Forge Virtue Podcast

Tomas Mones-Cazon
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Tomas Mones-Cazon went from a skinny, screen-glued kid during Covid to competitive powerlifter, traditional Catholic, and founder of Fit for the Kingdom. A dairy farmer, theology student, husband, and father, he tackles a problem he kept seeing: men who are spiritually serious but physically weak, or physically strong but spiritually empty. Here we put it together: training the body, drawing on 2,000 years of Church tradition, and building an interior life that holds up when life gets hard. Long-form theology, training philosophy, and honest conversations. Links: https://forgevirtue.com/links

  1. 1d ago

    3 Stages of Beating Lust (What Chastity Actually Is)

    1:1 Coaching: If you're tired of knowing exactly what you need to do and still not doing it, apply to work with me directly. → https://forgevirtue.com/ 30 Days of Chastity Challenge: Join a brotherhood of 3 to 9 men this November, check in daily, and get a new gem from scripture, the Church Fathers, and theology of the body every morning. Sign up here. → https://fftkingdom.com/ When we launched the 30 Days of Chastity Challenge, the response on X caught me off guard. Men asked whether it meant they couldn't have sex with their wives. Others called it more Christian puritanical suppression of desire. Most men have never been taught what chastity actually is. I believe a proper understanding of human sexuality and the theology of the body is what our culture will live or die upon. Get it wrong here and it shows up everywhere else: in the family, in education, in the laws. In this episode I go back to the Sermon on the Mount, where Christ says that looking at a woman with lust is already adultery. I explain why that sounded so strange to the Pharisees. I also cover what happened when a well known Jewish apologist told a Catholic podcaster that pornography isn't sinful. Then I break down three terms most men treat as one: abstinence, continence, and chastity. Once you know the difference, you'll know exactly where you stand right now. I also answer a question every married man should be asking. Can you lust after your own wife? One guy I worked with was told by his priest that he'd be fighting this for the next ten years. I have a lot to say about that. At the end I walk through how the challenge works. We're running it with Blake and Todd from the Vitalist Mafia and Zinc Mode, and it's built to give you tools and brothers in your corner for the full 30 days. Blessed are the pure of heart, for they shall see God. FOLLOW ME ON RUMBLE IN CASE I GET BANNED: https://rumble.com/c/tomasmones Skool: Stop doing this alone, join a brotherhood of Christian men who will hold you to the standard you already know you should be living. → https://www.skool.com/fit-for-the-kingdom FFTK: Come train, pray, and build with men in person. → https://fftkingdom.com/ 1:1 Coaching: If you're tired of knowing exactly what you need to do and still not doing it, apply to work with me directly. → https://forgevirtue.com/ Find out more: links to all my social media profiles and content can be found here. → https://forgevirtue.com/links Chapters0:00 What Chastity Really Means1:58 Lust Is Adultery of the Heart4:04 The Legalism Trap6:02 Abstinence, Continence and Chastity8:11 Chastity Within Marriage10:28 Forge Virtue Mentorship11:26 Chastity Is Achievable15:45 The Defeatist Lie18:13 Pure of Heart Shall See God20:07 30 Days of Chastity Challenge22:28 Summit 2027 and St Michael's Troops

  2. Oct 20

    Why Every Christian Man Needs a Side Hustle

    Apply to work with me 1:1: https://forgevirtue.com/ Most men work their 40 hours, clock off, and give the rest of the week to Netflix, the drink, and the Saturday sleep-in. Then they wonder why nothing in their life is moving. I did the maths on what a man actually gives away when he treats the weekend as his reward. The number is bigger than most guys want to admit. It's more than enough time to learn a trade, build a business, or formalise a skill you already have. In this episode I make the case that every Christian man needs a side hustle: a project outside his 40-hour commitment that he is building with his own hands. I explain the one thing the modern work week is missing that every man needs in order to grow. I also explain why taking on paying clients forces a kind of discipline on you that a regular job never will. I share how I moved to Australia and was earning from day one, what I told one of my clients who wants to become a personal trainer, and why the Christchurch Cathedral rebuild exposes a selfishness most Catholic men don't see in themselves. I close with a reflection from Divine Intimacy on Pope Pius XII's call to Catholic professionals. Then I give four practical steps you can start this week without compromising your prayer, your training, or your family. If you've had a vague desire to build something and keep putting it off, listen to this one through to the end. Follow me on Rumble in case I get banned: https://rumble.com/c/tomasmones Skool: Stop doing this alone, join a brotherhood of Christian men who will hold you to the standard you already know you should be living.https://www.skool.com/fit-for-the-kingdom FFTK: Come train, pray, and build with men in person.https://fftkingdom.com/ 1:1 Mentorship: If you're tired of knowing exactly what you need to do and still not doing it, apply to work with me directly.https://forgevirtue.com/ Find out more: Links to all my social media profiles and content.https://forgevirtue.com/links Chapters0:00 Why Every Man Needs a Mission1:42 Do the Maths on Your Saturdays4:32 Who Pays for the Cathedral7:01 Pressure Forms Virtue8:43 Skill Is Security10:22 Skill Is Stewardship12:06 Forged Virtue Mentorship13:07 Provision for Family and Church16:40 It Doesn't Have to Be a Startup17:47 Pius XII on Catholic Professionals21:17 Four Practical Steps23:15 Final Word

  3. Oct 16

    You’re a Pharisee and You Don’t Know It

    You're Good But Not Virtuous (Here's Why That Matters): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJNqzd0dNvc Jesus saved His harshest words for the most religious men in Israel. They prayed, fasted, tithed and kept every rule, and He called them whitewashed tombs. Most serious Catholic men assume that warning was written for someone else. I'm not so sure. One survey found only about a third of American Catholics believe Christ is truly present in the Eucharist. Nobody stood up and preached against the Real Presence. We stopped believing slowly, through how we stood, how we received, and how we carried ourselves in front of the tabernacle. So which is the real danger? A faith that's all exterior, or an exterior so careless it drains the faith out of us? Both are true, and in this video I show how they fit together. Man is a body-soul unity. What you do with your knees, your hands and your eyes forms what you believe, whether you intend it or not. Aquinas understood this, Aristotle understood it, and the Church built her liturgy around it for centuries. I go through lex orandi, lex credendi, what the ancient Church settled through the way she prayed, and what the way you receive Communion is quietly teaching you. Then I turn it back on us. A man can have flawless rubrics sitting on a proud heart. I break down legalism versus morality, how Christ fulfilled the Old Law, why He went straight past the hand to the desire, and how purity of heart is actually trained. I finish with six concrete practices to take into Mass and into your week, starting this Sunday. Resources mentioned: Joseph Ratzinger, The Spirit of the Liturgy Athanasius Schneider, Dominus Est Paul VI, Memoriale Domini (1969) St John Paul II, Theology of the Body (catecheses on Matthew 5:28) St Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae I-II qq. 98–108 0:00 Why Catholics Stopped Believing 1:11 The Anthropology of Belief 2:31 Lying With Your Body 4:39 How We Act at Mass Shapes Belief 8:29 Forged Virtue Mentorship 9:28 How the Reformers Changed the Altar 11:04 How the Latin Mass Taught Me 15:54 Mother Teresa on Communion in the Hand 19:09 Legalism Versus True Morality 23:01 Practices That Build Reverence 23:43 Recommended Reading 25:09 Reconnecting Body and Soul

  4. Oct 8

    Can a Christian Be a Gym Bro?

    Healthmaxxing for Christ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HxyOXe603w 1:1 Coaching: If you're tired of knowing exactly what you need to do and still not doing it, apply to work with me directly. → https://forgevirtue.com/ Gym culture has drifted a long way from where it started. The golden era of bodybuilding had a purity to it. Arnold, Mentzer, Gironda, Platz and Ronnie Coleman trained heavy, trained in the sun, ate well and treated the iron as a way of life. What most young men see in the gym today looks very different, and I think most people can feel it even if they can't put words to it. In this episode I look at gym culture from a Christian standpoint. I show where the modern version turns the physique into an idol, why so many guys carrying plenty of muscle are actually unhealthy, and how the gym has become a breeding ground for lust and pride. I also make the case for physical training done properly. St. Paul compares the spiritual life to athletics and warfare for a reason. The Greeks understood something about thumos, arete and the formation of a man that we have mostly forgotten. And there is a direct line between how you eat, train and sleep and how well you hold up against temptation. I explain the connection I see between tracking calories and controlling lust, and why it works. Physical culture is what led me to Christ. I share that story here, along with where vitalism fits in and why we need more Christian men in the gym. Resources mentioned: My healthmaxxing video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HxyOXe603wMy looksmaxing video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVUKecHm-pQFFTK Podcast episode on how physical training builds the four cardinal virtues: Watch hereVitalism livestreams, including my interview with a golden age vitalist: a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNiMDAMs3mP7BU03hyw_T

  5. Sep 28

    The Good Things Ruining Your Life

    1:1 Mentorship → https://forgevirtue.com/ Check out my video on why you're not lazy (it's much worse): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1W07OYChR8Y The desert fathers had a name for the man who is always busy, always out with his mates, always with something playing in the background. They called him the noonday devil. From the outside it looks like a full life. Underneath, he is running from silence, from presence, and from the life he knows he is called to. Most men never catch this in themselves because their crutches aren't sinful. The late nights with the lads. The gaming sessions. The binge series. Even the good Catholic friend group. Because these things are lawful, they are the easiest things in the world to justify. St. Paul gives two tests in 1 Corinthians 6:12 that cut straight through that excuse. Most good Christians fail at least one of them without realising it. In this episode I break down acedia and how to recognise it when it's happening to you. I go through St. Ignatius on true and false consolation, Aristotle's three kinds of friendship and the signs your friend group is holding you back, and why constant screens and noise betray something deeper than wasted time. Then I get into what real rest actually looks like, drawing on Josef Pieper's Leisure: The Basis of Culture, and why the world's version of "treating yourself" is doing you more harm than you think. I finish with one question from Ignatius you can ask yourself after every weekend that will tell you exactly where you stand. FOLLOW ME ON RUMBLE IN CASE I GET BANNED: https://rumble.com/c/tomasmones Skool: Stop doing this alone, join a brotherhood of Christian men who will hold you to the standard you already know you should be living. → https://www.skool.com/fit-for-the-kingdom FFTK: Come train, pray, and build with men in person. → https://fftkingdom.com/ 1:1 Mentorship: If you're tired of knowing exactly what you need to do and still not doing it, apply to work with me directly. → https://forgevirtue.com/ Find out more: links to all my social media profiles and content can be found here. → https://forgevirtue.com/links Timestamps0:00 Running From Silence0:50 All Things Lawful Not All Profitable1:24 The Crutches We Hide Behind2:52 Paul's Two Tests for Any Habit6:20 Good Things That Aren't God7:30 True vs False Consolation10:20 Sacrificing the Lower Good14:05 Forged Virtue Mentorship15:11 Friend Group Validation17:30 TV and Screens Consolation18:52 Acedia the Noonday Devil21:04 True Leisure as Receptive

  6. Sep 21

    What Hitting Snooze Says About You as a Man

    If you're tired of knowing exactly what you need to do and still not doing it, apply to work with me directly. → https://forgevirtue.com/ Most men think vice is a bad habit they can drop with one good decision. It isn't. Every sin you repeat leaves a mark on how you think, what you crave, and how much of the truth you can still see. Ten or twenty years of small compromises can't be undone by a single burst of willpower. In this video I react to a clip from Jordan Peterson on the Chris Williamson podcast about the "10,000 micro retreats" that corrupted the universities, and I apply it to the spiritual life. Peterson watched faculty fold to the administration one small demand at a time. The same thing happens to a man's soul. Custody of the eyes is bigger than avoiding immodest women. It covers every input you allow in: the music you listen to, the podcasts and shows you consume, the people you spend time with, the food you eat, the alcohol you drink. All of it forms you into someone. The question is who. Then there is the snooze button. You set an alarm the night before, you gave your word, and the moment it goes off you break it for the comfort of the flesh. That says something about your dignity as a man, and it is being built into your identity every single morning. We also talk about the frog in the boiling water, the seed choked by thorns in the parable of the sower, and why the courage to live a holy life never waits for zero risk. You are only courageous if something is at stake. In this video I cover: The neurological grip of vice and why one act of willpower doesn't break it How desensitization to sin builds up over years What custody of the eyes really means Why the snooze button is a question of dignity and identity How the world, the flesh, and the devil wear you down bit by bit Why every moment of your day belongs to ChristFollow me on Rumble in case I get banned: https://rumble.com/c/tomasmones Skool: Stop doing this alone, join a brotherhood of Christian men who will hold you to the standard you already know you should be living. → https://www.skool.com/fit-for-the-kingdom FFTK: Come train, pray, and build with men in person. → https://fftkingdom.com/ 1:1 Mentorship: If you're tired of knowing exactly what you need to do and still not doing it, apply to work with me directly. → https://forgevirtue.com/ Find out more: Links to all my social media profiles and content can be found here. → https://forgevirtue.com/links Chapters 0:00 Why Vice Is Deeper Than One Action 1:22 Peterson on Micro Retreats 2:10 Guard Every Input 3:55 Snooze Button and Dignity 5:23 Courage Requires Risk 7:37 Small Decisions and the World 9:05 Every Moment Belongs to Christ 10:00 One on One Mentorship

  7. Sep 19

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  8. Sep 9

    Healthmaxxing for the Holy Spirit - 9 Rules

    I've spent years studying health maxing, vitalism, thumos, and virility through a Christian lens. This started back when I was eighteen, diving into a corner of the internet obsessed with physical excellence as a form of arete. Most guys treat the body and the soul like two separate projects. They're not. Every spiritual sin starts in the flesh, and if you're neglecting your biology, you're neglecting your zealousness for God's kingdom whether you realize it or not. In this video I break down the daily and weekly rules I actually live by. Some of it will surprise you. Some of it will make you rethink your morning routine, your diet, your sleep, and what you're doing to your nervous system every single day without knowing it. In this video I cover: The governing principle behind physical mastery and virtue The exact order of operations for your morning (and why breaking it wrecks your whole day) The truth about sunlight, circadian rhythm, and why most men are hormonally sabotaging themselves Grounding, EMF, and why your bedroom might be working against you Cold showers and why heat is quietly destroying your recovery The nutrition rules I follow, including what to never put in your body Nose breathing, fasting, and training principles that build both muscle and the will What to cut completely: alcohol, vaping, and the substances dulling your disciplineFOLLOW ME ON RUMBLE IN CASE I GET BANNED:https://rumble.com/c/tomasmones Skool: Stop doing this alone, join a brotherhood of Christian men who will hold you to the standard you already know you should be living.→ https://www.skool.com/fit-for-the-kingdom FFTK: Come train, pray, and build with men in person.→ https://fftkingdom.com/ 1:1 Coaching: If you're tired of knowing exactly what you need to do and still not doing it, apply to work with me directly.→ https://forgevirtue.com/ Find out more: links to all my social media profiles and content can be found here.→ https://forgevirtue.com/links 0:00 Health Maxing And Christian Virility2:40 The Body As A Temple6:06 The Daily Rule Begins With Prayer7:45 Sunlight And Circadian Rhythm12:13 Grounding And Cold Showers16:27 Nutrition Seed Oils And Protein18:53 Nose Breathing And Sleep Environment25:06 Training Without Burnout26:55 Fasting And Weekly Rhythm29:11 What To Avoid Alcohol And Nicotine31:26 Recap And Mental Health Benefits34:06 Your Body As A Sacrament35:17 Fit For The Kingdom Resources

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Tomas Mones-Cazon went from a skinny, screen-glued kid during Covid to competitive powerlifter, traditional Catholic, and founder of Fit for the Kingdom. A dairy farmer, theology student, husband, and father, he tackles a problem he kept seeing: men who are spiritually serious but physically weak, or physically strong but spiritually empty. Here we put it together: training the body, drawing on 2,000 years of Church tradition, and building an interior life that holds up when life gets hard. Long-form theology, training philosophy, and honest conversations. Links: https://forgevirtue.com/links

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  • Creator
    Tomas Mones-Cazon
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    105
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Tomas Mones-Cazon
  • Show Website
    Forge Virtue Podcast