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PODCAST

Confessions of a Bikini Pro

Celeste Rains-Turk

The Confessions of a Bikini Pro Podcast is the only place where IFBB bikini pros share their struggles, strategies, stories, insights, and advice in a real, raw, and vulnerable setting. The goal of this podcast is to educate, inspire, and remind other competitors, athletes, or the every day gym goer that even the most elite professionals face hardships, health problems, mental obstacles, and other adversities. All show notes, time stamps, links, and information can be found on this page, just

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All Episodes

01:03:25

KERRIN PHILLIPS

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2019/06/07

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 and fur babies. Kerrin opens up about how life has been since stepping away from the stage for a long

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01:12:59

CALYSTA UPPERMAN

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2019/05/31

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 with loads of stress, and having to fight back from eating like an asshole after her last show and what

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01:06:15

HANNAH RANFRANZ

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2019/05/24

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 intrinsic motivation to your advantage. Tune in to hear about her passions and purpose, becoming

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SARAH GAYDEN

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2019/05/17

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 personal training while being a posing coach, mother, and wife. Tune in to hear all about Sarah's

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01:35:12

SHAWN HEKTOR-LEWIS

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2019/05/10

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. Shawn opens up about how she transitioned from figure to bikini, how her experience as a playboy and

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16:22

HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY/ANNIVERSARY!

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2019/05/09

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 openly. I gotta say, this sport is full of PHENOMENAL women Women who care for, support, and uplift

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43:30

JENNIFER DORIE

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2019/05/03

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 relationship and boyfriend-girlfriend relationship. She expresses what some of her feedback has been on

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01:12:21

PHOEBE HAGAN

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2019/04/26

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 she is willing to do what it takes to achieve her goals. She also discusses how she connects with her

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53:45

CELESTE SHAFFER

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2019/04/19

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 athlete's perspective going from the NPC to the IFBB. She shares how she has changed her perspective on

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01:04:55

SARAH DEVORE

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2019/04/12

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 shows placing in the top 10 twice Sarah didn't expect to ever go pro but from one show to the next the

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01:18:50

Jourdanne Lee

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2019/04/05

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 about what she told herself when she became a pro and how that has led her to taking responsibility in

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01:29:42

Robyn Maher

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2019/03/29

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, plus she’s the Promoter of Utah’s first-ever ProAm bodybuilding competition: IFBB/NPC Salt City

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01:25:26

Eboney Chipman

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2019/03/22

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 not be mentioned. She tells us about the scary parts of prep, the beauty in it, and the comfort in

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01:25:16

Tianna Wesselmann

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2019/03/15

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 faith, worth, and drive which helps her stay disciplined and success as a competitor. Tune in to hear

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01:15:43

Lauralie Chapados

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2019/03/08

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 about her struggles as an amateur with finances, work, and pressures of coaching herself. She shares

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01:11:28

Darah Diaz

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2019/03/01

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 shares openly about her experience with overcoming the naysayer's voices in the back of her head and pushing

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01:00:47

Ashley Kaltwasser

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2019/02/22

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 vulnerably about the thoughts she had when she decided to take time away from the stage after a lot of

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01:06:49

Tawna Eubanks

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2019/02/15

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 league! She tells us all about how she made changes in her life to find more happiness outside of

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48:43

Skylar Lanier

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2019/02/08

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 toxic relationship, and having body image issues for as long as she could remember. She gets real about

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01:01:32

Jessie Palmer

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2019/02/01

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 the sport, what she does to manage her time as a very busy woman, what she things about the look of

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