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February 2, 2021 62 mins

This week’s episode is with the beautiful Latoya Caruso who I’m sure many WBFF competitors will be familiar with! 

Latoya had the most incredible journey in 2019 with her comp preps and it was amazing to watch her go from bikini to fitness and ultimately taking out 2nd place figure in her first year of competing! In this episode we dig into how she managed it and the things she learned along the way.

She’s such a beautiful soul and certainly a competitor to keep an eye on for her next show! 

We spoke about:⁠

  • Dealing with cancelled shows last year due to COVID
  • Bikini to fitness to 2nd place figure in a year
  • Using social media to fuel her competitive nature
  • What drives Latoya to compete
  • Switching to a new coach 9 weeks out
  • Why its vital to be 100% open and honest with our coaches
  • The sacrifices she had to make to get the result of her last comp
  • How she stays motivated when things get hard
  • Difficulties dealing with reverse dieting snd binge eating
  • Embracing growth season and dealing with weight gaining
  • The one thing that changed the game for Latoya’s training
  • Dealing with online bullies and negative comments
  • Importance of your support network
  • Crazy prep brain moments
  • Latoya’s competing plans and goals
  • Her one piece of advice for new competitors 

And SOOO much more!⁠

If you want to follow Latoya, learn more about her journey you can do so at https://www.instagram.com/latoyacaruso_/ 

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

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