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.
Garage athletes are often gear addicts. The money we save in gym memberships and drive time often gets sunk into this or that gadget either because they’re on sale or because we think it will save time/increase safety/improve performance/save money. As my daddy once loves to say, “You can go broke saving money”. Today’s […]
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We don’t need as much advice as we think we do. That may sound odd after posting three blogs giving out advice but hear me out. Within the last twenty-four hours I’ve responded to the following questions: I don’t care about drug testing in fact, I prefer a non drug tested federation and I’m not likely
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CrossFitters want you to compete every day. Newbie powerlifters think they should be able to qualify for Nationals within their first few months of training. Strongmen won’t lift anything not shaped like something from a deserted junkyard because it’s not event specific. Then there’s everybody else, training year after year and too afraid to compete.
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Non-stop exercise is a way of life. I have been a garage / home gym / outdoor exercise dude for decades. I use logs, rocks, tires, concrete, ropes, chains , whatever. My exercise life started in 1953 when I was between 5th & 6th grades. Started at age 10. I did not care about team
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What does my powerlifting total have to do with Narnia or even leopards? A lot. It also has to do with my grand uncle who manned up when he found himself in a tight spot. A Little Background I’ve been struggling with my lifts lately. When I was just exercising to get in shape, whatever
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Diet & Nutrition gets a lot of press IIFYM, Clean Eating, Paleo, Low Carb, 40-30-30, Moderate carb low-fat. Just trying to understand all of the diet options out there is enough to drive anybody crazy. So I don’t. I’ve come up with a simple approach that works most of the time. I like to think
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I started training for powerlifting three years ago and competing in full meets last year. But I’ve been lifting recreationally for twenty plus years. In that time, I’ve noticed that lifters become ridiculously tribal about their training methodology. I’m running 5/3/1, I run Westside or I’m doing Sheiko. As a garage athlete you’re free from the
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Getting hurt sucks. Period. Not only do you have the pain of the injury, but also all of the lost productivity while you rehab the injury. Many people, even those who suffer an amputation, come back stronger after injuries. I’m determined to be one of those people. I injured my pec minor and rotator cuff
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Training Partners are Important But should you be training partners with your significant other? My wife does triathlons, 5k races and bike rides. Her goals are to do a century ride. Mine are to squat 500, bench 350 and deadlift 600. Doesn’t seem like something that would allow us to train together. But we make it
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Online Coaching seems to be the answer to both the need for expert instruction and the convenience that Garage Gym Lifters are looking for. But along with the convenience, lowered expense, large pool of candidates and expert feedback come with some drawbacks. What’s Bad About It: The Invisible Man– As someone who hires an online
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