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Kyrin Down & Juan Granados
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What is Effective Philosophy? Juan and I simplify hard to grasp concepts into pragmatic takeaways that can be applied to every day life (fitness, goal setting, work, parenting, travel, hobbies, finances, etc.,).

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    Fitter After 40: Strength, Tendons & Recovery | Chris Ryan

    At some point, the body sends you the invoice. In this episode of the Mere Mortals Podcast, I sit down with Chris Ryan, former Division 1 runner, fitness coach, Men’s Fitness cover model, former Mirror coach and founder of Chris Ryan Fitness, to talk about what it actually takes to stay strong, durable and fit as you get older. The core lesson: fitness is not just about effort. It is about intelligent effort, repeated long enough to become identity. Connect With Chris Ryan Website: https://chrisryanfitness.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chrisryanfitness YouTube: Search “Chris Ryan Fitness” App: Search “Chris Ryan Fitness” in the App Store or Google Play  00:00 - Welcome to Mere Mortals 00:24 - Who is Chris Ryan? 00:42 - From sport to Division 1 running 01:26 - Why the 800m teaches toughness 02:26 - From athlete to fitness coach 02:48 - Men’s Fitness, NBC Strong and Mirror 03:15 - Mirror, Lululemon and building an app 04:41 - Why men learn about tendons too late 06:00 - Prehab beats rehab 07:09 - Why tendons need smart loading 08:16 - Marathon training mistakes 09:30 - The hidden cost of running on hard surfaces 10:00 - Why elite runners avoid too much pavement 11:19 - Zone 2 training and managing intensity 13:07 - Body checks and relaxed running 14:12 - What a coach sees that Google cannot 15:27 - Consistency as the foundation 16:10 - How to recover from a missed workout 17:05 - Heavy lifting after 40 18:39 - Pull-ups, grip strength and longevity 20:12 - VO2 max training and Hyrox 21:31 - Dumbbells, bands and simple home training 23:15 - Teaching people why they train 23:54 - Why people avoid hard intervals 25:37 - Run your fastest mile first 27:12 - Running form, heel striking and efficiency 29:13 - Four-minute intervals and VO2 max work 30:34 - How to raise active kids 32:15 - Making fitness fun for children 34:09 - Home gyms, pull-up bars and accessibility 36:27 - Building a fitness community 37:20 - Why community questions matter 38:53 - Members empowering members 40:36 - Chris’s expensive business mistake 42:04 - Why TV apps failed 43:36 - Let the marketplace tell you what it wants 45:01 - The overlooked power of rest and recovery 45:56 - Protect your bedtime 47:37 - Programming recovery into training 48:03 - Muscles grow when you recover 48:44 - Why 80% consistency still wins 49:43 - The habit most disciplined people neglect 51:07 - Where to find Chris Ryan  Connect with Mere Mortals: Website: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/K99e8fysBn Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/meremortalspods Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcasts/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@meremortalspodcasts Value 4 Value Support: V4V: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/support Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/meremortalspodcast

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  2. Monthly Goals | May 2026

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    Monthly Goals | May 2026

    It's time for our monthly check in where we review our goals from last month and see what's coming up for the next. Do you set yourself monthly goals and if so, how many do you set? Juan and I on the first week of every month go over our progress from the previous month and where we are heading for the next. Emphasis as always is on the shortcomings; what we didn't achieve in the previous monthly goals and how we will fix that for the month that comes. We hope you get some value from this series, showcasing our own methodology. What do you do differently and why? Stan Link: https://stan.store/meremortals Timeline:  (00:00:00) Intro (00:01:40) April review (Juan): running ramp-up, Achilles issues (00:06:09) April review (Kyrin): energy, social push and AI chats (00:20:55) Podcasting 2.0 update: AI slop, indexing, and curation challenges (00:24:51) Setting May goals (Juan): body, mind, soul focus (00:30:14) Setting May goals (Kyrin): energy, courageous conversations (00:37:31) Streamlining podcast workflows: thumbnails, uploads, automation (00:42:31) Thumbnails by AI? Tools, costs and what to keep (00:44:54) Interviews vs effort: where the time really goes (00:48:00) Always-on media: "Monitor the Situation" and live nuance (00:50:12) Fitness wins: 2-minute handstand and one-arm progress (00:56:41) Life admin rant: hail damage, insurers, and time trade-offs (00:59:30) Wrap-up and next week’s plan  Connect with Mere Mortals: Website: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/K99e8fysBn Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/meremortalspods Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcasts/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@meremortalspodcasts Value 4 Value Support: V4V: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/support Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/meremortalspodcast

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  3. Dreaming Big | Life Beyond The Average

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    Dreaming Big | Life Beyond The Average

    Can you succeed without setting expectations & goals to hit? In Episode #520 of 'Meanderings', Juan & I discuss: riff on dreaming big: how our top‑level life aims can stay steady for decades while the reasons and execution evolve, whether you truly need a “big dream” to reach elite performance, how to cultivate direction in your twenties by chasing curiosity and I tease a 20‑year out‑of‑this‑world goal that’s resurfaced from childhood. Stan Link: https://stan.store/meremortals Timeline: (00:00:00) Intro (00:03:22) Decades, seasons of life and planning horizons (00:07:56) Hinting at a 20-year goal out of this world (00:10:29) Belief, luck, and the role of drive (00:14:29) Stumbling into success and the power of effort (00:18:14) Visualisation that works: mindset vs magic (00:23:01) Aspirations shift: presence over prestige (00:29:56) Massive Transformational Purpose and skill discovery (00:32:01) Follow your obsession? Benefits and pitfalls (00:36:00) Meaning, contentment and age (00:40:13) Small dreams, goals, and purposeful practice (00:45:26) Wrap-up and value-for-value sign-off  Connect with Mere Mortals: Website: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/K99e8fysBn Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/meremortalspods Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcasts/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@meremortalspodcasts Value 4 Value Support: V4V: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/support Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/meremortalspodcast

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  4. Reward Thyself For Great Boon | Or Fall Into The Pit Of Hedonism

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    Reward Thyself For Great Boon | Or Fall Into The Pit Of Hedonism

    When does training become trickery become manipulation? In Episode #519 of 'Meanderings', Juan and I discuss: the messy art of celebrating wins, the difference between admiration and genuine celebration, how expectations can warp our enjoyment of milestones, how to separate rewards from celebrations, why minimum thresholds matter, and how to design simple, sustainable rituals that create real memories and why routine can quietly erase the impulse to recognise achievements. Stan Link: https://stan.store/meremortals Timeline: (00:00:00) Intro (00:02:00) State of the podcast: cadence, book reviews, life updates (00:03:45) Milestones hit but rarely celebrated: listens, views, totals (00:06:50) From optimisation to ease: audio quality, AI cleanup, and routines (00:10:40) Gratitude for better gear versus big milestone parties (00:13:44) Tiny rewards after effort: beer in the shower and habit loops (00:16:56) Long‑term mindset: willpower, running mileage, and durable rewards (00:21:58) Birthdays, experiences, and low‑key celebrations for others (00:24:52) Do milestones create memories worth keeping? (00:30:00) Expectations shape feelings: two athletes, same silver, different joy (00:32:14) Should celebration be separate from expectations? (00:35:15) Rewarding effort vs outcome: half marathon thought experiment (00:40:05) Positive manipulation, parenting and intent behind rewards (00:44:45) Overblown rewards backfire: the doughnut race cautionary tale (00:47:56) Ritualising post‑run rewards without overdoing it (00:51:41) Wrap‑up: goals for next week and tongue‑in‑cheek yacht plans (00:55:18) Closing thanks and sign‑off  Connect with Mere Mortals: Website: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/K99e8fysBn Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/meremortalspods Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcasts/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@meremortalspodcasts Value 4 Value Support: V4V: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/support Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/meremortalspodcast

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  5. Lifestreaming Ruins Your Life | Is 'Real Life' Interesting To Others?

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    Lifestreaming Ruins Your Life | Is 'Real Life' Interesting To Others?

    What do Michael Gerry, Big Brother and Clavicular all have in common? In Episode #518 of 'Meanderings', Juan & I discuss: broadcasting everyday life (potentially 24/7), how feasible it is to capture more of life with minimal setup, early backpack rigs to Michael Gerry’s 2019 year-long life stream, the pull toward performative behaviour, the appeal of using life streaming as a mirror for self-improvement, why human interest in real humans won’t vanish in an AI-simulated world, predictions on “life media”/consent challenges/audience capture risks and why intent matters more than ever if you’re thinking about streaming your life. Stan Link: https://stan.store/meremortals Timeline: (00:00:00) Intro (00:01:06) Wearables and the dream of frictionless livestreaming (00:05:56) Social impact: cameras change behaviour and relationships (00:08:46) Predicted effects on relationships and self-discipline (00:14:56) NSFW pivot: audience shift, consent, and consequences (00:17:38) Costs, logistics, and why fame is unlikely (00:20:55) Community, new friends, catfishing, and fallout (00:24:56) Why even boring streams get views (00:27:50) Motivations: fame, money, connectionand a private pensive (00:31:02) The sexual attention problem and why lines matter (00:34:39) If we did it: gyms, runs, handstands, and zero-edit streams (00:38:53) The consent minefield and protecting loved ones (00:41:04) Audience capture and changing your life later (00:45:25) AI editors, multimodal search, and the end of manual cuts (00:47:18) AI characters vs human messiness: what viewers really want (00:56:00) Forecast: life media expands; humans keep watching humans (00:58:16) Try-before-you-go: real-time looks at venues and events (01:06:01) Housekeeping: Boostagrams paused, V4V still valued (01:09:18) One-person unicorns and why wed watch their day (01:11:23) Wrap-up and Easter sign-off  Connect with Mere Mortals: Website: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/K99e8fysBn Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/meremortalspods Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcasts/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@meremortalspodcasts Value 4 Value Support: V4V: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/support Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/meremortalspodcast

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  6. Monthly Goals | April 2026

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    Monthly Goals | April 2026

    It's time for our monthly check in where we review our goals from last month and see what's coming up for the next. Do you set yourself monthly goals and if so, how many do you set? Juan and I on the first week of every month go over our progress from the previous month and where we are heading for the next. Emphasis as always is on the shortcomings; what we didn't achieve in the previous monthly goals and how we will fix that for the month that comes. We hope you get some value from this series, showcasing our own methodology. What do you do differently and why? Stan Link: https://stan.store/meremortals Timeline: (00:00:00) Intro (00:00:33) Juan's March 2026 Recap (00:03:32) Kyrin's March 2026 Recap (00:10:46) Support Overview (00:15:55) Juan's April 2026 Goals (00:23:17) Kyrin's April 2026 Goals (00:38:35) Fitness Connect with Mere Mortals: Website: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/K99e8fysBn Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/meremortalspods Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcasts/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@meremortalspodcasts Value 4 Value Support: V4V: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/support Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/meremortalspodcast

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  7. Thinking In Bets For Better Decision Making | How Prediction Markets Might Help Your Brain

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    Thinking In Bets For Better Decision Making | How Prediction Markets Might Help Your Brain

    The mindset of a poker pro can now be applied outside of a narrow game. In Episode #517 of 'Meanderings', Juan & I discuss: Annie Duke’s 'Thinking In Bets' book and how the poker mindset can reshape everyday decision-making, why focusing on process over outcomes matters,  how using AI as a sounding board revealed hidden risk-taking in my own finances, testing assumptions in small experiments before going all-in, how arbitrage opportunities appear with prediction markets and why clarity on desired outcomes should drive bet-sizing. No support for this week so no beanie either. Also my laptop died suddenly hence the rather curt cut off at the end. Luckily we were almost done anyway phew. Stan Link: https://stan.store/meremortals Timeline: (00:00:00) Intro (00:03:22) Outcome vs process: luck, good decisions, and post mortems (00:09:16) Poker as repeated high impact decisions and learning while folding (00:12:45) Symmetry, asymmetry, and spotting obviously bad bets (00:18:34) Focus on decision quality, not results: lessons from early poker hands (00:23:34) Plans that fail from wrong models: refining sell strategies (00:28:15) Designing a simple, robust framework: time, percentage, and mean reversion (00:31:28) Support break and playful side bets (brief interlude) (00:31:59) Defining enough: goals, asymmetry, and chasing deltas (00:35:18) Context is king: life design vs maximising returns (00:38:56) Lifestyle upgrades vs status buys (00:42:39) Comparing lives you don't want (00:45:14) Test your dreams: mini retirements and truth over fantasy (00:48:25) Prediction markets 101: from politics to Eurovision (00:51:08) Arbitrage basics: finding edge across bookmakers (00:56:24) Overconfidence, Dunning Kruger and too much information (01:01:02) Avoiding tilt: energy, time, and knowing when to walk away (01:03:27) AI flights of fancy: unified physics and healthy scepticism (01:05:01) Wrap up: from thinking in bets to betting on ideas  Connect with Mere Mortals: Website: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/K99e8fysBn Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/meremortalspods Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcasts/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@meremortalspodcasts Value 4 Value Support: V4V: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/support Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/meremortalspodcast

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  8. Train Increasingly Harder, Not Smarter | Is The Best Advice To Simply Do More?

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    Train Increasingly Harder, Not Smarter | Is The Best Advice To Simply Do More?

    As much as it sucks, more volume is almost always the answer. In Episode #516 of 'Meanderings', Juan & I discuss: volume versus form (sparked by a YouTuber/runner known as Ran to Japan), what extreme running volume really looks like when you’re fast enough to compress a marathon into a couple of hours per day, how training load evolves across years, why sheer reps often trump optimisation, steadily ramping the volume to match your goals and importance, why novice gains come from doing more before optimising, how soreness can signal meaningful work done  and when “working dumber” (less overthinking) can paradoxically deliver better outcomes. No support this week. Stan Link: https://stan.store/meremortals Timeline: (00:00:00) Intro (00:01:00) Train Harder Not Smarter Mantra (00:04:44) Ran To Japan: marathons, ultras and doing wild challenges (00:08:16) Efficiency, pace, and why elite volume takes less time (00:11:16) Shifting volumes over years: weights, tonnage, and time (00:17:20) Handstands as a case study: years of reps beat tweaks (00:23:52) Wind, conditions and noticing small effects with mastery (00:26:45) Finding and fixing true failure points (00:28:47) Treadmill tales: the mental game of sticking it out (00:30:00) Nose breathing, footwear chat and beginner priorities (00:36:01) Boosts, Brisbane rain and a segue back to effort (00:36:34) The anterior mid cingulate cortex and doing hard things (00:41:14) Loving the soreness: goals, injuries, and form trade-offs (00:46:01) IQ, overthinking and why volume still wins (00:51:04) Reps over tech: golf, tennis, and learning by doing (00:55:11) Today's takeaway: do more, then do it smarter Connect with Mere Mortals: Website: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/K99e8fysBn Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/meremortalspods Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcasts/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@meremortalspodcasts Value 4 Value Support: V4V: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/support Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/meremortalspodcast

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What is Effective Philosophy? Juan and I simplify hard to grasp concepts into pragmatic takeaways that can be applied to every day life (fitness, goal setting, work, parenting, travel, hobbies, finances, etc.,).

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