Today I speak with IFBB Bikini Pro Phillipa Ferreira who started competing in ICN back in 2020 and turned pro in that federation in her first year of competing. She moved to IFBB last year and earned her Pro card at Nationals, where she placed first. She was the first Australian bikini athlete to win two state titles in one season, as well as the first Australian bikini athlete to turn pro in their first season and finish undefeated with 11 gold medals. Having struggled with depression for most of my adult life, Phillipa is passionate about heaving open discussions about mental health. She studies law full time, works 2 jobs, dances professionally, and wants to show people you CAN do it all!

TOPICS COVERED

-bad coaching experiences

-mental health

-mindset sets you apart

-balancing a busy life

-working with a life coach & psychiatrist

-having big dreams

-being a professional dancer

-trusting your coach

-prepping while on antidepressants

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TIME STAMPS

1:00 introduction

5:39 heaving an undefeated streak

9:13 focusing on the process and not the outcome

19:19 focusing on the mental side

27:09 rebuilding her life

39:00 bodybuilding as an identity

53:07 possibly living in the USA

59:15 navigating a busy life

65:30 the price of competing

67:03 from dancing to competing

69:20 having a coach you trust

83:15 having a history of disordered eating

89:42 doing it for yourself

97:30 dating while in prep

100:40 creating the next physique

106:30 advice for competitors

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Today I speak with IFBB Bikini Pro Lisa Reid, a 32 year old newly crowned Bikini Pro from Australia who entered her first competition back in 2014 and was immediately hooked. Now, almost a decade later I has competed in 23 shows and her passion and love for the sport only continues to grow. She started in the Natural Bodybuilding federations first: winning pro status and world titles in two federations (ICN & WNBF), before working towards building a competitive physique for her NPC Debut in 2022. At the end of 2023 she traveled to America to compete at the Amateur Olympia, and then her dream became a reality when she earned her Pro card at the Caribbean Grand Prix Pro Qualifier in the Bahamas.

TOPICS COVERED

-the difficulty to win a pro card in Australia

-experience training & competing internationally

-background as a dancer growing up

-importance of consistency and patience

-passion is one of the keys to success

-having her partner as her coach

-a strong support network

-maturing as an athlete

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TIME STAMPS

1:00 introduction

5:00 competing in different federations

12:01 posing practice and different standards

14:07 earning a Pro card in Australia

16:31 competing internationally

21:31 differences in competing locally and internationally

30:40 developing over 10 years

36:53 comparison hurting your preps

41:55 personal growth

44:32 focuses outside of bodybuilding

47:55 being coached by her partner

54:37 growing muscle overtime

57:48 prep versus off season

62:32 goals for the Pro league

66:23 relating posing to dancing

69:30 advice for competitors

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Today I celebrate six years of the Confessions of a Bikini Pro Podcast! Sometime I feel like it’s been longer and sometimes I feel like it was just yesterday! So much of my life has changed over the past six years, but the one constant has been the podcast. Join me today as I look back on the past guests, lessons learned, and what the future holds!

TOPICS COVERED

-6 lessons learned

-6 mental health tips

-6 goals for the podcast

-6 reflections

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TIME STAMPS

1:00 introduction

3:30 podcasting as a passion project

5:45 lessons learned

14:13 mental health tips

20:40 goals for the podcast

28:40 reflections on the podcast

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