Zad Bod

My baby is starting daycare! He's gonna do great and have a wonderful time, but his parents are a bit broken up about it. So, on this episode, I take stock of how he is, who he is, what's going on with him at this pivotal moment in his life in which he steps out into the world. Consider it a before picture, because from now on the changes we see in him won't just be our doing. This one...

Happy New Year! This entire podcast is built on the fact that I made and kept a New Year's resolution ONE TIME, and even though I don't continue to make resolutions, I tell you why I'm a big fan of them. I also talk about how both of my kids never like me at the same time, and what I'm choosing to start doing, and even though I'm choosing to start doing it at this particular ti...

SPOILER ALERT! The finale to season 1 of Apple TV’s Plur1bus drops tomorrow, and families are sitting together, some of whom are watching the show and want to see how it ends, while others haven’t seen it. What to do? I say, everyone watch it together! On this episode, I spoil the first eight episodes of the season and catch anyone up who hasn’t seen it but is currently holidaying with people who...

On this episode, a cautionary tale about how I ignored warning signs and managed to injure myself just in time to put a damper on the last week ahead before Christmas. Listen up and you'll find out how dumb I am, lest ye be like me!

I have decided to coach my son's basketball team in the new year, and on this episode I explain why I would rather coach a sport that's new to me than one I have experience playing, how eager sports dads like me can start laying the groundwork now so that we are NOT the problem with youth sports later, and how dads who aren't into sports can let their kids play them without compromisin...

It's holiday time, which means it's holiday travel time! But for my family, for some reason, it's been holiday travel time for two months, and my 4-month old has held up really well, but at some point my 4-year old decided he had had enough and kinda sorta quiet quit on us. Turns out, he's the key to the whole operation! Some lessons learned from our first forays traveling as a fam...

On this episode, I talk about my 4-year old son's recently completed inaugural season of playing organized soccer. I'm not a soccer guy. Would that influence him at all? How much of this would actually be soccer education, and how much would just be babysitting? All that and more, on this week's episode of Zad Bod!

It's a Bod Pod! On this episode, I give an update on how well I've adapted to working out at home with kettlebells, how my wife is putting herself back together after childbirth, all the heavy things we have to prevent our 4-year old from trying to lift, and as detailed an analysis of our 4-month old's tummy time as you'll ever hear. Lots of unqualified opinions on this one. It&#39...

Sure, bringing another baby into the world is pretty good for me and my wife, but what about our firstborn? How has it been for him? Well I gotta tell ya, it's turned him into a real piece of work, but seeing it up close, I can understand why. In this episode, I talk about the horrors that can be unleashed when you turn an only child into an older sibling, but also what about it I think can be...

Zad Bod is back! In a triumphant return episode, I talk about the changes in my life going from one kid to two, and specific differences between having the first kid and having a second. Spoiler alert: It's all good. I love being a dad of two even more than I loved being a dad of one, and I feel more powerful than ever. Give it a listen!

My son loves coming with us to sporting events, and we love taking him. On this episode, I talk about what I think he learns from taking these trips to and from the stadium, and tell a couple of stories about a game we saw as the visiting team, that time he went to a game with six of his friends, and how I recently took the step of taking him to a game on my own. It was great, and I'll tell yo...

It's the dog days of summer, and my extremely pregnant wife is somehow handling it better than I am. I talk about a recent trip I took with the family, spend a little bit of time wondering what it would be like to live on a golf course, and then most of the time debating with myself over whether I'd want to own a swimming pool, which we can't even afford to do anyway. All that plus som...

Ever since I started working out with kettlebells, my algorithm is absolutely littered with arguments about functional strength, functional fitness, functional training. What the function? It seems like a fight among bodybuilders, powerlifters, CrossFit, and whatever you'd call people who use kettlebells. Well, I got news for all of you - NONE of it is functional. People are functional. DADS a...

My wife is very pregnant and very busy at work, which is tough, but wow has she been unpleasant. And just saying that makes me realize that I never hear husbands complaining about their wives, but I hear wives complaining about their husbands ALL THE TIME. And it's fine that they do, but it's very concerning that we don't. Guys, it's time we take back what is a time-honored tradition...making fun...

Back from a week on the road, and boy are my legs tired! No really, traveling with a pregnant wife and a three year old is exhausting. But the kid loves to travel, and he's getting really good at it. So on this episode, I mostly just marvel at the various ways in which travel is so good for the little man, some obvious and some not so much. So listen up, because it's a trip!

I can't believe I'm saying this, but I think I love kettlebells? They may not be the best way to train for strength or the best way to train cardio, but maybe they are! But they're definitely a great way to train both at once, which means they are fast, Fast, FAST, and super convenient, and allow me to spend more time doing the important things in life, like playing golf!...I mean, spending time w...

Nikola Jokic is the best basketball player in the world. So they say. Scottie Scheffler is the best golfer since Tiger. That's nice. Why don't I like them more? I take a moment to examine that, but also, I don't think it's just me, because I often find myself getting a talking-to from the sports media over the fact that I don't like them more, which means it must be a popular sentiment. Anyway, it...

It's two steps forward, one step back for kids in every single aspect of their development, isn't it? On this episode I go over some areas in which my three year old is doing well, and some in which he's struggling. He's drawing! He's misbehaving! He's trying to be funny! He's not that funny! He's all over the place. If some of that is going on in your house, you sh...

We're about halfway through the 4U tee ball season, and I'm here to tell you how that's gone so far. In short, it's been good, but it's been good in that way where your voice goes up, like you're negotiating with the meaning of "good." I focus mostly on my son's first experience in a structured setting and his first time being on a team, but there's a bit...

Back from another absence, I explain what tripped me up and then find another beloved holiday to complain about. Then I offer a way-too-late review of season 2 of Apple TV's Severance, as well as finding a way to connect Rory McIlroy winning The Masters to the status of my son's potty training. It's actually quite a profound lesson, and I'm a changed man for it. You don't want...

The Masters is upon us, and it's time for a preview podcast unlike any other! For this edition of the most prestigious golf tournament in the world, I am only interested in two golfers. Ehh, maybe "interested" is the wrong word, because one of those golfers is Scottie Scheffler, but I do wonder aloud why I'm so indifferent to his dominance. But I spend most of the time talking ab...

My 3yo son has recently started playing tee ball, and if you didn't know that they played tee ball at three then let me tell you, it's gone about as well as you'd expect. But it's not the kids that are the problem; it's the parents! I describe some troublesome parental behaviors but also praise the coaches, give reason for optimism, and my belief that tee ball is a better sport...

Back again from another lengthy absence to talk about the perils of doing too much and the risk of failing publicly. Then it's on to Spring, which has me feeling full of energy and optimism, except for when it comes to taming my backyard. Hope springs eternal, but so do weeds! Then I talk about my kid graduating from the nursery and moving into his big kid bedroom to make space for the new bab...

We're halfway through the second season of my favorite TV show, Severance , and I want to share my thoughts on the journeys taken so far by Lumon's Macro Data Refinement team: Mark S. (Adam Scott), Helly R. (Britt Lower), Dylan G. (Zach Cherry), and Irving B. (John Turturro). Do I like this show, or do I love this show? I'm of two minds.

Part two of our fantasy football-based Post-Super Bowl LIX analysis focuses entirely on the Kansas City Chiefs. Where do they go from here? How different would I feel if they won? Or if they lost a close game? Why does this loss being a blowout make such a difference on my view of the 2025 fantasy outlook for Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce, and Taylor Swift? Press play and find out!