Geoff Girvitz
@geoffgirvitz.bsky.social
Father, founder, physical culturist
I explore health through writing, behaviour design, and community-building
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I explore health through writing, behaviour design, and community-building
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Today on Dad Strength
A band pull-apart tip
The burden of carrying things silently
High protein diets vs strength training for muscle
A book, a quote, and a dad joke
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A band pull-apart tip
The burden of carrying things silently
High protein diets vs strength training for muscle
A book, a quote, and a dad joke
dadstrength.com/archive/high...
October 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Today on Dad Strength
A band pull-apart tip
The burden of carrying things silently
High protein diets vs strength training for muscle
A book, a quote, and a dad joke
dadstrength.com/archive/high...
A band pull-apart tip
The burden of carrying things silently
High protein diets vs strength training for muscle
A book, a quote, and a dad joke
dadstrength.com/archive/high...
September 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I don't know how many science skeptics are out there but if it only takes one issue (vaccines, climate change) to count, it might be close to 40% of North Americans. Feel free to check me on this.
But it would be good for them to know that many scientists want to/are trying to repair this.
But it would be good for them to know that many scientists want to/are trying to repair this.
August 29, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I don't know how many science skeptics are out there but if it only takes one issue (vaccines, climate change) to count, it might be close to 40% of North Americans. Feel free to check me on this.
But it would be good for them to know that many scientists want to/are trying to repair this.
But it would be good for them to know that many scientists want to/are trying to repair this.
The biggest bottlenecks I saw in Amsterdam were bikes and they resolved almost immediately. We need to stop pretending as if we don’t know what the answers look like.
June 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The biggest bottlenecks I saw in Amsterdam were bikes and they resolved almost immediately. We need to stop pretending as if we don’t know what the answers look like.
I am delighted to share this clip from The Nature of Things' "Dad Bods" episode featuring Dad Strength.
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June 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I am delighted to share this clip from The Nature of Things' "Dad Bods" episode featuring Dad Strength.
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gem.cbc.ca/the-nature-o...
“Let us forget with generosity those who cannot love us.”
— Pablo Neruda
Also in this week's edition of Dad Strength:
* Heat-seeker: advice on warm-ups
* How to be a provider
* The Fracturing
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— Pablo Neruda
Also in this week's edition of Dad Strength:
* Heat-seeker: advice on warm-ups
* How to be a provider
* The Fracturing
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March 7, 2025 at 8:03 PM
“Let us forget with generosity those who cannot love us.”
— Pablo Neruda
Also in this week's edition of Dad Strength:
* Heat-seeker: advice on warm-ups
* How to be a provider
* The Fracturing
newsletter.dadstrength.com/p/how-to-be-...
— Pablo Neruda
Also in this week's edition of Dad Strength:
* Heat-seeker: advice on warm-ups
* How to be a provider
* The Fracturing
newsletter.dadstrength.com/p/how-to-be-...
The next time someone brings up the "Hard times create strong men" line, ask them if they're referring to the Social Determinants of Health.
February 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The next time someone brings up the "Hard times create strong men" line, ask them if they're referring to the Social Determinants of Health.
Everyone squats differently. Here’s how to find your Signature Squat. Plus a banger of a Michel Foucault quote.
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February 6, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Everyone squats differently. Here’s how to find your Signature Squat. Plus a banger of a Michel Foucault quote.
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"We assessed the impacts of misleading TikTok videos and compared the effectiveness of debunking videos from medical experts vs. laypeople... Notably... expert didactic videos benefited more from incorporating high-tempo background music, primarily through the suppression of counterarguing."
February 1, 2025 at 1:46 PM
"We assessed the impacts of misleading TikTok videos and compared the effectiveness of debunking videos from medical experts vs. laypeople... Notably... expert didactic videos benefited more from incorporating high-tempo background music, primarily through the suppression of counterarguing."
There’s a mental model for parenting that I have been using to make sense of governance. It asks whether standards/expectations are high or low and does the same for the support provided.
How are things feeling these days?
How are things feeling these days?
January 27, 2025 at 2:07 PM
There’s a mental model for parenting that I have been using to make sense of governance. It asks whether standards/expectations are high or low and does the same for the support provided.
How are things feeling these days?
How are things feeling these days?
Heels turn as Dana White for Vice TV
January 27, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Heels turn as Dana White for Vice TV
@morganpcampbell.bsky.social tells us about his mom’s writing at today's event.
January 25, 2025 at 9:38 PM
@morganpcampbell.bsky.social tells us about his mom’s writing at today's event.
I shared some thoughts on fitness trackers with the BBC.
Read the whole thing here:
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Read the whole thing here:
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January 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I shared some thoughts on fitness trackers with the BBC.
Read the whole thing here:
shorturl.at/GMQYh
Read the whole thing here:
shorturl.at/GMQYh
Action is the currency of transformation.
Today I shared a resource to help you bring clarity into your new year. You can download it here:
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Today I shared a resource to help you bring clarity into your new year. You can download it here:
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December 26, 2024 at 11:25 PM
Action is the currency of transformation.
Today I shared a resource to help you bring clarity into your new year. You can download it here:
newsletter.dadstrength.com/p/action-jou...
Today I shared a resource to help you bring clarity into your new year. You can download it here:
newsletter.dadstrength.com/p/action-jou...
Today's edition of Dad Strength features an update to [box breathing], lessons from a Burt Reynolds movie, and captures a recent discussion on leveraging tough emotions.
You can check it out here:
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You can check it out here:
newsletter.dadstrength.com/p/leveraging...
December 19, 2024 at 4:18 PM
Today's edition of Dad Strength features an update to [box breathing], lessons from a Burt Reynolds movie, and captures a recent discussion on leveraging tough emotions.
You can check it out here:
newsletter.dadstrength.com/p/leveraging...
You can check it out here:
newsletter.dadstrength.com/p/leveraging...
When someone gives me a compliment
December 14, 2024 at 4:30 PM
When someone gives me a compliment
What's your parenting quadrant? In his book, 10 to 25: The Science of Motivating Young People, author, David Yeager, breaks things down into 4 parenting styles:
* Enforcer: demands high standards but does not help you meet them
* Protector: someone who guards you against feelings of failure
* Enforcer: demands high standards but does not help you meet them
* Protector: someone who guards you against feelings of failure
December 8, 2024 at 5:52 PM
What's your parenting quadrant? In his book, 10 to 25: The Science of Motivating Young People, author, David Yeager, breaks things down into 4 parenting styles:
* Enforcer: demands high standards but does not help you meet them
* Protector: someone who guards you against feelings of failure
* Enforcer: demands high standards but does not help you meet them
* Protector: someone who guards you against feelings of failure
I was initially very hesitant to talk about Dad Strength. Masculinity is a messy topic—and a frequent site of culture war skirmishes. This is where self-appointed arbiters of masculinity build a continuum of what is or isn't manly. And, in the same breath, claim that gender also a simple binary.
December 6, 2024 at 8:07 PM
I was initially very hesitant to talk about Dad Strength. Masculinity is a messy topic—and a frequent site of culture war skirmishes. This is where self-appointed arbiters of masculinity build a continuum of what is or isn't manly. And, in the same breath, claim that gender also a simple binary.
Giving your kids what you never had; seed oils; new research on fatherhood. And a dad joke.
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November 17, 2024 at 3:27 AM
Giving your kids what you never had; seed oils; new research on fatherhood. And a dad joke.
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