Meet Max.

Years of trying to make training stick, until fatherhood forced one simple rule.

1. 01

   It started on YouTube

   Max began filming simple, follow-along burpee workouts. No gym, no equipment, no fluff. Just the work. People could press play, hit the floor, and train alongside him.

2. 02

   A community formed

   Practitioners kept showing up. The Busy Dad Army grew: 3,600,000+ burpees logged on the app and counting. Dads around the world proving that 80 minutes a week is enough when the system is honest.

3. 03

   So the app was built

   The videos showed people what to do. The app helps them actually do it: every day, with a timer, a level system, and benchmarks that tell you exactly where you stand. Structure for people who don't have time to waste.

Questions about Max and the programme

Who created Busy Dad Training?

Busy Dad Training was created by Max Edwards. It started as free follow-along burpee workouts on his YouTube channel, grew into a community of dads training 80 minutes a week, and became the Busy Dad Training app: the same method with a timer, a level system and benchmarks.

What is Max Edwards' fitness background?

Max is not a professional athlete and does not claim a special background. His method came from years of starting programmes and dropping off when life got busy. When he became a father he set one rule, no more than 80 minutes of training a week, and built everything around two burpee movements that fit inside it. The programme is the result of that constraint, tested on himself first and then on the dads he coached.

How did the Busy Dad Program start?

On YouTube. Max filmed simple, follow-along burpee sessions with no gym and no equipment, and people trained alongside him. As the community grew, the videos showed people what to do, but not how to stay consistent, so the app was built to add structure: a strict 20-minute timer, four levels unlocked by Landmark Workouts, and a record of exactly where you stand.

Is Max still involved in the programme?

Yes. Max still publishes tutorials and follow-along workouts on the Busy Dad Training YouTube channel, coaches members of the community, and the programme in the app is his method, unchanged: 80 minutes a week, two movements, level by level.

What does the 80-minute rule mean?

You train for 80 minutes a week and no more, ideally as four 20-minute sessions. The cap is the point: it is small enough to keep every week, even with kids and a job, and the intensity inside those 20 minutes is what drives progress. Every level of the programme, up to Graduation, is built on the same weekly budget.

Related guides

• The Principles →Simplicity, efficiency, intentionality: why the programme is built the way it is.
• The Busy Dad Army →Real stories from members and the live burpee leaderboard.
• The Four Levels →From Level 1A to Graduation, and the exact reps each Landmark Workout asks for.
• 20-Minute Home Workout for Busy Dads →A complete session you can do today, plus the weekly plan it fits into.

How do I get started with Busy Dad Training?

Join thousands of busy dads who keep fitness simple and get results with 80 minutes a week.