The Dad Strength Podcast

Mattie Leon is a singer/songwriter from Hamilton, Ontario. In the wholesome episode to date, Leon describes the transition from touring musician to fatherhood and why a good story doesn't always need…

Alex Manley is published poet and journalist, a senior editor at AskMen, and the author of The New Masculinity: A Roadmap for a 21st-Century Definition of Manhood

In this episode, Manley's helps us qu…

Jeremy Frisch is a father of three and the owner and director of Achieve Performance Training in Clinton, Massachusetts. Here, he focuses on youth athletic development, physical education, and physic…

In this episode, Geoff Girvitz shares two methods for focus that helped him work with—instead of against—ADHD. Here, you’ll learn about the art of pre-loading, where you can more precisely harness wh…

In this episode, we speak with Dr. Carol George about attachment styles.

Dr. George is a professor of psychology and has an incredible body of work including the Adult Attachment Style interview. She …

“The care of the self is a practice of freedom." 

—Michel Foucault 

We’re back for some thoughts on self-care for men—and dads in particular. We talk about why men aren’t stock cars—and how differences…

Dom Matteo is a “coach of coaches” as a Coaching Masterclass instructor for Precision Nutrition. He is a father of two who has also applied his deep knowledge of nutrition and strength training to a …

Pain is complex, often frustrating, and often hard to pin down with pure biomechanics. Greg Lehman is a “movement optimist” who takes a broader view of research and practice to help clients. He has a…

Motivation is a funny thing. We are forever finding ways to inspire and rev ourselves up. But what happens when you let go of those strategies? What are you left with? And is it truly less motivation…

Rich Thaw is a Montreal-based strength and conditioning coach—and father of one. We riff on coaching and parenting. Rich also shares some programming tips for building athleticism at any age.

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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 …

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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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…

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 prof…

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 motivati…

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 R…

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 …

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 p…

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 wi…

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 …