Comments on: Fitness for New Fathers: How to Avoid Being a Fat Dad

By: Stoke gym

Stoke gym — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 16:51:09 +0000

A good stroll around the local park normally does it for me. Plus the kids really enjoy it.

By: Joe Malone

Joe Malone — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 22:24:44 +0000

When it comes to fitness in the world, we need help! In the end, a healthy diet and exercise are what people need. We just need to find a way to convince them all of that.

By: Jack's Dad

Jack's Dad — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 07:36:05 +0000

Good article. I actually work for a living, meaning in my business I use my body, it being a trade related business.

I liked the point made that you don’t need a gym membership to have the opportunities to work out. There are no excuses except the ones you choose to make.

I just started up a routine again. I actually use my 2.5 year old as weight and lift him. I do squats and he has fun imitating me. You can incorporate a workout and playtime.

No excuses

By: Anthony

Anthony — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:16:48 +0000

My son is 5 months old now, I gained 15lbs in about 3 months. I just ran out of time to go to the gym, or spend an hour a day exercising. The biggest problem was that I still ate food like before. I had make my body understand I didnt need the same amount of food. I started by drinking water except for one soda a day. Then I ate about half as much as I normally would, instead filling time between meals with a pack of wheat crackers to tide me over.

I have lost 10 lbs since then and feel much better, I plan to keep doing this. Me and my wife are going to try a p90x type home workout atleast two days a week to be more active.

Kids change everything but I wouldnt trade it for the world.

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 22:18:08 +0000

For those who don’t have too much time in their hands, I also recommend trying out some home fitness workouts. They are effective, quick and really easy to do while being able to fit into any time of your day. From experience and from what I heard, the best nowadays would be GSP Rushfit, TapoutXT, and p90X.

By: Nutties

Nutties — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:16:53 +0000

My son is 7 months old and weighs 25 pounds. He loves to be lifted up and down and after about 100 reps I can get a decent bur from this. Last night i took his sensory ball, laid on my back and threw it up in the air. Did a sit up while catching it. He watched me do this for half an hour without a peep. My abs are killing me today. He also loves watching me pound the heck out of my heavy bag. He will sit there and watch me for a solid 20 minutes. Get one of those baby backpacks for hiking. They are about $100 on amazon. He spends most of his weekend on my back and just loves it. Even sleeps in it while my wife and I are climbing hills. If your wife is into fitness do rotating situps together and pass the baby back and forth. I find that the more active everyone is the happier everyone seems to be.

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 20:45:42 +0000

As a new father, I found that cycling to work rather than driving is a pretty decent way to get some exercise. I haven’t driven my car in weeks. 22 miles a day, round trip. For some reason, I expected it to be hard, but it just wasn’t except for the first week.

As a bonus, i’m saving money on gas.

By: JJ.

JJ. — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 15:54:04 +0000

You can always use the baby to do some exercises, for example, overhead presses while standing or chest presses while laying down, put him/her on your shoulders and do some squats just make sure not to do them too fast and not to do any jerky movements… the kid will probably get a kick out of it too… u can also do peek a boo sit ups with babies too, which always gets a little chuckle out of them.. just use your imagination

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 08:37:28 +0000

As a new father of a 1 year old, I can totally relate to the desire to keep in shape while at the same time keep on top of the Dad duties. I have to admit though that some of the suggestions in the article above are a bit corny. Like doing push ups while water is running or just suddenly doing sit ups while preparing milk?! Sorry, but I think my wife and my baby would probably think I’m nuts. I have found however that staying in shape has required a) a flexible notion of WHEN to work out and b) a new concept of exercise and fitness. I’ve found that night time is the best time to run because baby and wife are sleeping. Nobody needs me for anything so I don’t have to feel guilty and there’s a minimal chance that anything will spring up and interfere with that time. Before having a baby I enjoyed exercising in the mornings or after work but that time belongs to my family now. As for exercising itself, I find running is great because it boosts your energy levels as opposed to weightlifting that tires you out. I find a 2.5 mile run followed by 50 pushups and 50 sit ups is perfect. Tennis on Sundays with a friend who also has a baby (the wives can chill with the kids) and riding my bike to work (also saves money). That’s it. Anymore exercise aspirations are impossible. This is not how or when I exercised before I had a baby but you have to adjust. By the way, your site is really cool. Glad I found it.

By: Nick

Nick — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 03:44:39 +0000

Listen men, the newborn thing I what it is. Just hold on till it’s equalized a bit. Then be sure you haven’t forgotten what makes you, you. I have two boys and they mean the world to me along with my most perfect helper wife, but you’ll run square out of gas trying to be superdad like everynight is an “all-nighter” in school. The first thing I had to learn was that taking time to run at night didn’t make me a bad or absent dad. Sometimes that means I miss bedtime but I have to be ok with that to stick to the larger goal of being ABLE to be a capable dad for my lads. I always come in and kiss my boys and whisper to them I love them and Jesus does too.
And hey, sometimes you loose. I think that’s a good lesson to pass on to my boys too. Ok so Dada didn’t make his run tonight, it’s not over. You make choices everyday. And what you chose today you can choose differently tomorrow. Boys, “choose life that you and your seed may live!”