Aug 21, 2020
In this week’s episode, host
Celeste Rains-Turk dives head first into heavy hitting subjects in
the bikini bodybuilding world with fitness coach turned IFBB Pro
Chyanne Jacomini. After leaving a fortune 500 company to pursue her
dreams of being a fitness coach Chyanne rose in the ranks in the
bikini division earning her pro title in 2019 and continuing to
stay in the top 10 of all of her IFBB shows.
Chyanne opens up to Celeste about having the courage and support
from her significant other to leave corporate America to
pursue her dreams of being a fitness entrepreneur. Chyanne
discusses how forcing herself to rest and spending quality
time with family has impacted her physical health for the better.
She explains how not having a set time limit for the gym gives
her peace of mind. Chyanne and Celeste also discuss the
problems with turning to food when anxious and how living in an
area that sparks joy could help mitigate these tendencies.
Chyanne gives details on her journey of motherhood to becoming an
IFBB bikini professional. She initially used competing to
bounce back from pregnancy. She explains how she had several doubts
during her first prep and nearly dropped out, however the
guidance of her friends and coach gave her the courage to push
through.
After competing for her first show and riding on her huge
accomplishment, Chyanne
wanted to use her new platform to help provide for her son and aide
other women in their fitness journey. Chyanne says the key to
staying in the top 5 at Nationals was slowly gaining weight back
post show. She believes staying between 8-10 pounds of her
stage weight allows for an easier prep, but gives
herself grace in the off season to eat desserts.
Chyanne says that mindfulness and envisioning herself
being awarded her IFBB pro card throughout prep was
instrumental in earning her title. Chyanne also explains how
she initially preferred structured meal plans over macro counting,
however switching to a year-round flexible dieting has brought
overall happiness. Even though she has only been counting
macros for approximately 6 months, she feels stronger than ever,
her relationship with food has improved, and has made personal
records in the gym.
Celeste asks Chyanne about her struggles with having joint custody
of her child. She admits to being in a very dark place in her
life and initially shut herself away from the world. Chyanne also
discusses how her son needed to be resuscitated after birth
and how this event has impacted her life. and Chyanne
discusses the challenge of moving and sharing her son with his
biological father and how she has had to
strategically plan her workouts around this. Chyanne had to allow
herself to be OK with missing workouts to make her son a
priority.
Celeste ends the episode by discussing Chyanne’s influence on
social media, her feelings of being in an interracial relationship,
ignoring racist comments on Instagram, and her views on cancel
culture in mainstream media. Finally, Celeste asks Chyanne how she
stays confident and feels sexy after becoming a mother. Chyanne
expresses that all women can be sexy, regardless of how lean or
curvy you are!
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CHYANNE:
https://www.instagram.com/bikinibarbie24/
https://linktr.ee/Bikinibarbie
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CELESTE:
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www.celestial.fit
TIME
STAMPS
[1:27] Chyanne’s stage ritual
[4:30] Chyanne speaks about her life in corporate America and how
she found her confidence to leave
[15:15] How leaving her 9-5 job gave her back freedom, sleep,
personal happiness
[20:22] Chyanne discusses her move from Las Angeles to Las
Vegas
[29:49] From motherhood to bodybuilding: having a family and
monetizing her bodybuilding career
[39:20] How Chyanne stayed top 5 at Nationals and top 10 in the
IFBB league
[53:02] Changing coaches, promoting her own diet/fitness
coaching/switching meal plans
[1:15:22] How changing her food choices affected her workouts
[1:21:28] Chyanne’s favorite workouts
[1:24:08] Chayanne's struggle with custody of her child and how it
almost ended her bodybuilding career
[1:39:20] Being a social media fitness influencer/ Her story of
interracial relationship discrimination /
Cancel culture on social media
[1:52:37] Feeling sexy and confident postpartum/judgement from
other mothers
[2:03:06] Chyanne’s advice for the women wanting to start
bodybuilding and who are looking to turn pro