Confessions of a Bikini Pro

In this episode, Celeste has the pleasure of speaking with Alejandra Ballesteros, an IFBB Bikini pro who won her pro card at North Americans in 2018, who has overcome many adversities and hardships in her life to get to where she is today. Besides being an IFBB Pro coached by Ryan Hinton, Alejandra is also an in-person & online trainer for both lifestyle and competition clients. As always, Celeste...

In this episode Celeste talks with Liz Yisrael, a 3x Bikini Pro Champion who has competed on both the Arnold and Olympia stages, a mother, an army veteran, and a current logistics senior manager who has her Master's Degree from West Point. ​Celeste starts off the episode by having Liz share with listeners her pre stage ritual. From there, Celeste first asks Liz about her history in the military an...

In this episode Celeste has the pleasure of speaking with Emily Parris, an IFBB bikini pro who started competing in 2017 and competed in seven national shows before earning her pro card. Emily has her Masters Degree in Speech Pathology and works as a Regional Director of Operations for Reliant Rehab as well as a coach for competition and lifestyle clients. Celeste starts off the episode by asking...

In this episode, host Celeste Rains-Turk speaks with Reijuana (Rei Rei) Harley, research analyst, posing expert, and lifestyle coach who quickly rose to the IFBB division. After winning overall at her first show in 2017, Reijuana catapulted to the top of the division at Nationals in Miami one year later. Reijuana opens up to listeners about her impressive work experience while finishing her master...

In this episode, host Celeste Rains-Turk interviews IFBB bikini pro, Valerie Lusvardi who went pro in 2018 at Masters Nationals and is a wife, mother of three, and an online coach.    Valerie talks about how important words of affirmation, mindset, and visualization are to her. She uses training as an outlet and it helped her fight through postpartum depression. Mental health is something that is...

In this episode, host Celeste Rains-Turk speaks with Juli Lopez, a personal trainer and owner of Iron Babe Fitness, a business student and IFBB Bikini Pro who earned her pro card at Miami Nationals in 2018. Celeste kicks off the episode the way she always does by asking Juli about her pre stage ritual. Then, Celeste asks Juli about the process she took to build muscle after always being skinny gro...

In this episode, host Celeste Rains-Turk sits down with IFBB Pro Jordan Wondergem, who won her pro card at her first national show and is now going into her fifth year of competing. She is a coach for bikini and lifestyle clients and directs an abundance of focus towards mindset.  Jordan coached herself until her prep leading into the North Americans National show where she earned her Pro-card. Sh...

Special announcement! A new series is being released over on YouTube @celestial_fit where you can hear minisodes related to making peace with food, your body and your goals directly from me. I will be sharing direct and immediately implementable knowledge around mindset, personal development, psychology, and other introspective topics for you to apply to your life. In this announcement episode, I...

In this Mother's Day Series Finale Episode Host Celeste Rains-Turk talks with Jodi Riley, the 2017 bikini Olympia Amateur Champion (and pro card winner) with 7 Bikini championships. She is the Co-Owner of BBL Fitness, and Posing Coach. Jodi is currently pregnant with her first child & comes on to discuss her experiences as a child with a champion bodybuilder for a mom and her perspectives gained f...

In this episode Celeste speaks with Yeshaira Robles Rivera, a 6x pro champion who has been competing since 2011 and has stepped on both the Arnold and Olympia stages, designer for her husband's clothing line Conviction Bodybuilding apparel and mother. Celeste kicks off the episode the way she always does by having Yeshaira share with listeners her pre stage ritual.   From there the women discuss Y...

In this episode host Celeste Rains- Turk connects with IFBB Bikini pro India Paulino for a special Mother's Day series episode. India is a holder of 15 professional championships with 3 Arnold Wins as Ms Bikini International and multiple Olympia appearances. She is the podcast host for RAW and travels as a speaker while running her online training business. India focuses her work on personal devel...

In this episode host Celeste Rains-Turk sits down with Chantel Hall, a mother of a five-year-old and a three-year-old who has been competing since 2012 and went pro at USAs in 2019. She is an online coach for lifestyle and competition clients and she recently relocated to Arizona during her prep for USA's.  Since her competition debut in 2012, Chantel discusses coaching herself for several years u...

In this second ever group episode Celeste has the pleasure of talking with three IFBB Bikini Pros, moms and best friends, Robyn Maher, Sarah Devore and Valerie Lusvardi about their personal experiences as mothers and athletes; managing expectations, getting the most out of their time, Having body positive & healthy eating conversations with kids, and so much more. Celeste kicks off the episode by...

Celeste kicks off the Mother's Day series talking to Shayla Hubbard, an IFBB Bikini Professional who has a mission to inspire others to be happy and healthy, loves to teach others how to eat out is possible while sticking to their goals, and is currently 35 weeks pregnant with her first child!  Celeste starts off the episode by asking Shayla about her pre-stage ritual and before diving into the to...

In this episode host Celeste Rains-Turk sits down with IFBB Pro Lexus Redmond. This Las Vegas native is a posing coach, a trainer, holds a bachelor's degree in neuroscience.   Lexus talks about her personal struggle with depression and how after watching her aunt compete in 2009 she decided that it was something she wanted too. Her aunts glowing confidence and happiness was what drove her towards...

In this episode, host Celeste Rains-Turk speaks with an IFBB Pro, personal trainer, and Belgium bombshell Elodie Puraye. Often known for her motivating personality in the industry, Elodie is the embodiment of finding a balanced and peaceful competing mindset. From starting her morning with 15-minute stretches, journaling, self-care, and accepting imperfections, Elodie hopes to inspire other compet...

In this special episode, Celeste has the pleasure of talking to FIVE bikini pros that have been on the show before to discuss all things Coronavirus and lockdown related. Ashley Kaltwasser, Anya Nicholson, Phoebe Hagan, Carla Garthwaite and Jennifer Dorie come together and discuss how they've been affected by the lockdown and quarantine procedures, their mindset and mentality moving forward in ter...

In this episode, Celeste speaks with Maia Gordon, an IFBB Bikini Pro who qualified for the Olympia at her pro debut at the first ever Ben Weider Natural Show and had originally gotten into the sport of bodybuilding as a way to challenge herself.   Celeste and Maia first talk about the art and importance of posing and how Maia studied routines of the athletes she had looked up to before even steppi...

In this episode, host Celeste Rains-Turk interviews competitive surfer turned plant-based chef, gym owner, posing coach, and IFBB Pro Natalie Matthews. Often known as her online persona FitVeganChef, Natalie has graced not only the professional bodybuilding stage but started her own YouTube channel allowing viewers to see her delicious vegan dishes. Natalie is determined to show the world the powe...

In this episode Celeste talks with Jenn Scott, an IFBB Bikini Pro from Canada who began competing in 2017 with plans of only competing in 1 show but after not placing well or being satisfied with her final package, she was determined to compete again to prove to herself that she could do better. From there, this athlete fell in love with the sport. 8 competitions later and she earned her pro card...

Thank you so much for listening to Confessions of a Bikini Pro! Today we celebrate 100 episodes with listener submitted voice mails, a heartfelt message from me, and some special discounts.    From the bottom of my heart, thank you for supporting this passion project in becoming something our entire community can connect over, learn from, and get excited about!   For Free Shipping on Apparel, Use...

In this episode, host Celeste Rains-Turk has the pleasure of interviewing a figure amateur-turned-bikini pro, inventor of swapTRAP & yoTRAP, business owner of TurnFIT, and disabled Air Force veteran Shonte Turner!   Tune in to hear Shonte's journey of finding the stage while she was stationed overseas. Shonte explains how she was doing twice-a-day exercises and keeping a food diary before macros b...

This episode is a mashup of episodes with  Alessia Facchin ,  Alexandria Ross ,  Beatriz Biscaia ,  Camile Periat , and  Daraja Hill , hope you all enjoy! Tag us in your posts and wish the athletes a happy show day! :D The order of clips featured:  Alessia Daraja Alexandria Beatriz Daraja Camile Beatriz Alessia Daraja Beatriz Alexandria Alessia Alexandria Camile Daraja Camile Alexandria Beatriz Da...

In this episode, host Celeste Rains-Turk sits down with IFFB Pro Ashley Parker, a soon-to-be 26-year-old who has been competing for two years and was the overall champion at Junior USA's in 2019.   Even though Ashley had never been to a show prior to competing, this Tennessee woman shares how her competitive nature drove her to take on her first prep and how that determination helped her bring hom...

In this episode, Host Celeste Rains-Turk speaks with Renee Harshey, a coach at Pro Physiques, Certified Nutrition Specialist and owner of her own meal prep service Fit Choice Foods, mother, and IFBB Pro who turned pro in Bikini at the Arnold Amateur in Colombia in 2019. ​Starting off the episode, Renee officially announces her decision to switch to the Wellness division after finally achieving her...