85 Gym Captions For Instagram That Will Inspire You to Post All Your Drafts

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Photo Illustration: Michelle Alfonso
Images Sources: Getty | S_Chum / Luisella Sem / EyeEm / Ridofranz / Andrii Sedykh / Peter Stark
Photo Illustration: Michelle Alfonso

The power of a good gym pic should honestly be studied. There's just something so rewarding about commemorating a workout with a well-deserved social media flex ā€” posting your gains, giving yourself the space to show off your progress, and coming up with the perfect gym captions to match. If it's not a mirror selfie documenting your cute gym 'fit, it might be a real-talk selfie with a candid gym caption acknowledging all your hard work. The most difficult part of the post, besides working up the courage to actually take a picture in the gym, is coming up with the right caption. And let's be honest: if you don't post the gym selfie, did you even workout?

While those juicy workout endorphins can offer up a bright idea every now and then, other times, your brain might be too exhausted to think of any witty gym captions. Maybe you're finally ready to share all those sweaty selfies and progress pics, but you just don't know what to say. To make the brainstorming easier, we came up with a long list of gym captions for Instagram to inspire you and your feed, helping you spread some motivation, show off your gains, or simply chronicle your latest sweat sesh.

Consider your next Instagram or TikTok post a way to savor the good feelings and health benefits exercise can bring . . . and if a bunch of likes and nice comments roll in (thanks to one of these clever gym captions), that's just an added bonus. Get inspired with our gym captions for Instagram below, whether you're looking for something funny, empowering, or a little bit of both.

Funny Gym Instagram Captions

These funny gym captions are the perfect way to take a hot gym selfie from thirsty to clever.

  1. Working out for whatever Megan Thee Stallion is training for.
  2. This Barbie got her workout in.
  3. Just peachy. šŸ‘
  4. Anyone else on Team Commando?
  5. Omg I'm hot girl fit . . . @sydneysweeney.
  6. I may not have the strength left to get out of this sports bra.
  7. Trying to keep up with Rihanna's backup dancers.
  8. Will I be able to walk tomorrow? Only time will tell.
  9. I've got a date with DOMS tomorrow.
  10. Not ~not~ skipping leg day.
  11. My Apple Watch made me do it.
  12. Warning: Objects in mirror are stronger than they appear.
  13. When in doubt, squat it out.
  14. Damn, legs again??
  15. I run this sh*t like cardio. šŸ’Ø
  16. Am I a Pilates girlie yet?
  17. I be up in the gym, just working on my fitness. šŸŽ¶
  18. Don't sweat it. šŸ˜…
  19. (No) flex zone.
  20. Is it appropriate to show up to brunch like this?
  21. Dreaming of my post-workout smoothie.
  22. Let's get physical.
  23. Over/under on when my deodorant failed.
  24. Leggings passed the squat test. šŸ‘Œ
  25. Chasing an endorphin rush.
  26. Keep your squats low and your standards high.
  27. What, like it's hard?
  28. G.T.L. baby! Gym, tan, laundry!
  29. Catch me on my couch later.
  30. Meet you at the bar . . . bell.
  31. You're my inspo. šŸ˜‰
  32. Only worked out so I could show off my 'fit.
  33. Guess how many times I almost quit.
  34. Day 1483 of exercising until I'm too tired to stress.
  35. Workouts are my happy hour.
  36. In the wise words of Naomi Smalls, "Every day is leg day."
  37. Life has its ups and downs ā€” we call them squats.
  38. Chat, are these gains real?
  39. I'm in a good place right now. Not emotionally, I'm just at the gym.
  40. This workout brought to you by my emotional support water bottle.
  41. The guy on the treadmill next to me didn't know we were racing. (I won.)
  42. Cute gym fit šŸ¤ better workout.
  43. Still on my 12-3-30 ish.
  44. Praying that I used the machines right.
  45. I got 99 problems, but I'm going to the gym to ignore all of them.
  46. It's my workout, I can cry if I want to.
  47. Weights before dates.
  48. Body-ody-ody-ody-ody. šŸ’Ŗ
  49. With my BFF Jim.
  50. Good things come to those who weight.
  51. The glutes are glutin.'
  52. Me and the gym, we just workout.

Motivational Gym Instagram Captions

Take your workouts seriously? Here are some motivational gym captions to inspire yourself and others.

  1. Taking it one rep at a time.
  2. Fall in love with the process, and the results will come.
  3. Sore today, stronger tomorrow.
  4. Take care of your body. It's where you live.
  5. Never not training.
  6. On good days, work out. On bad days, work out harder.
  7. Working towards the best version of myself.
  8. Focus on yourself.
  9. Sweat now, shine later.
  10. Burns so good. šŸ”„
  11. Stronger body, stronger mind.
  12. Someday your hardest workout will be your warmup.
  13. Work in progress.
  14. Leveling up!
  15. Post-workout flex. šŸ’Ŗ
  16. Proud of the progress.
  17. Growing and glowing.
  18. Finishing the week off strong.
  19. Trust the process.
  20. In honor of a workout well done.
  21. It's not sweat, it's the post-workout glow.
  22. Always feel my best after hitting the gym.
  23. Work hard in silence, let your success be the noise.
  24. How you do anything is how you do everything.
  25. Train hard or remain the same.
  26. Change your body by changing your thoughts.
  27. Work. Train. Repeat.
  28. Stop thinking, start doing.
  29. Hustle for that muscle.
  30. Crush it or be crushed.
  31. It's not about how you feel before, it's about how you feel after.
  32. Fitness is a marathon, not a sprint.
  33. Better every day.

ā€” Additional reporting by Melissa Santoyo, Lauren Mazzo, and Chandler Plante