Fitness for Dads – The “S” Factors: Three Reasons You May Not Be Burning Fat

Your weight workouts are intense and you’re getting better and better with each passing session. Your interval training sessions leave you dripping with sweat and out of breath. Your diet is tight and you’re eating all the fruit, vegetables, protein & healthy fats that’s allowed. Your a health conscious dad setting a good example for your family. But, when you look in the mirror, you still have that annoying little extra ring around your belly that, no matter what you do, you still can’t lose.

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.

Spotlight on Dads – Chris Lopez

This week’s spotlight shines on Chris Lopez of Fit and Busy Dad. Chris is a father of four and fitness expert, and I’ve been excited to get to know him better over the past several months. He is the author of the new Fitness for Dads series here on Discovering Dad, and I wanted to give readers a chance to get to know Chris a little better.

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.