There are no good fitness forums

submitted by Cornfed from self.Fitness

Or at least none I could find on the entire Internet. This surprised me. It used to be a lively space. There still seems to be some interest in fitness in that you see roided up people selling crap on YouTube and Tiktok, but no actual discussion. Maybe people are too stupid to discuss and research stuff and come to their own conclusions now. I would start a forum myself, but perhaps there is no demand. This sub is strangely dead. You would think the topic of getting fit at home in particular would be popular due to the covaids nonsense, but apparently not. Perhaps everyone subconsciously knows it will soon be a moot point due to their impending death from the jabs or starvation, but at least some people would probably benefit from getting in shape before TSHTF.

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[–]soundsituation 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Letsrun has an amazing discussion forum. The site must be around 20 years old now and there's more training advice in there than anyone could conceivably read. Maybe these sites tend to be sport-specific?

[–]Cornfed[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Thanks, I'll check it out. At first glance it seems to be mainly for young runners and discussing various off-topic stuff. Overall exercise forums do seem to be weirdly specific, like part of sites catering to young mothers or people who have had gastric surgery.

[–]soundsituation 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's geared towards competitive running so there's a sizable hs/college crowd, but there are also a lot of coaches and former competitive athletes in there too. Definitely a lot of off-topic stuff but you can filter that out. If you're on the message board page, click the "currently viewing" drop-down menu in the upper left to get where you want.

Overall exercise forums do seem to be weirdly specific

I think it's because fit people tend not to be passionate about fitness, but about their specific athletic endeavors.