Ted Knutson

We released a new Man Down this week, this time on attachment styles.

If you DON'T know what they are, knowing them will absolutely change your self understanding and how you interact with others in your life.

This is transformational learning.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT3H...

I have now had multiple women I have dated tell me I eat TOO healthy.

Which I am choosing to take as a huge compliment.

(I still eat good stuff and at GREAT restaurants, but all my baselines are basically protein and veg now.)

Nice.

I am at the point in my life where I don't NEED to do this to myself...

But it ended up very funny and I think will be hugely helpful to others. @patrickbvs.bsky.social had way too much fun.

AND... there's a chance for listeners to get feedback on their profiles too!

You lot asked, we delivered.

We walk through all the data on the various dating apps, and give you tips on how to spend more efficiently in Appland.

And also... the personal pain of getting my dating profile crtiqued and improved by an expert.

She TRIPLED my matches!

youtu.be/57eaytm2VMA...

I don't do it myself, but I like the idea that OTHER people have lists and characteristics.

I felt it would be too transgressive for me, as a deep data nerd, to do things like this. But others? I am all for it. Enshrine your sexy memories so you can re-live them at heir leisure.

In case you don't listen to the football pod, almost the last half of it is largely bonus Man Down content.

I had my first two kids 14 months apart.
We had no parental support for year 1.
My third came after testicular cancer and recovery and grew up during the entire growth of my startup.

I KNOW how hard it is...

I would do it all over again, not least bc YOU grow to be someone new.

We'll talk about kids on Man Down.

There are eras of raising children.

When they are young, it's HARD. Still rewarding, but hard.
They get into school age and it gets a bit better + easier.
They get to like age 10+ and can become magical real people and friends for life.

There was an email sent yday. Finished today +1.5. If something is odd with your account, send an email.

I like it when these are a pattern so you can immediately tell they are sus.

Presumably bloody IG DM pr*n marketing.

It's not like anyone slides into my DMs outside of Sales or nerds hoping for advice. 🤣

I did so much adulting this week, it's actually a little terrifying.

Interviews, hiring, work evaluations, dentist, poking vendors, follow-ups, 3 podcasts, dadding, slow motion dating....

These personal accounts are quiet bc I'm trying to get someone to run the pro ones 🤣

"Your nickname in the girl groupchat is [redacted]."

*the ghost of @solomonmissouri.bsky.social begins to cackle wildly*

Love this.

Fits with what we've discussed on Man Down in needing to build a sense of self-worth that you can refer back to you when sad, or in turmoil, or when times are tough.

YouTube video by ManDown Podcast Are Men PIGS or is it Wiring? + Sex, Kinks, and Boundaries | Ep. 2

If you love us, tell your friends.

Episode 1: Male Friendship
youtube.com/watch?v=f0aO...

Episode 2: 5 Things Men Really Need to Know About Sex

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wi4d...

This sounds so small, but we have about 3K views for @mandownpodcast.bsky.social in under a week.

V exciting when starting from zero, and feedback has been awesome.

New eps drop on Tuesday and Thursday covering Radical Honesty and then our first foray into Dating.

Links to 1 and 2 below

Reading Jillian Turecki's book It Begins With You and these two pages hit me like a truck. Been thinking through them for days.

I think a big part of it is how long I spent married, and how early.

Definitely varies by person.

Now that the daylight hours are longer, my body only tolerates about 7.5 hours of sleep at night. (My winter hibernations can be more like 9.)

BUT... I typically sleep longer/better when I am sleeping with someone I love. There are all sorts of funky mind/body things like this in life.

YouTube video by ManDown Podcast Are Men PIGS or is it Wiring? + Sex, Kinks, and Boundaries | Ep. 2

It's UP! (pun intended?)

The Man Down podcast, all about sex.

Our goal is to maybe teach you a thing or two, and improve your sex life and that of your current/future partners.

Enjoy!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wi4d...

When I am doing maintenance workouts, I can usually do 4 days in a row. But when I nudge the weightlifting up, then it's weights->cardio->yoga on day 3 as recovery.

And some days I wake confused/tired bc I forgot that sex counts as extra cardio.

You gotta listen to your body.

There are times when you are lean that you do big cardio, then sauna, and after you are re-hydrating + eating a snack and your brain just kinda pauses and gets lost for a bit...

I'm pretty sure it's just waiting for my blood sugar to catch up and power it, but I do sometimes miss the time!

But tomorrow's episode is about sex, and who doesn't want to know about how to maybe get better at sex?

And if they DON'T want to know, they might be beyond hope

That's touched on in radical honesty next week. How to influence people is challenging and varies by person receiving wisdom

I have a friend who advises men on how to improve their dating apps, and she gave me brutal, HILARIOUS feedback a month ago on how I needed to improve mine.

We're recording the first of the Man Down episodes on Dating Apps today.

Gon be in the show notes, my man!

We're recording our first episode on Dating Apps and Dating App profiles later today.

No promises, but any questions you might want covered?

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So we launched the Man Down podcast yesterday, and both the Origin episode and Ep 1 about Male Friendships are available now.

I'm going to bring all my commentary about Man Down covered issues over here as well.

Ep 0: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XWJ...
Ep 1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0aO...

That's great. One of our Man Down focus points (and for my own personal life) will be doing the work to build local friend networks. I have great friends all around the world, but almost no one I catch up with frequently in person.