The Sims 4 Fitness Skill Guide
All of our sims need to be spending time earning the sims 4 fitness skill.
This skill helps keep them slim, can have them feel energized and is just good for the brain!
Your sims are amazing and need to be able to have high fitness too so they can be happy!
What is Fitness Good For?
The fitness skill is amazing for keeping your sims in good shape and staying fit.
This skill is an absolute must-have for the athletic career!
You can even extend a sim’s life with fitness through the aspiration!
How to Gain The Fitness Skill
There are two ways to gain the fitness skill and the first is, of course, exercise. You can do so many types of exercise to gain this skill from swimming to running to boxing and everything in between.
To easily get started with fitness you can purchase a weight machine, a punching bag or a treadmill from the build catalog.
You also have the option to start exercising without equipment by doing push-ups or sending your sim on a run.
If you want your sims to get the skill in fun ways you can send them swimming in a pool or in swimmable water like the Ocean in Sulani if you have The Sims 4: Island Living.
The other way to gain the skill is through reading skill books that you can purchase by clicking on any bookcase in the world. There are three skill books for fitness you can get:
- Fitness Vol 1: Put Down The Milkshake
- Fitness Vol 2: Be World’s Strongest
- Fitness Vol 3: Pressing Steel
Best Mood to Practice Fitness
Your sims mood has such a big impact on their skill gain and how successful they are at certain athletic interactions so you want to make sure they’re in the ideal mood before starting.
To gain the fitness skill you need to try and get your sims to start feeling energized! You can do this in a few ways including taking a brisk shower or drinking coffee. There are also special meals you can cook with the cooking skill when you sims are energized!
Best Traits for Fit Sims
When you’re picking traits for your sims you need to be thinking about what you want them to do with their lives. A sim’s traits are going to have a huge impact on their skill gains and the following can be beneficial to sims who want a high fitness skill:
- Active: Sims who have the active trait are going to get energized more often which is the ideal mood for gaining this skill!
- Loves The Outdoors: A lot of exercise can be done outdoors, from jogging to swimming your sims can get outdoors. Sims who love the outdoors get positive moodlets when they spend time outside.
- Bro: Bro sims can get an energized moodlet if they watch sports on the TV!
You should also pay attention to which lot traits you give to your sim’s household. For fitness, the best one is bracing breezes!
How to Cheat The Sims 4 Fitness Skill
Every single skill in The Sims 4 has a cheat that can help you gain the skill immediately so you never need to earn it over time. Thankfully these cheats are easy to use.
The fitness cheat is stats.set_skill_level skill_fitness 10 which will max out the fitness skill for your sims. If you want a different level of the skill you’ll just need to change the 10 to a different number from 1-10.
Fitness Skill Levels
| Skill Level | Level Rewards |
|---|---|
| Level 1 | Your sim can use workout machines or go jogging to gain this skill. |
| Level 2 | Your sim can now discuss workout techniques with other sims. |
| Level 3 | Your sim can now endurance run on the treadmill. They can also research workout tips on the computer and will swim faster than before. |
| Level 4 | Your sim can now perform box on the punching bag. They can also do heavy lifting on the workout machine. |
| Level 5 | Your sim can now make protein shakes at the bar. They can also perform the No Sweat Run on the treadmill. They have improved their endurance and will lose less energy when swimming. They can also mentor others in fitness. |
| Level 6 | Your sim can now show off muscles to other sims and will swim faster than ever before. |
| Level 7 | Your sim can now perform the Hill Challenge on the treadmill. |
| Level 8 | Your sim can now perform the epic workout on the weight machine and will lose less energy when swimming. |
| Level 9 | Your sim can now practice fighting with other sims, just for fun. |
| Level 10 | Your sim has mastered the art of fitness. Their strength and endurance are a marvel to behold! |
Long-Lived Reward Trait
When a sim finishes the bodybuilder aspiration they are going to get a reward trait called long-lived which is one of the best. This reward trait will actually have your sims living longer as it extends a sim’s lifespan!
Fitness Mentorship
Whenever a sim reaches level 10 of the fitness skill they are going to unlock the ability to mentor other sims in fitness. To do this you’ll want to go up to a sim that you know who is actively working out and you can click on them and choose mentor. This is going to help the other sim gain the skill more quick!
The best part is that if you have The Sims 4: Business & Hobbies installed you’re able to mentor for money. A sim with a maxed fitness skill will get paid §430 per hour!
Gaining Fitness With DLC
There is so much DLC for The Sims 4 and with so many packs we get new and interesting ways you can earn the fitness skill!
Fitness Stuff
Fitness stuff is an entire pack about finding new ways to exercise, it comes with a treadmill, boxing bag and exercise machine. However, it also comes with the Rock Climbing Wall which can give your sim the fitness skill.
The best part is that if you have The Sims 4: Snowy Escape installed your sim can earn the rock climbing skill at the same time so you can prepare them for getting up that mountain before heading out in the snow.
Island Living
In Island Living your sims are able to go free diving when they reach a high enough fitness skill by clicking on one of these buoys in the middle of the ocean.
Seasons
When you have The Sims 4: Seasons installed you’ll notice random skating and roller rinks appear from time to time in random locations around the world. Your sims can actually earn the fitness skill by skating at any of these locations.
You also have the option to add these items to your sim’s lot and have them skate around whenever you want!
Strangerville
With The Sims 4: Strangerville we get a whole Military career track and with that we get this training bot. Your sims are able to purchase this for their home and start sparing with this to gain the sims 4 fitness skill!
Discover University
There are two ways you can gain this skill with sims at University. The first is to get your sims to take the Fitness and Shredded Proteins elective class when getting a degree. Your sim will gain the skill slowly as they attend classes and do coursework!
The other way to gain this skill is to head to the special buildings at both campuses and choose to sit in on skill class and a menu will open and you can choose to pay §250 to take a fitness class!
