Are You Lacking Motivation to Workout? Follow These 5 Fitness Influencers to Get Moving

How many hours a day do you spend mindlessly doomscrolling? Sending out cat memes and watching people play with slime? Through the pandemic and its subsequent lockdown, our dependency on social media has tripled. We look to it for news updates, Monday motivation, celebrity drama, shopping for things we don’t need and basically everything else. So, why should fitness be left out? Instagram is home to a number of fitness influencers who give you access to their workouts, fitness hacks and healthy recipes that would’ve normally cost you a pretty penny. 

We have rounded up 5 of the best fitness influencers whose Instagram will supply you with all the motivation you need. With their support, you can stop being your Garfield-ish self and get back on that fitness journey. 

Yasmin Karachiwala

Katrina Kaif, Deepika Padukone, Alia Bhatt, Ananya Panday and a host of Bollywood celebrities turn to Yasmin Karachiwala when they’re in need for that little extra push. With an experience of 26 years backing her, Yasmin’s Instagram is a booster dose for fitness motivation. Through her workout videos that you can do right there in your living room, she leaves you no room for excuses. These workout videos are interspersed with recipes for healthy treats that make mindful eating just seem easy and more enticing than ever before.

Yasmin is also the co-author of Sculpt and Shape: The Pilates Way and is the founder of a fitness studio called Yasmin Karachiwala’s Body Image.

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Kayla Itsines

Kayla Itsines is a personal trainer whose Instagram videos bagged her the world’s top fitness influencer spot. She rose to fame due to her Bikini Body Guide (BBG), a 12-week workout program that quickly became a cult favourite. From that her brainchild- the Sweat App was born.

Believed to be the world’s largest community for female fitness, the Sweat app lets you choose from a wide range of at-home workout types. From HIIT workouts to boxing and Barre- these workouts will turn your home into a makeshift gym. If you don’t want to join the app though, that’s okay. Just simply following Kayla on Instagram will do the trick. She keeps her followers on their toes with home workout videos and intense challenges. It’s all the motivation you’ll ever need! 

Namrata Purohit

At the age of 16, Namrata Purohit became the world’s youngest certified Stott Pilates trainer in the world. In 2011, she along with her father founded The Pilates Studio. In no time, Namrata’s name became synonymous with Pilates. At the age of 21, she wrote The Lazy Girls Guide to Being Fit. Who better to follow when you feel a dearth of motivation? 

Sonali Swami

If you ever feel like you’re slacking off on your workouts and falling back into the arms of laziness, Sonali Swami is who you need to follow. A former Zumba instructor turned weightlifter, her Instagram page is full of at-home workouts and fun dance videos. Sonali bagged the bronze medal in bodybuilding at the Asian championship in 2016.

If you think about it, her abs are enough to restore your determination! 

Charlee Atkins

If the pandemic has made you extremely wary of sweaty people in gyms and that’s brought your fitness journey to a screeching halt, Charlee Atkins has a solution for you. She is a certified personal trainer and the founder Le Sweat. It’s an app that specializes in full-body at-home workouts. These workouts are also interest-specific. Think cycling, yoga, running etc.

Her page is all the fuel you need to kickstart your fitness journey and drive towards your goals.