The Women's Fittest Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Thanks for listening to another episode of the Women’s Maximum Fitness Podcast!  In this episode I interview IFBB Figure Pro Heather Dees! This gorgeous 37 year old is making a comeback after nearly 3 years off the stage. Honestly one of the best conversations to date! Heather is charming, genuine and extremely knowledgeable.   We talk about EVERYTHING including:  training, diet,...

Send us Fan Mail Thanks for listening to another episode of the Womensmaximumfitness podcast!  It started with me not even sure I wanted children. And then I was told I might not be able to have them. Through endometriosis, fertility drugs, miscarriage, Anna’s childbirth story, breastfeeding, getting back to pre-pregnancy weight, divorce, homelessness, and finally getting to a good place with co-p...

Send us Fan Mail Thanks for listening to another episode of the Womensmaximumfitness podcast.  I recorded this episode way back in early January of 2021 and was hesitant to share it as the Womensmaximumfitness podcast was very much in its infancy and I didn’t want the focus of the podcast to be about drugs, but rather about the female bodybuilding athletes personal stories. What they desired to fr...

Send us Fan Mail Thanks for listening to another episode of the Women’s Maximum Fitness Podcast!  This brief episode is a client voice note talking about what a healthy relationship with food means or looks like for the long haul. This has been a very real part of my own journey to healing my relationship with food and emotional eating and I’m sure it will resonate with many of you. The goal with...

Send us Fan Mail Thanks for listening to another episode of the Women’s Maximum Fitness Podcast! In this episode #50 I interview IFBB Pro Alyssa Muoio. After hearing her background it’s no wonder how she’s a women’s physique pro! This women’s physique pro is a very creative type A personality!  Follow along as Alyssa shares her journey to the pro stage, how her training has evolved to pack mass on...

Send us Fan Mail Thanks for listening to another episode of the Women’s Maximum Fitness Podcast!  In this solo birthday episode #48 I share my experience with Covid, talk about rehab for a twisted pelvis, give you 22 truths from this 45 year old single mom, and play out the episode with Anna singing and playing guitar from her performance in Much Ado About Nothing. Somewhere in the mix I also shar...

Send us Fan Mail Thanks for listening to another episode of the Women’s Maximum Fitness Podcast!  In this episode #49 my guest is the delightful and articulate Hailey Wegner! Hailey is a figure competitor going for her pro card in 3 weeks. She is also almost a registered dietician (September) and I’m definitely having her back on in the fall to talk about the pro card prep under @shelbystarnes100...

Send us Fan Mail Thanks for listening to another episode of the Women’s Maximum Fitness Podcast! In this episode #47 I invited Emily Miller onto the podcast. Emily is an up and coming figure competitor going for her pro card in 2021. The goal of this podcast was to showcase her bodybuilding journey but also to discuss specific elements of bodybuilding for newer competitors from the perspective of...

Send us Fan Mail Thanks for listening to another episode of the Women’s Maximum Fitness Podcast!  In this episode #46, my guest is IFBB pro and Miss bikini Olympia 2020 Janet Layug. Honestly such a pleasure to share time with this fellow mom, telling her personal fitness journey. Obviously tenacity is alive in her, gracing the Olympia stage SIX TIMES before finally earning the coveted Miss Olympia...

Send us Fan Mail Thanks for listening to another episode of the Womensmaximumfitness podcast! In this episode #45 I had the absolute pleasure to interview 2020 Olympia top 5 IFBB women’s physique pro Ivie Rhein! @ivierhein was born and raised in Brazil and moved with her family to Florida 6 years ago to pursue a better life for her family and continue her bodybuilding journey. Arguably the most mi...

Send us Fan Mail Thanks for listening to another episode of the Women’s Maximum Fitness Podcast!  This was a super interesting delve into the mind of IFBB pro Liv Roth. This self proclaimed “teddy bear”, is quiet, not attention seeking, and obviously drop dead gorgeous. She talks about the big three: Drugs (peep the yellow hands shot at @ 23 minutes in), eating disorders, and her struggle with bod...

Send us Fan Mail Thanks for listening to another episode of the Women’s Maximum Fitness Podcast!  In this episode #43 I interview IFBB pro Sara Kovach. Sara is a fitness pro and Olympian whom I met way back in 2015 and we just clicked.  This talk felt like catch up with an old friend, but truly what I loved most about this episode was all the “real talk” practical advice Sara (and I ) share about...

Send us Fan Mail Thanks for listening to another episode of the Women’s Maximum Fitness Podcast! In this episode #42 I chat with IFBB pro Daisha Johnson, a fellow Michigander!  This girl is incredible and incredibly unique! Her smile lights up the room and she keeps it real spreading laughter and joy everywhere she goes!  The most common question, “What got you into bodybuilding?” produces an emot...

Send us Fan Mail Thanks for listening to another episode of the Women’s Maximum Fitness Podcast!  In this episode #41 I interview the glute queen Jhelsin Mabaga.  She is a bikini competitor, currently finishing up boards to get her doctorate in physical therapy, who is also engaged to 212 Olympian IFBB pro Derek Lunsford.  Lots of laughs in this episode and tons of education as Jhelsin shares her...

Send us Fan Mail Thanks for listening to another episode of the Women’s Maximum Fitness Podcast!  Happy international women’s day! In this episode #40 IFBB pro Kim Smith shares her fitness journey from child athlete to earning her IFBB pro card in both Figure and Women’s physique at the 2019 North Americans! What an amazing representative of women in bodybuilding and women in general!  I  truly lo...

Send us Fan Mail Thanks for listening to another episode of the Women’s Maximum Fitness Podcast! In this episode #39 IFBB pro Melissa Brodsky shares her fitness journey from stepping on stage as a 17-year old bikini competitor to earning her pro card by 23 years old. Some of the rawest and most relatable moments of this interview crop up when Melissa admits to an almost 4 year hiatus from competin...

Send us Fan Mail Thanks for listening to another episode of the Women’s Maximum Fitness Podcast!  In this episode #38 I enjoy some quality time with the beautiful IFBB pro Olivia Gravengaard.  She speaks openly and humbly about her past and current struggles with disordered eating, and herjourney to the pro stage having just moved to Texas from Indiana when the pandemic hit.  Prepping through the...

Send us Fan Mail Thanks for listening to another episode of the Womensmaximumfitness podcast!!  In this WomensMaximumFitness podcast episode #37 answer a client question about compromising sleep to not miss a workout. I share a variety of ways this could go down in order to totally avoid missing a workout, depending on variables and their level of importance, and also when to skip a workout.  I al...

Send us Fan Mail Thanks for listening to another  episode of the Women’s Maximum Fitness Podcast! In this episode #36 I chat with my dear friend IFBB pro Linda Crossley. We worked together at theArnold and Olympia on the road with Isolatorfitness for several years, and that’s actually how we met.   Linda shares her secret to being so lean year round, about being a mom to a 2 year old at 41 years o...

Send us Fan Mail In this bonus episode #34 of the Womensmaximumfitness podcast  (which I may delete but you can default to finding on Youtube if I do)  I touch on emotional eating and how to deter correlating food with feelings using a client case.  I  also talk about NEAT versus prescribed cardio and how the body adjusts to activity when dieting.  Lastly I  reiterate how the scale is only one mea...

Send us Fan Mail Thanks for listening to another episode of the Women’s Maximum Fitness Podcast!  Make sure to check out the video version of this podcast (especially this episode featuring Essex the elephant) on my YouTube: Buffcake22! All WomensMaximumFitness episodes can be found here: https://youtube.com/user/buffcake22 On this episode #33 I’m joined by my friend Lauryn Murray aka: @silkelepha...

Send us Fan Mail Thanks for listening to another episode of the Women’s Maximum Fitness Podcast! In this episode #35 My guest Caroline Demesquita shares her journey from figure to wellness under the coaching guidance of IFBB pro John Meadows @mountaindog1.  She also talks about having her silicone implants explanted and replaced with saline due to encapsulation.  And finally she shares about recen...

Send us Fan Mail Thanks for listening to another episode of the Women’s Maximum Fitness Podcast!  My guest on this episode #32 of the Womensmaximumfitness podcast is Shannon Beer, enlightening us on the science of body image.  Shannon is a multi-certified online coach who earned her LLB (law degree) at King's College London and the decided to switch paths to become an MNU-Certified Nutritioni...

Send us Fan Mail Thanks for listening to another episode of the Women’s Maximum Fitness Podcast! This is the premier video about training for 2021 providing an overview explaining the evolution of my training style. With this base of information, the goal of this video is to help you evaluate your current training and goals and design training according to your level of athleticism, time, and capa...

Send us Fan Mail Thanks for listening to another episode of the Women’s Maximum Fitness Podcast!  In this episode #30 IFBB women’s physique pro Kira Neuman (now 39 years old—i had no idea) announces her official retirement from competing (and social media) with the QOTD about social media: “I don’t want to try to be popular again!” Lol and humbly reflects on the mark she made as one of the premier...