Katie Austin | How She Got the Sports Illustrated Cover (After 4 Tries!) & Why She Swears by 20-Min Workouts!
Off The Vine with Kaitlyn Bristowe
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4.4 • 21.3K Ratings
🗓️ 27 May 2025
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
#844. After hitting it off last weekend at the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit event, Kaitlyn and Katie Austin are back together—this time in LA—for a real, raw, and refreshing conversation! Katie opens up about her inspiring path from college athlete to SI Rookie of the Year (with her best friend, no less!), and how years of rejections led to the “yes” that changed everything.
They talk about the power of female friendships in a competitive industry, finding your confidence after feeling lost in your 20s, what it really takes to prep for a major photo shoot (hint: no crash diets here), and Katie’s passion for helping women feel strong, not restricted. Plus, growing up with her mom—fitness legend Denise Austin—and how that shaped her approach to food, movement, and mindset today.
This is one of those episodes that’ll leave you smiling, motivated, and ready to eat the damn bagel.
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EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:
- (4:35) Katie shares how she finally landed the Sports Illustrated cover — after four years of “no.” A vulnerable and inspiring story of perseverance and rejection turned into success.
- (23:55) The “70% Rule” that changed Katie’s mindset on fitness, food, and life. This practical philosophy helps her stay consistent without aiming for perfection.
- (30:40) Why Katie swears by 20-minute workouts and how she actually fits them into her day. Her take on efficient movement that works for real schedules and real people.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of Off The Vine is brought to you by booking.com. |
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| 0:15.6 | You're listening to Off the Vine with Caitlin Bristow. |
| 0:20.1 | Hey, Vino's, real quick, if you are listening right now, which obviously you are, you |
| 0:24.2 | wouldn't be hearing this, can you hit the subscribe or follow button on whatever platform you're |
| 0:28.2 | on? |
| 0:28.6 | Please, that one simple thing helps more than you even realize it allows me to keep growing |
| 0:33.6 | on this podcast and making these episodes the best they can possibly be obviously for you. |
| 0:39.1 | That's the only favorite I'm going to ever ask. Okay. It truly means the world to me. Thank you. |
| 0:43.1 | Now let's get into it. |
| 0:44.2 | Hey, everybody. Welcome to Off the Vine. I'm your host, Caitlin Bristow. So today we have Katie |
| 0:47.5 | Austin in the studio who I just met over the weekend for Sports Illustrated. She is a model. She owns her own app. She's an entrepreneur. |
| 0:55.3 | She's a recipe developer. She's a D1 lacrosse X friggin athlete. She does it all. Her mom is like |
| 1:02.9 | an icon in the fitness industry too. Like did the VHS workout videos traveled everywhere. |
| 1:09.3 | She's not just her abs. She is smart. She is driven. She is |
| 1:12.5 | motivated. She literally can do it all. And we were like this as soon as we met. So enjoy my |
| 1:17.3 | conversation with Katie. They're like, we'd love to have her host a thing at the Sports |
| 1:21.4 | Illustrated weekend. And I was like, yes. Oh my gosh. And so I went and it was all very last |
| 1:25.7 | minute. And there was something, you know, |
| 1:27.5 | when you feel like you're meant to be somewhere? Yeah. That's how I was feeling that whole weekend. |
| 1:31.4 | I mean, I fell in love with you, number one. I think everyone did. Everyone loves you. No, no, |
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