Garage Gym Athlete

We recently covered a study on pre workout fuel, so here we talk about how we fuel for workouts.

This was a really great study and focus on enhance and paying attendant to your HRV. Really check this one out if you like to run, train endurance, or any conditioning.

Somethign to reflect on today, more mindset and preformance.

See whats up with the team this week in training and life.

This week we are talkng with long time athelre Travis Nix. It was interesting getting prespective from a competetive body builder who came to the functional fitness space of concurrent trianing.

this week we are looking at rest time again but specifically looking at hypertrophy over time.

Sleep is crucial, but how does it effect performance exactly?

We're trying out a new format where we do a update episode so if you never cared about our updates and just wanted the other content you can listen to it there.

Its time to call BS on a bunch of fads and popular things in the health and fitness community that should be avoided.

We're talking deload again this week and more evidence on why its so important. This one target hormones and hypertrophy when you take a week rest after a cycle.

How should you prescribe weight to those new to lifting?

This week we have Amy Lyman and this was such a great episode. Amy has a great story to tell from her volunteer fire fighter duty, to raising 6 kids, staying active and learnign to stuggle. Highly recommend this episode espeically for a look at mental toughness.

This weeks study we look at a systematic review directed toward carbs before workout and your output. How much should you get and how much of an impact does it have?

there is a difinitive bellcurve with fat percent and how your immune system is.

This is Tylers second time on the podcast, and the first time we came up with the oh so awesome workout "Plank You Tyler." Is there another one this time?

This week we are doing somethign different and going over a peer reviewed opinion paper but this made for a very good discussion. How misinformation and disinformation in the health and fitness community is hurting it.

How does nitric oxide effect strength?

We talk about how important protein is and do protein and water challenges. So how can you hit your daily protein?

Egg whites have been popular for a long time, but should have just have been eating the whole egg the entire time?

Do you workout fasted? Or have a preworkout meal?

This week we are talking with long time athlete Richie Boardman. He tells us how his garage gym got started, why finding a training group is so important, and accountability.

This is a new way to do our new cycle webinar. You will get an overview on our programming, how we program, the goals of each track and even a birds eye view at each training track for next cycle

If your stressful or intensive job effecting your workout perforance?

This week the team is talking about how we reduce soreness and what we do on the days we are very sore.

Anti inflammatories and pain killers can only help you recover and workout more right?.... WRONG.

How do your approach recovery?

Athlete interviews are back! This week we have Mark Bishop. Long time athlete first time guest and we have a lot of great things we talk about. Training in the elements, finding your tribe, and getting workouts done with lots of travel.

Lets talk more about supplements. Do they really help with soreness?

Wondering why you seem Tumric all over the place for supplmentation? does it really help with recovery?

Have you been looking for the SECRET to recovering after workouts? Supplements? Nutrition? We have your top 3 tips for recovery.

This week we are talking about learning and failure. What is the optimal failure and stress to properly learn and grow?

We want to get better and increase our performance, but the long game is more important.

Should you always give full effort every workout? Or do you need to dial it back? How sustainable is your workout program? If you have been hitting a wall you need this episode.

We talk about the importance of sleep a lot and we don't plan on stopping, thats how important it is. This weeks study was done on mice and tumor grown, showing that disrupted sleep more than tripled sizes of tumors. Then we talk about the best sleep practices.

Hydration is one of the most important things you should be on top of. But how individual should you make it for YOU?

We get a lot of questions about Vo2 Max, so just how important is it? How much should your pay attention to it? And what factors effect it?

This study was a systematic review on how strength training can make you much healthier and lower your rise for cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and even some cancers. doing strength AND conditioning more than doubled those results, aka concurrent training.

We dont encorage a lot of supplementation, but fish oil is one we do get behind. BUT, to what end?

Most of us workout alone, in our garages/homes and it can be an adjustment to stay driven and motivated.

Weight loss will never not be talked about and debated. This study aimed to compare which type of bread was better for weight loss but really they were just proving how important fiber is.

We get asked a lot about rest times in our programming if they are not listed. Here is another study we have covered on how you should approach your rest times.

Losing weight can seem like a very daunting task and overwhelming with the amount of information there is. Well Jerred is here to talk about how your mindset should be toward it.

This weeks study we take a bit of a detour and talk about the uses of foam rolling and why you should do it. Spoiler, its not to enhance performance.

This week we are helping you to get better by not getting worse!

Jerred gives three tips on how to workout when you JUST dont feel like it.

Were always trying to test the boundaries of concurrent training and learn more. This study examines how explosive strength is immediately after a HIIT session. Its not surprise that power is effected, but how much?

When should you be lifting to failure or leaving reps in reserve?

We have broken down energy systems straining, but how should you apply them to your training? How should you attack these and distribute these in your pogromming?

We don't take a lot of supplements here, but we do like to dive into the research because athletes ask a lot about them. Beta alanine is marketed a lot to strength athlete, but does it actually help with strength and lifting? Or is it better for endurance?

Dynamic liting is often the missing element in alot of strength programs. But how do you know when you are being dynamic and losing velocity?