2026 Events

We are currently enjoying the end of year holiday season, and will be back to planning for 2026 in early January.

Expect a Spring and Fall event, alongside a Winter miniGGC. Lots of prizes, tons of lifting tips and tricks, all free!

The Garage Gym Competition Is Coming Back For 2026!

Whether you lift in a garage, basement, bedroom, or shed… or even a commercial gym, this is the Virtual Powerlifting Meet FOR YOU. The GGC welcomes all lifters big and small, from the US and around the globe, kids and grandmas, professionals and beginners… if you can Squat, Bench, and Deadlift, you are in!

Over 5,000 athletes across the world have joined in since 2018. And we’ve given away more than $130,000 in prizes and donated over $13,000 to charities.

Your admission is free… you just need to lift!

It’s great to have an option for people getting into powerlifting that may not have the opportunity to do a real meet

Rydge Lytle

A chance to see how you stack up with everyone from around the world

Brad Everett

Amazing community & great source of insperation so many amazing home gym atheletes

Matthew Welch

Anyone anywhere from any background can come have some fun

Michael Nguyen

Easy to do, flexible rules to accommodate all ages, (injuries), lifting styles, and lifters 🙂

Braydon Polonsky

Awesome event with flexible rules allowing for large scale camaraderie

Marcus Quinones

Best home gym competition hands down, and probably my favorite comp in general. Love it!

Levi Glavin

Dealing with injuries this year and had to use specialty bars. Injuries in any other competition don’t mesh

Mark Tovar

Do what I like for a chance at free stuff and I get to see other people trying their best too.

Nickolas Nguyen

I love scrolling through the posts and seeing everyone with a smile on their face lifting weights.

Andy Downs

I love that it encourages people to lift no matter the environment and strength level

Brent Guillen

I love the idea of preparing for a competition in my own home gym. In person competitions are too long and costly.

Justin Miller

I love how it brings the entire community together, twice a year! The whole spirt of it comes across as raw, authentic and sincere in all the right ways. Keep up the great work, GGC Team!

Michael Munoz

HOW DO I PARTICIPATE IN THE 2026 GARAGE GYM COMPETITION?

During the week of the Spring or Fall events

Perform a 1 rep max Squat, Bench, and Deadlift
Record those lifts
Upload to Social Media and use appropriate hashtag
Complete the Submission Form (available the week of the competition)

Following the above will successfully enter you into the competition. No registration fees, no tickets, no gimmicks. Just liftin, lovin, and laughin… or something like that.

CHECK OUT THE RULES

Check Out The FAQs

TBD

In Prizes

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and totally free!

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Host A Local Meet

Got a group of local lifters, buddies, family, or neighbors? Get them to your place and we’ll help you have the BEST time you’ve ever had lifting weights… guaranteed!

Check Out Local Meet Details

What To Expect

Kicking off on October 25th, you’ll see hundreds of lifters across the globe put forward their best 1 Rep Max Squat, Bench, and Deadlift. These lifts will let them join the ranks of the 5,000+ athletes that have competed in the GGC so far… and get them a shot at all of our prizes. Submissions will come in through YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and Reddit… from first timers and repeat competitors.

We’ll spend the next several weeks handing out awards, prizes, and sharing results before we deload and dabble in a MiniGGC for the Winter.

If you aren’t sure if you fit in, check out some of our athletes and their stories.

Ben Garza

Ben Garza is just a dude, hitting it hard in the garage, occasionally with his family, trying to make it out alive each and every day.

Eddie Baumgartner

He asked if he could lift in a luchador mask, and the rest is history. Today we talk to Eddie Baumgartner – AKA The Masked Lifter.

Joyce Lindemulder

Joyce has deadlifted 237lbs at the age of 60! And she is far from done yet.

Joey Echeverria

Joey Echeverria has been competing in powerlifting for multiple years now, and recently clocked his 3rd year and 5th event for the GGC.

Denicia Toney

Denicia, her husband, and her daughter all compete in the garage gym competition.

Shauna Slaney

When lifting is what keeps you ready for life, you get Shauna.

Andrew Garrison

When I get a chance to see someone like Andrew Garrison who has found a path forward as a father and a lifter in his garage gym, I get excited.

Darnell Roberson

If not me. Then who? If not now then when? This is what goes through Darnell Roberson’s brain as he lines up a big lift!

Trae Hobby

Trae Hobby has won TWICE in the GGC, and he isn’t even a powerlifter. He just keeps showing up.

CHECK OUT ALL OF OUR ATHLETES