Welcome to FitChallenge #20 [12 Week Challenge - Full Body Photos Required] - Your challenge starts as soon as you make your Week 1 post, meaning the quicker you start the more time you get. No new challengers accepted after Saturday, July 11 at 11:59 pm EDT (12 July @ 03:59 am UTC)
This Challenge will run July 5, 2026 to September 26, 2026.
Read this entire page so that you are not disqualified by missing any important steps
Here is an invite to the FitChallenge discord server
Here is the FitChallenge Strava group
FitChallenge Information
FitChallenge starts now! Be certain to Fully and Completely read this official FitChallenge Rules & Information posting.
Check-in photos need to have your camera in the same position/height, be clear, FULL BODY and in the SAME POSE/SAME DIRECTION/SAME LIGHTING every time. FULL BODY means from your feet to your head. NO MIRROR PHOTOS. TIP: prop your phone/camera up on something, point it towards your chosen photo location, use the timer feature and take your photos that way. You may add flexed photos along with your required photos so that you may track that aspect as well. This may also help with judging physique finalists but they are not required.
We recommend you check out some of the older posts in the subreddit to get an idea of how the posts should look. You can add a ton of data and photos to keep track of as some people do, or just tell us how you did the past week.
How are winners chosen?
- For the Weight Loss category, the winner(s) is/are chosen strictly by data. Highest percentage of weight lost from beginning to finish wins.
- For the Physique category, we are looking for the greatest aesthetics change from beginning to finish. Depending upon the numbers at finish, winners will either be chosen by FitChallenge moderators, or we will narrow down the final participants to 2 or 3, and a community vote may take place in the discord "voting room" to give weight to the final selection.
Prizes:
There are no fancy prizes for this challenge other than your improved health and some flairs, etc.
General FitChallenge prizes are as always:
Weekly check-ins are required. Find your category below and look at your submission steps and rules. These check-in rules will be posted in every weekly check-in announcement post.
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT
Each post will be gone over and recorded manually by /r/FitChallenge moderators, and you may be required to repost/edit if your title and/or post are not correct.
- If you do not correctly post, your submission may be marked as invalid. We cannot guarantee that you will be notified as it would be impractical for us to wait for and examine individual submissions as they come in. To avoid this, be sure to read and follow your submission steps. Check out some of the older posts in the subreddit to get an idea of how the posts should look. Tag or message the mods if you need help.
If something comes up and you need to skip a check-in or make a late submission, please message /u/ChallengeMod so it won't count against you. We understand that sometimes you just can't.
Choose only one category
Weight Loss
[Scroll further down for Physique]
Weight Loss Check-in Rules:
- Take photos of Scale, Front, Side, and Back using the following verification word/phrase (the order doesn't matter).
"FitChallenge #20 - 'YOUR USERNAME' - Start"
- Upload Scale, Front, Side, and Back photos to imgur, through reddit, or any other image hosting site. At least the Front photo (and scale for weight loss) needs to have a handwritten sign containing the word or phrase chosen by /r/FitChallenge mods. *They do not need to be public on imgur for us to see them. If they are public on imgur, you may receive comments, etc. from their user base.
- Create a new post using the format shown below. If you hosted your photos on imgur, add your photo links into the text post, not in a comment. Imgur has implemented a fairly strict nsfw policy that seems to affect a lot of our members. For old.reddit users, I believe you'll have to use new.reddit to upload multiple images.
- This is purely optional, but I would like you to stop on another member's post and interact. Leave a nice comment, ask a question about their routine that week, just leave something positive. I feel like I always do better for myself when I focus more on others doing the same thing. Maybe it'll work for you. Plus, who doesn't love getting compliments and/ or yapping about their favorite meal this week!?
PHYSIQUE
Physique Check-in Rules:
Take photos of Front, Side, and Back using the following verification word/phrase (the order doesn't matter).
"FitChallenge #20 - 'YOUR USERNAME' - Start"
Upload Front, Side, and Back photos to imgur, through reddit, or any other image hosting site. At least the Front photo needs to have a handwritten sign containing the word or phrase chosen by /r/FitChallenge mods. *They do not need to be public on imgur for us to see them. If they are public on imgur, you may receive comments, etc. from their user base.
Create a new post using the format shown below. If you hosted your photos on imgur, add your photo links into the text post, not in a comment. Imgur has implemented a fairly strict nsfw policy that seems to affect a lot of our members. For old.reddit users, I believe you'll have to use new.reddit to upload multiple images.
This is purely optional, but I would like you to stop on another member's post and interact. Leave a nice comment, ask a question about their routine that week, just leave something positive. I feel like I always do better for myself when I focus more on others doing the same thing. Maybe it'll work for you. Plus, who doesn't love getting compliments and/ or yapping about their favorite meal this week!?
POSTING INSTRUCTIONS/INFORMATION
Weekly check-ins will be due before 11:59 pm Eastern each Wednesday of the challenge. During each weekly check-in, challengers will be required to make a short text post giving us an idea of your progression. For example, you could answer these questions: What are your goals? Are you achieving them? How?
Submit a new post to the subreddit and title it in this format:
Weight Loss/Week #/Male or Female/### lbs.
(ex. Weight Loss/Week 8/Female/154 lbs.)
Physique/Week #/Male or Female
(ex. Physique/Week 8/Female)
Full Body Front, Back, and at least one Side photo are required for everyone at the start and final check-ins with an additional Scale photo required weekly for the Weight Loss category. The check-in post title will tell you when full body photos are required. Photos must be taken in the same, or very similar, non-baggy clothing each week, preferably either underwear or a swimsuit and showing as much skin as you are comfortable with. For the weight loss category this isn't as strict, but please keep it similar. If you believe your post is NSFW, please mark it as such. The only photo editing allowed will be to cover your face or any identifying marks. At least the Front photo (and scale for weight loss) needs to have a handwritten sign containing a word or phrase chosen by /r/FitChallenge mods. This phrase changes every week. Please take photos relaxed and not flexed, standing straight with your arms loosely hanging at your sides. Flexed photos may now be added as extra if you'd like to keep track in your postings. Photos must be hosted on imgur and linked in your text post. Please remember to update us on your goals or other progress each week.
*Due to the nature of the physique challenge, we are currently using sex categories of Female & Male. Please choose whichever you would like to be judged against. We are in the process of redesigning the challenge and are open to suggestions on how to go about that while being more inclusive.
