Josh, Bret, and Sean kick things off with a throwback to home sick days—you know, back when staying home meant watching The Price Is Right and sipping flat 7UP. We swap stories about faking sick, the tricks that worked, the ones that totally didn’t, and how our parents basically had a built-in B.S. detector.

Then Sean takes us into beast mode with the story of his first 50km ultra run—what it took to train, the wild reality of a runner’s high, and the mental game of doing something ridiculously hard. We dive into how we train—music or no music, whether smelling salts actually do anything, and why the right playlist in the gym can turn you into a superhero (or at least make you feel like one).

From nostalgic laziness to modern mental toughness, this one’s all about what it takes to rest, recover, and push yourself through the hard stuff—with or without a power ballad.

Remember when we could function on pizza rolls, Mountain Dew, and zero sleep? Yeah, those days are over. Now it’s all about supplements, protein powders, joint support, and forcing ourselves to “enjoy” skipping just to keep the wheels from falling off.

In this episode, Josh and Bret dive into the reality of getting older—the rituals, the routines, and the weird aches that show up uninvited. From daily vitamin packs the size of a multivitamin brick to cold plunges and collagen smoothies, we ask: Are we actually optimizing our health, or just holding it together with flavored powders and wishful thinking?

It’s part confession, part comedy, and fully Gen X—because if we’re going down, we’re going down with magnesium, multi vitamin, and a foam roller.

Bret’s back from Germany, full of schnitzel, pretzels, and stories—and fighting off jet lag like a champ. But after recapping the food and culture, the conversation takes a turn down memory lane as Josh and Bret revisit their Gen X glory days of getting into trouble: sneaking out, pulling pranks, and somehow never getting caught.

From backyard fireworks to creative excuses that somehow worked, we reflect on the wild freedom we had growing up—and how our kids today? Yeah, they’d never get away with this stuff in the age of Ring cameras, iphone tracking, and over-involved group texts.

It’s a nostalgic, hilarious look at just how much the game has changed—and how grateful we are that no one had smartphones back then.