IFBB Figure Pro Kate Grevey: My Choice to use Performance Enhancing Drugs (Why, When, & How)

Thanks for listening to another episode of The Women’s Fittest Podcast! This is episode #157 interview with IFBB Figure pro Kate Grevey. 

This was such a fun and very honest chat. I’ve known Kate for many years (we met working together for Isolatorfitness at the Arnold Sports Festival in 2016) and her candor and spirit are relatable and refreshing. She’s been competing since 2002 and takes us on the entire journey with aspirations to be an IFBB natural pro. The tenacity and drive Kate has for the sport is undeniably respectable. Her passion for bodybuilding is apparent.  Throughout this interview she openly shares where, when, and why, along the way she eventually incorporated drugs to achieve her pro card goal.  A story any female should hear before examining what it takes to be competitive in this sport, I’m grateful to Kate for her realness. She loves her story and I love it too. Lots to absorb here, I hope you all enjoy this convo between friends. 

Topics covered

1. Her intro 
2. Cigarettes, thigh gaps and punishing workouts: how the 80’s/90’s  ruined us 
3. Her first show in fitness in 2002 at 21
4. What she learned from each coaching experience: protein for building muscle, starving in prep, and macro matching 
5. Why she left the natural federation 
6. Hormone replacement therapy and her experience with medical doctors 
7. Finally adding PED’s 
8. Standing her ground with coaches and finding one that aligned with her long and short term goals
9. Judge Cliff Bomar: “You don’t want to get your pro card too early”
10. Missing her IFBB pro card by one place six times 
11. Considering downsizing to bikini? 
12. Finding your purpose with competing (the goal is a moving target)
13. Finally getting her pro card 
14. The importance of losing REPEATEDLY
15. 90’s diet culture 
16. Her current coach Jason Theobald 
17. Keeping her daughters from body image issues and where self worth comes from 
18. Asking your coach questions and things we know now about competing as women 
19. Final thoughts (Any regrets?)

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