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Terminator Mode: disengaged
Plus: A quick story about community
Geoff Girvitz
February 20, 2025
Today on Dad Strength
Terminator Mode: disengaged
Don’t sweat the nighttime carbs
A quick story about community
A book, a quote, a dad joke
Terminator Mode: disengaged
I recently came across a post by Scott Galloway, a renowned business professor, centrist, and rich guy about town. Galloway said, “You should be able to walk into any room and believe that you could either kill and eat everybody or outrun them.”
I don’t think he means that in a literal sense, which makes this statement more tedious than wrong per se. And he does go on to say that community and relationships are important. I don’t like how generic the first part of his take is. Or how it implies that masculinity is not available to anyone held back by injury or disability or age. Or how there can be only one toughest guy.
You know what I think? I think You should be able to walk into any room with enough calm, kindness and openness to see the very best in each person there. And I say that as a guy who can probably recite Roadhouse verbatim. This version isn’t a zero-sum game. Everyone in the room can play and everyone in the room wins.
Let’s not get it twisted. Physical strength and capability build authentic confidence. And you might need that kind of confidence to truly be present and not go into defence mode—or tough-guy fantasy mode. But the value of physical prowess has more to do the process involved—and what it instills. The faster the car, the better the brakes need to be and the stronger the person, the more essential that the skill of gentleness becomes.
Don’t sweat the nighttime carbs
Have you ever stressed about carb-heavy pre-bedtime snacks? Then this one’s for you:
A November 2024 study broke men into three groups. The first group consumed all carbs before their evening exercise. The second group spread carbs throughout the day with low-GI carbs post-exercise. The third group mimicked the second but with high-GI carbs after their workouts.
One important detail: All groups followed a structured 5 day/week workout.
Researchers tracked physical performance and body fat. The results after four weeks? Everybody got stronger, everybody got leaner, but there were no significant differences between groups. Carb timing didn’t seem to matter.
If you’re exercising, controlling for total calories, and otherwise eating sensibly, the only big question remaining is how you personally prefer to eat. Don’t sweat the small stuff.
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A quick story about community
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What I’m reading/listening to:
A Quote
“When I say it's you I like, I'm talking about that part of you that knows that life is far more than anything you can ever see or hear or touch. That deep part of you that allows you to stand for those things without which humankind cannot survive. Love that conquers hate, peace that rises triumphant over war, and justice that proves more powerful than greed.”
A dad joke
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
Take care of yourself, man!
Geoff Girvitz
Father, founder, physical culturist
dadstrength.com