Anders Varner is the host of the ultra popular podcast about fitness and training, Barbell Shrugged and is the Director of Media at the Shrugged Collective. Anders is well known and respected amongst CrossFit and fitness circles and even owned his own CrossFit gym at one point. More recently, Anders has increased his own popularity on social media and fitness communities for his Diesel Dad program, which is an efficient and focused approach to training for men with busy schedules to get them into and out of the gym quickly while still achieving great results. It also has as a mentoring component as well. Anders is as fiery and inspiring as he is practical in his advice. You will definitely want to hang around for the end of the episode to hear Anders express the lessons he learned as a husband and father amidst the pandemic. From delivering tough love to an emotional moment at the end, Anders did what he does best, he coached, educated, and inspired and I enjoyed every minute of this conversation with a guy who is truly leading from the front in being a great man, husband, and father.

DISCUSSION POINTS

• How Diesel Dad originated 
• Why you can’t solve 35 year old problems with a 22 year old solution
• How having a child absolutely flips your priorities 
• Changing our understanding of what fitness is and means to us as dads
• Being an opportunist
• Get the f*** up!
• It’s all on you
• If your wife is mad at you for working out in the afternoon/evening.. she should be! 
• Men struggle to ask for help
• Anders reflects on the revelations he experienced during quarantine and why he doesn’t want things to go back to the way they were

LINKS

• Personal Website: www.andersvarner.com
• Diesel Dad Website: https://barbellshrugged.com/dieseldad1/
• Diesel Dad Mentorship: www.dieseldadmentorship.com
• Barbell Shrugged Website: https://barbellshrugged.com/
• Barbell Shrugged Podcast: https://barbellshrugged.com/podcasts/