Introduction
We recently asked the community about their training preferences and interest in various strength sports. Most of the respondents do not train specifically for a strength sport, but we saw a broad range of interest across different disciplines such as Bodybuilding, Powerlifting, Strongman, Olympic Weightlifting, and even arm wrestling.
In addition to this, we asked which workout styles were most appealing, and hybrid training easily took the top spot.
The results provide valuable insight into the diverse interests and preferences within the home gym community.
Below is a look at the data.
What “workout style” is most appealing?
Hybrid training is the dominant preference, with over half of respondents favoring it, while powerlifting and bodybuilding received about 20% of the votes each. Strongman, however, is the least preferred among the options.
Do you train for a specific “strength sport?”
Only about 23% say they are training for a specific “strength sport” like those mentioned below.
Strength Sport – Level of Interest Results
For this survey, respondents simply needed to rate their level of interest for each strength sport as high, medium, low, or IDK.
As you could expect based on the results above, none were entirely dominant. Every single sport asked about had more “medium” than “high” interest.
Bodybuilding received the most high interest votes and powerlifting very close behind, but the “high-interest” votes were only around a third.
Bodybuilding: High interest (34.06%), with most having medium interest (41.41%). Only 22.97% show low interest.
Powerlifting: High (30.81%) and medium (37.90%) interest are notable. Low interest is 27.74%.
Strongman: Fewer show high interest (13.83%), with a majority expressing low interest (53.10%).
Olympic Weightlifting: Low interest (57.03%) is dominant, with only 11.53% having high interest.CrossFit: Low interest (59.40%) outweighs high interest (11.53%).
Ultra Running: The majority show low interest (82.39%), and only 4.85% have high interest.
Kettlebell Sport: Low interest (75.97%) is common, with just 4.03% expressing high interest.
Highland Games: Similar pattern, with low interest (70.21%) and a small 3.86% high interest.
Grip Strength: 73.95% have low interest, while 3.70% show high interest.
HYROX: Moderate low interest (69.34%) with 3.28% high interest. This also had the most “neutral” votes with about 17%.
Mace Training: More balanced but still leans toward low interest (68.99%) with 2.23% high interest. Over a quarter did express medium interest though.
Arm Wrestling: Least popular, with 87.14% showing low interest and only 1.93% having high interest.
