I'm A Dad 🧒🏻

Last Friday my wife and I went on our last date night before our baby girl was due to be born.

We went for a Japanese dinner.

We went to the movies (Operation Fortune (6/10) is not as good as The Gentlemen if you're a Guy Ritchie fan btw).

And then we got gelato ice cream and chilled at home.

Well... that was how it was meant to go anyway!

Turns out our baby girl had other plans and decided to bring on contractions as we watched the movie.

We didn't end up finishing the gelato at home because I had to pack my hospital bag and shower.

My wife said we weren't coming home without a baby girl but I lowered my expectations to prepare myself just to go in to hospital for a check-up and go back home.

We arrived to the hospital at 11:30pm, Jan 13th.

By 1:45am on Jan 14th our baby girl arrived.

She was meant to be born on Jan 17th.

My wife is healthy and recovering well.

She championed this entire week on the littlest of sleep.

My baby girl is sleeping, peeing and shitting (a lot). So, she is healthy.

I'm healthy too but I really didn't have to do much but keep our hospital room tidy, make sure my wife was hydrated and give the odd massage here and there (and continue to run a business haha).

The last week has been so important for me to be there for my little family, which is why I've gone dark on social media platforms and motivational e-mails lately.

But I am back and my cup is full.

From the bottom of my heart, my wife and I want to thank you for all the support you gave to us on our journey to becoming parents.

I find it so strange and weird, but most importantly beautiful, how my clients and even my audience on social media care so much about my personal life outside of being an online personal trainer.

Thanks for caring so much and thanks for your kind words along the way.

There's no sales pitch at the end of this email.

Just a quote that I read recently about becoming a parent:

“Teach your children early what you learned late.”
- Kareem Burke.

This applies directly to your children but also your mates and extended family.

Whether you're a parent or not, passing on knowledge to help another navigate through life is always worth it.

I'm not saying to over protect them and try to prevent them from going through hardship.

Hardship and adversity is important for building resilience and character.

I'm telling you to share your experiences with others and educate them on the lessons you learnt through the mistakes you made, so they don't have to make the same ones.

Just like I do with the diet and training mistakes I made and help you overcome without going through years of extreme dieting, binge eating and overtraining.

Back to daddy duties, talk soon 💪