Author: Steve Ainslie

When I stopped going to the pool a few weeks ago, I also stopped shaving my head and face every other day. I hadn’t planned to do this. What happened that first week was that I let both go a few extra days because I knew I wasn’t going to be seeing anyone. Quite literally…

After resetting my expectations for recovering from my shoulder and lower back injuries, things have been going pretty well. I’m slowly getting accustomed to my new workouts. My strength has noticeably increased. My coordination and flow have improved. My injuries, though still painful, seem to be getting a little better everyday. Until yesterday. Whatever I…

My project to design a new fitness routine has led to many realizations than I had not anticipated. I am uncovering weaknesses, strengths, values, beliefs and other significant life impacting lessons every day. Yesterday, as I was reading one of the old books I relied on when I first learned about functional training, I discovered…

I have been relying on AI more every week. I use Perplexity and Google AI search summaries every single day. I like that both give links to sources which I can drill down on to assess their validity. I get better search results from AI than Google 95% of the time. AI searches also build…

An unexpected bonus from switching my workout routine is that my workouts now require a higher level of focus. First, I need to focus because I’m relearning exercise I haven’t done in 8 years. Second, I’m “on the clock” doing HIIT interval routines like 30:30s (work for 30 seconds, rest for 30 second, move to…

My Rogue Echo AirBike arrived this week. I got it to replace swimming for my cardio workouts. Since starting my new workout routine, I’ve purposely cut way down on cardio. Instead of swimming for an hour every day, I’ve been doing a short hill hike of 30 minutes after my strength workouts. Now that I…

Incels, political fighting, loneliness “epidemic”, manhood “crisis”, lack of friends, estranged family, overconsumption, obesity, insta-envy, AI, dystopian future… If you read the news, listen to podcasts or spend any time online you subjected to ann onslaught of these issues. You may even feel that some apply to you – or that you are inflicted with…

As I’m developing my new workout routine I have undertaken a series of projects over the past month. Yesterday, while working with my Apple Numbers spreadsheet, I concluded that I needed to use different software. Numbers just sucks. I wanted it to work because I’ve simplified and standardized my tech on Apple. But Numbers is…

“There are no bonus points for doing everything the hard way.” –Shaan Puri Puri was talking about his move to Silicon Valley from Australia at the beginning of his career. He wanted to build a technology startup. Although he liked living in Australia on the beach, its technology startup sector was nonexistent. Although he didn’t…

After 18 years of regularly practicing yoga, I’m giving it up. Yoga gave me many benefits. It transformed me from “The Tin Man”. It calmed my mind. It helped me develop a more rounded fitness routine. It taught me to reflexively use breathing to deal with fear and stress. I use what I’ve learned from…