Westside Barbell Conjugate: Steal the Principles, Skip the Program | 358
We take on the third leg of the strength series with Louie Simmons, Westside Barbell, and the conjugate method. Jerred lays out the actual structure, two max effort days and two dynamic effort days a ...
31 Aug 45min
Your AI Coach Is Lying to You: What Two New Studies Found | 357
We dig into two new 2026 studies that audited five popular AI chatbots on health questions, and athletic performance came back as the weakest category of the whole audit. We cover why an LLM is a pred...
24 Aug 40min
Athlete Q&A: Minimal Kit Strength, Hotel Gym Training, and Coming Back After a Break | 356
We answer your questions in this athlete Q&A. We cover transitioning from a full gym to the Minimal Kit version of Hard to Kill, what the research says about building strength and fitness with minimal...
17 Aug 43min
Wendler 5/3/1 The Program and Philosophy | 355
0:00 Strength Series Begins 1:15 Wendler 531 Basics 4:44 The Plus Set Explained 8:45 Training Max Philosophy 13:22 Accessories, Conditioning, and Balance 21:01 Build Armor, Add Mass 24:10 Walrus Progr...
10 Aug 32min
HomeGymCon: $50K Garage Gym vs. $5K Garage Gym...Are You Any More Fit? | 354
We record live from Home Gym Con and discuss how the home gym market has evolved, with many brands now offering larger, more commercial-style equipment. We talk about the difficulty of comparing simil...
3 Aug 20min
Our Community Proves the Method | 353
In this episode I give an update on Garage Gym Athlete after a period of burnout and uncertainty, explaining that I've spent the past seven months clarifying the company vision and rebuilding around a...
27 Juli 26min
The Melatonin Recovery Mystery: Better Recovery, Same Sleep | 352
In this episode we discuss a small placebo-controlled crossover study on melatonin and caffeine in trained young men, looking at sprint performance, sleep, and recovery markers. We go over the main fi...
20 Juli 33min
Maybe Vo2Max isn't as Important as We Thought... | 351
In this episdoe: 0:04 - VO2 Max Obsession Explained 2:58 - Study Design and Data Scale 4:41 - VO2 Max Is Only a Metric 7:34 - Performance, Not Just Endurance 8:49 - Body Fat and Activity Matte...
13 Juli 33min
