Thanks for listening to another episode of The Women’s Fittest Podcast! This is episode #100 and I have an amazing guest to celebrate! Today IFBB pro Autumn Cleveland and I have an incredible chat and I’m so excited to share this side of her with y’all!
Autumn has a very charming humility about her which makes her that much more fun to support. Her journey begins as an awkward teen being bullied for her twiggy size… spoiler alert: She won.
I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did. Thank you for your time Autumn! Wishing you continued evolution through all your endeavors and experiences! Cheers to this platform and the growth that makes us be.
Topics she covered:
- Bullied as a kid
- Figuring out she wasn’t a team player
- Competing for 19 years from 15-34 years old and how the bodybuilding community has grown into a team through social media
- The support of women in the sport
- Struggles with self confidence and growing through that
- Social media and trolls and support
- Her competition history, finally getting her pro card and what it took to achieve that.
- How difficult it is to feel like she made it standing next to the women she’d looked up to.
- Getting better for stage
- Using the judges for feedback
- The importance of posing and who she uses to help her
- Working through scoliosis
- What it takes to be coachable when you’re a bit of a control freak
- Coaching differences between amateur and pro level
- Full circle moment of competing on the same stage of her first show as a pro
- This past year competing a lot and why she did each show
- What’s to come during improvement season
- Being on Accutane for cystic acne and the struggle with skin issues
- Final message to women: Take action in creating your life and you’ll learn just how powerful you can be.
Autumn’s YouTube Documentary: Bodybuilding Motivation Documentary: IFBB Pro Autumn Cleveland
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