Chris & Friends

In this episode, I share a few of my experiences as a high school football coach (both good and bad) and also read a few passages from Bill Walsh’s classic book Finding the Winning Edge.

If you are i…

In this episode, I sit down with Kevin Branco who is running for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 131.

Over the 60 minute conversation we cover a lot of topics and information. The …

I ran into a guy this week who experienced a huge weight gain during the lockdowns. This man had a slight frame and went from 130-something to over 180 pounds. Packing on 50 pounds (roughly 40% of hi…

In this episode, I share four principles outlined in the Ben Franklin biography written by Walter Isaacson.

These four principles stand the test of time and can be summed up in the following: Get out…

In this video I share a quick story from a conversation that I had with my friend Frank Donley ( @Anti Frail  and  @Frank Donley ).

As we both experiment with different ways to boost our health and o…

In this video I share my thoughts on the bonds that are created in childhood will most likely last a lifetime.

Your childhood friends have you seen at your worst, have seen you at your best, and went…

In this episode I share a conversation that I had with a friend recently regarding eating. While at a party I was asked, “still doing that health thing, huh?” I answered yes, I believe I am and from …

In this episode, I share some research data from The Aspen Institute in regards to sport participation in our country.

Since 2012, a large percentage of kids stopped playing sports. During this time,…

“Prepare your child for the road, not the road for your child”.

In this episode I share a little bit of the sadness I’m feeling sending our daughter off to school while at the same time trying to kee…

With every conversation, I feel that Steven's list of credentials expands. He is a former NCAA athlete who currently serves as a Graduate Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach at East Stroudsburg U…

Last week I read a great story from an author who visited a world class equestrian training facility.

As he went to view a training session of these beautiful thoroughbreds, he thought he was going t…

In this episode I chat with a childhood friend Pastor Matthew Gorkos. The discussion we had centered around finding purpose and creating positive environments for everyone that we encounter. For Matt…

The small town where I grew up, the school that I attended and the place where I spent years coaching, has had to deal with a lot of loss.

For me, it is the loss of peers. The loss of a few friends. …

In a country where sport participation and physical activity is plummeting, why are we cutting kids from team sports?

Take a look around at the sidelines of the next high school game you go to. You w…

The great Martin Luther King Jr once said that there is a civil war going on inside all of us. There is the fight between doing what’s right and doing what is easy.

In the same light, there is a pers…

"I just want to see what it is like to kill someone"

Alarming words out of the mouth of anyone but when you hear an 8 year old say it, it really makes you scratch your head and wonder.

There is the o…

If you are anything like me, sometimes you just have a need for speed!

In this episode, I share some ideas on how to add sprints into your current training program.

There may come a time in your life…

In this episode I share a few topics of discussion that got brought up this week at the gym. Most of these talks revolved around doing the best we can as dads trying to juggle parenting, work, your s…