EWE 096: Going Pro and the Challenging Journey of Mind and Body with Tawna Eubanks-McCoy

Evolve With Emily

Emily Hayden

Health & Fitness, Fitness, Nutrition, Wellness, Self-improvement, Education, Personaldevelopment, Entrepreneurship, Health

4.9 • 624 Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2020

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

In today’s episode, Emily interviews Tawna Eubanks-McCoy. A professional bikini competitor for 8+ years and fitness model. Her online training programs are designed to add toned muscle to create the shape and curves you want, make you physically stronger, and help get rid of unwanted excess body fat in the process.

Emily and Tawna discuss her journey from athlete to competing on stage. They dive into her odyssey to becoming pro and the inner mindset of being a competitor. Tawna opens up on her near-death experience and her grueling path to recovery. So, tune in and learn the valuable lesson of doing your own research!

Episode Highlights:

[2:02] Her journey from athlete to competing on stage.
[14:13] Her odyssey to becoming pro.
[17:11] Understanding the reality that every show is a clean slate.
[21:10] The scary explosion of health issues she encountered.
[36:13] Her grueling path to recovery.
[46:20] Call to action. Do your research!
[49:16] Her current projects and what she is most excited about.
[54:20] What types of online services does she offer?

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0:00.0	Hello, everyone and welcome to the Evolved Emily Show. I'm your host, Emily Hayden. And today I have a very special guest. I'm currently in Dallas, Texas, and I've teamed up with Tana Eubanks-McCoy.
0:23.8	You guys may know her from the competition stage.
0:26.6	She made such an incredible impact in the competing world.
0:30.0	She was, I referred her as one of the OGs in the competing world.
0:33.6	She really did.
0:34.4	She is definitely known on stage for her presence.
0:37.3	Her presence is unmatched and that
0:40.0	teeny tiny little waste. So that's just where her journey started. And we're going to go on from,
0:45.8	you know, the beginning of her journey and her competition journey to where she's at now and,
0:49.8	you know, how she truly has evolved over time into just this incredible, incredible person and
0:55.0	person that I get to call friend, which I am so thankful for. So without further ado, Tana,
1:00.3	welcome to The Evolved Emily Show. Thank you so much. What an intro. I feel like I'm blushing
1:06.3	a little bit, maybe just a tiny bit. That's cool, dude. Thank you so much for having me, and I'm so
1:12.1	stoked to have you here in Dallas and here at our new Hidden Gym. Yeah, thank you. I'm so excited
1:17.6	for this because I know a lot about your journey, but today they're going to get to hear more
1:22.0	about your journey. And I know that we have a lot of competitors that listen. So we're
1:26.4	definitely going to highlight a lot of the competition stuff.
1:29.2	But everyone that knows me knows the podcast knows that we go a lot deeper than just competing or just bodybuilding or just weightlifting.
1:36.2	You know, we like to look at like the real journey of like, okay, what's going on, man?
1:40.1	Like what did you go through?
1:41.6	What did you learn?
1:42.6	What were the hard parts?
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