Never underestimate the power of a good gym pic. After a hard workout, we believe a subtle social media flex is well-deserved. After all, gym selfies allow you to post your gains, get inspired by the fitness community, and show off your progress. If it’s not a mirror selfie documenting your matching workout set, it might be a photo gallery filled with plenty of workout motivation. The most difficult part of the post – besides working up the courage to take a picture in the gym – is coming up with the right caption.
While those workout endorphins can inspire a bright idea every now and then, other times, your brain might be too exhausted to think of any witty gym captions at all. Maybe you’re looking to share all those progress pics, but you don’t know what to say. Or perhaps you’re struggling to find the words to describe your latest running photos (cardio queens rise up). Either way, we’re here to help.
To make the brainstorming easier, we came up with a long list of gym captions to inspire you and your feed, helping you spread some motivation, show off your hard work, or simply chronicle your latest sweat sesh. Consider your next post a way to document a workout well done . . . and if a bunch of likes and nice comments come rolling in, that’s just an added bonus.
Funny Gym Captions
Get inspired with these workout captions for the gym – whether you’re looking for something funny, empowering, or a little bit of both.
Working out for whatever Megan Thee Stallion is training for.
Actually, my job – it’s just gym. #iamkenough
Feeling peachy. 🍑
Anyone else Team Commando?
Omg I’m hot girl fit . . . @sydneysweeney.
I may not have the strength left to get out of this sports bra.
Trying to keep up with Kendrick Lamar’s backup dancers.
Will I be able to walk tomorrow? Only time will tell.
I’ve got a date with DOMS tomorrow.
Not ~not~ skipping leg day.
My Apple Watch made me do it.
Warning: objects in mirror are stronger than they appear.
When in doubt, squat it out.
Damn, legs again??
Rest day, best day.
I run this shit like cardio. 💨
Am I a Pilates girlie yet?
Up in the gym, just working on my fitness. 🎶
Don’t sweat it. 😅
(No) flex zone.
Is it appropriate to show up to brunch like this?
Let’s get physical.
Over/under on when my deodorant failed.
Leggings passed the squat test. 👌
The endorphin rush is real.
Keep your squats low and your standards high.
What, like it’s hard?
G.T.L. baby. Gym, tan, laundry. 😤
Catch me on my couch later.
Meet you at the bar . . . bell.
You’re my inspo. 😉
Only worked out so I could show off my gym ‘fit.
Guess how many times I almost quit.
In the wise words of Naomi Smalls: “Every day is leg day.”
Life has its ups and downs – we call them squats.
Chat, are these gains real?
I’m in a good place right now. Not emotionally, I’m just at the gym.
Featuring my emotional support water bottle.
The guy on the treadmill next to me didn’t know we were racing. (I won.)
Look cute at the gym 🤝 lift double the weight. @whitneyysimmons
Still on the 12-3-30 grind.
If you saw me using the machines wrong, no you didn’t.
I got 99 problems, but I’m using the gym to ignore all of them.
By far my healthiest coping mechanism.
“I never see you at the club,” well I never see you fighting for your life on the stairmaster.
It’s my workout, I can cry if I want to.
Weights before dates.
Body-ody-ody-ody-ody. 💪
With my BFF Jim.
Good things come to those who weight.
The glutes are glutin.’
Me and the gym, we just work out.
Burns so good. 🔥
GymTok didn’t prepare me for this.
Your favorite fitfluencer.
Whey up, I feel blessed.
Your gym crush’s gym crush @sashacolby
Have you ever tried . . . this one??
It’s giving gains.
Good things come to those who lock in.
It’s not sweat, it’s the post-workout glow.
I’m my own pink Stanley girl.
Motivational Gym Captions
Take your workouts more seriously? Here are some motivational gym captions to inspire yourself and others.
Taking it one rep at a time.
Fall in love with the process, and the results will come.
Sore today, stronger tomorrow.
Take care of your body. It’s where you live.
Never not training.
Only competing against myself.
Work for it.
Don’t get mad, get better.
On good days, work out. On bad days, work out harder.
Working toward the best version of myself.
Focus on yourself.
Back and stronger than ever.
Stronger body, stronger mind.
One day your hardest workout will be your warm-up.
Work in progress.
Leveling up.
Post-workout flex. 💪
Proud of the progress.
Growing and glowing.
Finishing the week off strong.
Trust the process.
In honor of a workout well done.
Your future self will thank you.
Always feel my best after hitting the gym.
How you do anything is how you do everything.
Train hard or remain the same.
Change your body by changing your mindset.
Work. Train. Repeat.
Stop thinking, start doing.
Rise and grind.
Slower, but never stopping.
Working on me, for me. 🫶
It’s not about how you feel before, it’s about how you feel after.
Fitness is a marathon, not a sprint.
Take care of your body, and it will take care of you.
Making it happen.
Better every day.
The only bad workout is the one you didn’t do.
Lift heavy, live light.
– Additional reporting by Lauren Mazzo, Jade Esmeralda, and Chandler Plante
Toria Clarke is a freelance writer and PS contributor.
Lauren Mazzo was the senior fitness editor at PS. She is a certified personal trainer and fitness nutrition specialist through the American Council on Exercise. Prior to joining PS, she worked for six years as a writer and editor for Shape Magazine covering health, fitness, nutrition, mental health, sex and relationships, beauty, and astrology.
Jade Esmeralda, MS, CSCS, is a health and fitness staff writer and a strength and conditioning specialist. A lifelong martial artist and dancer, Jade has a strong passion for strength and conditioning, sports science, and human performance. She graduated with a Master of Science degree in exercise science and strength and conditioning from George Washington University.
Chandler Plante (she/her) is an assistant health and fitness editor for PS. She has over four years of professional journalism experience, previously working as an editorial assistant for People magazine and contributing to Ladygunn, Millie, and Bustle Digital Group.
