If you’re going to survive the upcoming apocalypse, you’re going to need food. Lots of food. And if you need a lot of food, you have to know how to grow it. Once you’ve mastered this, you can sit back, safe in the knowledge that you can survive decades of international turmoil and societal breakdown. […]
Traveling for work can be a real drag. Home or international, you’re going to be faced with a heap of down-time. Time that is normally occupied by changing nappies, cleaning up spilled food or honing your skills as Bath Time Superhero Extraordinaire. As a hard-working Dad that might sound like bliss. But if not, keep […]
The wind howled in our faces as the snow, horizontal now, began to fall. ‘I’m tired, Daddy. You carry me’, a small voice said from somewhere down to my left. ‘No’, I said. ‘I can see the car and we’re going to finish together’. At two and a half, this was my son’s first experience […]
During the launch of This Dad Does, I asked readers and followers on Twitter this question: What’s the One Skill All Dads Should Have? I was overwhelmed by the responses I got. There were so many good and varying answers. I’ve been able to distill and paraphrase the ten best ones into this post. […]
Losing my Dad bod was one of the biggest challenges of my life. It took me hours of discipline, exercises and hard work. The results speak for themselves. Here’s my story: January 2013. I had a Dad Bod. My son had been born six months earlier and it had been stressful. Really stressful. With all […]
You’re a Dad. You like to train, be healthy and have a fit body. But time is always a limiting factor. A traditional gym warm up might consist of: 15 minutes on the stationary bike 5 minutes foam rolling 5 minutes dynamic stretching That’s 25 minutes of your workout warming up. Which was fine when […]
The Dad Bod doesn't have to be a reality if you are committed to improving yourself.
The Dad Bod is one of the reasons I started This Dad Does. An acquaintance of mine was sitting opposite me. He leaned back and patted his growing midriff. ‘I’ve got a Dad-Bod now’, he said with a degree of triumph. ‘It’s what you get when you’re a Dad’. Sorry, what? When did this become […]
By now you have probably figured out that I’m a big fan of weight training. I like nothing better than getting in the gym and throwing some heavy things around. Now you’re feeling inspired and you want to try it too. Or you’re coming in from a long lay off with little or no resistance […]
I used to hate eating alone. It was the absolute worst. Nothing could be more lonely and pathetic than some guy sitting on his own in a restaurant at a table for one. Traveling for business would drag as a result. So instead I would buy fast food and eat it in my hotel room. […]
