My Top 10 Favourite Fitness Youtube Channels

I recently have fallen in love with health and fitness and I am currently on a journey to transform my body from flab to fab. As a beginner it can be really to hard to stay motivated and also to learn about how to live a healthy lifestyle. Thats why I turned to YouTube. These days there are YouTube channels for everything, from DIY's to fashion tips, and If you didn't know already there is a whole community of fitness YouTubers to help keep you motivated. 

Today I am sharing with you my Top 10 Fitness YouTubers. I have followed the majority of these YouTubers for around 6 months and I have learnt so much from them and I know if you watch their channels you will too. I have seen a big change in myself physically over the last few months from watching these ladies and have also built up my knowledge of fitness. If you are just starting out on  your fitness journey or really enjoy living a healthy lifestyle I recommend you checking these ladies out.

1) Heidi Somers (Buff Bunny). Heidi is a Texas based sponsored athlete and struggled with her weight throughout her teens. She has lost over 88lbs and now runs two inspiring YouTube Channels that document her journey. Heidi is one of my favourites on this list as she is very sweet and her videos are motivating. 

2) Sarah's Day. Sarah from Australia is also one of my favourites on this list. Even though her channel is quite small compared to the other fitness YouTubers on this list I really enjoy her vlogs as she talks about other subjects too. Sarah regularly vlogs her meals and workouts and I feel like I learn a lot about nutrition from Sarah. I also struggle from sensitive skin like Sarah which she talks about in her videos.

3) Nikki Blackketter is very popular American bikini competitor and sponsored athlete working for brands such a GymShark. Nikki's channel is very motivating as she shows you her workouts, nutrition and her travel vlogs. I have found over the last 6 months from watching Nikki I have learnt a lot more exercises to do at the gym. 

4) Robin Gallant. Robin is a Canadian Bikini competitor and powerlifter. Just like Nikki she is also a GymShark sponsored athlete. She likes to use her social media as a way to inspire more women to lift. I have just recently started to watch Robin but I find her to be very humble and down to earth. Her channel follows her work out routines, diet and work as a sponsored athlete. 

5) Beth Truman is a local YouTuber to me (Leeds) and is one of the newest YouTubers on this list but she certainly deserves to be up here. Beth is a sports student and personal trainer. Compared to some of the other YouTubers on this list, I feel Beth is more knowledgeable about fitness and I think this is because of her degree and experience as a personal trainer. From watching Beth you will certainly learn more about nutrition and technique.

6) Bethany Tomlinson. Bethany Is another British fitness YouTuber and has the smallest channel on this list. She is relatively new to YouTube but her videos are enjoyable. Bethany discusses her workouts and nutrition and gives helpful tips to beginners.

7) Britney Dawn Fitness like Heidi is a Texas based fitness YouTuber. Her videos follow her daily life and a look into her workouts and nutrition. Her videos are of good quality and her personality really makes them enjoyable to watch. Britney also likes beauty so she sometimes uploads makeup related videos. 

8) Carly Rowena. Carly is a London based YouTuber and personal trainer. She is the fiancé of Leon, one half of the YouTube duo The Lean Machines. I really like Carly's channel as she is very entertaining and also very knowledgeable about exercise, and nutrition.  Oh I forgot to mention her food will have you watering at the mouth. 

9) Jen Heward (HunnyBunsFit). Jen Heward is another American based fitness YouTuber and she also runs her own gym. Jen started to get into fitness when she was just 16 years old, so has many years of experience behind her. Her videos consist of her work out regimes, diet and advice videos. Even though I have only just recently subscribed to Jen I find her to be one of the most motivating YouTubers on this list. 

10) Zanna Van Dijk. Zanna is a London based fitness and travel blogger. I have only recently found Zanna on YouTube after following her popular Instagram for around a year. Zanna's social media accounts are so popular they have given her success as fitness model and now author. I find Zanna really motivating as her insight into fitness and nutrition is really helpful. 

I really hope you subscribe to these ladies and hopefully their channels will help you, like they have helped me. Feel free to follow my own fitness journey on my Instagram @kayleighmplatt

Kayleigh

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Starting University as a T Total!

It's that time of year again where student freshers are preparing to move out (or not) and begin three exhausting and expensive years at university. I want to to write this post to give advice to those freshers who don't drink and fear they aren't going to fit in when freshers week starts. 
I myself started university last year feeling the exact same way. I don't drink and the party lifestyle just doesn't interest me at all, yeah I will go out on occasions and enjoy myself but I still don't drink. It's an awful feeling to think that you aren't going to fit in because you don't drink, and this is something I worried about for weeks before I started. Of course I got myself worked up over nothing and I was absolutely fine. I managed to make friends quickly, some go out drinking and don't judge me for not and some are just like me and are T Totals. My advice for you, is that you will perfectly fine. Just like in high school you met friends with the same hobbies and interests, it happens all over again at university. 
If you enjoy going on nights out but don't drink thats totally fine, there's plenty of freshers parties to enjoy. Some immature people may make comments about you not drinking but the majority of people will respect you, you may just need to help people home. If you don't like going to clubs etc I recommend befriending like minded people who enjoy doing other things like going to the cinema or playing sports. Another tip of mine is to join one of your university society's or a local group on meetup.com as these can be a great place to socialise and make new friends.

If you have any other questions about starting university feel free to tweet me at @KayleighmPlatt or leave them in the comments below.

Kayleigh

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