Mubarakah Ibrahim

Mubarakah Ibrahim is an American Muslim health and fitness expert based in New Haven, Connecticut, and the founder of Fit Muslimah, a health and fitness movement among Muslim women. She is the President and CEO of BALANCE fitness llc, which offers personal training, corporate fitness and health education services, and the Executive Director of Fit Haven, a non-profit organization whose mission is to reduce health disparity among women of color. ¹ She holds an interdisciplinary Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science, Public Health and Psychology from Southern Connecticut State University. ²

Mubarakah Ibrahim has gained a reputation as a leader in innovative fitness for women, with over two decades of experience in the health and fitness industry and numerous related certifications. ¹ She appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, "Thirty-something in America", in 2008, has been a referring expert for Prevention Magazine on fitness for women over 40 and for The New York Times on Muslim women and exercise, and was a business profile on the front page of the Chicago Tribune. ² She was invited as a special guest to the United States White House Iftar Dinner by President Barack Obama in both 2012 and 2013. ¹ She is the founder of the Fit Muslimah Summit, the only international health and fitness summits held exclusively for Muslim women, hosted throughout the U.S., Bermuda, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. ¹

Her Fit Muslimah YouTube channel carries her videos on health and fitness for Muslim women; it describes her current work as holistic health coaching helping Muslim women over 40 reverse insulin resistance, lose belly fat, and feel more present in their prayer. ³