Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago

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Chapters
00:00 | Intro
00:20 | Welcome Steve Cardillo
05:15 | Unconventional Athlete Training
07:02 | Good Coaching & The Future of Fitness
14:00 | Gyms have changed
18:58 | Childhood and Parenting
23:30 | Switching from education to construction
28:46 | Starting up ANC and the pump belt
35:14 | Dealing with disappointments and negativity
42:27 | Social Media & Cardillo’s weight belt business
48:00 | Professional wrestling’s effects on wrestler’s bodies
52:55 | Life after the belt business & being on TV
58:04 | Steve on politics
1:01:00 | More on gyms
1:05:04 | Steve’s daily routine, One Night in Millstreet
1:10:50 | Who would you have lunch with?
1:12:25 | Outro


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