Confessions of a Bikini Pro Celeste Rains-Turk

Today 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 academy. She plans on making her Pro debut in 2025 or 2026. Tianna also offers posing coaching. 
 
TOPICS COVERED
-eating disorder recovery 
-finding bodybuilding 
-DIY show day
-taking time away from the stage
-life outside of bodybuilding 
-benefits of intuitive eating
-setting your mind to your goals
-muscle maturity and time to build
-division crossover
 
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Website: http://www.celestial.fit
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CONNECT WITH TIANNA:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tirae_fit/
Posing: https://www.instagram.com/tiraeflows/
 
TIME STAMPS
1:00 introduction
6:27 how posing practice transforms you
17:25 taking a long improvement season
24:55 goals outside of bodybuilding
28:34 transitioning to different styles of eating
36:49 bodybuilding saved her life
44:41 shifting her mindset
49:00 feeling a responsibly on social media
52:15 her dad’s experience bodybuilding
60:00 wanting to be a police officer
62:25 discipline to follow your dreams
67:02 deciding to study homeland security
70:00 life is too short to say no 
82:49 Feedback from USAs
 
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Today 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 competed in 2 shows before earning 2 IFBB pro cards at the 2021 North Americans. She most recently earned second place at the 2023 Masters Olympia Bikini! Along with Jodie Unger and Ashlyn Little, she is a co-founder of Team Alpha Aesthetics.
 
TOPICS COVERED
-being a Masters athlete
-staying healthy and balanced
-empowering mothers
-competing at Masters Olympia
-serving others
-focusing on the future
-leaning on her faith
-coaching relationships
-in it to win it
 
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CONNECT WITH JANINE:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ja9fit/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teamalphaaesthetics/
 
TIME STAMPS
1:00 introduction
8:53 Masters success & Masters Olympia
13:15 having a passion to pursue
17:15 managing her time as a single mom
22:20 staying focused and not stressing
28:30 asking for help
33:17 overcoming obstacles
37:22 focusing on being present
43:50 working with clients with ICU nurse experience
49:18 coaching philosophies
55:48 habits for success
60:00 building community with women
65:33 you’re never too old
70:14 should you hide your age?
76:55 being fuller and tighter
79:10 bikini competitors are athletes
84:30 future masters Olympia
91:20 advice for competitors
 
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Today 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 through the process
-personal growth through competing
-leaving a friend group
-working towards goals
-understanding your feedback
-following your intuition
-talking about taboo topics
-being your own boss
 
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CONNECT WITH SAMMY:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itssammyjo_/
Website: itssammyjo.com
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@SjXoXo
 
TIME STAMPS
1:00 introduction
3:40 what she wish she knew before competing
9:15 competing for longevity
17:02 dancers, competing, and body image
20:08 views of competing  
29:14 moving and changing your life
33:00 becoming a step-mom
40:40 competing and building a family
44:07 goals for the Olympia
51:30 the cost of competing
55:18 leaving her 9-5 job
60:00 being demonetizing YouTube
72:45 building confidence
77:40 managing her work flow
85:00 acknowledging your accomplishments
87:33 suit design with Toxic Angelz
99:40 advice for competitors
 
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Today 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 her from feeling powerless and defeated to empowered and strong. She is a Coach at Fitbliss Fitness.
 
Her first NPC show was in March 2015, and later that year, competed at North Americans.  She earned her Pro card at USA’s in 2018 after placing 1st. She last competed in 2021 and is returning to the Pro stage this year!
 
TOPICS COVERED
-leaving an abusive marriage
-choosing a partner
-learning from mistakes
-friendships in bodybuilding
-adapting your routine
-taking a break from stage
-embracing the lifestyle
-competing for the right reasons
-setting boundaries
-starting a family
 
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carrielawlerhennessy/
 
TIME STAMPS
1:00 introduction
5:25 leaving an abusive marriage
10:01 finding love
16:23 learning to trust yourself
21:18 changing views of herself
24:34 finding bodybuilding and coaching
28:03 finding empowerment
31:01 competing & motherhood
39:30 changes made to go Pro
44:52 living the lifestyle
52:00 controlling the narrative around your body
1:06:13 maintaining life while in prep
1:12:10 pregnancy and postpartum
1:17:20 prep changes after having a baby
1:20:00 decoding to grow her family
1:26:24 navigating client comparison
1:33:50 advice for competitors
 
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Today 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 relationships/dating as a competitor
-client/coach relationships
-being self-coached 
-learning from your mistakes
-committing to improvement season
-meeting clients where they’re at
-confidence on stage
-posing year round
-it takes a village
 
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CONNECT WITH JESSICA:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jess_ifbbpro/
 
TIME STAMPS
1:00 introduction
3:48 lessons learned through bodybuilding
8:19 placing second at a pro show
11:40 committed to improvement season
17:01 life before bodybuilding
21:20 advice for prepping yourself
26:20 collaborating with her coach
30:40 non-negotiables for coaching yourself
33:14 developing posing routines
39:35 goals for competing
43:20 going through a divorce
46:34 dating as a bodybuilder 
49:30 it takes a village
55:24 advice for competitors
 
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Today 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, Maddy was put on a SLEW of medications, each with side effects, which lead her to I began on the journey to studying nursing as well as functional medicine. At that same time, she hired a bodybuilding coach and competed in her first show, knowing the feedback would be to gain weight. 
 
Fast forward 4 years and she was healthy, thriving, and growing her own functional prep/lifestyle coaching business, FREE from medications and with a CLEAN bill of health. Maddy now uses her knowledge to empower, inspire, and cultivate healing and growth in other women -- whether they want to compete, get off of medication, or reconcile their relationship with food. 
 
TOPICS COVERED
-her journey to self-love
-leveraging bodybuilding to heal
-posing/lifestyle/contest prep coaching
-having a family of bodybuilders/wellness advocates
-trusting yourself
-moving past the scale
-shifting mindset of bodybuilding
-being gracious
-dating as a competitor
-female competition
-gut issues
 
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CONNECT WITH MADDY:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/madsmichiefitness/
TikTok: Madsmichiefitness
Youtube: madsmichiefitness
 
TIME STAMPS
1:00 introduction
7:30 getting into wakeboarding
10:30 healing eating disorder through bodybuilding
20:01 different approaches to tracking
30:05 positive reinforcement for negative actions
34:20 losing & finding your identity
46:35 beneficial habits
47:53 isolating in prep & dating
57:00 female competition
1:18:10 eating disorders and control
1:28:40 starting her business
1:34:35 how she works with clients
1:40:41 the biggest things people miss
1:47:17 changes in her last prep
1:51:20 advice for competitors
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