Garage Gym Athlete

Welcome to Season 8 of the Garage Gym Athlete Podcast!!  Top 3 Highlights: The need to workout Struggling for gym space Getting your setup -- About our Garage Gym Athletes: The athletes all have a diverse background; some from Powerlifting, CrossFit, Olympic Lifting, Endurance Training, Military Operators, Collegiate Athletes, Spartan Racers, Obstacle Course Racers, and many other forms of physica...

Welcome to Season 8 of the Garage Gym Athlete Podcast!!  Top 3 Highlights: Army Nurse 24 hours of continuous MURPH preparing the body -- About our Garage Gym Athletes: The athletes all have a diverse background; some from Powerlifting, CrossFit, Olympic Lifting, Endurance Training, Military Operators, Collegiate Athletes, Spartan Racers, Obstacle Course Racers, and many other forms of physical tra...

Welcome to Season 8 of the Garage Gym Athlete Podcast!!  Top 3 Highlights: Loaded DIY gym swimming in a cold creek Adventure racing -- About our Garage Gym Athletes: The athletes all have a diverse background; some from Powerlifting, CrossFit, Olympic Lifting, Endurance Training, Military Operators, Collegiate Athletes, Spartan Racers, Obstacle Course Racers, and many other forms of physical train...

Welcome to Season 8 of the Garage Gym Athlete Podcast!!  Top 3 Highlights: GGA at a box adjusting to new climate monitoring and factoring recovery -- About our Garage Gym Athletes: The athletes all have a diverse background; some from Powerlifting, CrossFit, Olympic Lifting, Endurance Training, Military Operators, Collegiate Athletes, Spartan Racers, Obstacle Course Racers, and many other forms of...

Welcome to Season 8 of the Garage Gym Athlete Podcast!!  Top 3 Highlights: Expert Level DIY sandbag and band training Having a plan -- About our Garage Gym Athletes: The athletes all have a diverse background; some from Powerlifting, CrossFit, Olympic Lifting, Endurance Training, Military Operators, Collegiate Athletes, Spartan Racers, Obstacle Course Racers, and many other forms of physical train...

Welcome to Seasons 8 of the Garage Gym Athlete podcast! We have 11 more athletes this season, a few of which are reattacks from previous seasons to see whats new, others are brand new. Some great stories and backgrounds. 

Hey athletes, this week we are talking about protein! How much do you need to recover from your workout? well, what kind of workout are you doing? It is also FIT WEEK in our programming so we are going over what we are testing and some tips and tricks to either setting your baseline or going for those PR's! We will be giving away a bunch more shirts yet again this fit week. And lastly, the workout...

Hey all! This weeks study we are talking some brief science on dynamic warm up, but then this weeks topic is continuing that and doing a deeper dive into warm ups. How do you warm up properly? What should you do to prepare for your workout? Lastly this weeks workout is a doozy and a fun one, called Old McDonald.

This week on the podcast we talk about the benefits of periodization training and why you should be doing it. We also breakdown the elements in our fuels course that will make you a better human, super charge your recovery and make your fitness take flight. This weekends workout is called Thousand and is a doozy. 

Hey all! This week we start off by wrapping up our Memorial day MURPH weekend. The study we get into this week is the on the mind-muscle connection. Are internal or external cues better for lifting? Which to use when? and how results can be impacted by these. Then we go over what i means to be Hard to Kill and how our training covers all of the energy systems to make yourself hard to kill. Does yo...

Hey Athletes! This week we are talking a lot about recovery. The study we dive into compares recovery efficiency comparing cold water immersion and cryotherapy. But is there a 3rd option that is even better? Then we talk about our own recovery metrics, tips, tricks and how to read and act according to our recovery data. Finally this weeks workout is What The Ruck?!

This week on the podcast we dive into a study that included mental training and visualization for some awesome results across the board. We also dive in to achieving the goal that the majority of athletes and people workout out want, go gain muscle and lose fat. How to succeed in that, is it possible, and how to go about it. Then lastly, Its been MURPH time for us all year long, but a ton of peopl...

Hey athletes! This week we start off by talking about working out and doing MURPH at elevation. Then for this weeks study we are talking about how necessary supplements are (or rather arent) and the placebo effect around supplements.  For our topic we wanted to dive into knowing the why behind what your doing for your workout. Usually when we talk about the 'why' its on the goal side but for this...

Hey Athletes! This week we talk about a study that compared strength gains while doing either exclusively strength exercise or doing both strength and conditioning. There isn't a great strength difference but there is a great overall health difference.  We also talk about pacing during workouts, cycles and achieving your goals. Going full ham isn't always the way to go. And our workout for this we...

Hey Athletes! This kicks off our new episodes that will be between our regular season where we interview our athletes. These episodes we will try and cover a new study in the fitness and health realm, talk about recent training, and any other new thing thats happening in our world.  This week we talk about Carb rinsing and how it can increase performance. We also state why our programming is not C...

Welcome to Season 7 of the Garage Gym Athlete Podcast!!  Top 3 Highlights: Training with and for 4 boys Having variety in training Feeding the mind, body and soul -- About our Garage Gym Athletes: The athletes all have a diverse background; some from Powerlifting, CrossFit, Olympic Lifting, Endurance Training, Military Operators, Collegiate Athletes, Spartan Racers, Obstacle Course Racers, and man...

Welcome to Season 7 of the Garage Gym Athlete Podcast!!  Top 3 Highlights: Lifestyle transformations ground floor fitness spare bedroom gym -- About our Garage Gym Athletes: The athletes all have a diverse background; some from Powerlifting, CrossFit, Olympic Lifting, Endurance Training, Military Operators, Collegiate Athletes, Spartan Racers, Obstacle Course Racers, and many other forms of physic...

Welcome to Season 7 of the Garage Gym Athlete Podcast!!  Top 3 Highlights: Scottland Athlete Long time rugby athlete Knowing the to hand up the cleats -- About our Garage Gym Athletes: The athletes all have a diverse background; some from Powerlifting, CrossFit, Olympic Lifting, Endurance Training, Military Operators, Collegiate Athletes, Spartan Racers, Obstacle Course Racers, and many other form...

Welcome to Season 7 of the Garage Gym Athlete Podcast!!  Top 3 Highlights: Endurance to Garage gym athlete making an active life change Starting small and building long term habits -- About our Garage Gym Athletes: The athletes all have a diverse background; some from Powerlifting, CrossFit, Olympic Lifting, Endurance Training, Military Operators, Collegiate Athletes, Spartan Racers, Obstacle Cour...

Welcome to Season 7 of the Garage Gym Athlete Podcast!!  Top 3 Highlights: Wildland firefighter training Training a hotshot crew sandbag training Venture athlete -- About our Garage Gym Athletes: The athletes all have a diverse background; some from Powerlifting, CrossFit, Olympic Lifting, Endurance Training, Military Operators, Collegiate Athletes, Spartan Racers, Obstacle Course Racers, and many...

Welcome to Season 7 of the Garage Gym Athlete Podcast!!  Top 3 Highlights: Basement Athlete Following a program Knowing your why -- About our Garage Gym Athletes: The athletes all have a diverse background; some from Powerlifting, CrossFit, Olympic Lifting, Endurance Training, Military Operators, Collegiate Athletes, Spartan Racers, Obstacle Course Racers, and many other forms of physical training...

Welcome to Season 7 of the Garage Gym Athlete Podcast!!  Top 3 Highlights: A year of Garage Gym Athlete programming Being fit for fatherhood extreme cold training -- About our Garage Gym Athletes: The athletes all have a diverse background; some from Powerlifting, CrossFit, Olympic Lifting, Endurance Training, Military Operators, Collegiate Athletes, Spartan Racers, Obstacle Course Racers, and man...

Welcome to Season 7 of the Garage Gym Athlete Podcast!!  Top 3 Highlights: Coming back from back injury and rehab knowing yourself and your body. shifting nutrition for success -- About our Garage Gym Athletes: The athletes all have a diverse background; some from Powerlifting, CrossFit, Olympic Lifting, Endurance Training, Military Operators, Collegiate Athletes, Spartan Racers, Obstacle Course R...

Welcome to Season 7 of the Garage Gym Athlete Podcast!!  Top 3 Highlights: Adding kids to the mix Asheville spartan and other Spartan races Constructing your gym -- About our Garage Gym Athletes: The athletes all have a diverse background; some from Powerlifting, CrossFit, Olympic Lifting, Endurance Training, Military Operators, Collegiate Athletes, Spartan Racers, Obstacle Course Racers, and many...

Welcome to Season 7 of the Garage Gym Athlete Podcast!!  Top 3 Highlights: Flipping tires Being fit for your family marine life and training -- About our Garage Gym Athletes: The athletes all have a diverse background; some from Powerlifting, CrossFit, Olympic Lifting, Endurance Training, Military Operators, Collegiate Athletes, Spartan Racers, Obstacle Course Racers, and many other forms of physi...