CHRIS NICOLE CHIACCIO

This week, host Celeste Rains-Turk sits down with Chris Nicole
cohost on the Prep Life podcast who started her competition
journey in 2015 as a hobby and prepped for one show a year. She
holds certifications in both nutrition and exercise from NPTI
along with Precision Nutrition

Chris starts off by sharing how the encouragement of a friend
initially brought her to competing as well as her desire to take
her fitness hobby to the next level. She shares how her type A
personality played a large roll in her journey and how it had
attached her own self worth to her adherence of her
plan. 

As the episode progresses, Chris talks about her own history with
disordered eating. She shares how inquiries from friends and
family about her weight loss made her only want to control it
more through over exercising and under eating. It was a pivotal
moment when she was lying on her back and realized she could see
her own skeleton that made her realize that she needed help. This
history doesn’t hold her back in her preps, however, because she
has learned how to properly frame her mindset around her goals so
that they are healthy. She shares the importance of setting a
goal for a certain leanness for a temporary time and not to live
at.

Chris continues to talk about her most recent show and taking
last place. She shares how she felt in denial of it for quite
some time, but after a few months she realized how disappointed
she was in the placing. Chris talks about how she tried to
control her reverse despite what her coach wanted her to do and
how they were able to sit down and develop a plan for making the
most of the improvement season.

On the note of physical health, Chris shares her own struggles
with hypoglycemia as well as scoliosis and the impact that both
have on competing for her. She talks about how hypoglycemia
causes her to rethink the way that most people would eat in a
prep and experimenting with what works best for her. Because of
the scoliosis she has had since a young age, Chris talks about
modifications she has had to make to her posing in order to
appear balanced while on the stage.

Throughout the episode, Chris’ passion for mental health and self
improvement is apparent and she talks about one of the tactics
she uses in order to get the most out of every day. She shares
the important aspects of her morning routine and the appointment
she creates with herself as well as the daily discussion she has
with her boyfriend that features two important questions to
positively reflect on the activities of the day.

As the episode comes to a close, Chris shares her best advice to
both new competitors and those on their way to their pro card. In
this insightful episode, she continues to stress the ever
important theme of competing and life in general, “Your value
doesn’t come from the things you do, it comes from who you
are.”


CONNECT WITH CHRIS:
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/chrisnicole_ifbbpro/

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HEAR HER COACH SERIES EPISODE WITH GLAM
GIRL: http://www.celestial.fit/confessions-of-a-bikini-pro-podcast/coaches-series-glam-girl-bikini



CONNECT WITH CELESTE: 
IG: https://www.instagram.com/celestial_fit/
WEBSITE: http://www.celestial.fit/


EPISODE TIME STAMPS

[2:50] Pre Stage Rituals
[4:10] Increasing stage time to one minute as an IFBB Pro
[6:33] Transitioning a fitness hobby to a competition
career
[8:23] Using the perfectionist mentality in life as an
athlete
[10:47] Putting Self worth into adherence
[13:17] The drive to compete
[15:31] Pivotal moments that stressed the importance of mental
health
[18:22] Previous struggles with disordered eating
[23:53] Changing a mindset around getting leaner
[27:02] Placing last at her most recent show
[34:21] Feeling pressure to perform a certain way as an IFBB pro
and a coach
[38:34] The impact being an IFBB Pro has on coaching
[44:12] Feedback from shows
[47:21] Managing Stress and Hormones in the improvement
season
[51:19] Handling gut health and hypoglycemia while nourishing her
body
[55:32] Impact scoliosis has on competing
[1:01:11] Prioritizing a morning routine
[1:06:47] The impact reviewing the day has on the approach to
goal setting
[1:11:12] Best advice for the girl who’s never competed and the
one who’s on the road to pro