'I had abs. I was in the best shape. But I was miserable': the fitness fanatic who quit the gym

What happened when a bodybuilding influencer changed tack? When you're making any kind of change, it's messy and uncertain; making mistakes with a large audience is trickier," says Sophie Aris of her switch away from online bodybuilding and fitness. When the now 36-year-old joined the early cohort of fitness influencers posting about weightlifting and nutrition in 2015, she was working as a secondary school art teacher and had got into gym culture through an ex-boyfriend. She posted morning and ...