DiscoverThe GymCrafter Podcast10 Things I Wish I’d Done Differently When I Built My Garage Gym | Ep 48
10 Things I Wish I’d Done Differently When I Built My Garage Gym | Ep 48

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

Update: 2025-06-03
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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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10 Things I Wish I’d Done Differently When I Built My Garage Gym | Ep 48

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

Tim Steward