Zanna van Dijk, owes a lot of her success to Instagram. Over 383k people follow this personal trainer and fitness blogger from London on Instagram. Together with two friends she met on Instagram, she founded the fitness events business Girl Gains. The company now offers events aimed at empowering women in nations like the UK, Australia, Canada, and the US and has ambassadors all around the world.
With the publication of her first book, Strong, van Dijk was able to adorn the covers of various fitness publications and magazines. She was also named the first global ambassador for Adidas in the UK. She was born in Yorkshire, England on August 31, 1992. Van started her health and fitness blog during her time at Sheffield University, where she did a four-year degree in Speech and Language Therapy.
With her growing popularity and fanbase, Van started to get noticed by top brands and soon she was flooded with brands wanting to feature her and collaborate with her. She signed with W Model Management and has since landed jobs with companies like Tommy Hilfiger, Adidas, and Microsoft. She is well known as a personal trainer and fitness model. “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.”
Being a professional fitness trainer and founder of a fitness brand, Van is often stormed by questions about her favourite meal and breakfast ideas. In an interview, she revealed that,
one of her favourite breakfasts is “zoats” — oats with grated courgette, protein powder, peanut butter, fruit, and chocolate chips and she also talked about her go-to meal prep in one of her Instagram posts, “I might have an omelette with eggs, veggies, feta, a piece of toast — I like polish bread, which is a combo of rye and sourdough,” she said.
Undoubtedly a woman of many talents and grace, Zanna van Dijk also enjoys travelling with her friends and partner in addition to working out and blogging. She is not reluctant to share snippets from her vacations and her travels. Van’s social media presence and the welcoming vibe that her content exudes have helped her gain a global following.
