About Fitvestors

I'm Solomon

Early 30s, based in Folsom, California. By day I'm a software engineer writing software for next-generation hardware chips. Outside of work I'm usually hunting down good food and breweries, playing badminton, lifting weights, traveling, or more recently — hiking through different parts of California.

The Thing Nobody Taught Us

I'm genuinely passionate about two things: fitness science and personal finance. Not because I'm an expert at either — but because I've spent years self-learning both, applying what I read to my own life, and arriving at the same uncomfortable thought every single time.

Why wasn't any of this taught to me earlier?

Not in school. Not in college. And our parents — who genuinely want the best for us — can only pass on what worked for them, which isn't always what the evidence says. By the time most of us piece it together, we've already lost years of compounding — both in the gym and in the bank account.

My Fitness Story

I've transformed my body three times. And regressed all three times — once because I only did cardio and never built muscle; once because I was so strict I couldn't sustain it when stress hit; once because back-to-back travel broke a routine I thought was solid.

Each time, the lesson was different. But the pattern was the same: I was following rules instead of building habits. Rules shatter under stress, travel, and real life. Habits survive it.

That's where I am now — fitting fitness into real life, Indian food and all, rather than designing a perfect system that only works in ideal conditions. I'll be writing more about these journeys as I go.

My Finance Story

My parents gave me one great habit: track your money. I've always done that.

But alongside it came beliefs I didn't question for years — stocks are risky, basically gambling; gold is the safe bet; credit cards are bad, debt is bad, avoid both. These weren't bad intentions, they were the best advice my parents had. But they kept me on the sidelines for years while compounding was quietly working for everyone else.

Here's the thing though — the advice wasn't completely wrong. It was just incomplete. Picking individual stocks can absolutely be gambling. But index funds over the long term? That's a different story entirely. Credit cards are genuinely dangerous if you carry a balance. But if you pay in full every month and use the rewards, they're one of the best free tools available — and in countries like the US and Canada, they're practically necessary for building the credit history you'll need for every big purchase down the line. Nobody explained that nuance to me. I had to find it myself, much later than I should have.

Why Fitvestors Exists

That question — why didn't anyone tell me this sooner?— is why this site exists. I'm not a fitness influencer or a finance guru. I'm a software engineer who read a lot, ran experiments on himself, and made expensive mistakes in both areas. I want to put it all in one place, simply explained, for someone just starting out.

Fitness and finance keep showing up as the same problem in two different places:

• Neither is taught — not in school, not at home.
• Both require a mindset shift to get started.
• Both get dramatically easier the earlier you begin.
• Both run on compounding — small, consistent actions that snowball over time.

If you're in your early 20s stepping into the real world, or in your late 20s realising you should have started sooner — this is for you. Focus on both. Not all at once. Not perfectly. Just gradually, together.

Get in Touch

This site is a work in progress, just like the rest of us. If you have thoughts, questions, or topics you'd like covered, reach out at contact@fitvestors.com.