Now that social media has such a firm grasp on pop culture, health and fitness content has blossomed into its own fitspirational category, especially on Instagram [1].
Personal trainers, health coaches, and nutritionists are using the photo-sharing app to share their healthy living content with the masses, creating virtual communities of people looking to stay motivated, and some of the most popular influencers in this space just so happen to be Latina. Read on to discover the gurus you need to follow to stay motivated through your workout routine, and then get pumped up with our energizing workout playlist [2].
Massy Arias
Dominican-born Massy (aka MankoFit [3]Latina magazine's May '16 cover [4] or her multiple TV appearances, but this rising fitness star and MA30DAY [5] creator has super relatable, shareable, and accessible fitspiration right on her Instagram [6].
Michelle Lewin
Michelle is a self-described "fitness diva, cover model, and role model" [7] from Venezuela with millions of followers on social media. The strong AF beauty, who is currently based out of South Florida, shares a gorgeous mix of in-the-gym content, her professional spreads, and style snaps [8] on her page [9], which will give you all kinds of healthy living [10] motivation.
Idalis Velazquez
Idalis is a Puerto Rican personal trainer with over 40K followers on Instagram [11]. The viral fitness guru, who recently shared her go-to workout playlist [12] and easy Summer workout [13] with us, partnered with Unilever on the empowering #100PorCientoTu [14] campaign to further spread her healthy message.
Isabella Russo
Isabella is a Brazilian-born personal trainer and CrossFit [15] coach currently living in Los Angeles. Expect to find a profile [16] laced with fierce and gorgeous workout selfies, awesome meal prep ideas [17], transformation shots, and — bonus! — bilingual captions in both English and her native Portuguese.
Lyzabeth Lopez
If it's a gorgeous hourglass figure you're after, Lyzabeth is the influencer for you. The award-winning trainer and holistic nutritionist even created a workout [18] designed to give anyone's body that ever-desirable shape. A quick scroll through her profile [19] is guaranteed to make you want to hit the gym — and do like 10,000 squats [20].