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Korean slang profile

홈트

home training

Home workouts

Exercising at home with guidance from online videos or a smartphone instead of going to a fitness center.

Expanded form
홈 트레이닝Home workouts
Other spellings
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Earliest source found
Jun 22, 2017
Documented trend period
Not verified

This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.

01Examples, with English translations

  • Example by Julimmal

    퇴근하고 홈트로 운동해.

    I work out at home after work.

  • Quoted from a source

    이른바 ‘홈트’라 불리는 ‘홈 트레이닝(home training)’이 대세다.[1]

    ‘Home training’, so-called ‘홈트’, is a trend.

    English translation by Julimmal.

02Documented history

  1. June 2017‘Home training’, so-called ‘홈트’, is a trend.[1]
  2. October 2020Yonhap News: “As 홈트 training (홈트) exercise at home has become popular due to the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19), the number of consumer damage reports related to 홈트 training equipment has also increased.”[2]

03Origin & word formation

Short for “홈 트레이닝.” The 2017 source from Bravo My Life explicitly gives this explanation. Who first used it and when have not been verified.

Evidence for the origin explanationHigh

The explanation is explicit in the sources, and at least two sources use the same meaning. When it was first used is unknown.

04Sources

Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.

  1. 혼자서도 쉽게 따라 하는 홈 트레이닝 ‘패션근육운동’ (브라보마이라이프)Published Jun 22, 2017Original source checked Nov 5, 2026
  2. 코로나19로 '홈트' 인기…기구 피해신고도 급증 (연합뉴스)Published Oct 7, 2020Original source checked Nov 5, 2026

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Original Korean record: Nov 6, 2026English translation: awaiting review

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