EP 83: Breaking Up is Hard

About this episode

Mandy and Gillian share personal updates and answer audience questions about coaching and competition strategies.

In this episode of Bikinis After Babies, we are BACK and sharing our personal updates, including a recap and future plans for Mandy in her IVF journey into a new season of her life, and Gillian’s plans for her second season in the IFBB pro league! This week we are also answering audience questions including: coaching red flags how to choose the right coach and how to know if it’s time to make a coaching change budget-friendly meal prep strategies strategies for selecting the competition(s) you want to compete in and how to plan your season. We apologize for the click-bait-jump scare! We’re not breaking up! Your babes in bikinis after babies are BACK and better than ever! We hope that you enjoyed this episode and if so, we would LOVE it if you would rate, subscribe, and leave us reviews on how this podcast has helped you 💕 We’d also love to hear from you about future topics you would like us to discuss so please leave us a comment or reach out to us with your questions and suggestions! About Momshell Method Fitness: Ready to embark on your fitness journey? We would love to help you reach any fitness goal from losing the baby weight to crushing your competition goals! Follow this…

People in this episode

Hosts: Mandy Rochon, Gillian Hughes

Topics covered

• IVF journey
• coaching
• meal prep
• competition planning
• personal updates

Keywords

• IVF
• coaching red flags
• meal prep strategies
• competition selection
• fitness journey

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: IFBB, Momshell Method Fitness

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