas?
- Anyone else consider fitness a hobby?
- Restarting fitness/strength journey
#187FitnessExciting fitness goal ideas? · Anyone else consider fitness a hobby? · Restarting fitness/strength journey - Struggling49 posts in the past month#249Struggling
- Workout46 posts in the past month
- Home Workouts statt Gym als Läuferin – reicht das für Muskelaufbau/Stabilität?
#346WorkoutHome Workouts statt Gym als Läuferin – reicht das für Muskelaufbau/Stabilität? - Gym27 posts in the past month
- Anyone found matching gym sets in newer plant-based fabrics (Tencel, hemp, etc.)? Trying to avoid poly and the usual cotton/spandex stuff.
- I feel like this is a safe place to post. Do you see a lot of bigger girls wearing crop tops/athletic bras at the gym?
- Late 20s, exhausted all the time, struggling with gym consistency and possible hormonal imbalance, need advice
#427GymAnyone found matching gym sets in newer plant-based fabrics (Tencel, hemp, etc.)? Trying to avoid poly and the usual cotton/spandex stuff. · I feel like this is a safe place to post. Do you see a lot of bigger girls wearing crop tops/athletic bras at the gym? · Late 20s, exhausted all the time, struggling with gym consistency and possible hormonal imbalance, need advice - Exercise24 posts in the past month
- Strength training works: my story post covid
- One of my arms is slightly weaker than the other—do I need to train my weaker arm harder or will they eventually even out?
- Am I not cut out for certain lifts?
#524ExerciseStrength training works: my story post covid · One of my arms is slightly weaker than the other—do I need to train my weaker arm harder or will they eventually even out? · Am I not cut out for certain lifts?
Flair
- Shopping and Style4 posts in the past month
- [WEEKLY THREAD] Shopping and Style Saturday/Sunday - Gym clothes, gadgets, shoes, makeup, hair, skincare, and sales!
- [WEEKLY THREAD] Shopping and Style Saturday/Sunday - Gym clothes, gadgets, shoes, makeup, hair, skincare, and sales!
- [WEEKLY THREAD] Shopping and Style Saturday/Sunday - Gym clothes, gadgets, shoes, makeup, hair, skincare, and sales!
#14Shopping and Style[WEEKLY THREAD] Shopping and Style Saturday/Sunday - Gym clothes, gadgets, shoes, makeup, hair, skincare, and sales! · [WEEKLY THREAD] Shopping and Style Saturday/Sunday - Gym clothes, gadgets, shoes, makeup, hair, skincare, and sales! · [WEEKLY THREAD] Shopping and Style Saturday/Sunday - Gym clothes, gadgets, shoes, makeup, hair, skincare, and sales! - Talk It Out Tuesday3 posts in the past month
- [WEEKLY THREAD] Talk It Out Tuesday - Advice and commiserating about struggles with self, others, and the world
- [WEEKLY THREAD] Talk It Out Tuesday - Advice and commiserating about struggles with self, others, and the world
- [WEEKLY THREAD] Talk It Out Tuesday - Advice and commiserating about struggles with self, others, and the world
#23Talk It Out Tuesday[WEEKLY THREAD] Talk It Out Tuesday - Advice and commiserating about struggles with self, others, and the world · [WEEKLY THREAD] Talk It Out Tuesday - Advice and commiserating about struggles with self, others, and the world · [WEEKLY THREAD] Talk It Out Tuesday - Advice and commiserating about struggles with self, others, and the world
Product recommendations
- leggings3 posts in the past month
- Best leggings for boyish figure
- Best leggings for boyish figure
- best leggings with a lot of constraints
#13leggingsBest leggings for boyish figure · Best leggings for boyish figure · best leggings with a lot of constraints - shoes3 posts in the past month
- Best shoes for fitness class
- best shoes for training??
- best shoes for training??
#23shoesBest shoes for fitness class · best shoes for training?? · best shoes for training?? - fitness app/workout3 posts in the past month
- Can anyone recommend a fitness app/workout?
- App recs?
- App recs?
#33fitness app/workoutCan anyone recommend a fitness app/workout? · App recs? · App recs? - workout apps3 posts in the past month
- best workout apps for women?
- App recs?
- App recs?
#43workout appsbest workout apps for women? · App recs? · App recs? - gym/work bag3 posts in the past month
- Gym/work bag recs!
- Gym/work bag recs!
- Gym/work bag recs!
#53gym/work bagGym/work bag recs! · Gym/work bag recs! · Gym/work bag recs!
Community Reviews
Frequently asked questions
- Who is r/xxfitness for?
- Best for Fitness Enthusiasts and Women's Health enthusiasts looking for a Reddit-based community with forum discussion.
- Is r/xxfitness free to join?
- This listing is not marked as paid-only. Access rules and any fees are decided by the community.
- How many members does r/xxfitness have?
- Roughly 3.1M members, based on figures reported by the community or its host. Member counts are approximate and change over time.
- What platform is r/xxfitness on?
- r/xxfitness runs on Reddit. Reddit communities (or "subreddits") are forum-based groups on the popular social news aggregation, web content rating, and discussion website Reddit. Reddit is commonly known as "the front page of the internet". Users submit content to the site such as links, text posts, and images, which are then voted up or down and discussed by other members. From investing Reddit communities, to professional ones, to ones just for laughs, you're likely to find a community for you on Reddit.
- What topics does r/xxfitness cover?
- On the Hive Index, r/xxfitness is organized under Fitness Enthusiasts, Women's Health.
- How do I join r/xxfitness?
- You can join r/xxfitness by clicking this link, or pressing the "Go to community" button above.
- What are the Fitness communities like?
- One of the larger topic areas on the site, covering lifting, running, yoga, calisthenics, and pretty much every other form of exercise. Reddit has massive communities for general fitness and specific disciplines, with Discord servers for accountability and program sharing. Good for program recommendations, form checks, and finding training partners.
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