Confessions of a Bikini Pro
350 episodes - English - Latest episode: 16 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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LYNSIE HICE
September 02, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 73.5 MBToday I speak with IFBB Pro Lynsie Hice who turned Pro in July 2021 after competing in 7 Regional shows and 3 National shows. She lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas and is a currently the lead expeditor for all NPC Oklahoma bodybuilding shows. Alongside her partner, she coaches other women and men to reach their goals of stepping on the bodybuilding stage. She is full time fitness professional and her specialty is in posing and presentation. Lynsie talks about her struggles with scoliosis and h...
THE OLYMPIA EXPERIENCE YOU CAN'T MISS
August 26, 2022 07:15 - 58 minutes - 44.2 MBToday I speak with Adam Bonilla of Team Elite Physique. Today we are talking about a VERY special event! We are hosting an event at the Contest Prep Center during the Olympia! We discuss the week-long calendar of events planned at the Contest Prep Center for the Olympia and the Build More than Just a Body event! Adam talks about how he has tried to make the Contest Prep Center an open and welcoming space for competitors from any team. He wasn’t to create a space where competitors and teams c...
TARYN FLANAGAN
August 19, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 55.7 MBToday I speak with IFBB Pro Taryn Flanagan, a 27-year-old from Canada who won her Pro card in 2020 at the Amateur Olympia. She has been competing since 2018 and is the posing coach for Team Elite Physique and her company, Pose with a Pro. Taryn tells us about turning Pro and the changes she wants to make to her physique to compete in the Pro League. We talk about how food affects how you feel and the changes that can be made to help you feel your best. After a very long 2020 season, Taryn sh...
KAREN WALL
August 12, 2022 07:00 - 41 minutes - 30.7 MBToday I speak with IFBB Pro Karen Wall. She’s 42 years old and currently live in Victoria, BC, Canada with her partner in everything, Andrew Kersten. Who is also a bodybuilder, coach and business owner! She started competing in 2019 and turned Pro in 2021 at the Natural Canada Pro Qualifier. She then placed 4th in her Pro debut at the Toronto Pro Supershow in December 2021 and has since won two Masters Pro shows! She was a Graphic Designer/Art Director for 20 years and made the switch to fu...
JORDAN BRANNON
August 05, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 52 MBToday I speak with IFBB Pro Jordan Brannon. She graduated from University of South Florida in 2014 with her Bachelors degree in Exercise Science. There she met her husband Drew. After graduation, they opened up their own gym called Pinellas Ultimate Strength House in Largo, Florida. Drew and Jordan were introduced to the bodybuilding world through a mutual friend. Jordan prepped for her first show in 2019 and made her debut at THE KLASH. From there, she was hooked. She just turned Pro at the...
1 MILLION DOWNLOADS! PARTY IN AZ, LIMITED EDITION CROP TOPS, WHAT THIS MEANS TO ME
August 03, 2022 20:07 - 9 minutes - 8.74 MBCONFESSIONS OF A BIKINI PRO PODCAST MILESTONE! 1 MILLION DOWNLOADS THANK YOU! To celebrate… there will be a LIVE party/ meet & greet next February in AZ where I hope to have guests from the show come to set up a meet n greet table, host panels & discussions, live podcasts, & lots of connecting & fun This podcast has brought so many of us in the community together & shows us how deep this journey really is… an in person experience will be MAGIC If you want to know more details on tha...
HUONG MAI
July 29, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 54.4 MBToday I speak with IFBB Pro Huong Mai, a dental hygienist and a single mom of two young kids. She recently developed an interest in bikini competition after being under Team Atlas' guidance for lifestyle coaching. She’s always used exercise as an outlet since her husband passed away 7 years ago. This is her first year as a competitor and she’s been loving this journey so far! Although, she recently earned her IFBB pro card, she still feel like an amateur trying to learn about this sport! ...
JACKIE CHENEY; Developing Resiliency & Love, Knowing It's Your Time, Feeling Behind, Relationships
July 22, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 64.3 MBToday I speak with IFBB Pro Jackie Cheney, AKA “Jackie Legs”. She has competed for about 7 years total, but started really pushing it the last 2 years. She did 5 national shows and placed top 2 three times before she got my pro card at Universe in 2021. She went on to her pro debut and got 6th place, and but then went to Mile High and got last callouts, which now fuels her to bring her very best. She finds confidence after pushing through the hard moments and being able to find herself and ...
MEGAN D'GINTO
July 15, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 47.1 MBToday I speak with IFBB Pro Meg DGinto, a 24-year-old online lifestyle coach who also competes for fun! She has always been active and in sports growing up so having fitness as a huge aspect of her life. She thrives on helping people find that balance between enjoying life and still reaching their goals. She credits bodybuilding for helping her build a positive relationship with fitness and food in general. She turned Pro at her first National show and her fourth show ever. She started compe...
NICOLE TAN
July 08, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 64.3 MBToday I speak with IFBB Pro Nicole Tan, who is from Australia but was born in Singapore. She works as a personal trainer and online coach. She competed in 11 shows before turning pro at the Arnold classic in 2019. She was set to do her pro debut in 2020 but it was cancelled a week out. After that, she tried many times to prep and compete but shows kept getting cancelled and the Australian borders were shut. Finally this year, she got to make her pro debut at the Australia Pro show and headed...
JESSICA MILLER
July 01, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 58.7 MBToday I speak with IFBB Pro Jessica Miller. Born and raised in Palm Harbor, Florida, she is a fit mom of 2 little princesses. She started competing in 2016 and earned her Pro card at the 2021 Jr. USA Championships. She loves helping people reach their health & fitness goals and aims to get to the Olympia stage one day. Jessica talks about her childhood and how her father passed away from cancer, which eventually lead her to her fitness journey and bodybuilding. We hear how Jessica manages he...
ERIN DENNIS
June 24, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 50.5 MBToday I speak with IFBB Pro Erin Dennis, who was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio and went to Ohio State for Mechanical Engineering. She then moved to North Carolina to work for Goodyear, where she design tires. She started competing in 2018 and turned Pro at the 2019 National Championships. She has since competed in 7 IFBB Pro shows. Erin openly talks about her experiences changes coaches and how she approaches growth between shows. She believes that anybody can pursue fitness regardless...
ASHLEY DUNCAN
June 17, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 48.8 MBToday I speak with IFBB Pro Ashley Duncan. She is a nurse, adjunct college nursing instructor, online competition/lifestyle coach, in-person personal trainer. She has worked with high school athletics and had 5 daughters between her and her husband. She is currently an athlete under Team Atlas. She talks about having daughters and maintaining their self-image while competing while showing them structure/ balance. Ashley talks about her passion for coaching athletes. She has been lifting weig...
JANEAN PRIEST
June 10, 2022 07:00 - 58 minutes - 43.3 MBToday I speak with IFBB Pro Janean Priest, a 60 years old who was introduced to bodybuilding 3 1/2 years ago! She is a RN, BSN and had 3 beautiful and amazing children, 2 of them are twins. She has been married for 35 years. Before she found bodybuilding, she was a long distance runner and never stepped foot into a gym. She met her coach’s wife and owner of the gym she trains at a health fair who persuaded her to come check out the gym. There are only seven 60 year old IFBB pros in the US, w...
ALECIA VERRONE
June 03, 2022 07:00 - 56 minutes - 39.6 MBToday I speak with IFBB Pro Alecia Verrone, who started competing in 2018 and turned Pro in 2020 while being a single mom and working a hectic job in the cardiac Cath lab. She ran track and played basketball in high school but was always intimidated by lifting weights at the gym because she felt like she didn’t know what she was doing. When she started to put on muscle and get leaner, she eventually found her way to competing after leaving a bad relationship. She talks about how bodybuilding...
MILENE LINGIARDI
May 27, 2022 07:00 - 55 minutes - 41.7 MBToday I speak with IFBB Pro Milene Lingiardi, a full time civil engineer who works with renewable energy and recently had her pro debut at Golden State Pro in Sacramento, CA. Originally from Brazil, she started lifting in her first year of college in 2009, and went into her first bodybuilding competition in the end of 2019. She started following a plant-based diet in January of 2021 after watching the documentary The Game Changers and have not looked back since then. Milene talks about us...
ISAMAR HANSEN
May 20, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 46.6 MBToday I speak with Isamar Hansen, an IFBB Pro originally from Venezuela. Since she was a little, she always liked to strive for bringing her best at everything she committed to do, big or small. Two days after getting her Green Card, she enlisted in the US Army and is now working towards becoming a second lieutenant. She has a Bachelor degree in petroleum engineering and is working towards her MBA. She doesn’t believe there is any other competition than ourselves. Isamar has such a uni...
BROOKE PETRY
May 13, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 47.5 MBToday I speak with Brooke Petry, an IFBB Pro Bikini athlete, wife, and mom of 3 daughters, who currently lives northwest of Chicago. She earned her B.S. in Retail/Fashion Merchandising from Bradley University, and worked in the world of corporate buying for 5 years before she decided to be a stay home mom. She started bodybuilding in 2017, at age 36. Body building has given Brooke the tools and motivation to have a healthy relationship with food, exercise and her body. Her experience w...
KAREN YUEN
May 06, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 47.6 MBToday I speak with Karen Yuen, one of the 6 IFBB bikini pros from Hong Kong. She turned pro in 2019 at her 5th NPC show. Due to covid travel restrictions i did not compete in 2020. In 2021, she had her Pro Debut in USA , despite 21 days hotel quarantine after she returned home. She placed 5th among Olympians at both shows - San Antonio Pro & Minneapolis Pro. Outside of competition, She is a gym owner, a fitness & posing coach, and also a dog mom of 3! She coaches both lifestyle and competiti...
MIGNON WILLIAMS
April 29, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 68 MBToday I speak with IFBB Pro Mignon Williams, who is a native of New Orleans, LA and currently lives in Atlanta, GA. Mignon is a finance professional and entrepreneur as the owner of Untaxed Confidential, a full service tax and accounting firm where she educates clients on ways to save money in taxes and make smart financial decisions for the future. She is a FitBody Fusion Athlete coached by Jamie DeBernard and earned her Pro Card in 2019 at the North American Championships snagging not only...
LAURA TARBELL
April 22, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 58.7 MBToday I speak with IFBB Pro Laura Tarbell who did her first prep in the spring of 2007 for seven short weeks and won my bikini pro card with the WNSO. Six weeks later, she placed third at the Pro World Championships. She immediately loved competing because it felt like the perfect combination of the two things she loved most growing up, sports and stage performance. She played basketball and studied to be a music teacher in college, but felt like she was called to be a coach. She continued t...
LAURA STALINKEVICIUTE
April 15, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 46.3 MBToday, I speak with Lithuanian IFBB Pro Laura Stalinkeviciute, a fitness coach who works with women online, design training programs, meal plans. She shares her own journey, workouts, and tips on Instagram in hopes to inspire and help more girls along the way. She used to compete in IFBB Elite, but in 2021 switched to NPC and won her pro card at her first show! She has her own Fitness Clothing brand, DEERFORCE, where she sells activewear and glute bands. She loves traveling and meeting like-...
LOUISA BURKE
April 08, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 64.9 MBToday, I speak with IFBB Pro Louisa Burke. She was born and raised in Munich, Germany where she received a degree in Interaction design. She moved to the US 5 years ago to be with her now husband. She started her fitness Instagram to share her journey and inspire others while she was waiting on her work permit. She now works full time as Product designer for LinkedIn and works on her fitness on the side. She fell in love with bodybuilding in 2020 where she also did her first Bikini competiti...
ELENOA MCCABE
April 01, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 68.8 MBToday, I speak with IFBB Pro Elenoa McCabe who goes by Noa. By day she is a data steward for a large agricultural company, but her true passion lies in competing and being part of the fitness industry! She currently lives in Colorado where she loves to hike, ski, and go on road trips with her boyfriend and their puppers. She also has a fitness podcast called The Gym-ish Pod and she is an online coach! She started competing in 2017 and turned Pro at 2021 at the NPC National Championships. She ...
ERIN MAHON
March 25, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 61.2 MBToday, I speak with IFBB Pro Erin Mahon, a 22 year-old athlete and posing coach who starting competing in 2019 and turned Pro in 20201 at Junior Nationals. She talks about being a shy and reserved persons and she competes for herself and not necessarily to broadcast her competing journey. We hear about Erin’a past experience as a soccer athlete and the knee injuries she dealt with. Even with her injuries and deciding to leave soccer, she knew there was something more out there for her. She d...
CORY HAGEMAN
March 18, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 77.8 MBToday, I speak with IFBB Pro Cory Hageman. She’s 26 years old and lives in Los Angeles. She’s been competing in bodybuilding since 2015 and won the overall at JR USA’s in 2020, where she turned pro. She’s competed in 3 pro shows and got 2nd place at her pro debut at the Mile High in Denver in 2021. She worked as a photographer and videographer before starting a career in nursing. Cory is a coach for competitors as well as lifestyle clients and also offer posing coaching! We hear how C...
DAKINI SELLAMUTHU
March 11, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 50.2 MBToday, I speak with IFBB Pro Dakini Sellamuthu, a 23 years old psychology major currently living in India. She has been bodybuilding for 3 years and I just won her pro card in December 2021 at the Arnold Amateur. She talks about how bodybuilding has helped her build self-confidence and why struggling with post show blues taught her so much about her body. Dakini tells us about her struggles in her improvement season and what she did to overcome her bingeing tendencies. We hear how Da...
SAMMY HOULE
March 04, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 49.5 MBToday, I speak with IFBB Sammy Houle, a NASM certified personal trainer, who received her Bachelor of Science in Ath letic Training with a focus on injury prevention and rehabilitation. She was born and raised in Wisconsin and is currently living in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She is a Full-Time Fit Body Fusion Online Coach, where she works with competition, lifestyle, and transformation clients. She turned pro in 2020 at USAs after competing in 4 other national shows. She made her Pro debut a...
TONI GADDIS
February 25, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 66.5 MBToday, I speak with IFBB Pro Toni Gaddis, a military service member for 16 years. She has her Bachelors in Industrial and Organizational Psychology and my Masters in Juvenile Justice. Throughout her life, she has participated in various sports from volleyball to powerlifting. She was introduced to bodybuilding by her best friend and fell in love with the sport. She competed in her first national qualifying competition on May 2018 and won both overall novice and unlimited in my class. She e...
BRE WIGLEY
February 18, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 56.1 MBToday, I speak with vegan IFBB Pro Breana Wigley. She started her journey in April 2017 and earned her IFBB PRO status in 5 months at the North Americans. She quickly started moving through the rankings as a IFBB pro by competing in 8 shows her rookie season and placing within the top 10. After focusing on qualifying for Olympian- that goal momentarily got put on hold due to beautiful life events- becoming a mom. After nearly 2 years away from the stage Breana is hopeful that one day soon s...
JODIE YUNCKER; Life With & Without Anorexia, Routine That Fits You, Tactics for Muscle Engagement
February 11, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 48.4 MBToday, I speak with IFBB Pro Jodie Yuncker, who is a coach with Fit Body Fusion. She turned Pro at Junior National in 2021 and has since competed in 3 Pro shows. She shares with us how she struggled with and eating disorder for 12 years and overcame it to regain her health. Jodie shows with us how important self-belief and manifestation are for achieving your goals and how she helps her coaching clients accomplish this. Starting in high school, she began to hyper focus on the normal ch...
KERIGAN PIKE
February 04, 2022 08:01 - 1 hour - 51.5 MBToday, I speak with IFBB Pro Kerigan Pike, a 25 year old multi-business entrepreneur and online coach. She lives in Houston, TX with her husband and 2 fur babies. She has been competing almost every other year since 2016, and in 2021 she earned her IFBB pro card at Jr. Nationals! Kerigan talks about her journey to the stage and what has driven her to compete. She tells us why she took a long improvement season and how she took advantage of that time to grow. Kerigan explains the import...
MAHSA AKBARIMEHR
January 28, 2022 08:18 - 1 hour - 54.3 MBToday, I speak with IFBB Pro Mahsa Akbarimehr, who was the first Persian female to become an IFBB Bikini Pro in June of 2018! She started her fitness journey back in her home country of Iran as a multi sport athlete competing in swimming, water Polo and rowing. The youngest of three girls, her mom and dad were a big part in who she today. They were always encouraging my sisters and I to play sports, be active and competitive growing up. She started weight training in college, where she earned...
ELISABET VANG
January 21, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 58.4 MBToday, I speak with IFBB Pro Elisabet Vang, a 23-years-old from the Faroe Island. She works full time as physical coach for a football (soccer) team in the best division where she’s from. Sports has always been her passion and ever since childhood. She has played everything from football (soccer) , handball, volleyball, to gymnastics. She fell deeply in love with bodybuilding when she started strength training through handball at the age of 16. She did my first bikini competition in 2016 and...
Sneak Peek at the Upcoming Build More than Just a Body x Glam Girl AZ Retreat
January 19, 2022 21:00 - 43 minutes - 35.5 MBReposted Podcast from Prep Life. Are you wanting to kickoff the competition season right? Have you been searching for an event in which you can connect with other likeminded women in the sport of body building? Are you searching for a place in which you can get strength training workouts, hiking in The South Mountain Preserve, HIIT cardio training, bikini posing practice, help with suit selection, and best of all mindset training and personal growth? If so, then join us in beautiful Phoenix...
ADAIR LIBBRECHT
January 14, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 50 MBToday, I speak with IFBB Pro Adair Libbrecht, a 26 year old who was born and raised in Winnipeg, Canada. She has an honors degree in psychology and just started a masters degree in counseling psychology! She is also a crisis counsellor for a 24/7 crisis and suicide line in Winnipeg. On top of that, she is a certified nutritionist and personal trainer who coaches online lifestyle clients and approaches fitness from a psychological perspective. Her goal is to not only help individuals achieve ...
JAZMINE OSBORNE
January 07, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 53.2 MBToday, I speak with IFBB Pro Jazmine Osborne, personal trainer, & posing coach who started competing in 2015 and turned pro in 2019 at her second national show. She made her Pro debut in 2020 at the NorCal show! She initially started competing when she was still in college and only wanted to compete once as a bucket list item. She immediately started looking forward to her next show! Jazmine speaks to the importance of finding pride in the process and not the placing. She talks about not fee...
Inner Health Series Ep 3: The Pro Method
January 05, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 45.5 MBIn the final episode of the Inner Health Series, I speak with Shonte Turner and Dawn Nasta of The Pro Method, a physiological decompression method approach to recovery and optimizing training via advanced technology. Shonte and Dawn start off by sharing some background as to how they met, what influenced them to join forces, and how The Pro Method came about. First, Shonte and Dawn discuss the Neufit machine and the role it plays in their practice. Dawn talks about the concept of a dir...
Inner Health Series Ep 2: Liv Health
January 04, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 50.3 MBIn the second episode of the inner health series, I speak with Julia Bresner, the lead integrative health concierge, and Andrew Wax, the director of clinical care, from Liv Health. Andrew and Julia start the conversation by explaining to listeners what services are provided at Liv Health, the importance they have, and how they are beneficial to bodybuilders. They emphasize how their approach and methods differ from those of a typical primary care physician, and how they look to optimize thei...
Inner Health Series Ep 1: Adam Atkinson
January 03, 2022 18:44 - 58 minutes - 50 MBKicking off the first ever Inner Health Series, Celeste speaks with Adam Atkinson, head coach & creator of See You Later Leaner. Aside from coaching, Adam takes on lab consult clients, such as Celeste, to look at an athletes bloodwork and see if and where things are off hormonally, and how they can be fixed. First, Celeste discusses her personal experiences in working with Adam and how he has helped her improve her internal health and progress in her improvement season, starting with an in d...
VANIA AUGUSTE
December 31, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 52.1 MBToday I speak with IFBB Pro and 2021 Olympian Vania Auguste. Vania started competing back in 2015 and won her pro card at Jr Nationals in 2019. Vania works as a posing coach alongside her teaching career, leading girls to the stage with a powerful stage presence and confidence in their routines. Vania shares what inspired her move from her native country of Haiti to the US, sharing how she ended up in Nashville and chose her career as a high school teacher. Vania also discusses what in...
JONELLE WARNER
December 24, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 53.8 MBToday, I speak with IFBB Pro Jonelle Warner. She turned pro this year at NPC Junior Nationals Jonelle has been in the industry and competing since 2016 and is a full time coach for Team Boss Bodies, where she also handles athlete and staff relations. She has a fluffy maincoon cat named Prince James and currently reside in Pittsburgh, PA. She firmly believes in the importance of focusing on the mental aspect of the sport and aims to help her clients with that. She talks about the impor...
LAURA MOORE-SHAY
December 17, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 52.5 MBToday, I speak with IFBB Pro Laura Moore-Shay, a full time project manager in engineering. She is also a prep & lifestyle coach, homeowner, and pug mom. She also is the host of the podcast Bikini Things! She first competed in 2017 and turned Pro in 2020 at NPC USAs. Laura speaks in depth about her road to Pro and highs and lows. Being 6 feet tall, Laura has to be careful not looking too thin when she diets down for a show. She decided to start working with Kim Odo and take a long off seaso...
DR. JACQUELINE DUKE
December 10, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 57.7 MBToday, I speak with IFBB Pro Dr. Jaqueline Duke, a doctor of clinical psychology who has ran a thriving practice while raising her young daughter with her also-competing, chiropractic physician, IFBB Pro husband. She earned her pro card with a first place finish at NPC TCM Nationals and received two fourth place finishes 24 hours later at her pro debut in the IFBB Pittsburgh Pro Masters Championships. Her success in Pittsburgh took place only 13 months after her very first bikini competition...
CHRISTY BROWN
December 03, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 61.5 MBToday, I speak with IFBB Pro Christy Brown. Sh earned her pro card in her rookie year of competing in the NPC. She achieved this at the Teen, Collegiate & Masters National Championship in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in July of 2021. This was her 5th ever competition! She has a bachelors in Business Management and is a practicing Dental Hygienist, while growing her online coaching business on the side. Her dream is to eventually become a full time online fitness and posing coach where she can h...
BRYANNA BARCELO
November 26, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 58.7 MBToday, I speak with IFBB Pro Bryanna Barcelo, a 29-year-old who earned her IFBB Pro status at USAs 2019, her third National show! She has been competing since 2015 and since 2016 in the NPC. She works full time as a registered nurse in a critical care unit and also coaches competition and lifestyle clients for Team Fflex. She took almost two years off from competing and is now just starting to hit the Pro stage. Bryanna tells us about her joint to the stage and then how she eventually ...
MICHELLE ABRAMSON
November 19, 2021 10:59 - 54 minutes - 41.1 MBToday, I speak with IFBB Pro Michelle Abramson, who turned 51 in September. She started this journey at 42 and fell in love with this sport. She's a professional certified registered nurse anesthetist in a high volume transplant hospital in Florida. She works full time, and is also a mom and wife. Her motivation is to help other women over 40 with a full plate to take care of themselves. She’s also an ISSA certified master trainer in nutrition and bodybuilding . She’s proven it’s never too l...
NICCOLE GUGGIA
November 12, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 67.1 MBToday, I speak with IFBB Pro Niccole Guggia, an AFPA certified holistic nutritionist who turned Pro in the 35+ division. Niccole began bodybuilding after she was already vegan. She was experiencing unexplained medical issues that doctors were unable to solve. In 2017, she decided to try a a plant-based diet for 30 day. After only two weeks, the majority of her symptoms were gone. She fell into bodybuilding after lifting weights with her husband and falling in love with the sport. She did her...
HOLLY LARSON
November 05, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 46.2 MBToday, I speak with IFBB Pro Holly Larsen, a 51-year-old mother who didn’t start competing until she was 48. She started her lifestyle coaching business when she experienced a layoff during COVID. Holly loves the lifestyle and journey to getting on stage but has had to work extra hard to overcome her discomfort being on stage. She found bodybuilding when she went to a women’s retreat and set the goal to get into the best shape of her life. Someone in her group suggested a bikini show and she...
CARLIE LANE
October 29, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 58.7 MBToday, I speak with IFBB Pro and fellow Team Edge teammate Carlie Lane, who has a passion for fitness and decided to compete as a bucket list item back in 2016 and 2017. She won her pro card this year at Masters Nationals, her first national show, after taking nearly four years off from the sport. Carlie shares how she found herself inspired to try competing after a break up, although being the center of attention was something out of her comfort zone. She shares how she ultimately decided ...