Perfecting Your Skills and Competing with Integrity Fitness is not just about physical activity and regular exercise. There is more to it. When you think about personal fitness, you have to figure out your workout and exercises routines, health, and nutrition, meals plan...name it. While we all want to experience a smooth fitness journey, it can get quite bumpy if you're doing it wrong and don't have a proper plan in place. So how do you improve your fitness journey to promote your health and wellbeing? Let's find out with Casey Torres.  Casey is an IFBB Bikini Pro, a Certified Personal Trainer, fitness and nutrition specialist, and founder of Team Casey. An outstanding detail about her is that she is a coach and a competitor. Since she begun competition in 2013, she has recorded a remarkable degree of consistency and has achieved a lot during that time. She is 3x Bikini Olympian and holds 4th position for 2017 Bikini Olympia and 2018 3rd position for the Arnold Classic Bikini International. In her six 6 years Bikini bodybuilding and competing experience, Casey has had numerous triumphs including 2 pro-wins. Casey prides in helping other girls achieve their Bikini goals. On this episode, Casey share tips on how to improve your fitness journey. We also chat about how she shifted from having a coach to coaching herself and how she is able to coach and compete at the same time. Let’s dive in!   Takeaways If it was easy, everyone would do it Functioning and working with integrity and honesty is important to your success Don't make changes based on emotion, think logically at all times Sometimes you might have to take a couple of steps back before you can take a step forward Look at things like opportunities rather than stressors Your passion should wake you up every day, if not before your alarm Being a professional is being able to accept placements and moving forward Know when to do something and when not to do something No matter what happens, you still have to show up The moment you feel like you want to give up you gotta keep pushing   Important Questions [00:06:23] How many years have you been competing? [00:07:27] What keeps you motivated? [00:10:40] How did you get started on your fitness journey? [00:15:25] What was it like switching from a coach to training yourself? [00:16:56] What were some of the obstacles that you faced making the shift? [00:17:45] What are some tips that you could share with girls who coach or want to coach themselves? [00:18:19] What are some of your methods for coaching yourself? [00:21:55] How do you nurture here mentality? [00:22:47] How do you channel your stress? [00:25:27] How are you able to coach and compete at the same time? [00:32:26] How do you maintain consistency within your brand? [00:35:42] What do you think sets professionals apart from amateurs? [00:40:36] Have you ever experienced a plateau yourself? And if so, how do you break past your plateaus? [00:48:03] What are your thoughts about the Olympia qualification system? [00:53:41] What's one piece of advice that you could give to someone wanting to become a professional in the sport?   Casey Torres (Samsel) Website: officialteamcasey.com Instagram:@caseysamsel_bikini    ----->Head HERE for your FREEBIES, coupon codes, and other links! https://vibe-athletics.mykajabi.com/links