Confessions of a Bikini Pro

In this first episode of the exclusive coach's week, host Celeste Rains-Turk has a very informative, deep, and wide range discussion PACKED with value from Adam Bonilla, the creator of Team Elite Physique who has been working in the fitness industry for 21 years and as a trainer for 19 of those years he has honed his skills to the level of Master Trainer and specializes in the area of the field in...

In this episode, host Celeste Rains-Turk speaks with Kerrin Phillips, who earned her Pro card at USA Nationals in 2018. She started her online fitness and nutrition coaching business, and previously worked full-time as an Engineer in the corporate world. She now coaches full-time and enjoying a long off-season including traveling, running her business, and spending lots of time with her husband an...

In this episode, host Celeste Rains-Turk has a fun, deep, and really raw conversation with Calysta Upperman, a nurse, online coach, and owner of Upplift training who has been competing since 2015, and earned her pro card at NPC Universe in 2018. Tune into this episode to hear some of the most grueling parts of Calysta's current prep and all the times she wanted to quit. From moving house, dealing...

In this episode, host Celeste Rains-Turk, speaks with Hannah Ranfranz, a personal trainer, an online lifestyle & prep coach with team boss bodies, a substitute teacher, and a mentor for kids. Hannah talks to us about how she has been able to build up her metabolism to reverse diet into shows so she can qualify for the Olympia, how she deals with scale hops, when to do a refeed, and how to use intr...

In this episode, Host Celeste Rains-Turk, speaks with Sarah Gayden, a Culinary School of San Diego Graduate who is the owner and chef of Fit Fusion Nutrition a meal prep and healthy catering company as well as the founder and owner of Sarifitness LLC which is a distributor of fitness apparel which by the way is super super cute, on top of all of this she is studying to get her NASM certificate for...

In this episode, host Celeste Rains-Turk interviews Shawn Hektor-Lewis, a master of performing arts who earned her pro card as a figure competitor but has since competed in bikini. She is an authority on the art of winning stage presence, owner and founder of Shawn's Couture Cuties where she focuses on competition suit design and stage presence from stage training, products, poise and posing. ​ Sh...

This is the happy birthday celebration for the podcast! And I am soooo excited to be celebrating with you all :) It would be so amazing if today or whenever you hear this you could make a post or even just write me or leave a review sharing some of your favorite highlights or episodes or takeaways from the show as a way to celebrate the show and the incredible athletes who have come on to share so...

 In this episode, host, Celeste Rains-Turk talks with Jennifer Dorie, an up and coming pro placing 10th at the 2018 Olympia in her rookie year, with other top five placings as well like earning 4th place at the Sheru classic in Columbia and just recently placing 4th at the 2019 Arnold classic.  ​ She opens up about how she and her boyfriend (and coach) set the boundaries between coach and client r...

In this episode, host Celeste Rains-Turk, speaks with Phoebe Hagan, an online fitness coach and posing coach from the UK who shares her passion for mindset work and competing with us! We dive deep into the fears she had getting into competing, how she began working on her mindset, her 'Know Your Own Ability' campaign, and so much more. Phoebe discusses her new approach to competing that and how sh...

In this episode, host Celeste Rains-Turk, dives into an educational chat with Celeste Shaffer, an athlete sponsored by Bella Bikini Suits and petroleum engineer who turned pro in 2018 at her first national show the north American championships. Then placed 6 at her first pro show in Japan! Celeste Shaffer fills us in on all the intricacies of becoming a pro from the contracts, strategy, and the at...

In this episode, host Celeste Rains-Turk, talks to Sarah Devore, a stay at home mom of 4 with a degree in biotechnology who previously did DNA sequencing at the UCSD cancer center. She ran marathons in the past but has been competing for 6 going on 7 seasons, after 12 national shows, 7 top 5 placings, and a few placings so close she could taste it, she earned her pro card and has now done 3 pro sh...

In this episode, host, Celeste Rains-Turk, talks to Jourdanne Lee, who was born in Canada and now lives in the us who got into competing after falling in love with lifting, she is a sponsored athlete, and fit body fusion coach.  Jourdanne shares why she doesn't call it 'prep', how she builds muscle and trains, her approach to nutrition, and beliefs that have helped her navigate life. She opens up...

In this episode, Celeste Rains-Turk speaks with Robyn Maher, an IFBB pro who is a Fitness and Nutrition Expert who has been featured on national and local TV. She graduated from BYU with a B.S. in Exercise Science and a minor in Nutrition. She is also a NASM Certified Personal Trainer and Fitness Nutrition Specialist, BFR certified coach, YogaFit 300 hour certified instructor, NPC judge and coach,...

In this episode, host Celeste Rains-Turk, has an enlightening, fun, light, and juicy conversation with Eboney Chipman, a one of a kind woman who was born in the Bahamas but now lives in Vancouver where she turned pro in 2012 at the Canadian Nationals, and travels with the organization Her Time as a public speaker. Eboney gets real about the extremes of competing, including the things that shall no...

In this emotional episode, host Celeste Rains-Turk, speaks with Tianna Wesselmann, who started her fitness journey when she was a junior in college transforming her party days into gym sessions, her bodybuilding career started in 2013 and by 2017 earned her pro card at junior nationals in Chicago which was a show that meant a lot to her. This woman faced a lot of adversity growing up but found her...

In this episode, host, Celeste Rains-Turk, speaks with the #2 Bikini Athlete in the world, 23 year old, Lauralie Chapados,  AKA 'the dark horse', because she came out of nowhere and crushed her 2018 season landing her a spot at the Olympia where she earned second place. When this episode was recorded she was prepping for the Arnold Classic and next heads to the Arnold Australia. Lauralie opens up...

In this episode, host, Celeste Rains-Turk speaks with a Darah Diaz, who qualified for the Olympia in her first year as a pro, attends beauty school, has a full time career, and is the founder of Clearly Confident on a mission to promote self-love and confidence to men and women. Darah gets real with us about her past, from abusing laxatives, being brutally bullied, and falling off track. She share...

In this episode, host Celeste Rains-Turk, speaks with an absolute legend, Ashley Kaltwasser, who has 17 IFBB bikini championships including 3 Olympia wins, and 2 Arnold Classic Championships, she has been a cover model 11 times, she's a social media influencer who started as a collegiate track athlete and is now helping women through her very own fit app! In this episode, Ashley shares openly and...

In this episode, Celeste Rains-Turk speaks with Tawna Eubanks, an incredible athlete and pro for the last 9 years but also a fitness model, stylist, blogger, online trainer, posing coach, and wife! Tawna opens up about the struggles she was facing in competing that led her to take time off and how she reentered the pro league and the response she got from other girls, promoters, and others in the...

In this episode, host, Celeste Rains-Turk talks with Skylar Lanier, the Overall Winner of Junior USA's, 23 and by the time you hear this, 24 year old pro, and posing coach who has been competing for almost 4 years and has done 17 competitions! Skylar opens up about how she developed confidence in her body after years of feeling like she wasn't ever going to look how she wanted, struggled in a toxi...

In this episode, Celeste Rains-Turk, speaks with Jessie Palmer, one of this years Arnold classic competitors, who has been competing since 2013, earned her pro card in 2015 at NPC Universe, is a coach to 12 bikini athletes under Fit Body Fusion team and and also has a degree in dental hygiene which is a career she has been working in full time now for 9 years. Tune in to hear how Jessie got into t...

In this episode, host, Celeste Rains-Turk sits down with Alyssa Blessing, an IFBB Professional Athlete and a member of the US Marine Corps. She dedicated herself to competitive bodybuilding in late 2014 after she underwent a divorce and became determined to find her confidence both on stage and in life. In the 2018 NPC Universe competition, she won first in class and earned her Pro card. She also...

In this episode, host, Celeste Rains-Turk has an in depth conversation with Kasha Rusch, an IFBB pro from Southern California, who has been competing for 3 years, earned her Bachelor's Degree in Communication Studies from CSU Long Beach, who is getting married this year and is looking forward to her journey as an ifbb pro after earning her pro card at USA's this past year! Tune in to hear Kasha di...

In this episode, Celeste Rains-Turk speaks with Jacky Gomez, a Spanish athlete who was born and raised in New York, has been married to her highschool sweetheart for 9 years and aside from being a sponsored athlete and bikini pro she is also a teacher at a Montessori school. Jacky shares some of the struggles she faced after being in a caloric deficit and doing tons of cardio for so long. She talk...

In the first episode of 2019, Celeste talks to Stephanie Sequiera, a competitor who started her journey on stage in 2015 and got her pro card in 2016! She has a background in nutrition, psychology, and personal training she helps competitors and non-competitors achieve a heightened level of health and fitness. During the episode Steph shares how coining herself as the ab chick has put some pressur...