Confessions of a Bikini Pro: DANIELLE COMBS; My Spouse Isn't Into This, Really Do It, PhD & Pro Card

DANIELLE COMBS; My Spouse Isn't Into This, Really Do It, PhD & Pro Card

Dec 9, 2022

Today I speak with IFBB Pro Danielle Combs, a 35 years old college professor with a PhD in International Business, who was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. She met my now husband while working on their PhDs at the University of Illinois. She doesn’t have an athletic background and grew up primarily studying music.

She was never really interested in competing, but started working out and eating relatively healthy to refrain from gaining too much weight while in grad school. When she moved to Florida, she and her husband started working out with a trainer at a gym owned by her current coach, Loleta Riley. She eventually competed in my first show in September 2020 and won her Pro Card ins July 2021 at NPC Universe.

She talks about her quick success in the NPC and what she did to hit the Pro stage looking her best. Danielle shares so much about her journey. You don’t want to miss this interview!

Topics covered include:

-getting into health & fitness

-managing a demanding career and competing

-being a competitive Pro and a natural athlete

-relationship with her husband

-having quick success in the NPC

-working with an in-person trainer

-loving a good happy hour

-being married to a non-competitor

-life after competing

-lessons learned through competing

-working as a professor and researcher