Need ‘gymspiration?’ The top fun fitness bloggers to follow for a healthier you

Tala Samman, founder of myfashdiary.com and a DJ, runs a blog that focuses on fashion, food and fitness. (Photo courtesy: @MyFashDiary)
Updated 28 March 2017
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Need ‘gymspiration?’ The top fun fitness bloggers to follow for a healthier you

DUBAI: Summer is just around the corner and with it comes the desire to be healthier and fitter so you can make the most of your hiking holiday or simply binge-eat exotic cuisine safely in the knowledge that you’ve earned it.
However, getting into the swing of a fitness regime is easier said than done.
Fear not for there are a legion of health and fitness bloggers who can inspire you to get fit and eat well.
Read on for a round-up of the Gulf’s top fitness bloggers who can get you going.
@MyFashDiary
Tala Samman, founder of myfashdiary.com and a DJ, runs a blog that focuses on fashion, food and fitness.
From TRX workouts to boxing in Dubai’s chicest gyms, this account will inspire you to try work-outs you may never have even thought of.

@FitFoodCollective
Fit Food Collective founder Lucy Bettoney creates delicious healthy cakes and melds various aspects of healthy living together, including fitness, food and mental well-being.

Yummy new recipe now LIVE... Raspberry Cupcakes with Lucuma Frosting Whoever says eating plant based means you have to miss out on yummy treats is lying!! Bump & I can't get enough of these See recipe link in bio Dubai based people can order these directly from me - just email [email protected] #ditchprocessedfood #ditchrefinedsugar #glutenfree #dairyfree #refinedsugarfree #healthytreats #healthyrecipes #healthycupcakes #fitfood #fitfoodcakes #foodie #eatbetternotless #plantbased #eatmoreplants #vegan #veganfood #plantbaseddiet #recipeideas #itsallaboutbalance #nutritious #delicious #instafood #instafoodie #dubaifood #uaehealthmovement #lifestyleblogger #foodblogger #healthylifestyle #eatwelllivewell #fitfoodsweettreats

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@LeanLivingGirl
Carly Rothman is the health buff behind Dubai-based wellness blog Lean Living Girl. This account is focused on healthy eats and fitness advice.

@GloryGirlFit
Nadine du Toit is a fitness fanatic and founder of a program that combines nutrition and training to help followers achieve their health goals.

We can CHANGE the ATMOSPHERE of our environments. In a world where negativity is the norm, WE can be the voice of LOVE, the voice of HOPE, we can be the LIGHT and RAINBOW when everything and everyone feels dark and heavy. . It's to speak up and change the direction of the convo when things go all sucky and complaining. . It's to focus on what we have and what we can share when everyone else focuses on what we don't have and can't consume. . It's to inject the convo with love, when someone gets bullied online or in person and be that person to help him/her up. . It's to interrupt our own defeating self talk with thoughts of "But what if I can?" and "Keep on going, I love you!" when we are dealing with our own challenges. . I want to be a person like this! Someone who changes the atmosphere not only of my own heart, but also the hearts around me! Have an amazing day, my friends! #saltoftheearth #asherowithapurpose #andofcourse #therainbowismyfavecolor

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Bella Hadid leaves Paris for Los Angeles launch event

Updated 11 March 2026
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Bella Hadid leaves Paris for Los Angeles launch event

DUBAI: Supermodel Bella Hadid jetted from Paris to Los Angeles this week to launch her latest campaign with US fashion retailer Revolve.

The Palestinian US Dutch model was on hand in France earlier in the week, where she hit the runway at the Saint Laurent show during Paris Fashion Week.

She then flew across to Los Angeles to launch a campaign with Los Angeles-founded retailer Revolve, which was set up in 2003 by Michael Mente and Mike Karanikolas.

Hadid fronts a campaign launching the e-commerce department store’s first-ever in-house brand, Revolve Los Angeles.

“Born from a deep understanding of the modern woman and inspired by the city where it all began, our eponymous fashion house is a new expression of effortless glamor,” the new fashion label posted on Instagram alongside black-and-white images of Hadid in a selection of looks.

Prior to her trip to Los Angeles, the model showed off French label Saint Laurent’s latest collection in Paris.

Creative Director Anthony Vaccarello, marking his own 10th anniversary at the helm, sent out a parade of razor-sharp Smokings — the house term for its iconic women’s tuxedo — with plunging necklines and elongated silhouettes that crackled with the same transgressive energy founder Yves Saint Laurent unleashed in the 1960s, the Associated Press reported.

But Vaccarello didn’t stop at evening wear.

He extended the same sensual, body-skimming tailoring into daytime suits in fluid pinstripe fabrics with almost no interlining, effectively arguing that the tuxedo silhouette belongs in a woman’s life around the clock.

Plenty of brands in Milan showed strong black pantsuits this season, but the Saint Laurent version still occupies its own territory — sleeker, sharper, more loaded with meaning.

The other half of Vaccarello’s equation was lace, stiffened with latex and tailored into structured cardigan-like jackets and straight skirts.

It was lace with backbone — tough, not delicate.

Paired with smoky eyes, chunky gold jewelry and slingback heels, the collection made a case that Saint Laurent’s codes are as potent as ever.