FITSPIRATION

Bodybuilding competitor, fitness model, and business owner MIKAYLA CUSTANCE is on a mission to help others improve their health and physical longevity...

Welcome to MAXIM, Mikayla. Nice portfolio-style shoot.

Thanks. This photo shoot was shot in Vancouver, Canada. I normally do lots of fitness style shoots, so for this one I wanted to show more of my sexier, softer side, and MAXIM was a big inspiration for it.

Give us a little more background about yourself and life story so far.

I grew up in a small town called Gibsons, just outside of Vancouver, Canada. I lived on a farm and started riding horses at just nine months old – my parents held me on my first pony. My mum says, “she just never got off”. I even competed in local horse shows and eventually advanced to the competitive sport of Three-Day Eventing. Being involved in competition at this high level, my mum decided to hire a personal trainer to improve my overall strength, conditioning and endurance and to ensure that I had the competitive edge I needed to be truly successful.

So, this is how you got into competitive bodybuilding and fitness modelling?