THE BURNOUT
I was the guy who could debug anything but couldn't fix the reason why I was exhausted at 3pm. Years of startup culture had trained me to optimize everything except myself. Coffee replaced water. All-nighters replaced sleep. The only reps I counted were in for-loops.
"I COULD REFACTOR A CODEBASE BUT COULDN'T CLIMB A HILL WITHOUT GETTING WINDED
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By 40, my body was running legacy code. Everything hurt. Simple tasks felt like heavy lifting. I'd built successful products but couldn't build the strength to play with my son without getting tired. The weight wasn't just physical. It was the burden of knowing I'd optimized everything in my life except what mattered most.
THE BARBELL
The first time I walked into a gym, I felt like an imposter. Everyone seemed to know what they were doing. I couldn't even figure out how to adjust the squat rack.
But something clicked when I grabbed that barbell. It was just like learning to code. Start with the basics, debug your form, and iterate. Every rep was a commit. Every session was a sprint. The weight room became my new IDE.
PROGRESSIVE OVERLOAD IS JUST INCREMENTAL DEVELOPMENT FOR YOUR BODY
Six months in, I'm still the one of the largest guys in the gym. But I'm also the strongest I've ever been. Those assisted pullups? They're my end to end tests. Not pretty, but they work. And they're getting better every week.
ZEPBOUND + IRON
Let's talk about the elephant in the room. Or rather, the pen in my fridge. Yes, I'm on a GLP-1. No, it's not magic. It's a tool, like any framework or library. It handles the appetite management so I can focus on building strength.
"THE SHOT HANDLES THE HUNGER. THE IRON HANDLES THE TRANSFORMATION.
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Some people say it's cheating. I say it's pragmatic. Would you build a web app without a framework? The medication is my dependency injection for appetite control. But the work? That's all manual labor.
THE STACK THAT WORKS:
Weekly GLP-1 injection
Regular bloodwork
Doctor supervision
2-3x week lifting
Progressive overload
Form over ego
Protein priority
No calorie counting
Listen to my body
THE MISSION
This site isn't about having answers. It's about sharing the questions, the struggles, and the small victories that nobody else sees. It's my commit history for physical transformation.
IF A BURNED-OUT SOFTWARE ENGINEER CAN DO THIS AT 40+, SO CAN YOU.
Every blog post is a log entry. Every workout is a function call. Every pound lost is a bug fixed. This is open-source fitness. Messy, iterative, and real.
If you're sitting at your desk right now, feeling that familiar ache in your back, knowing you need to change but not knowing where to start, this is your sign. The build errors will still be there after your workout. But you'll be different.