Thais Cappelli was born and raised in Brazil to a very athletic family who has always supported her in sports. Thais comes from a family of bodybuilders, power lifters and arm wrestlers with world wide wins starting in the 50s.
She then came to the U.S. when she was 16 years old as a foreign exchange student in the state of AZ. She went to Arizona State University and graduated with a degree in Science of Psychology.
In 2015 she did her first bodybuilding show in Brazil with her family’s support to follow the legacy. She did three shows that year and then decided to move back into the U.S. when she took a 5 year break from bodybuilding. In 2020 she did her first NPC show as a bikini competitor placing 18th out of 21 contests. Disappointed about the outcome she realized she needed help with her hormone health. In 2021 she did her second NPC show as bikini, left again disappointed at her placing of 6th out of 6 contents, she decided to switch to the wellness division per feedback and advise from multiple judges. In 2021 she began working with Coach Jami DeBernard to grow into the wellness division. In 2023 she did her first competition as wellness in which resulted with a very different outcome! She placed 3rd at the Tampa pro, the following show she got overall novice and open at Border Klash, and the following competition she won another overall at Legion Fest. Fast forward to 2024, Thais won another overall at the Miami muscle beach and 3 weeks later she got her pro card at Jr Nats.
Her passion has always been fitness and helping people, so she realized she could combine the two as a bodybuilding coach. Thais is very open about her journey in bodybuilding because she strongly believes in being transparent. She’s very open about the fact that bodybuilding brought a sense of purpose to her life, curing her depression as she used to struggle with a big void in her life that has been filled with her passion for fitness and bodybuilding.
She’s very eager about sharing her knowledge with her clients, with her main approach as a coach being to educate them as much as possible about their plan so they don’t ever feel as if they’re following it blindly. She believes that anyone can achieve anything in life as long as they have the desire to make changes from the inside out but also have proper guidance from someone who has compassion and patience to educate them and work as a team instead of just expecting them to “do as they’re told”.
Throughout her journey her biggest struggles were gut and hormone health, which lead her to go after better guidance and knowledge on both topics.
Her biggest life achievement was when she finally felt completely free from her depressive episodes, and felt excited to live life in a way she has never felt before. All to which she thanks the bodybuilding community for!
She now lives in South Carolina with her boyfriend and their 3 dogs. Her main life goal is to pursue her dream career as a professional bodybuilder while also inspiring and motivating other women around the world!