Shankar | Health · Longevity · 46

I wrote a whole book about this. Not because I hate biryani. Because I love my people too much to stay quiet. Your genetics are not your destiny. Get the book: a.co/d/0eHeVhTO

Deload days are not rest days. I hit 60% of my 1 rep max and focus purely on rhythm and form. Every rep deliberate. Every movement clean. Does more for muscle memory than any heavy session. Do this 2-3 times a month. Thank me later.

People debate AI like it's philosophical. I just know I get more done before 9am than I used to all day. That's the whole review.

Weekly 24 hour fast. Pick a day and lock it in. I do Mondays. Consistent, simple, and the ROI on body composition and longevity is hard to beat. Most people overthink fasting. One day a week. Done.

My son sophomore learns CNC and CAD part of curriculum. Crazy he makes all these designs. If you fuel their interest sky is the limit. Opens their mind and creativity. 🔥🔥

I have been wrong before. Time will tell. But the clock is ticking.

6/ With AI, true in-house network integration is no longer a fantasy. Hard? Yes. Impossible? No. The carriers that figure this out survive. The ones that do not become the next Blockbuster. Still open, just irrelevant.

Why wireless carriers are engineering their own obsolescence. A thread from someone who has been in RF for 20 years:

Talk to most Asian men my age: no vitamin D, no K2, no omega 3s. But they will fill a prescription without blinking. We are genetically predisposed to deficiency and cardiac risk and somehow the pill is fine but a 30 dollar supplement stack is too much. It genuinely makes me sad.

Talk to most Asian men my age: no vitamin D, no K2, no omega 3s. But they will fill a prescription without blinking. We are genetically predisposed to deficiency and cardiac risk and somehow the pill is fine but a 0 supplement stack is too much. It genuinely makes me sad.

Dogs since age 7. Never going back. Tried cats — loved them but the litter box situation is a no from me. There's a reason men and dogs have a bond like no other. I'm 46, planning to live to 99, and I fully expect a dog on my couch for every single year of it.

Best sleep hack I've found after years of tracking: room temp 62-64°F, small fan, white noise. Deep sleep and REM both improve. HRV follows. Free, simple, no supplement required. Whole family sleeps in that range now. My French Bulldog is the only holdout.

There's an entire industry built around teaching adults how to run, walk, and eat real food. That's where we are. Being healthy isn't an accomplishment — it's the baseline. We got lazy, got confused, and started paying for what used to be common sense. Just go lift. Just go move.

Keto? Suzanne Somers was doing it in the 90s. Carnivore? Look up the all-meat diets from the 1800s. Intermittent fasting? Ancient practice. Every new diet trend is just old ideas repackaged for a new generation. The fundamentals never changed. Only the influencers did.

Real life at 46: wife, 2 kids, 2 dogs, a business, and zero time for influencer morning rituals. Pick 2-3 habits with the highest ROI and actually stick to them. Mine: eat low carb, lift 4x a week, be present with family. That's it. The rest is content.

At this point, more California teachers have tried to assassinate Trump than Iranians have. I really wish he’d get back to domestic concerns and stop cleaning up the rest of the world.