Garage Gym Athlete

This weeks study was an interesting approach to looking at volume for an athlete but something we have touched on a little before. Then we talk about another "pick one" question but with exercises. And we have a NEW Meet Yourself Saturday inspired by one of our athletes. 

This week we are back with Dr. Dan Siegel  and speaking of Implementing The Process of Integration.

This week we are talking with even Jackson and his workout enjoinment. He really deals with the elements and some cold training. Check out how he gets it done!

We are talking about more gear again! We were asked if we ever run in our training shoes or train in our running shoes. Its a great thing to talk about and comes up very often, what shoes we training. 

We like to take the time every 12 week to break down and lay out each of our training tracks for the next 12 week and then give 7 week of free sample weeks. So if you want 7 free weeks of training check out our website or instagram. This also gives us a chance to reveal a lot of updates and things to come. 

Jerred is talking with Dr. Lepley again on finding the mind muscle connection. 

This week Jerred talks with long time athlete Asher Gifford and how he is shifting his mindset and retooling. 

This weeks ask me anything we are talking about how to increase your lung capacity and control your breathing better when working out. 

This weeks study looks at if eccentric training does more muscle damage, and there for if its better than concentric training. However its hard to do just one for these things, because even if you do eccentric training there is a concentric movement still. So we talk about the study that compared the muscle damage they caused and how to apply it to training.

We are back this week with Sam Miller and how to educate your clients on nutrition. 

this week we are talking with Eben Buxton on how training. He is a helicopter pilot and we talk about how he prioritizes his goals and gets his training done. 

We regularly get asked about what wearables, workout trackers and heart rate monitors, are best for training. There isn't a clear cut winner, it depends on what you want form a wearable. We have don't episodes about these in the past but Jerred and Joe breakdown where to start, what to look for and who is best at what. 

This weeks study we are looking at how much the position of the barbell can impact back squats. So we will talk about what the study finds and what we think with the difference between low bar and high bar back squat. And this weeks topic is fun one. If you could train with only 5 of our Meet Yourself Saturday workouts, which would they be?

This week we are back with Evan Brand and how the gut and the brain are linked. 

This week we are talking with Barrett Robin. He talks about how it build up his gym and what his focus is. 

Its no secret we love the Murph workout. A lot of our athletes have been doing murph once a week for a year. Since memorial day Murph is approaching we are talking about how best to prepare and recovery. 

You workout regularly so you can be lazy the other times, right? WRONG. This week we look at a study that compares international competitive athletes and compares their sedentary lifestyle and finds the more sedentary athletes tend to have larger fat mass. Then this weeks topic is our fitness fails and what we fail at when it comes to fitness.

This week we are back with Dr Dan Siegel and his Wheel Of Awareness. 

This week we are talking to Darren Gaunt and his training. Also, what he did last year which was 43 IRON MILES! including an iron 5K. No big deal. So if you want hear more about that then great. 

This week we were asked which of our training tracks is best to do if you are on a running program or adding additional running to your fitness.

This week we are talking again about caffeine, but if your genes matter for a caffeine response. Most people have heard that there are some people that are responsive the caffeine and some it doesn't effect, but how do you know which you are? and if thats even true. Then we are doing our monthly book review, this months is The Obstacle Is The Way By Ryan Holiday.

This week we are back with Dr. Lepley and how eccentric training can help with muscle growth and recovery. 

We have Zach Eason on this week updating us from the last time we spoke with him. He is also preparing for a challenging event. Care to join him?

This week we were asked about why we program iso holds, and also why they never seem to get easier. Iso holds are fantastic accessory work, especially for the core and we like to program them especially in our deload weeks. 

This weeks study is looking at how incorporating strength training can improve your hypertrophy. We are always training for performance verses aesthetics, but there is a place for hypertrophy to help with strength gain and resilience. Well those can go both ways to help each other. Then we are sharing the best fitness advice we have ever received.