The Garage Gym Experiment Podcast

Adam from Garage Gym Lab joins us in this episode. We discussed survey questions from Christmas about holiday workouts, strength sports interest of the community, who will be the most popular equipment supplier for home gym strength in 5 years, and also asked Adam a number of questions about his home gym experiences. In addition, he retells how he invented the Preacher Pad .  Additional chart...

This is our 2021 yearly wrap-up of survey results. We’ve taken the most “relevant” pieces of data and summarized them into one episode. Within this summary, you’ll find: (1:28) Who is Answering these Questions? (4:46) More about those answering these questions (13:32) Benefits of the Home Gym (15:34) Issues that Home Gym Owners Face (19:53) What is Owned? (28:24) Home Gym Space (36:35) Barbell Dat...

Ryan McGrotty is one of the entrepreneurs behind REP Fitness . He co-founded it with his brother back in 2012 and retold the story in this discussion. We also talk about the REP product roadmap, many “Made in China vs. Made in America" details, what it likely means if we see a copy-cat product and more. Much of this information hasn’t ever been publicly stated. I look forward to hearing what you a...

Intro We are winding down 2021 and are preparing a summary of the 2021 Survey Results. This is the episode before the overview where we are going to discuss some interesting findings that probably won't make that summary episode, which tackles much more of the "necessary" information."  This week's guest analyst is Dylan Tellam, a Co-Owner and product developer with AbMat . Hear his story in...

Patryk Bielawski started his Bridge BUILT journey back in 2012 while still in college.  This discussion takes us from the beginning to where the company is now. Other topics include: starting 75 Hard just before the holidays, American manufacturing, his ideas around innovation, and more. ______________ Show Notes: (0:00) 75 Hard (4:41) Who is Patryk (5:48) The Idea of Bridge Built (10:22) All...

This episode is joined by another special guest "analyst." - Kurt, AKA The Kurt Locker , on social media. Kurt competes as a strongman. He is a Veteran, DIY enthusiast proud father, and has one of the nicest garage gyms in Ohio. We talk rack hardware, DIY projects, think of new product ideas, strongman equipment for beginners, and more.  Survey Results (1:27) What is your "Rack Hardware" Pref...

This week's survey questions were all over the place. There wasn't a proper theme but many "random-ish" questions that had been asked back in 2020. For the podcast, we had a special guest analyst - Matt Pendergraph . He's a fellow home gym junkie and added quite a bit of insight throughout. Plus, a Q&A where he answers some questions about his equipment preferences is later in the episode. Sur...

This week we have a few quick hitters talking about the Assault Bike, "specialty bar" storage, and the new Bridge Built adjustable bench. Then, we'll discuss a typically repeated survey each season, which revolves around the "issues" we face as home gym owners. There are two "issues" that are easily the biggest problems that home gym owners face.  __________ Show Notes: (0:26) Quick Hitters (...

Dylan is currently a Co-Owner and a product developer with AbMat , which has evolved into a "platform for single product inventors over the past few years. It's much more than just the "AbMat" now, and a whole lot of the credit goes to Dylan. This chat is an overview of how he got to where he is today, what AbMat is doing and includes several other miscellaneous questions.  ______ Show N...

This week we reveal some results of a little this or that, a repeat question that we have been keeping our eye on as more Black Friday sales are getting released, and some other home gym space questions. We start by discussing some "good" or "bad" product potential product ideas: (1:15) - Intro (2:47) - Good or Bad Idea? (5:38) - Concept 2 Rower vs. Echo Bike (6:32) - REP vs. Sorinex (7:29) - Powe...

This episode analyzes a number of head-to-head matchups like REP vs. Titan and Half Racks vs. Power Racks, along with some other random questions like what is your foldaway rack of choice and if you expect to make a gym equipment purchase this month (again)?  _____ *Want a closer look at these numbers? Check out the blog post . _____ Episode Outline: (2:02) - Intro (3:03) - REP vs. Titan (5:1...

This week's podcast looks at our Halloween Sunday Survey Results, best bench for most people, Wide Pads from REP, and the RX505. _____ *Want a closer look at these numbers? Check out the blog pos t. _____ Episode Outline: () - RX505 () - REP Wide Pads () - Best Bench for Most People () - Trick or Treat Results () - What companies or products should more people know about? () - Conclusion