Whitney Johns, a celebrated fitness influencer and expert, is dedicated to empowering her followers with effective workouts and motivational tips. In a recent Instagram post, Johns showcased a dynamic upper-lower body split workout designed to build strength and tone muscles, captioned, “Here’s a gym tip you won’t want to miss! 🔥 Upper-Lower Split: Your New Favorite Workout!” Whether she’s crushing weightlifting sets or encouraging core strength, Johns exemplifies how discipline and fun can go hand in hand. Her fitness journey also extends beyond the gym, as she embraces life’s adventures and steps outside her comfort zone.
She Strength Trains
In her Instagram post, Johns is seen doing a lot of workouts with weights. ACE Fitness states that doing exercises with weights have a lot of benefits. “Lifting heavy weights elevates levels of anabolic hormones—specifically testosterone, growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1)—which are used to repair muscle fibers damaged during exercise. This helps the muscle fibers to become thicker and capable of generating higher levels of force.”
She Does Squats
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Johns is also seen doing squats with a barbell in her Instagram post. The Cleveland Clinic states that squats have a lot of benefits. “Squats target and strengthen your thighs, hips and butt. Why does that matter? A strong lower body is important for athletes, yes, but not just for athletes. Your lower body fuels your ability to walk, run, jump … everything, really. It also generates power for upper-body movements and all kinds of other activities.”
She Does Pull Downs
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Another exercise that Johns is seen doing in her Instagram post is lateral pulldowns. Piedmont states that these have a lot of health benefits. “The lat pulldown is a fantastic exercise for strengthening the latissimus dorsi muscle, the broadest muscle in your back. This muscle promotes good posture and spinal stability. Form is crucial when performing a lat pulldown to prevent injury and reap the best results.”
She Does Core Workouts
Johns shared this video on Instagram of herself doing different core exercises. In it, she is seen doing things like v-sit crunches, plank twists, and plank bicycle crunches. Johns captioned the post, “Winter is where the magic happens! 🔥 We’re working on those core goals now so that summer body is ready to go by the time the sun’s out. #summerbodiesaremadeinwinter. With Find Your Fit with Whit, I’m bringing bonus core workouts into the mix this season (yep, they’re included with membership) alongside personalized programs crafted around your goals. These extra challenges? They’ve been total game-changers.”
She Faces Her Fears
Johns opened up about facing her fears by going snorkeling in the caption of this Instagram post. “🧜♀️Getting out of your comfort zone, new adventures & YOLOing with awesome people is what life is all about, in my opinion 🤸🏻♀️🤸🤸♂️I faced a major fear on this trip to Cabo. I snorkeled 🤿 for the first time since I was a kid (when an eel almost ate my head off 😵 #thetrauma) We had a beautiful kayak adventure with an *option* to snorkel, which I did not foresee myself taking a part in. Maybe it was the tequila blanco liquid courage, maybe it was my girlfriends cheering me on, maybe it was the energy of being in a gorgeous setting on a new adventure… ☀️🏝️But I chose to flip the ‘fuckit switch’ and literally dove right in… and it was MAGICAL 🪄🧞♀️ I’m SO glad I got out of my comfort zone that day, and eternally grateful for the abundance of life-enriching experiences that TRAVEL has brought to my life. 🧳 Wanderlust is part of my DNA at this point and I couldn’t imagine life without a travel bug 🗺️”
