Chasing Edges

Dose Khan is performance coach and the owner of Khango Gym in Houston, Texas. He has trained a long list of superstars, Andre Johnson, Deandre Hopkins, James Harden, Arian Foster and the list goes on. Dose and Brian dive into the training tactics and strategies they use to train and logic and experimentation it takes to hone these methods. Dose talks deeply on the mindset and grit it took to start a gym after having to start from scratch after early success at a previous facility. He articulates the power of keeping a no excuses mindset and the power of waking up early and being consistent. He elaborates on what he has learned from the All Stars he has trained and the power of creating purpose in your work. Also covered are the edges of keeping an open mind and keeping ego out of training, as well as the power of mentorship and helping others. Enjoy!

Eric Kendricks is an active NFL linebacker with the Minnesota Vikings, a 7 year veteran and Pro-Bowler. He and Brian chop it up about training and recovery tactics, finding peace through mental skills, therapy, curiosity, and driving for meditation. He touches on the leaning curve and wisdom it takes to be successful every year in the NFL, and chess games played on the field. The boys also dive into their passion for art, cars, and learning from others. Eric closes out talking about how he chasing edges in his relationship with his girlfriend. Hope you enjoy!

Darleen Santore is a mental skills coach to professional athletes and high performing business executives. She is a hope dealer with a background in psychology, neuro, and spent time as an occupational therapist. Coach Dar helps her clients develop perspective, emotional agility, mental resilience, mental skills, and their tribe. She is an eternally curious human that oozes positivity and optimism. We dive deep in this podcast on the woes of mental health awareness, shedding identity, developing focus and mental resiliency. We talk on ways to combat depression, loneliness, and suicide. It is a juicy conversation that covers developing momentum in your life, how to ride the wave of life, and the necessity of community and keeping a supportive tribe. Enjoy!

Will Compton is an 8 year NFL vet and Co-Host of the Bussin' with the Boys podcast with Taylor Lewan. He talks on creating a successful podcast, the perseverance, balance, and intention it takes maintain a career in the NFL. He dives into the power sports psychology had on his game. Will also speaks on the process of free agency and how to leverage your experience and network while he covers his journey from practice squad player to starting middle linebacker calling the shots and the twists and turns his football career has taken since then. You'll hear heavy themes of commitment, curiosity, self work, awareness, and work ethic from "the working man's NFL Linebacker"

Nate Ebner is a 3x Super Bowl Champion, 10 year NFL veteran, and an Olympian with the USA Rugby 7s Team and author of Finish Strong: A father's code, and a son's path. He gives great insights into the mental and physical framework he applies to overcome anything that stands in front of him. He talks on his upbringing and the blue collar confidence instilled in him by his father. Nate articulates the logic of controlling what you can and going all in to avoid dealing with regret. He talks on his years with the Patriots and the culture there under Head Coach Bill Belichick as well as the physical and mental battle to make the 2016 Olympic Rugby Team. He speaks on the power of what true commitment, sacrifice, and conviction mean to him. Powerful look at the way he's built confidence and maintained his focus to excel as a professional athlete for a decade.

Dr. Eric Serrano is an unconventional general medicine practitioner that works with a range of elite professional athletes as well as the every man/woman at his practice. He is an incredible mind and learner in the world of sport performance and supplementation. Dr. Serrano has formulated supplements for Beverly International, MusclePharm, and Infinity Fitness, and many others. He is fluent in various manual therapies, as well as blood work analysis. He is widely regarded as a Go To unconventional problem solver in the medical field, merging the macro and micro views of health and performance to generate solutions. On this podcast he addresses physical and mental health approaches to medicine and diet, intro to blood work, necessary vitamins, benefits of breathing properly, and different strength training methods and ways to evaluate athletes.

9 yr NFL vet, All Pro Linebacker, Brian Cushing discusses how he developed his passion and standards of play and violence on the football field, and in life. A powerful conversation on why the game is so important to him. He elaborates on the boundaries he developed around the game and the field, and the powerful importance to protect the right to play in the NFL and the commitment he demanded from himself and his teammates. He talks about never being out violenced and maintaining his level of play in practice. He talks about transitioning from the NFL. How he left it all on the field, how JiuJitsu helped him transition, and his change from playing to coaching with the Houston Texans, and now coaching his sons. He touches on some of his parenting methods with his boys. Then, Brian also dives into his journey through 27 surgeries and 9 years in the NFL, elaborating on the training methods and recovery methods that helped him protect the dream and his 56 locker. This leads into training to callous the mind and live optimally after football, and the righteous quest to never be average. The boys touch lightly on JiuJitsu, supplements, advice and frustrations for other players, as well as a case to ban the words lucky and genetic freak from the game of football. Phenomenal conversation with an elite mindset for success and pursing more out of mind, body, and life.

Cory Gregory talks with Brian about how his crazy structure and history have built confidence and bred elite results. He goes in depth on the importance of boundaries, focus, confidence, and consistency. They talk deeper on facing failure and developing grit. How he separates himself and how he built the life and career he wanted without an example to follow. He's a coal miner turned fitness competitor & entrepreneur. Cory speaks on his pursuit of chasing edges in diets and workouts he has experimented with and created during his 20+ year career in the fitness world while competing in bodybuilding and powerlifting, as well as creating multiple supplement companies and gracing the covers of double digit magazine covers. He treats himself as a constant experiment and is incredibly passionate about his life, his work, and his weights. Juicy podcast! Enjoy!

Cory is the co-owner of Max Effort Muscle Supplement Company (maxeffortmuscle.com) and Old School Gym (joinarealgym.com) He's based out of Granville, Ohio. He also is a brand in and of himself, as the owner of Cory G Fitness where he provides work out plans and diet plans as well as video content and educational videos. He also has his own podcast platform, the Lunge & Learn Network where he is featured on Daily Fire and The Round Table Podcast.

Brian Peters

Northwestern University 2007-2011

Degree in Learning Organizational Change as well as Integrated Marketing & Communications

Masters in Sports Marketing 2012

1st Team All Big Ten Safety and Captain of the football team.

Professional Football Teams Played For:

Iowa Barnstormers (2012) Arena Football League

Omaha Nighthawks (2012) United Football League

Saskatchewan Roughriders (2012-14) Canadian Football League

2013 Grey Cup Champion in the CFL with the Roughriders

Minnesota Vikings (2015) NFL

Houston Texans (2015-2018) NFL

Was elected team captain in 2018

Co-Founder of the Mindstrong Project (Mental Skills and Breath Work Coaching for professional athletes and organizations.