Login or Register

Author Archive

How To Have a Healthy Vacation This Summer

By Sean Barker • Jul 15th, 2010 • Category: Dad Fitness by Sean Barker, Health

Do you worry what to do with your healthy living routine when you go on vacation? I just returned from a 2 week summer holiday with my family. After eating whatever I wanted and not exercising for 2 weeks I probably shattered every health and fitness commandment. But you won’t see me doing the “cardio [...]



[DAD FITNESS] Manly Meals in Minutes

By Sean Barker • Jun 20th, 2010 • Category: Dad Fitness by Sean Barker, Health

Fast Food For Fit Families Tasty Turkey Meatloaf •    2 tablespoons olive oil •    2 onions, peeled and sliced •    2 tsp of bottled basil pesto •    4 button mushrooms, cleaned and chopped •    2 pounds of ground turkey •    1/2 cup of skim milk •    1/2 cup of instant oatmeal •    2 omega 3 [...]



[DAD FITNESS] 5 Ways To Spring Clean Your Workout

By Sean Barker • May 14th, 2010 • Category: Cover Story, Dad Fitness by Sean Barker, Health

With the Sun hanging in the sky a little longer, it naturally gives you more energy to do some spring cleaning inside and outside the house. Just opening up all the windows in your house after the long winter months will awaken your senses with fresh new energy. So it’s time to spring ahead with [...]



[DAD FITNESS] The Best Upper Body Exercise

By Sean Barker • Apr 19th, 2010 • Category: Dad Fitness by Sean Barker, Features, Health

FACT: A lot of buff dads might be able to load up the bar with hundreds of pounds for endless sets of the bench press but can’t even do 10 CORRECT push ups… I don’t think you have any business bench pressing if you can’t properly perform at least 10 perfect pushups. If you can’t [...]



[DAD FITNESS] The One Food That Builds Muscle and Burns Fat

By Sean Barker • Mar 11th, 2010 • Category: Cover Story, Dad Fitness by Sean Barker, Food, Health

Do you want to know the one food that has all you need to build lean muscle and burn bodyfat? Oh yeah, and it tastes great AND is easy to prepare! Your mother always told you to “eat your breakfast,” it’s the most important meal of the day!” Well, your Mom was right… again. Just [...]



[DAD FITNESS] The 5 Best Ways To Stay In Shape While Traveling

By Sean Barker • Feb 4th, 2010 • Category: Cover Story, Dad Fitness by Sean Barker, Health

Did you have to pay the airlines “overweight” on your way home from your last business trip?  …and no I am not talking about your luggage. For a lot of busy dads it seems just when we get on a role with our workouts and healthy eating, it all goes out the window when we [...]



[DAD FITNESS] The 7 Best Ways to Relieve Muscle Soreness

By Sean Barker • Jan 6th, 2010 • Category: Dad Fitness by Sean Barker, Health

I remember it like it was yesterday… Being 16 and squatting down to pick up my books out of my high school gym locker and screaming in agony because my legs were so damn sore from my very FIRST leg workout! But pain soon turned to laughs as I also heard my best friend and [...]



[DAD FITNESS] The Einstein Workout

By Sean Barker • Dec 8th, 2009 • Category: Dad Fitness by Sean Barker, Health

E=mc² You might remember this from your old high school math class. It was Albert Einstein’s Theory of Relativity. Despite Einstein’s well known brilliance, what amazes me even more was he was also a busy dad of 3 kids. Einstein was known for challenging the status quo, and I think if he was alive today [...]



[DAD FITNESS] The REAL Secret To Transforming Your Body

By Sean Barker • Nov 11th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Dad Fitness by Sean Barker, Features, Health

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.” “Knowledge is power.” Inspirational quotes are great for motivation and posting on your Facebook account, but they will do nothing for you if you don’t take action. Along with taking action, do you want to know [...]



[DAD FITNESS] 6 Rules for a Perfect Workout

By Sean Barker • Oct 12th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Dad Fitness by Sean Barker, Health

Rules… As parents we are famous for them. As kids we hated them. Young and old, we all need structure in our lives simply because it works. When it comes to designing your own workout routine, don’t get paralysis by analysis by the 1,950,000 results looking back at you from Google. ..and please don’t try [...]