#16 Shell Skelton IFBB Bikini: Shift work, post comp body image pressure, filtering social media, picking federations & coaches

This week’s amazing guest was the gorgeous Shell Skelton who is
an IFBB Bikini athlete as well as a registered nurse specialising
in dialysis from South Australia,


Shell has competed for four years and has tried her hand at three
different federations before finding her groove with IFBB so it
was great to hear from her a little bit about the different
federations and her experience and learnings over the years.


In this episode we chatted about:


Competing at the Arnolds just before COVID hit

Making tweaks in the two weeks between qualifiers vs
nationals

Switching from meal plan to macro counting

Learning to meal prep

Prepping with her partner

Being irrational emotional during prep

Managing shift work and prep

Shell’s competing journey and she got started

Picking a federation

Her biggest lesson from competing for four years

Meditating and real self care 

Quotes to keep ourselves motivated

Picking a coach

Competing plans/goals

Prepping during Christmas and other events

Growing into a show

Reverse dieting & going into lockdown the day after her
last comp

Post comp pressure to look a certainty

Normalising post show physiques

Importance of having the right team behind you



PLUS! I also announce my brand new Instagram Live segment - The
Weekly Checkin. More details and the very first interview can be
found on my IGTV - which you can find at
https://www.instagram.com/secretlifeofabikinicompetitor 


You can follow Shell at https://www.instagram.com/shellskelton/


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we can see and thank you!


Until next week!


R x 


#SLBC