The GymCrafter Podcast

10 Things I Wish I’d Done Differently When I Built My Garage Gym | Ep 48


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I've built or helped build quite a few garage gyms in the last 8 years of running GymCrafter and I learn things every time. In this episode I review 10 things I'll do differently next time!


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0:00 Intro

2:50 Different flooring

7:01 Paying for installation

7:48 Running electric

9:47 Side mount garage door opener

11:22 Clearing the space first

12:54 A place to walk

19:49 Less barbells

24:06 More specialty bars

28:33 Being more open minded

31:05 Home Gym Con

33:19 Less overthinking

36:19 Wrap up


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The GymCrafter PodcastBy Tim Steward