If you've been on Instagram in the last few years, chances are, you've stumbled across Lavina Mehta. A personal trainer, wellness coach, and mum of three, her infectious personality and can-do attitude shine through in every post. It was during the pandemic that she really came into her own, though, encouraging hundreds of thousands to incorporate "exercise snacking" into their day-to-day for both body and mind. This was no mean feat - she went live twice a day, every day, for months on end - yet the endless hours of live streams and boosting others paid off when she was awarded an MBE for her services to health and fitness in 2020.
Her ethos is simple: to incorporate small, sharp bursts of movement into your daily routine to gradually add up to the NHS-recommended 30-minute target and help keep people of all ages healthy and mentally positive from home. Her workouts are largely sans fancy equipment, free to stream, and doable from - well, pretty much anywhere. Also a patron of the Menopause Mandate, she's candid and open about her own experience with perimenopause online to normalise the conversation.
