“I’m a NEW DAD trying to navigate staying in shape with almost zero time to do it. HELP!”
Q+A WITH THE E.I.C.
—@sharphusband
really a question, but I get what you’re going for, because I’ve been there—three times!—and so have tons of other guys. In a landmark 2015 study, researchers from Northwestern University tracked more than 10,000 men over a 20-year period and found that new dads who about a pound and a half over the same time period. (Let’s assume that we’re not talking about four and a half pounds of muscle here. We can also assume that my personal weight gain was, uh, higher than four and a half pounds.) The struggle to stay fit with a newborn is quite real. Not nearly as real as what new moms go through in body/mind/spirit, but still, not nothing. My advice:
