Getting to the gym can be tough, even for people who truly love to work out. There are a lot of factors that can dissuade us from going: having to find time to squeeze it into your always-too-busy schedule; knowing your favorite leggings are in the laundry; knowing a brutal leg workout is on your schedule for that night; just having a low-energy day. While there’s nothing wrong with taking a rest day when you need one, on the days when you do manage to power through the mental resistance and get to the gym for a solid workout, we’re big fans of commemorating the occasion with a well-deserved social media flex — or a real-talk selfie (or two), with gym captions that acknowledge how hard it was to make it through your exercise routine that day.
Whether you’re a cardio enthusiast or you live to lift weights, your workouts require a lot of dedication and, often, time. So go on, take a video of yourself hitting that bench press personal record, or cap off that Spin class with a sweaty selfie. Then post it with one of these Instagram gym captions and take pride in the work you put in. Consider it a way to savor the good feelings that checking off your workout for the day can bring — and if a bunch of likes and nice comments roll in (thanks to one these workout captions), that’s just an added bonus.
— Additional reporting by Melissa Santoyo
Gym Instagram Captions
- Never miss a Monday.
- Chasing an endorphin rush.
- I don’t sweat, I sparkle. ✨
- Couples who train together . . . 😘
- What, like it’s hard?
- Now that’s a flex. 💪
- Lift heavy and love hard.
- Sore today, stronger tomorrow.
- No caption necessary.
- Dreaming of my post-workout smoothie.
- As Megan Thee Stallion would say, “Body-ody-ody-ody.”
- Not easy, still fun.
- Nothing but gains here. 📈
- Catch me on my couch later.
- On good days, work out. On bad days, work out harder.
- Sweat now, shine later.
- I woke up like this. 🥵
- You better work.
- Rest when you’re done!
- Burns so good. 🔥
- Keep your squats low and your standards high.
- Only worked out so I could show off my ‘fit.
- Meet you at the bar . . . bell.
- Take care of your body. It’s where you live.
- Someday your hardest workout will be your warmup.
- Just a couple of gym rats. 🏋️🏋️
- Work in progress.
- Leveling up!
- Guess my workout playlist.
- Strong girl fall incoming.
- Post-workout flex. 💪
- This is a flex post.
- Always proud of making progress.
- Guess how many times I almost quit.
- Glowing and growing.
- Finishing the week off strong! 🎯
- In the wise words of Naomi Smalls, “Every day is leg day.”
- No place like the gym.
- Trust the process.
- Here’s a post-pump pic.
- In honor of a workout well done.
- Making it look easy. 😎
- It’s not sweat, it’s the post-workout glow.
- Progress > perfection.
- I always feel my best after hitting the gym. 🔥