Garage Gym Experiments

I’ve always wanted a home gym. I love the thought of being able to have everything you need for an effective workout in your garage or basement. We’ve been hitting the garage gym for the past couple weeks and it’s been great. After a workout slump the latter half of October, the garage gym workouts were perfect to break my slump and shake things up a bit.

We’ve been working out early in the morning, which means we’re a little crunched for time. With 10-20 minutes, you can really get an effective training session in. We often think that more is better or longer is better, and sure, there’s a time and place for that. However, it’s been refreshing know that I can get a lot done in a short period of time.

For each workout, we jumped roped (or danced to Lizzo in Hannah’s case) and did bodyweight squats. The goal, try to break a sweat, because it’s cold in there! After that, we pair and upper body movement like pull ups or chin ups or push ups with a lower body movement like a squat variation or a deadlift. We keep an eye on the clock a try to do a round of each every minute or two.

We get a lot done in a short time period. We get out of breath, increase our heart rates and practice full body movements. Even if you don’t have a full gym set up, you can get a great workout in doing bodyweight squats and holding planks. Give it a shot this weekend!

Justin Miner

@portsmouthcoach