GGC Athletes
Find out what makes them tick, keeps them going, and what they think of the Garage Gym Competition!

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Just kidding… kind of.
Gabriel is a Type 2 Diabetic crushing state records in powerlifting and married to his high school sweetheart.
Joey Echeverria has been competing in powerlifting for multiple years now, and has recently clocked his 3rd year and 5th event for the GGC. Let's take a look at his journey.
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.
Trae Hobby has won TWICE in the GGC, and he isn't even a powerlifter. He just refuses to NOT show up. Check him out.
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.
Find out a little about Denicia Miller, whom her, her husband, and her daughter all compete in the garage gym competition.
If not me. Then who? If not now then when? This is what goes through Darnell Roberson brain as he lines up a big lift!
Today we talk to Shauna Slaney. She transitioned from horses to deadlifts in her pursuit of being active and has been in the GGC since YEAR 1
We are kicking off the 2023 Athlete Spotlights with Richard Sponholz. A dude lifting weights, having some fun, poking the bear occasionally.
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