Fitness Model Sommer Ray Shares Bathing Suit Video

Sommer Ray is showing off her new collection collaboration with PSD – and there are swimsuits. In a new social media post the fitness influencer flaunts her famously fit figure, modeling styles from the collection she designed that are on sale now. “I love you,” commented a follower, while another added, “so beautifulllllllll.” How does the 27-year-old keep her body so fit? Celebwell rounded up her top health and fitness habits.

1. Weight Lifting

Sommer started lifting weights when she was 14 and even competed in bodybuilding competitions at 16. According to the star, "it’s a whole different world where many girls are on steroids, and I didn’t want to do that to my body," she told Cosmopolitan about her decision to quit competing.

2. Self-Love

"If there’s something not permanent on my face like a zit, I’ll smooth it," Sommer told Cosmopolitan about her stance on Photoshop. "If I take a photo at a bad angle, I just won't post it. I don't Photoshop my body because it would feel like a false advertisement."

3. Daily Exercise

If you want a body like Sommer’s, consistency is key. She works out five times a week for up to 90 minutes, spending an entire two days on her lower body. "If my glutes are sore, I tell myself, 'I probably shouldn't work them today,' " she explained. "I just listen to my body." She also tries to maintain variety with workouts. "There’s not a certain exercise or specific workout that’s beneficial," she says. "I switch it up every day and try to make it fun, because as soon as it feels like a job, you don’t want to do it."

4. Protein-Packed Diet

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Ray understands the importance of consuming enough protein. She makes sure to get 70 grams of protein per day to keep her glutes built and maintain muscle mass. She starts the day with a protein shake, and then eats five more small but protein-packed meals throughout the day, she told Cosmo. Grilled chicken, veggies and steamed white rice is one of her go-to meals. Starchy veggies and whole grains fulfill her carb requirements.

5. Cheat Meals

Sommer allows herself to cheat a little on the weekends. "If I want a slice of pizza, I have a slice of pizza. I want to look good, but I also want to enjoy life," she explained. She added to Luxury Lifestyle Magazine that she can’t say no to a weekly burger. “Ooh, easy. In-n-out. I probably go once a week,” she said when asked what her favorite restaurant was.

7. Self-Care

Sommer’s daily self-care? “Baths lol, I love baths with Epsom salts and lavender essential oil. It's really the most relaxing thing for me. It's my therapy, I can sit in there for hours,” she told Paper. Baths have been linked to better sleep and even found helpful to minimize anxiety and depression. One recent study even found that they may even boast cardiovascular benefits.

Sommer Ray is inviting you to a game of basketball in her swimsuit. “1v1?,” she captioned the photos on a court, on which she wore a bathing suit bottom and a white blazer. She looks superfit, no surprise given that fitness is part of her business, and has been part of her life since growing up. In fact, she just launched her own swimsuit line, SMR Swimwear! How does she stay so fit? Read on to see 5 ways Sommer Ray stays in shape and the photos that prove they work—and to get beach-ready yourself, don't miss these essential 30 Best-Ever Celebrity Bathing Suit Photos!

1. She’s Into Fitness Because It’s a Family Thing

When asked about body building, Sommer said: “I started when I was around 16. I grew up with it. My dad's a bodybuilder. My mom is a competitor. So actually my first show I ever did was with my mom. So yeah, started when I was 16.” She likes sharing tips online because “I love just being on there because I wanna like show girls that you can post what you want and do what you want and just embrace being you and being beautiful. Because we're all beautiful and unique in our way,” she told CTV.

2. Sometimes She Has Down Days

“I don't work out every single day. Like obviously I'm not a crazy person, but yeah. Sometimes I have days where I'm even like a bad mood and I'm down on myself. Like with things like that, people don't understand. It's like, everyone's human. I have days where I wake up and I feel disgusting and fat. And I'm like, Ew at myself, you know, I look at me, I'm like, disgusting. So we're–as girls, we just like have this, and every girl's the same. Like, it doesn't matter. [Even] the most beautiful girl in the world. Trust me. They wake up and they hate themselves some days too. It's just like life as a girl….So I have days where I'm very unmotivated and I think my body sucks … But I fight through it,” she told the Off the Pill podcast.

3. She Stays Motivated This Way

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“How I find my motivation is, I don't look for motivation." She says it's not "Like, oh, I wanna get in shape for this pool party. Oh, I wanna get in shape, cuz I'm going on vacation. Because when that is over, you're gonna forget about working out and you don't care about working out anymore. You have to do it for a real reason that's not going to go away,” she told Off the Pill.

4. She Eats in Moderation

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“I eat in moderation,” she said. “That's my thing. There's balance. Like I'm not just gonna eat cheeseburgers every day. Come Friday I'm gonna have a cheeseburger and then I'm gonna have salad. It's called balance.” As for working out: “I try to work out every day. I mean, I used to be really, really consistent, but like I'm so busy now that it's like, sometimes I get off track, but yeah. I mean, I eat what I want, but the I'm also blessed with a good metabolism because I can really eat what I want and I burn it off really quick,” she told Off the Pill.

5. This is Her Best Business Advice

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The “best business advice is to do what you're passionate about. Because I feel like business, too, can just be doing what you love. And I feel like the most success comes from doing what you love and doing business and what you love. So it's like, I love clothes and I love fitness and I just do all my business endeavors and the stuff that I'm passionate about,” she told CTV.

Sommer Ray, the fitness model and influencer, is showing off her new swimwear line on Instagram. Her choice of photoshoot location? The jungle. In her new post, Ray posed with the trees behind her. She wore a strapless zebra print bikini, looking gorgeous. Ray captioned the post, “I just wanna live in a jungle. P.s all my swim dropping at the end of the month!!! I’m loving this zebra print.” How does she stay so fit? Read on to see 5 ways Sommer Ray stays in shape and the photos that prove they work—and to get beach-ready yourself, don't miss these essential 30 Best-Ever Celebrity Bathing Suit Photos!

1. She Wants To Be A Role Model

Ray has a large platform and a lot of followers, which she wants to use for good. She tells Forbes that she wants to be an inspiration for her followers, and wants them to not just see her as a pretty girl. “I want girls to know that I’m for them. I want to show them my personality and show them that I’m not just a dumb bimbo. Because that’s what you think. You see a girl on Instagram, showing her body, and it’s just substance less.”

2. She Embraces Her Natural Beauty

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Ray tells Forbes that she embraces her natural beauty. She says that she wants to encourage others to accept themselves as they are. “I just want to promote a healthy, natural lifestyle. I’m really against plastic surgery and all that stuff.”

3. She’s Confident

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Ray has a lot of confidence in herself. She tells Forbes that this is the reason she isn’t afraid to show off her body. “I worked hard for my body,” Ray says. “I’ve sculpted it. I’m not going to just keep it in the garage. If you have a Ferrari you’re going to drive it.”

4. She Has Rest Days

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Ray broke down some of her wellness secrets in an interview with Cosmopolitan. She says that while she works out a lot, she also makes time for her body to recover. Ray says that she sets two days each week aside for resting. "If my glutes are sore, I tell myself, 'I probably shouldn't work them today,' " she says. "I just listen to my body."

5. She Switches Up Her Workouts

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For Ray, working out is all about variety. She tells Cosmopolitan that she likes to do different exercises, as they target different parts of her body. "There’s not a certain exercise or specific workout that’s beneficial," she says. "I switch it up every day and try to make it fun, because as soon as it feels like a job, you don’t want to do it."

Sommer Ray, the fitness model and influencer, shares a lot of photos on her Instagram; it's literally part of her job. But sometimes she blends business with pleasure. For example, just shared a ton of selfies from a day she spent at the beach—a bunch, in fact. Ray posed with her hair wet, while wearing a tiger-stripe bathing suit. She captioned the photo series, “Here's 9 variations of the same photo lol.” How does she stay so fit? Read on to see 6 ways Sommer Ray stays in shape and the photos that prove they work—and to get beach-ready yourself, don't miss these essential 30 Best-Ever Celebrity Bathing Suit Photos!

1. She Wants To Promote a Healthy Lifestyle

For Ray, being a fitness influencer and model isn’t just about posting workout videos and photos of her toned body. She also wants to promote a healthy lifestyle and methods. "I just want to promote a healthy, natural lifestyle,” she told Forbes. Ray says that she especially wants to inspire young girls. “I want girls to know that I’m for them,” she said.

2. She Takes Days To Recover

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While Ray’s workout schedule is intense, she does make sure to take days to recover. She says that she doesn’t want her body to get too sore or injured. "If my glutes are sore, I tell myself, 'I probably shouldn't work them today,' " she says to Cosmopolitan. "I just listen to my body."

3. She Switches Up Her Workouts

Even though Ray is a fitness influencer, she does get bored of working out sometimes. She says that the solution to this is switching up her workouts. "There’s not a certain exercise or specific workout that’s beneficial," she says to Cosmopolitan. "I switch it up every day and try to make it fun, because as soon as it feels like a job, you don’t want to do it.”

4. She Isolates Her Muscles

Ray broke down her favorite exercises and workout routines to Cosmopolitan. She says that she likes to do exercises that target and isolate her muscles. Ray says that this is how several exercises are supposed to be done, and that this can be a lot more effective. "If you do any exercise right, with the right form, you learn to isolate your muscles," she says.

5. She Doesn't Give In To Society’s Beauty Standards

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Ray tells Cosmopolitan that she doesn’t feel pressure to give in to the beauty standards society has for women. She says that she wants her followers to do the same, and not feel like they have to look like her, or someone else. "I don’t want to motivate women to look like me — I want them to love themselves the way I do," she says. "Society puts on pressure to look and be a certain way — you're your best when you are confident in yourself."

6. She Gives Into Her Cravings

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Ray tells Cosmopolitan that she tries to eat a healthy diet, but she doesn’t deprive herself too much. She says that she does indulge once in a while. "If I want a slice of pizza, I have a slice of pizza. I want to look good, but I also want to enjoy life.”

Fitness model Sommer Ray is enjoying summer fun and activities on a trip to Colorado. Ray, 26, shared pictures of herself posing next to two inner tubes in a black and white cheetah-print bikini, against a background of mountains and trees. She completed the look with a hat, sunglasses, and tank top over her swimsuit. “Tuuubin’,” she captioned the post. How does she stay so fit? Read on to see 5 ways Ray stays in shape and the photos that prove they work.

1. Lots of Protein

Ray keeps her protein intake high to fuel her workouts. “I try to eat 70 grams of protein a day to maintain my glute muscle mass by starting most mornings with a protein shake, my first of six small meals throughout the day,” she says. “Sometimes I'll prepare grilled chicken, veggies and steamed white rice for each of these meals, but more often I'll eat out. I love In-and-Out Burger! I take my burger without the bun. Then I get my starch later from starchy veggies and whole grains.”

2. Working On Her Glutes

Ray works out five times a week for 90 minutes at a time. Two of those workout sessions are focused on her glutes. "If my glutes are sore, I tell myself, 'I probably shouldn't work them today,'" she says. "I just listen to my body. There’s not a certain exercise or specific workout that’s beneficial. I switch it up every day and try to make it fun, because as soon as it feels like a job, you don’t want to do it."

3. Healthy Habits

Ray doesn’t believe in working out for short-term benefits, instead emphasizing how important it is to have a healthy lifestyle. “I feel that people lose motivation when they get motivated for the wrong reasons,” she says. “Girls may want to workout for that summer bod, or after going through a bad breakup. But I always make sure my motivation comes from the intent of my wanting to better myself.”

4. Self-Confidence and Competition

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Ray says she only competes with herself these days. “I started competing in the NPC [National Physique Committee] when I was 16 years old,” she says. “I stood next to girls in their 20s/30s and was being compared to them, yet nothing was comparable—we were simply at different stages of life (muscle doesn’t mature until you’re in your 20s). So believe me, I know what that feeling is like. But honestly, I never compared myself, so it didn’t matter that the judges did. I was confident in the hard work and the dedication I put in for myself. So at the end of the day, I know myself and I’m content in the woman I am. And when you are, you are incomparable. My only competition is myself and wanting to better myself everyday.”

5. Relaxing on the Weekends

Ray works hard and knows how important it is to relax and reset. “On the weekends, and on some weekdays, too, I also like to have a drink — typically, tequila — and whatever else I'm craving,” she says. “If I want a slice of pizza, I have a slice of pizza. I want to look good, but I also want to enjoy life.”