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Mens Health and Fitness

With a busy schedule as a father and a full-time employee, fitting in fitness and health consciousness can be difficult. Find information on ways to be healthier and more fit and helping your children with their health and physical fitness as well.
  1. Exercise Strategies for Fathers (8)

Fitting Fitness into a Busy Dad’s Life

With busy schedules and less and less time available for personal needs, dad often have a hard time making time for exercise and fitness. Taken advice from fathers who have made it work and find ways to fit fitness and wellness into your busy life.

Lose Weight and Keep Your Family Healthy

Dads who are committed to their own and their children's health will appreciate this article from Dr. Jerome Greenburg about better eating and protection from toxins in our food and environment.

Three Sure-Fire Ways Busy Dads Blow Their Weight Loss Efforts

Today's busy fathers often have a lifestyle that makes smart and traditional weight loss efforts much harder. Fitness expert Jeanie Callen Barat share some good ideas about staying on your weight loss plan even with a very busy schedule.

Jeanie Callen Barat

Biographical information about fitness expert Jeanie Callen Barat.

About Craig Ballantyne

Biographical sketch of Craig Ballantyne, creator of the Turbulence Training system.

What To Do About the Winter Blues

With the onset of the winter months, people get a lot less light than the usually do. This leads some to experience what mental health professionals call Seasonal Affective Disorder or the Winter Blues. Find out more about SAD—the causes, the symptoms and what to do about them.

Health Checkups for Dad

Recent statistics suggest women are 100% more likely to have an annual physical checkup than men are. Find out what you should be asking your doctor and what tests you should have and how often. And stay healthy for your kids.

Pacing: The Key to Comfortable Living and Working for Fathers

At the end of a long week, do you have enough energy to do more than run the remote? Explore these tips for managing the pace of your work and life, and find more than exhaustion on Friday night.

Top Ten Ways for Fathers to Relieve Stress

I recall a time when I had a particularly tough day at work and was facing a long evening of family and church demands ahead. I came home from work and kind of unleashed on my wife and family. My wife, who is amazingly tuned in to my moods and needs, sent me off to the gym to work off some of the stress. Just like our children when they have...

Making Time for Exercise - How To Find Time for Fitness

Finding time for exercise can be a big challenge in a busy life. How do you make time to keep fit by exercising?

Drop Dead Healthy - One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection

A review of the book Drop Dead Healthy - One Man s Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection by A.J. Jacobs. Drop Dead Healthy is an entertaining read for any man wanting to improve his personal health and do it in a way that reaches maximum benefit.

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