Fitness (skill)

Fitness is a skill in The Sims 4. It is a way for Sims to become more athletic and indicates their overall level of fitness. However, it does not affect a Sim's weight, general health, or life span. The skill is essential for many of the careers such as Criminal, Astronaut and Secret Agent. Gaining the fitness skill is also the main objective of the Bodybuilder aspiration.

Learning
Fitness is mainly built by using treadmills, weight machines, punching bags and by jogging. Sims who are energized will tire slower and is better at physical activities, raising the skill faster. Sims with the active trait will built fitness faster, as they tend to be energized more often than normal Sims. Sims can also read fitness skill books to raise their fitness.

Other emotions also have an special role in gaining fitness. When Sims are angry, they can do rage-fueled runs on the treadmill, enraged reps on the weight machine, blow off steam on the punching bag and swim angry laps in pools. Confident Sims can run with their chest out on the treadmill, or do a roundhouse kicks on the punching bag. Both emotions will boost a Sim's fitness skill.

Working out
When a Sim has been working out for enough amount of time, they will become tired and will stop on their own. However, they can still use the "Push the Limits" interaction, but Sims will in the end gain the "Sore" uncomfortable moodlet and cannot anymore workout. As Sims gain more fitness skill, they can workout for longer periods of time, and more workout options will appear. They can perform no sweat workouts to slow down their hygiene decay and endurance workouts to go for longer periods of workouts, before becoming too tired and sore.

Mentoring
When a Sim has mastered their fitness skill, they can start mentoring other Sims with their workout. Doing this will give the helped Sim an energized moodlet, that will speed up their workout and make it easier. The Sim who is mentoring will get a confident moodlet.

Trivia

 * The child equivalent of fitness is motor, though children can not learn the fitness skill after mastering it.

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