Body
- For the similar skill in The Sims 3, see Athletic skill.
Body is a skill in both The Sims and The Sims 2.
The Body skill determines the Sim's physical prowess and is useful in some jobs that require a Sim to be strong.
The animations for many activities change as a Sim's Body skill increases.
Benefits
- Advancement in careers such as the athletic, military or law enforcement tracks.
- Increases a Sim's chances of winning a fight, staying on the snowboarding half pipe [TS:V], mechanical bull [TS:HP] or ElectroDance Sphere [TS2:N] without falling, and earning points in games found in many vacation spots.[TS:V]
- When a teen gains at least eight Body points, he or she is able to gain the Hogan Scholarship for Athletics.[TS2:U]
- May increase a pregnant Sim's ability to keep from throwing up.[TS2]
Ways to increase the Body skill
- Swimming (In The Sims the blue bar does not appear to indicate they are gaining Body points, but they actually are.)
- Gym equipment: includes the treadmill and all the work benches. Using gym equipment decreases Hygiene and Energy quickly. Teens, adults and elders can use this equipment.
- Riding the Mechanical Bull.[TS:HP]
- Working out in front of a TV or stereo.[TS2][TS3]
- Do yoga: has less effect on Hygiene and Energy.[TS2]
- Use the obstacle course or the punching bag, which are the career rewards for the military and athletic careers.[TS2]
- Riding the ElectroDance Sphere.[TS2:NL]
- Bowling.[TS2:NL]
- Study Body from the Books First for Learning bookshelf, which is the career reward for the education career.[TS2:S]
- Use the Deluxe Log Rolling Pit, which also increases Fun.[TS2:BV]
- Using the ballet barre.[TS2:FT]
- Doing mastered Tai Chi.[TS2:BV]
- Jogging.[TS2:FT][TS3]
- Jumping rope.
Body and children
This section describes features that are only available in The Sims 2 and The Sims 3.
Most ways of building Body skill can only be done by teens, adults and elders, but there are some ways kids can increase their Body skill.
- Kids can be given lessons on career rewards that build Body skill, and may be able to use those items themselves.[TS2]
- Kids can use the Books First for Learning bookshelf.[TS2:S]
- Kids may be able to work out in front of a stereo. (This may depend on which expansion packs are installed.)
- If a family has a pool, kids may be able to gain body skill by swimming. (This may depend on which expansion packs are installed.)
- Bowling[TS2:NL]
- Using the ballet barre.[TS2:FT]
- Jumping rope[TS2:AL]
- Playground equipment[TS2:AL]
At first, it was believed that toddlers could gain Body skill from singing the Nursery Rhyme[TS2:FT] after learning it. However, this was due to a glitch which caused the wrong pop-up message to appear when a skill point was gained. This was corrected in the FreeTime patch, though it does not appear in the patch notes.