TCM’s are well-timed-explosions that engineers apply to spacecraft in ways that a bowler wishes he could apply to a ball after it’s released from his hands. They are also what fathers do with their daughters.
80 pound weighted chin up on gymnastics rings
One of my feats of dad strength – a weighted chin-up. This particular one was done with 80 lbs, using 3 kettlebells strapped to my waist.
15 Foot Hands-only Rope Climb with 35 pounds
As part of my ongoing feats of dad-strength benchmarks, I did a fifteen foot hands-only rope climb with a 35lb kettlebell attached to my waist.
Feats of “Dad Strength”
Dad strength is the kind of physical strength that’s useful when stuff goes wrong and people are depending on you — in clutch situations. Every dad ought to meet or exceed his own minimal definition of strong, but I think these strength benchmarks are generally applicable because they scale to any weight.