Garage Gym Athlete

This weeks study looks at how tracking food can either cause a complex toward food or even an eating disorder. So which comes first, tracking food or a bad relationship with food?

This weeks study look at one of the most common missing element in strength programs, and that is speed/power.

We sit down with Chris Bennett and how he manages to get his training done while juggling his big family and work life.

Hydration and supplementation are two huge areas when it comes to doing an event and probably the more asked about part, even more macros. We already covered carbs, protein in fat in the previous parts so now we talk about hydration and supplementation for your endurance even fueling needs.

So to compliment last week with burning fat, we talk about how to gain muscle and get stronger. 

This week we are taking with Scott Suttles and how he gets his training done. He has gone through our coaching course and this is the first time we have chatted with him but he's been a garage gym athlete for a long time.

Fueling series for your endurance event continues, this time with protein and fat. Protein is largely viewed as muscle building and recovery, but if you are in a multi hour event, you should still be getting protain. Then fat is the most overlooked or neglected macro nutrient so we go into why fat is needed and how to best use it.

This is one of our most popular studies we have gone over and made a huge impact on our training. This is all about zone two and low intensity conditioning. 

We have a three part series we will be doing which is completely focused on endurance events. So if you have a spartan race, half/full marathon, etc on the books definitely check this out. We are taking one very large study and breaking it up into 3 episodes. This first part is all about carbohydrates.

We have spoken a lot about how too much high intensity training can be bad. So is low intensity training the secret?

This is our first episode of Garage Gym Problems. We asked our athletes what their biggest problems and struggles were with having a home gym so we will start to tackle those.

This week we are looking at how probiotics can effect your body composition and your performance with your workouts. We love gut health ere so we talk a bit more about our thoughts and applications to this.

Its all in your mind, with phototherapy. 

We finally get Marco back on the podcast and catch up with him. Jerred also takes this opportunity to dive deep about mental toughness and coaching.

This weeks study actually looks at 5 studies on the same topic, minimum effective dose. This looks at specifically power lifters, but what is the minimum amount one can lift and still see strength progress?

This week we have a debate about a study and if Heart Rate Variability is a useful metric to track. 

This week Jerred is talking with long time athlete Dylan Mullenix and becoming a better person.

This week we look at an interesting and well executed study about if ⍺-lactalbumin in protein before bed can improve recovery and sleep. There were some interesting findings and we breakdown what this could mean and how to apply for certain athletes. 

This week we are looking back at the time we all did an incredibly challenging spartan race. We share how we all met yourself and our challenges with the race. 

Have a great inverview today with Jack Hampton. He tells us about his training for triathlons and endurance events while on our programming, and an even he had that put him in the hospital.

This cycle webinar we did something a bit different and decide to give a peak behind the curtain at how we program. We also address some of the major lies the fitness industry puts out and how influencers are hurting your fitness.

This week we are talking about a super easy performance enhancing supplement. BEETS!

Would you take the cold plunge? this week Jerred is talking with the guys from Cold Plunge and their at home cold bath. We have talked about cold water immersion in the past, well how you can regularly have it without having to buy ice.

Mental exercises is nothing new here, but a new study found that picturing yourself doing strength and power exercise actually increase performance, even if you dont do any of those. Then we talk about our favorite mobility exercises.

This weeks study Is looking at how cardio can impact long term mortality and then some.