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Tawna Mccoy joins the Coach Em Up Podcast with host Tim Riley to talk about her experience growing up in a small to town to becoming an IFBB pro bikini bodybuilder and gym owner. She speaks on the subjectivity and toxicity surrounding the sport of bodybuilding, opening multiple gyms with her spouse, advice for aspiring business owners, youth and D1 sports, why GLP-1s are becoming too popular, why fitness classes are a great way to get people into the gym, and much much more! Plus, you can't miss the story about her gym catching on fire...

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00:00:00 Intro

00:04:35 Who is Tawna Mccoy?

00:05:36 Growing Up In Waco

00:09:50 Escaping The Small Town Life

00:11:36 Performance/Sports Upbringing

00:16:56 Navigating Big Life Changes At School

00:19:41 Meeting Husband after a Bikini Comp

00:24:06 Getting into Bodybuilding

00:26:58 Olympias and Bodybuilding

00:27:57 The Problem with Perfectionism

00:30:25 Navigating the Toxicity of Bodybuilding

00:37:23 Main Subjective Criteria for the Old Bikini Division

00:41:13 Retiring from Bodybuilding

00:43:57 Opening Gyms with Your Spouse

00:48:23 The Gym Catches on Fire

00:50:47 What parts of being an athlete help with being a business owner

00:52:22 Hold on to good people and Nurture them

00:57:15 Advice For Opening Your First Gym

00:58:07 Taking Over Existing Gym Spaces

01:01:53 The Reasons Gyms Fail

01:03:41 Advice for Someone Opening a Gym

01:07:31 More Gym Chat

01:09:24 3 Things to be a High Achiever

01:12:46 GLP-1 rant

01:14:57 Was the Shake Weight Cool?

01:15:32 Fitness Classes are the Gateway

01:17:59 Unsolicited Solicited Advice