Garage Gym Athlete

Our next 12 week cycle starts next week! always a perfect time to join. We also have some big updates like having kettlebell and sandbag variations to our Hard to Kill track. No barbells needed!

We have a unique study this week and our discussions on it. This study looked at how three different groups estimated their calorie consumption and which groups were most successful. Then we have our first group AMA (ask me anything) about being in a calorie deficit and losing strength.

This weeks study looks at the amount of protein is best for recovery and performance.

Jerred and Joe have a great chat with Caroline Miller and how she gets her training done when her location and gym situation changes regularly, and more.

This weeks study compares strength and hypertrophy gains with athletes who eat 3 meals or 6 meals a day in a calorie surplus. Then this weeks topic are marketing terms we thing you need to avoid or be aware of.

This week we are looking at a study that shows the importance and science behind a proper warm up.

This week Jerred and Joe are sitting down with Stephen McFall and how he's getting the work done in his basement gym without a barbell.

We made it to 100! That means we have reviewed 100 studies so we decided to pick out each of our favorite three that we have covered. Then we go over the answers to THE questions which get asked to everyone who gets interviewed on the podcast.

This week we are looking at periodization training.

WE WANT YOU.... to be on our podcast. Jerred and Joe talk about why you should come on the podcast. If you are doing our training and have not been on our podcast we want to chat with you. It's just a chat. hearing from our athlete gets us and the entire community fired up. You are more interesting than you think and everyone has a story so come and join us.

Its no secret we love (and do) concurrent training. This was a fantasist meta analysis that looked at a lot of concurrent training studies to see how they impacted untrained, moderately trained, and trained athletes to see how and if the interference effect changed based on fitness level.

This week we are looking at a study that examines how focusing on what muscles you are using can increase your results and performance.

This week we are talking to Robert Guillen and his journey in fitness. Robert has worked out in a garage for many years. He has quite the story including a lot of major injuries he has overcame and how he adjust his training now.

For those that have done Murph several times before and feel ready to set a PR, we go over some of our tips and things to consider when doing Murph and crushing it.

Couple weeks ago we looked at how keto I able to achieve hypertrophy and strength among other things. So now we wanted go to the other direction and look at a study that compared vegan and omnivore diets when doing strength and hypertrophy training. the results were similar but there is still a lot to unpack and caveats to consider when doing a vegan diet.

This week we are looking at if cold exposure if best for recovery, if its worth it, and when it is best used.

We are back again with Gabe Byars. This is his second time on the podcast and the first time we skipped over some of his history but sure glad we got a chance to dive back in and hear about his heart issue when he was younger and how he overcame being told he cant workout.

This week we wanted to give some of our tips for progressing in murph and how you can succeed in completing your first murph, or first time with a vest. We have done this workout a ton and so have our athletes. So if you are interested in completing this for the first time or improving from the last time, check this episode out.

This weeks study was very interesting and great for those who habitually take antihistamines. This study examined how taking antihistamines is blocking the inflammatory response your body produces when exercising and therefore stunting your results and fitness. They tested a lot of markers so definitely check this out if you are someone with allergies. Then the team talks about what all of our trigger words are.

Can gains be in your head? If your head is more dialed in when you workout, you could see greater benefits. Check out this study discussion for more.

We have something new this week and its something we have wanted to do for a while. We have many medical professionals in our community so we wanted to sit down with one and answer some of our community questions from a doctors perspective and with their knowledge. We read a lot of studies but are not trained as medical professionals. So this is the first round of Q&A with a doctor who has been on this podcast as an athlete and has gone through our coaching course.

Jerred has had several saunas at home. This week he's talking about his past ones and his few DIY projects, then shared why he sprung for a full barrel sauna.

We are always looking to get better here. Healthier, more fit, performing more optimally. This week we are looking at study that compares strength and performance between keto (extremely low carb) verses high carb. There are some takeaways on both sides but for performance, keto may not be the best. Then we give our top 3 nutrition tips

This weeks study recap we are looking at how supplements actually effect us and which are junk.

This week Jerred is sitting down with Daniel Font and how he stays consistent. Also, we will now be posting these Thursday episodes video on our YouTube challenge so if you want to see our athlete and their garages, head over there.

This week we get a little deeper and were asked about imposter syndrome. Have you ever dealt with imposter syndrome? Ever feel like others perception of you doesn't match up to your own perception of you or how you feel?

This week study we are looking at how just a little bit of stretching can lead to strength and power gains. Usually when we look at strength it has to do with recovery and injury prevention but there is performance to be gained as well. Then its this months book review, which is Sugar Crush. We have a lot of varying thoughts on this but some great take aways as well.

This week we are looking back to a study on how to train for the long term, not the short.

This week Jerred and Joe are chatting with Mark Campbell. He has some great insight and obstacles in his fitness he has overcame to check out this interview.

This week we are reversing things and we ask the question "why wouldn't you join Murph Burner program?" and then provide a list of (sarcastic) reasons why one wouldn't want to try this Murph Burner program. And for those of you who don't know, the Murph Burner program is a 4 week program dedicated to preparing for the Murph workout coming on Memorial Day and 100% of sales will go to the Social Operations Warrior Foundation.

We are talking about cluster sets again this week but with a systematic review. We also go into how and why to best do cluster sets. Then we have the Murph Burner programing coming up starting next week! So if you are interested in a program to help with the Murph workout or a bodyweight program check this out.

We are diving back into some studies we first covered on the Garage Gym Athlete podcast. Here is the first time we looked at carb rinsing.

We are back with the Murph crew! They are almost finished with their 52 weeks of Murph so we check in on how they are doing and how they feel about being so close to finishing.

This weeks Ask Me Anything Jerred asks Joe all about his recent climb of Kilimanjaro. Joe shares his experience, how he succeed and anything else Jerred decided to ask. If you have thought about doing this trek or any other mountain trek you should definitely check out this episode.

This week we are looking at a systematic review on if skipping breakfast will effect your BMI and wight gain. This was fairly insightful but with more nutrition studies and topics, it doesn't even scratch the surface. Check out what we all have to say on the matter. Then we are talking about negativity and how we deal with it. Negativity is everywhere especially on social media, so how do we handle it?

Talking with Dr. Dan Siegel today and how to Turn Your Consciousness Off Autopilot.

We are talking with Theo and his awesome garage gym he set up and customized today. If you are in our group you know him as the guy with the Matrix graphic in his gym. So we talk about his training and being a coach.

This week we were asking how hypertrophy fits into our programming. We are mostly concerned with strength and performance, but hypertrophy has a place and we make sure to include it in our programming.

We have had athlete ask many times about if CBD oil is good for recovery so we are finally getting into a study. Sadly as of right now it doesn't look like CBD oil can help with soreness and recovery but that doesn't mean there aren't great uses for it. We talk about that more in-depth today. And its also book review time. This months book is Dirty Genes. This one we had a lot of things to say about, both good and note worthy so check it out.

We are back talking with Evan Brand and his advice on where to get the right test for your gut and what to know when testing your gut for bacteria.

Jerred and Joe are talking with Tyler Robertson this week and all of his training areas. Dealing with different elements and even training in a sauna.

This week we were asked when hypertrophy should be programmed and when strength training should. We aim to get stronger primarily and moving more wight, but there are times where hypertrophy is important which is why we do still include it in our training.

This weeks study was an interesting approach to looking at volume for an athlete but something we have touched on a little before. Then we talk about another "pick one" question but with exercises. And we have a NEW Meet Yourself Saturday inspired by one of our athletes.

This week we are back with Dr. Dan Siegel and speaking of Implementing The Process of Integration.

This week we are talking with even Jackson and his workout enjoinment. He really deals with the elements and some cold training. Check out how he gets it done!

We are talking about more gear again! We were asked if we ever run in our training shoes or train in our running shoes. Its a great thing to talk about and comes up very often, what shoes we training.

We like to take the time every 12 week to break down and lay out each of our training tracks for the next 12 week and then give 7 week of free sample weeks. So if you want 7 free weeks of training check out our website or instagram. This also gives us a chance to reveal a lot of updates and things to come.

Jerred is talking with Dr. Lepley again on finding the mind muscle connection.

This week Jerred talks with long time athlete Asher Gifford and how he is shifting his mindset and retooling.

This weeks ask me anything we are talking about how to increase your lung capacity and control your breathing better when working out.