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 were asked about why we program iso holds, and also why they never seem to get easier. Iso holds are fantastic accessory work, especially for the core and we like to program them especially in our deload weeks.
This weeks study is looking at how incorporating strength training can improve your hypertrophy. We are always training for performance verses aesthetics, but there is a place for hypertrophy to help with strength gain and resilience. Well those can go both ways to help each other. Then we are sharing the best fitness advice we have ever received.
This week we are back with Chris Morgan. Its been about a year since we chatted with him last. He has some great mindset advice and we also talk about his epic Murph goal and training.
This weeks study is looking at if you should do resistance training to failure or just shy of failure. We have discussed this in the past doing max effort sets or just shy of max effort and it may be best to stop training to failure. Then we are each talking about out favorite ways to kill comfort. Killing comfort is not a new concept here, we love physical and mental toughness challenges. And this weeks workout may be one of the physically and mentally toughest ones we have, which is Broken Arr...
This week we are talking with Brian Liu and his long garage gym journey. We talk about some of his training challenges, the programs he hoped around on and more.
This week we were asked if we under sell our warm up routines and if we could focus more on pushing those. Every day our programming has a warm up but we also know everybody warms up differently before they workout. So we go into our warm ups here, some tips on warming up, and why we may be underselling our warm up. We always want our athletes to warm up and give a pathway on how to best warm up because it is very important to do.
This weeks study is examining the difference in muscle protein synthesis between vegan protein and animal protein. The results may surprise some. Then this weeks topic is on our morning drinks and what we drink in the morning or before we workout.
This week we are talking with Stephen Bowers about how his training impacts his job and vice versa. We also talk about his training goals, obstacles and more.
This week we are looking at carb rinsing again, but instead of conditioning this time we are seeing how it does with resistance training. Then we have our next book review and this was a smash hit for the team. We reviewed The Art Of Resilience. This weeks workout is the Confused 2K.
This week we have Tynan Rolander back with us. He's talking more about how his training and goals have changed and his career. He has some great insight and stories for us so check this episode out.
This week Jerred is doing a deep dive into Zone 2 and Max Aerobic Function (MAF) conditioning. Zone 2 is nothing new here on the podcast and with our athletes. But the MAF zones and calculations really change things up. If you want to really raise your aerobic base, burn fat, and more check this on out. Also check this out on YouTube for the visuals.
This week we are looking at a study about how self compassion can affect your progress. Do you have self compassion? Then this weeks topic is how we give fitness and health advice to those close to us. Whats the best way to help those around you? This weeks workout is Grog Bowl.
This week we talking with Thomas Smallwood. He talks about how him and his wife started their garage gym, the type training they enjoy and how to keep with it with a busy PhD schedule.
This week are back talking both sleep. This study is a systematic review on how the duration of sleep on experienced athletes affected their performance. Then we are talking about what it means us to be hard to kill. This weeks workout is River Heist, have fun!
This week we have Jerred and Ashley chatting with Hanna Schrum. Hanna is Coach Kyles wife and has been killing it on the programming for over a year now.
This week we are talking about how we weed through all of the information we consume. There is so much out there from books, podcast, documentaries, studies, etc. What do you take seriously and how much of it? Who's word do you, or can you trust?
This weeks study we are looking at how much, and if, having novice lifters self select their load or have somebody select their lifting load for them impacts their progression. Then we roll right into our beginner lifting tips and getting into weights. This weeks workout is Fat & Sugar and has a fun background how it came to be.
This week we got a few questions about deadlifting and gear when lifting. We talk about when to deadlift barefoot, if you should use straps, or even knees sleeves during workouts.
Happy New Year Athletes! We are back and we are talking this year about our goals, how we go over after then and our outlook starting a new year. This weeks study is also great for the current climate, on how body fat percentages can effect immune system. And this weeks workout is more of a mind game than anything, and that is Zone 2 Murph.