Kayla Simmons is playing football on the beach in her two-piece workout gear. In a new social media post the influencer shows off her amazing body in a swimsuit top and sweats as she gets an arm workout in with a friend. “a torn ACL won’t stop me 🏈,” she captioned the Instagram video. “Slay queen 🔥,” commented one of her followers. “Baller,” added another. How does she approach diet, fitness, and self-care? Here is everything you need to know about her lifestyle habits.
1. Water Sports
Kayla, the “world’s sexiest volleyball player,” enjoys snorkeling. “Happy shark week 🦈🌊💙,” she recently captioned a video of herself swimming with sharks. Putting on a mask and fins is a great aerobic exercise and burns calories. Other health benefits of snorkleingmay include improved cardiovascular function, stress reduction, mood enhancement, and muscular toning.
2. Playing Volleyball
Kayla’s main sport is volleyball. According to one study, recreational volleyball played with fewer players on a smaller court can be an effective training modality to stimulate decrease in LDL cholesterol and resting HR.
3. Reading Books
Kayla is a bookworm.”Just doing some research,” she captioned a photo of herself at the bookstore. Why should you consider reading? One Harvard study published in Social Science & Medicine found that people who read books regularly had a 20% lower risk of dying over the next 12 years compared with people who weren't readers or who read periodicals.
4. Taking Nature Hikes
Kayla is a hiker.“Hawaii has my heart,” she captioned a photo from a hike in the islands. The physical benefits of hiking include building stronger muscles and bones, improving your sense of balance, improving your heart health, and decreasing the risk of certain respiratory problems, per National Parks Service.
5. Pilates Classes
Kayla enjoys pilates, which offers a lot of benefits as it “strengthens the body's inner core while increasing its flexibility resulting in improved overall health,” per Mayo Clinic. It can also promote longer, leaner muscles, injury prevention, relief from stress and back pain, enhanced athletic performance, and heightened mind-body awareness.
