Hagerstown Personal Trainer Talks Fatherhood

Fun times with Dad…

I was raised by a single mother who did the best she could to raise me to be a man of good moral character, and respected social standing. My dad and her were never an item, so I spent most of my life without a regular male figure in my life as she wasn’t in a hurry to replace him. Throughout my life, I had a few “father figures” like older male relatives, friends fathers, coaches, etc that I gained bits and pieces of information on how a man should move in this world. Often these bits of information weren’t the best, but it was really all I had.

When I found out that my wife was pregnant with our son almost 2 years ago, I was terrified at the prospect of raising a boy because I’d never had a positive male role model for myself. How was I ever going to be the man that I wanted him to be?  Those fears all vanished the moment I saw him enter the world, all seven pounds of him. The love and joyI felt at that moment was the most greatest feeling in my life. When I held that little boy in my arms, I made him a silent promise that I would always be the man he needed me to be for the rest of my life.

Dads often get the short end of the stick when it comes to our importance in the world with the way we are often portraed on tv, in movies, and in pop culture in general. But fathers, let’s not ever think that our role in our marriages and our children’s lives is irrelevent in any aspect. In these times, good fathers are needed more than ever to be leaders and protectors in our homes and our world as a whole. That’s why it’s important now more than ever that we take care of ourselves. Men are dying younger and younger, and really for no good reason. Prostate cancer, heart disease, among other ailments are killing us in record numbers and many of these killers can be prevented by sound nutrition, and regular exercise.

Stop dying so young! Lety’s start taking better care of ourselves and make sure we are around for our grandkids and great-grandkids. We have a lot left to learn and pass on to future generations, but we can’t do it posthumously. It’s easy: eat better, move more. C’mon, not hard. If you need help, you can always e-mail me at chad@hometeamfitness.net.  Men gotta helps men!

-c