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How to create your own AI performance coach: Optimizing your unique nutrition, recovery, and injury management needs | Lucas Werthein (Cactus)
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- Nov 24, 2025
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Summary
Lucas Werthein , the COO and co-founder of Cactus, shares how he built a personalized AI wellness coach using ChatGPT to optimize his athletic performance while managing past injuries. After multiple surgeries on his knees, shoulder, and foot, Lucas created a system that synthesizes data from medical imaging, blood tests, wearable devices, and nutrition plans to provide personalized recommendations. His AI coach helps him balance competitive tennis, weightlifting, and running a company while maintaining his goal of “feeling 25 in a 40-year-old body.” Lucas demonstrates how this approach transforms siloed health information into actionable insights that protect joints, optimize recovery, and extend peak performance. What you’ll learn: How to configure a ChatGPT with multiple data types, including MRIs, x-rays, blood tests, and wearable metrics, to create a comprehensive health profile A framework for setting clear performance boundaries that prioritize joint protection, energy optimization, and injury prevention Techniques for using AI to balance nutrition around special events like social dinners while maintaining performance goals How to use images and videos to get AI feedback on physical symptoms and injury recovery timelines A method for validating and contextualizing medical advice by having AI synthesize information from multiple health-care providers Why creating clear rules and anti-prompts helps AI deliver practical, evidence-based recommendations instead of trendy supplements or extreme protocols — Copy Lucas’s Health Coach Prompt: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/how-to-create-your-own-ai-performance-coach — Brought to you by: WorkOS —Make your app enterprise-ready today Google Gemini —Your everyday AI assistant — Where to find Lucas Werthein: Website: htt…