I’m not sure what’s worse — that this woman thought this was appropriate, or that she was so proud of it that she wanted to show off online.
In this post:
Influencer exercises in Emirates business class
Barbara de Regil is a 37-year-old Mexican fitness influencer, who has over nine million followers on Instagram. She was recently on a “35-hour flight” with her husband, and explained she felt like she was going “crazy” from sitting so long, so she decided to exercise to release some energy.
So she posted a video of herself exercising in Emirates’ Boeing 777 business class, even while wearing the carrier’s pajamas. In a video posted to her Instagram (which has since been deleted), she can be seen running in place, doing squat jumps, etc.
Let me of course note that there’s no such thing as a 35-hour flight. It seems she was flying to the United States on Emirates, so presumably she had a connection in Dubai, and 35 hours was her total travel time. She could have spent some time during her layover releasing some energy, but instead she decided to do it on a flight.
This is so beyond inconsiderate that I can’t even
Let’s discuss this constructively for a moment. Hey, I totally get that sitting for long periods of time (even in a premium cabin) can be kind of uncomfortable. That’s basically the story of my life, so I can relate. 😉 With that in mind, there are reasonable ways to get your blood flowing and some movement, and also ways that are unreasonable and inconsiderate.
She could have done some basic yoga and stretching in her seat, or she could have even gone on a brief walk around the plane. But literally jumping up and down with full force is possibly the most bizarre behavior I’ve ever seen someone engage in while “showing off” how good of a job they’re doing. This is totally disruptive to anyone seated near her, and you absolutely feel the movement of the floor of the plane if you’re seated anywhere close to where someone is doing this.
So there’s the first issue of her thinking this is appropriate, and then there’s the second issue of her showing off to her millions of followers that this is somehow a good way to release energy on a flight. By the way, the man who seems unfazed by all of this is her husband, as far as I know, which is why there’s not a reaction.
I simply can’t imagine that this went on for much longer than the video showed, without the crew getting involved and telling her to sit down. But despite that, she still needed to show off on social media about how dedicated she is to her fitness, at everyone else’s expense.
Bottom line
A Mexican fitness influencer was going “crazy” on her “35-hour” Emirates flight, so she decided to exercise during the flight. Rather than quietly stretching in her seat, she exercised in the most disruptive way possible, by running in place, doing jumping squats, etc.
Folks, please use this as an example of how not to act on a plane…
What do you make of this fitness influencer’s inflight workout?
This person should be banned from the airline.
It’s important to get lay during such long journey.
Jan ‘25 can’t come soon enough. Trump/Homon will deport this trash.
I would have lost it if she'd done that close to me, imagine trying to sleep on a flight and someone does this next to you... And I would have pressed the call button to get a FA to address this. So inconsiderate. And now her millions of followers think this is an okay thing to do on a flight, wonderful...
Many slow exercises can be done on a plane, no jumping or running or highsteping
For these folks we have to wonder whats going in that brain of theirs.
Press the call bell, and bring her behaviour to the cabin crew. If she is disturbing other passengers they should direct her to stop immediately. Her compliance with cabin crew directions is mandatory, and refusal would result in her arrest on arrival in Dubai.
Social media influences are the biggest cancer damaging the world today.
Where is extreme, violent turbulence when you need it?
Was totally thinking it, but you said it. Kudos!
I was wondering that myself.
“Mexican fitness influencer”. That’s where I stopped reading it.
Why? Are you racist, xenophobe or simply fat and fitness allergic?
@Antonio
You sounds mad.
"Fitness influencer" sounds stupid enough, doesn't it?
But of course you sentive people focus on what you care about only to demonize others. Pathetic.
Our smart friend Mason says ""Fitness influencer" sounds stupid enough", while e simple search on google provides 129M responses providing services, businesses and individuals about it... so it can be stupid in pathetic way of thinking...
The 3 option question was formulated to another guy, so I'm sure he will be able to replay with his/her reason...
the world needs to bring back shame and bullying.
its wild people care more about their online appearance and clout than how ******* stupid they look in real life
Some 'helpful" options to curtail her activity:
!) F/A explains situation to the cockpit & requests they put the aircraft in an abbreviated emergency descent. Maybe when her head contacts the ceiling, it would knock a
modicum of common sense/courtesy in her overinflated head. ( I wouldn't hold my
breath on this ).
2) Hope for a random air pocket to accomplish the above.
3) Send a trash filled galley car careening down...
Some 'helpful" options to curtail her activity:
!) F/A explains situation to the cockpit & requests they put the aircraft in an abbreviated emergency descent. Maybe when her head contacts the ceiling, it would knock a
modicum of common sense/courtesy in her overinflated head. ( I wouldn't hold my
breath on this ).
2) Hope for a random air pocket to accomplish the above.
3) Send a trash filled galley car careening down the aisle to knock her flat on her arse !
(That way we don't inconvenience the poor innocent pax s the first 2 scenarios ). Maybe come up with something similar for her husband who did nothing to reel her in and in that way aided & abetted her to
inflict her behavior on the poor captive audience.
Sadly, though, all the other pax would be rightly startled and have to pay the price for
boorish behavior.
"Influencer"
Not even a slight surprise.
Influencers & celebrities - pure stupidity.
Influencers are insecure people who have a 24*7 job of seeking attention. So why are this lady's shenanigans a surprise? She also provided content for your blog and got people talking about it, so I would say she was quite successful. :-)
People from the southern hemisphere have no class or manners.
Since when was Mexico in the southern hemisphere?
Seems more like more and more people from VFTW and LALF are coming onto here to post comments...and bringing that attitude as well.
People from the Northern hemisphere have no clue about geography or even hemispheres.
FWIW the majority of dbag influencers are from the northern hemisphere and apparently racist arseholes as well
Pot meet kettle.
Oh really! I think people who make sweeping generalisations about a billion people have bigger problems than a “lack of manners or class”.
Greetings from an Australian!
D3Kingg - well, I don't know what hemisphere you're from, but clearly geography is not much of a thing there.
What does the southern hemisphere have to do with this story? The woman is from Mexico, which is in the northern hemisphere.
There are people with class and manners, and people without class and manners, in all parts of the world.
She went home and made tacos after that long 35 hour flight
Content needs to be created constantly, Lucky, you should know that.
She's an "influencer". Code word for manipulates lots of dumb people.
And she manipulated Ben into writing this article. Nice going. You gave her exactly what she desired.
What an azzhat.
Still less annoying than a crying baby!
EK should ban her. This kind of behavior is evidence of serious mental issues and you don't want people like that on your planes.
She's an influencer. She got views, she got clicks. She accomplished her task. She don't give a damn about being inconsiderate.
In all honesty, she would annoy me less on a flight than someone watching a video on their phone without earbuds.
Sick of these idiots called “ influencers “. Influencing what ? Most are vapid narcissists
Honestly, she's influencing our youth. Teens eat that stuff up.
That’s redundant.
100% agree watching videos with no earbuds is so freaking annoying and inconsiderate above all else
"35 hours was her total travel time"
either she was taking an extremely inefficient routing or this includes other airlines..?
- article says "she was flying to the United States," the longest US flight operated by EK on a 777 is like DFW-DXB (IAH is an A380 rn) at 16 hours
- even if she's coming from somewhere quite far, I'll take Johannesburg or Jakarta, that adds on another 8h or so
"35 hours was her total travel time"
either she was taking an extremely inefficient routing or this includes other airlines..?
- article says "she was flying to the United States," the longest US flight operated by EK on a 777 is like DFW-DXB (IAH is an A380 rn) at 16 hours
- even if she's coming from somewhere quite far, I'll take Johannesburg or Jakarta, that adds on another 8h or so
- add on 3.5 hours to connect since EK banks can get big
...and you're still "only" at ~28 hours. any longer than that and you'd have plenty of time to release energy even by going to the gym at DXB
Yeah, but she doesn't understand time zones.
Somewhere near Pittsburgh, Russell Wilson is watching this with a huge smile
She has certainly ‘influenced’ me ….
She is rude, crude, ignorant and insensitive towards the feelings of her fellow passengers.
She can be thankful that she did not display her disrespectful behaviour on a flight which I was also a passenger …. I would have found it necessary to carry out my own exercise by walking up and down the gangway she had appropriated.
The reality is she stays winning though. By you posting about it and giving her attention.
I’m excited to learn more about the plane that can stay in the air for 35 hours.
"Influencer" Just stop. STOP using that silly term. Who is this dork influencing? Absolutely NO ONE on that plane.
@ Scott -- "Who is this dork influencing?" Well, I mean, she's definitely influencing at least some of the 9.1 million people who follow her on Instagram, I would think.
Impossible to even try and talk to people like this. Only option would have been for the purser to INSTRUCT her to cease this nonsense and sit down.
Really Ben? You're better than this. For a moment I thought I was reading an article Gary wrote.
Huh?!
What he is saying is Gary from View from the Wing is a total clown. I agree,
In other news, another passenger released some energy on a fitness influencer.
Maryland -- Thank you for the morning chuckle and a great start to my day!
People never cease to amaze me
People never cease, period.