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The Secret Life of a Bikini Competitor — 55 episodes
#56 Daniella Murphy WBFF Fitness: Childhood trauma and building a survivor mentality, manifesting your dreams, post-show binging, posing struggles
#55 Holly Ouwehand NZIFBB Wellness: Finding a category for your body shape, prepping as a flight attendant, time management tips
#54 Brooke Hoskin ICN Bikini: PCOS & hormone management, are you cut out for competing? Never competing again to never slowing down!
#53 Sarah Collier IFBBNZ Bikini: Prepping in secret, overcoming binge eating, mindful vs. mindless eating and activities
#52 GlamFit Bikinis owner, Claire Williamson reveals EVERYTHING you need to know about competition bikinis
#51 Sharnie Cocks ICN Fitness Pro & IFBB Bikini: Overcoming imposter syndrome, recovering from disordered eating, slip ups on stage, managing scoliosis
#50 Courtney McConnell WBFF Bikini: Overcoming shyness, building confidence, powerlifting in your off season, waiting to compete when the time is right
#49 Jess Johnson IFBB Bikini Pro: overcoming binge-eating & burnout from back to back shows, prepping in the Air Force, managing FOMO
#48 Jess Leech WBFF Bikini: Grieving and prepping/competing, prep as a distraction, should you do back to back shows?
#47 Tamara Meyer WBFF Bikini Pro: why we love therapy, the power of self-belief, how to manage your ‘off days’, eating out when in prep
#46: How to embrace your improvement season & necessary weight gain!
#45 Belinda Croxford WBFF Figure Pro: Misconceptions of pros, importance of gut health, balance vs. all in, it’s OK to pull out of a show if you’re not ready
#44 Dani Antonellos WBFF Bikini Pro: how to PROPERLY train your glutes, injury management and prevention for competitors, why movement is medicine
#43 Latoya Caruso WBFF Figure: bikini to fitness to figure in a year, embracing weight gain, dealing with online bullies, making sacrifices, crazy prep brain moments
#42 Naomi Zee-McKillop, WBFF Bikini: how to set and smash your goals, competing won’t fix your issues, unnecessary prep ‘hacks’
#41 Holly Baxter-Norton WBFF Fitness Pro: what is evidence-based coaching, importance of diet breaks, planning your reverse, honest truths of prep, negative metabolic adaptation
#40 Na’iyma Chew IFBB Bikini Pro: the pro mindset and ‘turning’ pro before winning your card, importance of mindset coaching, helping the ‘lost’ competitor
#39: Feel the fear and do it anyway
#38 Celeste Rains-Turk NPC Bikini: how to develop a healthier relationship with food & body, importance of identity, danger of autopilot, managing the festive season!
#37 Nadine Dekleva ICN Sports Model Rookie of the Year 2020: outgrowing binge-drinking culture & turning her life around, what people don’t tell you about competing
#36 Lisa Kream NPC Bikini: Why Lisa (probably) won’t compete again, releasing control when reversing, repairing food relationships, prepping in the holidays
#35 Gabbi Nockles ICN Fitness Pro & IFBB Bikini: Prepping herself, PCOS, how to get the most out of prep & what you need to DO before starting
#34 Anjuli Mack WBFF Bikini: loving food & still achieving fitness goals, food obsession post show, recovering menstrual cycles, evolving & learning each prep
#33 Alana Coomer AWNBS Fitness PRO: you don’t need to suffer to compete, bodybuilding will not fix mental health issues, Spondylolisthesis, reverse dieting 101
#32 Jessica Mahoney ICN Bikini: psychiatric nursing in an ED clinic while competing, reverse diet tips, training on holiday, advice for first timers
#31 Sharelle Grant WBFF Bikini Pro: hormonal health & periods, weight gain mentality, importance of authenticity on social media
#30: We are what we repeatedly tell ourselves
#28 Taylor Madison IFBB Bikini: Vacuums & Hypopressives 101, doing the 1%ers, learning from bad packages, pro card hunt
#27 Sofia Toumbas Miss Universe ’18: dealing with self doubt, importance of bloodwork, tracking biomarkers to tune into our bodies
#26 Lauren Killey WBFF Bikini Pro: power of visualisation, pressures of being a pro, balance in off season, competitor identity
#25 Donna Atkins Posing Coach: VHS posing videos, no social media & bikinis from eBay: how bodybuilding has evolved over 17 years
#24 Kayla Hughes WBFF USA Bikini Pro Champion: bikini to fitness/wellness, off season body image, reverse diet struggles, choosing a federation
#23 Liv Strelein IFBB Bikini: recovering from anorexia and binge eating, epic training methods, powerlifting & strongwoman, empowerment in strength
#22 Tyarra Nelson IFBB Bikini, ICN Fitness & Bodybuilding Dietitians host: listener Q&A - prep effects on metabolism, gut issues, food timing pre/post workout, post-cut maintenance calories, macros vs meal plan
#21 Taliha Paige WBFF Fitness: working when no one is watching, knowing your purpose, finding the right sponsor, training mistakes & more!
#20 Bridgitte Vogt ICN Sports & Fitness Model Pro & ICN Judge: What judges are really looking for, how to stand out on stage, competing natural, playing the long game
#19 Habiba ICN Bikini Rising Star: Prepping during COVID, reverse diet mindset, overcoming anorexia, allowing ourselves to FEEL, food obsession during prep
#18 You will never be criticised by someone doing more than you
#17 Kirsten Aisbett ICN Bikini/Sports: Losing 40kg, training her mind, dealing with negative/unsupportive people, back to back preps, 2 year off-season
#16 Shell Skelton IFBB Bikini: Shift work, post comp body image pressure, filtering social media, picking federations & coaches
#15 Maxine Page PCA Bikini: Drunk uni friends to bodybuilders, fad diets, how competing improved the rest of our lives, organisational hacks and tips
#14 Kaitlyn Krause WBFF/IFBB Bikini: Competing on a budget, importance of pre-prep, menstrual cycles, starting a family vs next prep, improving relationships with food
#13 Holly Jeans Part Time Bodybuilder host & IFBB Bikini: dating & competing, offseason mindset, learning confidence, 4000cal diet, binge eating post-comp & SO MUCH MORE
#12 Helena Sly: WBFF Bikini to Fitness, karate to bodybuilding, adaptive metabolism, scoliosis & spinal fusion, technique over ego, EPIC morning routines
#11 Leticia Lockhart WBFF Bikini Diva: overcoming addiction, competing as a self discovery journey, importance of connection, mental fitness, creating your inventory
#10 Bec Cameron: 4 x ICN Bikini Champ, recovering from adrenal fatigue & managing stress, overcoming exercise disorder, competing healthily & advice for first timers
#9 The importance of loving the process
#8 Natalie Jayne: WBFF transformation winner, postpartum weightloss, abdominoplasty, reverse dieting, being authentic on social media
#7 Becc Cox PNBA Bikini Pro: from never wanting to compete again to PRO, owning your stage persona & choosing a natural federation
#6 Emily Rolles IFBB Bikini: reversing during COVID, going from 100kg to IFBB stage, prep & relationships, nursing & competing
#5 Phoebe Taylor WBFF Fitness Pro: embracing growth, finding the right coach, meditating to win
#4 Jasmin Jeffery: Not Just a Bikini Girl podcast host on finding your formula, getting sh*t done and SO many competing tips!
#3 Nikki Cassebohm WBFF Bikini Pro: Empowering women through her own journey, neuroscience, embracing our inner coach
#2 Jasmine Bonnie: first competition, dealing with injuries, mental health & cutting toxic relationships
#1 Introducing The Secret Life of a Bikini Competitor podcast!