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Corporate HR to kettlebells (my story)
LF #175: Friends > AI health coach, Japanese walking, food trends of 2026
Happy Friday!
This is newsletter #175.
And I don’t think I’ve shared a lot of my backstory.
So… hello. I’m Don!
Here’s 30-seconds about who sends ya emails each Friday.
Plus some fun finds.
🔎 Today’s topics
Corporate HR to Kettlebells (my story)
Friends > AI health coach
Japanese walking
Food trends of 2026
Corporate HR to Kettlebells
4 years into my 30 year mortgage, I quit my job.
I had been doing HR for 10 years.
My wife was homeschooling our 3 kids
I worked for an awesome company
6-figure salary
And I quit.
To start a business with 17 kettlebells in my garage.
The first 2 months of business?
Month 1: $696
Month 2: $896
Barely covered the diaper expenses for my 2-year-old.
But I knew if I quit, I’d go back to city traffic.
Back to daydreams.
Back to listening podcasts about the lives we wanted to live, instead of building one ourselves.
So I went all in with those 17 kettlebells.
But I don’t work with people who have hours to kill at the gym.
Instead, with parents who barely have time for a shower.
A gym costs too much time.
Hours lost to commutes, waiting for equipment, or wiping sweaty machines.
But kettlebells bring the gym home.
Workouts are squeezed between a 8+ hour work day and soccer practice.
Kettlebells solved the time problem for me.
They helped me keep off the 25+ lbs that I lost.
And they are solving that for others.
That’s why I do what I do.
Happy Friday!
🔎 Finds
The author documents her use of FitBit’s health AI for 3 weeks.
She tossed it in favor of real people.
My favorite line:
“There’s a sneaky way of getting faster, and it’s by running with people who are faster than you”.
Walk at a fast pace for 3 minutes.
Walk at a slower pace for 3 minutes.
Repeat 3-5x.
Simple. Boring. Love it!
Fiber is starting to trend (a good one, in my opinion).
Beans, oats, veggies, and whole grains!
Lose 10-15+ lbs in 40 days
(or your money back)
No gym needed.
Just a simple process at home.
3x/week. 30-min workouts.
With one kettlebell (which is included).
Be strong,
Don
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