459: Sustainable Fat Loss, Strength Training & How to Crave Workouts with Kenny Santucci
Well with Arielle Lorre
Dear Media, Arielle Lorre
4.8 • 4.2K Ratings
🗓️ 25 May 2026
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Kenny Santucci is a fitness trainer, founder of Strong New York, Strength Club, host of Strong AF podcast and one of my favorite people to talk wellness with because he genuinely tells it like it is. In a space full of extremes, gimmicks, and overcomplicated advice, Kenny has a very practical approach to fitness, nutrition, and building a body that actually feels good long term.
In this episode, we break down what people get wrong about weight loss, why eating less can sometimes make fat loss harder, and how to create a sustainable routine that doesn’t completely take over your life. We talk about everything from the ideal workout split and the best forms of cardio to flexible dieting, GLP-1s, walking, processed foods, and how to actually build muscle without burning yourself out.
Kenny also explains why so many people sabotage their own progress, how to start craving workouts instead of forcing them, and the difference between training for aesthetics versus longevity and overall health. This episode is packed with straightforward, no-BS advice that’s actually realistic to apply.
We discuss:
* The best time of day to work out
* Heavy weights vs. lighter weights and higher reps
* The ideal workout breakdown for results
* Why most diets fail
* Flexible dieting and sustainable fat loss
* How to actually build muscle
* The real benefits of walking
* What sabotages most people’s fitness progress
* Why eating too little can backfire
* GLP-1s and weight loss drugs
* The best types of cardio
* How to order at restaurants without obsessing
* Hyper-processed foods and modern eating habits
* Cold plunges, saunas, and recovery tools
* How to make workouts something you actually crave
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast is a dear media production. |
| 0:05.8 | This is Well, a podcast about wellness in all its forms. |
| 0:10.0 | I'm Ariel Laurie, and each week I'm sharing unfiltered conversations with people shaping how we feel, live, and look. |
| 0:17.2 | Come for the substance, stay for the honesty, and leave with the tools to be well, inside and out. |
| 0:26.6 | Today, I have one of my favorite guests back for a long overdue part two. I am talking about |
| 0:33.4 | Kenny Santucci. I'm sure a lot of you are familiar with him. He is a fitness expert. He's an |
| 0:39.0 | entrepreneur. He's the founder of Strong New York. He hosts the Strong New York podcast, |
| 0:44.4 | which has become a huge voice in the New York City fitness scene. He also owns Strength Club, |
| 0:50.1 | gyms in New York and New Jersey. And he has spent over 15 years helping people completely |
| 0:55.4 | transform the way they train, eat, and approach their health in a way that's actually |
| 0:59.6 | sustainable. And I have to say he's one of my favorite people because he really tells it |
| 1:04.7 | like it is. He really makes me laugh, which you'll hear in this episode, because he just doesn't |
| 1:08.7 | sugarcoat anything. And he delivers his message with |
| 1:11.7 | that like signature New York, no BS kind of delivery, which I appreciate so much in a space that's |
| 1:20.1 | become so full of extremes, full of misinformation, full of quick fixes, saying whatever is |
| 1:26.4 | trendy or sexy. He's just very direct, but it always comes |
| 1:29.9 | from a place of genuinely wanting people to get results and feel better without making themselves |
| 1:35.5 | miserable in the process. And I have to say that I went to train with him after we recorded this. |
| 1:40.4 | And he genuinely does care. Like he lives and breathes his work because he wants people to be |
| 1:47.5 | the best that they can be. And he pushed me, but he also listened to me when I was hitting my |
| 1:53.3 | limits and we appreciate that. We love a tough man who is also going to listen to us and |
| 2:00.3 | respect our bodies. And that is Kenny. So in this |
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