4: Overcoming Adversity

Shauna Perry is currently a Registered Nurse in the ICU and ER. In 2004, she switched her focus from pre-med to a degree in health and exercise kinesiology. She began powerlifting in 2010, and bodybuilding in 2012.

Shauna competed in 2013 in the Women's Physique category, then in 2018, she hit 230 pounds. After an intense amount of hard work, she stepped on stage again in 2023 at the Phoenix Iron Games, followed by USA's and North Americans.

In this episode, Shauna shares some of her struggles she experienced along her journey, and how she was able to conquer her goals to get on stage again!

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Timestamps
00:38 Disclaimer
00:54 Directional Force
01:32 Introducing Shauna
02:45 Backstage at a show
04:01 Powerlifting
04:48 Exerise Physiology
05:06 Kinesiology
05:42 Personal Trainer
06:10 Nursing Degree
06:50 Graducate Degree (in progress)
07:05 A focus on mental health
07:53 Powerlifting and strength training as a base for bodybuilding
08:48 Powerlifting vs bodybuilding training
10:55 How Shauna got into bodybuilding
11:38 Childhood experiences
12:30 How Shauna chose Women's Physique over Bodybuilding or Figure
13:18 Overcoming the fear of a first show
15:40 Nursing Degree
16:35 Dealing with the stress of oth people's words
17:06 Binging post-show
18:25 Weight fluctuations
19:16 Using weight gain as a way to "run away"
20:15 The turning point from weight gain to eventually stepping on stage again
24:02 Stress and GI issues
26:13 "I'm done with food"
27:04 Keto
28:51 Coming back to bodybuilding
30:28 You need carbs to grow
31:24 Qualifying for Nationals
33:01 Taking a break, and doing back-to-back shows
34:40 Mental health and coming back on stage
36:23 Meditation and self-care
40:48 "What Now?" - The post-show blues
42:42 Eating disorders and body dysmorphia
45:29 Nutritional Coaching; attacking health from the foundation
47:50 The importance of posing