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 weeks study examines two different 12 week lifting protocols and why the order of heavier and lighter cycles did not effect overall strength gains.
Want to get strong and better conditioning? The interference effect can be hotly debated but there is a lot of research and studies that back up if you program concurrent training right you will have little to now interference effect. In this video we give the top 3 days to minimize any interference effect in your training.
We preach a lot about the importance of getting enough protein, but there is a line. This study compares low, moderate and high protein for recomposition (gain muscle and lose fat). Then we talk about our opinions toward virtual races.
Its no secret Periodization training is important when it comes to strength, but what about hypertrophy? And what about comparing linear verses non-linear periodization? We talk about this at length today with a meta analysis. Then we give our guidance on hydration.
If you have worked out long enough you have probably ran into an injury to two. Well were here to give our biggest and most important tips at how to avoid being injured an what to do if you start to feel like you may get injured.
This week we are looking at a meta analysis on auto regulation comparing them to a lot of things. When is it best to auto regulate your sets? What is even auto regulation?
We haven't exactly pulled our punches in the past with our issues with the fitness industry, but today we decided to just vent about them and a lot of issues from social media, to marketing, to trust issues.
This weeks study shows once again the power of the mind! Internal focus can be great for engaging the proper muscles, but what about an external focus? How can that be applied to training and what queues?
We have talked about pre workout nutrition before, but how important are they? Then we move into more MURPH content, and this week is excelling at murph.
This weeks study is the effects on creatine and if you need to do a loading phase or not. If you have interest or have taken it before check this one out.
We have talked a few times about cold water immersion, but what about hot water? Then we have another book review, and this was widely liked in our community. The Perfect Mile.
We have athletes of all ages and we get a lot of questions from our older athletes if they should be training different. Well this study shows that may not be the case.
Some of us are working on our first home gym while others have had well over 5 of them. We talk about the best ways to set up your gym and what you need to think about first.
We dont like extreme dieting, or even the word diet. This study looks at how dieting even with strength training can effect hormones and bone density. Strength training will help mitigate this but find out more in this weeks episode.