This bonus episode is from my appearance on the Dad Bod Wod Podcast with Kevin Torres. Enjoy!

Check out Kevin's work at https://dadbodwod.net/.

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Freddie Bennett isn't an athlete or ex-soldier. He's just an everyday guy who decided to do extraordinary things.

Freddie is on a mission to help people who are stuck in their comfort zones to find the courage to start living the life they dream of.

After years of addiction and feeling stuck in a lifeless job, Freddie's call-to-action came when he watched his own father die suddenly before his eyes.

Since then, he's seemingly done it all: breaking a Guinness World Record, running 200 miles across the Sahara Desert in the world's toughest ultramarathon, becoming an Ironman after having never attempted a triathlon before.

Though Freddie seeks extreme challenges, the lessons he has learned in achieving those goals can be used and applied by anyone to do anything they've dreamed of.

Connect with Freddie at https://freddiembennett.com/ or at https://www.instagram.com/freddieexplores/.

The podcast partner of the month is Jupiter CBD, and right now at https://www.getjupiter.com/share/fitdad you can get 10% off your order when you use the code FITDAD at checkout.

Many thanks to Tonal for sponsoring this week's episode. Tonal's at-home resistance training setup uses the power of electromagnetic energy to deliver up to 200-pounds of resistance in a sleek and functional setup. Fit Dad Fitness Podcast listeners can go to https://www.tonal.com and use the code FITDAD at checkout for $100 off the smart accessories.

Thanks for listening! Please share the Fit Dad Fitness Podcast with a friend, and go out and live an active, involved, healthy life with your children!

Dr. Glenn Livingston is a veteran psychologist with a pointed belief that it is possible to stop overeating and "never binge again."

In fact, he wrote a book about it, appropriately called Never Binge Again (https://neverbingeagain.com/). What makes Dr. Livingston uniquely aware of the issues of overeating, stress eating, and binge eating is the fact that he was once obese himself and he spent years working for the food industry and saw firsthand how manipulative food processing can be.

Disillusioned by what traditional psychology had to offer overweight and/or food obsessed individuals, Dr. Livingston spent several decades researching the nature of bingeing and overeating. But most important to his approach was his own personal journey out of obesity and food prison to a normal, healthy weight and a much more lighthearted relationship with food.

The podcast partner of the month is Jupiter CBD, and right now at https://www.getjupiter.com/share/fitdad, you can get 10% off your order when you use the code FITDAD at checkout.

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I'm serving up a hot and fresh new Fit Dad Q&A episode for you this week!

Questions answered this episode:

- How do we change the narrative in the fitness industry from victim blaming and fat shaming to positivity and wellness?
- What do you do when your little man finds his "little man?"
- What's your best advice to burn stomach fat?
- How do you let your kids workout with you while keeping them safe and getting in a good workout yourself?

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Many people young and old are struggling with mental health problems and issues right now, and my plea in this brand new Friday Reflex is to find a way to continue to work on your physical health.

This is turn will positively affect your mental health, and allow you to show up for those around you who need you most.

Here's the CDC study information I referred to in this episode: https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/13/health/mental-health-coronavirus-pandemic-cdc-study-wellness/index.html

This week's conversation with author, speaker, and health and wellness expert Udo Erasmus is one of the more thought-provoking and interesting discussions I've ever had on this show.

Udo was born into and grew up in a war zone and lived without easy access to water and no electricity. Then, in 1980, Udo got pesticide poisoning, and his doctors didn't know how to help.

This led Udo down a path to discovering his own definition of health, and through deep research, he made discoveries that changed the trajectory of his life and purpose — including his eight-step process to achieving whole health, including mental health, presence and awareness, and being in harmony with nature and humanity.

You don't want to miss this episode!

Download Udo's free eBook, "You Body Needs an Oil Change," at https://www.udoerasmus.com/fitdad, and dig into Udo's other works at theudo.com and https://www.udoschoice.com.

The podcast partner of the month is Jupiter CBD, and right now at https://www.getjupiter.com/share/fitdad, you can get 10% off your order when you use the code FITDAD at checkout.

Many thanks to Tonal for sponsoring this week's episode. Tonal's at-home resistance training setup uses the power of electromagnetic energy to deliver up to 200-pounds of resistance in a sleek and functional setup. Fit Dad Fitness Podcast listeners can go to https://www.tonal.com and use the code FITDAD at checkout for $100 off the smart accessories.

Thanks for listening! Please share the Fit Dad Fitness Podcast with a friend, and go out and live an active, involved, healthy life with your children!

My guest this week, Tom Fabbri, is an adventurer who has climbed six of the seven summits — the tallest peaks on the seven continents — and is working to complete the Adventure Grand Slam, which is the seven summits plus skiing to the North and South Poles.

He's also a father, an entrepreneur, and an author with a message rooted in harnessing fear through uncertainty. In our conversation this week, we discuss a lot about how his relationship with his father affected him as he went through years of addiction, waywardness, and even homelessness, and how that affected him as a father himself.

Tom's purpose in pursuing adventure is to show others that anything is possible if you dare to dream and that overcoming fear is the only way to become who we were meant to be.

Check out Tom's work at https://www.tomfabbri.com/, and connect with him at https://www.instagram.com/lifewrangler/.

Check out this week's podcast partner, Jupiter CBD, at https://www.getjupiter.com/share/fitdad. Get 10% off your order when you use the code FITDAD at checkout.

Thanks for listening! Go out and live an active, involved, healthy life with your children!

I get the pleasure of welcoming Kevin Torres of Dad Bod WOD to the show this week after I've appeared on his podcast a couple times this year.

Kevin and I discuss his path to fitness, which he discovered after leaving the Army and being introducing to fitness for health reasons rather than just meeting a physical fitness standard.

Now, this self-proclaimed music kid has turned into a workout warrior, and he's helping other fathers find sustainable ways to fit fitness into their everyday lives and actually enjoy it.

Connect with Kevin on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/dadbod_wod, and give his podcast a listen at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dad-bod-wod-podcast/id1503147122. Check out his work at https://dadbodwod.net/, and download his Top 10 Workouts guide at https://forgingelitefathers.net/.

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My guest this week is James Townsend, an incredible athlete, CrossFit gym owner, husband, and father. James is also a black man, and this interview was recorded at the height of the protests and demonstrations in the weeks after the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers.

In this conversation, James details his life and experiences as a black man in America, one who had a child at a young age, had a chance to go to the NFL and passed it up, and as a CrossFit owner, had to witness CrossFit founder Greg Glassman's insensitive tweets and emails that eventually led to Glassman's removal from the organization.

Conversations like the one in today's show have to continue, and I am proud and excited to release this episode. While much of our conversation centers on the relevant topics of what's going on in our world, James and I do get a chance to talk about life, fitness, and fatherhood, including how his daughters are already beasts in the gym at young ages.

Connect with James on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/youngtonym/, Twitter at https://twitter.com/youngtonym/, and Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/youngtonym/.

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This week, father and personal trainer Ben Crane of Do What You Can't joins the show to offer up the story of how his battle back from injuries and surgeries set him on a path to help others achieve what they don't believe they can achieve, both mentally and physically.

During physical therapy to recover from surgery, Ben threw himself into learning as much about exercise and recovery as possible, to the point where a chance comment from his wife turned into his calling as a personal trainer.

Ben offers up a lot of inspiration and wisdom from a guy who has gone through what so many of us experience — the frustration of feeling like we're being held back.

Connect with Ben at https://www.dowhatyoucant.com/meet-your-trainer/ and on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/dowhatyoucant.ig/.

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