Garage Gym Athlete

This week we look over a study that talked about the difference and benefit of wearing lifting shoes, and the results... will not shock you. We also talk auto the gear we like to wear and make sure to have around. The workout this week is BRAND NEW, and its called Fat & Sugar.

Jerred sat down with Dan John a while back and talked about books and day to day processes.

Hey athletes, this week we had a change to chat with Craig Lewis. He was on the podcast before so we have a nice catch up with him, talk about the events he has been doing and preparing for. This was a great nod to concurrent training and being able to compete in what you want but also finding balance and challenging yourself. Check it out!

This weeks AMA Joe joins Jerred and talks about the most cost effective cardio equipment, as well as tips on Zone 2 training.

This week on the podcast we are going over a wearable, but this is geared toward recovery. The study review we go over is how compression gear can improve recovery. Next we give our tips on how to stay fit during these isolation times and when your gym is closed. This weeks workout is Zone 2 Murph.

This weeks Cooldown is from when Jerred sat down with James clear talking about the aggregation of marginal gains.

This weeks Athlete of the Week is Zach Eason. He was full of energy and it was great getting to chat with him. We talked about knowing your limits and discipline vs motivation. Also talk a little more about the new Army fitness test and how it make much more sense then the past one or other branches.

Hey athletes, its time for our new cycle webinar. Usually Wednesday episodes are for our Ask Me Anything but with new cycle coming up this will go over our new cycle and a lot of other updates happening on the website. If you would like to see the webinar and the slides check this out on our YouTube channel.

Hey 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.

Jerred sits down with Dr. Limansky and talk about nutrition, the stigma against fat, and improving your health now.

This 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.

This weeks AMA jerred will discuss training in your zone two verses going for high intensity workouts.

This 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.

This weeks Cooldown is with Dr. Anthony Gustin on analyzing your progress in fitness.

This week Athlete of the Week is Tyler Karns.

This 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.

This 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.

This weeks Cooldown has former New England Patroid Setema Gali talking about a well known Patriots mantra, Do Your Job.

This weeks Athlete Of the Week is Marco Rosa. This was a great chat talking about all of the events he does and his training.

This weeks Ask Me Anything is comparing concurrent training with Crossfit.

This 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.

We have Dr. Cate Shanahan talking about her book Deep Nutrition and four fat burning systems.

This 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.

This 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.

This 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.

Dutch Lowy talk about owing his gym and competing in olympic lifting.

This 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.

This 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.

This 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.

We had Julie from PaleOMG, and this week she is talking about wanting to help people and starting her blog.

This 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

This 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.

This 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.

This weeks Cooldown has Allison Brager talking about sleep and making your brain more fit.

The 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.

This 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.

Hey 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".

This weeks cool down is with Dr. Anthony Jay about Low Testosterone and Estrogen.

This 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.

This 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.

Hey 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.

This weeks snippet is why our training is not crossfit and should not be considered crossfit.

This 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.

This 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.

Hey 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.

This week is from Dr. Anthony Jay talking about Epigentics and Heavy Lifting.

This 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.

This 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.

Hello 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 HR.

This 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.