The Work Podcast Episode 39 - Merry Christmas!

This week we’re coming off a solid crew Christmas party with the Keto Savage crew—good food, good company, and a surprisingly competitive keto dessert showdown. We talk through some of the highlights, including a few creative “brick-based” desserts, cast-iron chaos baking, and why consistency always beats perfection, even when you’re experimenting in the kitchen.

We also get into holiday logistics around the office—skeleton crew operations, shipping timelines, inventory drops, and how we’re handling fulfillment with people traveling. If you’re placing orders this week, everything will go out as soon as we’re back in the normal workflow, so appreciate everyone’s patience around the holidays.

On the training side, we break down how things are progressing right now—strength is climbing, bodyweight is stable, and offseason macros are doing their job. We talk deloads, CNS fatigue, training while traveling, and why listening to objective performance markers matters more than just “feeling tired.” There’s also some discussion around trail running, endurance work, and getting prepped for upcoming challenges like the mud run.

Nutrition-wise, we dig into fasting protocols, including multi-day fasts, water vs. dry fasting, and why neither of us uses fasting as a fat-loss tool. For us, it’s about cognitive reset, gut health, and long-term sustainability—never starvation. We also talk through how higher intake, consistent training, and repeatable food choices remove decision fatigue and make progress inevitable.

We wrap things up with a broader mindset conversation heading into the new year—why we don’t really believe in “resolutions,” why progress is the most motivating force there is, and how committing to small daily actions compounds over time. Whether it’s training, nutrition, business, or relationships, you’re either moving forward or falling behind—so focus on something you can execute every single day and build from there.

Merry Christmas, happy holidays, and we’ll see you heading into World Carnivore Month and the start of another strong year.

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