Garage Gym Athlete

Latest Episodes:

181: Is Cold Immersion The BEST For Recovery? Apr 24, 2023

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Recovery is something we cover a lot on this podcast because we know how important it is. We have covered a lot of different recovery techniques including cold immersion in the past. This study take another large look at cold immersion comparing it to other recovery techniques in strength, power and hypertrophy.

Perfectionism and Heat Acclimation Strategies Apr 21, 2023

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Were getting close to hotter weather, have you thougth about how the heat will affect your workouts?

6 Ways to Gain Muscle without Breaking Your Body Apr 17, 2023

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How do you gain muscle without always having to do MORE volume or HEAVIER weight? Now, there's nothing wrong with heavy lifting and more volume, but sometimes those two things come at a cost. So what do we do when we still want to gain muscle but we don't want to beat our body up more? And can we do these things without having to change our program? All that in this episode!

Pre Exercise Music Can Increase Power and Velocity Apr 14, 2023

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This week we are looking at how music can effect the type of workout you are doing.

180: Pump Up The BEETS! Apr 10, 2023

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Back again with more on Beets. If you have started using them now, what's stopping you? This time we are covering a systematic review on beets lookin gat strength and muscle hypertrophy. Beets are becoming one of the best supplements you can take for concurrent training. It's low risk, low cost, super easy.

Good Habits Are Most Important For Nutrition Apr 07, 2023

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If you are looking to change your health and nutrition the best you can do is work on your habits not necessairly the small details.

179: How to Maintain Muscle Mass During Weight Loss (and why you should!) Apr 03, 2023

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Everybody wants to gain muscle and lose fat. But those are oppsing forces. But when losing fat you can still maintain muscle mass and not just waste away when losing weight. This episode we will go over a study that examined weight loss in women and not only preserving muscle mass but regaining weight after the loss because of the loss in fat free mass.

Don't Focus On Meal Timing & Frequency Mar 31, 2023

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This weeks study examined the timing and frequency at which you eat. There are a lot of opinions on meal timing and frequency, but do any even matter much?

Starting a Home Gym & Doing What Drives You With Paul Mollema Mar 27, 2023

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This week we have on Paul. He has a great story on how he started his garage gym and built up the equipment in it. Then we talk about motivation and how to stay active.

Interference Effect At Different Fitness Levels Mar 24, 2023

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We speak about the interference effect with concurrent training, but is it impacted differently at different fitness levels?