Body

Body is a skill in The Sims and The Sims 2. It determines the Sim's physical prowess and is useful in some jobs that require a Sim to be strong.
The animations for many activities change as a Sim's body skill increases.
==Benefits==
* Advancement in several careers, which are the athletic, criminal, law enforcement, military, natural scientist, show business, adventurer, dance, entertainment and oceanography tracks.
* Increases a Sim's chances of winning a fight, staying on the snowboarding half pipe, mechanical bull or dance sphere without falling, and earning points in games found in many vacation spots.
* When a teen gains at least eight body points, he or she is able to gain the Hogan Scholarship for Athletics.
* May increase a pregnant Sim's ability to keep from throwing up.
* Reduces the likelihood of servers working in restaurants dropping trays.
==Ways to increase the body skill==
* Swimming (In The Sims the blue bar does not appear to indicate they are gaining body points, but they actually are.)
* Gym equipment: includes the treadmill, exercise bike and all the work benches. Using gym equipment decreases hygiene and energy quickly. Teens, adults and elders can use this equipment.
* Riding the mechanical bull.
* Working out in front of a stereo or television.
* Do yoga: has less effect on hygiene and energy.
* Using the obstacle course or the punching bag, which are the career rewards for the military and athletic careers.
* Riding the dance sphere.
* Bowling.
* Studying body from the Books First for Learning bookshelf, which is the career reward for the education career.
* Doing mastered Tai Chi.
* Using the Deluxe Log Rolling Pit, which also increases fun.
* Using the ballet barre.
* Using the basketball court.
* Using the soccer goal.
* Jogging.
* Jumping rope.
===Body and children===
Most ways of building body skill can only be done by teens, adults and elders, but there are some ways kids can increase their body skill.
* Swimming in the pool or working out in front of a stereo. (This may depend on which expansion packs are installed.)
* Using the obstacle course or the punching bag.
* Bowling.
* Studying body from the Books First for Learning bookshelf.
* Being taught body skill by an older Sim who has at least 7.5 points in the skill and the Impart Knowledge aspiration benefit.
* Using the ballet barre.
* Using the basketball court.
* Jumping rope.
* Playground equipment.
At first, it was believed that toddlers could gain body skill from singing the Nursery Rhyme after learning it. However, this was due to a glitch which caused the wrong pop-up message to appear when a skill point was gained. This was corrected in the FreeTime patch, though it does not appear in the patch notes.
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