Keeping Fit During Lockdown – Local Instagrammers You Should Be Following
by Karen Rollins Feb 15, 2021
Staying fit and healthy during a COVID-19 lockdown is a struggle for a lot of us.
It can be tempting to make several trips to the fridge, spend all day on the couch, and neglect your exercise routine as the days meld into one and you can’t even leave your home except for essential journeys.
Luckily, there are several local and regional fitness trained Instagrammers offering expert exercise advice, and even demonstrating stay-at-home workouts, so that people can keep fit and healthy despite the pandemic.
Here are some you might want to check out!
Labelled as ‘the Caribbean’s largest HITT (High-Intensity Interval Training) workout library’, with over 200 exercises available online, Wake Up to Workout provides almost daily routines for its 24.3k+ IG followers.
Most of the time, no gym equipment is needed, and modifications are shown for people who want a less intense workout. You can also watch the sessions on YouTube.
Certified Barbadian personal trainer Francois-Rene Jones regularly posts easy-to-follow workouts on IG stories for his 5,000+ Instagram audience. Some of the sessions are advanced, but there are suggestions on how you can modify the exercise for your fitness level.
The governing body for triathlon in Barbados has been posting handy exercises and tips for its IG followers including local and regional amateur and professional athletes.
The workouts are labelled as kids/beginner, intermediate or advanced so choose your routine accordingly.
Fitness lifestyle service, Bajan Fusion, regularly challenges its 3,500+ followers to weekly workouts which include burpees, jumping jacks and push-ups. Bajan Fusion’s founder Celia Collymore also offers practical advice, tips and programmes on self-love and how to take care of your body, mind and spirit.
Zico Best is keeping his 2,470+ followers active with various home workout videos which he puts together based on his experience as a certified personal trainer and bodybuilder. Most of the routines last between five to 10 minutes and contain four or five exercises that can be easily completed without any equipment. You can also watch Zico’s workouts on YouTube.
Nutrition coach Selena offers healthy eating recipes and total body exercise routines on her IG platform. Selena has told her 3,000+ audience that she favours HITT training because it “increases metabolism, builds endurance and boosts heart health”. Follow along as Selena, and her husband show you all the moves.
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Now you have no excuse not to stay fit during the lockdown.
Just log on to Instagram and choose one or more trainers to follow, and you can have a different workout routine any day of the week. Just remember to stay within your fitness level!
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