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Katie Austin Shows Off Her Best Fitness Modeling Poses for Beginners

The fitness influencer has been in the industry for more than 8 years.

Ananya Panchal

Katie Austin doesn’t just share workout videos, healthy recipes and lifestyle advice, she’s also constantly sharing tips on creating a fitness influencer platform and making a living through social media.

The three-time SI Swimsuit model, who was photographed by James Macari in the Dominican Republic for the 2023 Issue, posted a TikTok video showing off her five favorite fitness modeling poses.

“As a fitness model for 8+ years, i got you!!! Here are some beginner poses you can try💪,” she captioned the clip shared with her 735,000 followers.

“Want to fitness model, but don’t know where to start,” read the on-screen text. “Here are my fav simple poses!”

The 29-year-old founder of the Katie Austin app rebranded her platform earlier this year and shared tons of gorgeous promotion photos employing all of her signature fitness poses.

The 2022 co-Rookie of the year. began with the “step back twist,” a backwards lunge, with her upper body twisted toward the camera and arms at a 90 degree angle and stacked on top of each other.

The next move was the “pigeon with a slight arch,” which is essentially a pigeon stretch while sitting up and resting on your palms instead of forearms.

The third pose was an “S curve with a loose arm stretch.” She kept one leg straight and popped the other foot with her knee bent. Austin clasped her hands together and stretched them above her head and to one side with her elbows bent.

The 2021 Swim Search open casting call winner’s final move was called “fixing the pony” which is exactly how it sounds.

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Ananya Panchal
ANANYA PANCHAL

Ananya Panchal is a writer on the Lifestyle and Trending News team for SI Swimsuit, where she covers fashion, beauty, pop culture and the internet’s favorite personalities and trends. She joined the brand in 2022 after roles at Bustle, the San Francisco Chronicle and the TODAY Show. Panchal loves to write about fashion in all its forms—from standout runway moments and evolving street style to the best accessories to elevate each season’s wardrobe (she rarely goes anywhere without a stack of jewelry and a coffee in hand). A self-proclaimed beauty fanatic, she’s always on the hunt for must-have products and loves breaking down viral trends. Her favorite series at the moment is spotlighting female founders and the stories behind the brands they’ve built—especially those shaping the future of fashion, wellness and tech. She is based between New York City and San Francisco and, when she’s not writing, can be found rewatching One Tree Hill, playing sudoku, trying new restaurants or ranking her favorite Disney Channel Original Movies. She holds a bachelor’s degree in communications and journalism with a minor in criminal justice from Boston University.

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