Saffron Barker has revealed she’s ‘fitter than ever’ after training every day in lockdown and changing to a plant-based diet.
The Strictly and YouTube star, 19, told MailOnline she’s in ‘the best shape of my life’ thanks to ‘eating clean’ and keeping up her dance training by doing daily TikTok videos.
In an exclusive interview, the influencer explained she ‘wasn’t in the best place’ at the start of lockdown but focusing on her fitness goal of getting abs has given her a new lease of life.
‘I’m in the best shape of my life’: Saffron Barker has revealed she’s ‘fitter than ever’ after training every day in lockdown and changing to a plant-based diet
She said: ‘At the start of lockdown I wasn’t in the best place. I was really run down and after that first week I thought, lets make use of this time.
‘It’s weird, since lockdown I feel like I’m fitter than ever. I’m in the best shape of my life.
‘Even though we’ve been inside I’ve been trying to stay as fit and as healthy as possible. I have been working out every single day.
‘I’ve always absolutely loved fitness, especially since doing the marathon last year but I still really wasn’t that fit.
‘Fit and healthy’: The Strictly star, who competed on the series last year with AJ Pritchard, said she’s been focusing on her fitness goal of getting abs during lockdown (August 2019)
‘I have been working out every single day’: Saffron says she’s in shape after changing to a plant-based diet and avoiding her weakness chocolate raisons
‘But now I’ve been training more than ever and really been trying to get in shape.
‘I’ve been keeping up my dancing skills because I’ve been doing TikTok videos almost everyday.
‘Abs would be my end goal dream. I want to gain muscle as well, I don’t want to be a heavy lifter or anything but I want to become fit and abs are the dream.’
The TV star, who competed on Strictly Come Dancing last year with AJ Pritchard, 25, said she’s feeling stronger after eliminating meat from her diet and avoiding her weakness, chocolate raisons.
She said: ‘I’ve been eating clean, I’ve been plant-based for around two months now, which is something new that I’ve taken up since lockdown.
‘I am such a fussy eater, I like plain food, and so meat was such a big part of my diet. But I haven’t missed meat that much. I definitely feel better for it.
Keen dancer: Saffron, who made it nine weeks on Strictly alongside AJ, said she still keeps up her dance training by doing daily TikTok videos at home (January 2020)
Comfort and style: The influencer, who boasts 1.6million Instagram followers, launches her first collection with celebrity clothing brand In The Style on Sunday at 7pm
‘Chocolate is the one reason I’ve never been able to stay on track. My favourite thing in the world is chocolate raisons.’
Saffron has confirmed she’s single and isn’t interested in having a boyfriend after spending the last 10 weeks working on her own ‘self-love.’
She said: ‘I’m definitely single unfortunately.
‘I say ‘I really want a boyfriend’ but I actually really don’t.
‘Where I’ve been so, so busy I’ve wanted time to spend on myself and so I feel like in lockdown I’ve been able to spend time on myself and have self-love.
‘Personally I believe, as cringe as it sounds, you’ll find someone when you’re not looking and you have to love yourself first before you can let someone love you.’
Treat day: Saffron has confirmed she’s single and isn’t interested in having a boyfriend after spending the last 10 weeks working on her own ‘self-love’
On Sunday, Saffron launches her first collection with celebrity clothing brand In The Style, which will be available to buy on the website from 7pm.
The 41-piece loungewear collection that comes in sizes 6-24 includes a mix of hoodies, bodies and shorts, to dress in style at home.
Speaking about her collaboration with the online retailer, she said: ‘The only loungewear I can personally find is dull and black, so I wanted my collection to brighten up your wardrobe.
‘Comfort is key from the collection but you also want to feel good and look good.
‘It’s pretty clear the collection really resembles me, all the colours.
‘One thing that was really important to me when I was making the collection and how In The Style were so amazing is that they let me have 100 per cent creativity on absolutely everything.
‘My last Strictly dressed inspired me, the sunset colours go across the range and it’s also one of the prints. I love it.’