The Five Pillars of Health, Marriage, and Fatherhood Every Man Needs ft. Heath & Chrissy Evans

The Dad Edge Podcast

Larry Hagner

Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of the Dad Edge Podcast, I sit down with Super Bowl Champion Heath Evans and his wife Chrissy, a powerhouse couple raising six kids—four of them adopted siblings—and leading with faith, love, and intentionality. Beyond the NFL career and business ventures, their mission is about adoption, marriage, and creating a Christ-centered home where safety, strength, and sacrificial love are at the core.

We dive deep into adoption, marriage dynamics, leadership in the home, and the foundation of their health and fitness business, Built Ready. From why safety is the #1 need of every woman to the five pillars of a man's health (holiness, hydration, rest, workouts, and nutrition), this conversation challenges cultural norms and inspires fathers to lead with faith, humility, and strength.

TIMELINE SUMMARY

[0:00] - Welcome to the Dad Edge and today's guests: Heath and Chrissy Evans

[1:48] - Heath's NFL career and transition to family and faith

[2:13] - Raising six kids, including four adopted siblings

[6:00] - Their calling to adoption and the heart behind Bethesda Ranch

[7:30] - The struggles of sibling adoption and God's faithfulness in their journey

[9:00] - The fatherless crisis and why the church must step up

[11:00] - Fatherless home statistics and their generational impact

[12:12] - Why a great dad is usually also a great husband

[13:28] - Prioritizing marriage first to create security for kids

[14:07] - Modeling unity in front of children and avoiding division

[15:52] - Why parenting flows from the strength of your marriage

[16:44] - Larry's son joins the conversation and a powerful NFL-to-dad lesson

[19:00] - Talking faith and fears with kids—real conversations that matter

[22:00] - Teaching kids reverence and the holiness of God

[24:11] - Why Scripture, not worldly wisdom, is the anchor for parenting

[25:24] - Chrissy shares what it feels like to be married to a man deeply rooted in Christ

[26:15] - Safety as a wife's greatest need: emotional, spiritual, financial, and relational

[29:00] - Respect, appreciation, affection for men vs. being seen, heard, and safe for women

[31:15] - The power of forgiveness and humility in marriage

[32:07] - Why true security comes from Christ, not success or performance

[36:11] - Chrissy's reflections on submission, teamwork, and balance in marriage

[40:20] - Heath's analogy of submarine leadership and servant-hearted strength

[43:18] - The danger of self-reliance vs. dependence on Christ

[46:23] - Why brokenness is often the beginning of real faith

[49:23] - Built Ready's five pillars: holiness, hydration, rest, workout, and nutrition

[53:05] - Why rest is non-negotiable for fathers and leaders

[54:24] - Nutrition as stewardship, not idolatry

[56:18] - Their supplement line and why A2 protein makes it unique

[58:41] - Closing reflections and the Evans' heart for faith, family, and service

5 KEY TAKEAWAYS

1. Safety Is the Cornerstone of Marriage

Chrissy powerfully explains that true safety goes beyond physical protection—it includes emotional, financial, spiritual, and relational security. When women feel safe, marriage flourishes.

2. Adoption Is God's Heart in Action

The Evans adopted four siblings to keep them together, living out God's call to be a "father to the fatherless" and modeling how faith drives family decisions.

3. Marriage First, Parenting Second

Strong marriages create strong families. Kids thrive when they see their parents united, affectionate, and committed to one another before all else.

4. Leadership Is Servanthood

Heath challenges men to rethink leadership—not as dominance, but as sacrificial love modeled by Christ. True strength is found in humility, service, and faith.

5. The Five Pillars of Health

Built Ready's framework—holiness, hydration, rest, workouts, and nutrition—shows why spiritual health must lead the way, with physical health supporting a man's mission to love and serve well.

LINKS & RESOURCES

Built Ready Health & Fitness: https://builtready.com
Chrissy Evans (Weight Loss Hero): https://weightlosshero.com
Heath Evans on Instagram: https://instagram.com/heath_evans44
Chrissy Evans on Instagram: https://instagram.com/weightlosshero
Contact Heath: heath@builtready.com
Contact Chrissy: chrissy@weightlosshero.com
Dad Edge Podcast Website: https://www.thedadedge.com/podcast
Join The Alliance: https://www.thedadedge.com/alliance
25 Questions to Spark Connection With Your Partner: https://www.thedadedge.com/25questions

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Dad Edge podcast. The Dad Edge movement creates leaders of men, leaders of families, and leaders of communities. We will not only impact this generation of fathers, but the next generation as well. The kids we are raising will have better chances and odds stacked in their favor because of the amazing example
0:21.2	that their fathers emulated for them. We are here to change the world. We are here to change
0:27.6	relationships. We are here to positively disrupt this generation of fathers so no man goes to their
0:33.6	grave with regret. We disrupt the drift of busyness and replace it with razor-focused intention,
0:40.3	passion, purpose, and direction.
0:43.7	We are the Dad Edge,
0:45.7	and we're here to change the game.
0:47.8	We're here to change the game.
1:09.3	I don't know. So what happens when you get a Super Bowl champion in his wife that decide that life is more about trophies, it's more about highlights, and it's more about stats.
1:12.1	You get Heath and Chrissy Evans,
1:16.0	and that is today's podcast. Gentlemen, what's going on? My name is Larry Hagner. I'm the founder of this podcast, the Dad Edge podcast. I'm also the founder of the Dad Edge Alliance. That's our
1:20.2	mastermind for career dads who refuse to settle. And I have founded the Dad Edge Boardroom,
1:25.9	which is our elite business brotherhood for business owners that want to lead at the highest level and without sacrificing anything that they do at home.
1:35.3	So in other words, they're leading empires, they're building empires, they're building teams, they're leading teams, but they refuse to allow their business to get in the way of their most important relationships,
1:45.3	with important relationship with their wife, their kids, and even themselves.
1:48.6	That's what we do in the Dad Edge Business Boardroom.
1:51.5	Gentlemen, Heath, Evans, he spent 10 years in the NFL lining up his fullback for the Seahawks,
1:57.5	for the Patriots, the Dolphins, and the Saints, even to hoist up the Lombardi
2:01.2	trophy in New Orleans.
2:02.7	But today, if you ask him what matters most, it's actually not football.
2:07.0	It's faith, it's family, and it's a mission that goes way beyond professional sports.
2:13.0	Together, he and his wife, Chrissy, have raised six kids.
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