Meet the Instagram Superstars Luring Aussies on Active Escapes Fitness Retreats

Some of the fitness lovers on an Active Escapes health retreat. Source: Supplied

BURPEES for breakfast. Lunges for lunch. Dumbbells for dinner. Repeat.

No, this isn’t a week in the life of a Biggest Loser contestant.
This is how thousands of Aussie fitness fanatics spend their holidays — on fitness “retreats” in exotic overseas locations — trained by ridiculously good-looking trainers with huge social media followings.

These guys aren’t spending their holidays lounging around the hotel pool all day, cocktail in hand. They train hard all week, eat “clean” and get to bed early for their 7am start.
The week-long fitness holidays in Bali or the Maldives usually consist of two workout sessions a day, combined with activities such as surfing, tree climbing and circuit training. Most meals are provided and all transport is organised for you. It costs around $2000 all up, excluding flights.

Going for a run isn’t that bad when this is your backdrop. Source: Supplied

But for some it’s not just about getting fit. It’s about meeting their fitness idols.
Amanda Bisk is one of the head trainers at Active Escapes, an Australian company who runs these fitness holidays, and is one of the reasons the company is so successful.
Bisk is a former Australian pole vaulter, who represented Australia at the New Delhi Commonwealth Games in 2010. She’s now a crossfit trainer and yoga coach and has a huge social media following, with almost 150,000 followers on Instagram.
Her Instagram is full of envy-inducing snaps of her killer bod soaking up rays on picturesque Bali beaches. It’s the best advertisement Active Escapes could ask for.