VALERIE LUSVARDI

In this episode, host Celeste Rains-Turk interviews IFBB bikini
pro, Valerie Lusvardi who went pro in 2018 at Masters Nationals
and is a wife, mother of three, and an online coach. 


 


Valerie talks about how important words of affirmation, mindset,
and visualization are to her. She uses training as an outlet and
it helped her fight through postpartum depression. Mental health
is something that is important to Valerie and she is committed to
maintaining a good mindset. 


 


Valerie shares her approach to food and how she maintains a
balance while also doing her best to support her body’s function.
She speaks about dinner date nights with her husband, body image
during improvement season diet, and flexible dieting VS
IIFYM. 


 


Stress is something Valerie has experienced and being a coach,
she can use her experiences to help her clients when they are
going through similar struggles. Keeping an open line of
communication with her clients is a priority. She wants her
clients to feel that they can let their guards down and be
vulnerable in their journey.


 


Valerie also provides insight into keeping your liver healthy,
using food to nourish your body, and how she approaches her
training since embarking on her journey and evolving as a coach.


Valerie reminisces about her experiences competing in Puerto Rico
along with Robyn Maher and Sarah Devore. She recommends that all
competitors should have the experience of a destination
show! 


 


Celeste wraps up the show like any other by asking Valerie what
her advice would be for a first time competitor and a competitor
whose goal is to go pro. 

CONNECT WITH
VALERIE:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vavoomvscfit/

All Links: https://lnk.bio/vavoomvscfit

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CELESTE:https://instagram.com/celestial_fit
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EPISODE TIME STAMPS


1:45 Pre-show rituals 


2:35 Visualization


6:40 Pro card win experience 


9:49 Doing your own hair and make up for a show 


12:58 Life before competing 


14:33 Sales for Rich Dad Poor Dad


16:31 Fitness lifestyle inspired by postpartum depression 


18:35 Ways to focus on mental health


19:54 Ways to reduce stress and committing to doing them


24:08 How competing has impacted marriage 


26:45 Eating - specifically on date nights 


30:10 Struggles with seeing body changes post show and in
improvement season 


34:36 The importance of improvement season 


39:50 Different factors in losing weight


43:25 Liver support 


45:53 Flexible dieting VS IIFYM


48:19 Mindset about food


50:21 Favorite/strange prep food 


51:37 Overcoming stressful times 


54:17 Applying self experiences to clients 


58:03 How to deal with resistance from clients 


59:06 Open communication with clients 


1:04:24 Growth through bodybuilding


1:06:51 Competing in Puerto Rico 


1:13:42 Advice for someone who has never competed before but
wants to 


1:14:57 Advice for an amateur who wants to go pro 


1:15:48 Where you can connect with Valerie Lusvardi 


 


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