Ground. Work. Grow.
You already own
a gym.
Four things cover all eleven movement patterns. Point a camera at your space, or just type the list. Groundwork works out what yours already do together: what reaches what, what you can get to, what combines with what. Nothing is guessed.
Min max your life.
One thing. Not every day, not everything.
Behind these words: one real garage, drawn from a photograph of it.
Work · three moves
- 01Snap the spaceOne photo of the room, or a few. Nothing to set up first.
- 02Rattle off what is in itThe whole room in one box, a line each. The photo is the evidence for every one of them.
- 03See what it does togetherOne kettlebell is six movements, not one thing you own. Push the rack against a wall and the back squat goes; the pull-up bar, the grip work and the landmine stay.
Ground · the room is the model
Move something. Watch every room change.
Pick a thing, then tap a room. Every room answers at once — including the ones that do not change.
Suspension trainer is in Garage now. Tap another room to see what moving it would do.
It would take suspension push-ups, rows and fallouts out of Garage — Adjustable bench and Gymnastic rings still do those there. Recovery closet would gain them.
It would take suspension push-ups, rows and fallouts out of Garage — Adjustable bench and Gymnastic rings still do those there. Backyard would gain them.
It would take suspension push-ups, rows and fallouts out of Garage — Adjustable bench and Gymnastic rings still do those there. Basement desk would gain them.
Kettlebell — 35 lb is in Garage now. Tap another room to see what moving it would do.
It would take kettlebell press, one-arm row and 5 more out of Garage — Olympic barbell and Kettlebell — 25 lb still do those there. Recovery closet would gain them.
It would take kettlebell press, one-arm row and 5 more out of Garage — Olympic barbell and Kettlebell — 25 lb still do those there. Backyard would gain them.
It would take kettlebell press, one-arm row and 5 more out of Garage — Olympic barbell and Kettlebell — 25 lb still do those there. Basement desk would gain them.
Power rack is in Garage now. Tap another room to see what moving it would do.
It does not go there — there is no room for it there. The record knows the difference between a thing you carry and a thing two people move on a Saturday.
It does not go there — it is not a thing you carry outside. The record knows the difference between a thing you carry and a thing two people move on a Saturday.
It would take pull-ups and bar hangs out of Garage — Gymnastic rings and Cable / pulley station still do those there. Basement desk would gain them.
Every figure is the real model run twice, before and after — the same answer the thing’s own card gives. Nothing moves until you say so.
Everything in that garage, as the app lists it.
Power rack
Adjustable bench
Leg developer attachmentDip bar attachmentsLandmine attachment
Cable / pulley stationCable attachments
Olympic barbell
Olympic weight plates1-inch spinlock plates
Spinlock dumbbell handles
Gymnastic ringsand 33 moreThat garage was measured with a tape: 16 × 20 ft, 8 ft to the joists, and the rack against the right wall. No photograph can answer any of those, and every figure above depends on them.
One thing, and everything it touches
Olympic weight plates load the Olympic barbell for five lifts the index counts, and on their own they do four more — plate carry, ground-to-overhead and plate pinch holds. 25 other things here reach the same movements their own way.
Three things from that garage, as the app draws them — push the row sideways. Every line is worked out from the record. Give the belt a job and watch its card change.
Kettlebell — 35 lbKettlebells & dumbbells · in Garage
Overhead pressing, rows, squats, deadlifts and swings, carries, trunk work and grip — one of those only because the Cannonball grip is here too.
7 of 11 patterns
Put away · shares a movement with 25 other things
Where it came from
From a photo
What it's forsay which you use
Kettlebell press, one-arm row and goblet squat on its own; one-arm row off the bell and grip hold off the bell with Cannonball grip.
On its own
With Cannonball grip
The attachment hangs off the bell's handle by its clip, so every one-hand attachment you own becomes a handle on a kettlebell.
With Gi belt — purple
The belt threads through the bell's handle and becomes a long soft handle on it, so the load hangs below your hands instead of against your forearm.
Held differently
Where it is
In Garage · Kettlebell row, lightest to heaviest · put away — in its place. One step to get it out.
Olympic barbellBarbell & plates · in Garage
Pressing, overhead pressing, rows, squats, deadlifts and swings, carries and trunk work — two of those only because the Olympic weight plates are here too.
7 of 11 patterns
Put away · shares a movement with 22 other things
Where it came from
From photos
What it's forsay which you use
Empty-bar press, empty-bar row and bar carry on its own; floor press, standing press and barbell row with Olympic weight plates.
On its own
With Olympic weight plates
With Landmine attachment
The bar drops into it and the far end becomes a lever, so the load is one-handed and angled.
Held differently
Where it is
In Garage · On the rack's J-hooks · put away — in its place. One step to get it out.
Gi belt — purpleIts own kind · in Garage
One pattern: mobility and recovery.
1 of 11 patterns
Put away · shares a movement with 13 other things · no job yet
Where it came from
From photos
What it's forsay which you use
On its own
Held differently
Part of
What is this one doing?
Nothing yet. Say what this one is for and it starts counting.
Where it is
In Garage · Hung on the rack upright · put away — in its place. One step to get it out.
Gi belt — purpleIts own kind · in Garage
Tied to the power rack, above your head. That gives you pull-ups and hangs, rows, grip and mobility and recovery.
4 of 11 patterns
Put away · shares a movement with 33 other things · has a job: tied to the power rack
Where it came from
From photos
What it's forsay which you use
On its own
Held differently
What is this one doing?
Tied to the power rack, for now — it counts there and not elsewhere until you move it.
So it holds a band above your head.
Where it is
In Garage · Hung on the rack upright · put away — in its place. One step to get it out.
What one real record works out
This record happens to hold 66 things across 4 spaces — which is the point of the four at the top, not a bar to clear. It works the same on a corner of a garage. Every figure below was computed from the record; none of it is typed here.
11 of 11 patterns covered · 91 of 100
- Trunk worksuspension fallouts, ring hollow holds, med ball rotations
- Mobility and recoveryfoam roll, floor mobility, trigger point work
- Rowscable row, ring rows, suspension rows
- Pressingbench press, ring dips, suspension push-ups
The board · drawings, not the recordFour real spaces and an imagined office.
Four ways to draw one garage
What the space means to you is different for everyone. What it can do is the same.
Groundwork · Evan Carrigan
No photo with a person in it is ever kept. There is no setting that turns that off.