#595: Everything You Need to Know About Creating a Home Gym

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

4.7 • 14.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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In a time when the world is dealing with a pandemic, and many commercial gyms have shut down, interest in creating a gym at home has swelled. Whether working out at home is something you've been mulling over for a long time, or that you've just started to think about, this show will help you decide if and how to move forward on the idea. My guest today is Cooper Mitchell, the founder of garagegymreviews.com, a website and social media communitydedicated to reviewing personal gym equipment and inspiring people to work out at home. Coop and I begin our conversation unpacking the many benefits of having a home gym, and also talk about one of its potential downsides. He then explains why it's generally a big mistake to go all-in, all at once on a home gym, and how he recommends making the transition instead. We then get into exactly what the start-up costs for a home gym are, and how it's likely less than you think. Coop shares specifics on what he thinks are the essential pieces of equipment to get, the cost breakdown on each, and the companies that manufacture solid equipment at an affordable price. We then turn to the issue of space, and Coop shares the minimum size footprint you'll need for your gym, as well as solutions if you're working with a very small area or live in an apartment. We end our conversation with suggestions for exercising even if you have no equipment at all. Get the show notes at aom.is/garagegym.

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0:00.0	Bret McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast.
0:11.3	In a time when the world is dealing with a pandemic and many commercial gyms have shut
0:14.7	down, interest in creating a gym at home has swelled, whether working out at home is
0:18.3	something you've been mulling over for a long time, or that you've just started to think
0:21.4	about, this show will help you decide if and how to move forward on the idea.
0:24.7	My guest today is Koot Mitchell, he's the founder of GarageGymReviews.com, a website and social
0:29.0	media community dedicated to reviewing personal gym equipment and inspiring people to work
0:33.2	out at home.
0:34.2	Koot Pani began our conversation unpacking the many benefits of having a home gym and
0:37.6	talk about one of its potential downsides.
0:39.4	He then explains why it's generally a big mistake to go all in all at once on a home
0:43.6	gym and how he recommends making the transition instead.
0:46.4	We then get into exactly what the startup cost of a home gym are and how it's likely less
0:50.0	than you think.
0:51.0	Koot shares specifics on what he thinks are the essential pieces of equipment to get, cost
0:54.4	breakdown on each, and the companies that manufacture solid equipment at an affordable price.
0:58.7	He then turns to the issue of space and Koot shares the minimum size footprint you'll
1:02.0	need for your gym, as well as solutions if you're working with a very small area or
1:05.3	living in an apartment.
1:06.4	We end our conversation with suggestions for exercising even if you have no equipment
1:09.9	at all.
1:10.9	After the show's over, check out our show notes at a-wim.is slash garage gym.
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