55 Instagram Captions That Are Perfect For Those Sweaty Gym Selfies

Getting to the gym can be tough, even for people who truly love to work out. There are a lot of factors that can dissuade us from going: having to find time to squeeze it into your always-too-busy schedule; knowing your favorite leggings are in the laundry; knowing a brutal leg workout is on your schedule for that night; just having a low-energy day. While there’s nothing wrong with taking a rest day when you need one, on the days when you do manage to power through the mental resistance and get to the gym for a solid workout, we’re big fans of commemorating the occasion with a well-deserved social media flex — or a real-talk selfie (or two), with gym captions that acknowledge how hard it was to make it through your exercise routine that day.

But as everyone knows, half of what makes a post is the caption, and when your brain is exhausted from the intense cardio session, Spin class, or strength training workout you just put in, it can be tough to figure out what to say to go along with your sweaty selfie. So we came up with a long list of Instagram gym captions to help inspire you. Consider your next post a way to savor the good feelings that checking off your workout for the day can bring — and if a bunch of likes and nice comments roll in (thanks to one these workout captions), that’s just an added bonus.

— Additional reporting by Melissa Santoyo

Gym Instagram Captions

1. Leggings passed the squat test ????
2. Day 1483 of exercising until I’m too tired to stress.
3. Never not training.
4. You’re my inspo ????
5. Over/under on when my deodorant failed.
6. Never miss a Monday.
7. Chasing an endorphin rush.
8. I don’t sweat, I sparkle. ✨
9. Couples who train together . . . ????
10. What, like it’s hard?
11. Now that’s a flex. ????
12. Lift heavy and love hard.
13. Sore today, stronger tomorrow.
14. No caption necessary.
15. Dreaming of my post-workout smoothie.
16. Body-ody-ody-ody.
17. Not easy, still fun.
18. Nothing but gains here. ????
19. Catch me on my couch later.
20. On good days, work out. On bad days, work out harder.
21. Sweat now, shine later.
22. I woke up like this. ????
23. You better work.
24. Rest when you’re done!
25. Burns so good. ????
26. Keep your squats low and your standards high.
27. Only worked out so I could show off my ‘fit.
28. Meet you at the bar . . . bell.
29. Take care of your body. It’s where you live.
30. Someday your hardest workout will be your warmup.
31. Just a couple of gym rats. ????️????️
32. Work in progress.
33. Leveling up!
34. Guess my workout playlist.
35. Strong girl fall incoming.
36. Post-workout flex. ????
37. This is a flex post.
38. Always proud of making progress.
39. Guess how many times I almost quit.
40. Glowing and growing.
41. Finishing the week off strong! ????
42. In the wise words of Naomi Smalls, “Every day is leg day.”
43. No place like the gym.
44. Trust the process.
45. Here’s a post-pump pic.
46. In honor of a workout well done.
47. Making it look easy. ????
48. It’s not sweat, it’s the post-workout glow.
49. Progress > perfection.
50. I always feel my best after hitting the gym. ????
51. Work hard in silence, let your success be the noise.
52. No progress is too little.
53. Did you get it in today?
54. How you do anything, is how you do everything. ????
55. Clock in or remain the same.