Zad Bod

It's been a long summer for no reason in particular other than that we have a toddler who turned into a gremlin once the temperature got hot enough. So what have we done about it? We've struggled. That's what.

Looking ahead to golf's last major, The (British) Open Championship, and the Olympics in Paris, France. Both of which will include Rory McIlroy.

Is it just me or is there not a lot of overlap between baseball fans and soccer fans? I get the sense that people who really like either sport tend to solidly dislike the other one. I'm a baseball fan, and I've been watching soccer too. Both sides make good points.

I'm about to travel to play golf, and I'd actually like to play well on a trip for once, so on this episode I'm taking stock of what kind of shape my golf game is in, and it turns out my golf game also has a bit of a belly.

Things have been a little too cheery and positive around here. Well, that stops now. Everyone talks about playing with their kid like it's some sort of good thing, but there's a lot they don't tell you, and it's time for some good old fashioned venting.

I've started taking my two-year-old to the driving range! It was his idea, I swear. He loves hitting balls, and he learns a ton every time we go -- some of it's even about golf.

I've been working out, being active, moving and shaking as much as I can handle for about a year and a half, and I see small changes in the mirror every day. And yet I weigh the same, wear the same size clothes, and look identical in photos from both then and now.. What is going on?? Listen in as I search for an answer.

I know I said the power clean is my favorite exercise, but I have since replaced them in my workout with the power snatch. Why? How's that going? Do I have a new favorite exercise? All that and more, so give it a listen!

I started mowing the lawn again this year after a few years of having someone else do it for us, and it immediately made me weaker, slower, and worse at playing golf. And yet, I kinda love it?

There's no time like the...no, actually, there's just no time. And yet, the solution isn't to do less. It might actually be to do more.

I haven't been running lately, and I fear that the way to get back to it involves using an old-timey torture device called a treadmill, which I really can't stand using, but is too convenient to ignore, but I really think I'm allergic to, but I could really use right now.

It's Major League baseball season, NBA and NHL post-season, and NFL draft season (?), and I can't stop watching all of it! Some thoughts on Nikola Jokic, Joel Embiid, Shohei Ohtani, and why Millennials are responsible for the decline of trick-or-treating.

Simply an ode to my sweet chariot, a 2007 Honda Ridgeline pickup truck (or is it?) that I love almost more than I can say, but I can say and I do, right here.

I watched The Masters pretty intently, and recorded both before and after the final round of Scottie Scheffler's win over Ludvig Aberg, Max Homa, Collin Morikawa, even Tiger Woods, and especially Rory McIlroy.

Having watched Dune at home, I can say that it is absolutely worth going to see Dune 2 on the big screen, even if it's to go see Dune 2. What does that mean? Do I like it? Do I not like it? Indeed.

A celebration of all those eggs you'll be hunting this weekend, and some reminiscing over that time Donald Trump had to wait for me to finish doing something.

Taking time to talk about my favorite exercise and the centerpiece of my extremely brief but remarkably effective workout. Squats? Deadlifts? Something else? Something else.

Continuing to talk about "Full Swing" on Netflix, the 2023 Ryder Cup, and lots on Rory McIlroy, but recorded before he took that suspect drop on Thursday at the Players championship. I didn't like that, but I do like him otherwise, though I wish he wouldn't do something like that while I'm recording a podcast singing his praises. Come on, Rory lad.

I'm watching the Players Championship, and it makes me want to talk about watching the golf reality show "Full Swing" on Netflix, with some thoughts on Rickie Fowler, Dustin Johnson, LIV vs PGA TOUR and more.

Apparently, I'm still not done complaining about how bodybuilding is ruining my workouts. Talk about arguably excessive volume. Maybe I'm more of a bodybuilder than I thought.

Thinking about changing up my workout led me down a path of completely eradicating bodybuilding from my life. It was an accident, I swear. Do as I don't say, not as I don't do.

Spring is about to spring, and all I can think about is golf, aka The Sport of Dads. And that is because Tiger Woods played golf last week. It didn't go well, and it hasn't for a while, but I'm convinced Tiger Woods will play some great golf this year. And so will I.

Barbie. Oppenheimer. Barbie. Oppenheimer. Not many movies rise to the level of deciding to get a babysitter, and last year two came out on the same day! Barbenheimer was the story of the year in movies, but I didn't have a podcast back then so let's talk about it now. Plus, Anatomy of a Fall, and and a Super Bowl prediction.

There is a two-week gap in the NFL schedule, and a bunch of Oscar-nominated movies for me to catch up on between now and the Super Bowl. I can't watch them all, so listen in as I decide which of the Academy Award nominees for Best Picture I'd like to watch, and which I'm willing to skip. Are the Past Lives of Poor Things in my Zone of Interest? Or are these Killers of the Flower Moon j...

What exactly is Dad Strength, and why is it like being bitten by a radioactive baby?