The Dad Strength Podcast

Bryan Krahn is a fitness coach and “semi-serious physique athlete.” He has written hundreds of fitness articles for magazines like Men’s Health—and just about anything in the fitness section of your local newsstand. He’s also ghostwritten hundreds of other articles—many with celebrity names attached to them. He knows the fitness industry inside and out—and has a keen eye for bullshit. That’s why the advice that he does share is so useful.

In this episode, we discuss mental health and ADHD, non-bullshitty fitness advice, and—of course—fatherhood.

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Facebook

Instagram

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Title music by Daniel Ross

Additional music by Mike Ford

This episode is an interlude for The Dad Strength Podcast. No guest this week. Just some reflections on time with your (extended) family, the perils of air travel, and the podcast so far.

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Title music by Daniel Ross
Additional music by Mike Ford

Andrea Spyros is a speaker, facilitator, and expert in Dr. BJ Fogg’s Behaviour Design methods. She helps people design products, services, and systems that create lasting change. She has also been my partner on many projects relating to the Tiny Habits community

In this episode, we discuss internal beliefs about motivation and identity and how to more accurately assess—and design for your motivational environment.

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Website

Instagram

Twitter

Facebook

LinkedIn

Tiny Habits

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Title music by Daniel Ross

Dr. Marc Bubbs is a naturopathic doctor and performance nutritionist. He is the Director of Performance Nutrition for Canada Basketball and consultant performance nutritionist for a portfolio of professional and Olympic athletes. He is also the author of Peak: The New Science of Athletic Performance That Is Revolutionizing Sports and Peak 40: The New Science of Mid-Life Health for a Leaner, Stronger Body and a Sharper Mind

Bubbs works with athletes who want to improve their performance on the court or field—and regular folks doing the same in their daily lives. And over the past 20 years of his career, he’s found a lot of parallels between the two.

In this episode, we discuss blood work and other health markers, practical health habits, and how to leverage your daily rhythms for success.

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Website and coaching

Twitter

Instagram

Alfie Kohn is a speaker and the author of 15 books on behaviour, education, and parenting. He is an outspoken critic of the value of competition and rewards—and draws deeply from research on motivation.

In this episode, we unpack a lot of the common strategies that parents and teachers use to motivate or shape behaviour. We discuss how to move away from strategies that reduce our kids’ intrinsic motivation and interest—and how to move into a more collaborative worldview.

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Website (and books)
Blog
Twitter
Article: 5 Reasons to stop saying, “Good Job”

Morgan Campbell is an award-winning journalist who writes for New York Times Sports and is the first Senior Contributor to CBC Sports. His work has been featured in the New York Times, the Literary Review of Canada, and the Best Canadian Sports Writing anthology. He’s also working on his first book—due out sometime in 2023.

In this episode, Morgan and I discuss the paradoxes and politics of doing what you love professionally, his professional journey, fatherhood, the differences between how Canadians think of racism in the Unites States vs here at home.

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Affirmative Action—via Scene on Radio

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James Fell is the author of three books, including On This Day In History, Sh!t Went Down. He has written for the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, Time Magazine, The Guardian, and others. His daily column, Sweary History reaches millions of readers monthly.

In this episode, we discuss ADHD, hitting success in your 50s, and putting your politics up front and centre.

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Facebook

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Twitter

Tik-Tok

The Dad Strength Podcast is an Unlearning Network Production

Title music by Daniel Ross

Additional music by Mike Ford

To subscribe, visit dadstrength.com

This special edition of The Dad Strength Podcast is the final episode of the first season. Here, host Geoff Girvitz reflects on the past 19 episodes and what it’s like to get traction on a personal project of this scale. He also discusses the gap between understanding presence and practicing and provides you with a quick rundown of guests and topics.

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Title music by Daniel Ross
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Carmen Bott is a coach and university lecturer. She has a Master's Degree in Exercise Science and is an expert in training Combative & Repeat-Sprint Team Sport Athletes. She’s had years of working with Canada’s top athletes—most notable top wrestlers. She’s published The Wrestler's Edge and a textbook called Exercise Programming Science and Practice. Her knowledge is world-class.

In this episode, we talk about the differences between training regular folks, athletes, combat athletes, and… Kids—including her son.

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YouTube

Instagram

LinkedIn

The Wrestler’s Edge

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The Dad Strength Podcast is an Unlearning Network Production

Title music by Daniel Ross

To subscribe, visit dadstrength.com

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have chiselled abs? Or otherwise wonder what life would be like if you were fitter? Or richer? Or more of whatever it is media tells us we’re supposed to be? Me either. But I know a guy who’s willing to admit to doing so. Not just admit it; write about it and put his internal life on public display.

Graham Isador is a writer in Toronto. His work has appeared at VICE, GQ, and the BBC. And he’s brought me into some of his past experiments. These have been personal experiments designed for public consumption. Isador’s ability to capture what we’ve all thought and felt is superb. We talk about all that—as well as masculine relationships—in this episode of The Dad Strength Podcast.

Links
I Spent 80 Days Trying to Get Abs and It Ruined My Life

The Boring Truths I’ve Learned About Losing Weight and Keeping It Off

How Fit Can You Get From Just Walking?

*Iron* by Henry Rollins

The Dad Strength Podcast is an Unlearning Network Production
Title music by Daniel Ross
To subscribe, visit dadstrength.com—and just kind of figure it out from there