If you're a groom getting married this summer, we're fairly certain that you can't dance, but probably haven't given much thought to the first dance. None of the guys at Groom Groove can dance, and none of the guys we know practice the fine art of the waltz. However, it's a wedding tradition that the groom and bride have the first dance at their wedding. In this article, grooms can learn where and how to quickly learn how to dance before wedding day, even if that wedding is only a couple of weeks away. (It makes for a great pre-wedding date). Read up, fearless groom! You don't want to be caught flat footed.
Are you a groom about to get married or a prospective groom who just got engaged? Check out this article about your duties leading up to wedding day. The groom has to do more than make a marriage proposal, but fortunately some of the wedding planning is a blast. (Really!) This article and the video inside cover all the bases.
Once a groom has offered a buddy or a brother a spot as the best man or groomsman, it's pretty hard to change that person out. Here are some considerations the groom should keep in mind when having second thoughts about their choice of best man or groomsmen.
Grooms are likely to be tasked with organizing transportation to get the bride to the wedding ceremony, and to get the wedding party from the ceremony to a photo shoot and/or the wedding reception.
If you're a groom, it's ok to be nervous about making your wedding speech. In this video, we cover groom wedding toasts or speeches so you make it off the podium alive!
If you're a groom getting married this summer, you might be wondering about how the bachelor party will go down. We're decidedly in favor of being involved in the planning, and helping set the tone of the party with your best man long before the night itself. As your best man is the guy most likely responsible for planning the bachelor party, he's got a lot of control (if you want him to.) Set your boundaries. As some of the commentators on our article about bachelor parties for the groom have noted, it's important to set the tone if only to keep on good terms with your bride.
Gold's Gym celebrity trainer, Mike Ryan, is one of the world's leading fitness authorities.
If you miss a few days at the gym because you're traveling, refer back to your old days in gym class and work those push ups (with a variety of hand placements, narrow, wide, etc.), sit ups, crunches, dips with a chair, squats, walking lunges, skip rope (or simulate skipping rope) and definitely go for a walk or jog.
The Wedding Chick answers any question a groom-to-be wants to ask - from groomsmen gifts to wedding attire. Most recently, a groom asks her about his bride getting cold feet.
It's wedding season. If you're a groom getting married this summer, this article gives some quick tips on how to get fit before wedding day, from Mike Ryan, our expert on fitness, from our partner, Gold's Gym. It's not too late to lose the spare tire.
Grooms can do the world some good and create a charity wedding registry. Grooms and brides alike can choose nonprofits of their choosing to create a cool wedding registry. Read more about one nonprofit that is connecting weddding guests to charities and making wedding registries a way for the grom and bride to learn about each other.
In addition to your long list of best man duties, you should know that there will also be some financial obligations. The best man will have control over some of these expenses and yet others, the best man will just have to cough up at the bride and groom's behest. One thing's for sure; the minute the groom announces that he and his fiancee will be getting hitched in the Himalayas, in the spring of next year, the best man had better start saving.