Garage Gym Athlete

Should you always give full effort every workout? Or do you need to dial it back? How sustainable is your workout program? If you have been hitting a wall you need this episode.

We talk about the importance of sleep a lot and we don't plan on stopping, thats how important it is. This weeks study was done on mice and tumor grown, showing that disrupted sleep more than tripled sizes of tumors. Then we talk about the best sleep practices.

Hydration is one of the most important things you should be on top of. But how individual should you make it for YOU?

We get a lot of questions about Vo2 Max, so just how important is it? How much should your pay attention to it? And what factors effect it?

This study was a systematic review on how strength training can make you much healthier and lower your rise for cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and even some cancers. doing strength AND conditioning more than doubled those results, aka concurrent training.

We dont encorage a lot of supplementation, but fish oil is one we do get behind. BUT, to what end?

Most of us workout alone, in our garages/homes and it can be an adjustment to stay driven and motivated. 

Weight loss will never not be talked about and debated. This study aimed to compare which type of bread was better for weight loss but really they were just proving how important fiber is.

We get asked a lot about rest times in our programming if they are not listed. Here is another study we have covered on how you should approach your rest times. 

Losing weight can seem like a very daunting task and overwhelming with the amount of information there is. Well Jerred is here to talk about how your mindset should be toward it.

This weeks study we take a bit of a detour and talk about the uses of foam rolling and why you should do it. Spoiler, its not to enhance performance.

This week we are helping you to get better by not getting worse!

Jerred gives three tips on how to workout when you JUST dont feel like it.

Were always trying to test the boundaries of concurrent training and learn more. This study examines how explosive strength is immediately after a HIIT session. Its not surprise that power is effected, but how much?

When should you be lifting to failure or leaving reps in reserve?

We have broken down energy systems straining, but how should you apply them to your training? How should you attack these and distribute these in your pogromming?

We don't take a lot of supplements here, but we do like to dive into the research because athletes ask a lot about them. Beta alanine is marketed a lot to strength athlete, but does it actually help with strength and lifting? Or is it better for endurance?

Dynamic liting is often the missing element in alot of strength programs. But how do you know when you are being dynamic and losing velocity?

We are all about getting better and there is a learning curve to everything. So how do you get better and develop new skills, especially when working out at home alone?

This study was simple, straight forward but so important. The glute is such an important and sometimes neglected muscle when it comes to strength and power. This study and another shows how just adding some glute activation exercises and increase your performance.

Fatloss needs patience, everybody wants those results fast. But how fast is too fast?

In our program we have what's called the "daily" which is basically the core. Since the core is so important to everything you do and goes way beyond sit ups. So where we talk about 4 core exercises you need to be doing in your program.

This is a classic episode and one of the top episodes we tell all athlte to listen to. If you have heard us talk about zone 2 training or seen it in our programming, this episode is the origin of all of that. 

Should you wear knee sleeves or knee wraps? What do they ACTUALLY do?

**check this out on our YouTube to see the template** We did one week detailed breakdown for concurrent training, now we show you how we play a single month of concurrent training.