#22 Tyarra Nelson IFBB Bikini, ICN Fitness & Bodybuilding Dietitians host: listener Q&A - prep effects on metabolism, gut issues, food timing pre/post workout, post-cut maintenance calories, macros vs meal plan

This week, I had the absolute pleasure of sitting down with Tyarra Nelson who is an IFBB Bikini & ICN Fitness competitor, dietitian, online health, fitness, nutrition and physique coach and co-host of the awesome Bodybuilding Dietitians Podcast.

It was great to learn a little more about Tyarra’s competing background and then spend a good chunk of time chatting through some listener Q&As that we received ahead of the show. It was so awesome to sit down and pick Tyarra’s amazing brain on some really interesting topics and I hope you guys get as much out of this as I did! I will 100% be having Tyarra back on the show sometime in the near future so keep those questions handy!

In this episode we cover:
- Why she started the Bodybuilding Dietitians podcast
- Tyarra’s sporting background and how she got into bodybuilding
- Her surf lifesaving experience
- Moving from track sports to weightlifting
- Feeling empowered through weightlifting
- Taking three years to build up to her first comp
- Coaching herself to stage
- Competing for the experience AND having a winning mindset
- Loving the prep process
- Taking full advantage of competing seasons and experimenting with federations
- Her work as a physique coach
- Listener Q1: How to work out maintenance calories after a cut (+tracking weight trends)
- Listener Q2: Can you ruin your metabolism with a bad prep?
- Listener Q3: What food do you recommend pre/post workout and is food timing important?
- Listener Q4: Advice for gut issues or bloating?
- Listener Q5: Macros or meal plan?

If you want to follow Tyarra you can do so https://www.instagram.com/tyarranelson/ and if you want to listen in to her podcast head to https://www.instagram.com/thebodybuildingdietitians/ or search on Apple Podcasts and Spotify! Both Instagram pages have a TONNE of valuable health and fitness information on too.

Until next time,
love you!
R x