Garage Gym Athlete

This week we are talking injuries! specifical what brand of resistance training produces the most injuries? Then we are sharing our experiences with each of these and injuries from them. 

How should you get your kids into fitness? Or if they are interested how should you start with training them and working out and at what age?

Can a longer cardio warm up help with muscle growth?

We're talking about a few things today and it is all Zone 2 related. from what is the best modality, to heat, to even incorporating strength.

Do you pay attention to HRV in your training?

Moving more and not sitting as much is a bit of a no brainer when it comes to health. But one group of a scientists took it a step further and compared what type of movement through a sedentary day is best for health. 

How much rest do you take between sets if hypertrophy is your goal?

We have been doing EMOM training for a very long time, since before Garage Gym Athlete was even a thing. And now we have some more science to back it all up. 

Do you ever takes breaks of deloads from training?

Do you ever takes breaks of deloads from training?

We have a TON of content on murph. Jerred has done murph every week for an entire year TWICE and we have a community of atheltes who have also done a year of murph so we know a bit about murph. If you want more Murph content check out other episodes on our podcast and our Youtube channel. 

What do you eat or take before working out? What do you actually NEED before a workout?

Theres a lot of information going around espeically with social media. How do you sift through it all?

A follow up episode on IWT and answering some questions from our community. There was a full breakdown episode of IWT we did a few week ago and this is going more in-depth to some specifics.

Are you a chronic taker of NSAIDS? You may be hurting your gym progress. 

This weeks study is more of an analysis on just one man. Usually a sample size of one doesnt mean much but this is about 4 time indoor rowing world champion, 92 years old Richard Morgan. The reason why this stuck out to us is not because of how impressive that first line sounds but because of how he did it, with concurrent training. 

We have always talked highly of sleep so here we are again, still talking about it. Thats how important it is. 

Last episode where we talk about the Ultra we promise. Jerred and Joe talk about the ultra and things Jerred took away from it and possibly what to apply to future endurance events.

There have been a lot of studies supporting doing both strength and conditioning training for overall health, but how about making you live longer?

This week is a special episode. Jerred has been training for his Ultra for months now updating everybody on his progress. Well the time has finally come and he recorded his experience during his race so this episode is sort of a recorded live experience from his 50K with Mark Bishop. 

What should you really be focusing on when trying to lost weight?

Jerred has his ultra race coming up very soon so we talk about that. Then we really get into Jerreds new Continuous Glucose Monitor and all for the feedback, ins and outs of that and more. 

How intentional are you with your warm up? What is the best way to warm up?

Check out the sample programming here: https://www.garagegymathlete.com/2024 Today, I cover all the details on the HARD TO KILL TRACK for our second cycle of 2024! 

How can you remain explosive after HIIT and being fatigued?