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💥BLACK FRIDAY SPECIAL EPISODE💥 Coop from Garage Gym Reviews has his finger on the pulse of gym equipment along with the companies who design, manufacture, and sell them. For years now, he has been providing home gym users his opinions, testing data, and reviews to help you understand the pros and cons of gym equipment for the home. He does this through written and video mediums consistently and should be someone you look to before buying your next piece of equipment. Check out Garage Gym Reviews here: Website: https://www.garagegymreviews.com/ https://linktr.ee/garagegymreviews Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/garagegymreviews/  

Erika has been a part of the CrossFit community for a long time. She was, at face value, in a perfect position, but with many things in life, they are not what they seem. Erika was stuck and in a place of conflict, and it affected her mental health. She has since realized how to resolve her issues and is helping others do the same. During this episode, Erika was strikingly honest about chasing the accolades and cheers of others. Though fulfilling at that moment, it made her keep chasing more and more. Ultimately, she found herself chasing things that were not even important to her. Her journey helped her understand how to fix the broken feelings she experienced and realize what is truly worthy of chasing. Erika's current work focuses on helping clients understand how to create a strong sense of self, monitor and alter thoughts, and frame your perceptions for better outcomes. Contact info: Website: thoughtWOD.co Instagram: @thoughtwod Email: Erika@thoughtwod.co

It's rare to find a CrossFit Games level athlete who is also a Certified CrossFit Coach, aka CFL4, and a CrossFit Seminar Staff member, but that's what you'll find with Austin Malleolo. For more than a decade, Austin has been competing, traveling the world teaching the CrossFit methodology, and coaching athletes in the New England / Boston area. On this episode, you'll hear how Austin helps coaches understand some advanced coaching concepts, strategies for local throwdowns, and how to break through training plateaus. How to contact Austin: Email: contactaustinmalleolo@gmail.com Instagram: @amalleolo LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/amalleolo

A six times CrossFit Games competitor, Marcus Filly is merging concepts and philosophies of bodybuilding with functional movements. Appealing to a broad range of fitness enthusiasts, Marcus wants clients to understand that simply adding more volume isn't going to cut it and that application of intensity is earned. His unique perspective on fitness and health run deeper than the gym and carries over to many different aspects of your life. How to find Marcus: https://revival-strength.com/ Instagram: @marcusfilly

What does the highest form of dedication look when it comes to a sport? It looks like Frank Rhea. Frank is 62 years old and trains at home to be the best bodybuilder he can be. That's why they call him #RippedRhea ! Now close to forty years into the sport, his journey has helped him realize some things and shaped his body and mindset. How to find Frank: Instagram @ttfrhea #rippedrhea Garage Gym Life Media: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcLDxRgvlABHpyJ_LP3XDZA

Heather Breen from Tenacious Health is a mentor of movement and intuitive nutrition. She is a graduate of the Level 1 Precision Nutrition certification course and a CrossFit Level 2 coach who is helping clients understand that fitness should be fun and the way we view nutrition should be from our core values, priorities, and goals. During the the episode, you’ll hear how we connected, why she has coaches, and how she helps facilitate her clients to make better choices when it comes to nutrition. Heather's Contact Info: Instagram: @tenacious_heather_b Instagram: @tenacious_health Email: Heatherbreen11@gmail.com Mentioned in the Show: Garage Gym Life Media YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcLDxRgvlABHpyJ_LP3XDZA Home Gym Home Gym Quarterly: Fall Edition https://issuu.com/garagegymlife/docs/fall_2019  

Sometimes producing and hosting a podcast can be difficult, especially when it comes to securing guests and working around schedules and different time zones. Well, the old saying is that necessity is the mother of new podcast formats. I think that's how that goes. For this episode, I recorded the show live, along with a mic mess up, so the audio isn't the best, but you get the gist. For this episode, I asked social media to provide questions you wanted answered on the show. Some themes were evident throughout the questions, and they meshed well. It was a fun show to record, and I enjoyed the process so much that I plan on incorporating the style format more often. Enjoy and shoot me your questions for future episodes to Smitty@garagegymcoach.com

For the past 16 years, Anna Woods has been helping females understand they are strong, worthy, and they are enough. Her mindset first approach helps females permit themselves to be a priority. As a wife, mother of three children, two with special needs, and a busy businesswoman, the pressures of deadlines and taking care of others could get in the way; but she purposefully sets boundaries and makes training a priority. She does this because she knows when she takes care of herself, its easier to take care of others. When working with her clients, she helps them erase the feelings of failure by helping them define their personal idea of fitness and helps breed confidence by finding small victories. How to find Anna: Website: https://shestrength.com/ Instagram: @Shestrength Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AnnaWoodsFitness/

Sorry gents, but Landri Deur is probably stronger than you. She is an up-and-coming powerlifter about to enter the scene with a big first meet. Her path to this first meet is almost unimaginable. Landri comes from a rough upbringing and has intimately experienced the devastating effects of PTSD, depression, addiction, and domestic abuse for those she loves and within herself. Now, she is on the road to a better place through Powerlifting and CrossFit, and she shares her journey in this episode. Landri is now a chief advocate for helping Veterans understand and recover from PTSD and addiction. Her efforts are grassroots in nature and growing. She is trying to leverage her recent notoriety to spread the message of erasing the stigma of mental illness. Her road to a better place is brining inspiration across many communities ____________________ Mentioned in the show: Landri's IG: @Landri_liftsalot John Turin @John.Turin Douglas Nostrant @AlphafitnessDoug Candi nostrant @ Candinostrant Sam Rakyta, DPT @sam.rakyta.dpt Team Red White Blue - https://www.teamrwb.org/ or Instagram @teamrwb VetRec - https://www.usvetrec.org/ - or Instagram @Vet_Rec ___________________ Show Outline: Random Question Training at Alpha athletics Combining Communities Coaching approach Out of the whom wanting to win Entering the Army and Making Grown Men Cry A hard history Getting out of Georgia Finding CrossFit Den mom efforts Starting her podcast for Veterans - The Fearless The moment of freedom Hearing from the community Recovery work and athlete approach You’re killing your Gainz Soapbox moment ___________________

Zach Even-Esh, the Underground Strength Coach, writes books, produces a podcast, and operates two brick and mortar performance centers in New Jersey. He started in his parent's garage and has gone through several iterations and learned a lot along the way. Just like many very successful people, he has found a way to leverage his time to be super productive and still make time to hang out with the family. With that, he was able to talk for 35 minutes, and we are going to have to have a part two soon as I had a lot more I wanted to pick his brain about much more. Since he predominately works with youth, I thought this to be a perfect guest for a back to school episode. Mentioned in the show: Garage Gym Junkie: https://marketplace.trainheroic.com/#/team/garage-gym-junkie New York Barbells - https://www.newyorkbarbells.com/ Fitness City - https://www.fitnesscitynj.com/ Show Outline: How did you find a way to add hours to the day? Slave to the phone and you’re letting it. The only thing you can never get back is time. Started off in parents garage with a 300lb set from Costco. Garage gyms have exploded. Started training out of my parents garage. Find a way to train out of the garage. Walking into a funeral (commercial gym) Fitness City - house gym Many of the great practitioners are a mix of researcher and application in novel ways. For instance your bodyweight bodybuilding system borrowed from powerlifting. Training athletes to be athletic. Blending old school body building, hand balancing, Athleticism. For adults, they are training for something, we train them to have more energy and fit. Leave 10% in the tank. Leave it for your life and family. Athletes today are way different than the ones I trained in the garage. Applying for your gym…. How do you educate parents on the value you are providing when working with kids? Education to move towards influence. It’s a lot of behind the scene work. You’re not going to win big without effort.

If you have spent more than a few years in the CrossFit community, Patrick Cummings has been positively influenced you. His videos have inspired many, and his way with words make you feel empowered. Shortly after finding CrossFit through his friend, Jon Gilson (The founder and former owner of AgainFaster), Patrick helped Jon build the brand to notoriety as well as being one of the first CF Media team members. Pat is now the co-host of Chasing Excellence Podcast with Ben Burgeron, which just hit 7 million listens and operates Functional Branding, a company dedicated to helping affiliates find their identity and establish their brand Patrick currently trains at home in his garage and has learned that training at home is different than an affiliate, but, no less important. Patrick's Body of Work: Chasing Excellence Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/chasing-excellence/id1170629044 Training IQ: https://www.trainingiq.com/ Functional Branding: https://www.functionalbranding.com/ PS Cummings: https://www.pscummings.com/ Belief Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-PQakxTjMU Mentioned in the show: Atomic Habits by James Clear: https://www.amazon.com/Atomic-Habits-Proven-Build-Break/dp/0735211299 Anna Bolte https://www.boltefitness.com/ Show Outline: - Random question - Following in foot steps - Patrick’s Intro to CrossFit - Beginning Days of AgainFaster - Working for CrossFit HQ Media - Is CrossFit’s Bubble about to Pop - Getting to 10x - CF in Garage vs. Affiliate - Creating a habit - Working hard & having fun - Satisfaction and Effort are related - Hybrid model Potentially - Select a market and wow them with excellence - Marketing, core to extremity - New school v Old school affiliate model - Same team folks - Give them something else - Everybody is in the trust business - Being proud of yourself is the win - Soapbox moment

Just over a year into creating GGPL, David and his wife Chari have created a fast-growing community of powerlifters dedicated to training out of the garage. Along the way, they have learned some lessons about lifting and life. While I wouldn't consider this podcast to be in the inspirational category, today is different because of David's perspective on strength, what's important about life, and his idea that the end goal of powerlifting is to help create real, authentic, confident, genuine, whole beings. David's ability to be open about his personal battles and demons provides context for why he started powerlifting at an older age and how he sees powerlifting as a metaphor for life. David's Social Stuff: http://www.garagegympowerlifting.com/ Instagram: @GarageGymPowerlifting  @muscleandmirth Mentioned in the Show: @Davidshirleyspf @Landri_liftsalot   Show Outline: - Radom Question - Anger is a form of passion - Powerlifting is monotonous and repetitive - Do gym lifts count? - Powerlifting is about the people - Creating of Muscle & Mirth / GGPL - Utah’s powerlifting scene - No money in powerlifting, pure investment - Difference between beginner, intermediate & advanced levels - Difference between training and comp lifts - Dealing with and breaking through plautus - Everyone needs someone to call us out on our bullshit - Progress is progress - find a way around it - CrossFit Athletes are fast and entering into powerlifting - Starting powerlifting late in life - Lessons learned from bodybuilding - A different perspective on life - Keeping it real - strength is beautiful - Fluctuating weight - A collective powerlifting team - everyone paying their dues - Soapbox moment

Blending structure and creativity, Joe Gray from Gray Matter Lifting has and continues to build community and produce opportunities for those who love to train out of their garage.

The whiteboard is a staple for CrossFit'ers across the globe in both garages and registered affiliates. It's a quintessential piece of our community, and Karl Eagleman of CrossFit NapTown in Indiana is using it and simple drawings to help coaches deliver messages and coaching content. He is on a mission to help raise the tides of coaches everywhere by providing content through his Instagram account Whiteboard Daily. His posts are regularly shared in CrossFit boxes around the world, and he is gaining momentum with each post. Through multiple conversations with him, I believe he is humble, hungry, and ready to help any way he can. Three qualities that make not only a great coach, but just a great person. Mentioned in the Show: Garrett's Journey - Benefit WOD: https://www.facebook.com/events/330603877871796/ Garrett's Journey Go-Fundme: https://www.gofundme.com/qr4g8m-garrettsjourney?fbclid=IwAR0Tnu0Rb4VCXatCdU9Yf3rxaQeA7zNk5SYDAfiP7ujSW6TKHDFhcNDMxqM Train Heroic Testing Team: Link: https://marketplace.trainheroic.com/#/subscribe?type=team&code=ggctestingteam  Access Code: ggctestingteam Eric Eagleman Instagram: @ErikEagleman Whiteboard Daily Coaching Grant: https://www.gofundme.com/f/whiteboard-daily-coaching-education-grant?utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_na+share-sheet&rcid=109002c6e6094aec9d2d6885a8b30341 Wes Wilson - @getstraightwicked Phoebe - @phoebeelena Show Outline: What if there was no whiteboard? Karls education, athletic, and work history. Finding CrossFit Working for USA Track & Field Working in New Zealand The origin and story of WBD Artistic Background Break Getting better at drawing Creating content and the purpose of social media Mission: Give people value - RISING TIDE WBD Coaching Grant Where is the whiteboard? How to create whiteboard drawings Process of creating the content My favorite posts When Karl knew things were taking off Filling the gap for CrossFit Media Soapbox moment

Happy 4th of July if you are here in the United Staes. I honestly hope you’re out having fun with those you care about most celebrating our great country and the men and women who sustain our freedoms and keep us safe every day both at home and abroad. So, if you see a someone in the military, police, fire, or ems; please, let them know you appreciate them. Especially If they are on duty because they’re sacrificing spending time with their friends and family so we can enjoy the holiday. The show today takes a humorous twist for Independence Day as you will hear. John Wooley is the evil genius behind some of the funniest CrossFit memes you can find on the interwebs. His account, Make WOD’s Great again is exploding with popularity and has given John a platform to positivity impact the CrossFit community. Being a long time CrossFitter himself, and pretty good athlete himself, he has earned the right to make fun of our own, but heaven help someone from outside the community who pokes shots at us as he will unapologetically defend those who work hard day in and day out with the CrossFit methodology. John was recently on the Forging Fury Podcast with Reilly Kilbride & Michael Gray and provided an in-depth history of how John developed the account and now finds himself with over 130 thousand followers in such a short time. I wanted to make sure I didn’t just repeat the same interview so you definitely will want to check out that show if you like this one. Website: https://makewodsgreatagain.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/makewodsgreatagain/ Forging Fury Podcast for History: https://forgingfury.podiant.co/e/374819623967be/ Tango Charlie Apparel: https://www.tangocharlieapparel.com/ Show outline: - Radom Question and John Running for President - Short background & purpose of MWGA - Forging Fury Podcast for origin story - Background in comedy - Creating Meme’s - CrossFit Experience - Why is MWGA a private account - Participating in the comments & DM’s - Dealing with rude comments - Making fun of athletes - Rules for meme making Break - Sounding board for the community - CrossFit is about health and the community - Athletes and the couch - Thoughts on devaluing of the brand - Affiliate owners perspective on communication - Content sub-cultures - Changing of the Games - The 3 or 4 people you want to beat - Impact John is making the most out of his platform - Bringing levity to life and working out - A shameless Nano9 request - Clothing line and Tango Charlie - What’s up next - Reviews, Podcast, YouTube - Making a positive impact and meeting everyday people - Soapbox moment: Join the community & have fun

For the program this week, I got to talk to Greg Hammond from Concept2. Greg has been with Concept2 since 1996 and works very closely with the growing motocross and mixed martial arts markets as well as with CrossFit, Police and Fire departments, what he calls the cool kids. Through the conversation, it was clear that Concept2 is not your typical corporation, and they do things the right way and on their own terms. That includes manufacturing every piece of equipment right here in the United States. And the company only makes products out of necessity for the hobbies they enjoy and try to engineer them to be as bulletproof as possible. If you ever have a problem with your erg and give them a call, you're going to get someone on the line who is located in Vermont and uses the ergs too and has probably been with the company a long time. During the show, you're going to hear how Greg's role in the marketing department doesn't include advertising. Rather than paying for adds, the company sends Greg out into the communities who use the equipment to connect and help support them. For example, Greg was on the floor during the Marathon row at the CrossFit Games and recently at the biathlon event held at the Rogue Invitational. Greg's Contact: Email: GregH@Concept2.com Instagram: concept2greg Show Outline: Show Notes: - Highest Fish Game Score & Row-ling - Greg’s role and history at Concept2 - Motorcross name drops - Strength to weight ratio sports - Quantifying snapping power on the - MMA Name Drop - What was wrong with other rowers on the market? - Concept2 is a leader in oars - History of the rower - Concept2 doesn’t advertise - World Championships & No cash prizes - Crazy rowing styles - Can you game the monitor? Sweatshirt Reason Break - PM stands for Performance monitor - Monitor improvements and firmware updates - Exertainment - Dampener is not the resistance - Which drag factor feels like the water? - Perfect body type for rowing - Keep rowing tight, efficient, and know your numbers - Sam Briggs is a great rower - Altitude matters - know your drag factor - Building quality equipment - Bike was the hardest to build - Origin of ski-erg and bike - Acid Bath - Chris Henshaw - Bike fits into the family of products - Whats next? Needs to be out of necessity - Dave Castro needs help - CF marathon row and bi-athlon - Average person is garage gym - Fire, Police, & Military is fastest growing market - Soapbox Moment - Built in America and passionate company

Adam Hensley of Garage Gym Lab based out of Charlotte North Carolina. I found him on Instagram checking out the photos he posts of some pretty sick garage gyms. I checked out his website and found he is doing a lot more than that. HIs goal is to provide Reviews, Advise, and Inspire home gym Owners. The guy is a barbell connoisseur. The same way a sommelier can detect the finest points and nuances of wine; Adam has the same talent for when it comes to barbells. The most innovative ways he advising garage gym owners about barbells is through the creation of a Universal Barbell Scoring System. To my knowledge, he is the first person to put together a comprehensive approach to reviewing bars that include a multitude of factors that are typically used in isolation and combined them together. It’s pretty groundbreaking. With the comprehensive nature of the scoring system, we spend the first half of the show exclusively on the topic and later break into how to find used equipment on Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace, what are some factors to consider when re-selling equipment or buying used equipment, and what are some ways to maintain your barbell. Website: https://garagegymlab.com/ Email: Adam@garagegymlab.com Instagram  @GarageGymLab Universal Barbell Score: https://garagegymlab.com/universal-barbell-score/ Mentioned in the Show: Joe Gray Instagram: @Gray_matter_Lifting Sanddune Stepper: http://www.sanddunestepper.com/ Sorinex: https://www.sorinex.com/ Show Outline: Evil Scientist Lab Garage Gym Journey Photos posted on Instagram Universal Barbell Score Highest vs. Lowest Scoring bars Time before reviewing bar Break Tips finding used equipment online Facebook Marketplace is replacing Craigslist Best used equipment found Re-sell value Versatility is paramount Sanddune Stepper One-off Sorinex Rack Maintaining your barbell Whats next for GGL Soapbox moment

This weekend is Father’s Day and its time to celebrate the guy in our lives with the awful, eye-rolling jokes that you love to hear, your dad. A father of three, Ben Barker understands first hand the importance of staying healthy and fit to be the best dad you can be. With his project The Dad Wod he is providing simple but highly effective workouts you can do at home with little to no equipment. Ben has an educational background in Kinesiology and is a former colligate athlete and currently one of the highest ranking CrossFit athletes in Arkansas. He is a busy man, but what you will hear is that family comes first, the hallmark of a great dad. You can reach Ben via these outlets: Instagram: @Benbarkerfitness YouTube: LINK Twitter: @thedadwod  Mentioned in Show: RedH Nutrition -https://redhshop.com/ Show Outline: - Off the wall question - Dad Joke - What’s a Dad Bod? - Why start the the Dad Bod Wod? - Ben’s training philosophy, education and sports background - Time as a collegiate strength & conditioning coach - Working with gen-pop and getting into CrossFit - There can’t be enough gyms - Shift in CrossFit - Balance and transition from working out for sports or for life - Staying committed - Shared Suffering Break - Mandatory Monday - Just starting is paramount - Don’t be a hero guys - Shout out to Kendra Knowles - Resetting training trajectory for guys - Bro-ga - Ben’s Instagram & YouTube - Dad bod warm-up isn’t stolen from Matt Chann - Woman can do the Dad Wod - Equipment needed - Dani Geels beats guys on the bike - Value in doing things you hate - Red H - Creatine - Calories are king - Everything is free - 1 minute soapbox

Jake Jaworski is the creator behind the Garage Gym Experiment Instagram and Facebook accounts, which provides equipment reviews and inspiration photos of garage gyms. He's incredibly busy with family, career, and side hustle. He is a former collegiate athlete who believes the garage gym is a fail safe for ensuring the average person can stay healthy and fit with a hectic lifestyle. During the episode, Jake outlines what he believes is the real value of a garage gym, especially for busy people, equipment brands you need to look into to save some money, his effort to connect garage gym enthusiast, ways to enhance your home gym experience and what it looks like to keep slamming! Jake's Contact Info: Facebook & Instagram: @GarageGymExperiment Website: https://garagegymexperiment.com/ Email: jake@garagegymexperiment.com Show Outline: - Favorite experiment growing up - The goal of garage gym experiment - Where did Garage Gym Experiment name come from - Whats the value of a garage gym - What style of workouts do you use - Sports background influence using and building and using the garage gym - How did you build your own garage gym? - First couple of post for GGE - The GGE Flag symbol that connects - #KeepSlammin Catch phrase - Who is GGE trying to reach and influence - No more excuses BREAK - Whats driving the proliferation of garage gyms? - What other company brands we should be looking at? - Website programing links - Lessons learned through the surveys - Tiny Gym business idea & storage issues - Social media & no photos of Jake - Space is the lowest common denominator - How to follow GGE

John Greaves III has steadily pushed the home gym movement and culture forward through a journalistic approach to gathering information around topics related to home gyms and then disseminating it via an unbiased delivery. In his own words, "I'm doing it differently than others." He certainly has the pedigree to do so. He has spent more than two decades covering the subject, making his experience as unique as it is broad. Through his company Garage Gym Life Media, he has interviewed hundreds of people and written dozens of articles about home gyms and those who use them. His magazine, The Home Gym Quarterly, also presents a ton of content that highlights what others are training for and accomplishing via a home gym. Check out the links below and the show notes for more. Direct link to subscribe to the magazine: https://issuu.com/garagegymlife Social Media: Instagram & Facebook: @GarageGymLifeMedia Website: https://garagegymlifemagazine.com Email: john@garagegymmagazine.com Mentioned in the Show: https://www.garage-gyms.com/ Outline of the Show - Craziest Purpose for a home gym - @itstrainingdaytoday - The Home Gym Quarterly puts members first - John’s Journalistic & Military Background - PT while deployed in a war zone & getting DB’s in Iraq - Writing, reporting, and freelancing - Getting the magazine up and running - Pioneered reposting regular people - Why a digital format and no affiliate marketing? - Biggest challenges of creating content? Commercial Break - The barbell experiment - Old physical culture exercises are fun - History lesson: Henry Steinborn & Arthur Saxon - What is home gym culture? - Crossing over of cultures - Over the Top reference - Advertisers ask who is your audience? - Affiliate program’s can be tricky - Next issue of the magazine - 1 min Soapbox moment