At Fitocracy, one of our biggest priorities is balancing the scoring for different activities and workouts for our users. One of the most active discussion topics on the forum is based around “buffing and nerfing” activities (which is gamer speak for increasing or decreasing the value of certain actions).

When it comes to score balancing, the topic of gender has recently taken the spotlight. Several females on Fitocracy have expressed concern that they can’t earn points or level as quickly as the males simply because they’re pushing significantly heavier weight. As a result, the leaderboards are overwhelmingly dominated by the males, leaving some Fitocracy females feeling demotivated.

After much discussion, we’ve implemented an update to buff weightlifting points for females. Ladies, you should now be earning more points for your resistance training workouts and start to level at a pace closer to the guys.

This is just a first pass so some calibration is to be expected later, but this should be a nice step in making sure Fitocracy is balanced and motivating for everyone on the site.

- The Fitocracy Team