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Hello everyone and welcome to Bikinis
After Babies.

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I am excited for another episode just like
every week, but this episode is even a

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little more emotional for me personally.

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I am of course one of your hosts, Mandy
Rashaun, here with your other beautiful

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blonde host.

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Hello everybody and hello Mandy.

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I'm Jillian Hughes and I'm so excited for
today's episode.

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Thank you for tuning in.

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Today we are going to be talking about all
things peak week because our girl Mandy is

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now inside of peak week from her first
show of the 2024 season and we are so

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excited.

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I cannot wait to see you up on that stage
this weekend.

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So tell us how you're feeling.

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I am so excited.

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I'm just so in my feelings.

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It's crazy.

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So leading up to peak week, I will say
like over this last weekend, I was like, I

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don't know.

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I wanna say emotional.

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And when I say emotional, I mean like a
little bit of everything.

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I almost like wanna compare it to like a
pregnancy, right?

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You're like happy one minute and then all
of a sudden you're kind of snippy and then

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you're a little sleepy.

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So I think...

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It's just the excitement, it's the nerves.

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Rather you're nervous because it's your
first time or you're nervous because

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you're trying to go for your pro card or
you're nervous because you're like, you

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put all your effort and like me, like I
wanna win an overall, I wanna come, like

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win my classes, like I put my all into
this, right?

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And so like, I'm just excited.

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I'm so, so excited.

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And on top of that, so many people have
like reached out to me and have just been

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like,

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Good luck girl, and just all the nice
things from my gym friends to my family.

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So I'm just like, I get a little teary
eyed.

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I know, I know we've had some like really
good little chats over text.

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Like we pretty much like check in on each
other every single morning.

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Like you're one of the first people I text
when I wake up and you know, like Friday

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was like your last like really big heavy
leg day.

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I'm like, how's your last Friday workout
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And you know, just, it's like when you're.

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you've been working at this for so long
and then the show days right around the

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corner, it's like normal to have all the
feels and I feel like you've picked like a

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really big exciting show for your first
one.

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Like this is a there's a lot of hype
around this show.

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Everyone's talking about it.

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And so does that like wig you out at all
or does that make you more excited?

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So it makes me more excited, but what's so
funny about it is I didn't even mean to do

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that.

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So I will say, the way I kind of pick my
shows is it might be, I think everybody's

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kind of different.

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Of course I always give myself time, like
time 100%.

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Like I usually try to pick a show that's
like 20 plus weeks out.

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Like even if I might be ready, it doesn't
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I like that time.

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It gives me planning.

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It gives my mind, you know, a moment.

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It's just, I like it.

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So.

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Back in like the fall of last year, I
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like kind of going into fall.

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I was like, I wanna show for after I
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show that doesn't affect my kid's school.

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So spring break worked out great.

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I always like to pick shows that my family
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So always try to pick like a fun location
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So I've usually always traveled to my show
so I'm like, oh this worked out like

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Florida and then the icing on the cake is
we have a timeshare right down the street

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from the venue and so I'm like this this
couldn't be more perfect and so I like

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when they first announced Oh March 30th is
you know this show I Was like, oh how

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great like I'll just do this show and that
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oh, yeah, that's perfect and I made that
decision back in September

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And then after I told more people and I
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like, this is a really big show.

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I think that's smart though.

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I mean, you're like on the path to getting
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So I think it's important to do shows
where you're going to have some really

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good competition because you could go to a
show that is smaller and, um, you know,

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just doesn't have as big of a lineup.

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And I think like it's hard if you're a
brand new competitor to know it, like your

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coach can tell you which one, but like
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attached to it, it's going to have a panel
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IFBB judges, which is great to get
feedback from, but you're going to get a

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lot of competitors.

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So I think it's a really smart move.

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And also just like you have to travel
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So why wouldn't you want to go somewhere
that's like, you know, sunny and

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beautiful, right.

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And have a little vacay.

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Yeah, to match it with my kid's spring
break was like, all of it just worked so

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well.

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And yeah, that was another reason was
because Sandy is gonna be the judge there

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and I've never been able to be in front of
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So to have that chance to like step in
front of her and get her feedback, like

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I'm actually more, I'm just not more, but
just as excited to like go on stage and do

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my best and bring my best as to like wait
to be like, what do you think?

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What do you, whoa.

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that from her, to hear her voice.

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Like when I practice posing, I use 20, 23
is Olympia and it's her telling the girls

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exactly what to do.

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And so to be able to be there in person
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so excited.

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queen.

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I remember the first time I stepped out on
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Attila, it was the first year that she was
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So this was like 2021.

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And I was feeling, oh my God, there they
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They're the judges that sit at the women's
divisions at all the national shows and

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choose the pro.

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card winners.

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And so I remember just being like, oh my
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I thought, just because it mattered so
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Like I've gone to shows and like the whole
panel is just like a bunch of old guys.

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And I'm like, here we go.

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You know, it's just okay.

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Right.

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But this is so different because I was
just like, oh, like I want them to like me

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and I want them to pick.

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And when you see them smile at you, you're
just like, yes, you know, it feels really

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good.

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So that's cool.

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I'm so excited.

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I'm gonna get the live stream and I'm
gonna tune in.

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I met a photo shoot that day, so I hope
you don't mind everybody there will be

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like watching it too.

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But I just, I'm really excited too.

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I wish I was coming.

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I just love the whole experience.

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And I feel like, I don't know.

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I remember like when you first started
this prep, like feels like it was

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yesterday, but also a long time ago.

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So it's cool to like have watched your,
just so many things evolve.

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I think like the biggest thing though.

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is not just your physique, because your
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mindset the whole way.

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It's been awesome for me.

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I feel like I'm more focused this year
because I've had you as such a great

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example of somebody who's, you know,
putting in the work and going through ups

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and downs of just life and, you know,
things that kind of happen.

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And, and yeah, it's been it's been great
for me and I'm really proud of you.

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So I'm excited.

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in my emotions again.

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Like this has been me since like 5 a .m.

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of like, this is, but it's like, I know
exactly what you're talking about because

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like in this sport, I feel like whenever,
if you've rather you've been in it for a

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while or you're just starting in it, like
it is, I wanna say a lonely sport.

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Like at first, if you're trying to learn
it, you're trying to figure everything

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out, it is very, you know, you're kind of
in your own world, your own head, you're

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doing your own thing and it's.

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it's sometimes hard to find people to
relate to.

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Like you can talk, you know, workout talk,
nutrition talk, gym talk, like you can,

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you know, talk fitness and you can talk
about, you know, lifestyle changes, but to

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be able to have somebody like you in my
corner to where we talk all the time and

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we like on whatever platform it may be,
but to be able to be like, rather ranting

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or like cheering each other on or checking
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the mindset, having somebody to be able to
like,

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you know, always have a relatively
positive mindset, you know, not negativity

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ever comes in, but like life comes in,
right?

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Like, of course we're gonna get mad, of
course we're gonna get frustrated and

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pissed off at stuff.

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Like I said the other day, like I was, or
over the weekend, I got mad at my computer

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and was about to throw my computer.

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Like, you're gonna get mad.

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But to be able to have somebody in your
corner that you can like talk to and, and,

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vent to and rely on and just be able to
share the experience, just like you're

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going through your prep right now, right?

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And we have like the same mental fortitude
to be able to be like, stay on plan,

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grind, you know, intensity and be able to
like say, you know, good morning.

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or like even sharing like little things
like every time there's a show, like it's

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so great because you and I are watching
and I'm like, oh my God, did you see this

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girl?

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Oh my God, did you see this girl?

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You know, like we're like such fans of the
sport too.

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And then just like little dumb stuff, like
suit stuff or like, oh, I changed this

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transition or like, you know, it's so,
it's so nice.

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I would really recommend to anybody like
having a like a prep bestie because it's

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great.

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Like, cause you can't really expect your
family to care that much.

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For them, it's like watching paint dry and
they've got other things to worry about.

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They don't understand the process.

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Like my husband thinks it's cool and
everything, but I'm not gonna be like, oh,

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I'm eating this many carbs today and I
have to do this.

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And like, he's gonna be like, okay, like
he cares, but like not to the degree that

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like, you know, he, you know, isn't,
isn't, it's not like I'm gonna text him a

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play by play, but you know, I've got you
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James set this or whatever it may be.

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I don't feel like it's lonely, but.

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I think that's probably how I've survived
because, um, you know, I, I just, I think

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you've got to be really self -sufficient
to do well in this sport.

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You can't really rely on, you know,
somebody to meet you to go train and

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somebody to pose with you.

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Like, you know, of course you have, you
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and stuff, but like, you've got to be
pretty independent and have a pretty good

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schedule and you can choose to like, you
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friendly like me and make gym friends, you
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So I feel like people are always like,
Hey, you know, what's going on?

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You know, but, um,

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So yeah, so I don't know, I think, you
know, I'm going on a million tangents.

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Like, is it my peak week or your peak
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Oh my God.

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Like squirrel.

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Maybe it feels like my peak week.

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like it's like, it's like when, as I keep
relating back to pregnancy, it's like when

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the husband is like going through
everything with like the wife, right?

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It's still this like, so it may not
technically be your peak week, but it's

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like, you've been there with me through
all of it since the start of it.

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There you go.

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Peak week by proxy.

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And then I will feel the same way for your
peak week.

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Yeah, well, you're still going to be
prepping because I think, yeah, I mean,

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that you're planning on going all the way
through.

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be excited just like you're in prep, you
know, just still, it's still so exciting.

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But this is a perfect segue into exactly
what we wanted to talk about today as like

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I'm in the, you know, thick of it, right?

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We wanted to talk about, you know,
different things that go on in peak week,

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you know, different tips that can, you
know, help during peak week and

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misconceptions that happen during peak
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Yeah.

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certainly we are not going to be giving
you like peak week to do's.

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But I think just like a general, like a
lot of new competitors will ask, what can

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I expect during peak week?

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Or like they've heard some crazy things
and we'd like to kind of dispel some of

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those rumors of, you know, what is and
isn't a good idea during peak week.

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And then, you know, I've I'm a bikini
dinosaur so I can share.

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almost jealous that you have that term by
the way because I love dinosaurs But I'm

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like but when I said that the other day
like when we were talking like you're just

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like this bikini dinosaur It's like I
literally picture like a dinosaur with

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like a bikini on it

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God, I just got that.

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When you sent me that the other day, I was
like, what is she talking about?

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Oh, my God, that was that text message the
other morning you sent me.

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And I was like, why is this a diet?

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Because I have the bikini dinosaur.

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OK, this is your first time tuning in to
bikinis after babies.

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A, where have you been?

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B, I've been competing for 100 years.

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And so we've coined the term bikini
dinosaur, which I guess is more of a title

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than.

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the internet.

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You've been competing when you had to find
out in magazines at the store.

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And I've been...

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life before social media, like literally
there's a flyer at the gym and I was like,

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that sounds fun.

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Let me rip off the phone number and sign
up.

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That's how I did my first show.

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Oh, my God.

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God, I remember some.

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OK, this is one story.

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I do remember not having any idea how to
pose and like, I don't think there was

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YouTube.

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Mm -hmm, I don't know.

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because they're like, I think we had dial
up Internet.

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I don't know how I learned how to pose,
but I remember there was like a trainer at

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the gym and he was a bodybuilder and he
said that he would help me pose.

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And I just remember walking around this
fitness studio and he just sat in like a

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chair and was just like just watching me.

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And I was like, this is not what I signed
up for.

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I don't remember how I learned.

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I think I just I don't know.

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It's a long time ago.

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I'm like trying to, I see, I started
competing in 2016, so there was plenty by

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then.

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There is plenty of information.

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There still wasn't as.

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like at that point by like seven years.

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Like I competed when there was like, and
Bikini when I started was like not the,

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um, NPC and IFV didn't have Bikini yet.

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So I did like Fitness America, which I
think is still around.

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Um, but I lived in Florida at the time and
they had Fitness America.

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It was like at a high school.

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Um, and then they had like Fitness
Universe, which was like the big one.

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And I went into that one too.

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Um, it was kind of like WBFF with like the
costumes and stuff.

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Um,

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And then when I did NPC, they just had
figure and fitness.

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And at that point, I was like, I'm not
doing any more backflips.

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And then I realized too how hard fitness
was, you know, just on your body when

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you're like in prep and you've got to be
like stage lean.

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And then you also have to do like a
tumbling pass.

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I was like, no, thanks.

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So and then that was then in 2009 is when
they first came out with bikini.

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Anyways, sorry, totally just went right
off topic.

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So.

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That was good, it was a good - for - for
anybody new - yeah, exactly, for anybody

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new they got a little history lesson, you
know?

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Bikini hasn't been around for -

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sometimes people do talk about like even
the way peak weeks were done like five

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years ago and so much has changed.

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Like five, six years ago, I don't know
that there was as much awareness about

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metabolic fatigue and hormone issues.

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I think they existed, but I just don't
know if people weren't talking about it as

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much.

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And now there's so much more awareness.

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There's functional health coaches.

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There's...

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Just all kinds of different things and we
just know more about the human body, which

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is a great thing.

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But you do sort of still get a mix of
like, you know, you'll see somebody

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backstage and you're like, Oh, their coach
obviously is stuck in the old days, right?

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Because things have just evolved.

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Like, I hate that, and I'm just gonna
speak from like the bikini side of it,

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obviously, but man, like when I'm
backstage and I hear, like I do hear some

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things or see some things, or I would say
even like leading up to peak week, like

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three weeks before leading up to it, it's
just some of the things that are said and

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seen.

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I'm just like, and again, like.

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It is never our place to like correct or
to do anything.

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Whatever your, exactly, whatever your
coach does or your coach wants you to do

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or coach, but this, and this is kind of
like a big tip, especially you like, like

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just never feel like there is a dumb
question.

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If you get your plan, if you get your peak
week protocol, your peak week, you know,

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regimen, whatever terminology is used,
like I got mine.

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I got mine this weekend and it doesn't
matter how long I've been doing this, it

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doesn't matter how many shows, I can, I
bet you all the questions I still ask my

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coach and I still ask her this morning and
I asked her over the weekend and she

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answered them fully, 100 % and I
understood all of it and I understood the

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why of all of it.

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If you go and ask your coach something
that you wanna know the answer to or why

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you're doing it, why you're changing this
and it doesn't make sense to you.

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you wanna be able to ask your coach that
and it's never dumb.

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They should never make you feel dumb.

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They should be able to answer you, explain
it, and at least like give you some

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backing as to what they are doing and why.

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Yeah, it's your body and and also like
sometimes you'll see things on there and

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it can be like nerve wracking.

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Like we just talked with this before we
jumped on.

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But, you know, typically in at least my
last couple years of competing with

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coaches that I've worked with, generally
leading into the show, we're starting to

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scale back the cardio.

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which can be for some people kind of nerve
wracking.

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If you have been used to doing a lot of
cardio in your prep, especially like

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towards that last fat loss phase, and then
all of a sudden your coach is asking you

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to reduce that cardio, which is by design,
you might just need a little reassurance.

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Like, hey, is that like, okay?

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I don't think, if you first let you coach
that talks to you terribly when you ask

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questions, run the other way, but.

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Most coaches are happy to explain like the
reasoning behind it.

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And then it gives you like a sense of
confidence of like, OK, like this is all

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going to help my body come in looking less
inflamed, you know, nice and full and all

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these things.

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Right.

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So but I feel like we should take a step
back for like perhaps our brand new like

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girls that are listening that are maybe
like, oh, what's this competing thing or

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whatnot to explain like what exactly is
peak week?

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So how would you define what a peak week
is?

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So I would define peak week as the very
last 10 to seven days before your show.

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And this is very important because doesn't
matter how long you've been training, if

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you have been in prep for 12 weeks, 10
weeks, 25 weeks, this is an important time

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because your body is very inflamed.

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Anytime that we lift weights and we're
lifting heavy, we're doing cardio or

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dropping calories, our body is extremely
inflamed.

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And this is a time where you wanna take a
look at your physique.

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The scale does not.

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matter right now.

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Like emphasize this with an underline,
bold print.

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The scale doesn't matter.

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The scale is data collection, sure.

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But what matters is what your physique
looks like and this is why check -in

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photos are so important.

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So during this time your coach may or may
not ask for multiple photos.

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They wanna see how you look as like a
start to peak week.

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So that might be like 10 or seven days
out, you know?

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And they wanna see, okay, let's like...

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like you said, dial back the cardio, let's
not push so intensely when weightlifting,

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let's focus on circulation, let's drop
some things that possibly might be

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inflaming your gut, things that you wanna
think of, maybe some vegetables, maybe

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some additives you've been having in your
food, let's try to be very simple during

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this time, and then go from there.

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And that's kind of where, that's what I
would describe peak week as, and you check

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in more, and then that's where you kind of
gracefully glide into show day.

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Yeah, that's how it should be.

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Like it is like that last phase.

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Like you said, checking in more often, but
to peak your physique, you know.

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And I think we don't wait for miracles on
this week.

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Like if you are not ready, then a peak
week is not going to really change much.

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But, you know, a lot of times athletes
will kind of like flatten out a little bit

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towards the end, like because your body is
like.

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left with just basically the carbs that
you're giving it and then any leftover

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body fat that you have.

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And so it's normal for our muscles to sort
of utilize everything that we've got.

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And we started kind of we don't have that
like pop to our muscles.

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So that's kind of what that peak week is,
is like bringing out that physique.

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But but man, it has definitely changed.

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And I will say, too, like you're listening
to a show centered around like the women's

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divisions, specifically bikini and
wellness.

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And we may have some bigger girlies that
are listening to us and it's different by

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division.

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So if your husband is a competitor and
he's a bodybuilder, he's not doing what

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we're talking about.

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It's very different because in men's
bodybuilding, there's a different criteria

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that they're looking for.

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They're looking for a different level of
dryness.

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And so a lot of those bodybuilders will
utilize some substances that are over the

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counter or not.

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to dry out and you don't want to be
playing around with that stuff to see if

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it can make your physique look better as a
woman.

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And furthermore, if your coach doesn't
treat you like a bikini competitor and he

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treats you like a female bodybuilder, it's
not gonna be the right look for bikini.

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Because we don't wanna have the same level
of conditioning and dryness.

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that a bodybuilder would have because we
have completely different criteria.

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But I have seen that.

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I'm sure you've seen it too at shows where
you watch the girls that are, you know,

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105 pounds soaking wet and they're
following a protocol for like a, you know,

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middleweight bodybuilder.

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And it's like, what, who's, what are you
doing?

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You know, poor thing.

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Give that girl some water.

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So.

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of those things where you've learned like
this journey is just that.

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It is a never ending journey.

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Like there's always, you're always gonna
be learning something.

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And cause like you said, you look back at
when you started and you're, you know,

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back then that type of peak week and that
peak week protocol and how that was

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handled.

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And now look at it.

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It's about rest, recovery, peaking.

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And when we talk about peaking, again,
this is gonna be specifically follow your

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coach, do what your coach says, you know,
do everything they say.

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But peeking also is gonna utilize carbs.

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And so this is kind of where you do
different carb loading.

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This is where every coach is gonna have a
different style of this and the same with

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the water.

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Obviously we've all kind of learned you
don't cut water.

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Is that still around?

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Do some coaches still follow that?

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Yes, they do.

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See it every show.

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But if you're knowledgeable, you don't
need to cut water.

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So this is a time, like you said, the...

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You know, there is no Hail Mary.

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You already did all the work.

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You already did all the progress process.

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This is where, you know, you worry about
peaking your physique and just going into

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show day, doing your check -ins and being
there.

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And it is different than what it was 10
years ago.

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So if you are with a bodybuilder coach and
they don't stay educated in the bikini

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division and they're very educated in the
bodybuilding division, it's just, you just

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want to be, you want to make sure that you
do your research on your coach.

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Even if.

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great coaches that coach every division.

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And I think that takes a lot of talent,
like it really does.

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But you have to, you treat every athlete
differently and you treat every division

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differently.

450
00:22:58,837 --> 00:23:04,537
And we have five girls on our team
prepping for the competition that's local

451
00:23:04,537 --> 00:23:06,397
in the next five weeks.

452
00:23:06,397 --> 00:23:08,877
And every one of them is gonna have a
different peak week protocol.

453
00:23:08,877 --> 00:23:12,717
So you also can't compare what you're
doing to what your friend's doing.

454
00:23:13,337 --> 00:23:15,961
And just to go back to the water thing.

455
00:23:15,961 --> 00:23:20,781
The thing that people don't really
understand, and I will tell you that I,

456
00:23:20,781 --> 00:23:24,461
you know, competing 20 years ago,
everybody cut water.

457
00:23:24,461 --> 00:23:29,181
I mean, that was we all took this stuff
called expel, which I don't know if it

458
00:23:29,181 --> 00:23:32,041
even worked, but yeah, yeah.

459
00:23:32,041 --> 00:23:38,071
And the problem is that if you pull too
much water from your body and it starts to

460
00:23:38,071 --> 00:23:41,641
pull from the muscles, then you're going
to look flat.

461
00:23:41,641 --> 00:23:42,121
You're not.

462
00:23:42,121 --> 00:23:44,222
You're going to look flabby, honestly.

463
00:23:44,222 --> 00:23:45,564
sickly skinny.

464
00:23:45,593 --> 00:23:46,753
Yeah, yeah.

465
00:23:46,753 --> 00:23:50,293
So so it's it's not and you also can feel
terrible.

466
00:23:50,293 --> 00:23:53,983
And then, you know, your carbohydrates
aren't going to do what they need to do.

467
00:23:53,983 --> 00:23:55,673
Carbohydrate, right.

468
00:23:55,673 --> 00:23:59,353
And if you don't have any water, what do
you expect is going to happen?

469
00:23:59,353 --> 00:24:02,013
Like they're not you can't just like,
please go to my muscles.

470
00:24:02,013 --> 00:24:04,013
Like if there's no water to push it
through.

471
00:24:04,013 --> 00:24:07,033
So like just to kind of like explain the
science briefly.

472
00:24:07,033 --> 00:24:12,393
And I think it's, you know, just it's more
common knowledge now that, you know,

473
00:24:12,393 --> 00:24:15,481
bikini competitors are not completely.

474
00:24:15,481 --> 00:24:18,311
pulling water, but I still, I do still see
it, you know?

475
00:24:18,311 --> 00:24:22,611
And I mean, sometimes the coach is like,
let's just get you on stage as tiny as

476
00:24:22,611 --> 00:24:23,011
possible.

477
00:24:23,011 --> 00:24:25,981
And they're not focused on conditioning or
trying to win the overall.

478
00:24:25,981 --> 00:24:29,331
It's not going to win a show, but you can
drop a lot of water and just look really

479
00:24:29,331 --> 00:24:29,551
skinny.

480
00:24:29,551 --> 00:24:31,561
I guess maybe that's what I don't know.

481
00:24:31,561 --> 00:24:31,742
But.

482
00:24:31,742 --> 00:24:35,082
Well, and sometimes I will say, especially
nowadays, there are so many weight loss

483
00:24:35,082 --> 00:24:36,472
transformations that want to go on stage.

484
00:24:36,472 --> 00:24:41,232
And if this is just like your bucket list,
like that's amazing and that's awesome.

485
00:24:41,232 --> 00:24:42,812
And I see that a lot too.

486
00:24:42,812 --> 00:24:47,942
And then you don't need to do like deep
dive research into a whole bunch of stuff.

487
00:24:47,942 --> 00:24:51,302
Like if you are just doing a weight loss
transformation and you want to step on

488
00:24:51,302 --> 00:24:55,092
stage and you want to have fun with it,
then like, you know, make sure you're in

489
00:24:55,092 --> 00:24:57,890
good health and don't hurt your hormones
by any means, but like.

490
00:24:57,890 --> 00:25:01,730
that you don't need to take it so like
extreme, you know?

491
00:25:01,790 --> 00:25:02,948
But that goes.

492
00:25:02,948 --> 00:25:06,408
if you don't have the level of
conditioning, then nothing in a peak week

493
00:25:06,408 --> 00:25:07,688
is really going to work.

494
00:25:07,688 --> 00:25:07,858
Right.

495
00:25:07,858 --> 00:25:12,658
Like, you know, if I were to be called for
like a photo shoot right now and I tried

496
00:25:12,658 --> 00:25:15,358
to do a peak week, I wouldn't look like I
was competing next Saturday.

497
00:25:15,358 --> 00:25:16,268
I'm 10 weeks out.

498
00:25:16,268 --> 00:25:16,518
Right.

499
00:25:16,518 --> 00:25:21,008
Like you have to like have that level of
conditioning for like the decrease in

500
00:25:21,008 --> 00:25:25,048
cardio and the increase in carbs to kind
of work, to pull you together for that

501
00:25:25,048 --> 00:25:25,218
day.

502
00:25:25,218 --> 00:25:27,838
It doesn't work unless you're at that spot
in your prep, too.

503
00:25:27,838 --> 00:25:30,135
So because I'll have some nice people will
be like,

504
00:25:30,135 --> 00:25:31,775
I looked so good during peak week.

505
00:25:31,775 --> 00:25:34,565
Can I like do that for a couple of weeks
to get me ready for my vacation?

506
00:25:34,565 --> 00:25:36,305
I'm like, nope, it's not gonna work.

507
00:25:36,305 --> 00:25:37,762
It's not gonna do anything.

508
00:25:37,762 --> 00:25:42,512
So that and also what I see, and actually
this happens to me, this has happened to

509
00:25:42,512 --> 00:25:47,692
me plenty of times, people will look
better after their show because you can

510
00:25:47,692 --> 00:25:48,662
miss your peak.

511
00:25:48,662 --> 00:25:52,932
And this isn't, I hate to say it, but it's
not like a, it doesn't have to be a huge

512
00:25:52,932 --> 00:25:53,082
deal.

513
00:25:53,082 --> 00:25:55,562
You can miss it by so low of margin.

514
00:25:55,562 --> 00:25:59,702
So when I say that, I mean, when you're
doing, when you're utilizing water, you

515
00:25:59,702 --> 00:26:04,662
have good conditioning, you do your carb
load, carb cycling, whatever verbiage you

516
00:26:04,662 --> 00:26:06,754
wanna use, and then you go to your show,

517
00:26:06,754 --> 00:26:10,394
you're happy, everything's great, your
show's great, you have a great time.

518
00:26:10,394 --> 00:26:15,474
And then let's say it's Monday or Tuesday
and you had a few good, like you had

519
00:26:15,474 --> 00:26:16,814
pancakes, right?

520
00:26:16,814 --> 00:26:22,324
You had a burger all of a sudden come
Monday, like your stomach might be a

521
00:26:22,324 --> 00:26:25,454
little upset, but you look like a beast.

522
00:26:25,454 --> 00:26:28,734
And that's because you just, it is, it is
a good look.

523
00:26:28,734 --> 00:26:32,374
And if your belly feels good, then it's a
great feeling.

524
00:26:32,374 --> 00:26:35,844
But this is something to also kind of
remember because it shows that like, okay,

525
00:26:35,844 --> 00:26:36,130
the

526
00:26:36,130 --> 00:26:41,210
the amount of carbs that you utilized
prior to your show, you may have

527
00:26:41,210 --> 00:26:41,890
undershot.

528
00:26:41,890 --> 00:26:42,990
That's okay.

529
00:26:42,990 --> 00:26:47,530
Like you learn next time, like, hey, let's
shoot for maybe a little bit more grams

530
00:26:47,530 --> 00:26:50,740
and carbs leading into peak week at this
time, you know?

531
00:26:50,740 --> 00:26:52,800
And that's kind of knowledge you just
learn from experience.

532
00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:55,750
So sometimes after the show, you look like
a beast.

533
00:26:56,070 --> 00:26:59,250
And that's just, you know, that's
carbohydrates.

534
00:26:59,479 --> 00:27:00,429
That's exactly it.

535
00:27:00,429 --> 00:27:04,179
And that's why I also say to like, you
know, you can hear all that we're talking

536
00:27:04,179 --> 00:27:07,719
about and start to like think about, you
know, these things, but like always check

537
00:27:07,719 --> 00:27:08,369
with your coach.

538
00:27:08,369 --> 00:27:11,919
And if there's something in your peak week
that you're thinking you're going to skip,

539
00:27:11,919 --> 00:27:13,029
don't do it.

540
00:27:13,029 --> 00:27:14,749
But talk to your coach about it too.

541
00:27:14,749 --> 00:27:18,579
Cause I can think of cases where somebody
was just like, Oh, I'm not going to eat on

542
00:27:18,579 --> 00:27:19,019
show day.

543
00:27:19,019 --> 00:27:20,659
I want my stomach to be really tight.

544
00:27:20,659 --> 00:27:22,199
Well, that's like the worst thing that you
can do.

545
00:27:22,199 --> 00:27:25,479
Like there was a reason for every piece of
what we're talking about.

546
00:27:25,479 --> 00:27:26,423
So, um,

547
00:27:26,423 --> 00:27:30,613
It's just important to trust your coach,
talk about the process, make sure that you

548
00:27:30,613 --> 00:27:34,343
understand that steps can't be skipped.

549
00:27:34,343 --> 00:27:37,243
You can't just like eat a couple of
carrots and go on stage.

550
00:27:37,243 --> 00:27:41,703
It's not, you know, because I'd also show
days long, like depending on what show you

551
00:27:41,703 --> 00:27:42,343
do and whatnot.

552
00:27:42,343 --> 00:27:46,483
Sometimes they will do like all of the pro
bikini judging before they even start the

553
00:27:46,483 --> 00:27:47,233
amateur show.

554
00:27:47,233 --> 00:27:49,053
And then that doesn't start till 11.

555
00:27:49,053 --> 00:27:52,763
And then it might not be one or two until
you go on stage on bikini.

556
00:27:52,763 --> 00:27:53,918
So, you know, you can't.

557
00:27:53,918 --> 00:27:55,508
have had your makeup done at 5 a .m.

558
00:27:55,508 --> 00:27:58,808
Like you could have a really...

559
00:27:58,808 --> 00:28:00,451
Show days are long.

560
00:28:00,451 --> 00:28:01,771
they are.

561
00:28:01,771 --> 00:28:06,691
That's the one thing I will say I'm not
ready for yet is the long show days.

562
00:28:06,691 --> 00:28:11,551
But I'm going into this year with a new
attitude about show day.

563
00:28:11,551 --> 00:28:15,721
And, you know, I think what I definitely
last season I needed a break because I was

564
00:28:15,721 --> 00:28:19,491
just like dreading going backstage, you
know, but now I can't wait to be back

565
00:28:19,491 --> 00:28:20,231
there again, you know.

566
00:28:20,231 --> 00:28:23,575
But anyways, OK, so.

567
00:28:23,575 --> 00:28:27,875
as far as we've kind of gone through like
the do's and don'ts.

568
00:28:27,895 --> 00:28:32,065
What would you give people, what advice
would you give about staying organized

569
00:28:32,065 --> 00:28:35,305
with everything that you have to do for
Pequick and all the things that you need

570
00:28:35,305 --> 00:28:38,607
and like how to just stay, how to be
prepared?

571
00:28:39,330 --> 00:28:43,450
how to be prepared for peak week or just
like just being organized.

572
00:28:43,450 --> 00:28:45,650
Well, just being organized in general.

573
00:28:45,810 --> 00:28:49,010
So, whether you're traveling or you're
doing a show in town, like there's a lot

574
00:28:49,010 --> 00:28:50,530
of like things you wanna check off.

575
00:28:50,530 --> 00:28:53,470
And it's always good to have like going
into peak week.

576
00:28:53,470 --> 00:28:55,690
I would say just be going into your show
month.

577
00:28:55,690 --> 00:29:01,030
Like if you're, you know, three weeks out
from your show, usually this is where more

578
00:29:01,030 --> 00:29:02,620
nerves and more nerves as you get closer.

579
00:29:02,620 --> 00:29:06,260
But you wanna make sure that you have
like, are your reservations done?

580
00:29:06,260 --> 00:29:08,546
Is your registration for your show done?

581
00:29:08,546 --> 00:29:11,746
I like to keep like a task list or a
checklist.

582
00:29:12,206 --> 00:29:17,486
Any emails, like if I already registered
for my show, I have my MPC card obviously,

583
00:29:17,486 --> 00:29:20,576
registration, you know, I did my tan, my
makeup.

584
00:29:20,576 --> 00:29:24,866
I have all of that, all the confirmation
starred and like set aside in like a

585
00:29:24,866 --> 00:29:25,646
separate email.

586
00:29:25,646 --> 00:29:31,276
I have a document that says like the
address to where I'm going, like the

587
00:29:31,276 --> 00:29:32,706
flight stuff like that.

588
00:29:32,706 --> 00:29:35,778
And I will say it is a little extra that I
do this, but.

589
00:29:35,778 --> 00:29:41,508
Again, you're so excited and you're so
nervous and you will start doubting

590
00:29:41,508 --> 00:29:45,468
yourself, even not in like a bad way, but
you're just like, oh my God, did I do

591
00:29:45,468 --> 00:29:45,878
that?

592
00:29:45,878 --> 00:29:46,258
Right?

593
00:29:46,258 --> 00:29:47,958
Cause you're so excited.

594
00:29:48,138 --> 00:29:52,738
I like to keep everything on a docu - or
not docu -side, Google doc.

595
00:29:52,958 --> 00:29:57,353
And it tells me like, this is what time
this is, this is the lineup.

596
00:29:57,353 --> 00:29:58,083
out.

597
00:29:58,083 --> 00:29:58,982
I like paper.

598
00:29:58,982 --> 00:30:01,903
I like have a folder and I print it out.

599
00:30:01,983 --> 00:30:03,523
I do.

600
00:30:03,763 --> 00:30:04,683
I know.

601
00:30:04,683 --> 00:30:05,153
I know.

602
00:30:05,153 --> 00:30:09,663
I just like I don't think about I told you
I lost that note that I've had on my phone

603
00:30:09,663 --> 00:30:11,293
for like seven years.

604
00:30:11,293 --> 00:30:13,123
I've had this little prep.

605
00:30:13,143 --> 00:30:14,333
I can't get it back either.

606
00:30:14,333 --> 00:30:16,323
So I used to keep I still do.

607
00:30:16,323 --> 00:30:21,143
I keep a journal of like preps and weights
and just, you know, I.

608
00:30:21,143 --> 00:30:22,733
my weigh -ins for my check -in, whatever.

609
00:30:22,733 --> 00:30:26,763
Anyways, managed to delete the one that
goes back from like 2018.

610
00:30:27,283 --> 00:30:30,323
So anyways, I I print everything out,
cause then I can look at it.

611
00:30:30,323 --> 00:30:33,563
Cause I mean, and think about like, I also
travel for cheerleading.

612
00:30:33,563 --> 00:30:36,983
So there's those trips too, and then
business trips.

613
00:30:36,983 --> 00:30:41,563
So if I stick everything in like a folder
on my computer, and then let's say I can't

614
00:30:41,563 --> 00:30:44,733
get to my email or something, I don't I
just like it printed and I can look at it.

615
00:30:44,733 --> 00:30:48,663
And then I tick it off, like travel,
hotel, tan, makeup.

616
00:30:48,663 --> 00:30:52,063
registration and PC cards, you know,
especially if you're doing like this

617
00:30:52,063 --> 00:30:53,323
season, I'm doing three to four shows.

618
00:30:53,323 --> 00:30:58,921
So I could easily register for one, not
the other and forget, you know, something.

619
00:30:58,954 --> 00:31:00,834
but I'm like that with my food as peak
week.

620
00:31:00,834 --> 00:31:03,824
So like when I got my like exactly like
what I'm supposed to eat, how am I

621
00:31:03,824 --> 00:31:06,544
supposed to eat, all that stuff, I create
a notepad.

622
00:31:06,544 --> 00:31:10,614
Like in my like Apple phone, I have like
notes and I create like a peak week.

623
00:31:10,614 --> 00:31:11,814
Like this is my menu.

624
00:31:11,814 --> 00:31:14,174
I turn it all into check checks.

625
00:31:14,174 --> 00:31:17,094
And then I'm like, this is like my food,
Monday, Tuesday.

626
00:31:17,094 --> 00:31:18,364
This is my food Wednesday.

627
00:31:18,364 --> 00:31:19,434
This is my food Thursday.

628
00:31:19,434 --> 00:31:22,148
And I use check, check, check, check,
check because.

629
00:31:22,370 --> 00:31:25,920
I am excited, I know I am, and I will
second guess.

630
00:31:25,920 --> 00:31:26,720
Did I eat this?

631
00:31:26,720 --> 00:31:27,910
Did I eat this much?

632
00:31:27,910 --> 00:31:28,770
Am I sure?

633
00:31:28,770 --> 00:31:32,130
I have it all prepped in my fridge, but
I'll second guess it.

634
00:31:32,250 --> 00:31:36,790
And so again, yeah, just like the Google
Doc, I keep the address, the lineup, where

635
00:31:36,790 --> 00:31:37,210
am I going?

636
00:31:37,210 --> 00:31:37,850
What am I doing?

637
00:31:37,850 --> 00:31:38,970
The flights.

638
00:31:39,530 --> 00:31:41,930
I have it all already organized on my
phone.

639
00:31:41,930 --> 00:31:46,130
I even double checked last night or the
night before, oh, where's my tan?

640
00:31:46,130 --> 00:31:48,070
Where's my tan and my makeup?

641
00:31:48,070 --> 00:31:50,274
Even though I know I already, yeah.

642
00:31:50,274 --> 00:31:52,474
Like, so be prepared for that.

643
00:31:52,574 --> 00:31:57,474
We heavily underestimate like our nerves,
good nerves and bad nerves.

644
00:31:57,474 --> 00:32:03,454
And so like, you will just be so excited,
but so nervous that you just start like

645
00:32:03,454 --> 00:32:08,394
almost, not, I can't think of the word for
it, but like hyperventilating.

646
00:32:08,394 --> 00:32:10,014
Like you'll be like, I'm so excited.

647
00:32:10,014 --> 00:32:14,614
So there's also the bad side to that,
which is another thing I wanted to talk

648
00:32:14,614 --> 00:32:15,034
about.

649
00:32:15,034 --> 00:32:20,130
The bad side to that is you get a short
fuse and,

650
00:32:20,130 --> 00:32:23,740
It's kind of, when I say a short fuse, I
almost mean with everything.

651
00:32:23,740 --> 00:32:26,570
For example, I got mad at my computer
Saturday.

652
00:32:26,570 --> 00:32:27,700
I'm a very chill person.

653
00:32:27,700 --> 00:32:29,300
I usually don't care at all.

654
00:32:29,300 --> 00:32:30,210
I usually don't give a shit.

655
00:32:30,210 --> 00:32:32,050
I'm like, whatever, I'll go do something
else.

656
00:32:32,050 --> 00:32:37,390
No, I wanted to destroy my computer with a
baseball bat.

657
00:32:37,390 --> 00:32:44,350
Like I was losing my mind and my husband
was like, oh shit, like I gotta fix this.

658
00:32:44,390 --> 00:32:47,300
But so when this happens, like this is
gonna happen.

659
00:32:47,300 --> 00:32:49,646
That was just like an easy example
because,

660
00:32:49,954 --> 00:32:54,454
They know, so that's what I wanted to talk
about is communication.

661
00:32:54,894 --> 00:32:57,094
And your family is gonna think you look
great.

662
00:32:57,094 --> 00:32:59,754
They're gonna say all these kind things to
you.

663
00:32:59,754 --> 00:33:01,174
They're gonna be very supportive.

664
00:33:01,174 --> 00:33:04,454
If they're not very supportive, then
you're gonna wanna isolate away from them

665
00:33:04,454 --> 00:33:05,834
as best as you can.

666
00:33:05,834 --> 00:33:11,814
Just do your chill time, but communicate
with your friends and family this time.

667
00:33:11,814 --> 00:33:16,424
Let them know, like, hey, I'm a little
sleepier because your energy will be low.

668
00:33:16,424 --> 00:33:17,684
You might take extra naps.

669
00:33:17,684 --> 00:33:19,618
You might go to bed a little earlier.

670
00:33:19,618 --> 00:33:21,858
you might be a little snippier.

671
00:33:21,858 --> 00:33:28,048
I have a 14 year old son and he knows,
like he knows, he knows like if he

672
00:33:28,048 --> 00:33:32,048
slightly talks back to me, I get this like
tone in my voice where I'm like, really,

673
00:33:32,048 --> 00:33:33,078
why are we doing this?

674
00:33:33,078 --> 00:33:35,138
And he's like, oh, okay, I'm sorry.

675
00:33:35,138 --> 00:33:36,228
No, like I'll just go do it.

676
00:33:36,228 --> 00:33:41,518
Like he knows because he knows like this
week, like I'm excited, I'm nervous, you

677
00:33:41,518 --> 00:33:46,108
know, my calories dropped, I'm about to
carbs load later, like, you know, all

678
00:33:46,108 --> 00:33:47,650
this, like I'm just excited.

679
00:33:47,650 --> 00:33:51,890
So communicate with your friends and
family, like this time, and just let them

680
00:33:51,890 --> 00:33:55,270
know, like, I'm just a little sensitive
right now.

681
00:33:55,287 --> 00:33:56,387
Yeah, I think so too.

682
00:33:56,387 --> 00:34:01,687
And then I think like, you know, just
talking to your significant other about

683
00:34:01,687 --> 00:34:03,187
where you'll need help.

684
00:34:03,187 --> 00:34:07,587
Like, you know, please don't, you know,
work until midnight the night before I'm

685
00:34:07,587 --> 00:34:10,577
flying out the next morning because I
can't handle it.

686
00:34:10,577 --> 00:34:15,047
I have, you know, I've worked so hard and
I just want to feel like, you know, I have

687
00:34:15,047 --> 00:34:17,297
your support, but, but you might be fine.

688
00:34:17,297 --> 00:34:20,657
So I think it's just important to like
communicate what that looks like.

689
00:34:20,657 --> 00:34:25,078
But I think also if it is your first prep
and it's the first.

690
00:34:25,078 --> 00:34:28,878
that your family has kind of gone through,
like just going, hey, like, I don't want

691
00:34:28,878 --> 00:34:31,578
to plan a whole lot a couple of weeks
before.

692
00:34:31,578 --> 00:34:35,168
I mean, things still come up, like it's
Easter, like it's not like anybody's going

693
00:34:35,168 --> 00:34:38,908
to cancel Easter because you're doing a
show, but just like, hey, this year could

694
00:34:38,908 --> 00:34:39,958
it kind of look like this?

695
00:34:39,958 --> 00:34:43,468
Like, could we, you know, maybe scale it
back a little bit, or if we're going to,

696
00:34:43,468 --> 00:34:47,528
you know, meet friends for something like,
hey, like I want to be home and be in bed.

697
00:34:47,528 --> 00:34:51,191
Like, I don't think it's fair and
reasonable for your family to make those.

698
00:34:51,191 --> 00:34:56,141
like adjustments the entire prep, but
certainly in that last phase, I'm sure as

699
00:34:56,141 --> 00:35:00,021
much as you show up for them, if they are
just understanding of like, hey, this is

700
00:35:00,021 --> 00:35:01,111
the home stretch now.

701
00:35:01,111 --> 00:35:05,031
Like, you know, I'm going to be at the
soccer game, but I'm not going to come to

702
00:35:05,031 --> 00:35:06,341
the team party afterwards.

703
00:35:06,341 --> 00:35:08,631
Or, you know, you can still find ways to
show up.

704
00:35:08,631 --> 00:35:10,411
And I think that that's that's reasonable.

705
00:35:10,411 --> 00:35:13,681
But you also have to communicate instead
of just sitting there and being crabby or

706
00:35:13,681 --> 00:35:17,941
like, oh, now I'm tired because I didn't
get my rest because I had to do this and

707
00:35:17,941 --> 00:35:19,778
this and you guys didn't help me like,
well.

708
00:35:19,778 --> 00:35:20,208
Mm -hmm.

709
00:35:20,208 --> 00:35:23,338
help first and then you don't have to go
there because you don't want to go through

710
00:35:23,338 --> 00:35:24,318
fight or flight.

711
00:35:24,318 --> 00:35:29,108
The last thing you want to do is have some
big blow up or like some dramatic

712
00:35:29,108 --> 00:35:32,458
situation on show day because it will it
will ruin your physique.

713
00:35:32,458 --> 00:35:37,258
Like it really will because you'll bloat,
you'll hold water, you're to have a

714
00:35:37,258 --> 00:35:37,958
headache.

715
00:35:37,958 --> 00:35:38,858
It's just it's hard.

716
00:35:38,858 --> 00:35:40,318
Like your body releases.

717
00:35:40,318 --> 00:35:41,168
Yeah.

718
00:35:41,168 --> 00:35:44,518
If you don't sleep great that week, you
know, you'll end up just with a bloated

719
00:35:44,518 --> 00:35:44,828
belly.

720
00:35:44,828 --> 00:35:49,110
Like it's amazing the physical response
our body has when we have.

721
00:35:49,110 --> 00:35:50,690
one of those situations.

722
00:35:50,690 --> 00:35:54,270
So as much as you can do to keep things
calm, and that's why I print everything

723
00:35:54,270 --> 00:35:56,360
because it helps to just kind of keep me
calm.

724
00:35:56,360 --> 00:35:59,640
And I like have everything organized and
sorted in baggies.

725
00:35:59,640 --> 00:36:03,440
And like, I'm very systematic about how I
even set up my room just because it makes

726
00:36:03,440 --> 00:36:04,600
me feel less stressed.

727
00:36:04,600 --> 00:36:06,650
And there's a lot of things we can't
control.

728
00:36:06,650 --> 00:36:08,250
We don't know how we're going to place.

729
00:36:08,250 --> 00:36:11,290
Everybody wants to know how you think
you're going to do, how to do, how to go,

730
00:36:11,290 --> 00:36:12,300
even after prejudging.

731
00:36:12,300 --> 00:36:13,630
Did you win?

732
00:36:13,650 --> 00:36:14,900
I don't know.

733
00:36:14,900 --> 00:36:15,390
Okay.

734
00:36:15,390 --> 00:36:16,330
I don't know.

735
00:36:16,330 --> 00:36:17,990
I can't control that, but.

736
00:36:17,990 --> 00:36:18,953
Right.

737
00:36:18,953 --> 00:36:22,453
everywhere I'm supposed to be, what time
of tan is, I'm organized.

738
00:36:22,453 --> 00:36:25,903
I don't know where my fricking, you know,
I know where all my stuff is.

739
00:36:25,903 --> 00:36:29,443
I'm not looking for something, you know,
because you always see that basket case

740
00:36:29,443 --> 00:36:32,653
girl backstage and you just think, Oh,
please stay away from me.

741
00:36:32,653 --> 00:36:34,472
Or she's just like chaotic, right?

742
00:36:34,472 --> 00:36:37,913
Can't find her fricking peanut butter,
lost a shoe, earrings broken.

743
00:36:37,913 --> 00:36:40,113
I'm just like, I never want to be that
person.

744
00:36:40,113 --> 00:36:41,773
I just think it's so stressful.

745
00:36:41,773 --> 00:36:47,797
And so I think the more you can just kind
of prepare for the unexpected, like.

746
00:36:47,797 --> 00:36:49,877
have an extra pair of earrings.

747
00:36:50,657 --> 00:36:53,527
You know, I don't know if it's feasible
for people to have an extra suit, but I

748
00:36:53,527 --> 00:36:56,997
have a sewing kit in my bag just in case.

749
00:36:56,997 --> 00:36:58,997
I do have an extra pair of shoes.

750
00:36:58,997 --> 00:37:01,917
Just, you know, just cause things happen,
right?

751
00:37:01,917 --> 00:37:03,557
That's it's life.

752
00:37:03,997 --> 00:37:08,037
But I mean, we could probably do a whole
other episode on show day things.

753
00:37:08,037 --> 00:37:13,167
But one thing we didn't touch on not to
jump all over the place, but food during

754
00:37:13,167 --> 00:37:14,337
Pequick.

755
00:37:14,337 --> 00:37:15,444
Is it smart?

756
00:37:15,444 --> 00:37:21,484
to introduce foods that you haven't had in
10, 12, 20 weeks during peak week.

757
00:37:21,484 --> 00:37:23,164
Oh yeah, I'm going there.

758
00:37:23,164 --> 00:37:27,114
a different, okay, so, okay, everybody has
a different opinion about this and I

759
00:37:27,114 --> 00:37:32,554
actually am happy you brought this up
because, okay, if you, like, with my prep,

760
00:37:32,554 --> 00:37:36,614
this is the very first prep I've had for
when this much muscle, because I took my

761
00:37:36,614 --> 00:37:41,034
long off season of lifted really heavy,
you know, I've grown quite a bit.

762
00:37:41,034 --> 00:37:47,234
I was able to introduce new foods from the
beginning of February up until last week

763
00:37:47,234 --> 00:37:49,410
or, yeah, last week or the week prior.

764
00:37:49,410 --> 00:37:51,490
I had a refeed meal once a week.

765
00:37:51,490 --> 00:37:58,510
I had it and I was introducing technically
new foods to my physique and we geared it

766
00:37:58,510 --> 00:37:59,610
every week.

767
00:37:59,610 --> 00:38:02,010
Every week I did my check -in we checked
in on that new food.

768
00:38:02,010 --> 00:38:04,420
Okay, that was not peak week.

769
00:38:04,420 --> 00:38:10,350
That was using that food to lift heavy, to
push, you know, push as much as we can.

770
00:38:10,350 --> 00:38:14,670
So now that it is time for peak week, like
you said, do you introduce new foods?

771
00:38:14,670 --> 00:38:15,730
No.

772
00:38:15,790 --> 00:38:17,418
Just no.

773
00:38:17,482 --> 00:38:19,292
No, you keep it so simple.

774
00:38:19,292 --> 00:38:23,282
You keep it so simple and so tight because
just kind of like you were explaining,

775
00:38:23,282 --> 00:38:25,022
like this is a very sensitive time.

776
00:38:25,022 --> 00:38:28,542
Like even the, even being stressed out
over a situation, a fight, forgetting

777
00:38:28,542 --> 00:38:32,122
something, losing something is going to
mess with your digestion.

778
00:38:32,122 --> 00:38:40,912
Why on earth would you go and eat a burger
and fries on your most sensitive time of

779
00:38:40,912 --> 00:38:45,042
your prep when you don't know what's going
to happen?

780
00:38:46,062 --> 00:38:46,375
Like,

781
00:38:46,375 --> 00:38:47,234
a bad idea.

782
00:38:47,234 --> 00:38:48,014
Why?

783
00:38:48,014 --> 00:38:50,134
Do you need carbs?

784
00:38:50,134 --> 00:38:52,094
Is that, like your coach is telling you
you need carbs?

785
00:38:52,094 --> 00:38:52,854
Absolutely.

786
00:38:52,854 --> 00:38:55,514
So you use simple carbs.

787
00:38:55,534 --> 00:38:58,483
Like just the whole time.

788
00:38:58,483 --> 00:39:03,023
been eating sweet potatoes and rice and
rice cakes and oatmeal, stick to those

789
00:39:03,023 --> 00:39:03,273
things.

790
00:39:03,273 --> 00:39:04,263
Just eat more of them.

791
00:39:04,263 --> 00:39:09,863
You do not need to like go and have a big
pretzel bun and a fricking huge burger

792
00:39:09,863 --> 00:39:11,733
like the night before the show.

793
00:39:11,733 --> 00:39:15,173
I still can't believe when people maybe
it's like young chicks that can get away

794
00:39:15,173 --> 00:39:15,523
with it.

795
00:39:15,523 --> 00:39:19,243
But like when I see people like doing
that, like I had a burger last night.

796
00:39:19,243 --> 00:39:21,922
I'm like, well, that's playing with fire.

797
00:39:21,922 --> 00:39:24,002
Oh, I know people that got drunk the night
before.

798
00:39:24,002 --> 00:39:26,992
I should say, I don't know any females
that have ever done that the night before,

799
00:39:26,992 --> 00:39:30,042
but I've known men that have gotten drunk
the night before.

800
00:39:30,402 --> 00:39:33,142
And they just say that it helps them with
their nerves better.

801
00:39:33,142 --> 00:39:37,992
So, and here's another thing to consider
if you're listening to this, especially as

802
00:39:37,992 --> 00:39:39,642
a new competitor, because you will see it.

803
00:39:39,642 --> 00:39:44,632
You will 100 % see somebody that is eating
burgers or donuts or something pre -show

804
00:39:44,632 --> 00:39:47,322
on peak week or even day of show.

805
00:39:47,322 --> 00:39:49,186
So here's the deal though.

806
00:39:49,186 --> 00:39:52,746
How many times, because I know you've been
to a lot of them, I've been to a lot of

807
00:39:52,746 --> 00:39:56,106
them, how many times have you been to a
show and they do a re -judging because

808
00:39:56,106 --> 00:39:57,786
someone looks like shit?

809
00:39:57,806 --> 00:40:03,216
Yeah, so if you're a new competitor, in
the morning when you do pre -judging, they

810
00:40:03,216 --> 00:40:07,056
do pre -judging, they do comparisons, they
do call -outs, okay, then you have the

811
00:40:07,056 --> 00:40:08,806
break in between and then you have finals.

812
00:40:08,806 --> 00:40:12,946
Well, if during finals, let's say the
person that was in first decided to go

813
00:40:12,946 --> 00:40:16,426
smash a burger and fries and now their
waistline is bloated and they look like

814
00:40:16,426 --> 00:40:17,410
shit on stage.

815
00:40:17,410 --> 00:40:20,870
Well, when you go do finals, the judges
are gonna see they look like shit.

816
00:40:20,870 --> 00:40:23,810
And let's say you were in second and you
kept it really tight.

817
00:40:23,810 --> 00:40:28,140
Well, they're gonna do a re -judging and
they're gonna move all you guys around

818
00:40:28,140 --> 00:40:28,530
again.

819
00:40:28,530 --> 00:40:31,210
They're gonna re -look at you and they're
gonna re -score.

820
00:40:31,210 --> 00:40:35,150
And then that girl that decided to smash a
burger all the time.

821
00:40:35,150 --> 00:40:37,430
And it like blows my mind that people are
still doing this.

822
00:40:37,430 --> 00:40:38,721
It does, it does.

823
00:40:38,721 --> 00:40:41,981
also like, and I, I, I've been on judging
panels.

824
00:40:41,981 --> 00:40:44,651
Um, and I judge shows.

825
00:40:44,891 --> 00:40:49,711
So there's a couple of times where it,
there's just an error.

826
00:40:49,711 --> 00:40:55,921
Like they, when you get the score, so you
score and you know, there's, let's say

827
00:40:55,921 --> 00:40:59,801
there's, there's usually like the head
judges in the center and then you've got

828
00:40:59,801 --> 00:41:01,451
two to three on either side.

829
00:41:01,451 --> 00:41:05,311
So they throw out the high and the low
score and then the judge in the center

830
00:41:05,311 --> 00:41:06,311
doesn't score.

831
00:41:06,311 --> 00:41:08,214
So then you have the rest of those.

832
00:41:08,214 --> 00:41:12,594
Everybody writes it down and then they
send it down the table to the scorekeeper.

833
00:41:12,994 --> 00:41:15,694
It's very easy for there to be little
mistakes.

834
00:41:15,694 --> 00:41:16,944
These are human beings, right?

835
00:41:16,944 --> 00:41:21,294
So at finals and everybody's coming out
and you go, Oh, number 141 is in first

836
00:41:21,294 --> 00:41:21,464
place.

837
00:41:21,464 --> 00:41:24,754
And you go, no, no, that person is really
fifth place.

838
00:41:24,754 --> 00:41:28,694
There's no way to fix it without re
-judging the class or maybe they

839
00:41:28,694 --> 00:41:29,574
overlooked somebody.

840
00:41:29,574 --> 00:41:33,494
And, you know, it's like, we didn't
really, you know, that went too fast.

841
00:41:33,494 --> 00:41:36,154
We, you know, we really had somebody kind
of over on the side that we should bring

842
00:41:36,154 --> 00:41:36,874
in.

843
00:41:36,874 --> 00:41:38,166
I've done, I've been in.

844
00:41:38,166 --> 00:41:41,926
many shows myself where the class has been
rejudged and you're so stressed too

845
00:41:41,926 --> 00:41:43,916
because you're just like, oh my God, am I
losing my place?

846
00:41:43,916 --> 00:41:44,986
Am I going up?

847
00:41:44,986 --> 00:41:48,246
So between the morning show and the night
show, you've got to keep it really tight.

848
00:41:48,246 --> 00:41:51,686
Also, if you do win your class, you get
judged again in the overall.

849
00:41:51,686 --> 00:41:53,966
So, I mean, I feel like you're going to
eat later.

850
00:41:53,966 --> 00:41:55,866
So why would you mess it up during the
day?

851
00:41:55,866 --> 00:41:56,756
But I see people come back.

852
00:41:56,756 --> 00:41:59,686
They've showered off their tan, which I
think is really disrespectful.

853
00:41:59,686 --> 00:42:01,786
Like just stick it out.

854
00:42:01,906 --> 00:42:05,006
Or you've seen where somebody just didn't
even come back for finals, too.

855
00:42:05,006 --> 00:42:07,686
I mean, that's just to me, that's just
rude, you know, but.

856
00:42:07,686 --> 00:42:08,726
Yeah.

857
00:42:08,886 --> 00:42:10,386
That's completely bad sportsmanship.

858
00:42:10,386 --> 00:42:11,806
Don't ever do that.

859
00:42:11,806 --> 00:42:14,319
It's actually against NPC regulation too.

860
00:42:14,319 --> 00:42:15,959
yeah, yeah, for sure.

861
00:42:15,959 --> 00:42:20,039
But I think just in general, during peak
week, like, you know, I think sometimes

862
00:42:20,039 --> 00:42:23,819
people are like, oh, well, this, you know,
this could help.

863
00:42:23,918 --> 00:42:27,119
It's going to hurt more than it's going to
help by throwing in something brand new,

864
00:42:27,119 --> 00:42:28,719
because what if you react poorly to it?

865
00:42:28,719 --> 00:42:32,056
And for women like our waistline is so
delicate.

866
00:42:32,056 --> 00:42:35,846
And you know, we just we don't want to
have, you know, something that all of a

867
00:42:35,846 --> 00:42:39,566
sudden causes a little bit of distension
or water retention around our waist.

868
00:42:39,566 --> 00:42:41,476
And it completely changes our physique.

869
00:42:41,476 --> 00:42:46,126
Or you feel it like I wouldn't feel sexy
after eating a big burger and fries like I

870
00:42:46,126 --> 00:42:47,566
wouldn't want to wear next to nothing on
stage.

871
00:42:47,566 --> 00:42:48,726
It would affect me mentally.

872
00:42:48,726 --> 00:42:52,406
Like I would go out there and be like, you
know, like you don't you want to put on

873
00:42:52,406 --> 00:42:52,976
pajamas.

874
00:42:52,976 --> 00:42:54,416
You don't want to put on a bikini.

875
00:42:54,416 --> 00:42:58,936
So I think you just it's just better to
just hang on until after the show's over.

876
00:42:58,936 --> 00:43:00,632
And then you can have all those things.

877
00:43:00,632 --> 00:43:03,892
and just stick to foods you know, like
don't even change the way you prep your

878
00:43:03,892 --> 00:43:08,412
food because I've seen this before too,
where somebody was always cooking their

879
00:43:08,412 --> 00:43:10,932
chicken in broth in a crock pot.

880
00:43:10,932 --> 00:43:14,052
And then during peak week, they decided to
bake it with no seasoning.

881
00:43:14,052 --> 00:43:16,232
And then they were really, really flat.

882
00:43:16,232 --> 00:43:20,062
And I'm probably freaking people out who
don't know what I'm talking about, but you

883
00:43:20,062 --> 00:43:20,752
know what I mean.

884
00:43:20,752 --> 00:43:24,822
Now you have way less sodium in your body
and they thought, oh, this is going to

885
00:43:24,822 --> 00:43:25,432
help me.

886
00:43:25,432 --> 00:43:28,212
And all they did was their body got used
to so much sodium.

887
00:43:28,212 --> 00:43:29,832
Now we have none.

888
00:43:30,092 --> 00:43:30,648
And...

889
00:43:30,648 --> 00:43:34,308
We're not sure what's going on with the
physique and we've literally, you know,

890
00:43:34,308 --> 00:43:36,868
just changed something that was constant
the whole time.

891
00:43:36,868 --> 00:43:40,868
So if you've always prepped your chicken
that way, stay with it, like stay

892
00:43:40,868 --> 00:43:42,988
consistent with your water, your sodium,
everything.

893
00:43:42,988 --> 00:43:46,718
That's kind of why I do think it's smart
to track in my fitness pal and pay

894
00:43:46,718 --> 00:43:50,348
attention to sodium because sodium is your
friend.

895
00:43:50,348 --> 00:43:52,248
The biggest thing is you don't want to
change it.

896
00:43:52,248 --> 00:43:57,088
You don't want to cut it during peak week
thinking it will help you.

897
00:43:57,088 --> 00:43:57,598
Yeah.

898
00:43:57,598 --> 00:44:01,518
back in the day, cause back in the day, I
mean, look, like I'm pretty sure bikini

899
00:44:01,518 --> 00:44:03,558
competitors kept Mrs.

900
00:44:03,558 --> 00:44:06,598
Dash salt free seasoning, like on the
shelf.

901
00:44:06,598 --> 00:44:10,498
Like, because no salt, no salt, no salt.

902
00:44:10,498 --> 00:44:18,128
And then it's like, we did, it is salt,
like the sodium, sodium, potassium and

903
00:44:18,128 --> 00:44:19,678
like water, we need all of this.

904
00:44:19,678 --> 00:44:21,638
Like our muscles need all of it.

905
00:44:21,638 --> 00:44:24,443
And it's like, yeah.

906
00:44:24,443 --> 00:44:25,133
having all of that.

907
00:44:25,133 --> 00:44:28,943
That's why people are eating pickles
backstage often because of the sodium.

908
00:44:28,943 --> 00:44:32,103
And you'll see girls ripping open packets
of salt and eating it.

909
00:44:32,103 --> 00:44:34,863
And I mean, to somebody who doesn't
understand bodybuilding, like, oh, isn't

910
00:44:34,863 --> 00:44:35,943
that going to bloat them?

911
00:44:35,943 --> 00:44:39,723
Well, no, it's that's exactly what we need
to push the carbs and the water into the

912
00:44:39,723 --> 00:44:42,043
muscle and to make you have that nice full
look.

913
00:44:42,043 --> 00:44:44,453
So, yeah, that's a huge misconception.

914
00:44:44,453 --> 00:44:45,623
But I have seen that before.

915
00:44:45,623 --> 00:44:48,856
And I always tell my clients like, don't
change.

916
00:44:48,856 --> 00:44:49,496
anything.

917
00:44:49,496 --> 00:44:53,466
If you've been putting salt on your food,
keep it as much like don't think that

918
00:44:53,466 --> 00:44:56,866
you're going to like make one little
adjustment like that and it's going to

919
00:44:56,866 --> 00:44:57,656
help your body.

920
00:44:57,656 --> 00:44:59,996
Like just always just check, check with
your coach.

921
00:44:59,996 --> 00:45:04,416
Like even if you've kept coffee creamer in
the whole time, hey, can I keep that this

922
00:45:04,416 --> 00:45:07,796
week or does that need to go like anything
that you're putting in your mouth?

923
00:45:07,796 --> 00:45:10,659
You've got to clear that gum, anything.

924
00:45:11,118 --> 00:45:15,358
Everything and it's so important because I
even did that the other day.

925
00:45:15,358 --> 00:45:20,328
Like I used the no sugar added Heinz
ketchup and I used that like on and off.

926
00:45:20,328 --> 00:45:22,998
I don't use it every meal, but I use it,
right?

927
00:45:22,998 --> 00:45:25,538
And so of course like I have a list.

928
00:45:25,538 --> 00:45:29,618
not even really a list, but just things
like kind of remove, be mindful, whatever,

929
00:45:29,618 --> 00:45:30,678
stuff like that, right?

930
00:45:30,678 --> 00:45:33,518
And then, so of course I asked them like,
hey, can I still keep using this?

931
00:45:33,518 --> 00:45:35,278
And it's like, can I still keep using
this?

932
00:45:35,278 --> 00:45:41,098
In fact, Erin brought home like this new
spicy salsa and I read the ingredients and

933
00:45:41,098 --> 00:45:44,418
I'm like, it probably could work, but do
you think I ate it?

934
00:45:44,418 --> 00:45:46,618
No, no, I sucked.

935
00:45:46,618 --> 00:45:51,638
No, I, nope, I stuck to the same old like
salsa I was using.

936
00:45:51,638 --> 00:45:54,786
And, and it's just, you keep everything
the same.

937
00:45:54,786 --> 00:45:59,686
and like you touched on it, it's, this is
just like, you're almost there.

938
00:45:59,686 --> 00:46:01,286
You're right there.

939
00:46:01,366 --> 00:46:03,666
Like don't change anything, mess with
anything.

940
00:46:03,666 --> 00:46:06,466
Like Saturday, most shows are on Saturday.

941
00:46:06,466 --> 00:46:07,876
Saturday is your show day.

942
00:46:07,876 --> 00:46:11,856
And then like Sunday, you can wake up and
I've, you know, the first thing I told

943
00:46:11,856 --> 00:46:17,686
Erin I wanted to do when I was done, I
want an almond milk latte from Starbucks.

944
00:46:18,666 --> 00:46:20,376
Yeah, not date, not date.

945
00:46:20,376 --> 00:46:21,526
I probably won't eat anything.

946
00:46:21,526 --> 00:46:23,006
I don't know what I'll do after the show.

947
00:46:23,006 --> 00:46:24,244
It will be probably pretty late.

948
00:46:24,244 --> 00:46:25,412
want on Sunday.

949
00:46:25,412 --> 00:46:29,052
well, that's the one, yeah, on Sunday
morning, because like the show is so late

950
00:46:29,052 --> 00:46:32,951
and I have like the time share, so I'll
have all my own food at like my, like,

951
00:46:32,951 --> 00:46:34,442
cause we'll have a kitchen.

952
00:46:34,522 --> 00:46:36,062
So I'll have all my own food there.

953
00:46:36,062 --> 00:46:37,342
So I probably won't do opera.

954
00:46:37,342 --> 00:46:43,232
I'm okay, I'm regularly like after shows,
I am worn out.

955
00:46:43,232 --> 00:46:48,932
Like I have never been one of those people
who, okay, so for any of the new

956
00:46:48,932 --> 00:46:51,586
competitors out there, I'll talk, we'll
talk about this for a second.

957
00:46:51,586 --> 00:46:55,046
So usually after a show, just depending on
how late the show runs, like some shows

958
00:46:55,046 --> 00:46:56,056
can get out pretty early.

959
00:46:56,056 --> 00:46:57,786
Some shows can run until two, three in the
morning.

960
00:46:57,786 --> 00:46:59,306
Like every show is gonna be different.

961
00:46:59,306 --> 00:47:00,686
It is what it is.

962
00:47:00,686 --> 00:47:05,606
So some girls, I don't think this is a
great idea, but to each is their own.

963
00:47:05,606 --> 00:47:06,866
It is what it is.

964
00:47:06,866 --> 00:47:11,456
Some girls will just get dressed up right
over their tan and they will just go balls

965
00:47:11,456 --> 00:47:12,986
to the wall and they will just go out.

966
00:47:12,986 --> 00:47:15,586
They'll go drink, they'll eat.

967
00:47:15,626 --> 00:47:18,446
They, I never could.

968
00:47:18,446 --> 00:47:19,826
I tried.

969
00:47:19,826 --> 00:47:21,602
Like my very first show,

970
00:47:21,602 --> 00:47:26,482
was out in LA and I even did it with like
a team and it was like a whole big like I

971
00:47:26,482 --> 00:47:28,742
had a, I was surrounded by like a bunch of
people.

972
00:47:28,742 --> 00:47:32,722
And even after the show I was like, like I
don't understand how you guys go out to

973
00:47:32,722 --> 00:47:34,242
even like dinner.

974
00:47:34,722 --> 00:47:36,742
Like I'm just wiped, that's me.

975
00:47:36,742 --> 00:47:38,972
So I usually just go straight back to the
hotel.

976
00:47:38,972 --> 00:47:45,342
I will say after one show I will sometimes
go out with Erin and like Carson and quiet

977
00:47:45,342 --> 00:47:47,682
but I can't get dressed up.

978
00:47:47,682 --> 00:47:51,202
Like I have a picture if you look back it
cracks me up because.

979
00:47:51,202 --> 00:47:53,002
It was a show that got done early.

980
00:47:53,002 --> 00:47:56,322
I want to say like nine and I literally
threw a hoodie on.

981
00:47:56,322 --> 00:47:58,022
I washed my body.

982
00:47:58,022 --> 00:48:02,912
I threw a hoodie on, left my makeup, put
joggers on and went and grabbed like a

983
00:48:02,912 --> 00:48:03,482
steak.

984
00:48:03,482 --> 00:48:08,212
I think I think it was like a burger and
fries actually but like like every girl is

985
00:48:08,212 --> 00:48:09,582
gonna be different how you handle this.

986
00:48:09,582 --> 00:48:13,162
So this show I'm gonna predict it's gonna
get out pretty late.

987
00:48:13,162 --> 00:48:16,332
This will also I will have my own kitchen
and I'll have kids with me.

988
00:48:16,332 --> 00:48:21,388
So I'll probably just go home and like
bask in the show.

989
00:48:21,656 --> 00:48:22,530
Yeah.

990
00:48:22,998 --> 00:48:30,158
eat some whatever is at the where I'm
staying and just go to sleep I guess.

991
00:48:30,158 --> 00:48:31,429
Yeah call it a day.

992
00:48:31,429 --> 00:48:36,349
day I usually like well and I'm like, I'm
pretty particular about like what I want

993
00:48:36,349 --> 00:48:38,429
to have and there was a restaurant here in
St.

994
00:48:38,429 --> 00:48:43,129
Louis that has like the most amazing
burger and steak front or not steak fries,

995
00:48:43,329 --> 00:48:44,769
truffle fries.

996
00:48:44,769 --> 00:48:48,329
So I just wherever I am, I'm like
nothing's going to compare to that.

997
00:48:48,329 --> 00:48:53,479
So I almost like save it for like when I
get home and I just, you know, after the

998
00:48:53,479 --> 00:48:55,439
show, I'm kind of like, I don't know.

999
00:48:55,439 --> 00:48:56,739
I'm just like.

1000
00:48:56,739 --> 00:49:00,199
I want to just collect my thoughts and I
want to get my hair extensions out and I

1001
00:49:00,199 --> 00:49:03,859
want to take my earrings off and just take
a shower and then just kind of, it depends

1002
00:49:03,859 --> 00:49:04,469
what time it is.

1003
00:49:04,469 --> 00:49:09,149
Like there's been times where I get out of
my, of that place and it's like, you know,

1004
00:49:09,149 --> 00:49:13,679
1130 midnight, you stick around to ask the
head judges for their feedback and you get

1005
00:49:13,679 --> 00:49:14,639
some photos and stuff.

1006
00:49:14,639 --> 00:49:17,509
And it's like, Oh my God, I just want to
go to bed, you know?

1007
00:49:17,789 --> 00:49:18,662
So.

1008
00:49:18,662 --> 00:49:20,502
that's another thing going back to
communication.

1009
00:49:20,502 --> 00:49:24,192
Cause when I was, when I first started
competing and I did like, you know, my

1010
00:49:24,192 --> 00:49:28,722
first like one, two, three shows, all of
my friends and family immediately, like

1011
00:49:28,722 --> 00:49:31,192
they would be like, let's go to dinner,
let's go to dinner, let's go to dinner.

1012
00:49:31,192 --> 00:49:33,352
Like the next day or the next week.

1013
00:49:33,352 --> 00:49:37,552
And it's like, I learned now, obviously,
like when at first I was like, yes, yes,

1014
00:49:37,552 --> 00:49:38,622
yes, yes, yes.

1015
00:49:38,622 --> 00:49:39,962
And you learn very quickly.

1016
00:49:39,962 --> 00:49:44,202
Like you can easily upset your stomach if
you don't go into a reverse properly.

1017
00:49:44,202 --> 00:49:44,898
Now,

1018
00:49:44,898 --> 00:49:48,318
Do I have some stuff planned for when I
come back, kind of like you said?

1019
00:49:48,318 --> 00:49:52,658
Yeah, but do I have grace periods between
that?

1020
00:49:52,658 --> 00:49:57,278
Yes, yes I do, because if you, it is.

1021
00:49:57,285 --> 00:49:58,815
It depends on what your strategy is.

1022
00:49:58,815 --> 00:50:00,445
This is probably a topic for another show.

1023
00:50:00,445 --> 00:50:06,075
But like if you are going to be competing
again in the next couple of weeks, you got

1024
00:50:06,075 --> 00:50:08,185
to reel that in by at least Monday.

1025
00:50:08,185 --> 00:50:12,765
And if it's going into your offseason, you
really need to reel it in and then plan

1026
00:50:12,765 --> 00:50:19,355
out your cheats and refeeds and all that
stuff, because you've just prepped for 15,

1027
00:50:19,355 --> 00:50:21,445
16, 20, 24 weeks.

1028
00:50:21,445 --> 00:50:22,842
You can't just.

1029
00:50:22,842 --> 00:50:24,012
go eat whatever you want.

1030
00:50:24,012 --> 00:50:27,172
You know, you have to like gradually, you
know, add these things in, but everybody's

1031
00:50:27,172 --> 00:50:30,242
going to want to take you out and you're
going to want to go and do those things.

1032
00:50:30,242 --> 00:50:34,582
You just have to be really careful about
it and plan things out appropriately,

1033
00:50:34,582 --> 00:50:36,262
follow your verse from your coach.

1034
00:50:36,262 --> 00:50:39,412
And if you're going to be competing again
in a couple of weeks, then you know, you

1035
00:50:39,412 --> 00:50:42,892
really can't go too crazy because there's
still work to do.

1036
00:50:42,892 --> 00:50:44,582
They're generally not going to tell you to
get fatter.

1037
00:50:44,582 --> 00:50:49,902
So you have to like either stay where
you're at, you know, typically that's, you

1038
00:50:49,902 --> 00:50:52,991
know, you've either got a little bit more
conditioning to do or.

1039
00:50:53,025 --> 00:50:56,645
little things with posing, there's not a
ton that you can change in two to four

1040
00:50:56,645 --> 00:51:02,745
weeks, but you know, you'd also can't, you
don't want to be like taking a week to

1041
00:51:02,745 --> 00:51:06,485
burn off everything that you ate because
you went crazy like for four days after

1042
00:51:06,485 --> 00:51:07,730
the show, you know.

1043
00:51:07,730 --> 00:51:11,249
and it is about communicating with your
coach because like I told Sam last week

1044
00:51:11,249 --> 00:51:17,480
like exactly I think I'm a little I will
say my feeling going into the show is so

1045
00:51:17,480 --> 00:51:21,850
different because I had so many refeed
meals that like my cravings for it like I

1046
00:51:21,850 --> 00:51:24,970
haven't even been able to think of
anything because I've kind of enjoyed, you

1047
00:51:24,970 --> 00:51:30,390
know, just refeed and flexibility But at
the same time like I did earn that by like

1048
00:51:30,390 --> 00:51:35,458
spending a year plus offseason almost
right so but

1049
00:51:35,458 --> 00:51:39,298
I also have friends that are like, I wanna
do this, this, and this.

1050
00:51:39,298 --> 00:51:42,898
And they know now, it's like, I have to
spread that out.

1051
00:51:42,898 --> 00:51:47,998
But I've also communicated with Sam, there
is stuff I wanna do the weekend coming

1052
00:51:47,998 --> 00:51:53,198
back that's going on that my husband has
planned for me that it's important to me.

1053
00:51:53,198 --> 00:51:58,438
And it's like, let's plan it out, let's
strategize.

1054
00:51:58,718 --> 00:51:59,140
Mm -hmm.

1055
00:51:59,140 --> 00:52:04,320
I mean, if you think about where you were
before you started prepping for your show

1056
00:52:04,320 --> 00:52:08,690
and the person that you were and, you
know, generally people aren't just like

1057
00:52:08,690 --> 00:52:12,190
sitting on the couch eating Doritos going,
I think I'd like to be a bodybuilder.

1058
00:52:12,190 --> 00:52:17,040
Most of the time people come into this
having had been the person that went to

1059
00:52:17,040 --> 00:52:22,390
the gym, drank the water, took vitamins,
lifted weights, ate salads, prepped their

1060
00:52:22,390 --> 00:52:22,970
food.

1061
00:52:22,970 --> 00:52:24,450
You're still that person.

1062
00:52:24,450 --> 00:52:27,164
So just think about that when you're out
of prep.

1063
00:52:27,164 --> 00:52:31,123
It doesn't mean that, you know, you just
you eat everything.

1064
00:52:31,123 --> 00:52:36,104
You've got to think about your approach to
nutrition and your choices beforehand.

1065
00:52:36,104 --> 00:52:40,424
I think sometimes in prep, it can sort of
feel like, oh, another piece of chicken

1066
00:52:40,424 --> 00:52:44,494
and oh, another cardio session, because
it's a lot and it is it's hard.

1067
00:52:44,494 --> 00:52:46,124
It's supposed to be hard.

1068
00:52:46,124 --> 00:52:50,074
But don't lose sight of who you were
before you started and how important that

1069
00:52:50,074 --> 00:52:51,444
balance was beforehand.

1070
00:52:51,444 --> 00:52:54,424
And think about just returning to that
person like now.

1071
00:52:54,424 --> 00:52:56,164
But but now you're stronger.

1072
00:52:56,164 --> 00:52:58,244
more accomplished person because you've
done a show.

1073
00:52:58,244 --> 00:53:02,064
But think about when you first came in,
you know, if you were going to boot camp

1074
00:53:02,064 --> 00:53:06,004
or, you know, you ate, you know, a healthy
version of a salad or something, I think

1075
00:53:06,004 --> 00:53:09,204
about just sort of getting some of that
back, but not like, oh, I'm going to go to

1076
00:53:09,204 --> 00:53:13,774
Chick -fil -A every day for seven days and
drink every night and have cake and

1077
00:53:13,774 --> 00:53:14,414
dessert every night.

1078
00:53:14,414 --> 00:53:16,034
You weren't doing that beforehand, right?

1079
00:53:16,034 --> 00:53:17,434
We can just lose sight of that.

1080
00:53:17,434 --> 00:53:20,734
So sometimes that reflection is really
helpful when people are sort of like, I

1081
00:53:20,734 --> 00:53:21,424
don't know what to do.

1082
00:53:21,424 --> 00:53:24,892
It's like, well, you wouldn't have gone to
the bar every night.

1083
00:53:24,892 --> 00:53:26,732
before you even did a competition.

1084
00:53:26,732 --> 00:53:29,486
So what makes you think that's something
you would do now, you know?

1085
00:53:29,486 --> 00:53:33,776
absolutely basking your progress in the
process of how you've gotten to where you

1086
00:53:33,776 --> 00:53:37,816
are and where you came from and what
you've learned about food and what it can

1087
00:53:37,816 --> 00:53:38,346
do.

1088
00:53:38,346 --> 00:53:41,406
Food does not have to be an abusive
reward.

1089
00:53:41,406 --> 00:53:46,106
Like we live in a society and this is what
I love to preach to our clients all the

1090
00:53:46,106 --> 00:53:46,906
time.

1091
00:53:46,946 --> 00:53:49,946
Like we can get whatever we want when we
want.

1092
00:53:49,946 --> 00:53:53,346
Like that birthday cake is not expiring
tomorrow.

1093
00:53:53,346 --> 00:53:56,216
Like those M &M's, Skittles, what is it?

1094
00:53:56,216 --> 00:53:58,402
Cookie crumble, like Chick -fil -A.

1095
00:53:58,402 --> 00:53:59,722
they're gonna be there tomorrow.

1096
00:53:59,722 --> 00:54:00,312
And guess what?

1097
00:54:00,312 --> 00:54:02,792
They're gonna be there next year and
they're gonna be there the year after

1098
00:54:02,792 --> 00:54:02,942
that.

1099
00:54:02,942 --> 00:54:03,402
And guess what?

1100
00:54:03,402 --> 00:54:06,722
You can sit on your couch and order them
and they'll come to you.

1101
00:54:06,762 --> 00:54:10,202
Like, we can abuse food so easily.

1102
00:54:10,202 --> 00:54:12,092
It's disgusting, really it is.

1103
00:54:12,092 --> 00:54:15,662
But we can also appreciate what food can
do for us.

1104
00:54:15,662 --> 00:54:18,412
And like, just like you said, not lose
sight of that and like enjoy like what

1105
00:54:18,412 --> 00:54:20,882
you've learned through the process and
progress of your prep.

1106
00:54:20,882 --> 00:54:24,932
And, you know, depending on what your
strategy is after your prep, then, you

1107
00:54:24,932 --> 00:54:26,602
know, you take the steps that you need to
go from there.

1108
00:54:26,602 --> 00:54:27,618
Rather you're competing.

1109
00:54:27,618 --> 00:54:32,768
a few weeks later and you have to be
really responsible or you're going into an

1110
00:54:32,768 --> 00:54:34,778
off season or you're competing in a few
months.

1111
00:54:34,778 --> 00:54:38,168
Like your strategy is always going to be
different, but you don't want to, what is

1112
00:54:38,168 --> 00:54:38,438
it?

1113
00:54:38,438 --> 00:54:40,318
Eat like an asshole.

1114
00:54:40,558 --> 00:54:41,589
That's what I've heard.

1115
00:54:41,589 --> 00:54:45,399
and I'm not saying I haven't struggled
because again, in the early days we didn't

1116
00:54:45,399 --> 00:54:48,139
have as many resources and I didn't have
anybody to talk to.

1117
00:54:48,139 --> 00:54:51,549
And, you know, you would just feel like,
you know, you were binging and you just

1118
00:54:51,549 --> 00:54:54,579
had to get control of it because, you
know, real bodybuilders didn't deal with

1119
00:54:54,579 --> 00:54:54,879
that.

1120
00:54:54,879 --> 00:54:58,339
And so I went through that in my first few
years of competing.

1121
00:54:58,339 --> 00:55:02,399
And I remember just thinking like, I've
never even been to Burger King.

1122
00:55:02,399 --> 00:55:04,289
Why am I going to Burger King now?

1123
00:55:04,289 --> 00:55:06,557
Like I had habits like I would.

1124
00:55:06,557 --> 00:55:10,097
buy like a Ben and Jerry's like a pint and
I would eat the whole thing.

1125
00:55:10,097 --> 00:55:14,797
And the old me before I had competed would
have just taken, you know, a few bites and

1126
00:55:14,797 --> 00:55:15,597
then put the thing back.

1127
00:55:15,597 --> 00:55:18,967
So I just really had to look at like my
relationship with food and it wasn't

1128
00:55:18,967 --> 00:55:19,837
because of competing.

1129
00:55:19,837 --> 00:55:20,997
Like that wasn't it.

1130
00:55:20,997 --> 00:55:23,647
It was really just my attitude about sort
of scarcity.

1131
00:55:23,647 --> 00:55:26,747
Like, oh, I have to finish it all now
because tomorrow I'm going back on a diet.

1132
00:55:26,747 --> 00:55:28,737
You know, that was what I had to fix.

1133
00:55:28,737 --> 00:55:31,237
It wasn't because of bodybuilding.

1134
00:55:31,237 --> 00:55:33,816
You know, I probably had some of that
underlying.

1135
00:55:33,816 --> 00:55:36,236
extremes going on beforehand.

1136
00:55:36,236 --> 00:55:38,876
And so if that's what you're going
through, there's, I mean, there's so many

1137
00:55:38,876 --> 00:55:41,736
great resources now and so many people
that can help you.

1138
00:55:41,736 --> 00:55:45,356
But I think just having felt really alone
and not really understanding, I was very

1139
00:55:45,356 --> 00:55:46,916
like ashamed of it.

1140
00:55:46,916 --> 00:55:50,396
But I think just getting back to that
place of like, I had been so in love with

1141
00:55:50,396 --> 00:55:54,296
fitness before I ever started competing
and just trying to get back to that and

1142
00:55:54,296 --> 00:55:58,876
making choices because I wanted to feel
good and not just because I was trying to

1143
00:55:58,876 --> 00:56:01,090
prep for a show or lose weight or
whatever.

1144
00:56:01,090 --> 00:56:03,890
Yeah, yeah, that's true.

1145
00:56:04,110 --> 00:56:08,150
It's funny, I was just thinking as you
were speaking, I was like, you know, that

1146
00:56:08,150 --> 00:56:09,620
kinda happened to me almost the other day.

1147
00:56:09,620 --> 00:56:14,470
I was thinking about something, cause I'm
going out, obviously in a few weeks, to

1148
00:56:14,470 --> 00:56:15,100
the movie theaters.

1149
00:56:15,100 --> 00:56:17,690
That's my big unhealthy thing, by the way.

1150
00:56:17,690 --> 00:56:24,130
For everybody listening, my big one
unhealthy thing is I will murder movie

1151
00:56:24,130 --> 00:56:29,472
theater popcorn with a good movie, it has
to be at a movie theater, with like,

1152
00:56:29,472 --> 00:56:30,812
M &Ms or something like that.

1153
00:56:30,812 --> 00:56:31,562
Car.

1154
00:56:31,822 --> 00:56:33,182
So I don't put it together.

1155
00:56:33,182 --> 00:56:35,522
I just eat them separately, but I eat them
at the same time.

1156
00:56:35,522 --> 00:56:37,042
I don't know why, that's just how I am.

1157
00:56:37,042 --> 00:56:40,202
I love the buttery, shitty movie theater
popcorn.

1158
00:56:40,202 --> 00:56:42,042
It's like my, it's my thing.

1159
00:56:42,042 --> 00:56:47,082
So I was thinking about just that and
Aaron's taking me to a movie, whatever.

1160
00:56:47,082 --> 00:56:50,122
And then I was thinking about getting
Andy's ice cream afterwards.

1161
00:56:50,122 --> 00:56:55,272
And kind of like you said, it's like, why
am I gonna get Andy's ice cream when I

1162
00:56:55,272 --> 00:56:57,222
haven't had Andy's ice cream in forever?

1163
00:56:57,222 --> 00:56:58,722
When also,

1164
00:56:58,722 --> 00:57:04,812
during my refeeds this last prep, I've
made some bomb ass ice cream, protein ice

1165
00:57:04,812 --> 00:57:05,402
cream.

1166
00:57:05,402 --> 00:57:09,962
And I can literally make the thing I would
get at Andy's, which is terrible for you,

1167
00:57:09,962 --> 00:57:16,162
whatever, protein ice cream with like the
fixins and have a huge thing of it.

1168
00:57:16,162 --> 00:57:18,752
It's like, I can't wait to do that instead
of this.

1169
00:57:18,752 --> 00:57:20,432
And that's just stuff you learn through
the process.

1170
00:57:20,432 --> 00:57:22,122
I was just thinking about that when you're
talking.

1171
00:57:22,122 --> 00:57:24,562
I'm like, I literally had that like same
thing happen.

1172
00:57:24,622 --> 00:57:27,368
Like a few, like a day ago or so.

1173
00:57:27,368 --> 00:57:28,228
about ice cream.

1174
00:57:28,228 --> 00:57:30,648
I'm not going to able to stop thinking
about it.

1175
00:57:31,788 --> 00:57:36,088
Oh, I didn't I didn't announce it, but I
wore this for you today.

1176
00:57:36,328 --> 00:57:37,468
It's my little donut.

1177
00:57:37,468 --> 00:57:39,468
It's my Peek Week shirt.

1178
00:57:39,468 --> 00:57:40,858
I always wear it in Peek Week.

1179
00:57:40,858 --> 00:57:45,068
I don't know why, but anyway, it fits me
and I'm 12 weeks out or 11 weeks out.

1180
00:57:45,068 --> 00:57:47,464
But I wore it for you today because it's
lucky.

1181
00:57:47,550 --> 00:57:48,870
Aww.

1182
00:57:49,290 --> 00:57:50,850
Aww, good vibes.

1183
00:57:52,710 --> 00:57:57,490
Yes, if you guys are watching on YouTube,
you can see the donuts, donuts, donuts.

1184
00:57:58,770 --> 00:58:02,490
But Gillian we actually almost reached an
hour.

1185
00:58:02,490 --> 00:58:05,210
We like...

1186
00:58:05,290 --> 00:58:07,016
I know.

1187
00:58:07,016 --> 00:58:15,676
just got lots lots to say all the time so
um anyways next time we we meet again on

1188
00:58:15,676 --> 00:58:21,796
this episode mandy will have some info
about her show day and be able to tell us

1189
00:58:21,796 --> 00:58:26,972
all how it went and i'm so so so excited
for next week

1190
00:58:27,232 --> 00:58:28,222
for my laptop.

1191
00:58:28,222 --> 00:58:32,432
So I will actually, we will be doing a
podcast, but I will be doing it in, I will

1192
00:58:32,432 --> 00:58:37,522
be in Florida for my laptop and I will be
doing it from there and it will be cool.

1193
00:58:37,522 --> 00:58:42,682
It will be like, I will give all the
information and all the feels of after

1194
00:58:42,682 --> 00:58:43,622
show.

1195
00:58:44,102 --> 00:58:46,182
That'll be, that'll be exciting.

1196
00:58:46,922 --> 00:58:47,816
I know.

1197
00:58:47,816 --> 00:58:53,096
Mandy, I love you to bits and I'm so proud
of you and you're going to crush it.

1198
00:58:53,096 --> 00:58:53,990
I'm so excited.

1199
00:58:53,990 --> 00:58:58,910
you Thank you, and I we hope you guys
enjoyed this episode this emotional peak

1200
00:58:58,910 --> 00:59:03,960
week episode if you guys have any cool
Yeah I know if you guys have any questions

1201
00:59:03,960 --> 00:59:08,640
about peak week or like want to know any
information from us or questions that we

1202
00:59:08,640 --> 00:59:13,850
can find answers for you to or yeah find
answers for Just always let us know in the

1203
00:59:13,850 --> 00:59:17,220
comments or you can always DM either one
of us at any of our social medias We're

1204
00:59:17,220 --> 00:59:21,186
always an open book, and we'll share
anything, but we definitely appreciate you

1205
00:59:21,186 --> 00:59:25,556
All of the subscribes and likes and
comments, it just, it means so much to

1206
00:59:25,556 --> 00:59:26,664
both of us.

1207
00:59:26,684 --> 00:59:27,324
Definitely.

1208
00:59:27,324 --> 00:59:30,684
Thank you so much for listening and
wherever you are in the world, I hope you

1209
00:59:30,684 --> 00:59:32,924
have an amazing rest of your day.

1210
00:59:32,924 --> 00:59:34,644
Bye.