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Hello everyone and welcome back to Bikinis
After Babies.

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I'm so excited to bring to you another
fantastic episode.

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Of course, I am Mandy Rashawn joined by
your other beautiful blonde host over

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here.

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Hey everybody, thank you so much for
tuning in to another episode.

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It's actually Memorial Day here today, so
I hope you're all having a safe and fun

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holiday and really excited about today's
episode.

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We have a very special guest with us
today.

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Today we are joined by Fallon Wainwright.

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She is a wife and a mother of two girls,
ages 14 and five.

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Fallon is a clinical researcher who began
competing in 2020, earning her pro card at

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Masters Nationals in 2022.

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Fallon took home first place at her pro
debut that same year.

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And this year she already has three top
three pro placings, including first place

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at the Girl Power Pro in April of this
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We are so excited to have her on the show
today.

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Welcome to Bikinis After Babies, Fallon
Wainwright.

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Yay.

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If we had a producer, we would have like
applause.

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Yeah, we're so excited to have you on
today and you are fresh off of the clash

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this past weekend where you placed

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third, is that correct?

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Yes.

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Awesome.

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Well, congratulations.

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And you're six days out from Miami, right?

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Yeah.

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Awesome.

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That's so cool.

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Well, we're really excited to see you
continue to crush it.

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And so I kind of like to start each
episode with having you just kind of talk

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a little bit about how you got started on
your journey competing.

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sure, sure.

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So I had a girlfriend, Yvonne, who
competed in 2019 and I was fresh out of

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having my little one, Veda.

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And I went up to Charleston to support her
at her first show and I immediately fell

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in love with it.

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I thought, okay, this is the stage.

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I'm pretty sure I can do this.

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I love competing.

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I love the glitz and glam.

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And Yvonne took me under her belt.

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She kind of coached me through my first
year in 2020.

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As everybody knows, 2020 was a super,
super tough year.

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Don't know why I chose that year, but I
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That's when the gyms closed.

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That's when COVID came around.

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And my first show was the Dexter Jackson
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it was June at the time.

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And the gyms closed, I think in March.

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So all my training was done at home from
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dumbbell weights.

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That's it.

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I was doing leg extensions off my couch.

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I was getting reams of paper and using
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It was insane.

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But my first show, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

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I was committed.

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I was all in.

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It was do it or what else am I gonna do?

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But it was great.

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Dexter Jackson was so much fun.

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It was a great first show.

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I did Novice and I took home second in
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And I think that was it.

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So that was 2020 and I went on to do a
national show in Charleston and whew, I

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just wasn't ready for it, but it was still
a lot of fun.

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A lot of growing to do.

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My following year, what was that?

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2021 is when I did get my pro card at the
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That was a hike.

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I felt like I was constantly go, go,
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Masters National, my pro card.

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It was phenomenal.

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I mean, the words were speechless when you
get that pro win.

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It was really fun.

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Someday.

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So prior to learning about competing and
whatnot, were you like always an athlete?

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Like, do you have an athletic background?

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I do, I cheered from fourth grade into my
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Again, it's something about that stage,
something about just showing off what I

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enjoy, what I love.

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I was a flyer as a cheerleader, a Tumblr,
and it just makes my heart happy to be up

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Just driven, focused, cheering was...

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you know, top level back then when you're
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and it changes in high school because it's
a different game out there.

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What was it middle school in elementary
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It's just some pep rally fun and pop
Warner.

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But yes, I've always been athletic swim
team and cheerleading was were my two

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sports.

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Yeah, so that's awesome.

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I'm surprised that you didn't think about
competing, you know, beforehand.

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I'm sure like, yeah, you know, but that's
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journeys take us to, you know, thinking
about competing.

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I wanted a baby by 25 and I was damn
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So that's like, you know, what we do often
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you know, when they always talk about each
girl kind of crosses the stage and it's,

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she's a nurse.

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she's a personal trainer.

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she's a nurse.

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You know, you kind of get those like
commonalities and you're you work in

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clinical research, which is a bit
different from the fitness industry.

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So does it feel like, you know, you've got
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your professional career and then your
career as a professional athlete?

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having, I have like seven hats, but yeah.

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You do find a lot of the competitors are
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at the level of the RNs or the MAs that
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Totally new field for me.

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Don't know anything about nutrition prior
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I'd be in the gym, but.

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I didn't know what I was doing.

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It's just throwing around some weights to
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in your 20s.

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But yeah, it's definitely different
clinical research, still a healthcare

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field, but more on like a drug study side.

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So you did your first show like pretty
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So and also I think it's unique that you
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such different but maybe that was like an
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to compare it to.

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Like the rest of us were like, well, I
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thrusts and all the things that I
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So what was that like, you know, getting
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not only back in shape after a baby, but
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meaning, so I did start competing
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the youngest turn, turn one.

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and I just did what Yvonne told me to do.

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Hey, do this when you can at home.

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just within that macro friendly.

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Things have definitely changed since then,
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didn't think to work out at home or they
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where some of the gyms were on the sly
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But it was definitely didn't really have
any expectations and it was honestly just

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a bucket list item at the time.

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And that bucket list is no longer.

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It's a permanent thing in my life is
competing and the whole lifestyle.

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that a lot because I expedite the shows
here in the Midwest.

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So I travel all around and all the time at
athlete meets, we will meet people that

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have it as a bucket list.

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It's like just something they want to
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And many times after they step on stage
and they step off stage, they're like,

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this is this is no, yeah, this is not a
bucket list.

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I how do I grow or get bigger?

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It's like, here's our next show.

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that's awesome.

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So you did a lot of shows in between that
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card.

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And I noticed there was a hair color
change in there as well.

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So can you tell me a little bit about
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And then also like the feedback that you
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pro.

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So the hair color even in my younger
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I just get in these little moods when it's
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darker in the summer and then I'll blonde
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There wasn't anything in particular this
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my husband a new wife today and...

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He came home and thought there was a
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dinner.

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I like to keep him on his toes.

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just talking about that as you get leaner
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It's like we transform into different
people for our husbands.

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It's like they don't know.

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My damn body.

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It's so true.

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there wasn't any feedback as for the hair.

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It was just something that I did.

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My coach at the time didn't even know I
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And I did a check -in photo and he was
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You didn't want to communicate this with
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But the brown looks really, really good on
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It looks more, my word for myself is more
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on stage.

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My blonde was very hard for me.

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I think looking back at my photos, it
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there's a different look and I like the
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It's like you elevated from 2021 to 22.

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You can just see, you know, there's
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more training, more preparedness as well.

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But just like that was like, you know, you
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some people will play with different
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trying to figure it out.

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So, you know, I wasn't.

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yeah, the last two years.

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I've always had brown hair.

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I'm like, well, no, for the stage, yeah.

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I was like, brawned last year.

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And it was just like, I always tell people
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dark brown, platinum blonde.

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Like the in -betweens just sort of like
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I had purple hair on stage one time.

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Judges hated that.

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That was a really bad idea.

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That was a really bad idea.

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I was like, it'll be fine.

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It was not fine.

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suit change last year.

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I tried to, you know, you get an itch, you
get a bug, you want to change it.

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And I went for this purple and it was
okay, but the blue, the blue is mine.

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The blue, the royal blue is just
unmatched.

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about that for the pros.

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Like I know, you know, when once you get a
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different sort of in that color family.

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Do you stick to like one particular suit,
suit, stone, everything, or do you have

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different ones in that color family?

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my very, very first year and I wore, I
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she, I bought her used.

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So she started falling apart here and
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just made me a whole new blue suit.

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Same, same palette, same brighter stone,
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I love it.

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Mm -hmm.

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if you're showing up repeatedly and you're
changing too many things, like don't you

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think that can be a disadvantage?

246
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It's like, well, you know, yeah, very
interesting.

247
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So that summer you turned pro, that was
2022, you did two national shows and then

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you finally got that win.

249
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And then did you decide right away to just
jump into a pro show or what was your

250
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strategy after that?

251
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I did Daytona's right down the road from
me.

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30, 40 minute drive and my team, Team
Flawless, Fizik, it's kind of one of their

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family shows where we have a lot of people
go to and they were all going and I

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thought I can either be a show mama and
show up and just help or I can do both.

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And that was also the year that Hurricane
came through.

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Last year we had a terrible hurricane come
through Daytona, flooded the streets,

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things were closed.

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The show still went on, but there was,
there's a lot of people that couldn't make

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it cause flights were canceled.

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But Mike didn't cancel this show.

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So we showed up and the hotel didn't have
a sea.

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The rooms floors were still wet from the,
from all the water coming in.

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It was a crazy experience, but I just
jumped in it and thought, why the hell

264
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not?

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And that was my first pro.

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It was 35 and a pro win.

267
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Yeah, that's awesome.

268
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It was definitely a different experience.

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I mean, we're sweating.

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No AC in there.

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It was crazy.

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it's so nice to kind of hear those stories
though, because you have so many amateurs

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that with like, if they have like some
obstacles, you know, whether it's in their

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control or not, it's like, I need to stop
prepping right now because it's, yeah.

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And it's like, no, you're always going to
have obstacles, whether you can control

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them or not, you're going to be faced with
adversity.

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It's how do you overcome that adversity to
get to the goal, right?

278
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And it's nice to be able to hear that,
like, exactly.

279
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You just, you did, yeah.

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family came down the following day.

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There were fans being blown into the hotel
rooms to try to dry the floors.

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Sleeping with the doors open to get some
kind of breeze because there wasn't AC.

283
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Going through flooded streets.

284
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It was an experience, but I do it again.

285
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It was still fun.

286
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Yeah, yeah.

287
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Yep, I was still there.

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showed up and showed out.

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So, so kind of shifting gears a little bit
and maybe kind of tagging on with that

290
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last topic of kind of talking about
adversity and things that happen.

291
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2023, you know, you revealed was sort of
just not your best year.

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You had some things that kind of went on
in your personal life that.

293
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-hmm.

294
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a little bit difficult for your journey.

295
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So can you share a little bit about what
that year was like for you?

296
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Yeah, so official pro debut minus at
Daytona Pro 2023 started off a little

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rough for for my family and I.

298
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I was away out of the country celebrating
the husband's birthday and I got some

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terrible news that my father had passed
away unexpectedly.

300
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Not being home and something like that
happening, especially when you're I mean,

301
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I say especially, but.

302
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your father passes away yes or yes it's
it's it's terrible it's I remember just

303
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not being able to breathe at one point the
husband was trying to comfort me but

304
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literally could not catch my breath to to
speak I couldn't do anything I wasn't

305
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there you can't just go to the hospital
I'm in another country

306
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Yeah.

307
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Thankfully, I have a really, really good
support system.

308
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I have friends that I can call and, you
know, make sure things are still running

309
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okay until I get back.

310
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But that was in May.

311
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And I think my first show was slated for
June.

312
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And I knew that I needed to stay, I needed
to stay focused in something.

313
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But I definitely can look back and know
that last year's showings weren't.

314
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There was something off.

315
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There was just something that I wasn't
bringing.

316
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And I don't know if it was a confidence or
just a lackluster, but I knew if I was

317
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going to the gym and keeping my mind busy,
like that was super helpful at the time.

318
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but having to make arrangements because my
mom wasn't well and still isn't well, is

319
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also really, really difficult for, for a
daughter to do for, for her father.

320
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it especially with the girls as well.

321
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My oldest was very, very close.

322
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We called him pop up very close with pop
up and coming home from out of town just

323
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to just news like that is is devastating.

324
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I couldn't even fathom the words just
speaking it out loud.

325
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It was, I couldn't, I couldn't like tell
her.

326
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And it was, yeah.

327
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Thank you, thank you.

328
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It was.

329
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phone call you can ever expect.

330
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And yeah.

331
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wasn't real.

332
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Yeah.

333
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And I think either way, you know, if you
had decided to, you know, put things on

334
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pause, you know, everybody would have
understood, but I think there for a lot of

335
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people just needing that place of, you
know, something, just a bit of a, a bit of

336
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me that is a constant, you know, even if
it's not going to be how other preps are,

337
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and it isn't going to be enough to, you
know, bring my best physique yet, you

338
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know, you still showed up that shows like
a lot of, a lot of strength and.

339
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you know, I think that that shows a lot of
character and a lot of courage.

340
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And you looked phenomenal at all of those
shows.

341
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So it's not as if you showed up and you
know, you were a hot mess and you know,

342
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but inside I can imagine just dealing with
all of that.

343
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And that's stuff that that takes time like
to lose anybody.

344
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Yeah, it's not quick.

345
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So, you know, I think that it just, yeah,
that had to be really difficult.

346
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it sounds, I know he wouldn't just want me
just sitting around.

347
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It gave me purpose to, yeah, I'm a mom.

348
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Yes, I'm a wife, but for myself, it gave
me purpose.

349
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Okay, get your ass up.

350
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Go bust out that leg day, you know, come
home and then like, take your, take your

351
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minute, go cry in the shower or, you know,
need a little extra cuddle time.

352
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But I knew not doing, not doing it wasn't
going to benefit me in the long run.

353
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Alright.

354
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I definitely made sure to self care in
that way basically.

355
00:19:22,970 --> 00:19:23,080
-hmm.

356
00:19:23,080 --> 00:19:27,620
Yeah, and to show your girls too, like,
hey, you know, this is how I'm coping with

357
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something, right?

358
00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:31,572
Yeah, yeah, that's.

359
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It just, you have to keep pushing and
going and it definitely was shitty.

360
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It's one of the hardest things about
losing someone so close to you is I think

361
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like the realization, I was really close
with my mother and I lost her a long time

362
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ago and realizing the world doesn't stop.

363
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Like you have, yeah.

364
00:19:55,968 --> 00:19:58,974
remorseful that you're feeling that way.

365
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and you have to keep going.

366
00:20:01,194 --> 00:20:08,444
My son was three at the time and it's
like, he just lost his grandma and, and,

367
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but it keeps going.

368
00:20:09,684 --> 00:20:11,094
You gotta keep waking up.

369
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You gotta keep, you know, working.

370
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You do.

371
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Yeah.

372
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And you look back and you're like, just
like you said, they're, they're looking

373
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down on you and on us and seeing like,

374
00:20:23,222 --> 00:20:26,592
They're proud, you know, we didn't, we
didn't throw in the towel.

375
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You didn't, you know, you're there for
your girls.

376
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You showed them, you know, even through
something so, so hard that you showed up

377
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and you accomplished your goals.

378
00:20:37,980 --> 00:20:38,980
Yep.

379
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That's what I'm hopeful they see.

380
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Maybe not today, but down the road.

381
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Down the road.

382
00:20:48,039 --> 00:20:51,699
Wow, that's incredible that you pushed
through.

383
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And then coming back this year, did you
kind of go into 2024 with renewed purpose

384
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and a new set of goals?

385
00:21:00,176 --> 00:21:03,096
I did come in with some new goals.

386
00:21:03,676 --> 00:21:08,296
I came in with a different space, not so
heavy.

387
00:21:08,296 --> 00:21:15,336
I felt a little heavy looking back last
year that just not as we'll say grounded,

388
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kind of aloof, a little lost in my own
head.

389
00:21:18,976 --> 00:21:27,056
But I came back lighter and with a little
more oomph, I guess I could say.

390
00:21:27,116 --> 00:21:27,600
And.

391
00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:32,860
My goal was to go to Masters Olympia.

392
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Sadly, they're planning on doing it every
other year.

393
00:21:37,660 --> 00:21:42,900
And last year they did it, so they won't
be having a Masters Olympia, but that's

394
00:21:42,900 --> 00:21:43,180
okay.

395
00:21:43,180 --> 00:21:45,160
I'll do it next year.

396
00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:48,830
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

397
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So that's my goal.

398
00:21:50,439 --> 00:21:54,249
stage presentation, like I can see, you
know, from, you know, of course we have,

399
00:21:54,249 --> 00:21:59,119
we're so fortunate we have Gilco has these
beautiful videos of everybody.

400
00:21:59,119 --> 00:22:01,289
You know, we never had this years ago.

401
00:22:01,289 --> 00:22:04,639
I was told we were so lucky to have it on
the live streams.

402
00:22:04,639 --> 00:22:05,769
You can just watch it.

403
00:22:05,769 --> 00:22:07,239
It's incredible, you know?

404
00:22:07,239 --> 00:22:11,519
And like, I'm, when Mandy did the clash in
May or on March, I was screen recording

405
00:22:11,519 --> 00:22:15,379
all of her routines so that we could like,
you know, sort of like reverse engineer it

406
00:22:15,379 --> 00:22:16,719
and like, like look at everything.

407
00:22:16,719 --> 00:22:18,830
We're just so lucky to have these
resources.

408
00:22:18,830 --> 00:22:19,652
so helpful.

409
00:22:19,652 --> 00:22:23,372
to see your favorite athletes up on stage.

410
00:22:23,372 --> 00:22:26,932
And I've followed so many people's
journeys and to see their evolution, but

411
00:22:26,932 --> 00:22:31,952
you can definitely see in someone's stage
presentation when they are truly in a good

412
00:22:31,952 --> 00:22:34,122
spot, they're enjoying it.

413
00:22:34,122 --> 00:22:38,512
Yeah, do you think that's made a
difference in how you show up on stage,

414
00:22:38,512 --> 00:22:40,879
just that persona, that energy?

415
00:22:41,104 --> 00:22:41,904
For sure.

416
00:22:41,904 --> 00:22:46,684
I also, I'm very music -like, I will dance
and dance and dance.

417
00:22:46,684 --> 00:22:50,114
My DJ at Clash is, he's fire.

418
00:22:50,114 --> 00:22:52,364
He's been really, really good.

419
00:22:52,664 --> 00:22:57,184
And music gives me a little more pep in my
step.

420
00:22:57,444 --> 00:23:00,804
I think I'll be the only one dancing back
there sometimes.

421
00:23:01,184 --> 00:23:05,394
And when you just feel good, it definitely
shows on stage.

422
00:23:05,394 --> 00:23:07,954
And that's how I've been feeling these
last shows.

423
00:23:07,954 --> 00:23:10,000
It's just really, really good.

424
00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:13,140
Lots and lots of food, which is also
helpful.

425
00:23:13,140 --> 00:23:16,140
I eat like a grown man.

426
00:23:17,220 --> 00:23:23,140
Yeah, I get a good bit of water now.

427
00:23:23,140 --> 00:23:27,700
My first two years I felt a little
depleted, wasn't getting a lot of water.

428
00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:32,800
But now between food and water, I don't
get those tension headaches.

429
00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:34,920
I'm not hungry.

430
00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:36,582
So that also helps.

431
00:23:36,582 --> 00:23:37,762
Yeah.

432
00:23:37,962 --> 00:23:39,312
Have you always been like that?

433
00:23:39,312 --> 00:23:43,282
Like have you always been able to sort of
like eat a lot on your preps or is that

434
00:23:43,282 --> 00:23:46,380
kind of new or maybe as you've evolved as
an athlete?

435
00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:51,880
As I evolved, I've never been without
food, especially in prep.

436
00:23:51,960 --> 00:23:58,000
But my first couple years as my coach was
learning my body and trying to figure out

437
00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:04,420
where food was going, it was nowhere near
as much as I'm getting now.

438
00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:11,000
My day before show and show day, I'm
consuming so much food.

439
00:24:11,300 --> 00:24:13,808
I think this last prep I was...

440
00:24:13,808 --> 00:24:18,788
a good bit into like 28 to 3 ,200 calories
for the week.

441
00:24:19,268 --> 00:24:20,528
It was great.

442
00:24:20,528 --> 00:24:21,928
It was delicious.

443
00:24:21,928 --> 00:24:23,566
Yeah, I got up.

444
00:24:23,566 --> 00:24:25,946
brain a minute to be like, wait a minute.

445
00:24:27,473 --> 00:24:31,693
you think like as you mature in the sport
like and in your body because I tell you

446
00:24:31,693 --> 00:24:36,193
all the time like as I've gotten older
like I eat way more now than I did when I

447
00:24:36,193 --> 00:24:40,493
was in my 20s you know just because you
have more muscle and also more experience

448
00:24:40,493 --> 00:24:44,893
do you think that's true for you as well
like just as you've gotten you know more

449
00:24:44,893 --> 00:24:46,557
experience as an athlete?

450
00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:47,880
Absolutely.

451
00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:53,160
And I think with the muscle maturity and
growth there, my body needs it.

452
00:24:53,160 --> 00:24:57,580
My body doesn't, it's like, this, this
just isn't enough food.

453
00:24:57,580 --> 00:25:02,742
You need so much more to fuel these
massive muscles I now have.

454
00:25:02,742 --> 00:25:06,382
Yeah, but I feel like we're learning that
as we get older and we get these masters

455
00:25:06,382 --> 00:25:10,402
categories and there's so many more
masters competitors because I've learned

456
00:25:10,402 --> 00:25:11,672
that personally to myself.

457
00:25:11,672 --> 00:25:17,402
You know, I look back when I first started
competing in my 20s and I didn't eat

458
00:25:17,402 --> 00:25:20,122
nowhere near what I eat now.

459
00:25:20,122 --> 00:25:23,552
And in fact, it was for me personally, it
was an accidental find.

460
00:25:23,552 --> 00:25:27,132
Like my coach is fantastic and I just did
a refeed meal and we're like,

461
00:25:27,830 --> 00:25:30,180
we're having great progress with this one
refeed.

462
00:25:30,180 --> 00:25:32,130
What if we do it again and again?

463
00:25:32,170 --> 00:25:35,280
And now I've done that, you know, but
like, it's like you said, it's like, okay,

464
00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:39,310
well, you put more size on, you know,
we're older, our hormones are different.

465
00:25:39,310 --> 00:25:42,270
Maybe it's not like when we were in our
twenties, maybe we don't need to be down

466
00:25:42,270 --> 00:25:46,190
to 1100 calories, 900 calories, but
everybody's different.

467
00:25:46,190 --> 00:25:50,250
You don't know, but like, as we kind of
get older and we experiment with food a

468
00:25:50,250 --> 00:25:54,370
little bit more and, you know, growing
lean muscle tissue, it's kind of

469
00:25:54,370 --> 00:25:55,964
interesting to learn that.

470
00:25:55,964 --> 00:26:00,104
And as you mentioned, everybody's body's
different too.

471
00:26:00,104 --> 00:26:08,504
Backstage this last show, the two girls
before me between prejudging and finals,

472
00:26:08,504 --> 00:26:11,364
they came back and they were like, all I
had was rice.

473
00:26:11,364 --> 00:26:20,464
And I was like, I had a burger and fries
and, and I feel and still look great.

474
00:26:20,464 --> 00:26:25,494
So it just depends on how our metabolisms
are like fired at that moment.

475
00:26:25,494 --> 00:26:26,410
Yeah.

476
00:26:26,410 --> 00:26:27,330
absolutely.

477
00:26:27,330 --> 00:26:31,790
Would you say then like, you know, having
experience and being a pro, like, do you

478
00:26:31,790 --> 00:26:34,910
feel like your relationship with your
coach is like very collaborative when it

479
00:26:34,910 --> 00:26:38,850
comes to your prep and your body and how
you're feeling and such?

480
00:26:38,850 --> 00:26:40,392
Yeah.

481
00:26:40,392 --> 00:26:45,312
I can almost know now what he's planning
on doing.

482
00:26:45,852 --> 00:26:49,702
My coach is Steve with Flawless Physique,
so he's been in the business.

483
00:26:49,702 --> 00:26:53,912
I think actually I made mention, Jillian,
that I was doing a podcast with you guys

484
00:26:53,912 --> 00:26:56,752
and he's like, I know her, she knows us.

485
00:26:58,352 --> 00:27:04,528
But yeah, working with him now for the
three and a half years.

486
00:27:04,528 --> 00:27:06,348
He knows my body like clockwork.

487
00:27:06,348 --> 00:27:12,288
He knows my body before I check in, where
my food is, what my weight is.

488
00:27:13,628 --> 00:27:18,568
And I mean, you tell him everything, you
know, from when your last period was, or

489
00:27:18,568 --> 00:27:22,388
when you've had a bowel movement, or what
like, what's going on in your life, your

490
00:27:22,388 --> 00:27:23,488
stressors.

491
00:27:23,488 --> 00:27:27,848
And it just, the relationship works really
well.

492
00:27:28,088 --> 00:27:31,828
And he's able to dial me in.

493
00:27:32,304 --> 00:27:36,194
overfeed me to where I'm so stuffed but I
still wake up and I'm lighter.

494
00:27:36,194 --> 00:27:37,664
I don't know the science.

495
00:27:37,664 --> 00:27:41,364
I don't know how it happens, but he does.

496
00:27:41,364 --> 00:27:42,821
So hats off.

497
00:27:42,821 --> 00:27:44,041
Yeah, that's great.

498
00:27:44,041 --> 00:27:47,681
That's great when you find that fit and
someone who understands you and you know,

499
00:27:47,681 --> 00:27:51,461
and also that respects your opinion too,
because I do hear so many athletes that

500
00:27:51,461 --> 00:27:55,181
are just like, they don't want to say
anything and they have a feeling, but they

501
00:27:55,181 --> 00:27:56,131
just can't speak up.

502
00:27:56,131 --> 00:28:00,401
So that's, you know, it's great to have
that sort of collaborative relationship.

503
00:28:00,401 --> 00:28:02,401
You know, that's good.

504
00:28:02,401 --> 00:28:07,469
So what is the feedback that you're
working with from your shows this season?

505
00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:12,760
So of course, muscle density in the
glutes, it's always gonna be there, I

506
00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:15,400
think, until they explode out of my butt.

507
00:28:15,900 --> 00:28:22,020
I mean, upper glute, upper glute, upper
glute.

508
00:28:22,020 --> 00:28:23,800
Yeah, yeah.

509
00:28:24,380 --> 00:28:26,160
Let's see.

510
00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:33,704
This time, conditioning, conditioning, I
feel like...

511
00:28:33,968 --> 00:28:38,308
I wish my core could be a little, I know
I'm not like gloat, this is no gloat or

512
00:28:38,308 --> 00:28:41,368
anything, but I wish my core could be
softer.

513
00:28:42,968 --> 00:28:48,008
It's just, it's so tight all the time and
I know they're looking for this like

514
00:28:48,008 --> 00:28:49,668
softer belly.

515
00:28:49,668 --> 00:28:52,148
And I don't know how to get that.

516
00:28:52,148 --> 00:28:55,968
He can feed me and feed me and feed me.

517
00:28:56,408 --> 00:28:59,708
And it's just, hey, ab ab ab ab ab ab ab.

518
00:28:59,708 --> 00:29:02,568
And I'm like, go away.

519
00:29:02,568 --> 00:29:03,870
I don't want you there.

520
00:29:04,208 --> 00:29:09,468
But it's good though.

521
00:29:09,468 --> 00:29:12,168
I'm not complaining too much.

522
00:29:13,328 --> 00:29:14,928
But yeah.

523
00:29:15,478 --> 00:29:20,978
It's like a good, it's a good problem to
have, just not a good one to have for this

524
00:29:20,978 --> 00:29:21,758
stage.

525
00:29:21,758 --> 00:29:25,644
Like, but in real, in like normalcy, it's,
yeah.

526
00:29:25,644 --> 00:29:29,304
year old self, I still have abs.

527
00:29:31,583 --> 00:29:33,774
This show, Mo gave me feedback.

528
00:29:33,774 --> 00:29:37,084
She said she wishes I would stand a little
taller.

529
00:29:37,864 --> 00:29:43,584
And she said it looked like I was a little
scrunched in my abdomen area and I was

530
00:29:43,584 --> 00:29:48,484
pushing to my glute, which probably was
the case because I, you know, you tell me

531
00:29:48,484 --> 00:29:50,406
you want more glute, I'm gonna.

532
00:29:50,608 --> 00:29:52,948
put everything I can over there.

533
00:29:52,948 --> 00:29:57,748
And then she said if she could be really,
really picky, a tad more conditioning and

534
00:29:57,748 --> 00:30:02,528
that glute hamstring tie in, which is
always kind of my problem child.

535
00:30:03,328 --> 00:30:05,160
So we're working on that.

536
00:30:06,412 --> 00:30:11,352
And that like tiny little bit can be just
what it takes to tip over into that, you

537
00:30:11,352 --> 00:30:12,552
know, first place spot.

538
00:30:12,552 --> 00:30:15,132
So, cause everybody's so good at that
level.

539
00:30:15,132 --> 00:30:21,092
it's just like these little fine little
details that you look and you're like,

540
00:30:21,092 --> 00:30:22,352
yeah, I got it.

541
00:30:22,352 --> 00:30:24,422
actually, it's not there.

542
00:30:24,422 --> 00:30:25,972
It's not there.

543
00:30:26,149 --> 00:30:30,109
Do you think that there was like a
difference in the, I don't wanna say

544
00:30:30,109 --> 00:30:35,709
standards, but I've had people talk about
this before about the way you need to look

545
00:30:35,709 --> 00:30:40,009
to get a pro card and then the way you
need to look as a pro.

546
00:30:40,009 --> 00:30:41,419
Do you think they're different?

547
00:30:41,419 --> 00:30:43,529
Because I think in a lot of ways they are.

548
00:30:43,529 --> 00:30:48,269
I feel like on the national stage,
everybody is, I feel like we're smaller.

549
00:30:48,269 --> 00:30:52,068
I feel the conditioning is like over the
top.

550
00:30:52,068 --> 00:30:56,348
And then it's different because of course
at the pro level we're not measured by

551
00:30:56,348 --> 00:31:00,758
height anymore now at least we've got the
different age categories But you know,

552
00:31:00,758 --> 00:31:04,988
we've got five foot girls mixed in with
six foot girls, you know, so what do you

553
00:31:04,988 --> 00:31:06,620
think the difference is?

554
00:31:06,704 --> 00:31:11,704
Well, looking back, when you guys asked me
to do this podcast, I look back at my pro

555
00:31:11,704 --> 00:31:19,284
win, and I look at myself, and I look
nothing like that woman anymore on stage.

556
00:31:20,044 --> 00:31:26,024
The maturity, the muscle maturity, the
muscle density, like you said, we'll say

557
00:31:26,024 --> 00:31:30,844
at that time, over -conditioned, but it
still looked phenomenal on stage.

558
00:31:30,844 --> 00:31:33,680
Obviously enough for the judges to go,

559
00:31:33,680 --> 00:31:35,240
All right, she's getting her pro card.

560
00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:40,770
But if I look back at that right now, I
wasn't, to me, that's not pro ready.

561
00:31:40,770 --> 00:31:42,600
That's not a pro girl.

562
00:31:42,700 --> 00:31:45,140
Thankfully, they gave it to me.

563
00:31:45,980 --> 00:31:54,360
But there's definitely a difference with
that pro card win and the pro girls.

564
00:31:54,860 --> 00:32:01,136
Those ladies that come off a pro win and
take a stage four pro and then.

565
00:32:01,136 --> 00:32:02,826
know, top call -outs and pro.

566
00:32:02,826 --> 00:32:04,176
I don't even know how they do that.

567
00:32:04,176 --> 00:32:06,616
That's incredible.

568
00:32:06,716 --> 00:32:13,966
But the thickness of the pros, that
density, and they're not over conditioned.

569
00:32:13,966 --> 00:32:20,696
They've found that perfect balance of just
enough cardio and keeping the glutes with

570
00:32:20,696 --> 00:32:25,384
that softer belly in the pros is, yes,
majorly different.

571
00:32:26,948 --> 00:32:28,428
Yeah, that's interesting.

572
00:32:29,088 --> 00:32:34,328
What do you feel like is the difference
than competing as a in the Masters Pro

573
00:32:34,328 --> 00:32:36,596
versus the Open Pro?

574
00:32:36,856 --> 00:32:47,536
The difference, the competing against the
20 year olds in open and 30 year olds, you

575
00:32:47,536 --> 00:32:54,496
can definitely tell like for me that
they're able to, I don't know, push

576
00:32:54,496 --> 00:32:55,026
harder.

577
00:32:55,026 --> 00:32:58,816
They're able to dedicate more.

578
00:32:58,816 --> 00:33:03,720
I don't know if like, if they have
sponsorships and they're able to just.

579
00:33:03,920 --> 00:33:09,560
put more into it because they don't
necessarily have a husband and children

580
00:33:09,560 --> 00:33:16,560
and a career outside of competing because
they are younger and maybe they haven't

581
00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:22,640
reached that next step of life to where
they're not having to cook dinner every

582
00:33:22,640 --> 00:33:28,420
night for their kids, and meal prep for
themselves and take their kids to middle

583
00:33:28,420 --> 00:33:30,980
school, and high school and school.

584
00:33:30,980 --> 00:33:33,346
So maybe there's just a different.

585
00:33:35,028 --> 00:33:38,248
dedication, which that's why there's open
for them.

586
00:33:38,248 --> 00:33:42,468
And we do now have our masters because it
is a different playing field.

587
00:33:42,468 --> 00:33:48,608
It's hard for me to compete in that open
class with the early 30 year olds that

588
00:33:48,608 --> 00:33:51,038
that's their, this is their profession.

589
00:33:51,038 --> 00:33:53,288
This is what they're doing for a living.

590
00:33:53,288 --> 00:33:57,768
And that's great because they're making
bank too.

591
00:33:58,088 --> 00:34:00,318
And that's their job.

592
00:34:00,630 --> 00:34:05,870
I think you said that very, very well
because, you know, I have quite a few

593
00:34:05,870 --> 00:34:09,210
friends here in Kansas City, younger girls
that I go to the gym after I dropped my

594
00:34:09,210 --> 00:34:10,050
son off at school.

595
00:34:10,050 --> 00:34:11,270
I dropped him off at school.

596
00:34:11,270 --> 00:34:13,570
I go to the gym Monday through Friday,
eight o 'clock.

597
00:34:13,570 --> 00:34:18,790
So some of the girls there that they don't
have kids, they're young, they're in their

598
00:34:18,790 --> 00:34:22,230
like 22, 23, you know, I'm 35 and.

599
00:34:22,230 --> 00:34:28,150
It is completely different
responsibilities and a different, whole

600
00:34:28,150 --> 00:34:32,260
different lifestyle than what I live.

601
00:34:32,260 --> 00:34:37,990
And it's funny, we crack a bunch of jokes
at it, but thinking of it like that, it's

602
00:34:37,990 --> 00:34:41,690
not that they take it more serious, it's
not that they have more dedication or

603
00:34:41,690 --> 00:34:44,390
heart in it, it's just a prioritization.

604
00:34:44,390 --> 00:34:49,078
It's a folk, yeah, it's just in a mental
load too, because...

605
00:34:49,078 --> 00:34:55,078
They don't have the mental load of my kids
cheer, soccer, dinner, groceries, work,

606
00:34:55,078 --> 00:34:59,338
homework, laundry, laundry, fricking
laundry.

607
00:34:59,338 --> 00:35:00,214
Do you have?

608
00:35:00,214 --> 00:35:01,774
Laundry.

609
00:35:01,914 --> 00:35:04,174
we have a cheer soccer thingy.

610
00:35:04,174 --> 00:35:04,804
do you have clothes?

611
00:35:04,804 --> 00:35:05,904
Do you have the right uniforms?

612
00:35:05,904 --> 00:35:06,954
Did we do laundry?

613
00:35:06,954 --> 00:35:07,494
do you have food?

614
00:35:07,494 --> 00:35:08,654
Do I have my food?

615
00:35:08,654 --> 00:35:12,194
Do I have enough food if for something
happens to one of my meals and he just

616
00:35:12,194 --> 00:35:13,394
keeps going and going.

617
00:35:13,394 --> 00:35:17,074
Whereas like you look at, you know,
somebody in their younger 20s or in their

618
00:35:17,074 --> 00:35:18,114
20s and don't have that.

619
00:35:18,114 --> 00:35:21,074
It's like, I got to go to work.

620
00:35:21,074 --> 00:35:22,094
Maybe.

621
00:35:22,694 --> 00:35:23,774
Maybe.

622
00:35:24,754 --> 00:35:26,204
Yeah, it is.

623
00:35:26,204 --> 00:35:26,624
It is.

624
00:35:26,624 --> 00:35:27,325
We.

625
00:35:27,325 --> 00:35:29,105
I get up before my house wakes up.

626
00:35:29,105 --> 00:35:30,885
I get up at five o 'clock.

627
00:35:30,885 --> 00:35:34,325
I'm home before my girls leave for school.

628
00:35:34,325 --> 00:35:40,285
So I can, I feel responsible that I need
to, not that I need, I want to say goodbye

629
00:35:40,285 --> 00:35:40,705
to them.

630
00:35:40,705 --> 00:35:44,465
I want to kiss them goodbye and have a
good day for school.

631
00:35:44,585 --> 00:35:48,725
Those girls that don't have children, they
can sleep in, get their food in, go back

632
00:35:48,725 --> 00:35:49,730
to bed.

633
00:35:50,064 --> 00:35:51,784
then get up and go to the gym.

634
00:35:51,784 --> 00:35:53,444
Again, cool.

635
00:35:53,564 --> 00:35:55,684
But that's not my life.

636
00:35:55,879 --> 00:36:00,406
Yeah, no, I mean, recovery is like, sorry,
go ahead.

637
00:36:00,738 --> 00:36:02,768
no, I was gonna say we also deal with the
mom guilt too.

638
00:36:02,768 --> 00:36:07,158
And that's why we all get up at four or
five a or we stay up really late or like

639
00:36:07,158 --> 00:36:07,868
we fit all this stuff.

640
00:36:07,868 --> 00:36:12,678
Cause the mom guilt we feel of like, we
slightly prioritize ourselves just a

641
00:36:12,678 --> 00:36:15,938
little bit and we feel like shit for doing
that.

642
00:36:16,896 --> 00:36:17,995
absolutely.

643
00:36:17,995 --> 00:36:20,115
we talk to though is the same.

644
00:36:20,115 --> 00:36:24,815
There's this perception of it's this
selfish sport.

645
00:36:24,815 --> 00:36:29,615
And it's really, it's not because what we
really do is we do everything that we need

646
00:36:29,615 --> 00:36:33,715
to do before everybody gets up or while
everybody's off at school or while

647
00:36:33,715 --> 00:36:35,435
everyone else is taking care of.

648
00:36:35,435 --> 00:36:37,025
Yeah, and then go about our day.

649
00:36:37,025 --> 00:36:40,575
Which I think for me, my brain never stops
anyways.

650
00:36:40,575 --> 00:36:45,195
So if I didn't have five kids to worry
about and all this stuff, I'd be sitting

651
00:36:45,195 --> 00:36:46,906
around just thinking about the show.

652
00:36:46,906 --> 00:36:47,017
-hmm.

653
00:36:47,017 --> 00:36:51,557
day, which I'm thinking about it a lot
anyways, but I think I drive myself crazy,

654
00:36:51,557 --> 00:36:51,757
you know?

655
00:36:51,757 --> 00:36:52,537
And I do see that.

656
00:36:52,537 --> 00:36:56,317
I've seen younger girls sort of like go a
little bit bonkers because in all their

657
00:36:56,317 --> 00:37:00,057
spare time, they're on social media
comparing other people, looking at past

658
00:37:00,057 --> 00:37:00,267
shows.

659
00:37:00,267 --> 00:37:04,377
It's like just, you know, busy yourself
with something else, which is kind of what

660
00:37:04,377 --> 00:37:04,897
moms do.

661
00:37:04,897 --> 00:37:08,317
Yes, come over to my house and help me
with some laundry.

662
00:37:09,857 --> 00:37:11,867
And so yeah, so that's really interesting.

663
00:37:11,867 --> 00:37:15,336
So you have what looks like a very...

664
00:37:15,336 --> 00:37:17,076
and healthy marriage.

665
00:37:17,076 --> 00:37:21,066
You talk about your husband all the time
and he's crazy about you as well.

666
00:37:21,066 --> 00:37:26,676
So I sense that there is a really good
relationship, good healthy communication.

667
00:37:26,736 --> 00:37:32,216
So I think even your last poach, in my
last post you said that he was like the

668
00:37:32,216 --> 00:37:33,596
best show hubby ever.

669
00:37:33,596 --> 00:37:39,736
So what is, yeah, so what has his support
meant to you on all of your preps and show

670
00:37:39,736 --> 00:37:40,368
days?

671
00:37:40,368 --> 00:37:44,968
His support is amazing.

672
00:37:45,268 --> 00:37:48,348
He also kind of got into the lifestyle
fitness.

673
00:37:48,348 --> 00:37:53,428
He saw my first year and into my second
year he was like, man, I gotta shit or get

674
00:37:53,428 --> 00:37:54,668
off the pot.

675
00:37:55,388 --> 00:37:58,368
I need to keep up with this woman.

676
00:37:58,588 --> 00:38:01,458
There's about a six year age difference.

677
00:38:01,458 --> 00:38:02,618
I am a little older.

678
00:38:02,618 --> 00:38:06,480
So he's like, if I don't take care of
myself, like...

679
00:38:06,480 --> 00:38:07,640
What are we gonna do?

680
00:38:07,640 --> 00:38:14,599
So he stepped up and he started the whole
gym thing and he signed up with my team

681
00:38:14,599 --> 00:38:19,100
Flawless and did the whole lifestyle and
now he's doing it on his own.

682
00:38:19,100 --> 00:38:21,400
He's kicking ass with it.

683
00:38:22,900 --> 00:38:28,080
And the first couple years was difficult
to travel, him travel with me.

684
00:38:28,080 --> 00:38:35,184
He came to a couple of the local shows but
again, with the girls, you know, if...

685
00:38:35,184 --> 00:38:39,884
If we don't have somebody to watch them
here, we both can't go.

686
00:38:40,164 --> 00:38:43,084
and we have to make those arrangements or
he stays home.

687
00:38:43,084 --> 00:38:48,644
So my first couple of years competing,
he'd come to one or two shows, but he's

688
00:38:48,644 --> 00:38:52,524
determined and his goal is to come to
every single one of my shows and be my

689
00:38:52,524 --> 00:38:54,024
show daddy this year.

690
00:38:54,024 --> 00:38:57,004
He helps me with my tan, packing the car.

691
00:38:57,004 --> 00:38:58,244
He's my muscles.

692
00:38:58,244 --> 00:39:03,600
He's, he took care of the girls this past
weekend and bless him.

693
00:39:03,600 --> 00:39:10,020
It's so hard to travel with the girls and
like get ready for a show You know, you

694
00:39:10,020 --> 00:39:13,920
got to creep around in the hotel room to
not wake them up at five o 'clock in the

695
00:39:13,920 --> 00:39:16,130
morning I forgot my banana.

696
00:39:16,130 --> 00:39:17,500
I forgot my pump stuff.

697
00:39:17,500 --> 00:39:18,840
I forgot their shoes.

698
00:39:18,840 --> 00:39:28,400
I forgot my shoes But He he's great and
he's super supportive and he's very very

699
00:39:28,400 --> 00:39:33,136
proud he brags and boasts to anybody and
everybody about

700
00:39:33,136 --> 00:39:38,216
what I'm doing and how much he appreciates
everything that I do for the girls and

701
00:39:38,216 --> 00:39:39,656
myself and him.

702
00:39:39,975 --> 00:39:40,726
That's awesome.

703
00:39:40,726 --> 00:39:41,766
That's so sweet.

704
00:39:41,766 --> 00:39:44,266
I like that he's your show daddy.

705
00:39:44,426 --> 00:39:45,746
It's so cute.

706
00:39:45,746 --> 00:39:46,262
I know.

707
00:39:46,262 --> 00:39:46,862
I love it.

708
00:39:46,862 --> 00:39:48,426
He loves it.

709
00:39:48,873 --> 00:39:49,766
That's awesome.

710
00:39:49,766 --> 00:39:50,676
my husband too.

711
00:39:50,676 --> 00:39:53,386
One of the biggest things like he supports
everything I do.

712
00:39:53,386 --> 00:39:56,756
We've been together for almost 10 years
but he cooks my chicken.

713
00:39:56,756 --> 00:39:57,906
That's probably my biggest.

714
00:39:57,906 --> 00:39:59,146
Yeah I know right?

715
00:39:59,146 --> 00:40:00,046
Right?

716
00:40:00,046 --> 00:40:05,186
So he we got a smoker a couple years back
and he'll he'll take like 12 chicken

717
00:40:05,186 --> 00:40:06,640
breasts and smoke them.

718
00:40:06,640 --> 00:40:07,720
ready.

719
00:40:08,540 --> 00:40:10,470
See, I prep all my hubby's food.

720
00:40:10,470 --> 00:40:14,060
I work from home, so I'll have all his
food prep.

721
00:40:14,060 --> 00:40:17,720
So I get all his food prep and then he
takes care of me on show day and show

722
00:40:17,720 --> 00:40:18,000
week.

723
00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:21,080
Show week, he steps up to game on.

724
00:40:21,080 --> 00:40:23,160
I'm like, baby, it's time to be show
daddy.

725
00:40:23,160 --> 00:40:25,480
He's like, I got you, I got you.

726
00:40:25,480 --> 00:40:29,360
That's so great to like alleviate that
stress on that last week is because

727
00:40:29,360 --> 00:40:33,580
there's so much that week and you know,
oftentimes you feel better, but it's still

728
00:40:33,580 --> 00:40:36,580
like, you know, you're counting down the
days and getting those last workouts and

729
00:40:36,580 --> 00:40:37,880
trying to remember.

730
00:40:37,880 --> 00:40:41,140
Yeah, like I wouldn't forget this and
whatnot.

731
00:40:41,140 --> 00:40:42,338
So.

732
00:40:42,338 --> 00:40:44,568
stuff, it's so helpful to have that extra
pair of hands.

733
00:40:44,568 --> 00:40:47,578
Like, I love when Aaron comes with me
because of that, because there's so many

734
00:40:47,578 --> 00:40:51,078
times I'm like, I forgot tablespoons, or I
forgot this.

735
00:40:51,078 --> 00:40:52,778
And he's like, I'll go to the store.

736
00:40:52,778 --> 00:40:55,388
But like you, like, he tries to go to
every single show.

737
00:40:55,388 --> 00:40:58,338
And it is so helpful.

738
00:40:58,698 --> 00:41:00,578
I try to say, I'm like, you don't have to.

739
00:41:00,578 --> 00:41:01,318
Like, it's OK.

740
00:41:01,318 --> 00:41:02,598
Stay home with Carson.

741
00:41:02,598 --> 00:41:06,998
And he's like, he really, he's so cute,
because now he's like, well, what if you

742
00:41:06,998 --> 00:41:07,648
forget something?

743
00:41:07,648 --> 00:41:08,336
I'm like,

744
00:41:08,336 --> 00:41:09,442
Awwww.

745
00:41:09,442 --> 00:41:09,932
it.

746
00:41:09,932 --> 00:41:11,072
I promise I can.

747
00:41:11,072 --> 00:41:13,962
And he's like, but like, I gotta get it
for you.

748
00:41:13,962 --> 00:41:15,402
I'm like, my gosh.

749
00:41:15,402 --> 00:41:16,816
So, but it's.

750
00:41:16,816 --> 00:41:17,096
night.

751
00:41:17,096 --> 00:41:21,506
Baby coach said I need fries and he'll go
get me Arby's or Checkers fries.

752
00:41:21,506 --> 00:41:24,376
And I'm like, this is nice.

753
00:41:24,376 --> 00:41:27,756
But then I also don't know what to do with
myself while I wait for them.

754
00:41:27,756 --> 00:41:29,516
There's no kids.

755
00:41:29,516 --> 00:41:33,446
I don't have anything to do, but it's nice
though.

756
00:41:33,446 --> 00:41:34,356
It is nice.

757
00:41:34,356 --> 00:41:34,796
is nice.

758
00:41:34,796 --> 00:41:40,556
My husband, he just knows I don't want to
be alone, but I don't want a lot of chaos

759
00:41:40,556 --> 00:41:41,496
and commotion.

760
00:41:41,496 --> 00:41:44,566
So like he's there, but quiet, not asking
me a million questions.

761
00:41:44,566 --> 00:41:45,256
How are you feeling?

762
00:41:45,256 --> 00:41:47,196
He'll take off and go sightsee.

763
00:41:47,196 --> 00:41:50,546
Like he'll like go do a little like a food
tour of Pittsburgh.

764
00:41:50,546 --> 00:41:53,636
Like when we were at Masters Nationals and
he's like, do you want a photo or not?

765
00:41:53,636 --> 00:41:54,696
I'm like, no.

766
00:41:54,696 --> 00:41:57,556
but we're gonna go there on Sunday when I
can actually eat.

767
00:41:57,556 --> 00:42:01,916
So that support is so, yeah, I think even
if your partner just knows what you need

768
00:42:01,916 --> 00:42:03,186
is very helpful.

769
00:42:03,186 --> 00:42:06,575
And that might be a lot, it might be just,
I just be there.

770
00:42:06,575 --> 00:42:10,655
And not on show day like, when are you
going on stage and what's going on?

771
00:42:10,655 --> 00:42:13,456
I don't need a million questions, and
that's very helpful too.

772
00:42:13,456 --> 00:42:16,760
Somebody who understands, yeah, that's
awesome.

773
00:42:16,760 --> 00:42:19,048
and wait around and...

774
00:42:19,318 --> 00:42:20,338
you know they're having fun.

775
00:42:20,338 --> 00:42:24,518
I know we, I did a show in Las Vegas one
time and Carson and Aaron, that's Carson's

776
00:42:24,518 --> 00:42:30,718
my son, they came with me and during my
whole like show day until finals, they

777
00:42:30,718 --> 00:42:33,418
like went down the strip, they did a bunch
of fun things.

778
00:42:33,418 --> 00:42:38,258
And just knowing like they were having fun
on a day that really was like all about

779
00:42:38,258 --> 00:42:38,418
me.

780
00:42:38,418 --> 00:42:39,758
It made me feel good.

781
00:42:39,758 --> 00:42:41,302
Like that, you know.

782
00:42:41,302 --> 00:42:46,002
I'm on stage doing my thing and they're
swimming at whatever pool and at the

783
00:42:46,002 --> 00:42:48,082
factory and it's like a good time.

784
00:42:48,082 --> 00:42:49,841
So it's, it is nice.

785
00:42:50,222 --> 00:42:51,442
Mm -hmm.

786
00:42:51,622 --> 00:42:52,104
Yeah.

787
00:42:52,104 --> 00:42:57,184
So what do your girls think about the
shows and the bling and all the glitz and

788
00:42:57,184 --> 00:42:58,272
glam of it all?

789
00:42:58,560 --> 00:43:03,210
The Veda, the five -year -old, she is so
cute.

790
00:43:03,210 --> 00:43:07,900
She will try to hit my poses and she, you
know, she really doesn't know what's going

791
00:43:07,900 --> 00:43:12,710
on when our nanny will put the live stream
on.

792
00:43:12,710 --> 00:43:15,240
She thinks I'm on TV.

793
00:43:15,240 --> 00:43:22,390
She literally thinks like mommy's like on
the TV show and she loves it.

794
00:43:22,390 --> 00:43:23,670
She was hooting and hollering.

795
00:43:23,670 --> 00:43:28,368
I heard her over everybody at the last
show in Clash this weekend.

796
00:43:28,368 --> 00:43:30,528
Mama, mommy, mommy.

797
00:43:30,528 --> 00:43:34,388
The 14 year old, she enjoys bragging.

798
00:43:34,888 --> 00:43:37,908
She, she, you know, she's 14.

799
00:43:39,288 --> 00:43:43,568
Teenage years are difficult.

800
00:43:44,028 --> 00:43:47,068
One moment she's in love with it.

801
00:43:47,068 --> 00:43:48,868
Yeah, yeah.

802
00:43:48,868 --> 00:43:52,528
One moment she's in love with it and the
next she's like, mom, can you not be in a

803
00:43:52,528 --> 00:43:53,078
bathing suit?

804
00:43:53,078 --> 00:43:54,328
Can you put some clothes on?

805
00:43:54,328 --> 00:43:57,474
I'm like, I'm posing babe, can you?

806
00:43:58,128 --> 00:44:01,008
Give me a minute, like, thanks.

807
00:44:01,528 --> 00:44:03,818
But she's always loved it.

808
00:44:03,818 --> 00:44:08,768
She loves that I come home with new bling,
with my Tiaras.

809
00:44:08,768 --> 00:44:09,848
That was also a goal.

810
00:44:09,848 --> 00:44:11,448
I need to get a Tiarra.

811
00:44:11,448 --> 00:44:13,648
I want a Tiarra.

812
00:44:14,388 --> 00:44:18,888
And then the little teddy bear that they
gave at Girl Power, my five -year -old

813
00:44:18,888 --> 00:44:20,448
wants to take it.

814
00:44:21,308 --> 00:44:25,548
But yeah, they're both, they both enjoy
it.

815
00:44:26,864 --> 00:44:31,724
I enjoy and I'm hopeful that they see it
in a different light later in life too.

816
00:44:31,744 --> 00:44:37,104
With the food, the nutrition, that's okay
to be strong, it's okay to have muscles.

817
00:44:37,164 --> 00:44:38,744
You gotta work for it though.

818
00:44:38,744 --> 00:44:41,948
Like, you can't just wake up and be here.

819
00:44:42,024 --> 00:44:43,224
Yeah.

820
00:44:43,584 --> 00:44:48,664
So do you have like a way that you talk
about nutrition in your home, like with

821
00:44:48,664 --> 00:44:49,324
your family?

822
00:44:49,324 --> 00:44:53,744
I think that's something with girls,
because I have three daughters and so, you

823
00:44:53,744 --> 00:44:57,524
know, we're going through puberty and
there's body changes happening.

824
00:44:57,524 --> 00:45:01,384
And so I think like the language is really
important and like, I'm sometimes eating

825
00:45:01,384 --> 00:45:03,444
different things than my daughters are.

826
00:45:03,444 --> 00:45:05,334
And just, you know, I think it's a bit
delicate.

827
00:45:05,334 --> 00:45:08,816
So kind of how do you approach that topic
with your family?

828
00:45:08,816 --> 00:45:10,296
It is delicate.

829
00:45:10,296 --> 00:45:13,916
I find it most difficult with Kendall, the
oldest.

830
00:45:13,916 --> 00:45:16,536
She's very picky eater.

831
00:45:16,536 --> 00:45:21,516
And of course, in the teen years, they
don't really listen to mom anymore.

832
00:45:21,516 --> 00:45:29,616
So I try to have like an aunt or the
doctor or a grandma or somebody else she

833
00:45:29,616 --> 00:45:32,926
may look up to, to kind of give her some,
some insight.

834
00:45:32,926 --> 00:45:36,624
Hey, it'd be good if you added some
vegetables to your diet or.

835
00:45:36,624 --> 00:45:42,624
You know, maybe you should drink more
water or like you see how food fuels my

836
00:45:42,624 --> 00:45:42,984
body.

837
00:45:42,984 --> 00:45:45,704
Like you, you visually can see it.

838
00:45:46,374 --> 00:45:50,044
and you know what it takes and how I can
get here.

839
00:45:50,044 --> 00:45:51,724
And it's all by food.

840
00:45:51,724 --> 00:45:54,634
It food is 90 % of what we do.

841
00:45:54,634 --> 00:45:58,304
The gym is the gym to me is just.

842
00:45:58,584 --> 00:45:59,654
That part's easy.

843
00:45:59,654 --> 00:46:01,964
It's just prepping all the food.

844
00:46:02,424 --> 00:46:06,192
we let her, you know, protein and how, how
important that is.

845
00:46:06,192 --> 00:46:11,512
You know, she's not really hearing it
right now, but again, maybe one day she

846
00:46:11,512 --> 00:46:17,272
has her times when she gets into the mood
of, okay, I want to eat like my mom.

847
00:46:17,272 --> 00:46:19,132
I want to eat like my mom.

848
00:46:19,272 --> 00:46:21,692
And then, and then it stops.

849
00:46:22,171 --> 00:46:23,352
Veda, she's too young.

850
00:46:23,352 --> 00:46:24,392
She's too young.

851
00:46:24,392 --> 00:46:26,502
She's too young to understand what food
is.

852
00:46:26,502 --> 00:46:32,168
She just wants ice cream and candy and
everything she shouldn't have.

853
00:46:32,854 --> 00:46:36,374
Yeah, I feel like boys are relatively
similar.

854
00:46:36,374 --> 00:46:40,574
Like with that, like my son, you know,
right now he'll be 15 here in August.

855
00:46:40,574 --> 00:46:48,074
And the one thing that I absolutely am so
grateful for is I started doing this when

856
00:46:48,074 --> 00:46:50,614
he was three, three, four.

857
00:46:50,614 --> 00:46:52,694
I took him to my shows.

858
00:46:52,694 --> 00:46:56,434
I he watched me in bikinis, like posing,
all that stuff.

859
00:46:56,434 --> 00:46:59,094
He watched, you know, food, the gym.

860
00:46:59,094 --> 00:47:02,154
He has such a respect for women.

861
00:47:02,154 --> 00:47:06,474
Like the way, as he kind of went through
pu, you know, going through puberty and a

862
00:47:06,474 --> 00:47:09,514
lot of his friends, you know, that year
12, they're like, ooh, cheerleaders, ooh,

863
00:47:09,514 --> 00:47:11,524
girls in shorts, ooh, like all this stuff.

864
00:47:11,524 --> 00:47:14,354
He's like, this has been my life for like
ever.

865
00:47:14,354 --> 00:47:20,054
What is like, he, it's just the respect
for women that like I've always, I've

866
00:47:20,054 --> 00:47:21,774
really loved.

867
00:47:21,897 --> 00:47:22,522
Come.

868
00:47:22,522 --> 00:47:24,622
always had some moms that are like, why
would you look like that?

869
00:47:24,622 --> 00:47:26,182
Because I always wear crop tops and stuff
like that.

870
00:47:26,182 --> 00:47:27,882
Like, why would you look like that in
front of your kids?

871
00:47:27,882 --> 00:47:30,052
It's like, no, why not?

872
00:47:30,052 --> 00:47:31,162
Yeah, why not?

873
00:47:31,162 --> 00:47:33,002
But back to the food.

874
00:47:33,002 --> 00:47:34,662
My son's the same.

875
00:47:34,662 --> 00:47:39,102
He'll come in my office sometimes and be
like, how do I, you know, eat better and

876
00:47:39,102 --> 00:47:39,642
bulk up?

877
00:47:39,642 --> 00:47:42,732
And I'm like, this, this is what you do.

878
00:47:42,732 --> 00:47:45,882
And then the next day he'll be like, I
don't feel like eating today.

879
00:47:45,882 --> 00:47:47,882
Like, okay.

880
00:47:48,802 --> 00:47:49,432
Yeah.

881
00:47:49,432 --> 00:47:54,112
make, she'll get her protein mix and make
protein pancakes three, four days and

882
00:47:54,112 --> 00:47:56,328
then, and then stop.

883
00:47:57,321 --> 00:48:00,901
Yeah, I want them to have that balance.

884
00:48:01,061 --> 00:48:01,408
Yeah.

885
00:48:01,408 --> 00:48:02,508
feel when you were eating that?

886
00:48:02,508 --> 00:48:04,078
I felt really good midday.

887
00:48:04,078 --> 00:48:05,648
Okay, well let's do it again.

888
00:48:05,648 --> 00:48:07,404
If you felt good, do it again.

889
00:48:07,404 --> 00:48:10,364
Yeah, focusing on that I think is huge.

890
00:48:10,364 --> 00:48:14,124
Like how you feel and you know, you had
more energy and you didn't have a tummy

891
00:48:14,124 --> 00:48:14,254
ache.

892
00:48:14,254 --> 00:48:15,474
Like I think those things are so
important.

893
00:48:15,474 --> 00:48:19,724
People are always surprised that, you
know, with the way I eat that my kids, you

894
00:48:19,724 --> 00:48:22,354
know, eat all like normal food, I guess.

895
00:48:22,354 --> 00:48:25,864
But I think if anything, I just want them
to have balance and I want it to feel like

896
00:48:25,864 --> 00:48:30,464
a choice, not like, you know, I grew up
and we had just lots of diet food and

897
00:48:30,464 --> 00:48:34,384
there was no treats and I would go to
friends' houses and like just like gorge

898
00:48:34,384 --> 00:48:36,875
myself on all these things that I couldn't
have.

899
00:48:36,875 --> 00:48:40,175
And so I want them to know like there is a
lot of healthy food, but there's also

900
00:48:40,175 --> 00:48:44,865
treats and it's a balance and you know,
but I think it's just, it's delicate with,

901
00:48:44,865 --> 00:48:50,555
with us as competitors and our bodies, you
know, like we're so, you know, lean and we

902
00:48:50,555 --> 00:48:52,415
have to get to a certain level of body
fat.

903
00:48:52,415 --> 00:48:55,855
So sometimes I think, you know, each
person just has to approach that

904
00:48:55,855 --> 00:48:59,026
differently as, as to what, how they talk
about it, you know,

905
00:48:59,026 --> 00:49:00,436
and kids are always different too.

906
00:49:00,436 --> 00:49:02,266
Some kids are more sensitive than others.

907
00:49:02,266 --> 00:49:05,066
Some kids, you know, girls and boys are
different too.

908
00:49:05,066 --> 00:49:11,556
Cause I can be real hard with my son, you
know, and be not as careful with my words,

909
00:49:11,556 --> 00:49:15,146
but I know plenty of exactly.

910
00:49:15,146 --> 00:49:18,186
I know so many girls that can't.

911
00:49:18,526 --> 00:49:19,132
Yeah.

912
00:49:19,132 --> 00:49:19,672
-year -old.

913
00:49:19,672 --> 00:49:21,680
Nah, with my 14 -year -old.

914
00:49:22,123 --> 00:49:23,463
Yeah.

915
00:49:24,043 --> 00:49:29,003
So, well, one question we always like to
ask all of our guests is, what is your

916
00:49:29,003 --> 00:49:34,453
number one tip for success as far as
getting it all in as a wife, as a mom,

917
00:49:34,453 --> 00:49:36,653
having a career, and then being a pro
athlete?

918
00:49:36,653 --> 00:49:41,483
If you have one tip for anybody that is
kind of struggling to figure out how to

919
00:49:41,483 --> 00:49:42,499
get it all done.

920
00:49:43,184 --> 00:49:50,364
My one tip, I will go to my recent post
and I just mentioned it and I think

921
00:49:50,364 --> 00:49:55,364
balance, balance in everything you do.

922
00:49:55,364 --> 00:49:59,424
You don't have to put all your worth into
fitness.

923
00:49:59,424 --> 00:50:02,234
You don't have to put all your worth into
nutrition.

924
00:50:02,234 --> 00:50:07,024
You need to make sure that you step
outside that bubble for a little bit and

925
00:50:07,024 --> 00:50:08,734
explore outside of that.

926
00:50:08,734 --> 00:50:12,688
Go have that Dairy Queen with your kids or

927
00:50:12,688 --> 00:50:18,388
Go take that trip to Tulum because you
might not get that anymore.

928
00:50:18,488 --> 00:50:25,548
Enjoy the structure of bodybuilding, but
then don't forget it's okay to take that

929
00:50:25,548 --> 00:50:27,648
break and to step away from the stage.

930
00:50:27,648 --> 00:50:29,278
It doesn't have to be for nine months.

931
00:50:29,278 --> 00:50:32,348
It doesn't have to be for a year.

932
00:50:32,368 --> 00:50:37,808
Take however long, take that break and
balance your life and everything with

933
00:50:37,808 --> 00:50:42,468
work, with playing, with traveling, all of
it.

934
00:50:42,576 --> 00:50:47,096
My husband and I are yin and yang to each
other.

935
00:50:47,096 --> 00:50:51,036
If he's going hard in the paint, I'm like,
all right, it's time to chill for a little

936
00:50:51,036 --> 00:50:51,616
bit.

937
00:50:51,616 --> 00:50:52,496
And vice versa.

938
00:50:52,496 --> 00:50:56,616
If I'm going hard, he's like, all right,
baby, it's time to slow back down.

939
00:50:56,716 --> 00:50:58,646
Just balance.

940
00:50:58,956 --> 00:51:00,056
Yeah, I like that.

941
00:51:00,056 --> 00:51:04,276
I think what you're saying too is that
like you identify definitely as like a pro

942
00:51:04,276 --> 00:51:06,406
athlete, but that's not all that you are.

943
00:51:06,406 --> 00:51:11,256
Like you have these other passions and
these other things that that keep you, you

944
00:51:11,256 --> 00:51:12,156
know, well rounded.

945
00:51:12,156 --> 00:51:14,396
I think that's like a great takeaway.

946
00:51:14,396 --> 00:51:18,556
And if someone's listening and they don't
have kids yet and they're like all in and

947
00:51:18,556 --> 00:51:22,416
they're literally just giving it all they
have, like it's okay to like have other

948
00:51:22,416 --> 00:51:24,276
things that you're passionate about.

949
00:51:24,276 --> 00:51:24,636
Yeah.

950
00:51:24,636 --> 00:51:27,396
It doesn't mean that you can't be
successful because look at the success

951
00:51:27,396 --> 00:51:27,980
that

952
00:51:27,980 --> 00:51:32,240
you have had and you know if anything I
think it enriches your experience because

953
00:51:32,240 --> 00:51:36,860
you know you've got this other life that
you look forward to outside of the stage.

954
00:51:36,860 --> 00:51:38,552
I think that's really important.

955
00:51:40,652 --> 00:51:45,192
So tell us, obviously you're prepping for
the, is it the Miami Beach?

956
00:51:45,192 --> 00:51:46,112
What's it?

957
00:51:46,112 --> 00:51:47,696
Miami Pro?

958
00:51:48,384 --> 00:51:49,704
.I.

959
00:51:49,704 --> 00:51:52,884
Miami International Fitness Expo.

960
00:51:52,884 --> 00:51:54,214
right, it's a big expo.

961
00:51:54,214 --> 00:51:56,804
That's June 1st.

962
00:51:56,984 --> 00:51:58,660
I heard that.

963
00:51:59,136 --> 00:52:01,076
I hear it's massive.

964
00:52:01,076 --> 00:52:03,832
So I'm a little nervous, but excited.

965
00:52:03,832 --> 00:52:05,672
it's going to be awesome.

966
00:52:06,072 --> 00:52:07,572
So what happens after that?

967
00:52:07,572 --> 00:52:11,812
I know that you had mentioned that you
are, have your sights set on that Masters

968
00:52:11,812 --> 00:52:13,972
Olympia whenever they announced that it
is.

969
00:52:13,972 --> 00:52:17,525
So what are your like ultimate goals with
the sport?

970
00:52:17,616 --> 00:52:26,856
The coach and I, Steve and I, we were kind
of seeing what happens in Miami, but I

971
00:52:26,856 --> 00:52:31,356
have also mentioned to him about doing
Sandy's show June 22nd.

972
00:52:31,356 --> 00:52:33,136
It's her first time.

973
00:52:33,176 --> 00:52:38,506
I think she's calling it World's, is maybe
what it's called.

974
00:52:38,506 --> 00:52:39,936
I can't be for sure.

975
00:52:39,936 --> 00:52:41,236
It's in Chattanooga.

976
00:52:41,236 --> 00:52:44,486
And I kind of mentioned that one to him to
see how he felt.

977
00:52:44,486 --> 00:52:46,596
And he's like, that could be a good one.

978
00:52:47,792 --> 00:52:51,852
But I don't really know 100 % after Miami
what's happening.

979
00:52:51,852 --> 00:52:55,192
The husband told me to keep knocking out
shows, which is cool.

980
00:52:55,192 --> 00:52:58,152
I think he just wants to travel.

981
00:53:00,212 --> 00:53:03,072
But we're going to see what happens this
weekend.

982
00:53:03,492 --> 00:53:07,392
There's a couple more shows here in the
area.

983
00:53:08,072 --> 00:53:14,712
The Charleston show, it's a class show in
August.

984
00:53:14,712 --> 00:53:17,552
And then of course we have Battles of the
Body.

985
00:53:17,552 --> 00:53:21,292
in Fort Lauderdale, which I'm kind of
interested in doing that one.

986
00:53:21,292 --> 00:53:23,032
It looks fun.

987
00:53:26,632 --> 00:53:29,732
And then Daytona is right here.

988
00:53:29,732 --> 00:53:31,732
It's hard not to do that show.

989
00:53:31,732 --> 00:53:33,622
It's literally in my backyard.

990
00:53:33,622 --> 00:53:35,572
It's closer than Orlando.

991
00:53:36,752 --> 00:53:38,852
But we'll see.

992
00:53:38,852 --> 00:53:42,042
I mean, this will be show four in four
months.

993
00:53:42,042 --> 00:53:43,814
I've been doing a show.

994
00:53:43,856 --> 00:53:45,386
once a month since March.

995
00:53:45,386 --> 00:53:46,736
I'm not burned out or anything.

996
00:53:46,736 --> 00:53:49,236
I still feel really, really, really good.

997
00:53:49,236 --> 00:53:51,979
So I'm going to keep going.

998
00:53:51,979 --> 00:53:53,297
Yeah, why not?

999
00:53:53,334 --> 00:53:54,254
Yeah, exactly.

1000
00:53:54,254 --> 00:53:55,554
Why not?

1001
00:53:56,154 --> 00:53:59,814
We'll have to follow you on Instagram for
all of the shows you may do.

1002
00:53:59,814 --> 00:54:03,534
And then of course, what is your Instagram
so our listeners can be able to follow you

1003
00:54:03,534 --> 00:54:04,240
as well?

1004
00:54:04,240 --> 00:54:07,256
It is fearlessly fit Fallon.

1005
00:54:08,012 --> 00:54:08,422
I love it.

1006
00:54:08,422 --> 00:54:10,192
I have to know, how did you get your name?

1007
00:54:10,192 --> 00:54:11,755
Where does it come from?

1008
00:54:12,584 --> 00:54:13,944
Fallon?

1009
00:54:14,124 --> 00:54:19,584
It came from my mom used to watch a soap
opera called Dynasty back in the 80s.

1010
00:54:21,744 --> 00:54:22,744
Yep.

1011
00:54:23,004 --> 00:54:23,411
Yep.

1012
00:54:23,411 --> 00:54:25,971
with, gosh, I can't think of it now.

1013
00:54:25,971 --> 00:54:30,831
Like another popular like kind of 80s name
because, well, I'm in my 40s also.

1014
00:54:30,831 --> 00:54:34,081
So, and I was like, man, I know I've heard
that name before.

1015
00:54:34,081 --> 00:54:35,501
I just couldn't remember where it was
from.

1016
00:54:35,501 --> 00:54:36,281
That's cool.

1017
00:54:36,281 --> 00:54:37,008
It's a cool name.

1018
00:54:37,008 --> 00:54:40,568
to talk about it and my dad was like, ooh,
Fallon.

1019
00:54:40,568 --> 00:54:42,928
I like that name and here I am.

1020
00:54:42,928 --> 00:54:43,648
I love it.

1021
00:54:43,648 --> 00:54:44,851
I love my name.

1022
00:54:44,851 --> 00:54:45,831
very unique.

1023
00:54:45,831 --> 00:54:47,131
I love it.

1024
00:54:47,251 --> 00:54:48,171
Awesome.

1025
00:54:48,171 --> 00:54:52,081
Well, we cannot wait to get to you to
watch your journey this season.

1026
00:54:52,081 --> 00:54:54,791
And it was so amazing having you on today.

1027
00:54:54,791 --> 00:54:56,511
Thank you so much for sharing your story.

1028
00:54:56,511 --> 00:55:02,131
We're totally inspired and it was great to
learn about, you know, all of all of your

1029
00:55:02,131 --> 00:55:04,971
successes and just how you get it done.

1030
00:55:04,971 --> 00:55:06,576
So thank you so much.

1031
00:55:06,576 --> 00:55:07,096
me.

1032
00:55:07,096 --> 00:55:08,776
I very much enjoyed it.

1033
00:55:09,020 --> 00:55:12,510
thank you so much for joining and all your
information will be posted in the show

1034
00:55:12,510 --> 00:55:16,070
notes for all you listeners so that way
you can follow Fallon as well.

1035
00:55:16,070 --> 00:55:19,883
So thank you guys for listening and we'll
see you next time.

1036
00:55:19,883 --> 00:55:21,623
Bye everybody!