Zanna Van Dijk, Personal Trainer, Fitness Blogger and Social Media Sensation
Desert Island Dishes
Desert Island Dishes
4.8 • 780 Ratings
🗓️ 27 July 2017
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Margie's castaway this week is Zanna Van Dijk.
Zanna is a blogger, personal trainer and fitness model with over 170,000 followers on Instagram. At the age of 24 she has accomplished more than most of her age - she has walked in London Fashion week, has her own range of active wear and a fitness events company. She released her first book last year and has graced the cover of numerous magazines as well as being appointed the first ever UK ambassador for Adidas.
I ask Zanna about the secrets to her success, we talk about the reponsibilities that come with having such a huge following and the idea of an "overnight success". As someone in the fitness industry I was really interested to talk to Zanna about her love of food, what she loves to eat and how she came to choose the recipes for her book.
Zanna's choice of final meal before heading off to the desert island completely took me by surprise and you will hear me silent with laughter - if such a thing is possible. There are some goodies in here and I hope you enjoy!
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Find me on Instagram @madebymargie, and find Zanna @zannavandijk.
See you next week! Margie x
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to Desert Island Dishes with me, your host, Margie. |
| 0:07.6 | My castaway this week is Zana Van Dyke. |
| 0:10.7 | Zana is a blogger, personal trainer and fitness model with over 170,000 followers on Instagram. |
| 0:18.2 | At only 24, it's just awe-inspiring to think of what she's accomplished. She's |
| 0:23.3 | walked in London Fashion Week. She has her own line of activeware and a fitness events company. |
| 0:28.6 | She released her first book last year and has graced the covers of numerous fitness magazines. |
| 0:34.3 | And she was appointed as the UK's first global ambassador for Addidas. |
| 0:39.0 | I wanted to speak to Zana to find out her secrets to success, particularly at such a young |
| 0:44.1 | age, although I slightly missed the boat on that one, and to get her view on diets, balance, |
| 0:50.4 | and living a life you love. So I hope you enjoy. |
| 0:57.2 | Hi Zana. and living a life you love. So I hope you enjoy. Hi, Sanna. Hello. So lovely to meet you and thank you for my desert island dishes. |
| 1:02.7 | Thanks for having me. As a personal trainer and a fitness blogger, I thought it would be really |
| 1:07.6 | interesting to get your view on food and to talk about the things that you love to eat. |
| 1:11.9 | But to start with, I know people will be interested to hear. |
| 1:15.2 | How did you get into personal training and ultimately become a fitness. |
| 1:19.6 | That is a long story. |
| 1:21.4 | But I'm going to try and consolidate it into little nuggets of information. |
| 1:25.2 | So I actually studied at the University of Sheffield to be a speech and language therapist. |
| 1:29.4 | Oh, wow. |
| 1:29.7 | And I qualified specialising and stroke rehabilitation after four years. |
| 1:34.0 | And during that time that I studied that, I love my degree, but I actually got quite into fitness. |
| 1:38.4 | I decided to start a fitness blog on the side just for fun. |
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