ALEXIA CLARK
Buff: there’s really no other word to describe Alexia Clark. The PT with a body deserving of its own action figure has amassed a following just shy of a million double-tappers by pulling on her workout gear, heading to the gym and filming short, sharp videos of training moves captioned with weight and rep suggestions. There are no fluffy messages here and you’ll rarely catch sight of a motivational quote; Alexia is passionately driven by form, and helping her followers make sure they’re nailing it every time they choose to squat or sumo lift. ‘As a PT, I saw so many dedicated gym-goers not making the best use of their time, or worse, risking injury, by doing moves without engaging and moving their bodies correctly,’ she says. ‘Reducing that was my goal when I first began posting videos.’ Despite insisting that she never goes into a workout with the intention of changing her body aesthetically (‘a six-pack has never been my goal’), it turns out that when you set your alarm for 4.30am, down a coffee and haul ass to the gym for a full body workout, a washboard stomach kinda comes as part of the package. It doesn’t hurt that Alexia’s face delivers a punch as powerful as we imagine her guns would; the woman is beautiful and has snapped up deals with Reebok and supplement brand FATE as well as scores of fitness model photo shoots. Shocker: the fitness guru and soon-to-be registered nutritionist doesn’t count macros calories. ‘I don’t measure my food or count anything out – I just have an idea of what’s good for my body and what isn’t so good and I focus on eating the former,’ she says. ‘My diet is constantly changing but one of my favourite meals is an omelette made of egg whites with onions, chilli and coriander.’ Comparisons to Kayla Itsines – the tanned, lithe, brunette Pt-turned-biggest-name-ininsta-fitness-fame – are inevitable, but Alexia is carving out her own name. ‘I’m the Queen of Workouts because, through posting daily workout videos, I give my followers an endless amount of exercise possibilities no matter what equipment they have or which muscle group they want to target.’