Ac pushing a weighted sled at a HYROX race

Edition: Field Notes

Albert Christian Co, coach, builder and operator in Cebu City.

Next race: HYROX Singapore,

I run two CrossFit gyms in Cebu, serve as Country Manager for CrossFit Philippines, and operate a building materials business. I build tools around the problems those jobs reveal. Training keeps me honest. Family keeps the work in perspective.

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Albert Christian Co. Goes by Ac.

Field Notes

Notes from training, building, and operating in the real world.

  1. Building The IT Guy Was There First Before the gyms, before CrossFit, I was the IT guy. The AI side was never a new chapter. It was the old one, coming back.
  2. Training Any Program Works for a Beginner A beginner improves on almost anything. That says more about the body than about the coach.
  3. Building The Efficient Company Is Not the One With the Fewest People What frontier AI users keep finding after they automate: more human work, not less. And why the efficient company is the one where agents do the repeatable layer.
  4. Building I Build Agents Around Real Life A few concrete examples of how I use AI agents across the house, the gym, the business, and the strange corners of my life.
  5. Training The One-Tool Coach A running coach defaults to running. A powerlifter defaults to powerlifting. The best coaches don't default to anything.
  6. Training Coaching Should Have a Reason Complicated exercises can look creative, but good coaching starts with a clear reason.

All Field Notes

It was never a shift. It was a return. The IT guy was there first.

From The IT Guy Was There First

Things I build

Live, public

Will I have a power interruption?

A free tracker for scheduled Visayan Electric outages in Cebu City, Mandaue, Talisay and nearby towns: when it starts, how long it lasts, and when power returns.

Check your barangay

  • Character Forge

    A D&D 2024 character builder for levels 1 to 6. Every number is calculated for you, and the sheet prints to PDF.

    Live, public

    Open Character Forge

  • accoworks.dev

    This site and its publishing system.

    Live, open source

    View the source

  • Cortex Orchestrator

    Approval-gated agent operations: keeps consequential agent actions behind explicit approval before execution.

    Active, private

  • Life Dashboard

    A personal operations dashboard. Version 0.1 renders 2 of 8 planned adapters into one local view of training, business, and daily operations.

    In progress, local only

  • Flame & Finish systems

    Inventory, ordering, reporting, and storefront work inside systems built for the trade business.

    Active, internal

  • Gym programming automation

    Reduces repetitive platform entry while keeping programming decisions with the coach.

    Active, internal

I also tinker with home servers and the solar setup at home.

Ac coaching at a CrossFit event

About

Before the gyms, before CrossFit, I was the IT guy. I studied Information Technology at the University of San Carlos. Fitness came later and took over the stage. The tech never left.

Today I own CrossFit Subtero, two CrossFit boxes in Cebu City built around coaching standards, athlete development, and community. I serve as Country Manager for CrossFit Philippines, supporting affiliates across the country, and I operate Flame & Finish, which brings imported building materials to the Philippine market.

CrossFit is the sport. I have coached for more than a decade and hold the CrossFit Level 3 credential. I also race HYROX, enough to test myself outside the gym. The long game is simpler: move well at 60, keep up with my son, and stay useful when real life gets heavy.

I also coach athletes remotely. You get a program written for you, and I review your work and adjust it as you change. Read about remote coaching

Get in touch

Email is the fastest way to reach me.

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