Our Story

We learned about Dad Strength the hard way.  As one might expect from three brothers - growing up, we used to run into our parents’ room on weekend mornings, jump into their bed, and wrestle our dad. Somehow, no matter how intricate our battle strategy, or how willing we were to die for the cause, we would never win. Week after week, we were left tied up like Looney Tunes villains, piano keys for teeth, and birds circling around our heads on that 6x8 duvet battlefield.  Even in later years, when we had long surpassed the appropriate combined age to be ganging up on our old man, he still won.  And we still had no explanation for how.

Little did we know, our father has had a secret weapon. Something that makes him so powerful it puts the Hulk to shame and makes Popeye look frail.  Coincidentally, it’s the reason every kid on the playground asserts that their dad can beat up anyone else’s dad with unwavering confidence. It’s also why our dad will somehow always be able to lift heavier weights than us even though he hasn’t seen a gym in years. He has Dad Strength.

In the time since those fateful wrestling matches, however, our relationship with Dad Strength has changed. We’ve learned that it is so much more than just feats of physical extraordinariness.  Dad Strength has gone from the weight our dad could bench press to the weight he could carry on his shoulders and never waver.  His ability to handle a stressful job, but never once let it affect his demeanor at the dinner table. It’s the fact that we can call him at any time for advice and whether we need a teacher, a business advisor, or a friend, that’s what we get.  In short, it’s all the ways that our dad has been there for us and so much more that we can’t fit here.

What we once held as a term for superhuman strength, has turned out to be a term for a super human.

That’s what Dad Strength means to us, and what we hope it will mean to all of you.

-Nick, Matt, & Andrew