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[[File:Souma Mizuno Working Out.png|350px|thumb|right|link=Fire in His Fingertips|And those [[Muscles Are Meaningful|muscles]] aren't [[Bigger is Better in Bed|the only thing big]] about this [[Hunk|hunk]]. [[Women Prefer Strong Men|Just ask his girlfriend...]] [[Sex God|well when she recovers]]. <ref>Source: Anime Episode 3 of [[Fire in His Fingertips]] Season One</ref>]]
{{quote|"Such shamelessness at slaving openly for one's own beauty had to suggest possibilities for [[Marilyn Monroe|herself]]."
|'''[[Norman Mailer]]''', ''Marilyn, a biography''}}
Where a athletic character, often a man, is shown working out or practicing a new hobby, this opportunity is excellent for [[Fanservice]] and eating the [[Eating the Eye Candy]] as well.
This is a common method to introduce very stealth fanservice, especially in action movies or [[Shonen]] works, plus it's easier for the guy to convince his significant other to join. This does not always require shirtlessness.
Not counting the shirtlessness, this is equal-opportunity fanservice - males and females are both the subjects of this trope.<!-- As of March 30, the provided examples are split 60% male / 40% female. -->
When working out, this can be also justified as training for a fight. Needing to for their bodies to be in tip top shapes and to learn the new weapon, honing superhuman abilities (especially newer emerging ones), so to handle the fight's intensity.
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Though having them being nude is optional.
Most of the time, the '''Workout Fanservice''' is related to the gym, but ball sports and, really, any kind of sport, can be sources for this.
Compare [[Macho Camp]] and [[Training Montage]].
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*In ''[[Bleach]]'', Ichigo Kurosaki has a brief scene in the anime, that scene shows him doing pushups shirtless. That was in the Soul Society arc, the training was to obtain a Bankai.
* In ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ViVid]]'', [[The Ojou|Victoria]] [[Lady of War|Dahlgrün]] was shown exercising wearing a sports bra and very short shorts. Whereas the other characters wears more modest outfits.
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* ''[[How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift?]]'' is practically ''Workout Fanservice: The Series''. Ostensibly a [[Diet Episode]] that spans the whole series with a [[Single Woman Seeks Good Man]] plot added (think ''[[Cathy]]'' but Japanese), the true point is showing off Fanservice-y characters of both genders.
* ''[[Fire in His Fingertips]]'' often have scenes in both the manga and anime where the firefighters work out shirtless. Souma once even started working out shortly after his girlfriend passed out from having sex with him all day though he was in chibi form. He's also the page image.
* Happens often in the ''[[Dragonball]]'' franchise. Most notably is Son Goku training nonstop on his trip to Namek.
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*Fuchsia Gym's ''[[Pokémon Reset Bloodlines]]'' has Iris deciding that their group needs to workout to become stronger and sharper. This annoys Misty, but there's a benefit to the latter by seeing Ash working out.
==[[Film]]==
* In ''[[Captain America: Civil War (film)|Captain America: Civil War]]'', during the beginning [[Big Good|Steve Rogers]] and Sam Wilson are jogging around Washington. Up close we can see Steve's abs and biceps, even though he's wearing a shirt.
*In ''[[I Am Legend (film)|I Am Legend]]'', Neville usually starts the day with a shirtless workout and the dog joins.
*The early 1980s workout show ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20180327225432/http://www.aerobicise.com/ Aerobicise]''; it also counts as [[Poor Man's Porn]]. In a [[White Void Room]], Two to four hot women "demonstrating" workout techniques and it doesn't help that there's some pretty interesting angles.
*''[[The Avengers (2012 film)|The Avengers]]'' has [[Captain America (comics)|Captain America]] has tons of lovely shots of his body and butt, while working his frustrations on numerous punching bags.
*In ''[[Anchorman]]'', Ron Burgundy attempts to invoke this, merely by inviting Veronica in his office while he's "sculpting [his] guns." It didn't work, since his body betrays the fact that he's out of shape and he usually refers to his arms as "guns."
*''[[Gentlemen Prefer Blondes]]'' has a number called "Ain't Anyone Here for Love?" where [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5BQlgDIaBs Jane Russell wanders through a team's workout room].
*In ''[[Terminator 2]]'', when we first see Sarah Connor, she's doing some chin-ups off an overturned bed.
*The ''[[Afterschool Special]]'' episode "Stoned" has a shirtless Mike pushing iron.
*Happened quite often in the ''[[Police Academy]]'' movies when [[Statuesque Stunner|Officer Callahan]] was working out. A gym [[Distracted by the Sexy| can be dangerous for men]] when she's there.
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*In ''Marilyn: A Biography'', [[Norman Mailer]] tells how [[Marilyn Monroe]] liked to go to the muscle beach in Santa Monica on "oppressively hot days" to [[Eating the Eye Candy|watch]] the [[Man in a Bikini|speedo-clad]] muscle boys lift weights and look at their muscles and sweat under the blazing sun.
==[[Live-Action TV]]==
*In the ''[[CSI: NY]]'''s "My Name Is Mac Taylor" episode, in a gym we find Mac doing his lap swim workout.
*In ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'', the episode "The Third Man," Sam begins the day with some push-ups, sit-ups, and pull-ups, merely to keep fit for all the demon, monster, and spirit slaying. The focus is on his back, upper chest, and biceps during this, though we get some shots of his abs above the low-cut jeans in post workout.
*In ''[[Being Human (UK)|Being Human]]''{{'}}s Hal likes to do his exercise routine which involves press-ups on time...And shirtlessly.
*''[[Highlander (TV series)|Highlander]]'' has Duncan doing a sweaty, extremely sexy kata.
*Both ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' and ''[[Angel]]'' has Angel doing a lot of shirtless exercising Tai Chi in an episode called "Revelations," this trope is acknowledged by [[Word of God]].
*''[[The X-Files]]''{{'}}s early seasons has Agent Fox Mulder jogging, running in the stadium, or swimming. The [[Estrogen Brigade]] love his red speedo.
* ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', "The Price". Dr. Crusher and Counselor Troi. Doing yoga. Wearing spandex. In front of a mirror. 'Nuff said.
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*[[Olivia Newton-John]]'s "Physical" music video begins with and ends with multiple handsome, muscular men working out, being loaded with [[Fanservice]] shots. Immediately subverted when the initial shots of fit guys are replaced with several sweaty, fat guys -- who it is implied work their way to fitness by the end. One should also note that Newton-John in her leotard and headband is not exactly hard on the eyes herself.
*[[Tanya Tucker]]'s "Hangin' In" takes place [[Beach Episode|in a beach]], where multiple muscular men pushing iron and wearing [[Walking Shirtless Scene|square cut swimming trunks]].
*[[Eric Prydz]]'s music video remix of "Call on Me" depicts a man who finds himself in an all-female exercise class, who is enjoying the suggestive thrusting and griding of the routine exercise.
==[[Pinball]]==
*The ''[[Future Spa]]'' game has a bevy of flawlessly sculpted men and women working out and honing their perfect bodies.
==Pornography==
* In [[Guy-On-Guy Is Hot|many gay porn videos]], the guys lift weights [[Male Frontal Nudity|in the nude]].
* Lee Stone sometimes works out in some of his videos before he bangs a girl, showing off his muscles to impress.
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*''[[GURPS]] IOU'' has an [[In-Universe]] example. The classes for the Department of Zen Aerobics mainly consists of [[Lotus Position]] and watching aerobics on television. Despite the lack of practical uses for these classes, they're popular.
==[[Video Games]]==
*''[[Mass Effect 3]]'''s James Vega does a load of pull-ups. It's even part of a [[Ho Yay]] joke with Steve Cortez, who is openly gay, and who Vega slyly comments ''"You know you love the show."''
**There's Jacob Taylor, who does crunches. Kasumi loves pointing out "Mmmm, crrrunches. Lots of crrunches."
*In ''[[StarTropics]]'', the SheCola female guards are seen using weights when they exercise, doing pushups, and complaining about how intensive their training routines are.
*In ''[[Stardew Valley]]'', you can walk in on Alex. He apologizes for being shirtless, though no one's complaining.
==[[Web Comics]]==
*''[[Ménage à 3]]'''s [[Ms. Fanservice|DiDi]] is sometimes seen doing her intensive exercise regime. But the reactions/effects of the other characters and passer-byers [[Distracted by the Sexy|shows some comedy]].
==Other Media==
*Despite that Kathy Smith really ''is'' a fitness trainer, her workout videos from [[The Eighties|late '80s]] and [[The Nineties|early '90s]] became this trope, due to her [[Curves in All the Right Places|figure]] and wearing a [[Leotard of Power|leotard]].
*''Chrissy's Cardio Blast'' In [http://bitchute.com/video/Cs9scsYtGJ9f this video]([[Not Safe for Work|NSFW]]) the eponymous character in the video, works out on a treadmill [[Shameless Fanservice Girl|in the nude]].
==[[Real Life]]==
* Many major beach cities have areas called "muscle beaches", which are outdoor recreation areas (and main one of their main attractions) noted for their association with bodybuilders and athletes and especially, muscular men lifting weights in [[Man in a Bikini|speedos]].
* Sports, especially in more casual settings where they serve as a means of working out, can be a case of this. Guys get shirtless, girls wear sports bras and tight booty shorts. End result - loads and loads of skin revealed and chiseled abs and limbs shown off.
** Some sports try to cash in on the Fanservice through the cameras getting well-chosen views of the athletes playing. Arguably the most famous example of this has to be beach volleyball, which carries the unofficial title of "most sexy ball sport" and it's not hard to see why: the girls play in skimpy bikinis, which show off a lot of well-toned ass and abs, while the guys play in T-shirts which, while not really as fanservicey as the toplessness in movies would like you to believe, definitively leaves something to look for too
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