/r/exercisescience/

r/exercisescience

17k members
r/exercisescience is a subreddit with 17k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses exercise, muscle, training, health, and workout.
THE place on Reddit for anything and everything exercise science related, including discussion, research, and education.

Popular Themes in r/exercisescience

#1
Advice Requests
: "Need your opinion on this"
16 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "I built this free tool to help you move more if you're stuck at a desk all day (like me) – would love your thoughts"
2 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Struggling"
1 post
#4
Ideas
: "Muscular Endurance Training"
1 post

Popular Topics in r/exercisescience

#1

Exercise

: "Can Exercise be genuinely addicting to the point where when someone who Exercises regularly can’t Exercise they feel depressed/dopamine depleted?"
125 posts
#2

Muscle

: "Is training to failure necessary for Muscle growth?"
24 posts
#3

Training

: "Muscular Endurance Training"
22 posts
#4

Health

: "I was wondering which exercises are good for heart Health"
19 posts
#5

Workout

: "Why do most exercise science kids not Workout?"
18 posts
#6

Nutrition

: "Uneducated people shouldnt be spewing their views on social media"
15 posts
#7

Job

: "Job path for ex-phys majors"
14 posts
#8

Career

: "Is being a strength coach worth it Career wise?"
14 posts
#9

Strength

14 posts
#10

Cardio

: "A launcher tennis ball in Cardio/workout?"
12 posts

Flair Used in r/exercisescience

#1
Discussion
: "Mike Israetel now claims that the dissertation that Solomon examined was indeed the correct document!"
1 post

Member Growth in r/exercisescience

Yearly
+10k members(154.6%)

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Last updated: June 15, 2026