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Instagram's top fitness star is expanding her empire

Aug 1, 2016, 19:59 IST

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Instagram fitness star Kayla Itsines is expanding her empire.

The 25-year-old announced she will be releasing a book from Macmillan called "The Bikini Body 28-Day Healthy Eating and Lifestyle Guide."

It will include weekly meal plans, 200 of her favorite recipes including breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, and desserts, and four weeks of beginner-level workouts.

Itsines is known for her Bikini Body Guides, which are PDFs that include 12 weeks of workouts and meal plans.

She's a viral success and she is known for her community of loyal followers, who call themselves Kayla's Army. She has 5.4 million followers on Instagram as of now.

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Part of her success could be attributed to how she posts photos of her followers' dramatic transformations.

She also launched an app called Sweat with Kayla - a name she prefers to Bikini Body Guide.

"Do I regret calling my guides Bikini Body? My answer is yes," Itsines said to Bloomberg Businessweek last month. "That's why when I released the app, I called it Sweat With Kayla. Sweat is so empowering. I love that."

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Her app has gone on to take in more revenue in the past year than any other fitness app - including Under Armour's My Fitness Pal, according to Bloomberg Businessweek. (The app has been subject to criticism for its recurring $19.99 a month fee.)

Interestingly, Itsines doesn't appear to think she's building a massive business.

"I don't think of this as a business," she said to Bloomberg Businessweek. "I don't have big plans for this and that."

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