DR. MELANIE CYR

In this episode Celeste speaks with Melanie Cyr, an IFBB Bikini
Pro from Canada with a degree in family medicine, who has been
practicing since 2017. Melanie found competing while looking for
a challenge and her “one and done” mentality led her to finding a
love for the sport and a desire to become a professional
athlete. 

Celeste and Melanie dive into Melanie’s career as a physician and
how she decided to get into bodybuilding while also trying to
start her medical practice. Melanie shares what her schedule was
like while in med school and how she realized she had fallen into
some unhealthy habits due to the demands of the curriculum. She
started following a meal plan and workout regimen as a means of
being an example for her patients and ultimately found competing,
thus finding a way to make both her work and school schedules
harmonize. Celeste and Melanie talk about time management and the
commitment and discipline that both med school and bodybuilding
require.

Melanie discusses her long “roller coaster competition season” in
2019, sharing if she ever experienced burnout. Celeste and
Melanie then dive deeper into her experiences competing at the
Ben Weider, her and her coach’s peaking process, and how she
dealt with the weight of expectations from friends and family.
Melanie walks listeners through her competing journey to her pro
card and shares the feedback she’s working towards for her pro
debut.

The conversation shifts into training and Melanie shares how she
gets the most out of her workouts and what she’s done to really
transform her physique, given that she is not the most
genetically gifted. Celeste asks Melanie to share what she feels
are the biggest differences between competing in the US and
Canada, and in drug tested shows vs non-drug tested shows.

Melanie also talks about her career as a doctor and her views on
the sport of bodybuilding from a physicians perspective. She also
shares how she empathizes with her patients when they express
they don’t have time to make healthy habit and lifestyle changes.
Melanie shares what her patients have taught her over the years
and how she has evolved as a physician to encourage and support
her patients the best way possible.

Finishing up the episode, Melanie shares strategies to have
longevity in bodybuilding, and also gives her best advice for
novice competitors and for the girls on their road to pro.

Topics Covered:
-What type of athletes should consider bodybuilding
-Starting her practice while competing
-Expectations from friends and family
-Getting the most out of your workouts
-Natural show experiences
-Opinions on bodybuilding from a doctor
-Habits that promote longevity in bodybuilding

CONNECT WITH MELANIE:
https://www.instagram.com/melly_cyr/
CONNECT WITH CELESTE: 
https://www.instagram.com/celestial_fit/


Time Stamps:
[0:45] Celeste introduces Melanie.

[1:30] Melanie shares her pre stage ritual.

[3:00] Celeste asks Melanie how she’s handled defeat and
criticism.

[6:45] Melanie shares her beginnings in bodybuilding while also
starting her medical practice.

[9:30] Celeste asks Melanie if the mindset & discipline
required in her studies helped her in bodybuilding.

[11:20] Melanie shares her opinion on what type of people are and
are not cut out for bodybuilding.

[14:40] Melanie talks about her life in improvement season vs
during prep.

[17:05] Celeste asks Melanie if she ever felt burnt out during
her long 2019 competition season.

[20:25] Celeste asks Melanie how the peaking process &
expectations from friends & family differed going into the
Ben Weider show.

[24:20] Celeste asks Melanie what differed going into the show
where she won her pro card.

[26:20] Melanie shares how she felt winning her pro card, given
that she didn’t feel it was her best physique.

[27:20] Melanie shares feedback she received after turning
pro. 

[31:50] Celeste asks Melanie what she’s doing to stay ready for
her pro debut, despite ongoing show cancelations.

[35:00] Melanie discusses how she gets the most out of her
workouts.

[38:30] Celeste asks Melanie how she knows shes not genetically
gifted for the sport and what she’s done to morph her physique
for success.

[42:30] Melanie shares experiences competing in Canada vs the
US.

[49:00] Celeste asks Melanie about the drug testing process at
the natural shows.

[50:35] Celeste asks Melanie how she balanced her schedule to
compete while also building her career.

[55:55] Melanie shares how she maintains empathy when patients
tell her they don’t have time for their health.

[59:20] Celeste asks Melanie her opinion on bodybuilding as a
doctor.

[65:35] Melanie talks about what she does that she feels are
beneficial to have longevity in the sport.

[70:10] Melanie gives her best advice for novice competitors and
girls on their road to pro.

[73:10] Melanie shares where listeners can find & connect
with her further.


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