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The Art of Manliness

#199: Garage Gym Athelete

The Art of Manliness

The Art of Manliness

Philosophy, Society & Culture, Education

4.714.8K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2016

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Last year I put a garage gym in my house. It's been fantastic, but it's not without its problems. For starters, there's the issue of space. How do you cram in a gym when you have to fit a car in your garage as well? The start up costs for a garage gym are hardly anything to flinch at. How can you save money on equipment without skimping on quality? Which equipment do you actually need? The other issue is just motivating yourself when working out by yourself. How do you motivate yourself to workout when it's just you in your garage and it's dark and 30 degrees outside?
My guest today, he has spent his career doing garage gyms and helping people transition to garage gyms. His name is Jared Moon. He's written a lot of content for our site on how to make DIY fitness equipment, like the ever popular DIY prowler. He's got a new book out called Garage Gym Athlete. Today on the podcast, we're going to talk about how to become a garage gym athlete: the pros and cons of garage gyms, the math of garage gyms, the economics of garage gyms, why it might be more affordable than a regular gym, and how to motivate yourself when you're working out by yourself. If you've been thinking about switching over to a garage gym, this podcast might finally push you over the edge.

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0:00.0

I'm going to go to the next one.

0:15.0

Brett McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast.

0:18.0

So last year I went and switched over to a garage gym in my house.

0:23.2

And it's been fantastic, but it's not without its problems.

0:26.5

For starters, there's the issue of space.

0:29.2

How do you cram in a gym when you have to fit a car in your garage as well?

0:34.0

Cutting down on costs, you don't spend a lot of money furnishing your garage gym.

0:37.6

Like what's equipment do you need?

0:39.1

And then the other part is motivating yourself when you're working out by yourself.

0:42.2

There's no other people around.

0:43.6

It's dark outside.

0:44.6

It might be 30 degrees outside.

0:47.0

That happened during the winter time.

0:48.8

How do you motivate yourself to get out down there and work?

0:52.8

I guess today he has spent his career doing garage gym and helping people transition to

0:58.5

a garage gym.

0:59.5

His name is Jared Moon.

1:00.5

He's written a lot of content for our site, how to make DIY fitness equipment like DIY

1:05.1

prowler.

1:06.1

He's got a new book out though.

1:08.3

It's called Garage Gym Athlete.

1:09.6

And today on the podcast we're going to talk about how to become a garage gym athlete.

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