Tao Of Garage Gym Life: The Garage Gym Life mission is to inspire and inform home gym owners so that they can successfully pursue their strength and physique goals right where they live. Unlike other brands that focus on the sport or fitness activity you choose, we seek to encourage all forms of exercise that people do from home.
DIY Dip Station I love to DIY! I have updated entire bathrooms in my house. This DIY Dip Station is simple enough and cheap enough that you can make it in a afternoon. It is a heavy duty piece of equipment that will be in your garage gym for years to come. I built this piece […]
Greg GDiesel Santarsiero is a blue collar renaissance man driven to become. From the beard down he is dedicated bodybuilder, hip hop head, counter culture fashionista, sneaker aficionado; nestled snugly under a throwback fisherman hat is entrepreneur, published author and visionary. Pour it into a container labeled husband and father, flip the switch and get out of the
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Crystel Armenta: Handstandologist Crystel Armenta is a wife, mother and all around Wonder Woman! Crystel has come a long way in her home workout journey, losing over 100lbs and overcoming depression along the way. Learn the story of how she got comfortable in her skin. Crystel, you seem to be abnormally fond of handstands. Over
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Working class beast Ryan di Pompeo says if it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing right! That attitude is pushing him to success on the powerlifting platform just as it served him well in his former career as an amateur kickboxer. Ryan is a full-time generator technician, a former bantamweight- featherweight fighter and a current powerlifter in the
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DIY Band Pegs + Power Racks = Match Made in Strength Heaven Let’s get some band pegs on that power rack of yours! What do you mean why? Now that we have you utilizing chains in your training it’s time to accommodate more resistance. (bands and chains are accommodating resistance) I see a lot of people
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Sports Nutritionist Gina Nofzinger is a survivor! This former Army wife is always up for the next challenge, be it roller derby, perfecting her deadlift form or becoming a certified sports nutritionist after breaking the grip of eating disorders on her life. I hope this glimpse into the life of Mama Mia Gina leads to many
One Year of Work This picture encapsulates one year of work. Left side is about 215, right side is 235-240ish. Being a powerlifter, my ultimate goals revolve around the weight I can move. If I cut down right now, I could probably be in the same shape as the left side at 5-7 pounds heavier, and
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Mobile Fitness Professional I travel to several of my clients’ homes on a weekly basis to train with them. Most of my clients are people with developmental or physical needs who require added assistance or help. I have a tote of workout equipment that I drive around in the back of my van that I use
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DIY Jack Stand Curl Station It might sound like a strange statement coming from someone talking about working out, but I am lazy. I am ALWAYS trying to find a way to make the workout easier. And I really shouldn’t say the workout, but rather the workout preparation. I hate bending over, lugging plates up
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What’s On The Menu I’m going to give you a smorgasbord of mobility work. This list isn’t meant to turn into your training session. I wouldn’t want you to do all or even many of these on a regular basis. My ultimate goal would be for you to experiment with a few different mobility movements &/or
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