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Originally Posted by UncleWede
Hence the term: Dad Bod 
You have potentials for weight training just wandering around your house when you get home. And the kids will LOVE you lifting them up, or having them "ride the pony" while you do push-ups. Get them started NOW walking the property, develop that life-long love of exercise. Mom can walk with you/the kids too!
I understand the early starts, I wake at 5:00 to go to work every day. Finding 45-60 minutes after dinner to go to the gym happens about 3x week realistically.
WHEN the kids get into sports, don't just sit at practice and watch them get exercise. I used to run laps and do body-weight exercises if I wasn't the coach. I did all the calisthenics with the kids when I was the coach. |
Ha! Dad Bod is definitely right. Post creating this thread, I was (coincidentally, not as-a-result-of-thread) sent a picture of a recent motoring event I was at from a fellow BimmerPost member of me having a blast talking with the event coordinator alongside a buddy of mine. Great picture - really captured the candid enjoyment of seeing friends and making new in an environment I'll never grow tired of. But it wasn't the smile, it wasn't the cars that I noticed first. It was the "whoa, check out my dad bod!"
Great advice! We certainly get the kiddos out on the property all the time. They're still young, so I don't bring them out for a chunk of what I do as it's generally quite dangerous and they're just not there yet to understand that - very soon, though. But they are CEO (Chief Egg Outfitter) for egg collection and chicken maintenance, Gardening Specialists, and general exploration advocates that keeps us outside as often as we can (except for recently as we apparently live at the Lake of Fire with this heat).
My oldest is in soccer and doing quite well. Good input to get involved. I'm a bit more passive in her soccer as I want her to figure things out on her own and understand the importance of the coach. Could be fun for us both for me to get out there and start skipping along with her...