A little chat with Stanley Phan - Owner and head trainer of Ten Kicks Gym in Seattle.

I wanted to know why he's adding ANOTHER thing onto his plate - a zero payout in-house event (kumite - sparring to test skills) on top of the 30+ classes that's happening at the gym weekly. All the while constantly giving individualized feedback, tips, personal conversations, organizing pro and amateur fights, setting up the quarterly smoker, and getting 10+ KD on Black Ops 7 ruining our lobbies.

I've got coach Erica Horne from Highland Fitness & Performance to share how she puts January newbies on the path to success. It's simpler than it seems to break the designed to fail culture of social media and doom scrolling. Erica shares nuggets of wisdom from her years of experience as a trainer and coach about how to approach a healthier life for those who've missed their resolution goals years and years again while I distract her with random stories.

Why do people keep doing resolutions that they know they won't achieve? Then repeat the cycle of disappointing yourself and slog through the year? I'm sharing some of my own discoveries, processes, and developments in how I'm stumbling through and continuing to find ways of going after my goals. Also psst, next episode will have someone much smarter than myself to give you their professional perspective on the dreaded new years resolutions shenanigans.