Groundwork

One thing, and everything it touches

Olympic weight plates do four movements on their own — plate carry, ground-to-overhead and plate pinch holds — and they are what the Olympic barbell needs for five more.

And fourteen other things here reach the same movements their own way — Power rack (bar hangs), Olympic barbell (landmine rotations) and Gymnastic rings (ring hollow holds). Add one, move one, let one go, and every line above changes with it.

Computed from your record, the same way every time.

Olympic barbell

Barbell & plates · in Garage

In 6 movements — 5 of them because you also have olympic weight plates. horizontal push, vertical push, horizontal pull, squat, hinge, trunk.

ItDoesWithWhereNotes

11 in tall

About 13% of a doorway. Drawn from the height on the record — the same one the composed space uses, so the two cannot disagree.

Integrated It combines with other things you own

No place yet · no place of its own yet · shares a movement with 12 other things

Where it came from

From photos

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Call it what you call it

Name Olympic barbell

Kind: Barbell & plates · change

Remove it

Say why, so the record stays true.

It was never hereSold itGave it awayBroken or thrown out

Use it now

A small session around it, built from what is on the record. Use it now

What it's for

Floor press, standing press and barbell row with Olympic weight plates and 1-inch spinlock plates.

Nothing on its own — what it does, it does with other things.

Where it stops

The ceiling is too low for standing press and landmine press. Change the measurement

No place yet — nowhere to put it back, so it ends up anywhere. Give it a place

In its place

Floor press also Adjustable bench, Gymnastic rings and 3 more; or the floor — press-ups

Standing press also Kettlebell — 25 lb and Kettlebell — 35 lb; or the floor — pike press-ups

Barbell row also Cable / pulley station, Gymnastic rings and 3 more

Back squat also Kettlebell — 25 lb, Kettlebell — 35 lb and Plyo box; or the floor — squat, split squat, step-up

Deadlift also Kettlebell — 35 lb, Kettlebell — 25 lb and Sandbag; or the floor — single-leg hinge

Landmine press also Kettlebell — 25 lb and Kettlebell — 35 lb; or the floor — pike press-ups

Landmine row also Cable / pulley station, Gymnastic rings and 3 more

Landmine rotations also Suspension trainer, Gymnastic rings and 3 more; or the floor — planks, hollow holds

Landmine squat also Kettlebell — 25 lb, Kettlebell — 35 lb and Plyo box; or the floor — squat, split squat, step-up

This week

Shape a week and this says where it fits. Shape it

What can you do with it?

No list can know every object. A belt is just a belt until it is hung on a rack. You know what yours can be used for — a list does not. Saying so here does not mean it is safe to hang from; that is still your call.

Holds weight from above your heada beam, a rafter, the top of a rack, a high line Holds a band at about chest heighta rack hole at chest height, a post, a door hinge Holds a band down near the floorthe lowest hole of a rack, a bottom line, a bolted eye A bar you can hang froma doorway bar, a branch, scaffolding A stable raised surface, knee height or lowera step, a bench, a box, a low wall A stable raised surface, hip height or highera table, a counter, a sturdy ledge Something you can pick upa bell, a bag, a plate, a rock Clear ground to work ona mat, a patch of floor, grass

With Olympic weight plates and 1-inch spinlock plates

Floor press — pressing

Standing press — overhead pressing

Barbell row — rows

Back squat — squats

Deadlift — deadlifts and swings

With Landmine attachment

The bar drops into it and the far end becomes a lever, so the load is one-handed and angled.

Landmine press — overhead pressing

Landmine row — rows

Landmine rotations — trunk work

Landmine squat — squats

Goes with

Olympic weight plates one station — the bar and the plates

1-inch spinlock plates one station — the bar and the plates

Lifting belt — leather for the heaviest sets

Lifting belt — second for the heaviest sets

Resistance band — EVOKE anchored to it, or added to a lift

Resistance bands — assorted anchored to it, or added to a lift

Landmine attachment the bar goes in it

Where it is

In Garage · no place yet — nowhere to put it back, so it ends up anywhere.

Where it lives

What moving it would do. Nothing moves until you say so.

Move to Recovery closet Garage -3 It would take floor press, standing press and 3 more out of Garage — Adjustable bench and Gymnastic rings still do those there. Move it

Move to Backyard Garage -3 It would take floor press, standing press and 3 more out of Garage — Adjustable bench and Gymnastic rings still do those there. Move it

Notes

What you know about it that the record does not — how you use it, what it is really for. Yours, saved as you type, and it goes wherever the record goes.

Kettlebell — 35 lb

Kettlebells & dumbbells · in Garage

In 4 movements on its own. vertical push, squat, hinge, loaded carry.

ItDoesWithWhereNotes

1 ft 2 in tall

About 18% of a doorway. Drawn from the height on the record — the same one the composed space uses, so the two cannot disagree.

Integrated It combines with other things you own

No place yet · no place of its own yet · shares a movement with 6 other things

Where it came from

From a photo

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Call it what you call it

Name Kettlebell — 35 lb

Kind: Kettlebells & dumbbells · change

Remove it

Say why, so the record stays true.

It was never hereSold itGave it awayBroken or thrown out

Use it now

A small session around it, built from what is on the record. Use it now

What it's for

Kettlebell press — 35 lb, goblet squat — 35 lb and kettlebell swings — 35 lb on its own.

On its own

Kettlebell press — 35 lb — overhead pressing

Goblet squat — 35 lb — squats

Kettlebell swings — 35 lb — deadlifts and swings

Farmer carry — 35 lb — carries

Where it stops

The ceiling is too low for kettlebell press — 35 lb. Change the measurement

No place yet — nowhere to put it back, so it ends up anywhere. Give it a place

In its place

Kettlebell press — 35 lb also Olympic barbell and Kettlebell — 25 lb; or the floor — pike press-ups

Goblet squat — 35 lb also Olympic barbell, Kettlebell — 25 lb and Plyo box; or the floor — squat, split squat, step-up

Kettlebell swings — 35 lb also Olympic barbell, Kettlebell — 25 lb and Sandbag; or the floor — single-leg hinge

Farmer carry — 35 lb also Sandbag, Kettlebell — 25 lb and 2 more

This week

Shape a week and this says where it fits. Shape it

What can you do with it?

Goes with

Lifting belt — leather for the heaviest sets

Lifting belt — second for the heaviest sets

Where it is

In Garage · no place yet — nowhere to put it back, so it ends up anywhere.

Where it lives

What moving it would do. Nothing moves until you say so.

Move to Recovery closet Recovery closet +9 It would take kettlebell press — 35 lb, goblet squat — 35 lb and 2 more out of Garage — Olympic barbell and Kettlebell — 25 lb still do those there. Recovery closet would gain kettlebell press — 35 lb, goblet squat — 35 lb and kettlebell swings — 35 lb. Move it

Move to Backyard Backyard +9 It would take kettlebell press — 35 lb, goblet squat — 35 lb and 2 more out of Garage — Olympic barbell and Kettlebell — 25 lb still do those there. Backyard would gain kettlebell press — 35 lb, goblet squat — 35 lb and kettlebell swings — 35 lb. Move it

Notes

What you know about it that the record does not — how you use it, what it is really for. Yours, saved as you type, and it goes wherever the record goes.

Resistance band — EVOKE

Bands & cables · in Garage

In 3 movements on its own. horizontal push, horizontal pull, trunk.

ItDoesWithWhereNotes

1 ft tall

About 15% of a doorway. Drawn from the height on the record — the same one the composed space uses, so the two cannot disagree.

Integrated It combines with other things you own

No place yet · no place of its own yet · shares a movement with 8 other things · has a job: looped on the power rack

Call it what you call it

Name Resistance band — EVOKE

Kind: Bands & cables · change

Remove it

Say why, so the record stays true.

It was never hereSold itGave it awayBroken or thrown out

Use it now

A small session around it, built from what is on the record. Use it now

What it's for

Band press — light, band row — light and pallof press — light on its own.

On its own

Band press — light — pressing

Band row — light — rows

Pallof press — light — trunk work

Where it stops

No place yet — nowhere to put it back, so it ends up anywhere. Give it a place

In its place

Band press — light also Adjustable bench, Gymnastic rings and 3 more; or the floor — press-ups

Band row — light also Cable / pulley station, Gymnastic rings and 3 more

Pallof press — light also Suspension trainer, Gymnastic rings and 3 more; or the floor — planks, hollow holds

This week

Shape a week and this says where it fits. Shape it

What can you do with it?

Goes with

Power rack anchored to it, or added to a lift

Adjustable bench anchored to it, or added to a lift

Olympic barbell anchored to it, or added to a lift

Workbench and pegboard anchored to it, or added to a lift

What is this one doing?

Looped on the power rack — and so not free for anything else.

Looped on the power rackLooped on the dip bar attachmentsLooped on the landmine attachmentLooped on the resistance bands — assorted Spare — not doing anything

above your headabout chest heightnear the floor

So it holds a band about chest height.

Where it is

In Garage · no place yet — nowhere to put it back, so it ends up anywhere.

Where it lives

What moving it would do. Nothing moves until you say so.

Move to Recovery closet Recovery closet +3 It would take band press — light, band row — light and pallof press — light out of Garage — Adjustable bench and Gymnastic rings still do those there. Recovery closet would gain band press — light, band row — light and pallof press — light. Move it

Move to Backyard Backyard +3 It would take band press — light, band row — light and pallof press — light out of Garage — Adjustable bench and Gymnastic rings still do those there. Backyard would gain band press — light, band row — light and pallof press — light. Move it

Notes

What you know about it that the record does not — how you use it, what it is really for. Yours, saved as you type, and it goes wherever the record goes.

Three cards from the app, as they are. The tabs work here; the rest works in the app.

Ground · the room, measured

Every figure here came from somewhere. None of it is decorative.

16 × 20 ft, 8 ft to the joistsMeasured with a tape. No photograph can answer either.
12 × 8 ft of matting, three matsThe rack has one corner of it, so that is a bounding box and not usable floor.
The rack is against the right wallRecorded, not guessed — and what is on it comes off the record, not the drawing.

What one real record works out

52 things across 3 spaces, and what they do together. Every figure below was computed from that record — none of it is typed here.

7 ways to horizontal pushBench press
7 ways to conditioningAir bike intervals
7 ways to trunkSuspension fallouts
6 ways to horizontal pullCable row

The loop

Photograph a space and Groundwork draws it. The drawing is of a space like yours; the record under it is yours exactly, and that is the part that changes when your things do.

A garage drawn warm and full of light: a power rack against the far wall, folding mats,
a bench, a wagon and two bikes, plants along the shelves, two rugs on the floor. — One real garage, from a photograph of it.

One house · every way of seeing itFive spaces and fourteen things. Four from photographs; the office is imagined.

Eight ways to draw one garage

What the space means to you is different for everyone. What it can do is the same.

The same garage drawn as brighter. — Brighter

The same garage drawn as plants and light. — Plants and light

The same garage drawn as forest light. — Forest light

The same garage drawn as adventure map. — Adventure map

The same garage drawn as building blocks. — Building blocks

The same garage drawn as cutaway. — Cutaway

The same garage drawn plainly, as it is. — As it is

Work · three moves

01Snap the spaceEvery photo waits until you say there is no person in it.
02Name what you seeOne per line, and the photo is the evidence.
03See what it does togetherOne kettlebell is a squat, a swing, a carry and a press. A rack you cannot get to is not really a rack.

Grow · and the good stuff

The dog in the sun. The plant that has got away from you. You do not control any of it.

None of it scores anything. A room with less in it is not a worse room.

Nothing is backed up yet. Everything stays on your device; clearing site data deletes it. Tell me what is annoying.

Groundwork · Evan Carrigan
No photo with a person in it is ever kept. There is no setting that turns that off.

Ground. Work. Grow.

Where it came from

Call it what you call it

Remove it

Use it now

What it's for

In its place

This week

What can you do with it?

Goes with

Where it is

Where it lives

Notes

Where it came from

Call it what you call it

Remove it

Use it now

What it's for

In its place

This week

What can you do with it?

Goes with

Where it is

Where it lives

Notes

Call it what you call it

Remove it

Use it now

What it's for

In its place

This week

What can you do with it?

Goes with

What is this one doing?

Where it is

Where it lives

Notes