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EP. 10 Bikini Competitions - Are They Really Worth It?

EMBody Radio

Emily Duncan

Self-improvement, Education, Health & Fitness

4.91K Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2017

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

Coming at you today for a solo episode all about competing in the NPC Bikini division. I've competed in 12 shows, included competing at and placing top five in multiple national level shows, and I've "been around the block" with competing. Some of what I cover in this episode:

-My competition history,

-Being misdiagnosed with PCOS

-Common judging terms in the bikini division

-How much time is ideal between shows within a season

-How long should your offseason be

-Drug use in the NPC

-Getting bloodwork and how to get bloodwork when your doctor won't order it (referenced sites: PrivateMDLabs and AnyLabsNow)

-Learning to read your own biofeedback

-The impact of competing on relationships

-Body image distortion

-Health implications/risks of competing in bodybuilding

-A looooot more!

 

I tried not to ramble on too much in this episode, but there's a lot to talk about! To the review giveaway winner, Caroline, please fill out your info and what program you'd like on this page: https://www.emilyduncanfitness.com/contact/

If you're interested in purchasing my newest workout, "EMB3 - Load vs. Volume," go to https://www.emilyduncanfitness.com/product/embody-program-pt-3/

I hope you enjoyed this episode! Thank you so much for all of your support with the podcast. Until next time, you can find me here: 

Instagram & Twitter: @em_dunc

YouTube: http://youtube.com/emdunc

https://www.emilyduncanfitness.com

 

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello everyone and welcome back to another episode of M body radio the

0:04.1

podcast where we increased science-based protocol in the sport of bodybuilding

0:08.0

as well as within the health and fitness community as a whole help you the

0:11.8

listener adopt and ingrained my hashtag Wonder Woman mentality

0:15.2

for yourself, finding out what makes you strong and what makes you awesome and running with

0:19.2

it, and sharing the insight and stories of fellow Wonder Women and Superman in the industry so that you can not only get to know them better but

0:25.5

also so that you can use their heart and fire for life as inspiration to learn and

0:29.0

grow yourself. So today I'm very excited this is the first solo episode that I've done since I started the podcast, but I'm here for a solo episode today.

0:38.0

We'll get into that in just a second, but a couple quick housekeeping things before we get into it. So let's start off the show by reading a review from iTunes. You guys know that I've been reading reviews off of iTunes. I appreciate you guys so much for the reviews that you leave. This is an unfunded podcast so any

0:53.9

rating and review really helps especially just pushing me up in the search

0:56.9

ranks when people look for podcasts of this nature. So I appreciate each and every

1:01.0

one of your reviews. Review winners get a training program of mine of their choice for free and today's review comes

1:06.4

from Carolyn Biddle. She says, Love Love, Five Stars.

1:10.6

Emily's podcast is such a breath of fresh air in to talk radio. Her content is

1:14.6

always so inspiring and packed full of information and you know she's not

1:17.6

BSing you with fake facts because she always has a credible interview guest

1:20.8

alongside her. She's opened my eyes to new aspects of health, training, and mindfulness.

1:25.2

Please keep posting.

1:26.6

Thank you so much, Carolyn or Caroline, I'm not sure which one it is.

1:30.4

Thank you so much for your review.

1:31.6

And thank you to everyone else that has posted reviews on iTunes.

1:34.5

It's so appreciated they do not go unnoticed.

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