In this episode, Sunny Ray catches up with returning guest Miles as they kick off 2026. Miles shares that he has committed to Exodus 90, a 90 day Catholic inspired challenge built around daily prayer, cold showers, no sugar or snacking, limited screen time, and regular exercise, all aimed at breaking addictive habits and living free. He describes his accountability system with a friend named Dan and a small fraternity of seven men who check in daily and meet weekly. The conversation moves into fitness and discipline more broadly, touching on cold plunges, sauna use, and the difference between short bursts of discipline and habits built for life. Sunny shares his own journey through a back injury, Mike Mentzer's heavy duty training approach, and a shift back to eating meat after a vegan phase. The two also dig into current events, discussing the removal of Venezuela's leadership and reports that Nicolas Maduro held massive Bitcoin reserves, weighing what it means for supply, sovereignty, and global politics. The episode blends personal accountability with bigger questions about freedom, health, and money.
Miles opens 2026 with Exodus 90, a brutal 90 day faith challenge testing discipline, freedom, and sovereignty over addiction.
How are you feeling heading into 2026, what's on your plate?
I'm feeling good. I'm doing a 90 day New Year's challenge called Exodus 90, it's a Catholic program built around freedom from things like alcohol, pornography and social media. It's intense: an hour of silent prayer daily, only cold showers, eight hours sleep, working out three times a week, no sugar or snacking, fasting on Mondays and Wednesdays, and no unnecessary screen time. I'm doing it with seven guys, checking in daily with an accountability partner and meeting weekly as a group.
What's the significance of doing this for exactly 90 days, is it about habit formation?
I think there's something to that, maybe like the idea that it takes about 30 days to break a habit and 90 to form a new one. But it's also tied to the Catholic calendar. We started on January 5th and the 90 days runs right up to Easter, so it builds toward the death and resurrection of Jesus, which is really the point of the whole challenge.
Is Dan, your accountability partner, part of the Exodus 90 app, or did you already know him?
No, he's not from the app. I already know everyone in my group, some quite well, though not everyone knows each other. Dan's actually a newer friend of mine, and a couple of the other guys are old friends from around London or from where I grew up. There's no input from the company itself once you're signed up, just a daily Bible reading and a short reflection.
Earlier you mentioned you work out way more than the challenge requires, what did you mean by that?
Some guys who'd done Exodus 90 told me you have to work out three times a week and I laughed, because that's nothing for me, I rarely have a day where I don't do anything. But I get that for a lot of people, three times a week is a genuinely big commitment that could make a huge difference to their life.
It sounds like you love Donald Trump?
No, not really, but in the UK if you say anything even slightly positive about Trump people jump on you, because most of the country leans pretty socialist. It's funny how much he still triggers people over here, even now.
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