385lb
Deadlift
Pulled Aug 22, 2026. Saving 400 for next time.
The numbers
All real. Where there's a receipt, it's linked.
315lb
Squat
Lifetime best. Hit 305 most recently, in Aug 2026.
225× 3
Bench press
Three clean reps, Aug 20, 2026.
18
Pull-ups in a row
Clean reps, Aug 20, 2026.
50
Push-ups in one set
Same day. It was a long day.
5K
Official race result
La Jolla Half Marathon & 5K, timed and posted by the race.
Chasing
Outlined numbers haven't happened yet. They go solid when they do.
Dunk
On a regulation 10 foot rim
Target date: Nov 28, 2026.
- Grab the rimAug 2026
- All fingers over the rimSep 2026
- Palm over the rimNext
- DunkThe video goes here
Sub 5
Mile in under 5:00
Goal number one. Spring 2027.
Sub 60
15K in under an hour
Race day is Mar 7, 2027.
Day job
I've edited golf videos for Mr. Short Game since 2020, shot tracers included. A shot tracer is the line that follows a golf ball through the air, like the red one at the top of this page. I build them in After Effects.
I also run camera for Dean Reynolds Media, mostly on a Sony A7S III.
Side quests
- Bikes
- I've fixed up and resold over a dozen, including dead e-bikes other people gave up on.
- Competitions
- I enter contests I have no business entering. Next up: a chili cook-off on Nov 8, with three chilis.
- Guitar
- Chord melody, where one guitar plays the tune and the chords at the same time.
- Japanese
- A couple thousand flashcards in, a lot of them pulled from song lyrics.
- FPV drones
- Goggles on, flying from the drone's point of view.
- Surfing
- Whenever San Diego cooperates.
- Electric unicycle
- Learned to ride one in October 2026.
- Chess
- On chess.com as shadowthief8 since 2018.