The Secret Life of a Bikini Competitor
The Secret Life of a Bikini Competitor Podcast is a weekly show featuring unfiltered conversations with female bodybuilders. Speaking to both pros and amateurs from all different federations and categories, your host Robyn Challands goes behind the layers of tan and sparkly bikinis to find out what it’s really like to be a bikini competitor. No topic is off limits!
The Secret Life of a Bikini Competitor
#51 Sharnie Cocks ICN Fitness Pro & IFBB Bikini: Overcoming imposter syndrome, recovering from disordered eating, slip ups on stage, managing scoliosis
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Robyn Challands
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Season 1
This week’s episode is with the wonderful Sharnie Cocks who is an ICN Fitness Pro and now IFBB Bikini athlete.
Sharnie is such a beautiful soul and we had a great chat about how our limiting beliefs can hold us back and it’s so great to hear about Sharnie was able to work through hers to truly step into her power!
As always, we cover off all things competing, including:
- Reminiscing about going into lockdown over a year ago!
- How Sharnie got into competing and training
- The impact of what we internalise when we’re younger
- Pulling herself out of binge eating and purging behaviours
- How educating herself on food, macros and energy balance helped with this
- Importance of putting your body into a good position to prep
- Competing in untested federations as a natural competitor
- Choosing a federation and category
- Unexpected pro cards and dealing with imposter syndrome
- Not prepping unless you’re 100% in
- How Sharnie manages scoliosis
- Slip ups on stage
And SOOO much more!
If you want to follow Sharnie to learn more about her coaching services you can do so at
@sharnie_louise_
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Until next time…
Love you!
R x