What do you do when you want to quit?

The enormity of the task at hand is setting in. 

It's going to take longer than you thought. It's going to be harder than you thought. 

The comfort of your old life is fading further and further into the past. 

What do you do when the motivation is dissapearing? 

Everyone has excuses. 

I can't do X becuase of Y. 

But what if you realized that you made up your excuses 'why you can't' which means that you can also make up reasons 'why you can'? 

You have the ability to listen to your excuses and do the thing anyways. 

Do the thing and you will have the power. 

Chasing perfection is a way to let yourself off the hook. 

If you mess up you can give up because you fell short of perfection. 

Instead accept that life is messy and you will inevitably mess up. 

And when you do...get up. 

Keep going. Do not stop. 

Being a parent. Hard. 

Working out. Hard. 

Running. Hard. 

It's not supposed to be easy. So why do we expect it to be?

This week we're talking about how to make changes. Well how to make LASTING changes. 

Anyone can do a 90 Day Challeneg but how do we make changes that last for the rest of our lives? 

You will find out how in this first installment of The Strong Dad Club - 5 Minute Friday!

This weeks guest is Dr. Rand Michael. 

He is a full time doctor, husband, father to 2 daughters (with another on the way) and he just completed his first Ironman Triathlon. 

A common complaint I hear from dads is that they 'don't have time to train'. This week Dr. Rand and I talk about how to train when life is hectic and your work schedule doesn't leave much time to be a husband, dad AND train for an Ironman Triathlon. 

If you struggle with finding the time to train this episode will be very helpful for you!

Cory Gregory is a serial fitness entrepreneur, leader in the nutrition industry and a top training expert. As a way to save money for college, Cory worked as an underground coal miner until he opened his first gym at the age of 20. Cory quickly earned the reputation as an industry expert in both personal training and nutrition. Cory co-founded one of the fasting growing sport nutrition brands ever Musclepharm, which sold over a half billion dollars worth of product in the seven years he was with the company.

This episode is all about endurance training!

My guest today is Mark Bottenhorn. Mark is an ultra endurance and hybrid athlete, a running coach and the host of 'The Finding Strong Podcast'.

We talk all about the benefits of endurance training, how to get started and also he shares his experience with his second child unexpectedly being born at home!