LONDON — At only 24, Zanna van Dijk has Instagram largely to thank for her success.
The London-based fitness blogger and personal trainer, who has over 150,000 followers, started fitness events company Girl Gains with two friends she met through the image sharing app. Now, the company has ambassadors all over the world, and hosts events with the goal of empowering women in countries including the UK, Australia, Canada, and the US.
With her first book under her belt — released last year, titled "Strong"— van Dijk has managed to grace the covers of numerous fitness magazines, and was recently appointed as the UK's first global ambassador for Adidas.
We spoke to her to find out her secrets to success at such a young age.
Scroll down to see a day in the life of the Instagram fitness star, including what she eats, how often she works out, how she stays healthy on the go, and her secret to standing out in the world of fitness blogging.
This is 24-year-old Zanna van Dijk, the London-based fitness blogger and personal trainer who has over 150,000 followers on Instagram.
She is also the co-founder of women's fitness community event company Girl Gains.
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She was born in Yorkshire, and started her fitness blog during her time at Sheffield University, where she did a four-year degree in Speech and Language Therapy.
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"I didn't think anything would come of it until I actually left university," she told Business Insider. "I had 30,000 followers at that point. Cool opportunities started to come up, and I thought maybe I wouldn't need to a work a nine to five job."
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