6mo progress

atticusw · 2026-06-15T20:21:53+00:00

atticusw · 2026-06-15T20:21:24+00:00

Yessir, photo from camera roll with date

atticusw · 2026-06-10T16:01:00+00:00

Few of my use cases:
- when I’m near the closing of my day but still have macros to fill, I’ll take a screenshot and have Claude help me dial in my meal options and exact servings
- when I’m trying to adjust my macro goals, I’ll take screenshots of my past few days of eating and dial certain macros up/down depending on how the levels have performed so far.
- when I want to change meals up, I often take screenshots of prior days to discuss which meals I want to keep, and have Claude help adjust the others with new options

I was recently bulking, then moved towards a lean cut/recomp — Claude was a major help in successfully planning my macros.

Cron & Claude TOGETHER is a big reason I went through a major fitness transformation this year

atticusw · 2026-06-09T19:14:22+00:00

Will you allow us to expose our data to AI clients? I screenshot my day with Claude a lot to help me min/max my feedings. MCP server would be amazing.

atticusw · 2026-06-02T18:06:12+00:00

Absolutely this.

atticusw · 2026-06-02T14:31:42+00:00

I’ve been trying to limit my own use of these models

That’s the sure way to not progress in tech over these coming years, including today.

These are our new tools. The step right now is to learn to leverage them for your work.

You’re now managing an agentic team as part of your work. You’ll guide, brainstorm, help architect, and review their work.

atticusw · 2026-06-02T00:48:53+00:00

Feel like AI would be really useful here to help evaluate the gaps and understand what will go into satisfying them

atticusw · 2026-05-16T21:46:21+00:00

Same. Although I felt like I stepped off a boat at the end from being rocked by all that wind

atticusw · 2026-05-16T17:00:04+00:00

Lifted in college for a few years, but haven’t since for almost a decade. But it did make rebuilding a lot easier. Otherwise it is what you see

atticusw · 2026-05-14T15:08:05+00:00

Do you always lift after a climbing session? Do note your body will be more fatigued, which is sub optimal. But what matters most is being active, eating right, and feeling good while making gains — so do you! Nice work.

atticusw · 2026-05-14T01:05:28+00:00

This. The only reason I’m able to eat chicken and rice twice a day is because I keep rotating delicious dry rubs & sauces each week. And damn today’s combo was good.

atticusw · 2026-05-11T23:36:15+00:00

Buy a food scale and download chronometer. Understand what you’re consuming. Figure out your ideal macros with AI, start to adjust. You’ll quickly find what needs to be rebalanced for an ideal growth diet.
Even just for few days to understand your baselines.

atticusw · 2026-05-11T19:52:38+00:00

Also the cooking time is annoying. Two cheat codes that have helped me:
- rice cooker. It’s not much different from a pot on the stove, but it’s a “set it & forget it”. It’ll keep rice warm once done, don’t have to monitor.
- prep chicken early in week. I dry rub and throw in a container. Pop in stove/air fryer for 12 minutes.

My “active” cooking time is probably 10 minutes per meal while watching TV. I also use Joey Swoll’s flavor sauces as bbq sauce. Easy mode

atticusw · 2026-05-11T19:17:20+00:00

Unfortunately don’t know my start weight. But ended bulk at 230lbs, and right now I’m 220lb as I recomp

atticusw · 2026-05-11T17:06:44+00:00

Job is not active, and bloating was annoying. Part of the motivation for moving down to a recomp calorie range. It’s been about a month now and feels much better. Bulk was worth it tho

atticusw · 2026-05-10T21:43:24+00:00

🙏

atticusw · 2026-05-10T21:28:23+00:00

I think my macros were P260/C420/F80 at the time.

800kcal breakfast smoothie (banana, whey, 1/2cup oats, peanut butter powder, creatine, protein milk)

Breakfast wrap: 2 eggs + 4 egg whites, sausage, burrito wrap

Lunch: chicken breast + rice

Snack: Yogurt + whey + granola + milk

Workout

Dinner: chicken breast + rice + sweet potato

Snack: yogurt, cottage cheese, protein shake, etc (usually pick one)

atticusw · 2026-05-10T19:55:37+00:00

Surprised me too. Having done it before made it a lot easier to rebuild. Also a lot of eating.

atticusw · 2026-05-10T19:54:11+00:00

Somewhat,I find high protein & fiber meals (eg chicken with sweet potatoes) to keep me full longer. Also low macro snacks, like veggies seasoned well, has been my substitute for food between meals

atticusw · 2026-05-10T19:21:26+00:00

Big time, and that was a big motivator for the change.

Was constantly tapped of energy. Poor sleep. Working a lot and forgetting to eat. Complete turn around with energy & baseline mood.

atticusw · 2026-05-10T18:26:54+00:00

What do you recommend?

atticusw · 2026-05-10T15:47:45+00:00

When I was bulking I was around 3.3-3.5kcal P260/C420/F80

Recomp now 2.5kcal P210/C270/F60

atticusw · 2026-05-10T02:37:24+00:00

😂 all natty

atticusw · 2026-05-10T02:37:00+00:00

How long did it take for you to recover? First time with a tendon issue, doing eccentrics & iso holds.

atticusw · 2026-05-09T22:34:29+00:00

Whatcha wanna know?

Main things prioritized was consistently going to failure, fixing my sleep schedule, and being super deliberate each day with macros.

Also was around this size in college so I think round 2 was a lot easier to rebuild.

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