The Garage Athlete Show

This week the boys spoke to Rachel smith, Rachel has trained as a bodybuilder strong woman, and powerlifter. She is also an ex-teacher and has had an amazing physical transformation of her own. She now teaches others to take care of themselves both physically and mentally. 0:00 - introduction 01:15 - Rachel's story from primary school teacher to a gym owner. 05:50 - the pelvic floor expert 07:00 -...

This week the boys have another Q&A session answering questions on peak weeks, volume on accessory work and trigger foods that make them binge eat. Intro and recap on last weeks podcast 03:15 - Misconceptions about a PT/coaching 07:17 - Peak week for strongman vs bodybuilding 14:34 - Beginner workout 17:00 - How to switch up volume / intensity for accessory work 20:25 -Conventional vs sumo dea...

This week the boys had Chris peel on to speak about all things rehab, training and the difference between treating assisted and unassisted athletes. 00:00 - introduction 01:00 - introduction to Chris and his background 05:00 - why did you feel you need to go back to uni? 09:10 - diagnosis is so important for rehab but so few practitioners do it05: 13:00 - short term vs long term effects of soft ti...

Episode 14 - this week the boys talk about the importance of hydration, the eddie hall vs the mountain fight and the best exercises to grow your forearms. 00:00 - Introductions and catch up 03:54 - Importance of hydration 08:15 - splitting workouts AM and PM 11:25 - would you rather…. 18:30 - go to Pt textbooks / audiobooks 21:30 - eddie hall vs Hafor 28:42 - what's the worst of the big 3 32:45 -...

Episode 13 - This week we have a guest Anne Durey. Anne and Donald talk about, how she got into training from home. Her love of power-lifting and the empowering nature of lifting weights for women. 00:00 -Introductions - 00:45 - Introduction to Anne 02:00 - Anne's story 04:00 - buying her equipment 07:00 - Anne's coaching journey 09:00 - making time for myself (ANNE) 12:30 - problem-solvers vs pro...

This week the boys talk about male body-dysmorphia, books as well as game of thrones and the MCU. Opening statements 1:00- MCU & game of thrones geeking out 06:40 - Training and non training books 12:00 - phone shop & inbetweeners recommendation 15:10 - gadgets and geezers 18:40 - best plan to lose weight and build strength and endurance 25:45 - strongman style exercises in a commercial gy...

This week the boys discuss Dan’s new love of painting, pre-workout supplements and their fitness/sporting hero's growing up. 01:21 - Dans love of painting 02:50 - Dons hired a coach 04:55 - Strength sport heroes 12:00 - Breathing and bracing 16:18 - Training muscles multiple times per week 22:4- Pre workouts 30:00 - Landmine circuits for cardio 32:00 - Biggest misconception in fitness 47:10 - clos...

Episode 10 - this week the boys talk about dead lifts, rest pause sets and the biggest scams in fitness. Opening comments 01:30 - dead lifts functional movement or recipe for injury 08:45 - strongman comps 11:05 - rest between reps 15:10 - 5x5 + crossfire benefits drawbacks 17:35 - can I still build muscle doing strongman 21:00 - calorie deficit 25:00- biggest scam in fitness 28:50 - recovering af...

So this week the boys discuss what they are most looking forward to post lock down, protein intake, and mental health. 00:00 - housekeeping and changes to the podcast 03:00 - gyms opening up - equipment 10:30 - protein intake 1g per lb 22:00 - a most pointless piece of common gym kit 40:40 - is the post COVID fitness industry broken? 28:40 - bench press double body-weight or look like it 32:25 - m...

This week the boys discuss things such as their perfect Sunday, types of barbell and we even get a cameo appearance from deej daughter willow. (the troubles of working from home). 00.20 - audio podcast 01.35 - perfect sunday 03.45 - home gym collector 07.00 - 1st time strongman 09.20 - types of barbell 20.30 - equipment on finance 25.45 - meal plans and flexible dieting 29.00 - gatecrashed by a to...

This week the boys talk about how lockdown has affected their businesses, incline or flat benching some more exercises for abs and DIY kit. 00.30 - Gyms opening up & altering our PT 05:30 - Lockdown legs 10:15- Incline vrs flat bench 12:09 - What’s easier to replace concentration or the wife 15:44 - Getting back into the swing 19:30 - Deadlifts 25:00 - Flexibility and conditioning for strong m...

This week the boys talk about some of the home gym purchases they regret, how to perform box squats properly, and an exciting announcement at the end. 00:45, Most regrettable home gym purchase 04:35, Saggy man boobs, 12:05, meal timings 18:10, Box squats 22:25, multigym vrs rack 27:10, Private browsers 28:30, Home gym sales page.

This week the boys go into cutting and bulking, mobility drills as well as how to survive a zombie apocalypse home gym style! 00:45 Cut or bulk 05:45 - top 5 specialty bars 11:15 - mouth taping/nose breathing 14:00 peaking for 1RM 20:20 - mobility drills 24:45 - zombie apocalypse home gym style 27:40 - bringing calories down to maintenance 30:30 - best way to build abs 34:00 - deadlift suite 38:00...

This week the boys discussed things such as bumpers vrs iron plates for home training, Alternatives for atlas stones training and progressive overload and how to apply it. Favorite coffee bean 01:05 bumper plates vrs iron plates 03:00 where to go after de trained 07:05 atlas stone alternatives 10:30 programming for sport-specific 12:50 functional trainer vs cable crossover 18:55 Progressive overlo...

This week the boys went a little deeper into subjects from the worst advice they have heard, to how to replicate a lat pulldown and High-intensity training vs high volume training. 00:30 worst advice we have heard given out and the worst advice we have given out in hindsight. 07:40 ways to replicate a LAT pulldown. 10:11. Diet or Training whats the most important. 12:58 - High intensity vs High vo...

This week Dan and Donald go into some of our backgrounds and qualifications. As well as supplements and some of the fitness wearable's there are on the market. Timestamps: Qualifications - 00:55 Supplements - 05:15 Half/quarter squats - 09:52 Job affecting performance - 16:30 Overestimating TDEE - 21:15 Fitness watches - 24:25 Bodybuilding and home gym - 26:03 Rotating exercises/ programs - 30:05...

This is the first week of asking for questions from the group (Facebook Group), we speak about our backgrounds and how we got into training. How to go about training in a deficit and the importance of diet on training and performance.