Welcome 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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This week we are looking at resting between sets again. Rest is very important, but so is the intent of your workout. then we do our book review for the month and this is a favorite among the office, The Big Leap. and FINALLY, we reveal a brand new (mostly) workout, Blitzkrieg 2.0.
This week we got to talk to Chris Trader who has a very unique work schedule and gym routine. Being away for a few week and home for a few weeks at a time. Then we talk about his big goals and more.
This weeks study was very cool and a new look at overtraining. If you have heard of overreaching training for looked into training with a great increase in volume be sure to check this out so you don't over train. Then this weeks topic is on which equipment outside of our programing requirements we thing is best. This weeks workout is Stairway To Heaven.
This week's study will examine comparing lifting low loads to failure, near failure, and high loads. We dive a bit deeper into the logic and executions of these. Then this week's topic is on skills we think garage gym athlete should have. This week's workout is the Hard to Kill 5 Miler.
We are looking at velocity in your training again! When getting a micro view at warming up specific areas for specific lifts/workouts. Then a fun workouts this week, River Heist.
This weeks AMA is about setting your calories and what to set them at based on your activity and if you are among for a deficit. This goes well with this weeks study on Monday, so enjoy!
This week we look at multiple studies that compared the efficiency and effects between losing weight fast and losing weight slow. This is a great review we looked at, if you have been looking to lose weight or ever have this may help shed light on that. Then we do our next book review, The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership. And finally, Jerred finally got his Fat & Sugar fix.
We had a great conversation with Brian Walsh and he shares quite a story about having heart failure. We also talk about his training and working on endurance.
Welcome to our new training cycle! If you arent training with us, you can join for 30 days for just $1. this week we are looking at a study that examines the use of knee sleeves and wraps. So i you have considered using them then check this out. Then speaking of new cycles, we talk about how we decide which programming track we do.
for those of you that training in the evening, Jerred and Joe talk about how best to recover in the evening and what nutrition to prioritize and get before bed as to not effect your sleep.
This week we go over a study that examines anabolic response with strength training in caloric deficits and non deficit diets. If you want to be in a deficit you need to add strength to your program. We then unveil and talk about the new testing standards. We have tweaked our baselines for what we test and we explain why.