Blake Lively shows off baby bump in sports bra and sweatpants

Blake Lively shows off baby bump in sports bra and sweatpants

Blake Lively just reminded her Instagram followers that she has a great sense of humor (and is committed to going to the gym).

The actress shared two side-by-side pictures of herself and her long-time trainer Don Saladino on her profile. In the first image, Lively strikes a pose in a black sports bra, black leggings and white sneakers, with one arm resting on Saladino's shoulder as he turns to look at the camera. In the second shot the two are in almost exactly the same position. Only this time, the Gossip Girl alum is in sweatpants with a baby bump on full display.

"I've been doing @donsaladino's workout routine for months now," Lively wrote in her caption. "Something's not working," she adds, poking fun at her changing pregnancy body. The 35-year-old is expecting her fourth child with husband Ryan Reynolds. They have been married since 2012 and are parents to three girls named James, Inez and Betty.

All joking aside, Lively has long worked with Saladino, a personal trainer known for his celebrity clients, including Reynolds. His focus in training the A Simple Favor actress is on consistency, Saladino told E! News in February 2022. "I think the thing with Blake now is that she understands the importance of being consistent," he said. "She's no different than any other person you know, she's a mother, right? She's human."

Her workouts are often determined by how much sleep Lively gets and how much energy she has, he explained. "As she will admit, some days her kids may be up all night or something happens that a normal mother has to deal with, but I truly believe Blake's success lately is an effort to take her time and do the best that she can," Saladino added. "Sometimes things might get in her way or sometimes things come up and she accepts it and she moves on. That's really it."

While Lively appears to be committed to her fitness routine during this pregnancy, she has highlighted society's problematic tendency to celebrate women who quickly "snap back" to their pre-pregnancy bodies after giving birth. “It’s so unfair,” she said on a morning show called Sunrise Australia in 2016 while promoting her film The Shallows, which she filmed a few months after giving birth to her daughter James.

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After receiving a compliment about her body from an interviewer, she took the opportunity to talk about the topic. "I think a woman's body after having a baby is pretty amazing," Lively said at the time. "You don't have to be Victoria's Secret ready right away because you just pulled off the most incredible miracle life has to offer. I mean, you gave birth to a human! So I would really like to see that celebrated."

Kudos to Lively for always keeping it real, whether she's calling out "snap-back" culture or sharing a silly gym photo with her baby bump.