The Dad Strength Podcast

Today on Dad Strength One and done   Welcoming the unwelcome   The Relative Age Effect   A book, a quote, a dad joke 

Today on Dad Strength A Brief History of Seed Oils Something you never had Man Trouble A book, a quote, a dad joke

Today on Dad Strength  Friction, not restriction   Nihilism as an inverted map   A year, a decade, a lifetime   A book, a quote, a dad joke  Read it here

Today on Dad Strength  Better than a six-pack   The paradox of injury   Redefining optimism   A book, a quote, a dad joke  Read it here

Today on Dad Strength The perils of Roblox Four exercises to build athleticism You can’t be on all day A book, a quote, a dad joke Read it here

Today on Dad Strength:  Survey says   Intermittent fasting vs. three squares   Tell it like a story   A book, a quote, a dad joke  Read it here

Today on Dad Strength The Opposite Machine Losing fat, not muscle A beautiful second act A book, a quote, a dad joke Read it here

Today on Dad Strength What's your parenting quadrant? One weird, new trick for reducing cold symptoms Upstream of anger A book, a quote, a dad joke Read it here

Today on Dad Strength  Working from home (on hard mode)   Count seconds, not reps   365X   A book, a quote, a dad joke Read the newsletter edition here

Today on Dad Strength  Unspoken values in youth athletics   Return to play – the smart way   The tyranny of the blank page   A book, a quote, a dad joke  Read it at: https://newsletter.dadstrength.com/p/return-to-play-the-smart-way

In his new book, The Financial Empowerment Handbook: The Comprehensive Guide to Financial Literacy and Personal Prosperity, David Gatchell isn't telling you which stocks to pick or how much crypto to buy. Part of this is because it offers a much more evergreen perspective on financial literacy – but one that's rooted in the present day. The other part of this is because he has written it for your...

Dr. Howard Luks is a seasoned orthopaedic surgeon and Sports Medicine specialist who really walks the talk. Howard’s known for his exceptional patient-centred approach and science-based advice about health and longevity, and he’s compiled a lot of that wisdom into his book, Longevity…Simplified : Living A Longer, Healthier Life Shouldn’t Be Complicated. As the title implies, Howard is great at cut...

Morgan Campbell is an award-winning journalist who writes for New York Times Sports and is the first Senior Contributor to CBC Sports. His work has been featured in the New York Times, the Literary Review of Canada, and the Best Canadian Sports Writing anthology. Morgan also has a lot of wisdom to share on the subject of forgiveness. In his recent memoir, My Fighting Family: Borders and Bloodlines...

Having conversations with your kids about screen time generally isn’t easy, but thanks to the work of folks like Ash Brandin, those conversations can be a lot smoother and can help set a healthy foundation for how and when screens can best serve their purpose. Ash is best known as The Gamer Educator, and has spent the last 10+ years focused on incorporating gaming concepts in the classroom. In thi...

Michael Watts is a seasoned performance coach, father of 2, and a master when it comes to breath work. Mike has worked extensively with athletes at the highest levels, including English Premier League Clubs and National Teams in China and England. Central to his operating philosophy is functional breathing, recognizing its crucial impact on recovery and overall athletic performance. In this episod...

Mattie Leon is a singer/songwriter from Hamilton, Ontario. In the wholesome episode to date, Leon describes the transition from touring musician to fatherhood and why a good story doesn't always need a dramatic arc. Here, we learn about his (great) relationship with his dad and how a song that makes grown men cry became the seed of this episode. You can listen to more music at https://www.mattiele...

Alex Manley is published poet and journalist, a senior editor at AskMen , and the author of The New Masculinity: A Roadmap for a 21st-Century Definition of Manhood In this episode, Manley's helps us question and deconstruct outdated rules for masculinity and build—in their place—opportunities for a more modern vision of what it is to be a man. Manley's view—informed by their position at AskMen—spe...

Jeremy Frisch is a father of three and the owner and director of Achieve Performance Training in Clinton, Massachusetts. Here, he focuses on youth athletic development, physical education, and physical literacy. If you parent or coach young athletes, you’re going to want to listen to this one. Frisch shares some important insights on how to get the most out of kids through creative problem solving...

In this episode, Geoff Girvitz shares two methods for focus that helped him work with—instead of against—ADHD. Here, you’ll learn about the art of pre-loading, where you can more precisely harness whatever levels of motivation you have in order to set yourself up for success. Geoff also shares tools for working with internal cues—”the calls coming from inside the house” so that you can be more tun...

In this episode, we speak with Dr. Carol George about attachment styles. Dr. George is a professor of psychology and has an incredible body of work including the Adult Attachment Style interview. She teaches courses in development and attachment, co-directs a master’s-degree program in infant mental health, and she trains and consults on how researchers and clinicians use the attachment assessment...

“The care of the self is a practice of freedom."  —Michel Foucault  We’re back for some thoughts on self-care for men—and dads in particular. We talk about why men aren’t stock cars—and how differences in our own lives can inform how we interface with the world.  We also discuss why the first act of real self-care is just using or appreciating what you’ve got. Jump into conversations with other da...

Dom Matteo is a “coach of coaches” as a Coaching Masterclass instructor for Precision Nutrition. He is a father of two who has also applied his deep knowledge of nutrition and strength training to a 20 year competitive rugby career. In this episode, we discuss parenting a child with OCD, tips on being a master coach, and the unsexy reality of athletic development. Links LinkedIn An incredible disp...

Pain is complex, often frustrating, and often hard to pin down with pure biomechanics. Greg Lehman is a “movement optimist” who takes a broader view of research and practice to help clients. He has also taught his course, Reconciling Biomechanics with Pain Science, over 100 times and in more than 40 countries. He has also published over 20 peer-reviewed scientific papers on manual therapy and exer...

Motivation is a funny thing. We are forever finding ways to inspire and rev ourselves up. But what happens when you let go of those strategies? What are you left with? And is it truly less motivation? Or does another framework emerge? I dig into this question as I share my thoughts on a month of NOT motivating myself.  The Dad Strength Podcast is an Unlearning Network production Title music by Dan...

Rich Thaw is a Montreal-based strength and conditioning coach—and father of one. We riff on coaching and parenting. Rich also shares some programming tips for building athleticism at any age. Links Rich Thaw Instagram Empowr Instagram Website Exercise library Do Hard Things Rich’s Choose Your Own Adventure Protocol Choose 1 of each: Cardio: 500 meter row; 250 meter ski erg; 400 meter run; 100 feet...