Understandably, the decision to embark on a contest prep isn’t an easy feat and requires a lot of consideration. Even with the right intentions, pre planning and dedication, sometimes things just don’t align or become unmanageable to carry on. We hear about the success stories in regards to competitive bodybuilding, but don’t often hear about the stories of why someone didn’t make it to the stage.

In this week’s episode, your hosts Nicole and Alana discuss the most common, or considerable reasons as to why an individual may choose to cease their contest prep journey. At the end of the day, there will always be another opportunity to compete and there may be a better time to prep.

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In this week’s episode, your hosts Nicole and Alana discuss all the things you want to avoid in a competition prep based on their cumulative knowledge and experience as pro athletes and coaches. Let’s face it, mistakes happen and they are an essential part in learning what works and doesn’t work for you as a competitor; and in life! However, we are here to tell you all about the key mistakes we have made and learnt from, or seen and why you want to try to avoid them.

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Welcome back to The Bikini Academy Podcast! 

Your hosts Nicole and Alana are continuing on with some light and casual entertainment for our regular weekly and new listeners to get to know us better. So, in this week’s episode, Alana takes the hot seat as Nicole interviews her on background fitness journey to becoming a pro bikini competitor, how she became a bodybuilding coach, overcoming chronic pain and injury, future training related goals plus much, much, more!

We hope you enjoyed these casual sit downs to get to know more about your hosts and our individual journeys.

If you like this episode, please make sure to give us a 5 star review, and be sure to follow us on your platform of choice and socials so you get notifications for new episodes weekly. 

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Alana: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/alanafayy/⁠

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Welcome back to The Bikini Academy Podcast! 

Being a brand new year, we wanted to take the opportunity for our regular and new listeners to get to know their hosts Nicole and Alana a little better. So in this week’s episode, Nicole takes the hot seat as Alana interviews her on background fitness journey to becoming a pro bikini competitor, how she became a bodybuilding coach and judge, biggest accomplishments, plus much, much, more!

Make sure you check out next week’s follow up episode as it’s Alana's turn to take the hot seat!

If you like this episode, please make sure to give us a 5 star review, and be sure to follow us on your platform of choice and socials so you get notifications for new episodes weekly. 

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Welcome back to The Bikini Academy Podcast! 

In this week’s episode your hosts Nicole and Alana are bringing you the second part of our series on the Menstrual Cycle and the female athlete. As female athletes and coaches ourselves, we understand how important this topic is as a competitive bodybuilder, and want to ensure that you are informed and educated when it comes to the physiological changes that you occur as a female. 

In part II, we discuss the importance of understanding how hormonal contraception can impact you in weight restrictive sports, considerations and implications of use in relation to contest prep, plus much much more. If you haven’t already, make sure to listen to part I where we discuss the menstrual cycle phases and other key takeaways. https://open.spotify.com/episode/1hMmw6HrgkjzQYpCEVr2QN?si=9f111606cba64737

Disclaimer: All conversation and discussion in this podcast is provided for general informative and educational purposes only; and should not be used for medical advice. We recommend you to always refer to an appropriate health professional for all medical and health concerns.   

If you like this episode, please make sure to give us a 5 star review, and be sure to follow us on your platform of choice and socials so you get notifications for new episodes weekly. 

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Alana: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/alanafayy/⁠

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Welcome back to The Bikini Academy Podcast! 

In this week’s episode your hosts Nicole and Alana are bringing you the first part of our series on the Menstrual Cycle and the female athlete. As female athletes and coaches ourselves, we understand how important this topic is as a competitive bodybuilder, and want to ensure that you are informed and educated when it comes to the physiological changes that you occur as a female. 

In part I, we discuss the different phases of the menstrual cycle, understanding weight fluctuations and energy needs, tracking your cycle on apps, common red flags when it comes to your cycle when looking at embarking a comp prep, plus much much more. Make sure you look out for part II where we go into more detail about hormonal contraceptive use in weight restrictive sports.

If you like this episode, please make sure to give us a 5 star review, and be sure to follow us on your platform of choice and socials so you get notifications for new episodes weekly. 

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Nicole: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/_nicolehitchcock/⁠

Alana: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/alanafayy/⁠

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Welcome to The Bikini Academy Podcast! In this episode, your hosts Nicole and Alana provide insight into who we are, what we do as coaches and athletes; and why we love doing it!

We discuss the importance of finding your “why” as a competitor, how we were both drawn into this sport, and an insight into our competitive journeys to date as natural bikini pro’s.

We provide practical advice on how to ensure that you develop a clear “why”, and ensure that you are competing for the right reasons.

We hope you enjoy this episode.

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Alana: https://www.instagram.com/alanafayy/

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Welcome back to The Bikini Academy Podcast! The girls are back! 

With a new year comes renewed motivation and hope for a fresh start. So if you're in the process of setting your new year's resolutions, we're here to help!

In our first weekly episode for this year, Nicole and Alana share a wrap-up of 2023 and what they were able to achieve in their personal and professional lives. As well as insights into their individual goals for 2024. Plus diving into our goal setting processes and best tips.

After all, people who achieve their goals aren’t just ‘lucky’, they are intentional in their actions and behaviours. So, if you are wanting to bridge the gap between where you are now and where you want to be, tune into this episode to find out how!

If you like this episode, we would be grateful if you gave us a 5 star review, and be sure to follow us on your platform of choice and socials so you get notifications for new episodes weekly. 

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Alana: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/alanafayy/⁠

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Welcome back to The Bikini Academy Podcast! 

Your TBA hosts, Alana and Nicole, are back together! In this week’s episode we welcome back Alana from her overseas trip to the US/Canada; and do a WNBF Worlds wrap up, hearing about her experience in Seattle. 

We dive straight into talking about how to navigate the current holiday period; as for some, this can be an overwhelming time where you feel torn between enjoying yourself and being mindful of your goals. But that all-or-nothing mentality can have a disastrous effect.

We discuss ways to help you find balance during this time of year, and recognise that it doesn't have to be one or the other. So tune into this episode for some great practical advice that you can implement this festive season to ensure that your approach is both balanced and enjoyable!

If you like this episode, please make sure to give us a 5 star review, and be sure to follow us on your platform of choice and socials so you get notifications for new episodes weekly. 

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Alana: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/alanafayy/⁠

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Welcome back to The Bikini Academy Podcast! 

In this week’s episode we are joined by Australia's newest IFBB Bikini Pro Lisa Reid after returning home from her pro card win in the Bahamas. Being a well known and highly successful competitor within the community over many years, we dive into Lisa’s journey to this pivotal point in her career. 

We also discuss her experience competing at the amateur Olympia in Orlando and the Caribbean Grand Prix. Plus differences between the Aus and the US competitive scene, the new IFBB pro league OZ season announcement, the current bikini standard and what it takes to turn pro, plus much much more. 

If you like this episode, please make sure to give us a 5 star review, and be sure to follow us on your platform of choice and socials so you get notifications for new episodes weekly. 

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Nicole: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/_nicolehitchcock/⁠

Alana: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/alanafayy/⁠

Episode guest Lisa: https://www.instagram.com/lisajanereid/

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