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Welcome to the Garage Gym Athlete podcast, where we explore the world of functional fitness and performance training in the home gym. Join us as we talk to coaches, athletes, and experts about their experiences in building strength, endurance, and athleticism outside the traditional gym setting. In addition to sharing practical tips and strategies, we'll also delve into the latest scientific research on topics like exercise physiology, nutrition, and recovery to help you optimize your training and achieve your best results. Whether you're a seasoned garage gym veteran or just getting started on your fitness journey, this podcast is for you.
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- 4 days ago33 min
Mixed Modal Aerobic Training: Build Fitness for Real Life | 368
We break down mixed modal aerobic training and why combining strength movements with conditioning can build fitness for real life. We explain how it differs from simply racing through a circuit, why aerobic training does not have to mean running, and how Jerred's experience working with military athletes shaped this approach. We also discuss the benefits and limitations of mixed modal training, from building work capacity and muscular endurance to understanding why general fitness does not automatically produce a faster mile. We cover exercise selection, built-in rest, and the difference between high intensity and too much high intensity too often. We finish with interval weight training, practical ways to try these workouts, and why being ready for everyday demands can matter more than specializing in one test. Chapters: 00:00 Introduction | 04:37 Aerobic fitness for busy athletes | 05:34 Military training and real-life demands | 10:25 Benefits, limitations, and smarter programming | 13:35 Heart rate, intensity, and recovery | 17:31 Why your mile time may not improve | 21:09 If you could choose only one training method | 26:13 Interval weight training and getting started | 28:47 Building fitness to be ready for anything | 31:33 Where to try mixed modal training
- 1 weeks ago41 min
Goals vs. Standards: Build Fitness That Lasts | 367
We talk about setting fitness goals that matter to you and building standards you can maintain for years. Dave shares his next challenge: a 500-pound back squat and a sub-five-minute mile on the same day. We dig into the reasons behind that goal, why someone else's excitement cannot carry your training, and how smarter programming can open up possibilities beyond your younger years. We also discuss Jerred's goal of running a faster mile, his role in coaching Dave, and the difference between chasing a peak performance and maintaining a level of readiness. We break fitness development into consistency, standards, and goals, then explain how to establish a baseline and choose a target that stretches you without ignoring your starting point. We finish with a four-step approach to goal setting and a reminder to protect your family, priorities, and long-term fitness along the way. Chapters: 00:00 Introduction | 01:32 Dave's 500-pound squat and sub-5-minute mile goal | 04:27 Find the real reason behind your goal | 11:15 Jerred's mile goal and coaching role | 16:32 Goals versus standards | 20:13 Consistency, standards, then goals | 26:33 Set a baseline and choose a realistic target | 30:02 Why borrowed motivation fades | 36:29 A four-step approach to your next goal | 38:32 Protect your priorities and build for the long term
- 2 weeks ago36 min
HRV, Pain, and Longevity: What the Research Means for Your Training | 366
We return to the science with four studies that challenge how we think about readiness, pain, and long-term health. We compare HRV-guided training with a fixed program, then look at how a structured subjective questionnaire can help athletes adjust training. We discuss the DALDA questionnaire, the difference between changing a workout and skipping it, and how stress, fueling, and recovery affect the way a session feels. We also explore research on rotator cuff abnormalities in both painful and pain-free shoulders, why an imaging finding does not tell the whole story, and the distinction between persistent pain and a traumatic injury. Then we discuss a large study on sleep, physical activity, diet, lifespan, and healthspan, including why small, consistent changes matter. We finish with our own approaches to training on difficult days, adjusting intensity, and getting started when the workout feels harder in your head than it does after the warm-up. Chapters: 00:00 Introduction | 01:53 What HRV-guided training changes | 06:17 Subjective readiness and DALDA | 10:36 Adjusting workouts without abandoning the plan | 16:47 Rotator cuff findings and pain | 24:00 Sleep, activity, diet and longevity | 29:55 Training on the days you dread it | 36:01 Wrap-up
- 3 weeks ago41 min
One Man One Barbell: Get Stronger Without Giving Up Conditioning | 365
We wrap up our strength program series with One Man One Barbell, the program Jerred built for athletes who want to get stronger and stay fast. We break down the four working sets, the EMOM method, and how focused strength sessions leave room for conditioning. We compare One Man One Barbell with Hard to Kill, discuss the trade-offs of high training density, and explain why your training max and bar speed matter more than grinding through heavier weights. We also cover accessory work, interval conditioning, and the million-pound training challenge that helped Jerred reach a triple-bodyweight deadlift. We share plans for the One Man One Barbell book and more programming in the Garage Gym Athlete app, plus updates on Pump and Run, tracking distances in miles, and choosing a program that keeps you engaged. Chapters: 00:00 Introduction | 02:35 Why One Man One Barbell Was Created | 07:58 Four Working Sets and the EMOM Method | 17:37 The One Man One Barbell Book | 19:41 One Man One Barbell vs Hard to Kill | 24:42 Training Maxes and Bar Speed | 26:22 When to Add Accessory Work | 28:01 Building a Triple-Bodyweight Deadlift | 30:59 Conditioning and 5K Goals | 35:47 App Updates and Pump and Run | 39:11 Keeping Training Enjoyable
- Oct 12, 202626 min
The Athlete Dad: Why Fitness Is Not Optional | 364
We have a solo episode this week. Jerred flies solo to talk about being a father and an athlete at the same time, what that has looked like over 14 years and three kids, and how he has kept training consistent from the infant years through the teenage Uber driver years. The big idea is simple: once you decide fitness is not optional, the same way being a husband or a dad is not optional, most of the juggling gets a lot less complicated. We start with ruthless elimination. Netflix, scrolling, extra hobbies, and people asking for your time all have to go if family, fitness, faith, and finances are the priorities. From there Jerred breaks down setting minimum and maximum standards for each season of life, borrowed from the Air Force PT test, why the agreements we make with ourselves are the easiest ones to break, and why putting your kids first sometimes means skipping a session without beating yourself up. We also get into time management that actually works: planning tomorrow the night before and then scanning for the obstacles that will wreck the plan, like the meeting that runs long before school pickup. Jerred shares his bare minimum fallback, one piece of the MRF workout, explains how to forecast your daily habits out ten years, and closes with why neither of us deserves a pat on the back for doing what we are supposed to do. The real reward is your kids watching you show up. Chapters: 00:08 The Athlete Dad | 01:40 When Fitness Is Not Optional | 02:40 Ruthlessly Eliminate What Does Not Matter | 05:46 Fitness Is as Non Negotiable as Being a Dad | 06:24 The Seasons of Parenthood | 07:07 Minimum and Maximum Standards | 09:59 Write Down Your Standard for This Season | 10:22 Toddlers vs Teenagers | 11:31 Putting Being a Dad First | 12:56 Plan Tomorrow the Night Before | 13:45 Scan for Obstacles | 17:51 The MRF Fallback Standard | 20:47 Learn From Your Mistakes and Adjust | 21:28 Forecast Your Habits Ten Years Out | 22:59 No Pat on the Back | 24:50 The Real Reward
- Oct 5, 202631 min
The Garage Gym Athlete App Is Live: Our Favorite Features | 363
We are officially live in the Apple and Android app stores, and in this episode we break down the Garage Gym Athlete app and the features we are most excited about. We start with a huge thank you to the beta community, roughly 100 athletes who left Train Heroic early, trusted us with a beta app, and sent the feedback that turned a nine month build into a fast one. Then we look back at Fit Week, the first one run entirely inside the app, with PRs, garage setups, and the community humming again like the early Facebook group days. We get into tracking first: the Fit Week graph and athlete score that shows where your imbalances are, daily over decades tracking for sessions, minutes, volume and mileage, how each of us checks off the EO3 elements, and the run pacing and intensity data coming next. Jerred walks through Selection Saturday, which turns Meet Yourself Saturday into a choice between any Meet Yourself workout, the Pump hypertrophy session, or Go Long. We also clear up the biggest Train Heroic hangover: you do not need to move days around, just do the workout you want and the log keeps track of what you did and when. We finish with the community. Crew puts training and community in one spot for the first time, and Roll Call shows who is training live so you can cheer each other on (every cheer from us is real). We explain why our leaderboard only tracks elements and sessions instead of max lifts, why PR shirts are back, and why we use the app ourselves every single day. Start a 7 day free trial at garagegymathlete.com for the best pricing, or search Garage Gym Athlete in the App Store or Google Play. Chapters: 00:00 The Garage Gym Athlete App Is Live | 01:04 Thank You to the Beta Community | 02:14 Fit Week Inside the App | 04:01 Favorite Setups and PRs | 05:16 Free Trial and Best Pricing | 06:00 Tracking and Athlete Score | 08:36 How We Check Off the Elements | 09:49 Run Data Coming Next | 10:43 Selection Saturday | 13:29 Flexibility and Doing Workouts Out of Order | 15:16 Leaving Train Heroic Behind | 18:17 Community in One Spot | 20:30 Roll Call | 23:15 Track Badges Maybe | 23:51 What We Set Out to Build | 24:45 A Leaderboard for Consistency | 26:08 PR Shirts Are Back | 26:51 Training Alongside Other People | 29:34 We Use Our Own App | 30:32 How to Get Started
- Sep 28, 202629 min
Only Three Days a Week to Train: The Six Piece Checklist | 362
We take on the question we get more than almost any other: what do you do when you only have three days a week to train. We are done with the just do what you can answer from coaches. Constraints are exactly where programming matters most, and three days a week is plenty to make real progress if the week is built correctly. Jerred lays out the six piece checklist that makes a three day week work. On the strength side you want a sub max effort day, a max effort or heavy day, and a dynamic effort day. On the conditioning side you want all three energy systems, gain, pain and sustain. Then you pair them so you never stack two central nervous system heavy demands on the same day: heavy lifting with an easy sustained run, hard glycolytic intervals with sub max lifting, and short 10 second sprints with dynamic effort work. Dave walks through his own run and lift splits, and Jerred makes the case for full body over squat bench deadlift splits, mostly because real life means you will miss a day. We also get into whether three days is truly your limit or a choice, why four days is all Hard to Kill actually asks of you, how to know when you have plateaued and should add a day, how the Minimal Time track differs from the main track, and why plenty of coaches and smart athletes still hand their programming off instead of doing it themselves. Chapters: 00:08 Only Three Days a Week to Train | 01:30 Is Three Days Really Your Limit | 04:30 Fewer Days or Shorter Sessions | 05:15 Four Days Is All You Need | 06:30 Why Three Days Suits Concurrent Training | 07:30 Dave's Three Run Days | 08:15 Gain, Pain and Sustain | 09:00 Why Short Sprints Matter | 10:00 Dave's Strength Split | 11:15 The Six Piece Checklist | 12:00 Building the Monday, Wednesday, Friday Week | 12:45 What Not to Combine on One Day | 13:30 One Man One Barbell and the 540 Deadlift | 14:15 The Wednesday and Friday Layouts | 15:45 What a Three Day Program Will Not Do | 16:30 Lift Selection and Accessory Work | 17:15 Why Full Body Wins | 18:45 Missing a Day in Real Life | 19:30 Fitting Energy Systems into Small Windows | 20:15 When to Add a Fourth Day | 22:15 Minimal Time vs Hard to Kill Main | 26:15 Why Athletes Stop Programming Themselves | 28:30 Free Up the Brain Space
- Sep 23, 202630 min
The Final Training Cycle of 2026: What You Need To Know
We break down everything coming in Cycle 4, the final cycle of 2026, so you can pick your track and know exactly what your training is going to look like. We open with a community update from the last cycle: 39.4 million pounds lifted, 12.7 million meters moved, and 7,555 sessions logged. Then we cover the housekeeping. Endure and No Gear will not run as tracks this cycle since 96% of athletes are on Hard to Kill, Strength, or Shred, though both are still fully programmed in the app. We also give a straight status update on the iOS and Android submissions, bring back PR videos and PR shirts, and preview a new feature we are calling the athlete data room. Then we go track by track. Hard to Kill runs speed strength as the major with a sustain minor, so expect a faster bar, more jumps and rope work, and steady conditioning held at comfortably hard. Strength backs off the upper 80s and low 90s and leans into dynamic effort work, accessory volume, and fresher joints. Shred stays with muscle endurance, density blocks, and mixed modal aerobic work for body composition. If you are stuck picking a track, we give you the simple answer at the end, plus a reminder that the standalone programs are always there. Chapters: 00:09 Welcome and what Cycle 4 covers | 01:00 Community update by the numbers | 03:27 Endure and No Gear are not tracks this cycle | 05:02 iOS and Android app status | 08:58 PR videos and PR shirts are back | 09:44 The athlete data room | 13:34 The 13 by 13 method, fast | 15:54 Hard to Kill: speed strength with a sustain minor | 19:44 Optional bonus work | 20:29 Strength track | 24:19 Shred track | 26:37 How to pick a track
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About Garage Gym Athlete
Welcome to the Garage Gym Athlete podcast, where we explore the world of functional fitness and performance training in the home gym. Join us as we talk to coaches, athletes, and experts about their experiences in building strength, endurance, and athleticism outside the traditional gym setting. In addition to sharing practical tips and strategies, we'll also delve into the latest scientific research on topics like exercise physiology, nutrition, and recovery to help you optimize your training and achieve your best results. Whether you're a seasoned garage gym veteran or just getting started on your fitness journey, this podcast is for you.
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