Garage Blog

Along with Nick Gwiazdowski dominating the FinalX: Bethlehem this past weekend, I also had athletes competing at the USATF Outdoor National Championships in track and field in Des Moines, Iowa. The Garage Strength athletes who qualified were Sam Mattis and Josh Syrotchen in the men’s discus, and Mo Riddick and Rachel Fatherly in the women’s shot. Just about everyone was feeling good going into the meet. Sam was ranked #1, Mo had been grooving some throws recently, and I knew Rachel was in a spot to make some big moves up the board. Personally, I had never been more confident going into a meet in terms of my throwers’ ability to hit big marks. I knew I had set them up well physically and mentally, and we had all checked off our boxes during our prep.

I am a fairly competitive individual with various interests. My interests range from crazy underground music to sustainable farming to sports performance and even religious studies (my collegiate degree). My thoughts throughout the day meaner in and around all of these fields of study.  From a young age, it was instilled in me to think for myself, question authority and to put forth as much effort into every aspect of life as possible. Ultimately, some of these interests lead to a lack of leadership on my part within my business.

This past weekend was a super exciting weekend for Hayley Kate, and Jules posting huge totals at the AO Finals. Jake, Jess, and DJ all earning medals. That is 1/2 of our team earning medals!!

Special thanks to John Giacalone, DJ, and Dan Marrone coaching along with me this weekend.We had certain sessions with 2 different athletes lifting at the same time, and I am extremely grateful for their help!

Football, Weightlifting, Throws, Family, and Travel Dane and a bunch of high school buddies get together every year for a competitive lawn games t...

I arrived in London on the evening of Wednesday, August 2nd.  As soon as I got into the city, I was driven by the IAAF group to my hotel where I me...

The Garage Strength Weightlifting went down to Orlando with a few goals in mind. We wanted to get our junior lifters in a strong position on the first ranking for the Junior World team.  We also wanted to get a bunch of rookie lifters to feel comfortable on the national stage. We accomplished just about every goal we had set out to do.  I am extremely proud of our results and will go lifter by lifter.  I will also rant about the horrible officiating I witnessed that could place a serious damper on our sport if it is not dealt with properly.  

The first half of this trip has been incredible. I've learned so much from being around these elite athletes and top notch coaches. Our travel wa...

Being protested by vegans at the philly farm and food fest has really made think deeper about growing animals for food. My initial, defensive react...

Dane Miller coached Norik Vardanian at the Olympic Trials in 2016. You can read about his experience at the trials here. Norik placed second at th...

The relation to today is very real.  I work with a lot of football players, wrestlers, shot putters, discus throwers and weightlifters.  Typically, these kids will come in and ask me how to gain weight.  I will give them my full spiel on eating healthy foods and simply just adding calories from healthy foods for weight gain.  Their response is typically, “My high school coach told me