Happy Friday — Don’t miss a new feature we’re pumped to drop today (we teased it last week).

The Slack group’s been full of real talk lately—everything from morning routines to fatherhood challenges and what it really looks like to show up when things get hard.

Have a great weekend 👊

THE DIGEST 

• Most Clicked: The 5 Best No-Weight Workouts for Every Kind of Guy

• Best Community Reply: Stop striving to be a perfect parent. Just try to be the parent your kid needs.

• Wisdom of the Week: Remember - you’re dealing with someone whose brain isn’t fully formed yet. They need your calm more than your correction.

WEEKEND BLUEPRINT 

FROM THE TRENCHES

One of the most real convos in the Dad Day Slack this week was around how to support your wife through postpartum depression.

Some really thoughtful conversation—from dads who had been there, felt helpless, and figured things out one step at a time.

Some of the best advice shared:

• Step out of the moment—take over the task and give her a break

• Don’t take the hard days personally (even when it’s tough not to)

• Listen, don’t try to fix

• Remember: it’s temporary, and it’s not about you

• Just being there—calm, present, steady—goes a long way

This is what the Dad Day community is for. If you're in it right now, you're not alone.

👉 [Join the Slack group here]

GARAGE

Send us what you’re working on

Nick M. from Pittsburgh is in the middle of a garage gym transformation. Excited to feature the finished product, Nick!

Working on something? Reply to this email and send it our way. House Projects, Green Grass, Businesses, Whatever. Would love to feature it. Otherwise, you’ll be looking at my unfinished projects.

WEEKEND BURNER

Grab a pair of dumbbells and get after it.

5 rounds for time:

20 walking lunges (10 each leg, holding dumbbells)

10 dumbbell push press

10 dumbbell front squats

10 bent-over rows

30-second plank hold

Rest 1 minute between rounds. Keep the form clean. Legs burning = mission accomplished.

Last year I paid for an Inside Tracker blood panel…and had no idea what I was looking at. My PCP (love her, but yeah) wasn’t much help either.

Fast forward to last week—I connected with Tyler Nicholson (he signed up for Dad Day a while back). Total pro. He left healthcare consulting in 2011, opened his own gym, and has spent the last decade helping people get out of pain, boost energy, and make sense of their bodies.

He walked me through my blood panel for nearly an hour—and for the first time, it actually clicked.

Lightbulb moment: more dads should hear this.

So we’re kicking off something new: Dad Lab—live virtual sessions with experts built to help us level up in real, practical ways.

Here’s the gist:

• Bloodwork basics (what to actually pay attention to)

• Tools to keep in your health arsenal

• Quick Q+A at the end

When:
📅 Thursday, June 12th
🕛 12–12:30pm (ish) EST
📍 Google Meet
💰 Free for the group

How to sign up:

Head to this link and enter your name and email. We’ll send the calendar invite.