Updates 2025

Hey everyone! It's been some time since I posted. I wanted to give some quick updates on what I have been up to for 2025.

1. New Content for Grcguy Youtube

As you know, I have a YouTube channel dedicated to cyber security content. I have not posted in a long time due to personal responsibilities at home, work efforts, and studying for the CCSP certification. I know these are excuses but I do intend to produce some content in the future again when I have the free time.

2. Podcasting

Similar to above, I do want to start a Podcast but with so much going on, it is honestly rough for me to commit a dedicated time.

3. Health and Fitness

This part is more on the personal front but still, I'd like to share since health and fitness is very important, and should be important for anyone reading this post.

I have been consistent (or as consistent as I can be) on my workout program. Maybe I can dedicate a post on my exact routine and program but so far I have not gotten sick and my strength has been steadily increasing. I do intermittent fasting, so that has helped with weight control.

Recently I invested in an ice plunge bath system. I bought the bath at SAMs (https://www.samsclub.com/p/therapod-portable-inflatable-ice-bath/P990361383). For two weeks I have been manually adding ice in to it to get the water temperature to 50°F but after a while it got to be too much work to have to go to the store and constantly buying ice bags. So I decided to invest in a chiller machine. This took some research as I wanted to budget this whole project to under 1,000, which alone eliminates a decent chiller. I learned that they function by HP (horsepower) and the more HP the more costly it is but the more it colds the water. I decided to purchase a .5 HP from Warrior Willpower (https://warriorwillpower.com/products/spartan-water-chiller-for-ice-bath-cold-plunge-water-chiller). The bath and chiller both met the budget. The only downside is that I pretty much need to leave the chiller on most of the day to reach the desired temperature. I use this about 2-3 times a week. Again, another post I can go deeper into.

4. Summer 2025

This summer I plan on taking a vacation, well deserved one since I have not taken time off in a while. I plan on passing the CCSP and once that is complete I should be able to plan a well deserved break.