Kylie Ross - Body-Insecurity, ACL Injuries, & Perfectionism

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🗓️ 29 July 2020

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Kylie Ross is a former Division I soccer player from Baylor University where she received both an undergrad as well as Master’s degree. During her last season at Baylor she created a YouTube channel which has since gained over 140,000 subscribers! Kylie and her videos are all about sharing her passion for sports, health, fitness, and more about her life as a female athlete. In this episode, Kylie talks about sitting on the sidelines her first two years at Baylor, recovering from a painful ACL injury, body image insecurities, the pressure of being "healthy," and finding her identity after sports. This convo is IT for all female athletes looking for an honest and all encompassing conversation about college sports! 2:49-5:46 Kylie’s start with soccer. 5:46-9:16 Expectation vs reality for freshman year. 9:16-16:49 Striving for perfection and an “athletic body.” 16:49-25:36 Dealing with injuries mentally and physically. 25:36-29:20 Mental growth as an athlete. 29:20-30:43 Working through fear after injury clearance. 30:43-34:17 Starting a YouTube channel. 34:17-36:15 Gaining a following on social media 36:15-43:42 Graduation and identity after sport. 43:42-48:48 Getting real on YouTube 48:48-50:34 Lessening up on perfectionism. 50:34-55:49 Working out and finding balance in fitness after graduation.

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0:00.0	getting so many DMs that say like, how do you say so disciplined? How are you always so motivated?
0:06.6	And I just want to like scream at the top of my lungs like I'm like, I'm not. Like I'm not always
0:12.4	motivated. I'm not always disciplined. I don't always want to get up to workout. Like I don't
0:17.0	always want to make the healthy choice at all. And I just never wanted my Instagram to be like
0:25.5	that highlight reel, which I feel everybody's is.
0:31.7	Hey everybody and welcome to RealPod. I'm Victoria Garrick, former D.O. and athlete and mental
0:37.1	health and body image advocate. Every Wednesday I'll be bringing you awesome guests, weekly inspiration
0:43.1	and the realist conversations around everything and anything. Now let's give real.
0:48.5	Welcome back to RealPod. I hope you are doing awesome. Thanks for tuning in. Today we have a very
0:57.5	special guest because she was brought solely by all of you. I put out a post on the RealPod
1:04.8	Instagram, which is at real pods. If you don't follow it, make sure you do asking who do you guys
1:09.0	want me to have on the show and submission after submission said Kylie Ross, Kylie Ross, Kylie Ross.
1:15.2	I went and looked her up. I binge all of her content. I absolutely fell in love. She's the cutest
1:20.0	and the coolest at the same time. And I'm just really excited for our conversation today. We covered
1:26.2	all of the bases. I mean Kylie and I talked about injuries, mental health, body image,
1:32.4	finding her identity after sport. For those of you who are not familiar with her story, she's a
1:36.0	former division one soccer player from Baylor University, where she played for five years,
1:40.8	receiving her undergrad and master's degree. She tore her ACL, which is the reason why she
1:46.8	redshirted and did her master's. And actually this spring was her final spring semester,
1:54.0	technically, of that fifth year. So she's very recently a student athlete. And now into the real
1:59.2	world, I'm like welcoming her, hey girl, here we are doing the thing. But that's why I'm so excited
2:04.4	to have been able to sit down with her because we relate on so many levels and she just gets it. So
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