Founder Story
I built AIWorkoutGenerator because most "AI workouts" are just randomness with confidence. I've coached long enough to know what works — and I've built enough software to know what scales. This is the story of how those two worlds collided.
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I grew up in the coastal community of Santa Cruz, California, where fitness wasn't a "program" — it was surfing, moving, getting outside, and building capability without overthinking it. That early relationship with training stuck: performance matters, but it has to feel real.
Later, I joined the U.S. Air Force and served as a Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) member. That environment doesn't reward hype — it rewards readiness. You learn fast that physical training is not about looking fit; it's about being fit when it counts.
At Fort Hood, I was given a waiver as an Airman First Class to run unit fitness programming as Master Fitness Trainer / Unit Fitness Program Manager for a 3rd Air Support Operations Group unit (11th ASOS). That role taught me how to build training for a population — how to reduce injuries, manage compliance, and create consistency across different fitness levels.
After the military, I earned a degree in Literature from UC Santa Cruz and completed graduate coursework in Critical Theory and Semiotics. That might sound unrelated — but it trained me to think about systems, meaning, and human behavior. In fitness, the best plan is the one people actually follow.
I went on to build San Diego Core Fitness, then moved deeper into technology — designing products like GymGo and FitNimbus — because I kept seeing the same issue: coaching is powerful, but it doesn't scale without good infrastructure.
AIWorkoutGenerator is the result of that whole path: coaching + systems + software + AI, built with one non-negotiable rule: the workout must make sense for the person doing it.
Explore the chapters
Each chapter tells a different part of the story — from Santa Cruz to the Air Force to building fitness software.
Santa Cruz: Surfing and an early relationship with fitness
Growing up in Santa Cruz, where fitness wasn't a "program" — it was surfing, moving, getting outside, and building capability.
Joining the Air Force
Motivation, discipline, and the identity shift that comes with military service.
TACP: Where fitness becomes readiness
Mental toughness and performance requirements where fitness isn't vibes — it's preparedness.
Fort Hood: MFT/UFPM for 3rd ASOG (11th ASOS)
Leadership, systems, and safety — running unit fitness programming and reducing injuries across different fitness levels.
UCSC: Literature, Critical Theory, Semiotics
How studying systems, meaning, and human behavior shaped a philosophy that the best plan is the one people actually follow.
San Diego Core Fitness: Building a real training business
Proof of coaching real humans — programs that don't work in real life don't work.
GymGo: Designing fitness tech before it was trendy
Tech credibility and design leadership — fitness products live or die on usability.
FitNimbus: Infrastructure for coaches
Systems thinking and scaling coaching operations — automation should remove friction, not quality.
Why AIWorkoutGenerator exists
The thesis: safe AI, progression logic, anti-randomness stance. Direct conversion disguised as story.
Principles that power the product
Safety
Every workout is constrained by safety principles. No random exercises that could cause injury.
Progression
Workouts adapt and progress over time, following real training principles, not arbitrary complexity.
Adaptability
Programs adjust to equipment, time, goals, and fitness level — because the best plan is the one you can actually do.
Scale
Good coaching principles, automated intelligently, so quality doesn't degrade with volume.
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