Today I speak with IFBB Bikini Pro Maria Acosta, who just placed 7th at the 2024 Ms. Bikini Olympia at her debut! She is from Venezuela, where she started her bodybuilding journey 12 years ago, before coming to the USA to follow her dreams. She earned her Pro card at 2021 North Americans and now with 29 shows under her belt, she has accomplished so much as an athlete and a coach!

TOPICS COVERED

-mindset

-don’t compare yourself

-overcoming bulimia and anorexia

-shifting your mindset

-fixing your relationship with food

-controlling nerves

-changing training objectives

-dealing with pressure

-7th place at the Olympia

-being a fan of the sport

-avoiding comparison

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TIME STAMPS

1:00 introduction

3:38 her relationship with God

11:15 changes for success

15:06 focusing on your food relationship

21:43 worrying about being flat

25:09 differences between prep and improvement season

30:00 balancing mind and body

40:33 first callouts at the Olympia

46:55 feelings after first Olympia

54:01 helping clients avoid comparison

58:50 the love of bodybuilding

64:12 goals for the future

70:00 coming from Venezuela

73:23 advice for competitors

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Today I speak with IFBB Bikini Pro Carly Lamberts who has been competing since 2019 and has competed in 210 shows. She earned her Pro card in 2024 at NPC Universe. Outside of competing, she is a wife to another bodybuilder and dog mom to two corgis. She works full time in sales for Red Bull Distribution and as a posing coach. She shares how bodybuilding impacted the trajectory of her life, from trying to shrink herself to be happy to building her dream body and finding confidence, leaving a toxic relationship and finding her forever person!

TOPICS COVERED

-journey to pro

-the decision to switch coaches

-fighting to get diagnosed

-living with Superior Canal Dehiscence Syndrome

-Pro card to cranial surgery

-recovery post surgery and the importance of not taking movement for granted

-importance of posing and starting early

-core control and flexibility for posing

-finding your confidence for stage

-mental health and prep

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TIME STAMPS

1:00 introduction

6:10 practicing to be on stage

9:28 overlooked keys to posing

15:03 her journey to Pro

23:46 changed between 2021 and 2024 season

28:22 switching coaches mid-season

36:52 Superior Canal Dehiscence Syndrome

45:57 approaching post-show with surgery on the schedule

50:30 recovering from cranial surgery

53:35 not taking fitness for granted

58:24 returning to fitness after surgery

65:05 continuing to progress

78:11 working towards the future

80:30 advice for competitors

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For today’s episode, I wanted to do something a little different! In honor of the 2024 Olympia that took place last weekend, I am sharing my interview with our new Ms. Bikini Olympia, Lauralie Chapados. This interview took place after her second place win at the 2018 Olympia, after she crushed her 2018 season. When this episode was recorded she was prepping for the Arnold Classic and next heads to the Arnold Australia.

TOPICS COVERED

-struggles as an amateur with finances

-working to earn a living

-pressures of coaching herself

-turning Pro in Canada

-competing at a young age

-mindset heading into competition

-game plan is for the future

-pursuing her dream as being an elite athlete

-working on feedback

-having faith in her dreams

-being an ambassador for the sport

-posing tips

-approach to building muscle

-mental challenges and rituals

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CONNECT WITH LAURALIE:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lauraliechap/

TIME STAMPS

1:00 introduction

8:03 feedback from the Olympia

11:33 working on her confidence

15:30 coaching herself to working with a coach

21:10 goals for the future

27:47 starting competing at a young age

39:52 taking a leap of faith

48:50 doing what you love

54:00 posing tips

60:35 advice for competitors

64:45 turning Pro in Canada

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