The Real Deal: Lexi Zeiss of LSU Gymnastics Talks Early Life, Mindset, Branding & More
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4.9 • 537 Ratings
🗓️ 5 March 2026
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Lexi Zeiss, a sophomore all-around gymnast from Omaha, Nebraska, joins the latest episode of The Real Deal to talk about her background, her mindset before and during competition, NIL and branding, life outside the gym, and much more.
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| 0:00.0 | On July 1st, it'll ask you can profit off name, image, and lightning. |
| 0:05.8 | Okay. |
| 0:12.9 | Welcome back, ladies and gentlemen, to another episode of the Real Deal podcast. |
| 0:16.8 | I'm your host, Jamar Lincoln, Assistant Director of NIL, and we got us a very special |
| 0:20.5 | guest with us today. |
| 0:21.6 | She's a sophomore for the LSU gymnastics team who is dynamic as they come. |
| 0:25.6 | Prior to LSU, she attended the University of Nebraska where she had an illustrious high school career as a two-time U.S. national team member, world champion, and all-around world champion. |
| 0:35.6 | At LSU, she has continued to elevate her performance |
| 0:38.4 | with not just precision and power, but with poise as well. And beyond the floor, she's building |
| 0:43.0 | a lasting brand that reflects who she is as both an athlete and a leader from Omaha, Nebraska. |
| 0:48.1 | Ladies and gentlemen, Miss Lexi, Zice. Lexi, how are we doing? Oh, so good. So good. I'm excited to be here. |
| 0:54.8 | Solid. |
| 0:55.3 | Yes. |
| 0:55.6 | We're glad to have you here as well. |
| 0:57.3 | And really jumping right into it, Lexi, I mean, looked at your high school accolades. |
| 1:03.3 | I'd still be reading if we had to go through all of those things. |
| 1:06.5 | But looking, have you had time to reflect back on your high school career and Reese really have it sink in? Has it sunk in yet that, man, like I really accomplished a lot at such a young age and at such a short period of time? |
| 1:21.2 | I mean, I think me and my parents kind of talked about it a little bit this last year. I gave my freshman year kind of time to just, like, move on to the next stage and not really look back, but I have looked back a little bit. It's pretty cool. I moved up to Minnesota to accomplish a lot of those things and I was able to do it. So it's pretty cool that I was able to like reach my dreams that honestly as a kid you don't think are possible but you want to be possible so yeah definitely |
| 1:44.7 | pretty cool yeah and you said too as well you know making that move from Nebraska up up to Minnesota |
| 1:51.3 | what was that transition like for you was it something where you know as you were younger were you |
| 1:56.2 | like hey I don't want to leave my friends or it was like hey I got a dream I got a goal if this is where we |
| 2:00.7 | got to go this is where we're going to go. |
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