He walked away from college football — not because he gave up, but because he woke up to a deeper calling.

In this episode, I sit down with a former D1 athlete who left the game to pursue music, purpose, and God’s plan over people’s expectations. We talk faith, fear, discipline, and what it really means to pivot from identity to obedience.

This episode is for anyone who’s been feeling the pull — to leave the familiar, to chase the unseen, to follow purpose over platform.

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🎧 What You’ll Hear:

• Why he left football at the height of his career
• How music became more than a hobby
• The mental + spiritual battle of choosing purpose
• What faith looks like when no one claps for your decisions
• Encouragement for creatives, dreamers, and those in transition
• Signature sign-off:
  Two feet down. One head up.
  143 🫶🏾

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🗣 Quote from the Episode:
“Sometimes obedience looks like walking away — even when it doesn’t make sense to anyone else.”

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A quiet reminder for the ones healing in silence.

In this solo episode, Kyle shares what it means to stay consistent, faithful, and committed when your progress goes unseen. He opens up about his personal testimony — rebuilding through injury, heartbreak, and seasons of emotional silence — and how God met him there.

This is for anyone who’s tired, overlooked, or tempted to quit just because it feels like no one is clapping. Your quiet progress still counts.

Includes:

• Kyle’s personal healing journey
• Spiritual reflection on Galatians 6:9
• “Rep for the Soul” encouragement
• Weekly gym tip
• Journal-style open-ended questions

Progress in private is still progress. Keep showing up.
and always… 143 🫶🏾

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This 5-minute solo drop is a quiet reminder that progress isn’t always loud.

Host Kyle Pinnix speaks into the silence of self-doubt, discouragement, and emotional fatigue — and reminds us that showing up in the dark still counts.

Includes a faith-based reflection, and a Rep for the Soul to carry into your week.

You’re not falling behind. You’re still building.

And always… 143 🫶🏾

In this powerful installment of Building Through Strength, host Kyle Pinnix sits down solo with Trooper Wright—a high school football player who lost half of his arm in a four-wheeler accident yet refused to hang up his cleats. Trooper shares the raw details of that life-altering day, the mental and spiritual battles that followed, and what it takes to step back onto the field when the odds feel stacked against you.

Join us as we explore:

• The accident & aftermath: How Trooper processed shock, doubt, and grief.
• Choosing action over defeat: The moment he decided to fight for his dream of playing college ball.
• Redefining strength: Why true resilience is rooted in purpose, faith, and relentless hope.
• Life beyond injury: What he wants every athlete—or anyone facing setbacks—to know about moving forward.

Plus, a practical Weight Room Tip for training through emotional weight, and this week’s Rep for the Soul:

Tune in and be inspired by a story that proves you can build forward, no matter what life takes away.

In this solo episode, Kyle Pinnix opens up about what it looks like to show up strong on the outside — while grieving silently on the inside.

He shares how the gym became a space to escape emotional pain, and how that turned into a false version of strength. This one is raw, real, and filled with truth for anyone who has ever carried silent weight.

Includes: a practical weightlifting tip for controlled emotional training and a closing Rep for the Soul that speaks straight to your healing process.

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Not all grief is obvious.

Some of it lives in the quiet — the breakup you chose but still think about, the dream that didn’t work out, the version of yourself you’ll never get back.

In this short but powerful mini session, Kyle Pinnix speaks to the kind of grief people don’t talk about. The kind you carry into the gym. The kind that follows you into your silence.

This episode is a reminder that your grief is real, even if it doesn’t make sense to anyone else.

You’re not weak for still feeling it — you’re healing.

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In this episode of Building Through Strength, host Kyle Pinnix sits down with Max Pulley — an All-Conference Division 1 safety, spiritual leader, and teammate — to talk about what it really means to walk by faith in high-performance environments.

Max shares how his relationship with God has shaped his approach to football, identity, pressure, and purpose. From locker room leadership to personal discipline, this conversation dives deep into how faith stays steady even when everything around you is shifting.

Whether you’re an athlete, a believer, or someone trying to stay grounded in a loud world, this episode will challenge and encourage you.

Topics Covered:

• Balancing faith and performance
• Finding identity beyond the game
• Leading spiritually as a teammate
• Staying rooted when life gets loud

Rep for the Soul:
“What do you mean, ‘If I can’?” Jesus asked. “Anything is possible if a person believes.” The father instantly cried out, “I do believe, but help me overcome my unbelief!”
‭‭Mark‬ ‭9‬:‭23‬-‭24‬ ‭NLT‬‬