KRISTEN REILLY

Today I speak with IFBB Pro Kristen Reilly. She was born and
raised in Northern New Jersey and grew up with a super
active/athletic background. She played almost every sport you can
think of, but never really fell in love with anything except for
horseback riding. Before her fitness/bodybuilding career, she
poured her heart and soul into horses and competing in the show
jumping arena. This was her life from the age of 7-28. She came
to a point in life where she had to put riding on hold and that
is when she decided to put all her energy into fitness and
bodybuilding. 


 


She started lifting weights around 2013 and began competing in
2018 when she won the overall at her first show. She fell in love
with the sport after that and eventually went on to compete at
the national level, earning her Pro card in 2022 at NPC Universe.


 


She was married at a young age and it was an extremely toxic
relationship. She hit rock bottom and felt alone, worthless and
extremely depressed. Until one day she said NO MORE and left. She
put all her energy into the gym and fitness and it truly saved
her. She is now remarried to another competitor. He won his Pro
card in Classic Physique art the same show as Kristen! Outside of
fitness and bodybuilding she is a full time hair stylists. She
owns a private studio in New Jersey where she specialize in hand
tied hair extensions and natural looking hair color.


 


Topics covered include:


-toxic marriage/relationship


-depression and low self esteem


-binge eating after shows


-dangers of comparison


-finding your soul mate


-developing discipline


-prep versus improvement season


-having a love of fashion


-working as a hair stylist


 


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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kristenmreilly/


Hair IG: https://www.instagram.com/kristenmariehair/


 


TIME STAMPS


1:00 introduction


4:20 competing as a Pro for the first time


8:38 bodybuilding journey with her husband


11:03 being in a toxic relationship with previous husband 


17:35 getting into fitness and developing discipline


19:30 working through bingeing tendencies


27:19 dealing with depressions and low self esteem


35:09 current focus and goals


40:45 fashion tips and styling choices for different seasons


44:20 passions and goals outside of bodybuilding


52:40 why she started competing 


57:02 advice for competitors 


 


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