Prep Life

Glam Girl Bikini Presents: BCAAs and EAAs

Have you ever wondered if there is a difference in taking BCAA vs EAAs for enhancing your contest prep? Online Bikini Coaches @chrisnicole_ifbbpro and @amyehinger share with listeners their thoughts on Branch Chain Amino Acids and on Essential Amino Acids. Included in this talk are discussions about how to utilize amino acid supplements and how they can be most effective. To order your BCAAs and EAAs click the links:  https://1stphorm.com/products/bcaa/?a_aid=glamgirlbikini  https://1stphorm.com/products/essential-amino-acids/?a_aid=glamgirlbikini 

EAAs are designed to provide your body with the 9 amino acids that the body can not create on its own, but are required in the building of new muscle. Paired with BCAAs you can increase muscle protein synthesis, increase muscle growth and decrease muscle fatigue. These supplements can also prevent you from slipping into a catabolic state (muscle breakdown) during periods of fasting, cardio or intense exercise training.

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Glam Girl Bikini Presents: IFBB Pro Daraja Hill

IFBB Bikini Pro Daraja Hill @darajahillfit shares her journey from NPC Bikini amateur to IFBB Professional in this interview with @amyehinger In this interview we hear about her pro career that started by winning the overall at NPC North Americans in 2019; and how she went onto win her pro debut and qualify for the Olympia. By the end of 2019 she describes what it was like to be crowned a 2x pro champion and received her invite to the Arnold International. Other topics include her transition from athletic trainer to full time posing coach. Additionally, she shares how she has been adapting to quarantine life and how her nutrition and training have stayed on track. Most importantly she shares what it truly takes to be a pro through development of the mindset and everyday practices. You can email her about posing at empoweredtopose@gmail.com or find her business at www.empoweredtopose.com

You can find us on Instagram @preplifepodcast or @glamgirlbikini You can apply for the team at: https://glamgirlbikini.com/glam-girl-bikini-application/

Glam Girl Bikini Presents: Dieting vs Improvement Season

While living the "Prep Life" how much different does a bikini competitor's day to day  look during the dieting phase vs the improvement season? Bikini pro @chrisnicole_ifbbpro share's her differences in training, nutrition, supplementation, cardio, sleep regimen, caffeine intake, posing and more. Bikini coach @amyehinger helps explain strategies for combating estrogen dominance, maintaining healthy liver function, addressing muscle repair, and improving digestion. You can find us on Instagram @preplifepodcast and @glamgirlbikini To apply for the team click on the link: https://glamgirlbikini.com/glam-girl-bikini-application/ 

For links to purchase the supplements we discussed: 

• DB Goddess 
  https://1stphorm.com/products/1-db-goddess/?a_aid=glamgirlbikini&a_aid=glamgirlbikini
  Core-21
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• EAAs https://1stphorm.com/products/essential-amino-acids/?a_aid=glamgirlbikini 
• Glutamine https://1stphorm.com/products/glutamine/?a_aid=glamgirlbikini 
• Micro Factor Pack is a combination of multivitamin, antioxidants, EFA, CoQ10, Fruits and Veggies, and probiotic.  https://1stphorm.com/products/micro-factor/?a_aid=glamgirlbikini 
• Liver Detox https://1stphorm.com/products/liver-detox/?a_aid=glamgirlbikini
• Digestive Enzymes https://1stphorm.com/products/digestive-enzymes/?a_aid=glamgirlbikini
• GI Advantage https://1stphorm.com/products/gi-advantage/?a_aid=glamgirlbikini 
•  Harmony https://1stphorm.com/products/harmony/?a_aid=glamgirlbikini
•   Night T https://1stphorm.com/products/night-t/?a_aid=glamgirlbikini
• Liposomal Vitamin C  https://1stphorm.com/products/vitamin-c/?a_aid=glamgirlbikini

Glam Girl Bikini Presents: Coach Jamy Adams

In this episode bikini coach @amyehinger interviews physique and life style coach @jamylynn68 Topics included in this interview are: Jamy's figure and bikini journey over the last 4 years, differences in training styles, nutrition plans and post show experiences throughout the years. She is a Certified Nutritionist through Precision Nutrition and is a Top 5 National Level Bikini Competitor in Masters Bikini 50+. She's a mom, wife, and career woman that shares how she is able to live the "Prep Life" and balance it all in a sustainable way. Get ready to be inspired by this incredible lady as you listen to her journey! You can find us on Instagram @preplifepodcast and @glamgirlbikini You can apply for coaching by filling out the applications link: https://glamgirlbikini.com/glam-girl-bikini-application/ 

Glam Girl Bikini Presents: Emotional Eating in Quarantine

Have you found yourself emotionally eating during this time of quarantine? If so you are not alone. Bikini Coaches @chrisnicole_ifbbpro and @amyehinger discuss ways to better cope with stress during this time of duress. Here are just a few of the many topics they discuss during this episode: 5 Tips for Curbing Emotional Eating

If you find yourself stress eating now or in the coming months in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, here are five tips to help you. 

1. Become more aware of your feelings, and let yourself feel them away from food. Take time each day to reflect on how you feel and whether it is leading you to crave food in an undesirable way. Ask yourself questions like: How are you feeling? When do you feel most stressed? What is most worrisome to you about your life today? How are your feelings affecting you and your experience of life right now? 

2. Recognize your triggers for emotionally-based eating. Become clear about when you will be most likely to want to eat more or less. Triggers can also be internal, like thinking about how hard it is to work from home or fighting with your partner and ruminating about your financial situation in the wake of economic struggles. Ask yourself questions like: When are you more likely to stress-eat? What circumstances make it hardest for you to control your unwanted eating behaviors? What kinds of food do you crave, and when?

3. Make conscious choices about your eating, avoiding triggers when possible. Choose deliberately what you will eat and when. Challenge yourself to cope with those negative emotions that you may be experiencing away from food. 

Ask yourself questions like: Will I feel better after eating this? Is this something I am going to regret eating, or do I actively choose to eat this? What do I need to change about my life today to help myself not experience unwanted emotional eating episodes?

4. Get social support while avoiding exposure to triggering material. Most of us are quite isolated from our typical routines, communities, and social networks right now. Yet humans are highly social beings, and social connectedness is a core way we cope with stress and hardship. We need to stay in touch with friends, family, and the broader community.

That said, watching the news is triggering for many people experiencing a crisis. So, you may need to limit exposure to the news. Ask yourself questions like: Who can I call today that will help me stay emotionally grounded? How can I help others in my life get through this? What can I do to feel more connected to my community even if I can’t interact with them in person right now?

5. Start fresh, each moment of each day. If you had a rough moment or day and did not like the way you felt or ate, start again. You can always start eating differently at this exact moment.Beating yourself up about past eating is not going to be helpful. Instead, encourage yourself to start fresh right now—without judgmental criticisms or self-deprecating sentiment—and reestablish a pattern of eating that both acknowledges the difficult emotions you may be feeling as well as encourages deliberate eating behavior that feels healthy and positive. You can find us on Instagram @preplifepodcast or @glamgirlbikini You can apply for the team by clicking the link: https://glamgirlbikini.com/glam-girl-bikini-application/ 

Glam Girl Bikini Presents: Positive Vibes

Are you finding that it's hard to stick to your bikini goals during quarantine? If so we are here to help! In this episode we share tips and tricks that will help redirect your thoughts and habits toward actions that are positive and that encourage self love. We have come up with these practices to ensure that you are focusing on things you can control to help with your mindset during these crazy and unusual times of social distancing. Here are some tips from Bikini coaches @chrisnicole_ifbbpro and @amyehinger to improve your life and get you to your physique goals faster:

• Participate in a physical activity you enjoy for 20 mins
• Referee your self-talk and train your thinking. Switch off destructive or debilitating thoughts by replacing that time with reading a self-help book, watching a motivational YouTube video or listening to a positive podcast.
• Make a gratitude list for the day. Start recording these daily thoughts in a journal.
• Take an isolation walk in nature for 10-15 minutes.
• 30 mins of restorative yoga.
•  Celebrate your victories by focusing on your "wins" for the day.
• Replace alcohol and refined sugary foods by creating a macro hack
• Meditate
•  Foam roll for 5-10 mins
• Prepare your meals at least one day in advance.

You can find us on InstaGram @preplifepodcast and @glamgirlbikini You can apply for the team by clicking the link: https://glamgirlbikini.com/glam-girl-bikini-application/

Glam Girl Bikini Presents: IFBB Bikini Pro Beatriz Biscaia

Beatriz Biscaia is the youngest bikini pro, she a 2 time IFBB pro champion, an Olympian and most recently an Arnold Bikini International competitor. In this episode bikini coach @amyehinger interviews this amazing and inspiring bikini pro. Topics discussed are how Beatriz is adapting her training, goals and nutrition during this time of quarantine for Covid-19. Additionally she shares feedback from the judges and how her training style is unique. Other important topics include building a pro mentality and how to overcome obstacles. If you are needing motivation for your upcoming bikini prep then this is an episode you don't want to miss! You can find us on Instagram @preplifepodcast or @glamgirlbikini You can apply for the team by clicking on the link: https://glamgirlbikini.com/glam-girl-bikini-application/ You can find Beatriz @biscaiapro and you can check out her ebook at: https://sellfy.com/p/6j0rt3/ 

Glam Girl Bikini Presents: Our "Why" for competing and coaching

Why do we compete in physique sports? Why do we coach bikini competitors? These are questions that we answer in this episode. Be sure to tune in as bikini coaches @chrisnicole_ifbbpro and @amyehinger give reasons as to why it's important to constantly evolve in the sport of bodybuilding and why our processes in competing and coaching are ever changing. Along with the evolution of the sport we include lessons that we have learned along the way. We feel it's important that we pay it forward and impact the lives of other bikini athletes in a healthy way; and during this episode we discuss how we continue to make strides in improving ourselves and the sport.

You can find us on InstaGram @preplifepodcast and @glamgirlbikini You can apply for the team by clicking the link: https://glamgirlbikini.com/glam-girl-bikini-application/

Glam Girl Bikini Presents: IFBB Pro Nam Arnold Amateur Pro Card Winner 2020

Bikini coach @amyehinger interviews newly crowned IFBB Pro Nam. She was runner up in this year's 2020 Arnold Amateur Classic Pro Qualifier earning her pro status. She is a Thailand native living in Seattle with her husband Paul. She gives her view on what it was like to be there with the expo being cancelled at the Arnold International due to Covid-19. Her husband shares the perspective of what it's to be a husband of a bikini athlete and how they have adapted to married life in harmony with "prep life". Other topics include: tips on posing practice,  mental toughness, macros vs meal plans, LISS cardio vs HIIT, and so much more. This is an episode you don't want to miss if you are wanting motivation to become the next IFBB Bikini Pro.

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You can find Nam @blackwidow_2525 and find her suit designer @mcbodywear

Glam Girl Bikini Presents: Overcoming Obstacles and Managing Anxiety

Are you feeling overwhelmed with the current situation? It's easy to give into stress in times like these and ruin all the hard work you have put into your bikini prep. In this episode bikini coaches @amyehinger and @chrisnicole_ifbbpro give tips on how to overcome obstacles and on how to better manage anxiety. We can all acknowledge that there are going to be a lot of things going on that are outside of our control all of the time. However, it's so important that we can focus on what we can control. What you can control is... Your reaction to stress How you start your day What you eat How you move How you’ll spend your time When you start focusing on how to lower the stress then you will stand a better chance at getting experiencing good mental and physical health. You will find that you are more creative, more productive, and are able to  find new opportunities to grow each day. Here are some ways to combat anxiety:

When the adrenal glands and brain are misfiring it can make you feel like you're in a tailspin. Employing these lifestyle therapies like the routine below can help ease anxiety, along with incorporating nutrients for adrenal health. Reduce stress by deep breathing, meditation, yoga, journaling, exercise, and other activities. Consider B5, found in Adrenal Restore or whole food option-shiitake mushrooms and vitamin C, also found in Adrenal Restore or whole food option-red bell peppers, can provide your adrenal glands with what they need to function.  Eating regular meals can help support adrenal health as well. Avoid skipping meals, especially if you find yourself feeling “hangry.”  Consider 1st Form Harmony with KSM 66 Ashwagandha to help bring the “chill” into your evenings. Leverage adaptogenic herbs like Rhodiola, Licorice root extract, Eleuthero root found in Adrenal Restore This is a great blend to support your body through stressful times. These herbs help you modulate the stress hormones your adrenal glands are pumping out.

Click the link to order Adrenal Restore for adrenal health: https://1stphorm.com/products/adrenal-restore/?a_aid=glamgirlbikini&a_aid=glamgirlbikini&a_bid=4b7ce806&chan=AE  

 

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