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Fitness for Dads - Fixing Your Posture

We stand in line at the ATM, or while talking to the other dads at our kid’s soccer game or when we’re sitting at our desk in the office. No matter where we are, our posture is terrible!

Posture is one of those things that, if not paid any attention to, can really start to affect our health later on in life. Poor posture can be attributed mainly to what we do everyday and living what I like to call an “anterior dominant” life.

13Nov2008 | Jeremy | 4 comments | Continued
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Fitness for Dads - Part 3: Chin-Ups

Those darn monkey bars were never my friend when I was a kid. I had friends who could swing off them, hang upside down on them, I even know one kid that could do a 1-arm handstand on them. Me? Not a chance. I could barely get through 2 rungs before my grip would give out and I would come crashing down to the sand.

12Oct2008 | Jeremy | 3 comments | Continued
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Have You Really Hugged Your Kids Today?

A lot of guys aren’t very comfortable vocalizing their feelings, and some men struggle with showing affection to the ones they love most. An easy way to demonstrate to your children that you love them is to give them a hug. Even when they don’t ask for one, most kids will be more than happy to accept a hug at any time

28Sep2008 | Jeremy | 11 comments | Continued
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Fitness for Dads - Getting in Shape: Part 1

It’s all happened to us before. It’s late at night. You just get home from one of those crazy parties with the in-laws. The kids are asleep in the back (for me, all 4 of them are asleep) and you don’t want to wake them. So now, you have the task of picking them up out of their seats, laying their heavy heads on your shoulder and carrying them from the car into bed. Sound familiar? I do it almost every time we have a family get together.

21Sep2008 | Jeremy | 7 comments | Continued
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A Father’s Pride: Helping His Son Become a Star

Most dads dream about his little boy playing college football or being a major league baseball player. It is in the Dad DNA. But mostly, it is a dream so that we can keep our mind from wandering during all those never ending T-Ball games. I lived that dream and I thought my, er, our story would be helpful to others.

19Sep2008 | Jeremy | 7 comments | Continued
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10 Sites to Discover this Weekend - Sept 5

I’ve really been enjoying the link love lately, and I know that I always appreciate when people I trust make good recommendations to me. I found dozens of great new sites this week, just from reading blogs I subscribe to via Google Reader. So, for the time being, I’ll continue to share some of my favorite sites/posts of the week with you each Friday.

5Sep2008 | Jeremy | 4 comments | Continued
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10 Sites to Discover this Weekend - Aug 29

I got great feedback after doing this last Friday, so I’m excited to share with you 10 more sites/posts to discover this weekend. If you have some free time and are looking for some good reads, I would definitely recommend checking these out: 1. Zen Habits - 7 Little Habits that Can Change You Life and How to Form Them - title says it all. Building these habits will definitely help you as a dad too.

29Aug2008 | Jeremy | 6 comments | Continued
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Mud Bog Races - Fun Father Son Day

Every year the local fire company puts on a very popular event on the outskirts of our city. It’s called a mud bog, which is essentially drag racing for country folk. We live in what is called a suburb of Washington, DC, but it is still very much a rural area at the base of the Allegheny mountains. People come from far-and-wide for three things around here - karaoke, gun bonanzas and the annual mud bog races.

25Aug2008 | Jeremy | 7 comments | Continued
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10 Sites to Discover this Weekend - Aug 22

It’s been a while since I shared some links outside of the monthly Discovering Dad Blog Carnival, so I wanted to pass on some posts and sites that have caught my attention recently. If you’ve got free time this weekend, I would highly recommend checking these out:
1. Dadcentric - Blended. No Rocks. No [...]

22Aug2008 | Jeremy | 15 comments | Continued
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How to Stay Young at Heart

How often do you wake up in the morning and say, “Wow - I feel old today!” I’ve been feeling this way too often lately. Maybe it’s a lack of sleep or other ailments, but being in my 30’s, I feel like I should still be more young at heart. So I’ve decided to reinvigorate some healthy habits

14Aug2008 | Jeremy | 4 comments | Continued
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Family Fun at the Zoo

We’re fortunate to live in an area where we have access to three zoos. The National Zoo is less than an hour away. The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore is within two hours. The Catoctin Wildlife Preserve and Zoo is only thirty minutes from our house, so it was an easy choice to pick for a family fun day.

14Aug2008 | Jeremy | 8 comments | Continued
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How to Create a Parenting Blog that Lasts

Are you a parent? Thinking of starting a blog to document the trials and tribulations of your experiences from pregnancy to Pampers to proms? Welcome to the club! There are about 10 million other parents who have had the same idea. One blog that has stuck around and connected with thousands of parents is Whiskey In My Sippy Cup.

12Aug2008 | Jeremy | 21 comments | Continued
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The Manival #15

Welcome to the 15th edition of The Manival - the weekly blog carnival for men. Each week a different man blogger hosts the carnival, and I’m honored for Discovering Dad to present this edition. Each carnival features articles about how men can be better husbands, fathers and men, in general.

12Aug2008 | Jeremy | 16 comments | Continued
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Child Safety - Close Call Contest Winners

Congratulations to Lin from Telling It Like It Is and SciFi Dad from Tales From the Dad Side for winning the Child Safety - Close Call Comment Contest.

11Aug2008 | Jeremy | 3 comments | Continued
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Child Safety - Close Call Comment Contest

Child safety is a prominent concern among responsible parents worldwide. Whether you have an infant, toddler or teenager, there are a variety of safety precautions parents can take in order to protect their children from others and themselves.

8Aug2008 | Jeremy | 7 comments | Continued