The Hype Files

Back in 2022, Emily won her IFBB Bikini Pro Card. In November 2025, Emily made her long-awaited pro debut! And it did NOT disappoint!! You might remember Episode 95 from March 2025 with Emily - she was sharing her goals for the year including her pro debut. Job done! We chat about goal setting, the pro debut, prepping again, tips & advice as well what's next for Em! ----- BUY ME A COFFEE ☕️ #SupportThePodcast https://buymeacoff...

She's back for our THIRD episode together - my teammate and NZ's newest IFBB Bikini Pro, Sian Bennett!! We haven't caught up on the podcast since November 2023 - there is a lot to cover! Sian's 2025 competitive year started at the NSW State Show back in April - and then Sian competed at Waikato, Nationals (Pro status achieved), TOC Pro Show and then Shawn Rays!  We go over everything that happened this year and also touch on family...

SHE DID IT!!! And on her first try 😎 smashed it!! In this epusode, I'm chatting with Chantal Linde about her 2025 season, reaching the Pro Card goal and (of course) what's next?!  ----- BUY ME A COFFEE ☕️ #SupportThePodcast https://buymeacoffee.com/teamempire Support the Pod to improve our content! Better podcast quality, improve podcast equipment, high profile podcast guests, travel if required, etc. 🎙️ Anyone who buys me a coff...

This guy!! Juan Galvin - NZ's newest IFBB Mens Physique Pro. It has been awesome to witness his first season competing in the NZIFBB amateur league (NPC) in 2024 to winning his Pro Card in 2025. And THEN continuing on to his PRO DEBUT just two weeks later!! In this episode I chat to Juan about his achievements thus far - as well as touching on PED use for young males and taking out my WOV teammate (and MP veteran) Casey Cree! Lots ...

Don't miss this one!! Chatting with Kate about EVERYTHING from her 2025 USA Pro Show tour (chasing the O qualification), securing the O qualification, competing at the Olympia for the SECOND year back-to-back and then coming home to NZ to win the Tournament of Champions Bikini Pro Show. Phew!! LOTS of footage from shows. We hope you enjoy this episode!  ----- BUY ME A COFFEE ☕️ #SupportThePodcast https://buymeacoffee.com/teamempire...

A full wrap-up of everything from Olympia to TOC | NZIFBB New Zealand IFBB 2025

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We’ve been chatting about Chantal jumping onto the podcast for awhile now but there was NO BETTER time than right now. Chantal's another one of my beautiful WOV teammates who I’ve had the pleasure of watching compete many times! We go through her bodybuilding journey, the EPIC 2024 season she had, juggling Motherhood and competing, recent breast augmentation, all of your IG questions aaaaand a Division switch....?? ----- BUY ME A C...

It was time to get one of the Open guys back on the pod - and who better than the HIGHLY requested, Richard Parnham. I’m most nervous to reach out to the Open Bodybuilders about coming on the pod - but Richard has been nothing but a legend and it was an awesome chat.  It was really cool to learn about Richard and how he got to where he is today, the challenges, the triumphs, where to next and of course we had to chat about the wond...

It was in the works for awhile! But we did it - IFBB Bikini Pro and Posing Coach, Emily Sullivan!  We went through a wide range of topics together in this episode. Such as the usuals of course: Emilys journey into bodybuilding, going Pro, Pro debut plans, current training and nutrition, posing, etc. And then a deeper topic that is something we'll be addressing more often on this podcast - women feeling unsafe or uncomfortable in th...

She's back!! My good friend and Team Empire Wellness Athlete - Bekah Robertson. We recap her 2nd season competing in the NZIFBB Wellness Division last year. Couldn't be more proud of Bekah and the improvements and gains we made over a few months growth period - competing season to season is difficult, so we go over the details of making this happen! Also proud of Bekah for holding herself with grace and kindness throughout her jour...

Another one of the incredible Wellness athletes on the NZIFBB stage - TJ! We chatted about her entire journey through bodybuilding including: starting off in a different Division, competing and prepping alongside her husband, thoughts on her 2024 season, future plans for competing, training, nutrition, PED pressure while competing as a natty wellness athlete, ALL of your IG questions and a whole lot more!! ----- BUY ME A COFFEE ☕️ ...

One of those guys on the cusp of getting his Pro Card and has come back year after year looking better and BETTER - Mr South Island and Classic Physique Champ, Tyrone Tomlinson. We chat about his competing goals (is this his year?), balancing two sports at a high level (bodybuilding and powerlifting), training, working with his new Coach, nutrition, answering all of your Instagram questions and everything in between! ----- BUY ME A...

Another one of my amazing Worthy of Victory teammates (there’s PLENTY of them), and the first athlete that comes to mind when I think “who has done an amazing job moving from Bikini to Wellness?” - definitely Dom! Nailed it. We’re going to talk ALL about her transition into the extremely difficult Division of Wellness - naturally might I add. But we’re also going to chat about Dom’s entire journey into bodybuilding, balancing Mum l...

It was about time we chatted TO the champ that we chat so much ABOUT on this podcast! Mens Physique Athlete and the guy who's knocking on that Pro Cards door - Akira Asano. First of all, his name is like a Superhero name and his physique is much the same! Akira's not only got one of the most dangerous physiques in the MP Division but he's also one of the nicest, down to earth, self-aware and genuine dudes I've met in this sport. So...

Round 3 with Jordan Earl! It was time to chat to Jordan again about what he's been up to since our last episode together (April 2024) and a lot has happened! Jordan was the Coach in NZ with the most Pro Card wins for his athletes so of course we had to go over his feelings and thoughts for the 2024 NZIFBB season - as well as introducing a new game "Red Flag / Green Flag - Coach's Edition", your instagram questions, this or that, hi...

She’s our newest NZ IFBB Womens Physique Pro and has been a highly requested guest - Monica Cunningham. We go back through Monica’s journey into bodybuilding, training, posing, your instagram questions and a whole lot more! Even better: we’ve already got a part two in the works diving into the darker depths of bodybuilding - definitely stay tuned!! ----- BUY ME A COFFEE ☕️ #SupportThePodcast https://buymeacoffee.com/teamempire Supp...

The highly requested guest.... Georgia Pettersson. AKA: G, Little G, G.Pett and Moes Muscles Bikini Champ! It was about time I chatted to G - and it was fun to dive into her entire journey. Including starting competing at just 18 years old, awarded the Moes Muscles Bikini champ, 2025 plans, IG questions and so much more! Oh and of course we had to chat about the freshly announced NZ Bikini Pro Show! ----- BUY ME A COFFEE ☕️ #Suppor...

Introducing the very first Team Empire IFBB Bikini Athlete - Becky Hawthorne! Your Host Shan is also a Coach and Becky was the first Bikini gal representing Team Empire to the stage. And she smashed it to say the least! It was great to go back through Becky's journey and hear all about it from her perspective start to finish. We chatted about the entire muscle building process before leading into prep, the prep process, the struggl...

Blessed enough to have a FOURTH episode to bring to you all with the queen Kate Carroll!! We have quite a series going on and I'm here for it! Apparently you are too based on the stats from 2024 😮‍💨 During this episode we're chatting about Kate's first Olympia experience - and everything involved! Such as: the ENTIRE trip, thoughts on her placing/judging, backstage, challenges she faced etc.  And there was a lot of other goodies ...