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.

A message from a friend saying she hurt her back after first day of training returning from a multi-year break brought back up a topic that's been a real issue since the pandemic. Take it easy is easier said than done, and is not as straight forward as it sounds.

Sworn is a rogue-like co-op game that's supposedly way-too-similar to Hades but allows for multi-player. As with many rogue-likes, it has its shares of frustrations, but more-so it has some uh, interesting bugs adding to the mix. Have you played?

Zombie mode has been out a while and this decision to make PvE modes might save some of the remaining player base? For anyone that hasn't beaten Nightmare VI level of Zombie Mode, there are some tips towards the end of this episode.

If you haven't played it, you still have a week or so to give it a go, it's pretty fun (and mindless below Nightmare III).