Being an athlete within the IFBB Professional League is difficult sufficient. Think about doing it whereas coping with physique consolation points. Tiffany Chandler is a well-liked Health competitor, and he or she is the 2019 Puerto Rico Professional Health winner and two-time Health Olympia competitor. She can also be a spouse and mom to 2 daughters. Chandler truly turned professional in 2011, the identical yr that reigning Health Olympia champion Whitney Jones did.
Jones hosted Chandler on a current episode of Femme Flex Friday, they usually spoke about life as world-class athletes and moms. Through the interview, Chandler additionally revealed she is competing despite being identified with Consuming Dysfunction Not In any other case Specified (EDNOS), which implies she tried a number of strategies of consuming due to physique dysmorphia.
“I experimented with all the things potential that you would consider,” mentioned Chandler. She went to remedy periods to attempt to get previous this, and he or she even shared one exercise that concerned her laying on the bottom whereas one other individual drew her define with chalk. She was then requested to write down or draw how she pictured herself on paper.
“I didn’t have sufficient paper,” she advised Jones. “It had utterly gone exterior.”
In line with Nationwide Consuming Problems, 30 million People battle with some sort of consuming dysfunction. Chandler mentioned she nonetheless struggles, even whereas she is in prep for a present. She advised Jones that when she appears within the mirror, she doesn’t precisely know what she is seeing. She discovered that going by different metrics or measurements of progress made a distinction.
“Plenty of issues I do are off of really feel. How do I really feel in my garments? How does my mind really feel? How are my vitality ranges? I attempt to not stare at my physique as a result of I do know my mind can take it and run with it in any path it desires.”
Chandler discovered that working with a coach that might clarify the importance of the meals she was consuming additionally helped considerably. Being surrounded by folks in her sport and the health world made a giant distinction as properly.
“It has been an enormous win for me. This trade has been a blessing.”
Chandler spoke extra about how she grew to become a Health competitor, why she makes use of strikes such because the tuck and handstand pushups in her routines, and extra. Go to www.wingsofstrength.com or subscribe to the Wings of Strength YouTube channel to look at all episodes of Femme Flex Friday. New reveals air each Friday at 6 PM Japanese time.
