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"  When I bumped in to Zoe Hardman at V Festival I knew she&amp;#039;d be the perfect celeb to talk fitness with. In her leotard and teeny tiny cut-off denim shorts, she looked AWESOME. There&amp;#039;s no doubt about it, Zoe has an ah-maze-ing figure BUT she doesn&amp;#039;t eat a lettuce leaf with a side order of steam - oh no! She works out. A lot. And I don&amp;#039;t, which is why I&amp;#039;m doing this blog - duh! If, like me, you follow Zoe Hardman on Twitter (and if you don&amp;#039;t - you really should) you&amp;#039;ll know she loves keeping fit. So while I&amp;#039;m pressing the snooze button for the umpteenth time, she&amp;#039;s getting in from a 26425 mile run. While I&amp;#039;m working up a sweat with a lunchtime shopping trip in Topshop, she&amp;#039;s playing a round of golf. Weird, right? So what if Zoe and I are too different species from two parallel universes? She can still give me some tips on how to get motivated can&amp;#039;t she? Let&amp;#039;s hope so. And if all else fails, maybe if I breathe the same air as her, y&amp;#039;know, maybe I&amp;#039;ll catch it. Right Zoe, fess up why do you look the way you do? What&amp;#039;s the secret? I think it&amp;#039;s variety. You&amp;#039;ve got to be able to mix up your exercise routine as much as possible. I&amp;#039;m like every other girl, I get to the gym sometimes and I&amp;#039;m like &amp;#039;I can&amp;#039;t do this&amp;#039; but it&amp;#039;s all about mixing things up. One day do a run, the next a spin class. I&amp;#039;m at Virgin Active and the classes there are incredible. And I have a great trainer, it&amp;#039;s just about getting out there and having fun. Training with friends is good too. Ok, I&amp;#039;m still not 100% convinced. You&amp;#039;ve got involved with Action For Kids this year, why? Action For Kids is such a fantastic charity. I just really wanted to get involved - I&amp;#039;m really passionate about anything that gets people playing sport - I&amp;#039;ll try in any way to be apart of that. On 21st September they are holding a Beach Volleyball Tournament at London&amp;#039;s Broadgate Arena. I loved volleyball at the Olympics and y&amp;#039;know what, volleyball is one of the fastest growing sports in the world, it&amp;#039;s easy to learn, fun to play and keeps you fit! Ah-ha that explains the pics below then, eh Zoe?  Have you always been a fitness freak? My parents live in Kenya so every week we&amp;#039;d play volleyball on the beach - so yes I suppose so. I grew up playing lots of sport in the schools that I was at and I play golf now. Anything I can do to keep fit I&amp;#039;ll do it, whether it&amp;#039;s the gym, golf, spinning or running. But why Zoe, WHY? *bashes head against wall* Sport changes the way you think in your head. If you&amp;#039;re exercising you feel better. If friends are moping and say they feel tired I just tell them to go for a run. Ok, if I&amp;#039;m tired I run a bath, not a marathon! So you totally have my dream figure! Why aren&amp;#039;t you Miss Muscle? I think the biggest misconception is that if you do a lot of weight training you&amp;#039;re going to bulk up! But it&amp;#039;s not the case. If you&amp;#039;re doing the right kind of training and eating the right types of food you&amp;#039;ll be fine. I&amp;#039;m a big fan of Maxitone for their shakes - I have one after I&amp;#039;ve had a workout - they&amp;#039;re really good. Right, c&amp;#039;mon Zoe, you must sit on the sofa and scoff naughty treats? God yeah, I have loads of food vices. I&amp;#039;m mainly a chocolate and sweets girl, I try and stay off milk chocolate but I can&amp;#039;t resist dark chocolate. Phew! So I&amp;#039;ve noticed celeb ladies are getting way more in to golf right now. Actually, saying that I can only think of Catherine Zeta Jones at the minute. Isn&amp;#039;t it boring? Golf is totally having a moment - its brilliant. You&amp;#039;re having a competition with yourself so it&amp;#039;s amazing to overcome barriers. I went to a tournament the other day and I was the only female - and there were about 90 men! I wish more women were in to it, but hey I was surrounded by loads of men, I had a great time. Oh you minx. Have you ever played a round with Mark Wright? Golf that is! Wink wink, nudge nudge Yes - lots. Me, Mark, his cousin and his mate Nick. We played in Essex and I hate to admit this, but he&amp;#039;s a really good golfer I wouldn&amp;#039;t mind helping him with his balls that&amp;#039;s for sure (golf balls you dirty lot) Right, so who do you think has the best body out of everyone in celeb land? Oh that&amp;#039;s a tricky one, probably someone like Davina McCall. She&amp;#039;s a fantastic role model for women who have still got curves (and we don&amp;#039;t want to lose those!) yet look toned and healthy, I just think she looks fantastic. Oh I love Davina too. So Zoe, tell me, what are your work-out essentials? I need my trainers and my Maxitone shakes. Clothes wise, I love Nike and Sweaty Betty to train in. Oh and I NEED my iPod! It&amp;#039;s crammed with some amazing tunes. I always play Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Summertime. I love it because it gets me in my bounce and ready for a great run. Oh that makes me want to crank this up loudly now        Fore more information on Action For Kids and sign up for the Beach Volleyball Tournament at London&amp;#039;s Broadgate Arena - click here. Follow me on Twitter for all my tweets about fitness and exercise (OH! They don&amp;#039;t exist - oops!): @LeanneBayley  READ WHAT PALOMA FAITH HAD TO SAY ABOUT FITNESS SEE WHAT HAPPENED WHEN I LEARNT TO DANCE LIKE CHERYL LEANNE WENT FROM A SLOW GIRL TO A FAST GIRL READ LEANNE&amp;#039;S MISSION STATEMENT "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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