The Strong New York Podcast

Being STRONG is more than just how much weight you can lift. The Strong New York Podcast is dedicated to inspiring you to become your strongest self- in the gym, in business, in relationships and in life. Join Kenny as he sits down with his strong as fuck buddies and shoots the shit on what it takes to be strong willed, strong minded and physically strong. Season one features everyone from entrepreneurs and local business owners to doctors and industry leaders in the fitness and wellness space. With over a decade of experience, Kenny Santucci has made himself known as one of New York City’s top trainers and a thought leader in the health and wellness industry. After transforming his life at 15 years old through fitness, Kenny made it his mission to transform the lives of those around him. Kenny has trained some of Hollywood’s biggest stars, including Jon Bon Jovi, Liev Schreiber, and Frank Ocean, and has been tapped as a fitness expert sharing his training approach with Men’s Health, Men’s Journal, Runner's World, SHAPE, Well+Good, among other publications. Kenny is the creator of STRONG New York, NYC's only Health and Fitness Expo. Strong New York is an immersive day of workouts, wellness experiences, panel discussions, and inspiring conversations with the best in-class wellness professionals, industry leaders, and change makers who are sharing their expertise on today's hottest wellness trends and first-hand experiences on how to optimize your overall health and life. You can find Kenny at The Strength Club, his private training and group strength training facility in the heart of Manhattan located on 28th and 5th Ave in New York City.

The Strong New York Podcast is a business podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 92 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Episode #93

  How the Legal System Failed Bruce Bryan

  Sep 9, 20261h 29m

  At 23, Bruce Bryan was arrested for a murder he didn't commit and sentenced to 37.5 years to life. It took 29 years — and a signature from Governor Kathy Hochul — for him to walk free. In this episode, Bruce joins Kenny to talk about the wrongful conviction that stole nearly three decades of his life — a crooked prosecutor, an unfit defense attorney, and years spent in Rikers Island and Sing Sing. But more than that, it's a conversation about mindset: how he refused to let prison define him, the difference between loneliness and being alone, and how books like Man's Search for Meaning helped him turn his cell into a classroom. Today, Bruce is a patent-holding inventor (Judge Score AI, built to help prevent wrongful convictions), a board member at the Jericho Project, and an advocate who now returns to Rikers to speak with the people the system forgot. This is a conversation about hope, discipline, and what it really means to be strong. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:17 Wrongfully Convicted at 23 08:32 “My Prosecutor Was Crooked” 14:17 The Brutal Reality of Rikers Island 19:02 Why Innocent People Plead Guilty 28:59 Building Winners Through Community 37:10 Discipline and the 29-Year Fight for Freedom 46:50 The Public Defender Who Couldn’t Defend Him 50:19 The Loneliness of Wrongful Imprisonment 53:28 Becoming a Thriver, Not Just a Survivor 59:55 Freedom After 29 Years 01:05:51 Materialism, Faith and What Really Matters 01:12:39 Creating Judge Score AI 01:17:42 Giving Back Through Fitness and Prison Reform 01:25:24 When Exoneration Comes Too Late Connect with Bruce Bryan Instagram: @bruce.bryan24 Connect with Kenny and Strong New York: Instagram: @kennysantucci Instagram: @strongnewyork Follow the Strong New York Podcast: Instagram: @strongnewyorkpod This episode is sponsored by: Celsius — the energy drink that fuels every Strong New York workout. Follow @celsiusofficial on Instagram for all the new flavors. Marek Health — optimize your hormones, recovery, and performance at marekhealth.com. Use code KENNY for 10% off Diagnostics, Supplements, and Guided Optimization. Founders Club — a trusted circle of 2,500+ builders across North America who share resources, open doors, and raise the bar for entrepreneurship. Learn more at FoundersClubOfficial.com. #wrongfulconvictions #brucebryan #strongnewyork

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  Episode #92

  Attachment Expert, Chris Davids on Why You Want Love but Can't Trust it

  Sep 2, 20261h 6m

  Kenny Santucci sits down with Chris Davids (@EvolvedByChris) — a former physician turned attachment coach who dated 300+ women after his divorce and grew his following from 0 to 300K in six months by telling the truth about relationships. They break down the anxious, avoidant, and disorganized attachment styles running most people's dating lives, why men and women process stress and "peace" completely differently, why chasing dopamine early kills relationships, and what women actually want from a man (hint: it's not his bank account). In this episode: The 3 attachment styles that predict how someone dates Why "honesty" in dating isn't about looks or money Dopamine vs. oxytocin — why the honeymoon phase always ends Why smart people still make terrible relationship decisions What women actually want from a man Connect with Chris Davids Instagram: @evolvedbychris Connect with Kenny and Strong New York: Instagram: @kennysantucci Instagram: @strongnewyork Follow the Strong New York Podcast: Instagram: @strongnewyorkpod 0:00 Intro 0:58 Why Dating Is Harder Than Ever 8:25 Chris’s Journey Into Relationship Coaching 11:50 Attachment Styles Explained: Anxious, Avoidant and Disorganized 18:58 Does Childhood Cause Avoidant Attachment? 24:41 Why You Cannot Love Someone Out of Avoidance 27:36 Avoidant Attachment vs. Narcissism 32:59 The Best First-Date Advice 37:19 How to Choose the Right Partner 41:21 Dopamine, the Honeymoon Phase and Why Feelings Fade 43:16 Friendship, Sacrifice and Compromise in Relationships 50:00 Why Smart People Make Bad Relationship Decisions 56:32 Why Relationships Should Be Run Like a Business 57:59 What Women Actually Want From Men 62:16 These are the Only Qualities Women Look for This episode is sponsored by: Celsius — the energy drink that fuels every Strong New York workout. Follow @celsiusofficial on Instagram for all the new flavors. Marek Health — optimize your hormones, recovery, and performance at marekhealth.com. Use code KENNY for 10% off Diagnostics, Supplements, and Guided Optimization. Founders Club — a trusted circle of 2,500+ builders across North America who share resources, open doors, and raise the bar for entrepreneurship. Learn more at FoundersClubOfficial.com. #attachmentstyles #attachment #strongnewyork

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  Episode #91

  Ben Greenfield Reveals The Dark Side of Biohacking That Almost Ruined His Life

  Aug 26, 20261h 12m

  Ben Greenfield built his life around mastering the human body, biohacking and optimizing performance with some of the most extreme methods possible. But behind the image of success, everything was beginning to fall apart. After nearly losing his marriage and family, one of the world’s leading biohackers was forced to confront a question no protocol could answer: What is optimization worth if it costs you everything that matters? Today, Kenny Santucci and Ben Greenfield discuss: - Extreme biohacks involving blood filtration, gene therapy and stem cells - The dangerous “shortcut mentality” taking over the biohacking industry - The three biohacks Ben believes can transform your health - How Biohacking almost ruined Ben Greenfields life 0:00 Intro 1:34 Ben Greenfield’s Biohacking Journey 6:44 Self-Preservation vs. Generational Legacy 8:24 Ben’s Daily Routine for Family and Faith 10:10 God, Spouse, Kids, Health and Business 11:51 What Ben Sacrificed to Change His Life 16:34 How Much Money Is Enough? 20:15 Faith, Infidelity and Almost Losing His Family 26:30 Why Success and Validation Become Addictive 28:22 Why Young Men Need a Rite of Passage 33:17 Ben Greenfield’s Parenting Philosophy 39:29 Fitness, Sleep and Nutrition Ranked 42:56 The Problem With GLP-1 Weight-Loss Drugs 44:43 Ben Greenfield's Three Most Important Biohacks 50:01 The Biohacking “Shortcut Industry” 51:24 How to Avoid 'Overhacking' Your Body 53:53 What Biohacking Actually Means 57:19 Biohacking Products That Don’t Work 63:44 Why Optimization Leaves People Unfulfilled 66:35 What’s Next for Ben Greenfield? 68:08 The Boundless Documentary For more raw, unfiltered and strong conversations, subscribe to Strong New York to never miss an upload. Follow us on Spotify for exclusive content: https://open.spotify.com/show/7aZJACuPsaawNIbWTHUkBp?si=bbc2dde469e44982 Connect with Ben Greenfield Instagram: @bengreenfieldfitness Connect with Kenny and Strong New York: Instagram: @kennysantucci Instagram: @strongnewyork Follow the Strong New York Podcast: Instagram: @strongnewyorkpod This episode is sponsored by: Celsius — the energy drink that fuels every Strong New York workout. Follow @celsiusofficial on Instagram for all the new flavors. Marek Health — optimize your hormones, recovery, and performance at marekhealth.com. Use code KENNY for 10% off Diagnostics, Supplements, and Guided Optimization. Founders Club — a trusted circle of 2,500+ builders across North America who share resources, open doors, and raise the bar for entrepreneurship. Learn more at FoundersClubOfficial.com. #biohacking #biohacks #bengreenfield

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  Episode #89

  UFC Championship Coach: Why Leaving Fighting is so Hard, Making Elite Fighters and MORE (Phil Daru)

  Aug 12, 202652 min

  Phil Daru has trained some of the biggest names in combat sports — Dustin Poirier, Amanda Nunes, and countless UFC and ONE Championship fighters — and built one of the most respected performance training brands in the game. In this episode, Kenny sits down with Phil to talk about the concussion that ended his pro fighting career, the framework he built at American Top Team that shaped how he coaches today, and how he's now applying those same principles to busy executives and entrepreneurs through his partnership with Marek Health. We get into readiness tracking and auto-regulation, why wrestling is the real foundation of great fighters, his Mount Rushmore of trainers, his brief stint in bodybuilding and powerlifting, and what he's building next — a certification course, a new HQ facility, a book, and a returning podcast. #PhilDaru #StrongNewYork #MMA #UFC #StrengthAndConditioning CONNECT: Follow Kenny: @kennysantucci Follow the Strong New York Podcast: @strongnewyorkpod Follow Phil Daru: @darustrong This episode is sponsored by: Celsius — the energy drink that fuels every Strong New York workout. Follow @celsiusofficial on Instagram for all the new flavors. Marek Health — optimize your hormones, recovery, and performance at marekhealth.com. Use code KENNY for 10% off Diagnostics, Supplements, and Guided Optimization. Founders Club — a trusted circle of 2,500+ builders across North America who share resources, open doors, and raise the bar for entrepreneurship. Learn more at FoundersClubOfficial.com. 00:00 – Intro: Welcome Phil Daru 01:30 – What makes Phil stand out after 20 years in the industry 04:15 – The 2-hour intake: understanding a client's true "why" 07:40 – Training fighters vs. training executives 10:20 – Readiness tracking: RPE, HRV, and the green/yellow/red system 13:00 – The concussion that ended his fighting career 16:45 – Opening his first gym at 22 while still fighting pro 20:10 – Scaling from an 800 sq ft gym to 11,000 sq ft 23:00 – Phil's Mount Rushmore of trainers 28:15 – Learning the conjugate method from Louie Simmons 32:00 – Making pro debut at 155 and the brutal weight cuts 36:30 – The final concussion and the decision to walk away 40:00 – Chasing the competitive itch: bodybuilding, Strongman, powerlifting 46:00 – Top 3 things every trainer needs to know 50:30 – Why wrestling is the real foundation of elite fighters 54:00 – Blocking out the noise: what separates elite fighters mentally 58:00 – Building Marek Health's performance division 1:02:00 – What's next: certification course, new HQ, book, and podcast 1:06:00 – Where to find Phil Daru

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  Episode #88

  This Mindset Shift Separates The 1% from Everyone Else | Giovanni Vaccaro

  Aug 5, 20261h 13m

  On this episode of the Strong New York Podcast, host Kenny Santucci sits down with Giovanni Vaccaro — co-founder of Glamsquad, an on-demand beauty service platform and founder of Peak Mode Coaching, his high-performance coaching business for executives, founders, and entrepreneurs. Strength isn't just something you build in the gym — it's a mindset. Giovanni breaks down his journey from shampooing hair 25-30 times a day at a top Manhattan salon to building a beauty-tech company from the ground up, and the mental toughness, discipline, and "radical responsibility" that took him from stylist to CEO to executive coach. This one is packed with lessons on staying strong through setbacks, building unshakable habits, and why nobody is coming to save you. In this episode: - Growing up in an immigrant Italian family and the blue-collar work ethic that shaped him - Paying his dues: 2.5 years shampooing hair before ever touching scissors - The "light bulb" moment that led to founding Glamsquad - Building the mental strength to shift his identity from "hairstylist" to "entrepreneur" - Why imposter syndrome is actually a sign of strength, not weakness - Hiring for your weaknesses and killing the "self-made" myth - Glamsquad's near-collapse during COVID — and the strength it took to rebuild - His non-negotiable 5am routine: meditation, prayer, gratitude, training - Training for his first marathon and the obsession behind elite performance - The 3 things every strong, high performer has in common - "No one's coming to save you" — radical responsibility and ditching the victim mindset - Why he started Peak Mode Coaching and how identity-first coaching builds mental strength Chapters: 0:00 – Intro: Radical responsibility & don't play the victim 2:10 – Welcome Giovanni Vaccaro + Strong New York 10th Anniversary 4:00 – Growing up Italian, working for his father, discovering the salon world 8:15 – Telling his dad he wanted to be a hairdresser 10:00 – Starting at the bottom: 2.5 years to become a stylist 14:30 – Building a client book & why every person is an opportunity 18:00 – The Glamsquad "light bulb" moment 22:00 – Shifting identity from stylist to entrepreneur 25:30 – Imposter syndrome as a sign you're playing a bigger game 28:00 – The power of a great business partner 32:00 – Hiring for your weaknesses, not your ego 36:00 – Launching Glamsquad & the slow build to viral growth 41:00 – What makes a great Glamsquad pro (and the hiring process) 45:00 – Money vs. purpose: what really drives high performers 50:00 – His 5am routine: meditation, prayer, gratitude, cold plunge 55:00 – Training for his first marathon & building mental strength 59:00 – The 3 non-negotiables of every strong, high performer 1:03:00 – "No one's coming to save you" — radical ownership 1:08:00 – Losing weight at 13 and the discipline that followed 1:14:00 – Glamsquads' worst year (COVID) and the rebuild 1:18:00 – Why he started Peak Mode Coaching 1:23:00 – Identity-first coaching & closing thoughts CONNECT: Follow Kenny: @kennysantucci Follow the Strong New York Podcast: @strongnewyorkpod Follow Giovanni Vaccaro: @giovannivaccaro #GlamSquad #EntrepreneurMindset #Selfimprovement This episode is sponsored by: Celsius — the energy drink that fuels every Strong New York workout. Follow @celsiusofficial on Instagram for all the new flavors. Marek Health — optimize your hormones, recovery, and performance at marekhealth.com. Use code KENNY for 10% off Diagnostics, Supplements, and Guided Optimization. Founders Club — a trusted circle of 2,500+ builders across North America who share resources, open doors, and raise the bar for entrepreneurship. Learn more at FoundersClubOfficial.com.

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