Gyms Near Me Podcast
Welcome to the Gyms Near Me Podcast, sponsored by GORX Fitness, where we go all in on inspiring stories of home gym owners turned home gym-prenuers.
Each week you’ll hear incredible stories of people who have built their businesses and brands out of the comfort of their home gym and share how you can do it too.
Gyms Near Me Podcast
#03 - The Joe Gray Story: How One Man Built a Global Powerlifting Community
This episode takes a deep dive into the story of Joe Gray and how he built a global powerlifting community known as the Garage Gym Competition. Listeners will hear Joe discuss his early days of lifting in commercial gyms and deciding to set up his own home gym. He shares how writing articles eventually led to moderating the popular Reddit home gym community, r/HomeGym.
Joe shares insights into how the Garage Gym Competition began with just a few dozen participants and has since exploded in size to over 750 competitors. He also offers a glimpse into how his approach to content creation has evolved over the years. This inspiring story proves what one determined person can achieve through consistency, authenticity, and bringing people together around a shared passion.
Find more about how you can enter the next Garage Gym Competition here
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