CHYANNE JACOMINI

In this week’s episode, host Celeste Rains-Turk dives head first
into heavy hitting subjects in the bikini bodybuilding world with
fitness coach turned IFBB Pro Chyanne Jacomini. After leaving a
fortune 500 company to pursue her dreams of being a fitness coach
Chyanne rose in the ranks in the bikini division earning her pro
title in 2019 and continuing to stay in the top 10 of all of her
IFBB shows.

Chyanne opens up to Celeste about having the courage and support
from her significant other to leave corporate America to
pursue her dreams of being a fitness entrepreneur. Chyanne
discusses how forcing herself to rest and spending quality
time with family has impacted her physical health for the better.
She explains how not having a set time limit for the gym
gives her peace of mind. Chyanne and Celeste also discuss
the problems with turning to food when anxious and how living in
an area that sparks joy could help mitigate these
tendencies.

Chyanne gives details on her journey of motherhood to becoming an
IFBB bikini professional. She initially used competing to
bounce back from pregnancy. She explains how she had several
doubts during her first prep and nearly dropped out, however
the guidance of her friends and coach gave her the
courage to push through. 

After competing for her first show and riding on her huge
accomplishment, Chyanne
wanted to use her new platform to help provide for her son and
aide other women in their fitness journey. Chyanne says the
key to staying in the top 5 at Nationals was slowly gaining
weight back post show. She believes staying between 8-10
pounds of her stage weight allows for an easier prep, but gives
herself grace in the off season to eat desserts. 

Chyanne says that mindfulness and envisioning herself
being awarded her IFBB pro card throughout prep was
instrumental in earning her title. Chyanne also explains how
she initially preferred structured meal plans over macro
counting, however switching to a year-round flexible dieting
has brought overall happiness. Even though she has only
been counting macros for approximately 6 months, she feels
stronger than ever, her relationship with food has improved,
and has made personal records in the gym.

Celeste asks Chyanne about her struggles with having joint
custody of her child. She admits to being in a very dark
place in her life and initially shut herself away from the world.
Chyanne also discusses how her son needed to be resuscitated
after birth and how this event has impacted her life. and Chyanne
discusses the challenge of moving and sharing her son with
his biological father and how she has had to
strategically plan her workouts around this. Chyanne had to allow
herself to be OK with missing workouts to make her son a
priority.

Celeste ends the episode by discussing Chyanne’s influence on
social media, her feelings of being in an interracial
relationship, ignoring racist comments on Instagram, and her
views on cancel culture in mainstream media. Finally, Celeste
asks Chyanne how she stays confident and feels sexy after
becoming a mother. Chyanne expresses that all women can be sexy,
regardless of how lean or curvy you are!

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CHYANNE:https://www.instagram.com/bikinibarbie24/

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CELESTE:https://instagram.com/celestial_fit
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TIME STAMPS[1:27] Chyanne’s stage
ritual
[4:30] Chyanne speaks about her life in corporate America and how
she found her confidence to leave
[15:15] How leaving her 9-5 job gave her back freedom, sleep,
personal happiness
[20:22] Chyanne discusses her move from Las Angeles to Las
Vegas
[29:49] From motherhood to bodybuilding: having a family and
monetizing her bodybuilding career
[39:20] How Chyanne stayed top 5 at Nationals and top 10 in the
IFBB league
[53:02] Changing coaches, promoting her own diet/fitness
coaching/switching meal plans
[1:15:22] How changing her food choices affected her
workouts
[1:21:28] Chyanne’s favorite workouts
[1:24:08] Chayanne's struggle with custody of her child and how
it almost ended her bodybuilding career
[1:39:20] Being a social media fitness influencer/ Her story of
interracial relationship discrimination /
Cancel culture on social media
[1:52:37] Feeling sexy and confident postpartum/judgement from
other mothers
[2:03:06] Chyanne’s advice for the women wanting to start
bodybuilding and who are looking to turn pro