A Mexican fitness influencer went to town in business class on Emirates, and she’s getting roasted on social media for the stunt. Bárbara de Regil has over nine million Instagram followers. She claimed to have been traveling for 35 hours, stopping in Dubai. She says she felt “crazy” from sitting too long and decided to exercise. Wearing her Emirates pajamas, she busted out her routing of running-in-place movements and squat jumps in the aisle, while her husband sat on his phone.
She shared an 18-second clip of the workout, but she’s deleted is because reaction wasn’t what she expected. She was disruptive to the rest of the cabin, since she did it in the midst of the aisle. She should have done her exercises while stopped at the Dubai airport where facilities are more conducive.
She got attention, which maybe was what she was after, but at what cost?
¿Ustedes también se ponen a hacer ejercicio en pleno vuelo, como lo hace Bárbara de Regil? pic.twitter.com/NhFef8KWZ9
— Prófugos del Ácido Fólico (@EsdeProfugos) November 20, 2024
If this happened on a flight I was on, I’d have flagged down a flight attendant and said something. Surely this is not appropriate. It’s fine when you’re the only passenger in the cabin, or when you’re traveling in a seat with enough enclosed space to do this privately (like the new Emirates first class, or Singapore Suites). It’s not fine in Emirates business, where it detracts from the overall experience. What would you have done?
Good for not getting deep bone thrombosis. Compared to people and animals defecating, this is not a problem. Claudia Bárbara de Regil Alfaro is a Mexican actress.
correction: deep vein thrombosis
Evidently a simple walk up and down the aisle wouldn’t have gotten her the same number of clicks.