Dad Bod Be Gone

One of my good friends is a personal trainer. I asked him for a remedy for “dad bod,” that famous, amorphous, doughy condition magically brought on by “too much” family time. This is his response.

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Fathers have a unique and important role in their children’s lives. Not only do they provide emotional and financial support, but fathers also have a unique opportunity to pass on physical fitness habits to their children.

I had this in mind as I asked a friend about what makes for a good diet and fitness plan. These two things are inextricably linked. There is a reason that you constantly hear the phrase, “diet and exercise.” You simply can’t work out like a madman and come home to eat an entire pizza. You have to consider the long-term consequences of both because one affects the other.

“One does not simply talk about diet without exercise and vice versa.”

Googling or otherwise internet searching yields a nightmare of advertisements and dubious information that you still have to sift through. ChatGPT is getting there, and worth a spin. However, I had a source close to home.