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Barbell Shrugged

How to Build a Great Garage Gym w/ Cooper Mitchell, Anders Varner, Doug Larson, and Coach Travis Mash Barbell Shrugged #590

Barbell Shrugged

Doug Larson

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Nutrition

4.72.8K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2021

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Garage Gym Reviews is arguably one of the top gym equipment sites available right now. Cooper Mitchell (Coop), who operates the site provides the everyday home gym owner detailed insight, information, and recommendations on various types of equipment. From Rogue to Titan Fitness, to American Barbell, to Fringe Sport, he covers their products meticulously. In addition to the reviews of products, he showcases the different garage gyms of people all throughout the Instagram world.

 

With over 100,000 on Instagram and a Facebook group of over 10,000 followers, he has become the go-to figure of barbells, power racks, and more. In another Strength and Leadership Interview, I had the opportunity to talk with Cooper about more than just the reviews. Here, Cooper discusses what drives him and how he pushes everyday to make himself better.

 

In this Episode of Barbell Shrugged:

 

  1. The basics of building a garage gym
  2. What are the best barbells for your garage
  3. How to start a garage gym on a budget
  4. The rebirth of at home training
  5. Where is the future of garage gyms and at home training

Garage Gym Reviews on Instagram

 

Anders Varner on Instagram

 

Doug Larson on Instagram

 

Coach Travis Mash on Instagram

 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Shark family this week on Barbell Shrug Coop from Garage Jim reviews on the show and we're talking how

0:07.3

You need to build your garage Jim

0:11.0

This is actually really cool interview because Coop has like three gyms at his house

0:15.7

And he has reviewed more barbells. I think that anybody any other human on this planet

0:21.9

I kind of wish I had that job where I just look at barbells lift barbells tell people about the barbells

0:27.1

I don't know if I know enough about barbells to know exactly everything that I need to do to review them fully

0:33.4

But Lord if you get on his Instagram account, you see the amount of equipment that rolls into his house

0:38.3

I don't know how his wife stays with them. You must have a very successful business and be very good at reviewing things

0:44.9

Because my wife would kill me if I had a two car garage plus a

0:50.1

a trailer in the back plus another gigantic gym

0:55.4

I'll just fill with equipment that I had to write blog articles and film YouTube videos and talk about on podcasts

1:01.7

What it epic life you love the gym if you love home gyms

1:04.7

You're gonna love this episode but before we get into it

1:07.0

I got to tell you about our friends over at

1:09.6

Organify most of us could use more energy in our day, but caffeine can only do so much at some point

1:15.0

We need to look at the root causes of our fatigue. It turns out two main factors are

1:19.3

low energy and chronic stress and a lack of nutrition

1:25.1

Organify creates delicious superfood blends that address both of these problems

1:29.5

They use adaptogenic herbs and mushrooms to help balance cortisol levels

1:33.8

Associated with the stress and they make it easier to add more nutrients into your day

1:38.3

You simply mix a scoop into water or the plant-based milk of your choice and enjoy a natural boost any time of the day

1:47.3

Friends I've been telling you for four years every single morning. How do I start my day?

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