Garage Gym Athlete
858 episodes - English - Latest episode: 8 days ago - ★★★★★ - 479 ratingsWelcome to the Garage Gym Athlete podcast, where we explore the world of functional fitness and performance training in the home gym. Join us as we talk to coaches, athletes, and experts about their experiences in building strength, endurance, and athleticism outside the traditional gym setting. In addition to sharing practical tips and strategies, we'll also delve into the latest scientific research on topics like exercise physiology, nutrition, and recovery to help you optimize your training and achieve your best results. Whether you're a seasoned garage gym veteran or just getting started on your fitness journey, this podcast is for you. So if you're ready to unleash your inner athlete and take control of your training, tune in to the Garage Gym Athlete podcast.
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Episodes
38: Are Trap Bar Deadlifts Better than Conventional? (+Building Habits)
March 23, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 52.4 MBHey Athletes, hope everyone is staying safe. This week we break down a study that compared trap bar deadlifts verses conventional. We also weigh in on our take and application of what this study means. This weeks topic is another book review on Atomic Habits. The workout is Eo3 5K, a classic.
Improving your preventative health with Dr. John Limansky
March 20, 2020 09:00 - 11 minutes - 9.51 MBJerred sits down with Dr. Limansky and talk about nutrition, the stigma against fat, and improving your health now.
Embracing Failure with Stephanie Peterson
March 19, 2020 09:00 - 22 minutes - 18.2 MBThis weeks Athlete Of the Week is Stephanie Peterson. It always great getting more females from our program on here. We chat about building her gym and taking a break from where she works. She also talk about always learning and expanding her fitness. Lastly we talk about eating some humble pie and overcoming failures.
11 - Zone 2 vs. High-Intensity Training
March 18, 2020 09:00 - 9 minutes - 7.82 MBThis weeks AMA jerred will discuss training in your zone two verses going for high intensity workouts.
37: Macronutrients for Better Sleep and Bolstering the Immune System
March 16, 2020 09:00 - 44 minutes - 35.8 MBThis week we are looking at a study that reviewed how macronutrients effect sleeps and how you can get the best sleep you can based off of your diet. Then with all of the sickness craziness going on we talk about our best tips for when we get sick how we recuperate and recover. This weeks workout is the Confused 2K.
Self-awareness and analyzing your progress with Dr. Anthony Gustin
March 13, 2020 09:00 - 8 minutes - 6.99 MBThis weeks Cooldown is with Dr. Anthony Gustin on analyzing your progress in fitness.
Doing Hard Things Daily with Tyler Karns
March 12, 2020 09:00 - 19 minutes - 15.5 MBThis week Athlete of the Week is Tyler Karns.
AMA 10: How To Motivate Others
March 11, 2020 09:00 - 10 minutes - 8.25 MBThis weeks AMA is on motivating athletes. You can write a great program but if your athlete arent motivated or dont have any buy in it wont do any good. This week Jerred talk about how to motivate others.
36: Supersets!?!?
March 09, 2020 09:00 - 49 minutes - 39.9 MBThis week on the podcast we get to talk about supersets! We do these in the programming some, but mostly on deload week, what is called "body geometry." We we talk about how best to do supersets especially if you are pressed for time. This weeks topic is on what us coaches do outside of the normal programming and on rest days, our extracurriculars. This weeks workout is What The Ruck.
Do Your Job with Setema Gali
March 06, 2020 10:00 - 7 minutes - 5.8 MBThis weeks Cooldown has former New England Patroid Setema Gali talking about a well known Patriots mantra, Do Your Job.
The Continual Pursuit of Improvement with Marco Rosa
March 05, 2020 10:00 - 27 minutes - 21.7 MBThis weeks Athlete Of the Week is Marco Rosa. This was a great chat talking about all of the events he does and his training.
AMA 9: Concurrent training vs. Crossfit
March 04, 2020 10:00 - 7 minutes - 5.97 MBThis weeks Ask Me Anything is comparing concurrent training with Crossfit.
35: Caffeine and Mental Toughness
March 02, 2020 10:00 - 47 minutes - 38.3 MBThis weeks podcast we get some good updates and dive into one of our few discussions of supplementation, but this one being caffeine. How caffeine can improve performance for both male and females, but when should you implement it? This weeks topic we discuss our own take and activities for building mental toughness. And speaking of mental toughness, this weeks workouts may be the toughest of them all, or at least the longest, Broken Arrow.
Burning fat with Cate
February 28, 2020 10:00 - 12 minutes - 10 MBWe have Dr. Cate Shanahan talking about her book Deep Nutrition and four fat burning systems.
Building Better Humans with Keith Vance
February 27, 2020 10:00 - 25 minutes - 20.7 MBThis weeks athletes is known pretty well in our facebook group, Keith Vance. We get into a deep conversation about building a fitness community. He also shares how he tried to become a better human and lifting people up.
AMA 08 - 52 Weeks of MURPH and Similar Challenges?
February 26, 2020 10:00 - 4 minutes - 3.71 MBThis weeks AMA is about MURPH, something we talk about a lot around here. Pretty self explanatory but we have done the 52 Weeks of murph challenge twice around here, listen for more on that.
34: Concurrent Training Deep Dive and Why We Sleep
February 24, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 53 MBThis weeks podcast we talk about one of our favorite things, and thats concurrent training! this week is also time for our second book review, Why We Sleep. This weeks workout is Under Pressure.
Being a gym owner and competing in olympic lifting
February 21, 2020 10:00 - 13 minutes - 11.2 MBDutch Lowy talk about owing his gym and competing in olympic lifting.
The Power of a Plan with Dominic Decker
February 20, 2020 10:00 - 33 minutes - 27.2 MBThis weeks Athlete of the Week is a repeat on the podcast and no stranger to our group, Dominic Decker. He maps out all of his events linked up for the year and the new challenge he looking forward to. We also talk about being resourceful with equipment and being a garage gym athlete.
AMA 07 - Quit EO3...?
February 19, 2020 10:00 - 6 minutes - 5.3 MBThis weeks AMA is on a more personal note and about End Of Three Fitness and Jerred starting the company. How it got started, if he ever thought of giving it up, and more.
33: Does Intermittent Fasting Limit Strength and Muscle Gains?
February 17, 2020 10:00 - 52 minutes - 42 MBThis weeks podcast we jump back to nutrition and talk about how intermittent fasting, or time restricted feeding, can effect muscle gain or if it does. This was a cool study but also made us want more. Keeping with nutrition we also talk about our food prep tips and what we do as far as meal prepping. This weeks workout comes from an old guest and former super bowl camp, its called Patriot.
Wanting to help others and starting a blog
February 14, 2020 10:30 - 10 minutes - 8.51 MBWe had Julie from PaleOMG, and this week she is talking about wanting to help people and starting her blog.
Movement Meditation and a New Kind of PR with Courtney Morse
February 13, 2020 10:00 - 28 minutes - 22.8 MBThis Athlete of the Week features Courtney Morse. We talk about starting his Physical Therapy practice for athletes. He also shares his athletic journey from playing football to cycling and endurance events. We also talk about movement therapy for the mind, and searching for new PR's
AMA 06 - Best Way to Use Garage Gym Athlete Programming
February 12, 2020 10:00 - 6 minutes - 5.2 MBThis weeks AMA is about balancing our different training tracks to get the best results and attack your goals. Specifically over the course of a year, how to plan out your cycles for the year and be the most well rounded.
32: Where does High-Intensity Fit in Training?
February 10, 2020 10:00 - 54 minutes - 43.7 MBThis week on the Garage Gym Athlete podcast we dive into a study that explores how high intensity training can effect strength, or does it? We touch on when it can fit into your training and how to best go about programing intensity. We also talk about best practices for warm up and on our Block Zero in our training. This weeks workout is Stairway to Heaven.
Fitness of the Brain
February 07, 2020 10:00 - 16 minutes - 13.5 MBThis weeks Cooldown has Allison Brager talking about sleep and making your brain more fit.
Finding a Plan and Sticking to it with Chris Morgan
February 06, 2020 10:00 - 21 minutes - 17.1 MBThe Athlete of The Week is Chris Morgan. We chat about being a basement athletes, finding your plan and sticking with it, and going back to your roots.
AMA 05 - How Much Running is TOO Much?
February 05, 2020 10:00 - 8 minutes - 6.41 MBThis weeks Ask Me Anything is on how much running or conditioning is too much. This is completely individual on the person but also depends on your goals. Jerred gives a breakdown on how you should toe that line.
31: Best Time to Train for Gains and Gut Health
February 03, 2020 10:00 - 58 minutes - 47.1 MBHey athletes, this week we are going over a study that examined how the time of day at which you train can effect strength and conditioning gains. This weeks topic is about gut health and some of our tips on how to improve your gut health. This weeks workout is "Backbone".
Low Testosterone and Estrogen with Dr. Anthony Jay
January 31, 2020 10:00 - 3 minutes - 3.16 MBThis weeks cool down is with Dr. Anthony Jay about Low Testosterone and Estrogen.
Building a Tougher Mindset with Ryan Caswell
January 30, 2020 10:00 - 28 minutes - 22.9 MBThis weeks Athlete Of the Week is Ryan Caswell. We talk about something a lot of garage gym athletes can relate to, and that is making do with lots of different equipment and adjusting accordingly. We also talk about stopping programming hopping, and having fitness plans while traveling.
AMA 04- Intermittent Fasting
January 29, 2020 10:00 - 11 minutes - 9.15 MBThis weeks Ask Me Anything is about intermittent fasting. Some of us coaches and a lot our athletes already do IF, but we always get new athletes in wondering more about IF and how best to do it with their schedule, goals, etc.
30: How to Become More Powerful (and Stronger)
January 27, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 50 MBHey all, this weeks study we are talking about becoming more powerful. The study we go over looked at the effects of velocity metrics, lifting faster and how it can increase performance. Next we have our first book review! We do a deep nutrition dive, about Deep Nutrition, by Dr. Catherine Shanahan. This weeks workout is 1/4 mile for humanity.
Why we don't do Crossfit
January 24, 2020 10:00 - 6 minutes - 5.32 MBThis weeks snippet is why our training is not crossfit and should not be considered crossfit.
03 - Pushing Forward Against Your Own Desire with Greg Isenhour
January 23, 2020 10:00 - 18 minutes - 14.8 MBThis weeks athlete of the week is Greg Isenhour. Greg has been up the podcast before and is still crushing it, doing crazy events and still living his best life. We talk about keeping up with events, him doing the Baton Death march again, and recovery.
AMA 03: Competing Goals
January 22, 2020 10:00 - 6 minutes - 5.19 MBThis weeks Ask Me Anything are are talking about having goals that may seem conflicting and talking about how to pursue goals that may seem conflicting. A lot of people think you can only do on thing at a time and only focus on one area but that is not sure, that is why we do whats called concurrent training. But Jerred dives more into this topic and the science behind it.
29: How To Gain Muscle
January 20, 2020 10:00 - 50 minutes - 40.8 MBHey athletes, this week for our study we are slightly stray away from the actual study but for good reason. We will be talking about gaining muscle even when in a caloric deficit and what you really need to build muscle. Also why the "if it fits my macros" approach doesnt really work. This weeks topic we share our tips and practices on downregulation. This weeks workout is Sallys Revents.
Epigentics and Heavy Lifting with Dr. Anthony Jay
January 17, 2020 10:00 - 5 minutes - 4.64 MBThis week is from Dr. Anthony Jay talking about Epigentics and Heavy Lifting.
The Evolution of an Autonomous Athlete with Trampis Beatty
January 16, 2020 10:00 - 30 minutes - 24.7 MBThis weeks athlete has been around for a while, Trampis Beatty. We do some reflecting on the recent Spartan Beast. We also dive into some of his lifestyle changes, his overall improvement from his first Spartan to the most recent one, and keeping with out community.
AMA 02: Betterhumanology Questions
January 15, 2020 10:00 - 5 minutes - 4.23 MBThis week Jerred talks about what has happened with Betterhumanology podcast. He had several years of interview from leaders around the industry and some want to know what his take aways from having that podcast. Submit your questions at Garagegymathlete.com/AMA.
28: How To Burn Fat
January 13, 2020 10:00 - 57 minutes - 45.8 MBHello athletes, this episode has some great stuff for all athletes and especially our athletes. The study we go over talks about the benefits of zone two training and when is best to burn fat. so if you want your body to burn fuel more efficiently and how to burn fat the best definitely check this out. We also each talk about best tips for training and using our programming. This weeks workout is new and interesting. Zone 2 Murph. Yes thats right, doing Murph without going above 70% of your ...
Heart Health and Diet and Exercise with Dr. Bret Scher
January 10, 2020 10:00 - 7 minutes - 6.15 MBThis year we will be diving into the archives and pulling clips from interview on the Betterhumanology Podcast. We have had lots of great guests on there and wanted to keep some of their great information fresh. This weeks cool down is from Dr. Bret. Scher talking about heart health, diet and exercise.
Discipline Over Motivation with Chuck Kaiser
January 09, 2020 10:00 - 20 minutes - 16.8 MBWelcome to out first Athlete of the week. In the past we liked to publish a full season of athlete interview but now we will be bringing them to you once per week. For the first week we have Chuck Kaiser and we will be talking about drinking the fitness cool-aid, and some of his strongman goals. Chuck is one of our athletes and if you have any interest in finding some of the success he has had check us out!
AMA 01: Male Body Image Issues
January 08, 2020 10:00 - 7 minutes - 6.24 MBWelcome to the new year and our new segment, Ask Me Anything! This is where we talk about topics that our athlete have asked about and just concentrate on those. This week we are talking about the male body image issues. Also remember that you can submit any questions you have at garagegymathlete.com/AMA.
27: Is Low-Intensity Training the Next Big Thing?
January 06, 2020 10:00 - 54 minutes - 43.4 MBWe are back with another study and chat with the coaches. This weeks study we are talking about the difference (and benefit) or training sub max or low intensity verses max effort. We also talk about if we could go back and tell out past self fitness advice, what would it be? This was pretty fun, as Jerred and Joe previously did this about nutrition. This weeks workout is What The Ruck, a classic.
Finding Your ONE Goal for 2020
December 30, 2019 10:00 - 41 minutes - 33.1 MBToday's podcast is all about setting the right goal for 2020!! First, Jerred dives into updates for 2020 (a lot of changes coming your way), next recommending reading, then, lastly, he goes over setting goals for your year.
Garage Gym Athlete: 2020
December 23, 2019 10:00 - 46 minutes - 37.6 MBLearn how we are going to invade 2020 with Garage Gym Athlete Programming! Listen in to this previously recorded webinar, learn about our new cycles, and more!
26: Perform with Phototherapy, Stir the Pot, and Grog Bowl
December 16, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 145 MBHappy holidays athletes! This week we have a cool episode with some new things. First the study we go over is about how photobiomodulation can increase recovery AND performance. Really cool stuff going on. Next we try something new with a segment we call "stir the pot" where we talk about trending and recent topics in the fitness world. Lastly, this weeks workout is "Grog Bowl."
25: HRV...useful or useless?
December 09, 2019 10:00 - 45 minutes - 104 MBHey athletes, we have another study for you this week which talk about Heart Rate Variability and if it correlates to any other recovery metrics. Spoiler, no it doesnt and should be considered independent. So we dive into HRV, our experience tracking it for almost 2 years. Well also share other things we do like to track to help our fitness and life. And this weeks workout is a classic, Condition Me To The Grave.
Do something that scares you. Every single day. (Patrick Sweeney)
December 02, 2019 10:00 - 45 minutes - 36.8 MBThis week we have our final guest from the Spartan Media Fest and this was such a great interview. Patrick Sweeney has some great, and genuine advice. He learned how to be mentally tough the hard way. Check out his story and all of the great topics we cover, plus he has a book coming out early next year. And this weeks workout is VERY simple, but NOT easy; Heavy Load Long Distance.