18 Fitness Influencers Over 50 Sharing Tips on YouTube

Getting fit as we age can feel like an uphill battle. Despite decreasing muscle mass, creaky joints, and a slowed metabolism, these fitness influencers over 50 use their knowledge and personal experience to help their audience get fit and healthy in ways that are efficient, realistic, and safe. 

18 fitness influencers over 50

Chris Zaremba

Before founding Fitness Over Fifty, nano-influencer Chris was overweight and unhealthy enough that the pilot worried he couldn’t renew his aviation medical exam. After recommitting his life to getting fit, he became a world champion muscle model and dedicated his life to helping others get in shape. Now, the fitness model, personal trainer, and author shares content on workouts for people over 50, such as the top three shoulder exercises and the easiest exercises to build lower abs.

Mark Mcilyar

Mark — along with his co-host Gary Walker — has dedicated his YouTube channel to helping older men build muscle, burn fat, and have more energy. Fans can learn about fat-burning foods, post-workout snacks, testosterone levels, and how men over 50 can get rid of love handles. Check out the extensive workout playlists, divided into topics like stretching, back exercises, and fat loss.

Scott Tousignant

Before launching Fit and 50, it took Scott two years of training to go from overweight to shredded. Now, the personal trainer and micro-influencer uses his YouTube platform to share his knowledge about exercise, supplements, nutrition, testosterone, and motivation to help his followers get in shape after 50. His extensive workout videos cover cardio, equipment, weight training with knee pain, and metabolism boosters.

Debra Atkinson

With decades of fitness experience, training, and education, Debra says she has “cracked the code” on the exercise-hormone connection. The bestselling author knows that the right approach to fitness over 50 is found in exercise tips, strength-building moves, intermittent fasting, good nutrition, and mental health. She also covers topics such as protein and menopause and knee-strengthening exercises to reduce pain and injury risk.

Mark Lidster

At 61, Mark playfully refers to himself as #FitnessGeezer on his YouTube channel. His workout videos go beyond the standard barbells and running to include slide board cardio, sandbags, slam balls, beating on oversized tires, and speedballs. You’ll find tips on mobility exercises for fixing lower back pain and hypnosis to increase motivation to exercise. Don’t miss his journey back to holding a planche after an injury.

Schellea Fowler

Schellea has attracted more than 1.73 million subscribers to her YouTube channel with tips on beauty, fashion, nutrition, and fitness for women over 50. She shares stretching exercises, HIIT workouts, low-impact fat-burning workouts, and tips on how to lose belly fat during menopause. If you’re looking to strengthen a particular body part, playlists are sorted into categories, such as arms, legs, hip mobility, and abs.

Bob and Brad

Physical therapists Bob and Brad have over 60 years of combined experience in the field. Their videos focus on helping people “get fit, stay healthy, and pain-free” at any age, and cover everything from hip stretching and knee-strengthening exercises to osteoporosis and workouts for seniors. If you or someone you love is looking to get fit while suffering from sciatica, shoulder arthritis, or balance issues, check out their advice. They also touch on how to lose arm flab and exercises to avoid if you’re over 50.

Marion Brand

Marion owns a Canadian fitness studio dedicated to helping people over 50 with functional fitness. She specializes in keeping things safe, simple, and fun, as seen in her Latin dance cardio workouts, exercises with household items, and TABATA (a type of HIIT) workouts. Categories range from walking videos set to ‘80s music and no-equipment workouts to a mother-daughter series and walking while boxing to burn calories, among others.

Karen Brown

With more than 38.8K subscribers, Karen keeps her subscribers entertained and healthy with a wide range of fitness videos. There are easy sitting-to-standing exercises, simple dance moves to boost your coordination, and tips for adding hand weights to your gentle cardio routine. Karen also shares a “Cha Cha Challenge” and offers an honest review of a low-impact recumbent bike.

Ted Guice

A certified personal trainer focused on helping older adults stay in shape with weight training and cardio, Ted has developed a Fitness Over 50 program that he shares on YouTube. There are simple exercises for better balance, personal stories from people Ted has coached, and a heel-to-toe walk for stability and core strength. His master classes cover everything from no-gym basics and lat pull-downs to seated rowing exercises and incline chest presses. 

GI Jayne

Nano influencer Jayne makes exercise videos and tutorials for people in their 40s, 50s, and 60s. You’ll see her using a variety of pieces of equipment, including barbells, dumbbells, resistance bands, and kettlebells, while offering tips on form. Whether you want to tone up your lower body, build a stronger core, or get an overall body workout, Jayne can demonstrate how to do it safely.

4by4 Circuits

Anthony is a micro-influencer who creates over 50 home workouts to boost his subscribers’ health, fitness, and confidence. Many playlists are divided into beginner, intermediate, and advanced workouts. Whether you’re looking for a knee-friendly walking workout, a full-body chair workout, or a more intense routine with cardio and weights, there are more than 850 videos to choose from.

Reba Fitness

This isn’t your grandma’s fitness channel! Working out in bodysuits, bikinis, and other form-fitting workout gear, this bodybuilding and fitness queen makes even mundane chores —  like vacuuming — look great. Reba has a variety of playlists that range from yoga for better sex and mobility exercises to hotel room HIIT workouts and home workouts to build your abs and obliques. She also reviews products, such as waist trimmers and sunless tanning products.

Pahla B

With a YouTube channel focused on helping menopausal women lose weight, Pahla has amassed 341K subscribers. Workouts span the gamut: how to get flab abs without crunches, metabolism-boosting workouts, fast walking to kickstart weight loss, and getting strong over 50. Among the more than 650 videos, you’ll find mindset tips to help manage menopause.

Melissa Neill

As an over-55 competitive bodybuilder and fitness model, Melissa is dedicated to helping older women transform their bodies and health, which requires workouts, good nutrition, and a healthy mindset. She shares lots of tips based on her own good habits, touching on topics like “6 things I quit for fat loss over 50” and cardio vs. strength training for fat loss. Whether you’re looking for information about supplements, meal prep, menopause-associated belly fat, or you’d just like to see what Melissa’s exercise schedule is like, check out her YouTube channel.

Fitness With Cindy

Cindy’s YouTube channel showcases senior workouts and wellness tips for people over 50. Incorporating a variety of modalities for beginners and intermediates, Cindy aims to assist people looking to increase their energy, decrease their pain, and improve their health inside and out. There’s a Tai Chi practice for strength and balance, bedtime stretches to fall asleep, aerobic workouts for active seniors, chair exercises for lower back pain, snow shoveling without hurting your back, and even hand exercises for arthritis, neuropathy, and injuries. 

Vanessa.Fitness

If you’re looking for ways to incorporate short snippets of exercise into your regular routine, check out Vanessa’s “5 Moves, 5 Minutes, 1 Week” workouts for people over 50. Designed to get your heart rate up, burn calories, and tone up, these short clips include total-body movement to engage various muscles. There’s also an easy-on-the-knees leg workout, a 5-minute standing ab workout, and tips about nutrition aimed to help you lose weight without dieting. 

Lively Ladies

Trish’s fitness channel is dedicated to women ages 50 and older. The certified personal trainer constructs the workouts herself and says that they’re designed to be done in the comfort, convenience, and privacy of your own home and require little or no equipment. You’ll find low-impact walking workouts, sculpting strength exercises, standing Pilates workouts to shape and tone, and fat-burning cardio that’s low-impact and energy-boosting.