Michelle Watson
MICHELLE WATSON
Michelle joined the team August 2025 with the goal of competing in the upcoming Scottish bodybuilding 2026 season. From the start I could tell that she was a woman on a mission; she was relentless with her training, asked questions, took on-board constructive feedback and always came back better. She had competed previously, but this time she didn’t just want to make up the numbers, she wanted to win!
She began prep at the end of October 2025 and the first show was on the 14th March 2026. I’ll be the first to tell you that she had to graft during prep to get in condition. This meant low calories and higher expenditure from early on in the prep but she never complained once, she got on with it and got the job done.
Six shows in six weeks is a tall order, but this girl handled it like a champ. We refined the look each week, brought her in tighter/harder against some stiff competition and she prevailed on top, week in week out. She’ll be the first to tell you that she was plagued with self doubt; the night before the first couple of shows I’d often get a message saying “I don’t feel ready/I think I look terrible/I hope I don’t come last.”
By the time we got towards the end of the season, those messages stopped and she began to believe in herself and that change in self-confidence showed on stage and I was so grateful to be part of it. There are defining moments in athletes careers, ones that change course and ones that set them on a path to greatness. Those six weeks were exactly that for Michelle and I cannot wait to see what the future has in store.
Across the season Michelle collected:
4 x 1st
1 x 2nd
1 × 3rd
1 x UKUP Pro card
Here is what Michelle had to say about her journey:
“From the very start, I knew Vaughan was such an amazing coach. I first signed up with Vaughan to better myself in my bodybuilding journey and working with him, I did just that! The service I received from Vaughan was incredible! His enthusiasm, knowledge and passion for this sport is obvious from the very first interaction.
On show day, this is where the support you receive really shines… regardless of the amount of clients Vaughan has on stage, he shows up for every single one. I did have a fair bit of self doubt throughout my season, Vaughan helped me over come this through countless messages and conversations of encouragement and support which never seemed to be a bother with him regardless how many times he told me I was lean enough etc.
I cannot thank Vaughan enough for carrying me through my first full on body building season of 6 shows and if anyone wants to reach and achieve their goals of stepping on a stage being in their best shape ever… absolutely 100% get in touch with Vaughan.”