The Secret Life of a Bikini Competitor - #45 Belinda Croxford WBFF Figure Pro: Misconceptions of pros, importance of gut health, balance vs. all in, it’s OK to pull out of a show if you’re not ready

#45 Belinda Croxford WBFF Figure Pro: Misconceptions of pros, importance of gut health, balance vs. all in, it’s OK to pull out of a show if you’re not ready

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02/23/21 • 57 min

This week’s episode is with the amazing Belinda Croxford, who is a WBFF Figure Pro, online coach from Melbourne and owner/director of Bodies By Bel.

Belinda’s work ethic and growth mindset is second to none - I love watching her progress and how hard she grinds towards her goals. There’s lots to learn in this episode!

In this episode we spoke about:⁠

How Belinda managed having her first international pro show cancelled due to COVID and what she took out of the experience
Bel’s epic work ethic and ‘relentless’ mindset
How Bel started competing and overview of her competing history
Overcoming anorexia with the help of bodybuilding
Learning from each prep - what not to do and what works
How can competitors empower themselves and get the best out their prep
It’s OK to pull out of a comp if you’re not ready!
What it likes getting as lean as figure competitors have to
Can you have balance as a high level athlete
How to involve your non-competing friends in prep
How to smash your goals
Eating to grow and dealing with weight gain mentally
Importance of gut health and being more aware of what we put in our bodies
Misconceptions of pros
Belinda’s competing goals and plans

And SOOO much more!⁠

If you want to follow Belinda learn more about her and at her coaching service you can do so at https://www.instagram.com/belindaamarie___/ ⁠

If you love the episode don’t forget to share to your stories and tag us both in so we can see and share too!⁠

Until next time...⁠⁠

Love you!⁠

R x

This week’s episode is with the amazing Belinda Croxford, who is a WBFF Figure Pro, online coach from Melbourne and owner/director of Bodies By Bel.

Belinda’s work ethic and growth mindset is second to none - I love watching her progress and how hard she grinds towards her goals. There’s lots to learn in this episode!

In this episode we spoke about:⁠

How Belinda managed having her first international pro show cancelled due to COVID and what she took out of the experience
Bel’s epic work ethic and ‘relentless’ mindset
How Bel started competing and overview of her competing history
Overcoming anorexia with the help of bodybuilding
Learning from each prep - what not to do and what works
How can competitors empower themselves and get the best out their prep
It’s OK to pull out of a comp if you’re not ready!
What it likes getting as lean as figure competitors have to
Can you have balance as a high level athlete
How to involve your non-competing friends in prep
How to smash your goals
Eating to grow and dealing with weight gain mentally
Importance of gut health and being more aware of what we put in our bodies
Misconceptions of pros
Belinda’s competing goals and plans

And SOOO much more!⁠

If you want to follow Belinda learn more about her and at her coaching service you can do so at https://www.instagram.com/belindaamarie___/ ⁠

If you love the episode don’t forget to share to your stories and tag us both in so we can see and share too!⁠

Until next time...⁠⁠

Love you!⁠

R x

Previous Episode

PREP FILES EP 1: The return of my period/boobs/sex drive, starting a prep, picking the right bikini, are you ready for prep?

First solo episode of the year and also the first of a brand new series - PREP FILES! Where I take you on my journey to the stage over the next nine months.
One of the things I want to be doing more of 2021 is sharing my own journey as part of the podcast and I’m keen to bring y’all along for the ride! So expect plenty more of these as I work towards the stage in October!

In this episode I give you an insight into how my prep is going and what the plan is for the year ahead. I also answer a BUNCH of listener Q&As - I had such a great response to my request for questions in Instagram that I didn’t have time to cover them all. So I reckon a part two is on the cards very soon!

Some of the things I cover off in this episode:

The recent return of my period (and subsequently boobs AND sex drive!)
My competing plans for 2021 and how prep is going so far
Listener Q&A! Including:
- How I am dealing with the new lockdown
- How my body responding well to the first phase of prep
- Would I have competed if I lived in the UK still
- How did I know I wanted to compete
- How did I know I was ready to prep
- Advice for someone thinking of competing
- Picking the right bikini and bikini making company

And PLENTY more weird and wonderful things!

As I mentioned - there were way too many to cover in the one episode, so if you want a part two! Let me know!!

Don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss an episode and if you love the show feel free to leave a 5* review and/or share to your Instagram stories and tag me so I can see!

You can find me and the show on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/secretlifeofabikinicompetitor/ and https://instagram.com/robynzimmy

Love you,

R x

#SLBC

Next Episode

#46: How to embrace your improvement season & necessary weight gain!

Hey legends,

Just me and a microphone today talking all things weight gain!

In my listener Q&A the other week I received a very important question about how I feel about gaining weight to gain muscle and have been asked often about how to mentally deal with putting on weight.

Gaining weight is a necessary (and awesome!) part of the whole bodybuilding process and should not be feared! So, I thought I’d spend a bit of time going into it on its very own dedicated podcast.

In this episode I cover off:

Why it’s important we talk about this phase of the bodybuilding journey more
How and why I moved into a place of acceptance of my weight gain
The good the bad and the ugly of gaining weight
My top tips on how to manage your gaining phase

The tips especially have been really instrumental in helping my manage my improvement season so I hope you find them helpful too!

The blog post I mentioned can be found here: https://thesecretlifeofabikinicompetitor.com/blog/2019/3/24/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-of-bulking

Don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss an episode and if you love the show feel free to leave a 5* review and/or share to your Instagram stories and tag me so I can see!

You can find me and the show on Instagram @secretlifeofabikinicompetitor and @robynzimmy

As always, my DMs are open for you to slide on into with questions any time.
Until next time...

Love you,

R x

#SLBC