I’d rather be respected for useful honesty than liked for easy silence – the art is making honesty feel like support.

The Institute will bridge the gap between frontier AI and policy, equipping leaders to foster responsible innovation. This is just the start – stay tuned for more exciting announcements!. Massive congrats to @catrosemcmillan, Liel, and the entire team! 🎉.

Huge news: the @_ai_collective has officially launched the AI Collective Institute! 🚀. This is our most important step yet in turning our community's insights into real global impact.

What’s next? More big workouts, more mogging, and a NEW FITNESS ACCOUNT!! Stay tuned 👀

Another major hesitation was the 15-min back-and-forth walk to the gym. However, I’m making the most of that time by listening to audiobooks and savoring it as often my one chance to get out of the apartment each day.

Why? Well, I definitely prefer lifting with people around me. What I give up in shirtless posing, I get back and more in the form of mogging and massive adrenaline rushes!

My workouts have been a good 20%-40% more intense (volume, # sets, duration, calories burned, etc.) and I’m also much more consistent.

So, after some reflecting during vacation, I decided to pony up and restore my Fitness SF membership last Saturday. And boy, it’s even better than I thought! 🤩

Guess who just got a gym membership again… 🤪💪. Kinda crazy to think that I’d gone 9+ months without public gym access. As much as I LOVE using the fully-featured private gym in our apartment, I was noticing that my workouts weren’t quite at the intensity I’d like them to be

Just found this at Safeway this morning… WHY DIDN’T THIS EXIST WHEN I WAS CUTTING THE LAST 6 MONTHS!! 😩. Seriously a dream drink for a bodybuilder with a sweet tooth for ice cream haha

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Odds are 50%+ that I pull the trigger – in fact, I’ve already mapped out the next 50 weeks of my weight plan (maintain, bulk, then two cuts with a month break in between)!. For now, the plan is to maintain at 205-210 lbs for the next ~10 weeks to restabilize and prep for whatever

2️⃣ What's Next: The Competition Question. This cut was a test for returning to natural bodybuilding. The verdict: the gap between my PR-hunting weight (>225 lbs) and stage weight (<185 lbs) is too big to close in one year without another soul-crushing prep. Committing to the

1️⃣ DEXA & Final Comp. Final DEXA results: down 25.5 lbs total, with 16.5 lbs of that being fat (~67% efficiency). Finished at 10.6% body fat – a little higher than hoped, but my pre-scan water cut likely skewed the lean mass reading a bit (slight cope 😉). The scan also showed

Learning from my brutal 40-lb “death cut” in the run up to Battle of the Bay in 2022, I made a few key changes: a more sustainable ~2100 calories (vs. 1700), focusing on balanced macros (not just protein. David protein bars are the GOAT tho!), and generally being more forgiving

💪 Cutting Szn 2025 Recap 😤. Just wrapped up my second biggest cut ever: 225 lbs down to 197 lbs in ~20 weeks! It's my first time under 200 lbs in over two years and it feels GREAT!! 🤩

Thrilled to announce that I’m joining the board of the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology Partnership Fund as Director At-Large!. This one is about as personal as it gets. TJ is where I truly found my people – a community that nurtured my passion for

This is the human side of AI – moving beyond hype and into practical, daily empowerment. It’s a mission we share deeply at The AI Collective. These are the conversations that push the frontier forward. A huge thank you to Tao Zhang and the entire Manus AI team for sharing their

It was an honor to host the Manus AI team and sit down with Tao for a fireside chat that felt truly on the frontier. With 200+ people tuning into our global livestream, the energy was uniquely gripping as we explored their theme of "AI for Everybody.". We dove into the questions

What happens when a giant like @OpenAI enters your domain?. Most founders would be worried. But when I asked @ManusAI_HQ's co-founder and CPO, Tao Zhang, this question on stage last night, his response set the tone for the entire evening: "We were happy. It's validation."