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Hello everyone and welcome back to Bikinis
After Babies.

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Thank you so much for joining us today.

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And of course I am one of your hosts Mandy
Rochon here with your other beautiful

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blonde host.

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Mandy for that intro.

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Hi, everyone.

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Thank you for joining us today.

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I'm Gillian Hughes.

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We are back from show weekend and so
excited to record this episode.

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Actually, Mandy and I have hardly chatted
since Saturday for two reasons, like for

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this.

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But yeah, we were busy too.

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But.

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But I feel like we mentally, we didn't
even say that we weren't going to chat.

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I think you and I knew what we were doing
though, right?

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Like, okay, so for you guys listening,
Jillian and I chat all the time on every

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different platform.

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We'll see something on Instagram.

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Like from like 3am to like night time.

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Like all day.

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a genre of stuff too.

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It's like our prep, it's our coaching
questions, it's exactly family.

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So, yep, we'll watch a show together.

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that we you know, I mean I have lots of
fitness friends but like, you know, if I

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see like some whack posing like I'm
definitely going to send it to me and be

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like, what is this?

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You know?

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Yeah.

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I feel like the start of like check -ins
on Friday up until right now, you and I

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like, other than like, hey, are you doing
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Hey, how'd you do?

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It was like, once we like knew each other,
we're good.

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We're like, okay, we don't wanna really
talk too much.

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Yeah.

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Exactly.

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all the thoughts, everything.

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And like throughout the day too, with the
timing of our shows, because Mandy was in

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Omaha.

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Am I getting that right?

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I keep, I, it's a brain fart, but it's
also, it's a Canadian thing.

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Yes.

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And I keep saying, I've said Omaha a
couple of times, then I've said Iowa.

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I mean, I'm Canadian.

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So to me, it's all, it's all this, it's
all the same.

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And also, yeah, that's a show.

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I have a client doing a show in Iowa this
coming weekend.

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So anyway, so you were in Omaha and I was
in DC and then there was a time difference

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and then your show followed like the
standard format of like prejudging was in

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the morning and then finals were at night,
whereas mine was all at night at four o

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'clock or three o 'clock.

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So it was just kind of like, you know, we
kept like kind of missing each other or

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like, you know, I didn't really have much
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on stage.

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So anyway, so yeah, we just kind of like
saved everything for this episode so that

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we could just catch like the real.

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talk and you know all the feels and and
recap everything so so Mandy let's let's

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hear how things went down for you in Omaha
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I was beyond ready for this show.

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I was about four weeks out and I was just
like, let's go.

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Like this, this needs to move faster.

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I feel like I was super busy and time
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once Friday hit, man, I was just like,
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So Omaha's about two and a half hours from
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So I left Friday afternoon, check -ins
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you know, prejudging with Saturday
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Like, like you said, it was like here,
which it's the normal format.

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But the greatest thing about this show to
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have expedited this show, but instead I
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So I knew the expeditors and I had a
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expediting.

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I knew a few people working for Liquid
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I had clients posing clients that were in
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We had mom show clients in the show.

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I knew this was the first show I had ever
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So when I got there, there was so many
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and they're like, my God, your competing
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And the tanning people are like, look at
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And it was just so much fun.

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It was like just giggles all weekend.

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Checked in, had a great time.

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I got my first coat of tan, put my feet up
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Woke up Saturday morning, did hair,
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And it just, it was so, I was so elated.

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Like I was just so happy.

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I just saw so many people.

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We had so many good talks.

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I knew so many first time competitors that
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So I knew that they were going to be
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for them and.

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take, yeah, like, and just comfort them
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together.

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Like, we're gonna do this together.

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And, and it just, it really was that,
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Like, I mean, literally, like, I was
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Like, making posts about the show was
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it was just so, so inspirational and,
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time.

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So, prejudging was good.

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And then finals was, again, fantastic.

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I got first in my open class in Masters
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And, you know, I definitely could see what
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But I will say this was my first time
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Because with that environment where you
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you more nervous or it can make you feel
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And because you're already having a good
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So what did that feel like when you went
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I was so much more confident.

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The shakes were still there.

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You know, you get those nerve shakes
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you know what's happening, but the judges
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Like nobody can really see that, but you
feel it hardcore, right?

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So I still had like the shakes and the
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I did my posing right through it.

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I was, you know, flipped my hair, super
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Like I just, I actually, I do have a girl
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I will share it with you.

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I just got it, I think this morning, I
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Yeah, so it just was so good.

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Like I was so happy.

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Like no matter what I placed, I was just
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And it definitely felt really good.

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And it felt nothing.

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competed before, like you can't let show
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of the low energy that you're feeling,
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like your time to have a good time.

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Like you should be enjoying yourself and
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Cause it really shows on stage when
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heart is happy, you know, you can't fake
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was hard to get out of the expediter mind
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jerkingly, like when I hear or see
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there.

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you go look at this.

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But what happened, right?

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What happened is a lot of the competitors
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weeks ago now in South Dakota, Sioux
Falls.

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There was a handful of competitors from
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And then there was other people from
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expediter.

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And so it happened anyways that a lot of
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again?

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Or hey, how do I get feedback again?

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Or hey, and so girls still came up to me
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second?

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And I was like, absolutely, you know?

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It's just that comforting camaraderie
backstage to be with everybody.

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And I'm like, even though I'm not
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point you in the right direction.

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So how did you feel like about your
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Because you had 10 weeks between clash and
this one, right?

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Was it 10 weeks?

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I think it was, I mentally was 12.

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It's a long ass time.

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I know that it's a long time.

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So how did you feel about your your
physique and improvements and on your

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posing?

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Because I know posing was something that
you wanted to really fine tune.

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was a huge improvement.

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I was gonna straighten my hair, but I
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I did like a blowout kind of look, which I
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So that was great.

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Suit, I had my suit resized, fit
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I will say that something I didn't realize
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didn't really gain any weight between
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And if you're like, that's insane.

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Like I really, I gained like a few pounds,
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And when I say a few, I mean like three or
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So I didn't really fluctuate that much in
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And I feel like that kind of hurt me in a
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never got high enough.

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Like I was full, I wasn't hungry and I
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feel like I wore my body out at some
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And it just, I feel like in...

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Probably as you guys listen to this
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pain in my back and my hip that started
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And because I couldn't rest and recover,
it really took a toll on me.

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And I feel like I couldn't push through a
lot of my workouts like I was at the

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beginning and in the fall and winter,
right?

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I was able to really, even if I was like
hungry or felt weak, I could still push

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through it easily.

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But now having like discomfort and pain,

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There's just no way.

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So I feel like, I feel like I brought a
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little bit differently.

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I was fuller.

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I was definitely fuller in my glutes and
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to bring in a smaller waist and I still
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And so there's things that need more work
and I just need more time.

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Well, I think that just in your check in
photos, like I definitely saw improvements

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and you know, that was a long like your
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and then like another 12 weeks, like
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spread them out, but sometimes it's like
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really long.

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It was almost like another you don't
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season and then go into a prep.

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It was like just like tacking another prep
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I could just tell towards the end, like,
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like worn down because you're very strong
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also have a positive mindset, but like
just towards the end, like I think when

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you're in pain and you're trying to work
through pain as an athlete, it's so

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challenging because and as in this sport
to where like, you know, it's like you

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want to have these big giant, you know,
like super tight glutes.

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And if you can't train, it just makes it
really, really tough.

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So.

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Mm -hmm.

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I really commend you for pushing through
and listening to your body too, because I

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think you do a good job of that, like
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all that.

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We're always learning though, like that's
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Like you just have to always take from all
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to get better.

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So, you know, I'm excited to see all your
stage photos and because there wasn't a

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lot of coverage of your show and all day I
was like refreshing.

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Like sometimes there's somebody at your
show that's that does like.

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The social media?

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Yeah.

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And so I couldn't really follow what was
going on.

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So, yeah, I'm excited to see.

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I mean, I've been like refreshing NBC News
online, like literally every hour waiting

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for stage photos to come up.

234
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So we'll see.

235
00:11:36,525 --> 00:11:38,625
Sometimes it's like the next day or a
couple of days later.

236
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So we'll see.

237
00:11:39,644 --> 00:11:43,894
think we got told ours was about Tuesday,
but you never know.

238
00:11:43,894 --> 00:11:46,604
They could get there Monday, you just
don't know.

239
00:11:47,184 --> 00:11:51,044
But no, I got a lot of coverage of your
show though.

240
00:11:51,644 --> 00:11:53,844
So okay, I know, right?

241
00:11:53,844 --> 00:11:59,904
It was a really big show, but also
because, so the time difference, it

242
00:11:59,904 --> 00:12:03,794
affected us talking, but I was able to
watch you.

243
00:12:03,794 --> 00:12:05,564
I was so excited.

244
00:12:05,564 --> 00:12:06,267
I wasn't.

245
00:12:06,267 --> 00:12:10,088
done like before you went on for finals,
right?

246
00:12:10,088 --> 00:12:14,948
but yeah, because you, I was sitting
backstage for finals, I think the pro

247
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physique women were on, and when I was
backstage and you sent me a picture and

248
00:12:18,168 --> 00:12:22,448
you're like, like done, and I was like,
I'm literally just now eating my rice

249
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cake.

250
00:12:23,308 --> 00:12:24,358
It was so great.

251
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Like we started at three.

252
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The men went in the morning and they had
men's physique pros and then they had all

253
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the men's divisions.

254
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And I had to go backstage to get my tan at
like 11 and there was just men laying

255
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around everywhere.

256
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And I'm like, I'm so glad they're going to
be gone because the backstage area was

257
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kind of small.

258
00:12:42,388 --> 00:12:46,668
But but yeah, so I went to D .C., which is
not in D .C.

259
00:12:46,668 --> 00:12:46,988
at all.

260
00:12:46,988 --> 00:12:48,647
I was never ever in.

261
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the state of Washington or I don't.

262
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totally thought for a millisecond,
Washington DC, and then you said, this was

263
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weeks ago, and you said Virginia, I'm
like.

264
00:12:57,851 --> 00:13:00,081
Never did I ever step foot inside that
state.

265
00:13:00,081 --> 00:13:01,411
What state is that in?

266
00:13:01,411 --> 00:13:02,671
I'm Canadian.

267
00:13:02,731 --> 00:13:03,601
Everybody's listening.

268
00:13:03,601 --> 00:13:04,381
I'm not ignorant.

269
00:13:04,381 --> 00:13:05,811
I'm just Canadian.

270
00:13:06,031 --> 00:13:07,328
I went to school.

271
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a state called Washington.

272
00:13:09,218 --> 00:13:14,671
So when you say DC, it's like our brains
just think about the state, Washington.

273
00:13:14,671 --> 00:13:16,111
Hold on a second.

274
00:13:16,311 --> 00:13:19,371
So the White House is not in D .C.?

275
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Where is the White House?

276
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I thought it was in Washington, D .C.

277
00:13:23,108 --> 00:13:26,698
We're gonna get, Jillian, we're gonna get
grilled on this podcast right now.

278
00:13:26,698 --> 00:13:28,368
Like, don't do this.

279
00:13:28,368 --> 00:13:30,443
Okay, Jillian, let's just get to you.

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Canadians.

281
00:13:31,243 --> 00:13:33,613
You don't learn American things in Canada.

282
00:13:33,613 --> 00:13:34,143
You don't.

283
00:13:34,143 --> 00:13:34,923
You learn Canadian.

284
00:13:34,923 --> 00:13:37,043
We have a lot of Canadian things to learn.

285
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OK, whatever.

286
00:13:37,553 --> 00:13:38,603
So I went to the D .C.

287
00:13:38,603 --> 00:13:39,443
I didn't even go to D .C.

288
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I was Virginia Pro Am.

289
00:13:40,723 --> 00:13:41,823
It was called the D .C.

290
00:13:41,823 --> 00:13:42,273
Pro Am.

291
00:13:42,273 --> 00:13:42,942
OK, never.

292
00:13:42,942 --> 00:13:51,143
I don't know where it was, but I'll tell
you, I flew in and and that was there was

293
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a Thursday I flew in.

294
00:13:54,303 --> 00:13:56,147
Yeah, yeah.

295
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direct flight, got to the hotel, hotel
room wasn't ready.

296
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I was like, like pissed about it.

297
00:14:01,521 --> 00:14:04,231
But whatever, I ended up pulling some
strings and get in my room.

298
00:14:04,231 --> 00:14:07,191
Well, really, because the lady didn't want
to like hold on to my luggage.

299
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And so she's like, let me see your ID.

300
00:14:10,571 --> 00:14:12,431
And I was like, my God, am I going to
jail?

301
00:14:12,431 --> 00:14:14,451
And then she got me a room.

302
00:14:14,631 --> 00:14:16,071
So she has to train on Thursday.

303
00:14:16,071 --> 00:14:19,521
And then Friday, my girlfriend, Erin, came
in.

304
00:14:19,521 --> 00:14:20,611
She's from St.

305
00:14:20,611 --> 00:14:24,321
Louis, but just relocated to Atlanta a
couple of years ago with her husband,

306
00:14:24,321 --> 00:14:24,571
Jeff.

307
00:14:24,571 --> 00:14:25,159
So.

308
00:14:25,159 --> 00:14:28,859
We met up and she's like the best show mom
ever.

309
00:14:28,859 --> 00:14:31,579
And so we like mostly we just vegged all
day, which is weird for me.

310
00:14:31,579 --> 00:14:34,859
I don't usually do that every show I've
ever done before.

311
00:14:34,859 --> 00:14:38,059
I've always done a pretty intense like
glute workout on Friday.

312
00:14:38,059 --> 00:14:38,919
I'm going to come back to that.

313
00:14:38,919 --> 00:14:41,899
I'm going to put a pin in that statement
that I made just right there.

314
00:14:41,899 --> 00:14:45,599
It's very important that we bring that
back up when we come back around.

315
00:14:45,599 --> 00:14:50,919
Because I think that is a contributor to
some things.

316
00:14:50,919 --> 00:14:53,543
So anyways, didn't do anything and.

317
00:14:53,543 --> 00:14:55,913
And I felt great, you know, I felt really
tight, everything felt good.

318
00:14:55,913 --> 00:14:57,263
Digestion was on point.

319
00:14:57,263 --> 00:14:59,523
I was snoozing, everything was good.

320
00:15:00,523 --> 00:15:03,863
Good lighting in the room, like, you know,
I felt very full.

321
00:15:03,863 --> 00:15:09,443
And then Saturday we started to doop,
doop, doop, doop, the scales, bloop,

322
00:15:09,443 --> 00:15:12,983
bloop, bloop, like just burning through
food.

323
00:15:13,123 --> 00:15:18,583
And, and so, you know, I, I didn't really,
I didn't see it in photos.

324
00:15:18,583 --> 00:15:20,283
I was like, this looks good.

325
00:15:20,283 --> 00:15:21,173
You know, I'm happy.

326
00:15:21,173 --> 00:15:21,613
I'm tight.

327
00:15:21,613 --> 00:15:23,471
My tummy was really tight.

328
00:15:23,587 --> 00:15:25,287
everything looked great.

329
00:15:25,767 --> 00:15:29,167
and so, you know, James has us check in.

330
00:15:29,167 --> 00:15:30,967
He's very, very thorough.

331
00:15:30,967 --> 00:15:36,067
It was an amazing virtual coaching
experience, like for him not being there.

332
00:15:36,067 --> 00:15:40,727
And he was in Toronto with all of his, and
they entered the Toronto pro show went on

333
00:15:40,727 --> 00:15:44,267
this past weekend and the way they do
things, that's like their nationals.

334
00:15:44,267 --> 00:15:46,037
So like Canadian nationals was Saturday.

335
00:15:46,037 --> 00:15:49,687
So he's there with all of his national
competitors.

336
00:15:49,687 --> 00:15:52,006
And then he's got pros competing the next
day.

337
00:15:52,006 --> 00:15:54,876
And James, I'm with team Atlas, they're a
Canadian based team.

338
00:15:54,876 --> 00:15:57,644
So he's so many athletes that he's.

339
00:15:57,644 --> 00:15:57,924
that.

340
00:15:57,924 --> 00:15:59,664
What's the time difference from the shows?

341
00:15:59,664 --> 00:16:00,724
Do you know?

342
00:16:00,724 --> 00:16:02,150
Cause that's another thing.

343
00:16:02,150 --> 00:16:07,990
Well, he has you send in a text like what
time it is right, right at then and there.

344
00:16:07,990 --> 00:16:11,670
And then what time you think you'll be on
stage so he can kind of gauge where we're

345
00:16:11,670 --> 00:16:12,130
at.

346
00:16:12,130 --> 00:16:19,230
And so every 90 minutes I would send a
photo and a video and you know what I ate

347
00:16:19,230 --> 00:16:19,650
last.

348
00:16:19,650 --> 00:16:21,440
And I was weighing myself every 90 minutes
too.

349
00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:22,560
And it was like drop.

350
00:16:22,560 --> 00:16:26,270
I was like dropping like point two or
point six, like every 90 minutes while I'm

351
00:16:26,270 --> 00:16:27,000
eating.

352
00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:28,984
And so.

353
00:16:28,984 --> 00:16:30,086
you were burning.

354
00:16:30,086 --> 00:16:33,315
yeah, and I wasn't hardly doing any, I did
my own hair and makeup, but it was really

355
00:16:33,315 --> 00:16:37,236
chill, I was super relaxed, like, I just
took my time doing it all, I really was

356
00:16:37,236 --> 00:16:41,676
trying not to exert myself, but I was just
burning through everything that he was

357
00:16:41,676 --> 00:16:43,016
giving me.

358
00:16:43,016 --> 00:16:48,536
So, head backstage, and it was, I get
backstage about like 2 .45 and the pro

359
00:16:48,536 --> 00:16:54,119
show started, the women started at three,
and it was stacked, I mean.

360
00:16:54,119 --> 00:16:56,439
Yulia Baba was there.

361
00:16:56,479 --> 00:16:57,479
Emi Person was there.

362
00:16:57,479 --> 00:16:59,499
She was just third in Pittsburgh.

363
00:16:59,499 --> 00:17:03,239
And these girls in person are just,
they're so beautiful.

364
00:17:03,239 --> 00:17:04,499
They're so nice.

365
00:17:04,499 --> 00:17:06,049
They're just, they're just beautiful.

366
00:17:06,049 --> 00:17:08,039
And their physiques are incredible.

367
00:17:08,179 --> 00:17:12,419
And Tara Greer, she ended up winning the,
winning the show.

368
00:17:12,539 --> 00:17:19,687
Valeria Fedorenko, I think her name is,
she, she is the most beautiful person in.

369
00:17:19,687 --> 00:17:20,917
I've ever seen in person.

370
00:17:20,917 --> 00:17:22,207
She looks like a statue.

371
00:17:22,207 --> 00:17:26,067
She's and she's one of James's clients,
but I think there's a bit of a language

372
00:17:26,067 --> 00:17:26,467
barrier.

373
00:17:26,467 --> 00:17:29,407
I think she's Ukrainian maybe.

374
00:17:29,407 --> 00:17:32,787
So I didn't like try to strike up a convo
with her because she probably, you know,

375
00:17:32,787 --> 00:17:35,947
and also I like to respect people on their
show day.

376
00:17:35,947 --> 00:17:39,937
I let them, you know, in their focus,
they're in the zone and you know, they,

377
00:17:39,937 --> 00:17:42,027
you know, they need to stay in that spot.

378
00:17:42,027 --> 00:17:42,427
Yeah.

379
00:17:42,427 --> 00:17:46,279
So I smile, but like I don't interrupt
people and whatnot, but yeah, I mean,

380
00:17:46,279 --> 00:17:48,569
just to see them all backstage getting
prepared.

381
00:17:48,569 --> 00:17:51,019
And we were all kind of in a sea together,
right?

382
00:17:51,019 --> 00:17:51,949
So they all went.

383
00:17:51,949 --> 00:17:55,699
And then as soon as that happened, they
were lining up Masters Bikini right away

384
00:17:55,699 --> 00:17:59,999
because we started directly afterwards and
there weren't a lot of figure competitors

385
00:17:59,999 --> 00:18:01,809
or women's physique competitors.

386
00:18:01,809 --> 00:18:03,699
Bikini is always like the biggest
division.

387
00:18:03,699 --> 00:18:05,699
So we were lining up right away.

388
00:18:05,699 --> 00:18:07,339
It was just really fast.

389
00:18:07,339 --> 00:18:08,159
And they lined us up.

390
00:18:08,159 --> 00:18:12,630
My first class I was in was Masters 40, 17
girls.

391
00:18:12,740 --> 00:18:16,600
That's what I think, I think that's the
one I watched because I was able to watch

392
00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:20,440
you before I had to go do my stuff and I
couldn't, it said masters and I was like,

393
00:18:20,440 --> 00:18:22,360
is this 40 or 35?

394
00:18:22,360 --> 00:18:24,370
And it was, I saw all the girls.

395
00:18:24,370 --> 00:18:26,653
I was like, my gosh.

396
00:18:26,653 --> 00:18:31,803
I'm like, I think they just probably
didn't expect to have that many.

397
00:18:31,843 --> 00:18:35,563
So there was one master's 40 class and
they brought us out in like three

398
00:18:35,563 --> 00:18:38,663
individual groups first and then everybody
did their routine.

399
00:18:38,663 --> 00:18:39,483
So that was good.

400
00:18:39,483 --> 00:18:43,563
I didn't have to like wait on stage while
everybody did their routine.

401
00:18:43,563 --> 00:18:49,083
So, but the minute my shoe hit that stage,
I was like, it's slippery.

402
00:18:49,083 --> 00:18:51,083
It was so slippery.

403
00:18:51,083 --> 00:18:54,471
It was like, like a plastic table.

404
00:18:54,471 --> 00:18:57,911
Like, you know, those like I was trying to
explain the texture to Brian, like a

405
00:18:57,911 --> 00:19:01,771
picnic table that's plastic, that's
literally the surface because they said

406
00:19:01,771 --> 00:19:05,251
that they had wiped it down and because
all the men had gone earlier.

407
00:19:05,251 --> 00:19:08,091
And I'm like, I've been on gym like wooden
floors.

408
00:19:08,091 --> 00:19:08,991
I've been on it.

409
00:19:08,991 --> 00:19:10,521
It was not oil.

410
00:19:10,521 --> 00:19:12,271
It was the texture of the floor.

411
00:19:12,271 --> 00:19:14,831
So that threw me off.

412
00:19:14,831 --> 00:19:18,771
And then when I did my individual routine
routine and went to the back pose, I kind

413
00:19:18,771 --> 00:19:22,951
of stumbled a little bit because I it was
really slick.

414
00:19:22,951 --> 00:19:23,783
So.

415
00:19:23,783 --> 00:19:26,473
So that was, I try not to let that stress
me out.

416
00:19:26,473 --> 00:19:32,863
And then the production of the whole show,
they had these huge big TV panels on the

417
00:19:32,863 --> 00:19:36,543
side that they were showing you
individually.

418
00:19:36,543 --> 00:19:41,553
So I'm in my back pose and I can see this
huge TV of me.

419
00:19:41,553 --> 00:19:43,743
I'm like, my God, my God.

420
00:19:43,863 --> 00:19:45,403
It was crazy.

421
00:19:46,163 --> 00:19:48,783
Yeah, I mean, it was really, really cool.

422
00:19:49,183 --> 00:19:52,870
It was a beautiful show, beautiful
production.

423
00:19:52,870 --> 00:19:55,790
And I remember seeing the coverage of it
last year and I was like, I'm going there

424
00:19:55,790 --> 00:19:57,630
next year and the crowns and everything.

425
00:19:57,630 --> 00:20:03,750
So, so we all get lined up on the side and
I'm like the second number they called for

426
00:20:03,750 --> 00:20:04,850
first call out.

427
00:20:04,850 --> 00:20:10,030
And I was like, yes, because again, I
mentioned this before, but I did clash in

428
00:20:10,030 --> 00:20:13,580
23 and it was, you know, it was my worst
showing ever.

429
00:20:13,580 --> 00:20:17,310
So, you know, I was a little bit, that's
the last time I went on stage.

430
00:20:17,310 --> 00:20:20,070
And so I felt like, I don't even care what
happens at this point.

431
00:20:20,070 --> 00:20:22,370
I made first call out of 17 girls.

432
00:20:22,370 --> 00:20:22,757
So.

433
00:20:22,757 --> 00:20:27,757
And I ended up taking fourth in that
class, which was really awesome.

434
00:20:27,757 --> 00:20:33,857
And then the girl who won that class ended
up like winning, like her open class and

435
00:20:33,857 --> 00:20:34,717
the 35.

436
00:20:34,717 --> 00:20:36,657
She was really, really strong competitor.

437
00:20:36,657 --> 00:20:40,797
I actually just looked her up and she's
she nearly turned pro at the Masters USA

438
00:20:40,797 --> 00:20:41,617
in December.

439
00:20:41,617 --> 00:20:46,157
So and that's why I went to this show,
because I knew these this is where all my

440
00:20:46,157 --> 00:20:48,687
competition for nationals is going to be
like this show.

441
00:20:48,687 --> 00:20:50,437
There was another one out in California.

442
00:20:50,437 --> 00:20:52,293
The NorCal was this weekend.

443
00:20:52,293 --> 00:20:56,873
The mile high, you know, these ones where
they have like the big pro show attached

444
00:20:56,873 --> 00:20:57,873
to it generally.

445
00:20:57,873 --> 00:21:00,833
And I don't know where Sandy, I don't
think Sandy was judging this weekend.

446
00:21:00,833 --> 00:21:03,993
So anyway, so that's why I picked it.

447
00:21:03,993 --> 00:21:07,333
So and I made a friend.

448
00:21:07,333 --> 00:21:13,373
I totally fast forwarded past through
this, but Gwen, who I met at tanning on

449
00:21:13,373 --> 00:21:15,523
Saturday, she listens to our podcast.

450
00:21:15,523 --> 00:21:17,023
She just found us a couple of weeks ago.

451
00:21:17,023 --> 00:21:19,153
And and so hi, Gwen.

452
00:21:19,153 --> 00:21:20,804
Thanks for tuning in.

453
00:21:20,804 --> 00:21:24,304
But she ended up taking second in the 40
class.

454
00:21:24,304 --> 00:21:25,744
Beautiful, stunning girl.

455
00:21:25,744 --> 00:21:28,114
She is just, she's gonna turn pro.

456
00:21:28,114 --> 00:21:29,304
I mean, she looks amazing.

457
00:21:29,304 --> 00:21:33,004
So nice, but it was just nice because I
had connected with her prior to going on

458
00:21:33,004 --> 00:21:37,104
stage and we were right beside each other
in the lineup of 17 girls, but everybody

459
00:21:37,104 --> 00:21:37,694
was really nice.

460
00:21:37,694 --> 00:21:39,674
And then 35, they actually split into two.

461
00:21:39,674 --> 00:21:45,444
They had 35A and 35B, but each of those
was like 16 girls.

462
00:21:46,004 --> 00:21:48,869
So I'm like huge, huge classes, yep.

463
00:21:48,869 --> 00:21:54,029
So I ended up first call out of that, got
third in Masters 35A.

464
00:21:54,029 --> 00:21:57,529
And then in the open classes, they did it
differently.

465
00:21:57,529 --> 00:22:00,639
They did it differently in every class
based on the size of them.

466
00:22:00,639 --> 00:22:04,329
I think the open class was like 10 or 11
girls.

467
00:22:04,449 --> 00:22:07,909
And we, all of us had already posed before
except for one girl.

468
00:22:07,909 --> 00:22:12,609
So they sent us out in two groups and then
we all waited on the side and then they

469
00:22:12,609 --> 00:22:13,156
did that.

470
00:22:13,156 --> 00:22:14,916
that one girl did her routine.

471
00:22:14,916 --> 00:22:17,086
So I was standing there for a long time.

472
00:22:17,086 --> 00:22:22,416
By the end of that class, my legs were so
dead tired just from holding my pose and

473
00:22:22,416 --> 00:22:26,726
like 40 and 35A and then open A were like
back to back to back.

474
00:22:26,726 --> 00:22:30,516
There was like no time, no time for water
and the time to pump up nothing in

475
00:22:30,516 --> 00:22:31,076
between.

476
00:22:31,076 --> 00:22:36,716
And then I ended up taking fifth place in
open, which, you know, as a master's girl,

477
00:22:36,716 --> 00:22:40,230
I always throw my hat in the ring at a
regional show just to see how I do.

478
00:22:40,230 --> 00:22:42,590
So that was really good too.

479
00:22:42,590 --> 00:22:45,710
And the girl who won that class won the
whole show.

480
00:22:45,830 --> 00:22:52,330
And she, I think she won the Miami show
last week.

481
00:22:52,910 --> 00:22:54,550
The big show that was in Miami.

482
00:22:54,550 --> 00:22:58,148
She was the amateur winner there, I think.

483
00:22:58,148 --> 00:23:03,901
I saw the pro show in the Miami, I think
it was just called Miami Pro, but.

484
00:23:03,901 --> 00:23:06,941
think it was like the Miami championships
or something and so, and she's a really,

485
00:23:06,941 --> 00:23:08,221
really strong competitor.

486
00:23:08,221 --> 00:23:10,171
So she did, she did great.

487
00:23:10,171 --> 00:23:15,521
She's young, so I won't be seeing her in
my class at nationals, but no, everybody

488
00:23:15,521 --> 00:23:16,721
was amazing.

489
00:23:16,721 --> 00:23:21,751
And it was, and I want to say too, Fit
Body Fusion, they're so nice.

490
00:23:21,751 --> 00:23:27,045
Like they really are just, you know, their
staff, all their coaches.

491
00:23:27,045 --> 00:23:28,605
They're nice to everybody.

492
00:23:28,605 --> 00:23:32,375
Like they were cheering for me on stage
because I had met Jordan on the elevator,

493
00:23:32,375 --> 00:23:35,605
Jordan Brannon, and she was like cheering
for me.

494
00:23:35,605 --> 00:23:36,855
Like they were just, they're so nice.

495
00:23:36,855 --> 00:23:41,705
Like it just felt like, wow, like there's
as much as there's so much competition

496
00:23:41,705 --> 00:23:44,725
because everybody wants this so bad.

497
00:23:44,725 --> 00:23:46,815
Like everybody is really rooting for
everybody else.

498
00:23:46,815 --> 00:23:49,665
It's up to the judges to decide who the
winners are.

499
00:23:49,665 --> 00:23:53,835
So, so yeah, it was, it was just a really,
really awesome experience.

500
00:23:53,835 --> 00:23:54,808
It really was.

501
00:23:54,808 --> 00:23:57,608
that you got to meet somebody that listens
to the podcast.

502
00:23:57,608 --> 00:24:00,408
I got to meet, the same thing kinda
happened to me backstage as well.

503
00:24:00,408 --> 00:24:04,828
I had a girl come up to me backstage and
say how much she enjoys our podcast.

504
00:24:04,828 --> 00:24:09,368
And you know, that's, that, and that's
like why we do this, right?

505
00:24:09,368 --> 00:24:14,738
It's like, we love to share, not just our
stories, pro stories, but like, you know,

506
00:24:14,738 --> 00:24:17,088
it doesn't matter what age you start at,
you can keep doing this.

507
00:24:17,088 --> 00:24:20,612
Like, I know pros that are, that turned
pro in their 60s.

508
00:24:20,612 --> 00:24:24,412
and 50s and 40s and look at all the people
that we've interviewed, you know, so it's

509
00:24:24,412 --> 00:24:25,492
really cool.

510
00:24:25,492 --> 00:24:26,056
I love it.

511
00:24:26,056 --> 00:24:29,446
wrote to me on Instagram and she's like,
wow.

512
00:24:29,446 --> 00:24:32,556
Like there was a lot of girls in your
class.

513
00:24:32,556 --> 00:24:34,296
And I said, I know there was like 17.

514
00:24:34,296 --> 00:24:38,136
She said, well, isn't that great that so
many women are prioritizing health and

515
00:24:38,136 --> 00:24:38,896
fitness.

516
00:24:38,896 --> 00:24:40,656
I'm like, wow, I didn't really think about
it like that.

517
00:24:40,656 --> 00:24:45,696
Like the divisions are growing in
popularity is bikini growing or are women

518
00:24:45,696 --> 00:24:51,596
becoming more health conscious, putting
self care first, becoming more, interested

519
00:24:51,596 --> 00:24:53,436
in, in developing muscle.

520
00:24:53,436 --> 00:24:54,020
Like, you know,

521
00:24:54,020 --> 00:24:55,860
I think that's a really positive thing.

522
00:24:55,860 --> 00:24:58,400
I think it's both of those things.

523
00:24:58,400 --> 00:25:03,900
But how cool is that, that there are so
many 40 -year -old women that showed up to

524
00:25:03,900 --> 00:25:07,880
DC or wherever I was.

525
00:25:08,980 --> 00:25:10,500
So yeah, I think it's cool.

526
00:25:10,500 --> 00:25:12,240
I really do.

527
00:25:12,340 --> 00:25:12,956
Yeah.

528
00:25:12,956 --> 00:25:17,356
look at, I've seen now expediting, you
know, this year, like just take this year

529
00:25:17,356 --> 00:25:18,096
alone.

530
00:25:18,096 --> 00:25:25,176
I've seen so much growth in the masters
category and then, but on the flip side of

531
00:25:25,176 --> 00:25:31,684
that in the true novice category, every
show I've expedited for this year has.

532
00:25:31,684 --> 00:25:35,794
the true novice category, which again, for
anybody listening that's new to the sport,

533
00:25:35,794 --> 00:25:40,684
true novice category is for people that
have never ever stepped on stage at an NPC

534
00:25:40,684 --> 00:25:41,204
show.

535
00:25:41,204 --> 00:25:44,854
So across the board, stepping on stage as
a true novice, it's your very first,

536
00:25:44,854 --> 00:25:46,324
everybody's very first time.

537
00:25:46,324 --> 00:25:54,584
So in bikini, I mean, these classes have
10, 15, 20 girls because we separated to A

538
00:25:54,584 --> 00:25:55,824
and B too.

539
00:25:55,824 --> 00:26:00,164
And it's crazy to see how many new
competitors,

540
00:26:00,164 --> 00:26:05,824
But on the master side as well, you were
seeing these fifties and 60 year olds who

541
00:26:05,824 --> 00:26:08,244
have just compete for fun because it's
healthy.

542
00:26:08,244 --> 00:26:09,244
They like to stay in shape.

543
00:26:09,244 --> 00:26:10,044
They want to do it.

544
00:26:10,044 --> 00:26:13,344
And there's something to it because if
you've been competing for a long time,

545
00:26:13,344 --> 00:26:17,924
we've all, we've all done the unhealthy
way of competing, right?

546
00:26:17,924 --> 00:26:21,804
Like run ourselves ragged, crash our
hormones, feel like, you know, feel like

547
00:26:21,804 --> 00:26:24,544
shit and then get stick, what is it?

548
00:26:24,544 --> 00:26:26,714
Sick, skinny and like go on stage.

549
00:26:26,714 --> 00:26:28,708
But now that we're all like older,

550
00:26:28,708 --> 00:26:31,318
And we're learning, if we build muscle,
how healthy is that?

551
00:26:31,318 --> 00:26:34,408
We have lean muscle tissue, we live
longer, our skin looks better, our hair

552
00:26:34,408 --> 00:26:37,968
looks better, we sleep better, our
hormones regulate better.

553
00:26:37,968 --> 00:26:43,238
It's like, well, I can look great in a
bikini and step on stage and be healthy.

554
00:26:43,238 --> 00:26:46,204
I don't have to run myself into the
ground, so.

555
00:26:46,204 --> 00:26:51,024
back to like, you know, there's girls
that, you know, they might not have done a

556
00:26:51,024 --> 00:26:52,184
show since like 2016.

557
00:26:52,184 --> 00:26:54,924
And maybe they thought back then, OK, I'm
going to hang it up.

558
00:26:54,924 --> 00:27:00,364
But then seeing the growing masters
divisions and going like, hey, like, I can

559
00:27:00,364 --> 00:27:03,384
get out there, you know, like I can still
do this.

560
00:27:03,384 --> 00:27:05,434
And, you know, it's not over if you don't
want it to be.

561
00:27:05,434 --> 00:27:06,659
You know, I think it's.

562
00:27:06,659 --> 00:27:09,159
It's never too late to start and it's
never too late to come back.

563
00:27:09,159 --> 00:27:10,569
You know, the stage is always there.

564
00:27:10,569 --> 00:27:13,179
That's like what I always say to people.

565
00:27:13,219 --> 00:27:19,559
So so yeah, overall, just the best, the
best time, good vibes and came home

566
00:27:19,559 --> 00:27:21,409
yesterday and had some fun.

567
00:27:21,409 --> 00:27:24,709
Well, and then Saturday night, again, no
idea where we were.

568
00:27:24,709 --> 00:27:27,344
Like we're looking at the calendar map
like I don't know.

569
00:27:27,344 --> 00:27:30,264
we're gonna put a pin in that one.

570
00:27:30,264 --> 00:27:32,784
Let's put a pin in that, let's wait, let's
wait.

571
00:27:32,784 --> 00:27:36,004
So you got to, cause both of us got to
experience something else a little

572
00:27:36,004 --> 00:27:37,264
differently too.

573
00:27:37,264 --> 00:27:41,464
You got to step on stage and you waited
for judges feedback, didn't you?

574
00:27:42,124 --> 00:27:44,898
Okay, so did you get judges feedback?

575
00:27:44,898 --> 00:27:48,138
Yeah, I bum rushed the table like a
psychopath.

576
00:27:48,138 --> 00:27:51,408
Yeah, and Bill was the head judge and he
turned around.

577
00:27:51,408 --> 00:27:53,368
He's like, are you ladies waiting for me?

578
00:27:53,368 --> 00:27:55,378
He was so great.

579
00:27:55,538 --> 00:27:58,838
And he right away was like, number 73,
right?

580
00:27:58,838 --> 00:28:01,718
I'm like, yes, thank you.

581
00:28:01,718 --> 00:28:05,978
Because normally if you stick around at
Nationals and you wait for Sandy, you wait

582
00:28:05,978 --> 00:28:10,878
for hours and you have to have your photo
because she sees like fricking 600 girls.

583
00:28:10,914 --> 00:28:12,014
And she's wonderful.

584
00:28:12,014 --> 00:28:13,424
She's very thorough with her detail.

585
00:28:13,424 --> 00:28:15,353
Like she will talk to you for like five
minutes.

586
00:28:15,353 --> 00:28:18,504
But you did.

587
00:28:18,504 --> 00:28:18,834
Yeah.

588
00:28:18,834 --> 00:28:20,554
I would recommend doing that seriously.

589
00:28:20,554 --> 00:28:23,144
Like you, you gotta wait.

590
00:28:23,144 --> 00:28:24,194
You got to do it.

591
00:28:24,194 --> 00:28:29,154
And, you know, I think it's, it's show to
show, like sometimes the promoter will

592
00:28:29,154 --> 00:28:31,834
tell you at the meeting, please do not
approach the table afterwards.

593
00:28:31,834 --> 00:28:36,734
We will email you, but, most of the time
those judges are going to a different show

594
00:28:36,734 --> 00:28:37,834
the next weekend.

595
00:28:37,834 --> 00:28:38,114
They're

596
00:28:38,114 --> 00:28:39,414
They're every weekend, they're judging
shows.

597
00:28:39,414 --> 00:28:40,924
They really don't have time for all these
emails.

598
00:28:40,924 --> 00:28:44,374
So they actually prefer to just get it out
of the way, especially it was like seven o

599
00:28:44,374 --> 00:28:44,964
'clock.

600
00:28:44,964 --> 00:28:49,974
So so, yeah, I lined up and got feedback
which we're going to put to use.

601
00:28:49,974 --> 00:28:51,574
And that was super, super helpful.

602
00:28:51,574 --> 00:28:52,564
And they're always nice.

603
00:28:52,564 --> 00:28:56,384
They always give you a nice compliment,
you know, which was good to hear.

604
00:28:56,384 --> 00:29:02,874
So, you know, but I know what I need to
improve upon for the next one in 25 days.

605
00:29:03,154 --> 00:29:04,284
It's soon, it's soon.

606
00:29:04,284 --> 00:29:06,394
But yeah, so.

607
00:29:06,690 --> 00:29:08,666
But so you got feedback too.

608
00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:12,140
no, I did not get feedback because I did
the email.

609
00:29:12,140 --> 00:29:14,140
So our promoter, what he likes to do.

610
00:29:14,140 --> 00:29:17,460
Yeah, and the judges want you to email for
us.

611
00:29:17,460 --> 00:29:21,820
So like, but at the same time, I kind of
already knew.

612
00:29:21,820 --> 00:29:25,570
Like I already have like a general idea.

613
00:29:25,570 --> 00:29:27,070
So I will get feedback.

614
00:29:27,070 --> 00:29:29,740
It'll probably take like a week or two,
however long it takes.

615
00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:35,060
But your show got done at such a different
time where our show, I can't remember what

616
00:29:35,060 --> 00:29:36,292
time it all got done.

617
00:29:36,292 --> 00:29:41,632
So, cause I had to wait for my friend who
was expediting to get done for us to go

618
00:29:41,632 --> 00:29:41,802
out.

619
00:29:41,802 --> 00:29:46,052
And I want to say that I got, I don't
think we left the hotel until like 10 ish

620
00:29:46,052 --> 00:29:46,612
something.

621
00:29:46,612 --> 00:29:49,366
So yeah, so ours was a little bit later.

622
00:29:49,366 --> 00:29:52,966
shower at like 730 washing the tan off.

623
00:29:52,966 --> 00:29:55,146
So that was really great.

624
00:29:55,146 --> 00:29:55,486
Yeah.

625
00:29:55,486 --> 00:29:56,880
And that shower was.

626
00:29:56,880 --> 00:29:57,780
the pen.

627
00:29:57,780 --> 00:29:59,942
And now, so what'd you do after your show?

628
00:29:59,942 --> 00:30:01,472
was the, it was the best shower ever.

629
00:30:01,472 --> 00:30:02,992
I have never been so dark.

630
00:30:02,992 --> 00:30:06,262
Like that was the darkest spray tan I've
ever gotten.

631
00:30:06,262 --> 00:30:07,702
It was beautiful.

632
00:30:07,702 --> 00:30:12,742
And I'm glad because just generally in the
shorter classes, I always end up being

633
00:30:12,742 --> 00:30:16,022
like in the mix with like, you know, other
dark skinned competitors.

634
00:30:16,022 --> 00:30:17,742
And I am not dark skinned.

635
00:30:17,742 --> 00:30:19,702
So that was really helpful.

636
00:30:19,702 --> 00:30:20,952
But it was super, super dark.

637
00:30:20,952 --> 00:30:21,792
So got that off.

638
00:30:21,792 --> 00:30:27,002
And then we just found a great little
restaurant nearby, had a hilarious Uber

639
00:30:27,002 --> 00:30:28,355
driver that told us.

640
00:30:28,355 --> 00:30:34,135
I think he had a fake British accent and
didn't realize that we, like Aaron and I

641
00:30:34,135 --> 00:30:35,335
both have British parents.

642
00:30:35,335 --> 00:30:39,195
So like we were like, we'd call him out on
his, and then he was kind of like, it was

643
00:30:39,195 --> 00:30:40,395
really weird.

644
00:30:40,515 --> 00:30:42,765
So I was like, just get me back to my
hotel.

645
00:30:42,765 --> 00:30:43,135
I don't know.

646
00:30:43,135 --> 00:30:44,095
I don't know where I am.

647
00:30:44,095 --> 00:30:48,185
So, but yeah, we had food and then went to
bed and then we flew out the next morning,

648
00:30:48,185 --> 00:30:52,035
like kind of early because early -ish.

649
00:30:52,035 --> 00:30:54,745
I mean, we wanted to get back and my
flight was like at noon.

650
00:30:54,745 --> 00:30:56,226
Aaron's was at like 11.

651
00:30:56,226 --> 00:31:01,466
So I was home by like two and then had a
great time with the kids and the girls

652
00:31:01,466 --> 00:31:01,976
were so great.

653
00:31:01,976 --> 00:31:05,946
Like they were just excited to see the
trophies and you know, the tiara and we

654
00:31:05,946 --> 00:31:09,006
went to dinner as a family and yeah, it
was just, it was really, it was just

655
00:31:09,006 --> 00:31:10,076
really nice to have a day off.

656
00:31:10,076 --> 00:31:16,406
I haven't had a cheat meal since January
and I mean, I've been to a hundred on a

657
00:31:16,406 --> 00:31:19,046
hundred trips and I did not cheat one
time.

658
00:31:19,046 --> 00:31:23,298
So it was just really nice just to have a
day to just kick it a little bit and.

659
00:31:23,298 --> 00:31:24,748
not think about the show, but it was hard.

660
00:31:24,748 --> 00:31:27,518
I mean, when I woke up yesterday, I had a
lot of thoughts, a lot of feelings.

661
00:31:27,518 --> 00:31:31,038
And I'm like, I don't want to be in a
bummer mood when I get home.

662
00:31:31,038 --> 00:31:33,378
I just, and I'm fresh off the stage.

663
00:31:33,378 --> 00:31:34,348
My body's tired.

664
00:31:34,348 --> 00:31:37,238
I just need like 24 hours, just really
process everything.

665
00:31:37,238 --> 00:31:40,518
And then today I feel like I feel
different, but you know, you kind of go

666
00:31:40,518 --> 00:31:44,598
through lots of things and thinking things
you could do differently.

667
00:31:44,598 --> 00:31:45,859
And you know,

668
00:31:45,859 --> 00:31:49,878
wanting to get back to the drawing board
and improve upon things as quickly as

669
00:31:49,878 --> 00:31:53,978
possible, but it just takes time and you
just have to process all the feels and all

670
00:31:53,978 --> 00:31:54,399
of that.

671
00:31:54,399 --> 00:31:57,999
So that's kind of where I'm at today is
just back to work.

672
00:31:57,999 --> 00:31:58,799
So what about you?

673
00:31:58,799 --> 00:32:00,309
You guys, it looks like fun.

674
00:32:00,309 --> 00:32:02,680
You guys went out and had sushi, right?

675
00:32:03,140 --> 00:32:04,360
Okay, yeah.

676
00:32:04,360 --> 00:32:07,200
So that was such an exciting little
adventure.

677
00:32:07,900 --> 00:32:14,040
So at the show I had planned, I already
had my Saturday night planned.

678
00:32:14,040 --> 00:32:18,640
I was going to watch Godzilla on Netflix,
because I had been waiting to watch the

679
00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:19,880
Godzilla on Netflix.

680
00:32:19,880 --> 00:32:23,980
And I was just going to order like steak
and potatoes, burger and fries, whatever,

681
00:32:23,980 --> 00:32:25,540
some sort of protein.

682
00:32:25,540 --> 00:32:28,560
I always drink a bunch of electrolytes.

683
00:32:28,560 --> 00:32:33,308
I always drink like a bunch of
electrolytes after the show and then...

684
00:32:33,316 --> 00:32:35,796
Just whatever I feel like eating.

685
00:32:36,356 --> 00:32:43,536
It's hard for me because like during peak
week, I feel like I'm so like focused and

686
00:32:43,536 --> 00:32:47,296
I don't really get hungry because my
metabolism, I'm just like, this is what

687
00:32:47,296 --> 00:32:47,866
I'm supposed to eat.

688
00:32:47,866 --> 00:32:49,656
This is when I eat it and this is what I'm
doing.

689
00:32:49,656 --> 00:32:53,736
And it takes a while for me to get hungry
after a show.

690
00:32:53,736 --> 00:32:56,116
Like I'm not like, my gosh, I have to go
eat this.

691
00:32:56,116 --> 00:32:58,236
I've been thinking about this, whatever.

692
00:32:58,236 --> 00:33:02,210
It's weird how my metabolism is all the
adrenaline and nerves.

693
00:33:02,210 --> 00:33:02,836
Yeah.

694
00:33:02,836 --> 00:33:07,156
anyways, one of the girls, Jen, her name
is Jen.

695
00:33:07,156 --> 00:33:08,796
Hi, Jen, if you're listening.

696
00:33:09,556 --> 00:33:14,476
she is friends with Ariel and Ariel and I,
she's, Ariel's one of the expeditors.

697
00:33:14,476 --> 00:33:18,296
We've been friends for years now and they
were going to go out for sushi.

698
00:33:18,296 --> 00:33:22,366
And I was like, no, I don't go out really
after shows.

699
00:33:22,366 --> 00:33:23,656
Like, it's just not what I do.

700
00:33:23,656 --> 00:33:25,406
And Jen's like, no, yes, you're going.

701
00:33:25,406 --> 00:33:26,806
I'm like, no.

702
00:33:26,806 --> 00:33:28,636
She's like, yes, yes, you are.

703
00:33:28,636 --> 00:33:31,812
I'm like, maybe she's like, no, you're
going.

704
00:33:31,812 --> 00:33:35,242
I'm like, I didn't even pack anything
except some like sweatpants.

705
00:33:35,242 --> 00:33:36,942
She's like, you can wear that.

706
00:33:36,942 --> 00:33:37,282
We're going.

707
00:33:37,282 --> 00:33:37,912
I'm like, okay, fine.

708
00:33:37,912 --> 00:33:38,312
We're going.

709
00:33:38,312 --> 00:33:38,872
I'm done.

710
00:33:38,872 --> 00:33:43,292
She wore, she kind of like, it just
sounded more fun as she's like, no, we're

711
00:33:43,292 --> 00:33:43,752
going to do this.

712
00:33:43,752 --> 00:33:44,232
It's okay.

713
00:33:44,232 --> 00:33:45,392
Like, I don't know.

714
00:33:45,392 --> 00:33:49,132
Like the vibes, like she was such a
positive person and, and I forget that

715
00:33:49,132 --> 00:33:50,352
Ariel moved to Florida.

716
00:33:50,352 --> 00:33:53,072
Like I see her more for shows and stuff,
but she moved to Florida.

717
00:33:53,072 --> 00:33:54,632
So I don't see her as often as I used to.

718
00:33:54,632 --> 00:33:57,912
And she was in town and I was like, you
know, I'm going to go get a bite with some

719
00:33:57,912 --> 00:33:59,592
friends and everything will be okay.

720
00:33:59,592 --> 00:34:00,708
And it was like,

721
00:34:00,708 --> 00:34:06,748
After the show, I took a shower, washed
the tan off, watch, it feels so good.

722
00:34:06,748 --> 00:34:08,488
It's the best.

723
00:34:08,488 --> 00:34:10,758
I take two showers after a show.

724
00:34:10,758 --> 00:34:13,508
So I washed the tan off, leave hair and
makeup done.

725
00:34:13,508 --> 00:34:19,628
And then we went out to grab sushi, got
back to the hotel, and then took another

726
00:34:19,628 --> 00:34:23,068
shower to wash everything off again and
then slept.

727
00:34:23,188 --> 00:34:30,478
So I, all week, I'm wearing a sweater and
I'm still, yeah.

728
00:34:30,478 --> 00:34:31,460
gross, it's everywhere.

729
00:34:31,460 --> 00:34:36,730
But I also know me so well, like I know I
don't sleep well after a show.

730
00:34:36,730 --> 00:34:40,600
So I went to bed probably at midnight,
which is late for me.

731
00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:44,540
And I was right up at 3 .30 and I could
not go back to sleep.

732
00:34:44,540 --> 00:34:45,286
So I just.

733
00:34:45,286 --> 00:34:47,266
on the road and it was like five in the
morning.

734
00:34:47,266 --> 00:34:49,142
I'm like, my God.

735
00:34:49,568 --> 00:34:52,468
almost didn't text you because I didn't
know if you were gonna be sleeping or not

736
00:34:52,468 --> 00:34:55,168
and then I couldn't remember the time
difference and I didn't know your flights.

737
00:34:55,168 --> 00:35:00,208
So I drove back and I was like, okay, like
I'll meet my husband for breakfast and it

738
00:35:00,208 --> 00:35:04,578
like just like you said, it was just you
need that day.

739
00:35:04,578 --> 00:35:09,928
Like I was after clash, I was so
emotional.

740
00:35:09,928 --> 00:35:11,940
I was very in my feelings.

741
00:35:11,940 --> 00:35:13,990
I didn't know what I wanted to do.

742
00:35:13,990 --> 00:35:16,710
I wasn't sure if I'd do another show until
Nash.

743
00:35:16,710 --> 00:35:18,140
I just didn't know anything.

744
00:35:18,140 --> 00:35:20,960
And so I was very like eager.

745
00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:24,360
Whereas this show, I was so relaxed.

746
00:35:24,360 --> 00:35:29,520
I was so, I'm still like just still in my
feelings.

747
00:35:29,520 --> 00:35:31,900
Cause I'm so just happy.

748
00:35:31,900 --> 00:35:35,560
Like I knew when I walked off the stage, I
was done for this year.

749
00:35:35,560 --> 00:35:39,240
I knew that I was going to spend the day
with my husband and friends.

750
00:35:39,240 --> 00:35:40,452
I knew.

751
00:35:40,452 --> 00:35:43,932
I was going to like enjoy, I know how my
body handles all the food.

752
00:35:43,932 --> 00:35:46,912
So I knew like, I'd feel fantastic.

753
00:35:46,912 --> 00:35:52,712
I had today's Monday, I had the best pump
at the gym, but I, yeah, Erin and I had

754
00:35:52,712 --> 00:35:56,542
breakfast together, which I still eat.

755
00:35:56,542 --> 00:35:58,152
Like, so I still eat all my regular food.

756
00:35:58,152 --> 00:36:00,572
Like I had egg whites, veggies, potatoes.

757
00:36:00,572 --> 00:36:02,472
I had a waffle, we shared a waffle.

758
00:36:02,472 --> 00:36:05,692
And then all day we went to the spa and we
spent like a good chunk of the day at the

759
00:36:05,692 --> 00:36:06,276
spa.

760
00:36:06,276 --> 00:36:08,176
and I got a facial, he got a massage.

761
00:36:08,176 --> 00:36:12,036
This spa has like a grotto hot tub pool,
so we went and did that with some friends.

762
00:36:12,036 --> 00:36:16,876
But that whole time, I just ate chicken
and veggies because I just needed a minute

763
00:36:16,876 --> 00:36:19,176
for my stomach to digest everything.

764
00:36:19,176 --> 00:36:24,396
And then it wasn't until way later that we
went to dinner and I had, we shared some

765
00:36:24,396 --> 00:36:28,896
appetizers and I had salmon, veggies and
potatoes.

766
00:36:28,896 --> 00:36:32,716
And then we went to the movies and I saw
my monkey movie.

767
00:36:32,716 --> 00:36:35,844
Yes, we weren't gonna do that.

768
00:36:35,844 --> 00:36:39,924
but it was one of those things where it
was like you wanted to sit somewhere dark

769
00:36:39,924 --> 00:36:45,274
and cozy and just chill out and be quiet
for a while.

770
00:36:45,274 --> 00:36:52,024
So if you guys are listening and don't
know me too well, I love monster, shark,

771
00:36:52,044 --> 00:36:55,924
dinosaur, Godzilla movies and Erin and I
just got done binge watching all the

772
00:36:55,924 --> 00:37:01,304
Planet of the Apes movies and so I know I
didn't tell you that, Jillian, but we did

773
00:37:01,304 --> 00:37:02,944
and they're directed really well.

774
00:37:02,944 --> 00:37:03,844
I really like them.

775
00:37:03,844 --> 00:37:05,004
Okay, so does he.

776
00:37:05,004 --> 00:37:05,632
So...

777
00:37:05,632 --> 00:37:09,682
must be an American thing, because I'm not
of that vibe at all.

778
00:37:10,268 --> 00:37:12,348
don't know, I just think they're so fun.

779
00:37:12,348 --> 00:37:16,088
But so we went and saw the new Planet of
the Apes movies and just spent time

780
00:37:16,088 --> 00:37:22,208
together like the day like you said just
the day and it's fantastic.

781
00:37:22,568 --> 00:37:23,830
Fantastic.

782
00:37:23,830 --> 00:37:30,210
by the same token, like it did not bother
me at all to get up this morning and, you

783
00:37:30,210 --> 00:37:34,710
know, measure out all my water and lay out
all my vitamins and get my food, my

784
00:37:34,710 --> 00:37:35,770
Instacart on my groceries.

785
00:37:35,770 --> 00:37:38,609
Like I was so excited going to the gym
this morning.

786
00:37:38,609 --> 00:37:41,930
Like this is so what I love to do.

787
00:37:41,930 --> 00:37:47,410
And that like occurred to me during my
prep because, you know, there's been some

788
00:37:47,410 --> 00:37:49,346
years where the prep.

789
00:37:49,346 --> 00:37:52,746
I couldn't wait for it to be over because
I felt like I was missing out so much.

790
00:37:52,746 --> 00:37:57,726
But I've just come to like really just
find that I'm so happy in prep because I'm

791
00:37:57,726 --> 00:38:00,086
just so proud of what I'm working towards.

792
00:38:00,386 --> 00:38:01,406
And I love it.

793
00:38:01,406 --> 00:38:04,146
I love the lead up to the stage.

794
00:38:04,146 --> 00:38:05,036
It's so exciting.

795
00:38:05,036 --> 00:38:08,476
It's so cool to be in my 40s and I get to
do this.

796
00:38:08,476 --> 00:38:12,186
Like it feels like it's just such a luxury
and I'm so happy.

797
00:38:12,186 --> 00:38:15,618
So I was so happy to go into the gym this
morning and all the...

798
00:38:15,618 --> 00:38:19,378
Like there's like a group of like older
men in the morning that work out and I'm

799
00:38:19,378 --> 00:38:20,528
sure they're not listening to this
podcast.

800
00:38:20,528 --> 00:38:21,088
Maybe they are.

801
00:38:21,088 --> 00:38:21,558
I don't know.

802
00:38:21,558 --> 00:38:23,838
But they're like, kid, how'd you do?

803
00:38:23,838 --> 00:38:24,658
You know, it's funny.

804
00:38:24,658 --> 00:38:27,958
They call me kid, but, it was, it was
great just walking in there today and

805
00:38:27,958 --> 00:38:31,408
they're so proud and, you know, just
they're like, if you need anything, like,

806
00:38:31,408 --> 00:38:32,678
you know, we'll spot you.

807
00:38:32,678 --> 00:38:34,188
And I'm like, I had to fill out my glutes.

808
00:38:34,188 --> 00:38:35,868
Like, I don't know what that means, but
okay.

809
00:38:35,868 --> 00:38:36,458
You know?

810
00:38:36,458 --> 00:38:38,118
So, yeah.

811
00:38:38,118 --> 00:38:38,598
So yeah.

812
00:38:38,598 --> 00:38:43,698
So just back to the, back to the grind
and, you know, I feel like not hungry at

813
00:38:43,698 --> 00:38:44,128
all today.

814
00:38:44,128 --> 00:38:45,058
Like, I mean,

815
00:38:45,058 --> 00:38:47,698
I just feel like fooded out.

816
00:38:47,698 --> 00:38:50,598
Like I just I just wanted to eat my normal
food.

817
00:38:50,598 --> 00:38:52,398
It was really actually hard for me to eat
lunch today.

818
00:38:52,398 --> 00:38:56,358
Like I ate breakfast and then after the
gym, I was just like, my God, like I'm

819
00:38:56,358 --> 00:38:58,368
still just digesting everything from the
weekend.

820
00:38:58,368 --> 00:39:01,978
Because again, it has been like months
since I've had a cheat meal and I could

821
00:39:01,978 --> 00:39:04,518
hardly eat what I used to be able to eat.

822
00:39:04,518 --> 00:39:08,378
Like there's this little burger place and
well, it's actually like a wood fire pizza

823
00:39:08,378 --> 00:39:11,138
restaurant in the city.

824
00:39:11,138 --> 00:39:12,838
And it it's so delicious.

825
00:39:12,838 --> 00:39:14,850
And I like was like.

826
00:39:14,850 --> 00:39:15,670
tapping out.

827
00:39:15,670 --> 00:39:17,690
I can't like I couldn't finish anything.

828
00:39:17,690 --> 00:39:19,730
But I was totally satisfied.

829
00:39:19,730 --> 00:39:23,570
And then you know, today just happy to be
back on prep and not craving anything.

830
00:39:23,570 --> 00:39:28,930
And so so that's that's welcoming, because
it stinks to like, the next day, like, you

831
00:39:28,930 --> 00:39:32,690
know, you start to have some crazy
cravings, you know, when you start to

832
00:39:32,690 --> 00:39:36,470
reintroduce things, and, you know, so I'm
grateful to not have that today and just,

833
00:39:36,470 --> 00:39:39,250
you know, be be focused on the next one.

834
00:39:39,250 --> 00:39:39,812
So.

835
00:39:39,812 --> 00:39:43,132
But I feel like we've talked about
something similar to that on our other

836
00:39:43,132 --> 00:39:43,792
episodes.

837
00:39:43,792 --> 00:39:47,851
I feel like once you, you really have to
know who you are and like your why,

838
00:39:47,851 --> 00:39:50,172
because I can't agree with you more.

839
00:39:50,172 --> 00:39:54,132
Like I've had refeed meals, so I knew what
my body was already gonna do.

840
00:39:54,132 --> 00:39:56,112
And also this is my second show of the
season.

841
00:39:56,112 --> 00:39:59,982
So my first show, I ate really similar.

842
00:39:59,982 --> 00:40:02,112
I mean, sushi is sushi.

843
00:40:02,112 --> 00:40:06,692
Like none, I think I had like one, a bite
or two of fried sushi, but the rest of

844
00:40:06,692 --> 00:40:08,792
them was like, you're rice and fish,
right?

845
00:40:08,792 --> 00:40:09,668
So like.

846
00:40:09,668 --> 00:40:14,308
I knew how I was gonna feel and I knew how
I was gonna feel Sunday.

847
00:40:14,308 --> 00:40:18,428
So today, like I couldn't get, I was the
same way.

848
00:40:18,428 --> 00:40:23,108
Like I got up, I did my cardio, I dropped
it a little bit.

849
00:40:23,108 --> 00:40:24,918
I did my check -ins this morning.

850
00:40:24,918 --> 00:40:27,908
I got my updated plan.

851
00:40:27,908 --> 00:40:33,228
I got my updated workout plan, what we're
gonna do, how we're gonna handle me going

852
00:40:33,228 --> 00:40:35,048
back to dry needling.

853
00:40:35,048 --> 00:40:38,212
Well, I've been doing dry needling but
having a consistency of that.

854
00:40:38,212 --> 00:40:41,032
you know, recovering through my hip and my
leg.

855
00:40:41,272 --> 00:40:45,962
But like I ate my rice cakes and avocados
this morning.

856
00:40:45,962 --> 00:40:48,712
I went to the gym, had a fantastic lift.

857
00:40:48,712 --> 00:40:51,072
Like I already have, I did the same thing.

858
00:40:51,072 --> 00:40:51,922
I have my Instacart.

859
00:40:51,922 --> 00:40:53,132
All my stuff's already saved.

860
00:40:53,132 --> 00:40:55,082
I was just waiting for my check -in.

861
00:40:55,082 --> 00:40:58,872
Like I was waiting for Sam to get back to
me to see like, okay, like I think I know

862
00:40:58,872 --> 00:41:01,232
what I'm going to eat, but just in case
there's something special, I'm going to

863
00:41:01,232 --> 00:41:02,312
wait to order it.

864
00:41:02,312 --> 00:41:06,436
But like I met, I just had lunch with Erin
and it was like,

865
00:41:06,436 --> 00:41:10,356
my normal lunch with veggies, you know,
and then like extra carbs and all this

866
00:41:10,356 --> 00:41:10,455
stuff.

867
00:41:10,455 --> 00:41:13,346
And I just, it's who we are, right?

868
00:41:13,346 --> 00:41:16,386
It's like, yeah, am I a little fuller?

869
00:41:16,386 --> 00:41:17,566
Do I feel a little different?

870
00:41:17,566 --> 00:41:20,106
Cause I ate like a little more than I
usually do.

871
00:41:20,106 --> 00:41:20,716
Absolutely.

872
00:41:20,716 --> 00:41:22,596
But like, I can't wait to prep my food.

873
00:41:22,596 --> 00:41:23,556
I can't.

874
00:41:23,556 --> 00:41:24,956
It's, it's what we do.

875
00:41:24,956 --> 00:41:30,016
Like it doesn't matter for getting ready
for a stage in 25 days or 24 days or like

876
00:41:30,016 --> 00:41:34,156
me, like I'm not going to see a stage this
year again, but I'm still going to prep my

877
00:41:34,156 --> 00:41:35,476
food and get it out.

878
00:41:35,476 --> 00:41:36,092
And.

879
00:41:36,130 --> 00:41:37,730
Yeah, it's a lifestyle.

880
00:41:37,730 --> 00:41:40,720
And I've said that, like, I love my prep
food.

881
00:41:40,720 --> 00:41:42,830
I just want more of it, you know?

882
00:41:42,830 --> 00:41:45,420
So like, I just, I always, I love rice.

883
00:41:45,420 --> 00:41:48,660
Like, I mean, I love it so much.

884
00:41:48,660 --> 00:41:52,868
So, I mean, just to have more rice would
make me so happy.

885
00:41:52,868 --> 00:41:54,808
Okay, so I don't know if I told you this.

886
00:41:54,808 --> 00:42:01,348
I really don't know if I told you this,
but when I was carb loading, I needed to

887
00:42:01,348 --> 00:42:04,338
eat rice and I needed to eat jelly and nut
butter.

888
00:42:04,338 --> 00:42:08,248
And then I was like, well, I remember
Jillian saying she added peanut butter to

889
00:42:08,248 --> 00:42:09,988
her rice and it was really good.

890
00:42:09,988 --> 00:42:13,708
And I was like, you know, maybe I'll try
this and see what it did.

891
00:42:13,708 --> 00:42:20,228
So I added, my gosh, I added a tablespoon
of my peanut butter, but I added a couple

892
00:42:20,228 --> 00:42:21,288
drops.

893
00:42:21,588 --> 00:42:22,276
I...

894
00:42:22,276 --> 00:42:23,576
I can't believe I didn't tell you this.

895
00:42:23,576 --> 00:42:29,636
Okay, a week before, it was like a week,
the week of peak week I did this.

896
00:42:29,636 --> 00:42:32,676
And I put a couple drops of my stevia,
cause I wanted it to be like a little

897
00:42:32,676 --> 00:42:33,416
sweeter.

898
00:42:33,416 --> 00:42:34,676
my gosh.

899
00:42:34,876 --> 00:42:36,034
It's so good.

900
00:42:36,034 --> 00:42:38,154
girl don't sleep on that peanut butter and
rice.

901
00:42:38,154 --> 00:42:40,514
I don't know why it's so good.

902
00:42:41,534 --> 00:42:46,454
Well it's like, you know how like Pad Thai
has like a peanut sauce?

903
00:42:46,454 --> 00:42:48,694
That's why it's good.

904
00:42:48,794 --> 00:42:49,934
I do.

905
00:42:49,934 --> 00:42:54,694
But you know, I'm surprised I like it
because I don't like peanut butter mixed

906
00:42:54,694 --> 00:42:55,114
with anything.

907
00:42:55,114 --> 00:42:57,634
Like I don't like Reese's, like peanut
butter chocolate.

908
00:42:57,634 --> 00:42:59,512
I'm like, no, like I like those things.

909
00:42:59,512 --> 00:43:00,292
Jillian, this is good.

910
00:43:00,292 --> 00:43:03,632
This podcast, okay, for one, the whole DC
comment and now the fact that you're

911
00:43:03,632 --> 00:43:06,452
sitting here saying you don't like
Reese's, we're gonna cancel, we're done.

912
00:43:06,452 --> 00:43:11,412
You guys, this is the last episode we're
ever gonna air because you legit just said

913
00:43:11,412 --> 00:43:12,352
you don't like Reese's.

914
00:43:12,352 --> 00:43:14,114
You can't live in America.

915
00:43:14,114 --> 00:43:15,774
I know, I'm so Canadian.

916
00:43:15,774 --> 00:43:17,394
No, I'm just like not a fan.

917
00:43:17,394 --> 00:43:20,974
Like, I mean, it's not, I mean, if
somebody was like, eat this or I'll kill

918
00:43:20,974 --> 00:43:21,224
you.

919
00:43:21,224 --> 00:43:23,254
Like, okay, I would eat it, but I don't
hate it.

920
00:43:23,254 --> 00:43:27,034
I just don't, I'm like, I don't, why, I
think peanut butter and chocolate are like

921
00:43:27,034 --> 00:43:27,334
good.

922
00:43:27,334 --> 00:43:28,984
Like they don't need to be married.

923
00:43:28,984 --> 00:43:30,984
They can just like, they can see other
people.

924
00:43:30,984 --> 00:43:32,414
I don't know.

925
00:43:32,414 --> 00:43:38,054
But, but yeah, peanut butter on rice and
like specifically the rice has to be like

926
00:43:38,054 --> 00:43:38,524
seasoned.

927
00:43:38,524 --> 00:43:43,010
Like I cook my rice in bone broth and so
it's like, it's savory and.

928
00:43:43,010 --> 00:43:47,550
It has a lot of sodium and just, it's so
good.

929
00:43:47,550 --> 00:43:50,232
Mm, that's like my favorite pump -up thing
now, so.

930
00:43:50,232 --> 00:43:54,212
so yeah, that it is mine now, B cut too.

931
00:43:54,212 --> 00:43:55,582
I don't like pad thai.

932
00:43:55,582 --> 00:43:58,352
Like I'm not, I don't really like Chinese
or Thai food.

933
00:43:58,352 --> 00:44:01,952
My dad, like growing up, my dad would
always eat Chinese, not always, we'd have

934
00:44:01,952 --> 00:44:03,122
Chinese food once or twice a week.

935
00:44:03,122 --> 00:44:05,392
And I just, I just don't eat it.

936
00:44:05,392 --> 00:44:07,392
Like I don't like it.

937
00:44:07,392 --> 00:44:12,412
And so now, but when you said that I was
like, I'll try this and see what it tastes

938
00:44:12,412 --> 00:44:13,372
like.

939
00:44:13,372 --> 00:44:13,796
And

940
00:44:13,796 --> 00:44:17,616
gosh it was so good and then I put jelly
with it too so it'd be like peanut butter

941
00:44:17,616 --> 00:44:22,416
jelly and like rice and salt and a little
bit of like I don't okay we'll stop okay

942
00:44:22,416 --> 00:44:27,164
we can be done there but miss I don't like
Reese's like no

943
00:44:28,287 --> 00:44:31,415
I gotta get out a map when I get done with
this just to figure out where I was.

944
00:44:33,535 --> 00:44:34,875
So crazy.

945
00:44:35,035 --> 00:44:40,715
You don't realize how like, how just
things don't occur to you when you like,

946
00:44:40,715 --> 00:44:41,260
you know.

947
00:44:41,260 --> 00:44:42,960
that, and our country is really big.

948
00:44:42,960 --> 00:44:44,360
It is.

949
00:44:44,460 --> 00:44:48,040
And I feel like as Americans, we don't
realize how big our country is because

950
00:44:48,040 --> 00:44:53,100
until you travel internationally, you go
to Spain and you can go, you can take a

951
00:44:53,100 --> 00:44:56,580
train, like I was in Spain last year, and
you could take a train and be on the other

952
00:44:56,580 --> 00:44:57,420
side of the country.

953
00:44:57,420 --> 00:45:04,020
And the same with Ireland, you can go
around the whole, you can go to all these

954
00:45:04,020 --> 00:45:05,820
different places in a matter of two days.

955
00:45:05,820 --> 00:45:07,120
It's nuts.

956
00:45:07,280 --> 00:45:10,091
But anyways, so.

957
00:45:10,091 --> 00:45:13,221
steps, you are going into an improvement
season.

958
00:45:13,221 --> 00:45:14,881
So what's your first order of priority?

959
00:45:14,881 --> 00:45:19,713
Getting things figured out with the pain
and your hip and back and all that?

960
00:45:20,132 --> 00:45:22,322
It's really just recovery because I
already know what it is.

961
00:45:22,322 --> 00:45:24,192
It's nothing new.

962
00:45:24,412 --> 00:45:30,652
So back, so anybody who's listening, back
in 2022, I herniated my disc between my L4

963
00:45:30,652 --> 00:45:35,132
and L5 vertebrae and it knocked the shit
out of me.

964
00:45:35,132 --> 00:45:40,152
Complete nerve pain through the top part
of my left hip, like literally the top

965
00:45:40,152 --> 00:45:43,772
where we would almost measure our
waistline down all the way to my ankle.

966
00:45:43,772 --> 00:45:48,572
And it just was like, it felt like barbed
wire was strangling my leg.

967
00:45:48,652 --> 00:45:49,692
And...

968
00:45:50,339 --> 00:45:55,259
Long story short, like there's other
episodes I've talked about this topic.

969
00:45:55,259 --> 00:46:02,839
I got better by doing sports massage
therapy and dry needling once a week and

970
00:46:02,839 --> 00:46:08,599
doing a lot of mobility exercises, taking
breaks from sitting and just, you know,

971
00:46:08,599 --> 00:46:10,579
being active and being healthy.

972
00:46:10,579 --> 00:46:14,299
Like, you know, just having an active
lifestyle, getting up, moving around,

973
00:46:14,299 --> 00:46:17,659
sitting for a little bit, getting up,
moving around, mobility exercise, and it

974
00:46:17,659 --> 00:46:18,500
got better.

975
00:46:18,500 --> 00:46:22,640
And it got better last year and that's why
I was able to prep this entire time, like

976
00:46:22,640 --> 00:46:24,160
almost a whole year.

977
00:46:24,160 --> 00:46:31,460
But it was about April, it started, my
foot hurt and then my calf hurt and it

978
00:46:31,460 --> 00:46:37,260
just started slowly growing and I was so
busy and I was lifting heavier, pushing

979
00:46:37,260 --> 00:46:38,140
lower calories.

980
00:46:38,140 --> 00:46:43,420
I was already, you know, I was already
done with one show into another prep.

981
00:46:43,600 --> 00:46:45,800
So I was like stuck basically.

982
00:46:45,800 --> 00:46:47,876
Like I didn't have enough time.

983
00:46:47,876 --> 00:46:52,956
to dedicate to recovery and all the things
that I needed to do on top of all the

984
00:46:52,956 --> 00:46:56,976
cardio, all the weight training, the low
calories, the traveling, like I couldn't.

985
00:46:56,976 --> 00:47:02,336
So I knew after the show going into it
that this was, I was gonna be done after

986
00:47:02,336 --> 00:47:05,656
the show because I needed, I need more
time to recover.

987
00:47:05,656 --> 00:47:09,956
And it's just basically, you know,
mobility exercises, sports massage

988
00:47:09,956 --> 00:47:13,996
therapy, you know, just walking, things.

989
00:47:14,216 --> 00:47:15,056
Yeah.

990
00:47:15,056 --> 00:47:15,876
prep.

991
00:47:15,936 --> 00:47:16,156
Yeah.

992
00:47:16,156 --> 00:47:17,140
Yeah.

993
00:47:17,140 --> 00:47:21,780
And being able to raise my calories back
up, like being able to use that energy

994
00:47:21,780 --> 00:47:28,740
and, you know, like not do a long, like I
think I got up to about an hour cardio

995
00:47:28,740 --> 00:47:30,930
towards the end, which that's not bad.

996
00:47:30,930 --> 00:47:34,000
And it was walking, but now, you know,
drop that back down.

997
00:47:34,000 --> 00:47:38,540
So I'm not beating into my legs, but
that's about it.

998
00:47:38,540 --> 00:47:44,080
So you though, nah, you, mine is boring.

999
00:47:44,080 --> 00:47:45,252
So you.

1000
00:47:45,252 --> 00:47:52,612
have 24 days before you go get your pro
card, 25 days before you go get your pro

1001
00:47:52,612 --> 00:47:53,232
card.

1002
00:47:53,232 --> 00:47:56,932
And for one, I'm so excited to eat dinner
with you afterwards, which we'll talk

1003
00:47:56,932 --> 00:47:58,612
about that later.

1004
00:47:58,612 --> 00:48:02,632
The way that planned out, man, that's
epic.

1005
00:48:03,732 --> 00:48:06,850
So what are you doing the next 25 days?

1006
00:48:06,990 --> 00:48:11,840
so, Saturday I was like, you know, on
Cloud 9, I was super, super happy.

1007
00:48:11,840 --> 00:48:16,890
I got feedback from the head judge and the
feedback was like he said, don't touch the

1008
00:48:16,890 --> 00:48:17,350
front.

1009
00:48:17,350 --> 00:48:19,690
Everything's good.

1010
00:48:19,690 --> 00:48:21,970
Front, good.

1011
00:48:22,497 --> 00:48:26,817
And then he said in the back pose that I
just needed a bit more pop, a little bit

1012
00:48:26,817 --> 00:48:28,137
more density.

1013
00:48:29,037 --> 00:48:36,117
So I and I, I think that what happened is
I just think I lost a bit of my shape in

1014
00:48:36,117 --> 00:48:39,977
the weight dropping throughout the day,
because also, like I typically go on stage

1015
00:48:39,977 --> 00:48:43,009
in the morning and then have.

1016
00:48:43,009 --> 00:48:47,689
you know, pump up food and, you know,
stuff and then another meal before I go

1017
00:48:47,689 --> 00:48:48,509
back on for finals.

1018
00:48:48,509 --> 00:48:49,449
And that didn't happen.

1019
00:48:49,449 --> 00:48:51,089
I had like this long day.

1020
00:48:51,089 --> 00:48:53,899
It felt like such a long day, too, because
you're just like all day.

1021
00:48:53,899 --> 00:48:55,109
You feel like you'd be somewhere.

1022
00:48:55,109 --> 00:48:57,319
You shouldn't have to go backstage till
like three o 'clock.

1023
00:48:57,319 --> 00:48:58,769
So I just again, I burned through food.

1024
00:48:58,769 --> 00:49:00,889
I just couldn't get a pump backstage.

1025
00:49:00,889 --> 00:49:06,369
I just didn't have that same sharp pop
that I had two, three days prior.

1026
00:49:06,369 --> 00:49:09,129
So that's something new.

1027
00:49:09,129 --> 00:49:11,689
I don't I don't think that I've always
said I stay so full.

1028
00:49:11,689 --> 00:49:12,869
I always stay so full.

1029
00:49:12,869 --> 00:49:12,963
And.

1030
00:49:12,963 --> 00:49:16,743
And this time I just did, I don't know,
different methods.

1031
00:49:16,743 --> 00:49:21,413
But I do feel like what's important is
that this is not a mistake.

1032
00:49:21,413 --> 00:49:23,783
Like this isn't like I missed my peak.

1033
00:49:23,783 --> 00:49:26,463
This isn't like I didn't know.

1034
00:49:26,463 --> 00:49:28,563
Like you don't know until you get out
there.

1035
00:49:28,563 --> 00:49:29,288
And I mean,

1036
00:49:29,288 --> 00:49:29,706
-hmm.

1037
00:49:29,706 --> 00:49:30,806
I wasn't concerned.

1038
00:49:30,806 --> 00:49:32,486
I was like, I feel great.

1039
00:49:32,486 --> 00:49:34,696
I couldn't see how I looked on stage.

1040
00:49:34,696 --> 00:49:37,766
I could only just see where I was being
moved.

1041
00:49:37,846 --> 00:49:41,346
But then when I started to look at photos
and videos from the show, and mind you,

1042
00:49:41,346 --> 00:49:48,006
I'm only looking at iPhone quality and
then the video that my son took of the

1043
00:49:48,006 --> 00:49:49,266
live stream.

1044
00:49:49,633 --> 00:49:52,053
So I couldn't really see comparisons.

1045
00:49:52,053 --> 00:49:57,573
So I just didn't have the sharp pop that I
normally do.

1046
00:49:57,673 --> 00:49:59,973
So and then there was the posing stumble.

1047
00:49:59,973 --> 00:50:04,653
And then I think just a couple of little
things like I think I had too many pieces

1048
00:50:04,653 --> 00:50:11,333
of hair in like, well, and when I and I
have to watch that I look balanced because

1049
00:50:11,333 --> 00:50:14,093
I have a big chest and then I have big
blonde hair.

1050
00:50:14,093 --> 00:50:16,225
And I just felt like when I looked at my.

1051
00:50:16,225 --> 00:50:18,365
what I saw in my photos, I felt like I was
very top heavy.

1052
00:50:18,365 --> 00:50:19,585
I felt like my hair was too big.

1053
00:50:19,585 --> 00:50:24,285
So I need to wear fewer pieces, probably
turn my extensions just a little bit,

1054
00:50:24,285 --> 00:50:29,225
continue to work on my posing and then
just bring fuller glutes, tighten up a

1055
00:50:29,225 --> 00:50:29,605
little bit.

1056
00:50:29,605 --> 00:50:33,645
But it's nice not to have to feel like
I've got to drop a bunch of body fat.

1057
00:50:33,645 --> 00:50:35,245
I don't think it was a conditioning thing.

1058
00:50:35,245 --> 00:50:40,625
I think it was just that riding that fine
line of being full enough.

1059
00:50:40,625 --> 00:50:42,245
And it's tough.

1060
00:50:42,245 --> 00:50:44,705
It's tough to to know your own body.

1061
00:50:44,705 --> 00:50:45,761
My coach was.

1062
00:50:45,761 --> 00:50:49,101
very attentive, but not physically there.

1063
00:50:49,641 --> 00:50:51,901
And also, it's our first time working
together.

1064
00:50:51,901 --> 00:50:58,041
And so, yeah, so but that's why, you know,
I'm a student of the sport.

1065
00:50:58,041 --> 00:51:02,081
I like I don't take things personal when
they don't go the way that.

1066
00:51:02,081 --> 00:51:03,641
But I wouldn't say it didn't.

1067
00:51:03,641 --> 00:51:05,321
I don't feel like it didn't go the way I
wanted it to.

1068
00:51:05,321 --> 00:51:06,701
Like, I feel like it could have gone
better.

1069
00:51:06,701 --> 00:51:09,881
Like, I'm so happy with how I did.

1070
00:51:09,921 --> 00:51:10,541
Yeah.

1071
00:51:10,541 --> 00:51:12,704
And I knew that it would be tough.

1072
00:51:12,704 --> 00:51:13,404
late.

1073
00:51:13,404 --> 00:51:14,177
Mm -hmm.

1074
00:51:14,177 --> 00:51:15,507
So I mean, nothing went wrong.

1075
00:51:15,507 --> 00:51:17,117
It's not like I'm disappointed.

1076
00:51:17,117 --> 00:51:20,557
I think I just woke up yesterday and I was
like, do I have any business going to

1077
00:51:20,557 --> 00:51:23,197
nationals if I just got like a third?

1078
00:51:23,197 --> 00:51:26,097
Like I should have I should have won.

1079
00:51:26,097 --> 00:51:30,897
But then and I have Aaron, who's
wonderful, and she's been a competitor and

1080
00:51:30,897 --> 00:51:33,377
she follows the sport and she's like,
stop.

1081
00:51:33,377 --> 00:51:37,817
Like, first of all, it's three weeks from
now you're going to come in with more

1082
00:51:37,817 --> 00:51:40,770
confidence because I will tell you, I
still had clash.

1083
00:51:40,770 --> 00:51:45,170
in my brain of that experience of, you
know, getting last and showing up and not

1084
00:51:45,170 --> 00:51:46,410
feeling ready.

1085
00:51:46,430 --> 00:51:49,010
That was my last experience on stage prior
to this.

1086
00:51:49,010 --> 00:51:51,330
So, you know, a little bit jittery, a
little bit nervous.

1087
00:51:51,330 --> 00:51:55,730
You know, she's like, you can work on your
posing, you know, a few changes to your

1088
00:51:55,730 --> 00:51:57,750
like, you know, glam stuff.

1089
00:51:57,750 --> 00:52:02,090
And she's like, and it's different judges
and it's going to be different heights.

1090
00:52:02,090 --> 00:52:03,425
Like with all of 40 was.

1091
00:52:03,425 --> 00:52:04,505
one big class.

1092
00:52:04,505 --> 00:52:07,865
So you had shorties, you had tall girls,
you had girls with more muscle.

1093
00:52:07,865 --> 00:52:11,965
I mean, think about the weight differences
between somebody in A class and somebody

1094
00:52:11,965 --> 00:52:16,385
in F class, how much different that muscle
lays on everyone's body.

1095
00:52:16,385 --> 00:52:17,845
So that made that class difficult.

1096
00:52:17,845 --> 00:52:20,645
So you can't really say, well, that means
I'm not going to get a pro card.

1097
00:52:20,645 --> 00:52:21,955
That's not what that means at all.

1098
00:52:21,955 --> 00:52:26,055
So I had to kind of get that out of my
head and just and just bring it.

1099
00:52:26,055 --> 00:52:30,753
I mean, I still feel like I've got a shot
like, you know, I know that there's.

1100
00:52:30,753 --> 00:52:34,353
You know, the improvements I need to make
in time for nationals, I have time to do

1101
00:52:34,353 --> 00:52:34,753
it.

1102
00:52:34,753 --> 00:52:39,253
If it was big stuff, like, you know, if
they said you need to grow your shoulders

1103
00:52:39,253 --> 00:52:43,573
or you need more hamstrings, I'd be just
sort of like, well, I'll just show up and

1104
00:52:43,573 --> 00:52:44,143
see what happens.

1105
00:52:44,143 --> 00:52:45,133
But I don't feel that way.

1106
00:52:45,133 --> 00:52:49,793
I feel like the the density issue that I
had was a fullness thing.

1107
00:52:49,793 --> 00:52:53,493
And I can come in a little bit tighter
and, you know, so.

1108
00:52:53,633 --> 00:52:58,513
So, yeah, so just working on posing like
my life depends on it and.

1109
00:52:58,753 --> 00:53:00,353
and then just gearing up for the next one.

1110
00:53:00,353 --> 00:53:02,183
So I'm super excited.

1111
00:53:02,183 --> 00:53:03,213
I really am.

1112
00:53:03,213 --> 00:53:03,808
So.

1113
00:53:03,808 --> 00:53:04,808
kill it.

1114
00:53:04,808 --> 00:53:06,448
It's like, it definitely sounds like it.

1115
00:53:06,448 --> 00:53:08,828
And again, like we haven't talked.

1116
00:53:08,828 --> 00:53:11,988
So this is my first time hearing all of
this from you.

1117
00:53:11,988 --> 00:53:16,068
And it's, it's like, it's so different
because usually we would have already like

1118
00:53:16,068 --> 00:53:18,638
talked about all of some of this or all of
it by now.

1119
00:53:18,638 --> 00:53:20,898
But like, that's so spot on.

1120
00:53:20,898 --> 00:53:24,308
Like all those height classes, all those
muscle bellies, the way that it's all

1121
00:53:24,308 --> 00:53:25,748
gonna lay, it's gonna be different.

1122
00:53:25,748 --> 00:53:27,878
Like the way they're gonna section you
out, it's gonna be different.

1123
00:53:27,878 --> 00:53:30,276
You're gonna go on at a completely
different time.

1124
00:53:30,276 --> 00:53:30,736
Right?

1125
00:53:30,736 --> 00:53:32,566
This is your first peak with this coach.

1126
00:53:32,566 --> 00:53:34,616
So like, you don't know.

1127
00:53:34,616 --> 00:53:36,146
He's gonna be in New York for the show.

1128
00:53:36,146 --> 00:53:37,896
So that's gonna help as well.

1129
00:53:37,896 --> 00:53:41,816
And I feel like I understand my body a
little bit more because this was a very

1130
00:53:41,816 --> 00:53:42,756
different prep for me.

1131
00:53:42,756 --> 00:53:44,146
I've said that multiple times.

1132
00:53:44,146 --> 00:53:47,056
Like I've never prepped this way.

1133
00:53:47,056 --> 00:53:51,376
So I never questioned the process because
I trust my coach, but I just was

1134
00:53:51,376 --> 00:53:52,506
questioning my own body.

1135
00:53:52,506 --> 00:53:54,256
Like how is my body gonna respond?

1136
00:53:54,256 --> 00:54:00,896
And I don't feel ever like it's okay to do
something without checking with your

1137
00:54:00,896 --> 00:54:01,596
coach.

1138
00:54:01,596 --> 00:54:02,336
So.

1139
00:54:02,467 --> 00:54:05,537
I didn't want to do anything to try to
change anything.

1140
00:54:05,537 --> 00:54:07,337
And I don't know that I really saw it
happening.

1141
00:54:07,337 --> 00:54:12,027
Like even though I was taking the photos,
you know, I just don't think, I think in

1142
00:54:12,027 --> 00:54:16,427
the course of the day, it just wasn't
enough to keep me full and just being

1143
00:54:16,427 --> 00:54:17,547
depleted.

1144
00:54:17,567 --> 00:54:23,887
And coming back to training the day before
the show, I think I have got to train hard

1145
00:54:23,887 --> 00:54:26,037
my glutes the day before the show.

1146
00:54:26,037 --> 00:54:30,147
I've done it every year and it always
helps me.

1147
00:54:30,147 --> 00:54:30,403
It...

1148
00:54:30,403 --> 00:54:36,493
I need that inflammation in my glutes just
to get like that pop on stage.

1149
00:54:36,493 --> 00:54:37,833
And I didn't do that on Friday.

1150
00:54:37,833 --> 00:54:39,593
And I understand why.

1151
00:54:39,593 --> 00:54:43,563
And in fact, one of my favorite
competitors posted today, her last peak

1152
00:54:43,563 --> 00:54:45,803
week, she didn't train at all the week of
the show.

1153
00:54:45,803 --> 00:54:49,043
And she came in, you know, perfectly.

1154
00:54:49,043 --> 00:54:50,033
She had nice pop.

1155
00:54:50,033 --> 00:54:51,043
She had less inflammation.

1156
00:54:51,043 --> 00:54:53,763
Just goes to show how we're all so
different.

1157
00:54:53,763 --> 00:54:57,843
So I don't think that works for me taking
the Friday off.

1158
00:54:58,051 --> 00:55:00,911
You know, I think I've got to obviously be
careful that I don't burn through a bunch

1159
00:55:00,911 --> 00:55:06,531
of food, but like having some carbs,
getting a really good, intense glute

1160
00:55:06,531 --> 00:55:09,171
workout just to push all the glycogen into
the muscles.

1161
00:55:09,171 --> 00:55:12,331
I think it really, really helps me like,
yeah, you're going to lose some of that

1162
00:55:12,331 --> 00:55:13,661
pump the next day.

1163
00:55:13,661 --> 00:55:18,111
But like when I'm sore and my muscles have
inflammation, it's a good look for me.

1164
00:55:18,111 --> 00:55:18,911
I'm really short.

1165
00:55:18,911 --> 00:55:22,051
So my muscle belly is like, it's like they
need that.

1166
00:55:22,051 --> 00:55:24,291
So we're going to talk about that.

1167
00:55:24,291 --> 00:55:27,291
And, you know, obviously I'll do whatever
he thinks.

1168
00:55:27,780 --> 00:55:30,820
But, you know, I think that that's
something that might have helped a little

1169
00:55:30,820 --> 00:55:33,000
bit just with that, like that sharp
conditioning.

1170
00:55:33,000 --> 00:55:37,140
Like I always look after I've had a leg
day, like I purposely always time my leg

1171
00:55:37,140 --> 00:55:40,900
day, my glute days, like the day before
I'm going to check in because I know I'll

1172
00:55:40,900 --> 00:55:41,980
have good check in photos.

1173
00:55:41,980 --> 00:55:45,640
So kind of just knowing my body.

1174
00:55:45,640 --> 00:55:48,900
That's one thing I'll say is like, you
know, you have to know your body, but

1175
00:55:48,900 --> 00:55:52,700
don't go so much that you are questioning
everything that your coach is telling you

1176
00:55:52,700 --> 00:55:54,720
because they have a whole method.

1177
00:55:54,720 --> 00:55:56,420
It's not just here's one thing.

1178
00:55:56,420 --> 00:55:56,859
-hmm.

1179
00:55:56,859 --> 00:56:00,559
thing is connected to all these like 80
other things, all these levers are

1180
00:56:00,559 --> 00:56:01,179
pulling.

1181
00:56:01,179 --> 00:56:04,129
So you can't, you know, just, well, I
think I know better.

1182
00:56:04,129 --> 00:56:06,899
You've got to always, you know, talk to
your coach.

1183
00:56:06,899 --> 00:56:10,331
So, but we're going to talk today and
figure it out.

1184
00:56:10,500 --> 00:56:16,630
yeah, I feel like we did that with this
peak a little bit because I def - I did,

1185
00:56:16,630 --> 00:56:23,790
you know, my first peak with Sam back in
March and I, like, it was fine.

1186
00:56:23,790 --> 00:56:25,000
Everything was fine with my peak.

1187
00:56:25,000 --> 00:56:26,244
Like nothing like happened.

1188
00:56:26,244 --> 00:56:28,954
But I was like, you know, I kind of, I
looked at some numbers.

1189
00:56:28,954 --> 00:56:31,584
I looked at like, when was the last time I
peaked really, really good.

1190
00:56:31,584 --> 00:56:34,154
I was like, wow, I carb loaded a lot more.

1191
00:56:34,154 --> 00:56:38,764
And then looking back at like, okay, well,
when I had refeed meals on like Tuesday, I

1192
00:56:38,764 --> 00:56:43,744
was super full to, you know, Wednesday,
Thursday, but then come Friday, I was like

1193
00:56:43,744 --> 00:56:44,564
super poppy.

1194
00:56:44,564 --> 00:56:46,384
Like my stomach was a lot tighter.

1195
00:56:46,384 --> 00:56:47,524
I dropped in weight.

1196
00:56:47,524 --> 00:56:51,764
And so we kind of used all of these things
and then like me knowing my body to like

1197
00:56:51,764 --> 00:56:52,504
change this peak.

1198
00:56:52,504 --> 00:56:55,428
And I did like how we peaked to this, like
this week.

1199
00:56:55,428 --> 00:56:56,368
or last week.

1200
00:56:56,368 --> 00:56:59,128
I loved how we did it and I loved the
timing of everything.

1201
00:56:59,128 --> 00:57:02,138
It was just, you know, things I need to
work on.

1202
00:57:02,138 --> 00:57:04,798
But like, like you just need to
communicate with your coach.

1203
00:57:04,798 --> 00:57:07,728
It's not that you know better, it's so
that you just know your body.

1204
00:57:08,208 --> 00:57:09,582
So, mm -hmm.

1205
00:57:09,871 --> 00:57:14,631
Yeah, so that's it really just I'm
excited.

1206
00:57:14,631 --> 00:57:15,191
I feel good.

1207
00:57:15,191 --> 00:57:18,681
I mean, I'm obviously like I have a
million carbs in my body right now.

1208
00:57:18,681 --> 00:57:21,004
So that's why I feel so good.

1209
00:57:21,004 --> 00:57:22,314
this morning was nuts.

1210
00:57:22,314 --> 00:57:23,364
This is the same.

1211
00:57:23,364 --> 00:57:29,304
But another thing I'm so excited about is
because, so when you come back from New

1212
00:57:29,304 --> 00:57:36,234
York is on Saturday, July 6th, I will just
happen to be in St.

1213
00:57:36,234 --> 00:57:37,644
Louis that weekend.

1214
00:57:37,644 --> 00:57:41,514
So everybody listening, I have, I'm so
excited.

1215
00:57:41,514 --> 00:57:42,915
It's on the calendar.

1216
00:57:42,915 --> 00:57:43,628
I know.

1217
00:57:43,628 --> 00:57:46,588
even though I live in Kansas City, I have,
a lot of my family lives in St.

1218
00:57:46,588 --> 00:57:50,308
Louis, so we happen to be having a family
reunion a few days prior to that.

1219
00:57:50,308 --> 00:57:52,128
And we're just staying in St.

1220
00:57:52,128 --> 00:57:58,088
Louis with family and I will be there and
our family stuff will be done before that.

1221
00:57:58,088 --> 00:58:02,608
So we get to go out when you come back and
we can go wherever you want and spoil your

1222
00:58:02,608 --> 00:58:04,057
run, cause you'll be a pro.

1223
00:58:04,057 --> 00:58:04,897
excited.

1224
00:58:04,897 --> 00:58:06,397
my God, I'm going to die.

1225
00:58:06,397 --> 00:58:11,837
I mean, I just I'm going to get I'm giving
this all I've got.

1226
00:58:11,837 --> 00:58:14,057
I mean, I've never not given it all I've
got.

1227
00:58:14,057 --> 00:58:18,097
But, you know, I mean, anything could
happen.

1228
00:58:18,097 --> 00:58:21,257
Any and dreams, dreams can come true.

1229
00:58:21,417 --> 00:58:24,077
So don't count me out.

1230
00:58:24,077 --> 00:58:25,517
Don't count me out yet.

1231
00:58:25,517 --> 00:58:31,897
So, no, I just, you know, and I I can go
to Masters Nationals two weeks later if I

1232
00:58:31,897 --> 00:58:33,037
need to.

1233
00:58:33,380 --> 00:58:33,921
Mm.

1234
00:58:33,921 --> 00:58:37,581
know, I'm not I don't want to be like,
like, let me plan that because I'm not

1235
00:58:37,581 --> 00:58:38,701
it's not going to happen.

1236
00:58:38,701 --> 00:58:39,721
But you got to be smart.

1237
00:58:39,721 --> 00:58:44,201
You know, it has to if you're that close
and the next pro qualifiers just two weeks

1238
00:58:44,201 --> 00:58:54,081
later, like for Masters girls, there's
only four for Masters pro for national

1239
00:58:54,081 --> 00:58:55,061
shows for Masters.

1240
00:58:55,061 --> 00:58:57,001
It's at Universe.

1241
00:58:57,001 --> 00:58:58,981
They have Masters at.

1242
00:58:58,981 --> 00:59:01,631
Masters Nationals is all Masters and North
Americans.

1243
00:59:01,631 --> 00:59:04,401
And then at the end of the year is the
Masters USA.

1244
00:59:04,401 --> 00:59:08,881
I think the Ben Weider also has a pro
card.

1245
00:59:08,881 --> 00:59:11,261
Yeah, they have a pro card.

1246
00:59:11,281 --> 00:59:13,081
It is.

1247
00:59:13,081 --> 00:59:15,821
And then I think the amateur Olympia.

1248
00:59:16,161 --> 00:59:19,441
I think they have masters, but I don't
think they give a masters pro card.

1249
00:59:19,441 --> 00:59:24,501
I think it's only an open and I think they
have masters at the Arnold amateur, but I

1250
00:59:24,501 --> 00:59:25,841
don't think there's a pro card.

1251
00:59:25,841 --> 00:59:28,893
So so, yeah, so there's.

1252
00:59:28,896 --> 00:59:30,356
for those.

1253
00:59:30,356 --> 00:59:32,178
It's not your height class.

1254
00:59:32,333 --> 00:59:37,032
there's only like, I think, two pro cards
for the whole show in each division.

1255
00:59:37,032 --> 00:59:38,553
Like, it's top two in the overall.

1256
00:59:38,553 --> 00:59:43,003
So you could win your class and not win
your pro card.

1257
00:59:43,003 --> 00:59:47,993
So, you know, these are the best
opportunities is Universe and the ones

1258
00:59:47,993 --> 00:59:49,453
that all happen through the summer.

1259
00:59:49,453 --> 00:59:50,077
So.

1260
00:59:50,564 --> 00:59:55,004
So fun fact for anybody listening, if you
guys are qualified for a national show and

1261
00:59:55,004 --> 00:59:59,684
you're looking to get your pro card, make
sure you go and you read the information

1262
00:59:59,684 --> 01:00:03,624
that Jillian and I are talking about
because every pro qualifying show, they're

1263
01:00:03,624 --> 01:00:06,784
gonna have different amounts of pro cards
they'll be handing out.

1264
01:00:06,784 --> 01:00:11,104
So that's just something you always wanna
do your own self research and like look

1265
01:00:11,104 --> 01:00:16,444
into the show notes and see like, okay,
like, is it, are they gonna give a pro

1266
01:00:16,444 --> 01:00:19,012
card to people who...

1267
01:00:19,012 --> 01:00:20,902
or what is it, first and second in the
height class?

1268
01:00:20,902 --> 01:00:22,222
Are they only gonna give it to the first?

1269
01:00:22,222 --> 01:00:23,692
Are they only gonna give it to the
overall?

1270
01:00:23,692 --> 01:00:27,972
You could be going to a pro qualifying
show where there's 40 plus pro cards

1271
01:00:27,972 --> 01:00:29,532
handed out or five.

1272
01:00:29,532 --> 01:00:32,872
So you just kind of want to do your
research and strategize.

1273
01:00:33,062 --> 01:00:37,542
It's important to know because you're you
you want to make sure that you're like

1274
01:00:37,542 --> 01:00:38,702
being smart about it.

1275
01:00:38,702 --> 01:00:42,922
Like, you know, I mean, I know that
there's lots of masters girls who go to

1276
01:00:42,922 --> 01:00:47,781
like junior nationals or nationals and and
they don't have masters there, but they do

1277
01:00:47,781 --> 01:00:53,342
give I think at nationals and USA is they
they do two pro cards per height class and

1278
01:00:53,342 --> 01:00:54,602
open and same with North Americans.

1279
01:00:54,602 --> 01:00:59,542
But in masters, it's typically only the
winner of each height class.

1280
01:00:59,542 --> 01:01:01,802
So 40 A B C D.

1281
01:01:01,802 --> 01:01:03,270
And then.

1282
01:01:03,270 --> 01:01:04,910
there's not top two.

1283
01:01:04,910 --> 01:01:08,750
So, but yeah, so that's the plan anyway.

1284
01:01:08,750 --> 01:01:15,810
So we'll just keep on pushing and it's not
over till the tan lady sings.

1285
01:01:16,090 --> 01:01:19,830
So, how are you gonna finish that?

1286
01:01:19,830 --> 01:01:24,290
So, but yeah, I think that's a good recap
of kind of where I'm at.

1287
01:01:24,290 --> 01:01:25,598
I'm just, yeah.

1288
01:01:25,796 --> 01:01:26,236
Yeah.

1289
01:01:26,236 --> 01:01:31,156
Well guys, thank you so much for listening
and as always, all of our information will

1290
01:01:31,156 --> 01:01:32,306
be in the show notes below.

1291
01:01:32,306 --> 01:01:36,956
If you guys have any questions for us, any
coaching questions, our journey, or if

1292
01:01:36,956 --> 01:01:40,435
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have like just general questions, always

1293
01:01:40,435 --> 01:01:42,816
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1294
01:01:42,816 --> 01:01:47,276
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1295
01:01:47,276 --> 01:01:48,556
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1296
01:01:49,606 --> 01:01:50,766
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1297
01:01:51,204 --> 01:01:52,684
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