#379 The Rise of the "Home Gym Nerd": Collecting vs. Lifting | Massenomics

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Dave Tate

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🗓️ 31 October 2025

⏱️ 163 minutes

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We welcome Tanner Baird and Tommy DeFea from Massenomics back to episode #379 of Dave Tate's Table Talk Podcast!

Massenomics is known for its lighthearted approach to the strength and fitness industry. Their motto of "Lift Hard. Live Easy." summarizes how they like to take the lifting journey seriously but still have as much fun as possible. It was started by Tommy DeFea and Tanner Baird in Western North East South Dakota, and they have developed a diehard community of supporters and enthusiasts...online and otherwise.

One of the things they are best known for is their podcast, where they chat about all things related to getting strong. It's not just about lifting weights but also about the culture and lifestyle around it. They sprinkle a lot of Midwest culture into everything they do. Tommy and Tanner have published 499 episodes of their podcast and interviewed hundreds of guests in the strength world. The Massenomics YouTube channel features a playlist of home gym tours to inspire you. They sell apparel and merchandise on their website (https://www.massenomics.com) related to the gym culture and have owned and operated a strength training gym for Ten years.

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0:00.0	What really put it on the map was the superfood, the chicken bake.
0:02.7	52 grams of protein per chicken bake.
0:04.8	There's actually some controversy about what exactly it is.
0:07.5	There's a term that gets thrown around called home gym nerd.
0:09.9	We mean this as a positive.
0:11.2	These people have taken their obsession or their passion to an extreme.
0:14.6	In the last 10 years, this home gym thing has opened up where things are curated to perfection.
0:20.0	You don't need to do it but you can do it
0:21.9	it's time to sit down keep it real and cut the bullshit welcome Welcome to Table Talk.
0:39.1	Okay, guys, back with Table Talk.
0:41.5	Today I got Tanner and Tommy back again.
0:43.5	I'm going to jump straight in with this one because I know it's going to be a good topic to start with.
0:47.5	I've never been to Costco in my entire life.
0:51.0	Oh, good.
0:51.7	I see the memes.
0:53.2	I see all the conversations about this. What am I missing here? Where to start, man. This is, uh, so what really put it on the map was the superfood, the chicken bake. The chicken bag. That's a superfood? Superfood. Superfood. You got the macro breakdown one of them, Tanner? 52 grams of protein per, uh, per chicken bake,, I think. Yeah. There's actually some controversy about what exactly it is. And that's what brought it to our attention is like. Wait a minute. How much chicken? Because I know what a chicken breast is going to have protein rice. 52 grams, it's like two chicken breasts. Yeah. I mean, there's a lot of cheese in here, too.
1:28.8	You've got to pump those numbers up on that. That's what, so they're amino spiking. Well, that's your concern is the concern that comes up. Like, how is there 50? And if anyone doesn't know what a chicken bake is, it looks like a slightly overgrown hot pocket. It's like a footlong hot pocket that has a chicken, bacon, Caesar-ish filling.
1:50.8	I don't even totally know what is in there.
1:53.1	But here's the sweet part of it.
1:54.3	It's $4.
1:56.0	So it's just, it's so incredibly affordable.
1:58.4	You're getting 52 grams of protein.
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