Lilly Singh in Workout Gear Says "Fear Conquered" After Basketball Game

Whitney Simmons, a popular fitness influencer, consistently shares her wellness journey with her millions of followers. Known for her dedication to mental and physical health, she regularly posts workout routines, tips for managing her autoimmune condition, and the importance of gratitude. Recently, Simmons shared a back and bicep workout on Instagram, offering tips like "elbows have to stay pinched to your side" when doing bicep curls. Beyond the gym, she’s open about her struggles with psoriasis and how she's embraced confidence over time. From mixing up her workouts to trying new fitness approaches like Pilates, Simmons is an inspiration to her followers, showing that wellness is a combination of fitness, mental health, and self-care. Here's a look into her approach.

1. She Lifts Weights

Simmons showed off a recent workout that targeted her back and biceps while wearing cute brown camo workout pants, a white tube top, and white sneakers. When doing bicep curls, she explained that “elbows have to “stay pinched to your side,” and palms should face the sky. Another tip the trainer gave was to drive your elbow towards your hip, then squeeze your lat at the bottom when doing single-arm cable pulldowns.

1️⃣ 3x10 bentover barbell row

2️⃣ 3x10 wide bicep curls

3️⃣ 3x10 single arm cable pulldown

superset with 4️⃣ 10 cable bicep curls

5️⃣ 2x10 reverse fly

2. She Doesn’t Hide Her Psoriasis

Simmons once felt uncomfortable showing her psoriasis, an autoimmune condition that causes itchy, scaly patches of skin, but now she’s in a more confident place not to feel shame or embarrassment over the condition. “The more severe it got, the more I wanted to cover it,” she told Women’s Health. She worried that showing it would make people uncomfortable. But now, she chooses to be vulnerable. “I have so many women in my DMs who say, ‘I used to cover every inch of my body at the gym, and now I just don’t care. I am going to wear the shorts.’”

3. She’s Grateful

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Faced with heavy and dark life issues, at one point, Simmons wanted to end her life by driving into a concrete wall. “But “at the very last second, I decided, ‘Not yet,’” she told Women’s Health. A few days later she started therapy and was diagnosed with depression and anxiety. She took a long break from social media, and followers began asking what had happened. She shared her story on the Fleurish podcast and then eventually her channels. Therapy and telling her story helped her grow confident, and now Simmions is in a great place. “From seeing nothing beautiful in any day, to now—I am so grateful that I made it through that,” she says. “It is a beautiful day to be alive.”

4. She Mixes Up Her Workouts

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Experts always recommend switching up your gym routine to help prevent hitting a plateau with fitness goals, reduce the risk of injury, and keep workouts fun. Simmons mixes up her workouts and shares with followers exactly what she does to achieve her goals. For leg days, she does the following:

“LEGS GET IT ❤️‍🔥 let me walk you through my glute workout”

1️⃣ 3x10 bb hip thrust

2️⃣ 3x8 bb RDL

3️⃣ 3x8 front rack step up

4️⃣ 3x10 glute med cable kickbacks

In another video, she shared other ways to target your legs and glutes.

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1️⃣ 3x8 bb RDL

2️⃣ 3x10 bb hip thrust

3️⃣ 3x8 deficit reverse lunge

4️⃣ 3x10 weighted glute dom back extension

superset

5️⃣ 10 bodyweight

5. She Isn’t Afraid to Try New Workouts

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Earlier this year, Simmons tried Pilates for the first time. In the video, simply titled “Pilates Princess,” she did a variety of moves and was taken aback by how much she worked her muscles. Are we on the easiest resistance,” she asked her instructor. “This just feels a little too advanced,” she joked. “My belly hurts so bad,” she laughed when doing the ab portion of the workout. When it came time to focus on the lower body, she asked, “Do you see my legs shaking.” She then said, “I don’t think I’ve ever worked my inner thighs like this.”

WNBA legend Sylvia Fowles may be retired from the WNBA, but her training and fitness routine continues to be intense and inspiring. Fowles, 38, shared pictures of herself wearing shorts and a white crop top, posing on her bike. “Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one. -Bobby Knight,” she captioned the post. “Yes yes yes!!!!! 🔥❤️🔥 all that strength and range!” a fan commented. Fowles’ reputation as an incredible athlete is well-deserved—here’s what she does to stay strong, fit, and ready for the next chapter.

1. Low-Impact Workouts

Fowles says it took her 14 years to start feeling aches and pains that made her change the way she worked out. “It took me two years to put on 10 pounds…I have a hard time gaining weight,” she told Nike.com. “But last year when I got hurt, it was a wake-up call that I was bottom heavy. My legs already carry a lot of weight, and so adding those 10 pounds was not good on my joints. And so from last year to this year, there are things that I do differently. Pilates has helped me a lot. I really don’t eat all that healthily, but I do watch what I eat. Biking has helped a lot too — anything that takes weight off my joints is pretty much a success for me.”

2. Happy Exercises

Fowles works out daily not just to stay in shape, but to feel happy. "Just try to work out daily if you can, even if it's just for like 30 minutes,” she told Oprah.com. “Just get it in. A good workout makes me feel good, and when I sweat, it makes me feel like I did a lot, that I accomplished a lot."

3. New Talent

Fowles is thrilled about the new generation of female players upping their game quite literally. “I think we’re now getting a whiff of what the WNBA can look like a couple years from now, just like what Phee said with the talent level coming out of high school, but also the quickness,” she told Nike.com. “They’re jumping higher, they’re moving faster. It was only me and Candace [Parker] dunking when we were in high school. But within the next five years in the W, we’re definitely going to have a lot more girls dunking. It’s impressive! Napheesa [Collier] asks me to dunk every game. First of all, it takes too much out of me. I got three people hanging from me, and I don’t have the energy to even jump sometimes.”

4. Basketball Shape

Fowles retired from the WNBA in 2022 after listening to warning signs from her body. “Being in shape is one thing, but being in basketball shape is something totally different,” she told CBS News. “I got to that point when workouts were just getting harder and harder, and you take into consideration how many times I've been hurt over the last couple of years, too. I just don't think physically I want to do it to my body anymore. That's how I knew."

5. Bike Riding

Fowles loves to ride her bike as a way to clear her head. “Mentally, it’s my way of debriefing,” she told Sports Illustrated. “It’s another form of therapy. I get to ride and relax. I get to reflect on my day, reflect on the conversations that I’ve had throughout my day and certain situations I didn’t handle well.”

Lolo Jones is an extremely successful athlete. She has competed in the Olympics for both hurdles and bobsled. Jones has also appeared on several reality shows. In 2014, she competed on Dancing With The Stars. In 2019, she finished 3rd/4th on the second season of Celebrity Big Brother. Lastly, Jones has appeared on multiple seasons of The Challenge. In a recent Instagram post, Jones showed off her body transformation. She captioned it, “Body transformation. when I run track I usually have a very flat butt. I’ve gotten notoriously teased for it. but REVENGE BODY COMING THRU MAN BOBSLED MAKING ME THICK. Love this for me.”

1. She Made Lifestyle Changes

Jones shared the lifestyle changes she made in the caption of her Instagram post. “I gained 13 pounds of muscles. Increased (clean) calories. Stopped running as much. Increased time in weight room. Squats and hill workouts. Glutes and quads grew. Sadly, Chest still stayed the same negative A cup 😂😂A WIN IS A WIN THO🤣Comparing in Same shorts, Black top: I was (in track shape) 139 pounds. LSU top: I gained 13 pounds (for bobsled) 152 pounds. Really proud of the progress I worked really hard and gained muscle the clean way eating properly.”

2. She Loves Protein Shakes

Jones makes sure to eat a healthy diet. One thing she enjoys are protein shakes. “To kind of make ends meet while I trained, I worked at a gym, making protein shakes,” Jones told TODAY. “And little did I know … it's key for an athlete to have a protein shake within 15 to 20 minutes after a workout… actually love the protein shakes because you can make them a million different ways.”

3. She Loves Spinach

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In her TODAY interview, Jones shared some of the ingredients she likes to put in her protein shakes. One thing she likes to include in them is spinach. “The key about spinach is, they say you can add it to any protein shake and you won't tell the difference,” Jones explained. “You can taste it a little bit. They lied, but it's really healthy for you.”

4. She Wants To Inspire Others

Jones revealed in the caption of this Instagram post that she wants to be an inspiration for other women. “I’ve gotten so much hate over my career. RETIRE ALREADY. WHY IS SHE STILL GOING? JUST STOP. ‘Why’ so the next gen can see their careers don’t have to end at 27. Why? So people stop looking at social media posts telling them their life ends at 40. You can do great things at any age. I’ve broken a lot of records over my career. I broke the American indoor record. I broke the world championship indoor record. I became the first female Hurdler to defend her world championship title. I’m the only female athlete that has won a world championships and Bobsled and also in track and field, but this is the achievement that I most proud of. It shows I never gave up.”

5. She Strength Trains

Jones likes to strength train to keep herself in shape. She is seen using a barbell in this Instagram post. Jones captioned it, “Life decisions. Been off all social to figure it all out. What am about to share I have kept bottled for years. How do I want to end my 25 year pro career in sport? I was asked to come back to bobsled for years but how it went down last Olympic cycle I was deeply hurt. I saw some pretty unfair stuff happen and that’s a big reason why I went back to track to show I still fast enough to make the Olympic trials for Track and field.”

Lizzo, who hit the Met Gala this week, loves to show off her curves. She also loves to dance, and posts dance videos on Instagram and TikTok. In her most recent TikTok, Lizzo posed in the mountains in a black bathing suit. She captioned the video, “I TOLD YALL I GOT THE SONG OF THE SUMMER🥵— WE THE #1 SONG ON TIKTOK😱— IM POSTING EVERYONE THAT DOES THIS DANCE BY @jaedengomez 💅🏾.” How does she stay so fit? Read on to see 5 ways Lizzo 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 Uses A Gua Sha

In a TikTok, Lizzo broke down her skincare routine and favorite products. She revealed that she likes to use a gua sha, which helps move lymphatic fluids and circulate blood. "Shout out to everyone who's been on my gua sha journey with me,” she said. “I still be doing it wrong. Y'all still love me and support me. I haven't been able to gua sha in like a week because I was sick and I had a cold, but I still feel like I've had the best results and I love it.”

2. She Works Out In Shorts Now

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Lizzo has been open about her approach with confidence and body positivity. In one of her TikToks, she revealed that she had reached a large milestone. "Now let me tell you. I was always too insecure — well, not too insecure, but too self-conscious — to work out in shorts,” the singer started. “Also my thigh meat chafes, so I was like, ‘why do that?’ But today I'm working out in shorts and I'm gonna keep it real with y'all: not much has changed, physically, about myself, but a lot has changed here, mentally. Here, emotionally.”

3. She Has No Time For Haters

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Lizzo has been open about her body journey and her decision to start working out more. And she also doesn’t care what anyone has to say about her. "Hey, so I've been working out consistently for the last five years and it may come as a surprise to some of y'all that I'm not working out to have your ideal body type. I'm working out to have my ideal body type," she said in a TikTok. "And you know what type that is? None of your f---ing business because I am beautiful, I am strong, I do my job and I stay on my job."

4. She Focuses On Her Body and Her Mind

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Lizzo isn’t just about working out her body. She also wants to make sure her mental health and wellbeing are okay as well. In the same TikTok, she stated, “Health is not just determined on what you look like on the outside. Health is also what happens on the inside.”

5. She Strength Trains

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Lizzo posts a lot of workout videos on TikTok. One type of exercise that the singer likes to do in particular is strength train. In this video, she is seen doing hamstring pulls, pushing and pulling a weighted cart, and kettlebell squats. She captioned the video, “The best transformations are the ones only you can see.” A hamstring stretch can be great. "In general, when you're stretching, keep it gentle. Breathe freely as you hold each stretch for around 30 seconds. Try not to hold your breath. Don't bounce or hold a painful stretch. Expect to feel tension while you're stretching. If you feel pain, you've gone too far," says the Mayo Clinic.

Angela Hill is a MMA Fighter, known as Overkill. She recently shared a training video on her Instagram. Hill captioned the video, “BACK AT IT! Quick round in my new @shadowfightgoods gloves after a killer @erodingweakness session at @weckmethod. Me and my team, were motivated, hungry, ready to get what’s ours.” How does she stay so fit? Read on to see 5 ways Angela Hill stays in shape and the photos that prove they work.

1. She Does Conditioning Workouts

Hill shared her daily routine in an interview with ESPN. She says that the first workouts she does are conditioning ones. “I get to the gym at about 8 a.m. ET to get in a quick conditioning set. Here, I'm doing squat raises with just the bars so my arms don't snap off. This is one of my least favorite exercises because it targets a lot of small muscles I'm not used to using. I'm working my way up to a heavier weight but the bar will do for now. After this I'll move on to squats, lunges and presses. Conditioning is my least favorite part of training. It's repetitive, boring and hard. I like to think of it like taking medicine; you hate it in the moment but the results keep you coming back.”

2. She Trains With Her Husband

Hill tells ESPN that she likes to train with her husband. “Adam isn't just my husband, he's my sparring partner, coach, corner man, nutritionist and daily motivator. He's a pretty good catch. Right here he is pulling an eyelash out of my eye. He probably punched the lash loose a few minutes ago doing slip-and-counter drills. That's when your pad holder throws a pad at your face, you duck under it, making him miss, and then you attack while he recovers his balance. Sometimes you forget to duck, ha-ha!”

3. She Does Muay Thai

Hill naturally does a lot of fighting to train. She tells ESPN that she does Muay Thai. “Muay Thai is basically kickboxing with the addition of elbows and knees. It's the most brutal striking martial art and a very intense workout. It helps me in the ring because in MMA the fight always starts standing, so being able to punch, kick, elbow and knee your opponent without getting tired is essential.

4. She Doesn’t Freak Out

Hill shared how she prepares for fights with Yahoo Sports. She says that she doesn’t try to freak herself out before a fight. “The more I get in there, it just feels like another day at work doing my job. The secret to me is that I’ve forced myself to take every day one day at a time. When you build up fight day to be this massive event that could be life-altering, then it could really mess with your psyche and mess with your confidence.”

5. She’s Taking Risks

Hill tells Yahoo Sports that she wants to push herself and take risks. “It’s been hard for me because I do have a technical background and I am a very technical fighter. Opening up is always hard for me because I’m like, ‘Well, if I do this, I might be off-balance. Or if I do this, that could happen. But sometimes, that can hold you back. So I’ve been more open to taking risks and believing in the fact that even if I [expletive] up, I can probably fix it so I shouldn’t hesitate to go. So now I just try to hit, try to score and try to hurt them. It’s been working and fights have been going my way.”