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Straight answers to the questions tired dads ask late at night: step counts, 75 Hard, training on no sleep. One idea per note, written the same way as the Sunday letters.

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HYROX training as a dad: kids and a full-time job

HYROX training around a job and kids at home. Here is the week I actually run, the gear it takes, and the part most dads get backwards about the running.

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How to train for HYROX with no gym and no sled

Most HYROX plans assume a warehouse. Here is how to train for it on shoes, one pair of dumbbells and a loaded backpack, and the two stations you can skip.

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Hybrid training for dads: the honest version

Hybrid training is having a moment, and dads ask whether it works around a job and young kids. It does. It just looks different than the influencer version.

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75 Hard for dads: the alternative that bends

75 Hard sends you back to day one every time you slip. That rule is the whole problem when a week gets away from you. Here is the version that bends instead.

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10,000 steps was an ad. The real number.

The 10,000 number came from a 1965 pedometer ad, not a lab. The science lands closer to 7,000. Here is how to score steps so a real week still counts.

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