Behind the Bikini—My Experience Training for a Fitness Competition – 034

I definitely wasn’t properly prepped for “prep”.

I’m going behind the scenes of my experience training for my first (and only) bikini competition. I share what made me commit to the show, what my diet was like, how my workouts were structured, what the costs were (financially, mentally, physically and relationally)—giving you my honest pros and cons. As I recount the journey two years later, I still greatly value the experience, but I vulnerably explain in this episode why I won’t be repeating it again.

Word of the show:

fartlek [ fahrt-lek ] noun

1. a training technique, used especially among runners, consisting of bursts of intense effort loosely alternating with less strenuous activity.
   

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