Fitness for Busy Parents | Answering YOUR Questions | Connor Shehan

Parents: working hard, sleeping little, stressed out, with mouths to feed and schedules to manage — all while trying to eat halfway decent and get a little exercise in. This one's for you. Jesse is joined in studio by Connor Shehan, fit dad and VP of Nutrition at Rep Fitness, to answer listener questions about fitness, nutrition, and raising strong kids.

They get into how much protein you actually need and whether too much can hurt you, what the real difference is between a $20 and a $50 version of the same supplement, what supplements are appropriate for kids and which ones aren't, whether you should take creatine at all if you don't lift, whether full-body workouts actually work, and what five exercises Connor would pick if he could only do five for the rest of his life. Plus the question that hit hardest: a dad wrote in feeling guilty because he doesn't want to work out with his kids — the gym is his only time to himself. Is he wrong?

Then a rapid-fire agree-or-disagree round and a parenting pop quiz that goes somewhat off the rails. You'll love it.

PLUS THIS WEEK'S HEALTH & FITNESS NEWS

- Children who lose a parent are twice as likely to develop a mental health disorder — new data from more than 6,300 households

- The cereal box toy is back, and the reason why says something about screens

- Meta goes on trial in federal court over child safety and social media addiction

- Why some kids are wired for sound sensitivity — 15,728 kids and what the brain scans show

- Does supplement timing actually matter? What the evidence says

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 - Cold Open & Intro

1:03 - The Weekly Health Brief