Confessions of a Bikini Pro
348 episodes - English - Latest episode: 14 days ago - ★★★★★ - 299 ratingsThe Confessions of a Bikini Pro Podcast is the only place where IFBB bikini pros share their struggles, strategies, stories, insights, and advice in a real, raw, and vulnerable setting.
The goal of this podcast is to educate, inspire, and remind other competitors, athletes, or the every day gym goer that even the most elite professionals face hardships, health problems, mental obstacles, and other adversities.
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CHRISTINA SANGGOR; Self-Love, Beautiful in Every Season, Break from Prep
April 19, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour - 207 MBToday I speak with IFBB Bikini Pro Christina Sanggor, a 27 years old who was born & raised in Houston, Texas. She started working out at age 19 while in college for her education degree. She decided to go back to pursue her passion of exercise science and will be graduating this spring. Christina works as a personal trainer and is a caretaker for her mother and grandmother. She first competed in wellness in 2022, but switched to bikini in 2023. She switched coaches in August and went ...
TIANNA PISTONE; Posing Considerations, What is the Best Approach, Make the Decision, Lots of laughs, Should you Crossover Divisions?
April 12, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour - 223 MBToday I speak with IFBB Bikini Pro Tianna Pistone, who started bodybuilding at age 16 years and did her first show at 17 years old. She earned her Pro card USA’s in 2023 when she was just 22. As a young teenager, she struggled with underrating, always wanting to be the thinnest girl. She was inspired to start bodybuilding by her father, a former bodybuilder. Outside of competing, I graduated college with a bachelors of science, majoring in homeland security, and is now in the Austin PD...
JANINE HERRERA; Thief of your Future, Master’s Category Labeling, God’s Purpose for You in Adversity
April 05, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour - 227 MBToday I speak with IFBB Bikini Pro Janine Herrera, a single mother to 3 amazing girls aged 10, 8, and 4. She is also an AGACNP-BC with a focus and passion for functional medicine. She has spent the better part of her life serving others, but was in need of purpose unique and personal to her, and she has found that in bodybuilding. In addition to being a high school sprinter and cross-country athlete, Janine also danced ballet for 21 years. She started bodybuilding in March 2021, and ...
SAMMY JO; No More People Pleasing, Motherly Roles & Family Building, Taboo Talks, Suit Designing
March 29, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour - 242 MBToday I speak with IFBB Bikini Pro Sammy Jo, an online health and fitness coach & posing coach. She started competing in 2022 and earned her Pro card one year later in 2023 at NPC Universe. She has a degree in business administration and quit my 9-5 in sales job back in 2022 to pursue competing and coaching. She is also a suit stylist with Toxic Angelz Bikinis and co-host of Bikini Things Podcast. TOPICS COVERED -struggles post show -food obsession during prep -the reward throu...
CARRIE HENNESSY; Leaving an Abusive Marriage and Finding Love, Parental Guilt, Your Best Process, Competing as a Single Mother, Empowerment in Routine
March 22, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour - 223 MBToday I speak with IFBB Bikini Pro Carrie Hennessy, a wife and girl mom to a 18 months old and 13 year old plus a dog mom. She loves true crime podcasts, being outdoors and anything adventurous. She loves connection, laughing and advocating for women. One of her favorite quotes is “ If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” She entered the bodybuilding world after leaving an abusive marriage and finding the courage to choose herself. Fitness took ...
JESSICA DEXTER; Letting Go of Perfection, Self-Coaching Tips, Committing to Each Season
March 15, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour - 150 MBToday I speak with IFBB Bikini Pro Jessica Dexter, an online lifestyle/ bikini competition prep coach, who also offers posing coaching. She has been competing for four years and earned her Pro card at 2021 North Americans after coaching her self. Her bodybuilding journey has been her saving grace and she wants to encourage other women to have the strength to take care of themselves mentally and physically despite life's obstacles! TOPICS COVERED -mental health -maintaining healthy ...
MADDY MICHIELSSEN; Comparison & Female Competition, Eating Disorder on Stage, Health First Approach
March 08, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour - 265 MBToday I speak with IFBB Bikini Pro Maddy Michielssen, the CEO of Mpowered Fitness, who earned her Pro card at 2023 Nationals with the Overall win. She grew up a Ballet dancer with the Orlando Ballet before quitting at the age of 15 and took up weight training & wakeboarding. After a major accident, she put wakeboarding to bed and got into college at the University of Florida. She began training clients then, but also battled with her own eating disorder. After moving home and graduating, Mad...
AMANDA RIVAS; 'Ex Weeks Out' the Movie Competitors will Love, Authenticity with Yourself & Others, Childhood Impact on Personal Dreams
March 01, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour - 235 MBToday I speak with IFBB Bikini Pro Amanda Rivas, an actor, writer, filmmaker, comedian, and dog enthusiast. She is the writer & creator of EX Weeks Out - a film about bodybuilding and the strongest muscle of them all - the heart. Amanda competed in the NPC for nearly a decade with placings including everything from dead last to overall. Staying committed, consistent, and never giving up, she finally won her Pro car at Masters USAs in 2023. Amanda is so open about her story and what led...
MANUELITA ACUNA; God's Glory, Columbia to America, Injured Athlete to IFBB Pro
February 23, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour - 179 MBToday I speak with IFBB Bikini Pro Manuelita Acuña, a 20-year-old from Colombia, who has lived in the USA for 2.5 years. A former member of the Columbian National Trampoline team, she retired after winning the 2019 National championships and sustaining an injury. Who her mom came to visit her in March of 2022, she realized she wasn’t in a good spot mentally or physically, so she decided to make a change and began working out again. She began her bodybuilding journey in March of 2023 when she...
JORDAN & DREW BRANNON; Everyone is a “Coach”, Trends of the Divisions, Honesty in Coaching, Balancing Marriage & Coaching
February 17, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour - 148 MBToday I speak with Jordan and Drew Brannon. Jordan was born & raised in Tampa, Florida. She has her Bachelors Degree in Exercise Science from the University of South Florida, where she also met her husband, Drew Brannon. Drew is from Miami, Florida. Like Jordan, he also has his Exercise Science degree from USF. After college, Jordan & Drew opened their own gym, Pinellas Ultimate Strength House. Five years later, they just moved their gym to a brand new space featuring top of the line equipm...
CASEY MARSHALL; Bikini as an Overall Package, Power of Mindset, Putting Health First, Coaching Camaraderie
February 16, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour - 218 MBToday I speak with IFBB Pro Casey Marshall, a coach of NPC/IFBB athletes and lifestyle clients for 13. She specializing in the overall package - presentation, glam, suit, sportsmanship and overall creating healthy happy athletes. Her team, Team Boss Bodies, has turned over 50 women pro and have had athletes win pro shows in masters and open. She is also the author of the book The Bikini Bible. While treating each client as an individual, she also accounts for their mental health and d...
DAVID DEMESQUITA; Functional Health, Balancing Hormones, Trusting your Coach, Truths about PEDs
February 15, 2024 08:00 - 3 hours - 421 MBToday I speak with David DeMesquita, a functional health coach on a mission to “make lives better”. For the past 8 years, he has helped people from a wide range of backgrounds to not just optimize internal systems, but ALSO achieve their best physiques ever. He has worked with some of the top Olympians in the IFBB and continues to help athletes of all ages and experiences. David has over 10 years of his own competitive bodybuilding experience, being coached directly by some of the best in th...
LEXIE MAITLAND; Building Community, The Optimal Prep, When to Work with a Coach, Handling Post-Show
February 14, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour - 193 MBToday I speak with Lexie Maitland, a NASM certified CPT with a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Physiology from the University of Tampa. Before online coaching, she was an in person personal trainer and has been a coach for Team ProPhysique since 2019. She competed for the first time in 2017 (out of a dorm room) and then took a few years away before coming back to the stage. As a coach, Lexie puts her clients’ health first, both physical and mental. She has built a close knit community with h...
SEAN IRWIN; Hard work vs. talent, Embrace the Process, Rooting in Reality, Focus on Longevity, Being a leader
February 13, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour - 245 MBToday I speak with Sean Irwin, a Bodybuilding Contest Preparation Coach, Lifestyle Coach, and Personal Trainer. He is also an experienced Bodybuilding Athlete associated with some of the top competitors and brands in the sport. At an early age Sean developed his passion for competitive preparation through various individualized sports that demanded peak levels of physical performance. He is constantly seeking out innovative and scientific approaches to maximizing client health as well as phy...
IVAN MADARANG; Prioritizing your reverse, Carb strategies, Never Say Never, Dispelling Misconceptions, What to know before Prep
February 12, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour - 221 MBToday I speak with Ivan Madarang of Geek to Physique. He has been an Internal medicine nurse for 10 years and started coaching in 2016, with a 2 years mentorship under Cameron Cheek and Mike from Peak Athletic Performance. A National level competitor himself, his highly individualized approach is focused on longevity, adapting to each client’s unique nature, from physical to the mental to the physiological. TOPICS COVERED -using a glucometer -focusing on habits -using nursing exp...
Coaches' Series Round 3
February 11, 2024 08:00 - 4 minutes - 10.3 MBWe are back for our 3rd coach series and I want to preface this week by saying every coach I am bringing on is a professional with their own achievements, education, and experience. Many of them you will recognize as well-known names. If I could fit every amazing coach in the bikini competition world on the show, we would have a whole other podcast, but I am so excited about the coach’s I will be conducting these interviews with. None of the coaches have paid to come on and there...
DR. STEPHANIE ASHLEY WARDEN; Changing Coaches, Body Image, Take Inventory, Brand Yourself
February 09, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour - 148 MBToday I speak with IFBB Bikini Pro Stephanie Warden, who has been competing since 2018 and turned pro at NPC Universe in 2023, which was her 14th show. She made her Pro debut at the Hawaii Pro where she placed 4th. Outside of competing and fitness modeling, she is an eye doctor, a wife, and a coach, who will soon be launching a podcast with Lauren Kralovec and Kaylia Rhodes. TOPICS COVERED -moving on from a coach -intentional training -focus on posing -competing while in scho...
MEGAN VAN VLEET; Staying Natural, Decade Long Dream, Be Ready for Yes or No, Say it With Your Chest, Professional Development
February 02, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour - 256 MBToday I speak with IFBB Bikini Pro Megan Van Vleet, a 39-year-old with a masters in Management & Leadership who has been competing since 2013. She is married to her high school sweetheart and currently live in Oregon. Before bodybuilding she did ballet, rode horses, and played & coached softball. She competed in 24 shows, including 13 pro qualifiers before turning pro in November 2023. She starting a consulting mentorship business where she works 1:1 with corporate women not only to pr...
ANDREA LOCES; Under The Rug?, Diagnosis Dangers, Trust your Execution, Go Pro or Don't Go Home
January 26, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour - 195 MBToday I speak with IFBB Bikini Pro Andrea Loces, a talent acquisition professional at a tech start-up, who has her bachelor of science degree in entrepreneurship from Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego. Originally from Palm Springs, CA, she earned her pro card at Nationals 2023 on the 3 year anniversary of the first check-in with her coach! A lifelong athlete and former ballerina, Andrea ran track and cross country, before an injury ended her collegiate cross country career. She has...
LAUREN KRALOVEC; Physique Pressure, Relationship & Life Goals, Breast Augmentation Pros & Cons
January 19, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour - 238 MBToday I speak with IFBB Bikini Pro Lauren “Lolo” Kralovec, born and raised in Oregon and currently lives in Boise, Idaho. She started competing in 2017 and turned Pro in 2021 at the NPC Olympia Amateur. She has competed 19 and first hit the National stage in 2019. Lauren decided to take 2022 as a long improvement season, before returning to the Pro stage. She is dedicated to bodybuilding but also has a full-time career in Tech Sales. Thought her journey, discipline has shaped her lif...
THERESA MENDOZA-CURA; First Show Tips, Dream without Limits, 7 year Road to Pro, Selfless Sport
January 12, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour - 172 MBToday I speak with IFBB Bikini Pro Theresa Mendoza-Cura, who recently turned pro recently at the 2023 Muscle Contest Masters USA after competing for 7 years. She has been competing since December 2016 and has been working to earn her pro card 2018. She has competed in over a dozen shows and has worked to make the best out of the situation and used the time to really develop the physique she needed to earn her pro card. She just started offering posing to newer athletes, including feedback, ...
OLYMPIA JUDGE JOE PISHKULA; Bikini Judging, Celeste's Breakout at Women's Workshop, Klash Series Announcements, and Everything Under the Sun
January 05, 2024 08:00 - 2 hours - 351 MBToday I speak with NPC/IFBB Pro League Promoter & Professional Olympia Judge, Joe Pishkula. Joe has been on the podcast before and today he’s back to tell us about the Women’s NPC Seminar in January. I am so proud to be speaking this year on mental health and bodybuilding. We start with hearing Joe’s start in bodybuilding and how his relationship with it evolved over time. Joe and I cover a multitude of topics from, making a career in bodybuilding to taking advantage of opportunities when pr...
TAMEKIA CARTER; Unique Posing Expression, Do More With Little And Shut Up And Color, Find Your Reason
December 29, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 156 MBToday I speak with IFBB Pro Tamekia Carter, a mother, Air Force veteran, and wife who grew up in Mississippi. She got into bodybuilding when her father-in-law suggested she look into it. She first competed in 2021 at the Kuclo Classics, where she made a clean sweep of her classes! She earned her Pro Card just six months later at North American. Since then, she has placed top 5 at the Dallas Pro, top 3 at the Texas Pro, earned earned her Olympia qualification when she won the Sasquatch Pro. S...
ARIANA BROTHERS; 3 Years off to 2x Olympia Qualified, Growth Minded, Couples Questions, Physique Follows Mind, Building Glutes
December 22, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 212 MBToday I speak with IFBB Pro Ariana Brothers, an online coach with a B.S. in Nutrition and Foods. She first competed in 2019 and won her Pro card at NPC Nationals at her second show ever and also won the overall. After my pro debut in 2020, she took three years off and came back this year and qualified for the Olympia at her 3rd show of the season at the Nashville Fit Show! At my Olympia debut, she placed 7th! She finished out her season by earning her 2024 Olympia qualification by winning t...
JILL HUMPHREY; 2010 Bikini vs Now, Pro Masters vs Open, Resilience Building, Intuitive Macros, Rave Till Grave
December 15, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 225 MBToday I speak with IFBB Pro Jill Humphrey, a wife, mom of 2 college age kids & 2 fur babies, Founder & CEO of SOLA CBD, co-coach of Team Special Forces. She competed form 2005 to 2010 when her kids were little before “retiring”, and then decided to return to the stage in October 2020 after being in prep nearly a year. When her kids were little, bodybuilding gave Jill a way to focus on herself. As her kids left for college, the sport helped her stay grounded as she adjusted to them not being...
CLARE MORROW; Peptides & HRT for over 35, Preventative Health, Fluffy to Fit
December 08, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 149 MBToday I speak with IFBB Pro Clare Morrow, a fitness & wellness coach who started her fitness journey at age 42, and went from fluffy to fit. She is now age 51 & helps people all around the world get in the best shape of their lives. Her motto is it’s never too late to get fit. Clare recently wrote a new book series called, Fluffy To Fit, and Fluffy to Fit Cookbook. They’re best sellers on Amazon. Clare’s goal is to help you get to your goals no matter how old you are. Clare shares so m...
JADE KELSIE WOLFENDEN; Epilepsy and Being Revived From Death, Coping with Fat Gain, Glute Training Techniques
December 01, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 203 MBToday I speak with IFBB Pro Jade-Kelsie Wolfenden, a personal trainer, nutritionist, and posing coach from the UK who earned her Pro card in 2019 at the UK Olympia Amateur. She started competing in 2015 trying out a few different federations before she found the NPC. She was diagnosed with epilepsy on her 21st birthday and has since transformed her lifestyle. She was told she wouldn’t be able to compete but that fueled her passion for the stage. Jade wants to show people that if you are told...
MARNIE AL SARAF; Rebuilding Confidence, Get the It Factor, Leave Comparison to the Judges, Your Process
November 24, 2023 08:00 - 2 hours - 287 MBToday I speak with IFBB Pro Marnie Al-Saraf, from the UK who recently won her pro card at the Ben Weider in April this year, and then placed 4th in her pro debut at the 1 Bro Pro show the same day! Marnie did her first show back in 2015 so has grown up in the sport. She is a full time posing coach and runs her own business, Rockit Posing. She also has a bachelors degree in Biomedical Science which she got from the University of Liverpool. Marnie shares how her life path switched form pursuin...
NDEYE NDOUR; True Novice to Olympia Qualified in 5 months, Work of the Mother, Air Force Academy's Impact, Solution Minded
November 17, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 178 MBToday I speak with IFBB Pro Ndeye Ndour, a mom of two kids who is married to the love of her life. She was born and raised in Senegal and graduated from the Air Force academy. She just started her competition journey in April and five months later competed in the Olympia. She won her Pro card at 2023 Junior USAs, where she took third overall. She qualified for the Olympia with her first Pro win at the Daytona Pro. Ndeye shares how she balances her active family and prioritizes health over ev...
KENDALL CALL; Hedonic Eating, Normal vs Optimal Hormones, Leaving Nursing for Functional Coaching
November 10, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 171 MBToday I speak with IFBB Pro Kendall Call, born and raised in Oregon but currently living in Tampa. She was involved in sports at a very young age and began training with a coach when she was 15. She became a personal trainer while in undergrad and went on to get her Master's in Nursing from Johns Hopkins while also starting to online coach as a side hobby. She had planned on competing in June of 2020 in her first show but it got canceled due to COVID. A year later, she did an 8 week prep whi...
HOLLY ZARSKI; Prioritization, Entrepreneurship & Life, How to Put Yourself First as a Mom
November 03, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 229 MBToday I speak with IFBB Pro Holly Zarski, a native Floridian who was part of the 2012 Etsy boom creating one of the top Etsy wedding sign shops ‘Z Create Design’ and has since expanded their line of custom products to larger than life backdrops and installations for weddings and parties with ‘Golden Hour Rentals’. She started competing in March of 2020, days before the world shut down, placing 2nd in open, followed by two first placings in Fall 2021, and ultimately winning her pro card at Ma...
ERIN GALES; Neurodivergence, Knowing your Needs, Awareness of Burnout & Fitting Prep Into your LIfe
October 27, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 151 MBToday I speak with IFBB Pro Erin Mayrhofer (formerly Gales), who first moved to Los Angeles in 2010 after college to pursue a career in dance. In 2015, she experienced traumatic event, which led her to a deep depression. On her search for what she wanted to do next in life, she discovered bodybuilding through a friend. What started with a short term goal to lift her spirits became an 8 year journey on the bodybuilding stage! Erin did various shows each year as an amateur and finally earned h...
MEGAN LONG; Retiring from the Sport, Do you need to give 100%?, Business Insights, Mindset Tools to Implement Now, Tall Girl Strategies
October 20, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 209 MBToday I speak with IFBB Pro Megan Long, who has been competing as a bikini bodybuilder since 2014, earning her IFBB Pro Card by winning 1st place at 2021 NPC Universe. She has been a sponsored athlete since 2016, and featured in publications such as FitnessRx. She has been on Team FitBodyFusion since 2018, coached by Jami DeBernard. She recently made her Pro Debut at the 2023 Nashville Fit Show. Outside of bodybuilding, Megan Long is the owner of Second First, a consulting and coachin...
VESELA HRISTOVA; Carry a Legacy, Positive Perspective, Crazy Belief, Can’t Compare
October 13, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 146 MBToday I speak with IFBB Pro Vesela Hristova, a 26-years-old Bulgarian, living in London, who is also an online coach and a posing coach. She started competing in 2015 as a junior and took a long break before returning to the stage in 2019. In 2022, she competed in the Amateur Olympia Romania and won her Pro card! Vesela shares her journey finding bodybuilding early and life, and how she managed being in school and not living a typical “student life”. So many of us can relate to parts ...
KELSIE WOODHOUSE; Plan the Work & Work the Plan, Macro Friendly Meals, Obstacles are Bonuses, Family Dynamic
October 06, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 171 MBToday I speak with IFBB Pro Kelsie Woodhouse, a 38 year old, married, working mom of 2 living in the greater Seattle area as a Washington native. She works full time as a Business Development Director in the engineering and construction industry, and she loves to cook and bake. She grew up cheerleading and started self-guided weight lifting in 2016. Five years later, she decided to realize a bucket list item and start prep for her first competition. She researched coaches and started with Ch...
CASEY HILL; Hormonal Work & Body Image for Enhanced Athletes, Broken Engagement in Peak Week, Appreciate & Give the Support
September 29, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 154 MBToday I speak with IFBB Pro Casey Hill, born and raised in northeast Ohio and currently living in Tampa. She works for a Matrix Hormones as a weigh loss specialist. Casey started competing in 2017 when she competed in 3 national qualifying shows and placed top 5 in all 3. She took of 2018 to grow and fix hormone issues and returned to the stage in 2019 when she competed in her first National show, getting last call outs. She took off 2021 to focus on personal growth and relationships and lif...
VIVIANA SALAZAR; Life through Loss in ED, New Life in a New Country, Self-Belief
September 22, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 171 MBToday I speak with IFBB Pro Viviana Salazar, a former soccer player from Mexico who moved to the US a year ago to live her dream of being a pro athlete.She has only been competing for a year, but has been training hard her whole life as an athlete who attended IMG Academy school in Florida for soccer. Her first show was the 2022 Patriots Challenge where she got nationally qualified, She then did USAs getting first call outs but no pro card. After getting second callouts at Nationals, s...
KALLIE TRAVERS; Binging & Doubts, Live for the Moments, Own the Room
September 15, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 176 MBToday I speak with IFBB Pro Kallie Travers, originally from the small town of Hurt, Virginia. She was introduced to the competition world about 5 years ago. She started competing in the OCB but soon after switched to the NPC in 2019. She competed in 5 regional shows and 5 national stage before earning her Pro card at 2023 Junior Nationals. She teaches posing and has online lifestyle clients, as well as working a demanding, full-time job. Her favorite aspect of competing is how it affec...
APRIL CONLEY; Self-Worth, Lean to See How Big I Got, Personal Empowerment in Competing, Posing for New Competitors
September 08, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 191 MBToday I speak with IFBB Pro April Conley, a mother, and grandmother, who started in ballet and fell in love with fitness as a teenager, go as far to dance on a professional team. In 2012, some personal issues led her to want to get stronger to not appear as a victim. Through this she became aware of bodybuilding and was inspired by Isa when she won the Olympia in 2019. Her then husband was jealous and didn’t want her to compete, but when died in a car accident while driving drunk, she turned...
RHODA ALLIE; Prove Them Wrong & Trade Partying for Prep, Stage IQ, Know What You are Getting Into, Interior Design Tip
September 01, 2023 07:00 - 48 minutes - 110 MBToday I speak with IFBB Pro Rhoda Allie, and interior designer and server, who is going back to college for her PT certificate. Throughout high school, she played basketball, volleyball, and softball. In 2019, she competed in her first body building competition on a whim because her now fiancée challenged her to. After a short 6 week prep, she did well and her love of bodybuilding started. She earned her Pro card at 2023 Arnold’s Amateur. She has since placed 5th at the Vancouver Pro and is ...
ANGELA RUTHERFORD; Decade Long Road to Pro, Motherhood Boundaries, Hormone Recovery
August 25, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 162 MBToday I speak with IFBB Pro Angela Rutherford, a coach for FitBody Fusion, who started competing in 2012 in a natural federation called NANBF, in figure. She switched to the NPC and bikini in 2013 and did her first National show at the end of the season, where she got last callouts. After taking time off to improve her physique, she returned to the stage in 2017 and competed in multiple National shows before taking a break to start her family. Her daughter was born in 2020 and just 15 months...
AMBER PACHOLOK; Makeup & Hair Dos and Don’ts, Hardest Prep, Career Burnout & Lifestyle Pressure, Your Purpose in Bodybuilding
August 18, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 219 MBToday I speak with IFBB Pro Amber Pacholok, a former competitive cheerleader and gymnastics coach from North Carolina. She started college as an early childhood education major with a minor in psychology, and halfway through I made the decision to follow her dreams of becoming a makeup artist and went to cosmetology school. She found bodybuilding by doing extensions for clients that were in prep. In 2019, she began competing then her second show ever at 2020 Jr. USA’s, where she placed 3rd....
AIMEE JACOBS; Finding Confidence after Childhood Trauma, New Zealand vs American Competing & Fitness Industry, Growing Friendships
August 11, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 213 MBToday I speak with IFBB Pro Aimee Jacobs from Wellington, New Zealand, who has been competing since July 2018. She competed in her first IFBB show in March 2019, taking first place in both Open and novice. She competed in Nationals that year with a new coach Kurt Dell, and took first place in her classes but missed out on the overall win. She earned her Pro Card at Nationals 2020 with an overall win. She mad her Pro debut in December 2021, placing 4th. Aimee works in IT and is working toward...
DANIELA BENITEZ; Overcoming Negative Emotions, Love The Season You’re In, Makeup Artist Insights, Belief In Yourself, Don’t Do This Post-Show
August 04, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 221 MBToday I speak with IFBB Pro Daniela Benitez who born in Costa Rica and moved to Utah at 14. She’s a mother, makeup artist, baker, and sales manager, who started her fitness journey after a divorce. She began body building at the end of 2017, competing in three shows back to back. She won the overall at her 4th show ever which led her to compete on the National level. She earned her Pro card at 2020 USA’s and has since competed in three Pro shows with plans to compete later this year. We hear...
ALLY VATTHAUER; Marriage Growth, Prep Travel Simplified, Emotional Body Image, Training Intensity, Comparison
July 28, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 191 MBToday I speak with IFBB Pro Ally Vattauer from Tucson, Arizona. She started competing in 2018, competing in both regional and national shows. She took 2020 and 2021 off for an improvement season and returned to the stage in 2022 when she won her first regional Overall. She earned her Pro card at Jr. Nationals in 2023 with the Overall win! Ally went to school for and worked as a Registered Veterinary Technician but moved to Maryland to work at the National Institutes of Health in the Tu...
KATERYNA KAUFFMANN
July 21, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 175 MBToday I speak with IFBB Pro Kateryna Kauffmann, a 36 years old originally from Ukraine who moved to Canada when she was 11 years old as a refugee. She is a mom of two girls who are 15 and one and a half years old. Kateryna started competing in 2015 and first turned pro in the IFBB Elite. She switched to NPC/IFBB in 2019 when she then had a 4 year break due to COVID and having a baby. She earned her Pro card at the 2022 Toronto Pro qualifier and made her Pro debut the next day, placing top 5!...
TIANNA WEYMOUTH; How to Improve Between Shows, Am I Too Young?, Bodybuilding Gave My Family Life
July 14, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 161 MBToday I speak with IFBB Pro Tianna Weymouth, who is the youngest IFBB Pro. She started competing at 17 and earned her Pro card in her first season at 18 years old, 12 hours after she graduated from high school! She competed in two regional shows and one national show before winning her Pro card at Junior Nationals. Her goal is to inspire others to find their passion, as she has done with bodybuilding. She wants to let kindness be her legacy as she starts in her rookie Pro season. Tian...
BROOKLIN BADE; Endometriosis, Lupus, Exploring Enhancements, Pursuing the Next Level
July 07, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 184 MBToday I speak with IFBB Pro Brooklin Bade, a posing coach and aspiring aesthetician with a bachelors in health sciences. She was also in the military, but she found her passion was to help women become more confident with themselves. She started competing in 2020, becoming nationally qualified in her first show. In 2021, she competed in her first National show and earned her Pro Card in 2022 at Nationals. Brooklin shares her experience dealing with two autoimmune disease diagnoses and how th...
ABBY REYNA; Reign Athletics Gym, 1st Time Competitor Musts, Sustainability and Joy
June 30, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 145 MBToday I speak with IFBB Pro Abby Reyna a personal trainer and owner of Reign Athletics gym in Houston, Texas. She started to compete in 2018 as a way to challenge herself to overcome shyness and discomfort in big crowds. Sh won her Pro card the next year at only her second show ever, and then took an extended growth season, making her Pro debut in 2021. Because of her decision to compete, she found her love for the fitness industry, which lead her to opening her gym. Abby offers impor...
AMY VETTERS; Buckets, Health Routines And Movement Awareness, True Support In Relationships
June 23, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 203 MBToday I speak with IFBB Pro Amy Vetters, a Masters athlete living in Colorado who started competing in 2017. She began in bikini, dabbled in Wellness and returned back to bikini. Any has only competed in 7 shows total, and earned her Pro card I turned pro at her 6th show in November 2022 at Masters USAs. She then earned a top 10 at her Pro debut less than a month later. She owns two businesses; Alinea coaching and a tanning salon. Amy shares the story of how a health scare lead her to to...