Fit Dad Nation

At 48 years old, I feel pretty good. But it hasn't come without a lot of time and attention to the small details that has kept me that way. And for as much time as I've dedicated to keeping myself healthy, I've had my share of setbacks and injuries. It happens. Our bodies age and there isn't anything we can do about the wear and tear that happens over time. And I don't necessarily mean beating it up with exercise, but rather the opposite; living a sedentary lifestyle, sitting a ton and becoming full of tight and weak muscles, ligaments, joints and tendons. One of the main reasons that it's so important to stay injury free (besides the injury itself), is that often times, we use it as an excuse to let go of everything else. We let our diets go to sh*t because we figure what does it matter since we can't workout anyways. We'll let an injury derail all our efforts and we end up starting from square one again. Not good. The good news is there are plenty of things we can do to help us stay injury free and here are