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#357 A 40 Year Strength Vet's Warning... | Chris Vachio

Dave Tate's Table Talk

Dave Tate

Fitness, Health & Fitness

4.9586 Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2025

⏱️ 147 minutes

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We welcome Chris Vachio to this episode of Dave Tate's Table Talk Podcast!

 

Chris Vachio has been training with purpose for over 40 years. A true veteran of the iron game, Chris started lifting in the early '80s and hasn't let up since. He first made his mark in the 1990s, dabbling in both bodybuilding and powerlifting, but it was Strongman that ultimately became his long-term passion.

 

For the past 16 years, Chris has dedicated himself to competing in and promoting Strongman events across the country. As a competitor, he's known for his grit, consistency, and old-school training mindset. As a promoter, Chris has earned widespread respect for running top-tier contests that are both lifter-focused and well-organized—helping grow the sport from the grassroots level up.

 

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0:00.0

It's you against the events more so than you against the other people.

0:03.3

You want to win, but you want to win because you were stronger, because you were better,

0:08.0

because you prepared better, as opposed to winning because they made a mistake.

0:13.2

It allows you to be supportive of other people because it's you in the event.

0:18.0

What?

0:23.6

I'm just like, if you have a broken, doesn't qualify? Oh my God.

0:25.6

Uncumcised.

0:27.6

I broke my...

0:28.6

You know, it's crooked.

0:31.6

Does it qualify?

0:33.6

Okay, I'm gonna stop.

0:36.6

Oh, yeah, I'm going to stop.

0:51.4

All right.

0:52.7

All right. All right.

0:52.8

All right. My guest is Chris Vasio're back with another episode of Table Talk.

0:54.6

Today, my guest is Chris Vasio.

0:56.9

Say that right?

0:57.6

Yep.

0:58.2

All right.

0:58.7

I'll be co-hosting again.

1:01.3

Before I get, I'll just state that you're a veteran strength athlete with over 40 years experience.

1:07.2

And I'm going to, yeah, I'm going to jump off with a question before we kind of get into how you got into all this stuff that I know you've been asked before. We've all been asked this before. But this one hits a little bit different because yesterday somebody sent me a YouTube video was one of the West Side training videos and I was doing my dynamic look in there.

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