Ep. 235 - The Bikini Division - The Good, Bad, & Ugly (feat Laurin Conlin)

Iron Culture

The MASS Crew

Sports & Recreation, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 827 Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2023

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Summary

Laurin Conlin is back on Iron Culture after a long hiatus! For those who missed her first appearance, Laurin Conlin, MS is a coach and high-level competitor, having competed as an IFBB Pro Bikini athlete from 2014-2018. She recently visited Eric before they flew to Melbourne to present at the annual Ultimate Evidence Based Conference at JPS Health & Fitness. In her and Eric’s conversations in and around the event, they discussed “the competitor trap”; the unique atmosphere and culture in the NPC and IFBB that seems to encourage bikini competitors specifically to compete annually, stay lean, and in many cases work with coaching teams with bad reputations. Why does this happen, and what are the consequences? Tune in to find out!

00:00 Laurin’s New Zealand journey and travel tips with Eric

05:43 Reintroducing Laurin

Conlin 2021 Flexible vs. rigid dieting in resistance-trained individuals seeking to optimize their physiques: A randomized controlled trial https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34187492/

Iron Culture Ep. 38- Flexible Dieting, Meal Plans & Nutrition (Ft. Laurin Conlin) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKPXHb0v_Xs

09:26 The regular competition cycles of Bikini competitors

20:05 The appeal of competing in Bikini

35:32 The popularity, incentives, and pressures of competing in Bikini

46:23 The issues that competitors face

Washington Post Article https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/investigations/exploited-for-decades-female-bodybuilders-speak-out/2022/10/25/a93a60ff-b70a-42de-8cf6-7ed5f808f403_video.html

1:07:35 The changes that need to be made

1:17:33 Educating others and the pushback

1:23:33 Social media influencers and the algorithm

1:34:27 Where can you find Laurin?

Instagram @laurinconlin https://www.instagram.com/laurinconlin/?hl=en

Team LoCoFit https://www.teamlocofit.com/

Transcript

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0:00.0	Eric.
0:02.3	Omar.
0:03.3	Lauren.
0:04.6	Hey.
0:05.7	How are you doing?
0:07.5	I'm doing much better today.
0:09.6	Yesterday was a little rough.
0:11.0	Not going to lie.
0:12.3	I managed.
0:14.0	I didn't fall asleep at 4 p.m.
0:16.1	Like, I wanted to.
0:18.6	But over here in New Zealand.
0:20.6	What happened? Like, what's with the sleep thing? I understand
0:23.8	you went on a tiny flight. A short flight, a short quick flight over here. So from Florida, I flew to
0:32.0	Chicago, which seemed very cumbersome and unnecessary. But anyways, flew there. And then flew from Chicago to Auckland
0:40.5	was 16 and a half hours. And we were on the tarmac for at least 30, if not 45 minutes even before
0:45.6	that. No Wi-Fi and no sunlight. And just weird, like, when you land, and then I landed,
0:52.9	it was like 6.30 or 7 in the morning. So then you're just like, what is happening? And then obviously having to stay awake to work and not just, you know, completely ruin the day. We did have a great day, though. We saw some cool stuff. What was that place called again?
1:06.3	We went up to the top of the Sky Tower.
1:08.0	Guy Tower, which is Sky Tower. It's the iconic building here in Auckland.
1:12.6	And it was good enough weather to get a sense of the whole city.
1:18.5	Or in Isthmth.
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