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Which lift would you drop from Starting Strength? On Ep. 130 of The Okay Podcast, Grant Broggi and Jeff Buege make the case for cutting the bench press, update the Turkey Pull and America 250 plate, break down the Davy Crockett nuke, react to the Rays sweeping the Yankees, pick Georgia at Alabama, Texas vs Oklahoma, UCLA at Oregon, and The Citadel vs East Tennessee State, and explain why Grant now wears two sets of wired headphones.
Podcast Hosts:Grant Broggi: Marine Veteran, Owner of The Strength Co. and Starting Strength Coach.Jeff Buege: Marine Veteran, Outdoorsman, Football Fan and LifterTres Gottlich: Marine Veteran, Texan, Fisherman, Crazy College Football Fan and Lifter

Do body types change how you do Starting Strength? On Ep. 129 of The Okay Podcast, Grant Broggi, Tres Gottlich, and Jeff Buege break down how long femurs and torsos change the squat, deadlift, and press, tell the Home Depot cat colony saga, pick Week 5 college football (Alabama at Mississippi State, Auburn at Tennessee, South Carolina vs Kentucky, Texas A&M vs Arkansas), and leave a voicemail for The Citadel's athletic director.Podcast Hosts:Grant Broggi: Marine Veteran, Owner of The Strength Co. and Starting Strength Coach.Jeff Buege: Marine Veteran, Outdoorsman, Football Fan and LifterTres Gottlich: Marine Veteran, Texan, Fisherman, Crazy College Football Fan and LifterJoin the Slack and Use code OKAY: https://buy.stripe.com/dR6dT4aDcfuBdyw5ksCheck out BW Tax: https://www.bwtaxllc.comBUY A FOOTBALL HELMET: https://www.thestrength.co/mrhelmet/?utm_source=The+Okay+Podcast&utm_medium=Podcast&utm_campaign=Okay_PodTimestamps:0:00 - Intro8:18 - The Staff Brief25:45 - Turkey Pull and America 250 Plate Updates28:02 - Lifting Update: Deadlift Divots in 1780 Bricks35:09 - Lifting Question: Do Body Types Change Starting Strength?49:05 - The Home Depot Cat Saga53:21 - Tres' Anniversary Trip to Aruba59:47 - USA Powerlifting and the Arnold1:03:49 - A General Visits the War College1:08:00 - Tres' Laments of the Week1:14:21 - Fixing The Citadel and Calling the AD1:20:04 - Tres' Picks of the Week1:30:24 - Wait, That's Liam Neeson in Star Wars?1:34:12 - Outro and Sponsors

Is Starting Strength enough to keep you fit? On Ep. 128 of The Okay Podcast, Grant Broggi and Jeff Buege answer a listener's lifting question, break down Week 4 college football picks (Oklahoma vs Georgia, Texas vs Tennessee, Texas A&M vs LSU), talk war college writing and using AI for papers, debate whether Germany ever had a viable strategy to win WWII, and tell the story of Calhoun, Grant's lost 22-pound Maine Coon.

Podcast Hosts: Grant Broggi: Marine Veteran, Owner of The Strength Co. and Starting Strength Coach.

Jeff Buege: Marine Veteran, Outdoorsman, Football Fan and Lifter

Tres Gottlich: Marine Veteran, Texan, Fisherman, Crazy College Football Fan and Lifter

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Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

7:52 - The Staff Brief

25:30 - Lifting Question: Is Starting Strength Enough?

35:07 - Happy Birthday, Air Force

41:52 - Writing Papers and Using AI

54:31 - College Football Recap

1:02:49 - Tres' Picks of the Week

1:19:38 - Calhoun the Cat Is Lost

1:29:09 - Did Germany Have a Viable Strategy in WWII?

Grant is back from the hospital with baby number two and opens with a Newport tourism brief, the Turkey Pull, and America 250 plate news before Jeff runs a two-man staff brief — Lieutenant Benelli's Red Sox update, a Toledo cousin in the S-2 confirming the Strait of Hormuz is closed, a hazy-IPA sidebar, eight of nine dumpsters deadlined, and the debut of Chief Petty Officer Seventeen from mental health (cookies available). Then the birth story in full: leaving an ethics class mid-break, the A1 pizza steak sandwich called "the Bomb," Patriots at seven and baby at halftime, a 9/11 conversation with a nurse who was three years old that day, and a hospital cafeteria meat plate. Grant answers a listener question on preventing injury on starting strength, the two war-college guys compare speakers and Q&A tactics, and Tres finally arrives (with feedback) for football: Auburn over Southern Miss, South Carolina in the rain, the Citadel losing in double OT again, Sark and Holly Rowe, and the week 3 picks. A "first two weeks with a newborn" segment, the movie Pressure, and a debate on whether officers should wear ribbons round it out.

Podcast Hosts:

Grant Broggi: Marine Veteran, Owner of The Strength Co. and Starting Strength Coach.

Jeff Buege: Marine Veteran, Outdoorsman, Football Fan and Lifter

Tres Gottlich: Marine Veteran, Texan, Fisherman, Crazy College Football Fan and Lifter

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Timestamps: 

00:00 - Intro 

06:54 - Staff Brief

19:23 - Outlying Stations

24:01 - Grant & Diana’s New Baby Is Born
34:10 - How To Prevent Injuries While Doing Starting Strength
42:18 - War College Update

52:18 - Tres Joins The Show!

54:29 - College Football Update

01:01:07 - Tres’ Picks of The Week

01:12:31 - First 2 Weeks With A Newborn

01:18:14 - Movies

01:23:48 - Saved Rounds

This week: a Trash Battalion staff brief for the ages (pay issues, a dental rodeo, and why Germany never had a trash strategy), Tres's opening-weekend dove hunt, Grant's cellah gym and the bench-pin hack, a real conversation about Grant Bot and AI Coaching, and college football week 1 — the Citadel in three overtimes, Michigan's mythical clock, and the picks for week 2.

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Podcast Hosts:

Grant Broggi: Marine Veteran, Owner of The Strength Co. and Starting Strength Coach.

Jeff Buege: Marine Veteran, Outdoorsman, Football Fan and Lifter

Tres Gottlich: Marine Veteran, Texan, Fisherman, Crazy College Football Fan and Lifter

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro

04:50 - Staff Brief

23:58 - Outlying Stations

29:33 - Dove Hunting

37:56 - Home Gym Update

42:37 - AI Coaching

53:44 - College Football

01:05:16 - Tres’ Picks of The Week

Podcast Hosts:

Grant Broggi: Marine Veteran, Owner of The Strength Co. and Starting Strength Coach.

Jeff Buege: Marine Veteran, Outdoorsman, Football Fan and Lifter

Tres Gottlich: Marine Veteran, Texan, Fisherman, Crazy College Football Fan and Lifter

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Grant's wife is in labor, the due date is TODAY, and we recorded anyway — because the slide deck was full and the trash must be secured. Episode 0125 opens with a full Trash Battalion staff meeting (awards board voting, BLUF violations, 0530 trash bag training, and a surprisingly moving word from Chaps) before the guys get into the real intel: where's the line on American flag apparel? Crocs? Socks? Underwear? Tres draws his line and it involves not trusting his own farts.

Then Grant reports from Newport, Rhode Island on the greatest chow value in New England — the Two Bug Lunch — two whole lobsters, corn, and coleslaw for $40. Jeff finally stops gatekeeping Patagonia's tinned fish (a canned fish company that makes clothes), and Grant explains whether genetics actually matter for getting strong.

Plus: Week Zero college football (USC's crowd of dozens), Week 1 speed picks, the guys make their official picks on the baby's arrival date, time, and weight, and the episode closes with the definitive air power vs. sea power doctrine book-off. It's only a lot of reading if you do it.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro

04:38 - Staff Brief

23:41 - Chaps Calls In

28:46 - Tres' Lifting Update

28:53 - Wearing The Flag Debate

34:34 - America 250th Plate Update

36:32 - Two Bug Lunch

41:00 - Tinned Fish

47:02 - Role of Genetics In Lifting

01:07:03 - Week Zero Recap

01:13:50 - Due Date Predictions

01:17:47 - Week One Picks

01:23:07 - NIL Chaos

01:25:45 - Hung Ordinance

Podcast Hosts:

Grant Broggi: Marine Veteran, Owner of The Strength Co. and Starting Strength Coach.

Jeff Buege: Marine Veteran, Outdoorsman, Football Fan and Lifter

Tres Gottlich: Marine Veteran, Texan, Fisherman, Crazy College Football Fan and Lifter

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The boys open episode 0124 in mourning: Dolly Parton, American legend and obvious Strength Co person, has passed at 80 — and Grant is devastated to learn he doesn't own a single Dolly record. The staff brief goes fully analog when Jeff declares a cyber-denied environment, forcing the trash battalion to determine the status of the Strait of Hormuz using a $2 bill, flat earth theory, and Mahan. The Cajun Sergeant Major checks in from the boil.

Grant breaks down his Navy War College basement home gym — what to buy nice, what to buy on Amazon, and why you never skimp on the bar and plates. Then Donnie Bowers (Naval Academy grad, Navy football alum, former Marine, two-time caller) joins to update his family life, pick Navy's schedule game-by-game, explain what NAPS actually is, and deliver an unforgettable off-the-cuff BW Tax ad read. Plus: college football playoff picks, NIL as the future of warfare, the Wiggles live in Boston, and the hardest part of being a dad.

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Timestamps:

00:00 - RIP Dolly Parton

11:11 - Staff Brief

24:04 - Outlying Stations

29:04 - Home Gym Build

39:46 - Big Donnie Joins The Show!

40:39 - Baby Update

45:44 - College Football Pick'em

01:14:47 - Predict The Record

01:24:48 - The Wiggles Concert

01:33:49 - Dad Life

01:38:52 - War College Update

01:43:03 - Donnie's BW Tax Ad Read

01:46:50 - Saved Rounds

Podcast Hosts:Grant Broggi: Marine Veteran, Owner of The Strength Co. and Starting Strength Coach.Jeff Buege: Marine Veteran, Outdoorsman, Football Fan and LifterTres Gottlich: Marine Veteran, Texan, Fisherman, Crazy College Football Fan and LifterJoin the Slack and Use code OKAY:⁠https://buy.stripe.com/dR6dT4aDcfuBdyw5ks⁠Check out BW Tax: ⁠https://www.bwtaxllc.com⁠BUY A FOOTBALL HELMET:⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.thestrength.co/mrhelmet/?utm_source=The+Okay+Podcast&utm_medium=Podcast&utm_campaign=Okay_Pod⁠Episode 0123 — the number configuration you've been waiting 123 episodes for. The Trash Battalion staff brief convenes with the Strait of Hormuz still closed (per the official website), the dumpster tracker going purple and gold, and a hand-jammed Marine Corps Ball ticket tracker in case China knocks out our Excel spreadsheets. Then Grant makes the case for the home gym as he hunts Facebook Marketplace for vintage York squat stands to fit his Newport basement — because when you have kids, the return on training at home is 100x. It's Bitcoin. It's to the moon. With football season days away, the guys react to the AP Preseason Top 25, break down Texas A&M lanyard culture at the War College, and run their full game-by-game season picks for South Carolina, Auburn, and Texas A&M — including Grant's upset of the year: The Citadel over the Aggies. Finally, Grant reveals the Broggi Ice Cream Method: packed ice cream in a tall cup, milk poured to maximum surface tension, constant hydration, milkshake finish. Tres claims lactose intolerance. Grant counters with the science. Powered by The Strength Co. — America 250 plate coming soon, and the Turkey Pull hits Southern California in November.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro

05:29 - Staff Brief

32:21 - Why You Need A Home Gym

50:28 - Sports Talk

59:51 - Season Picks

01:17:22 - Broggi Ice Cream Method

01:21:00 - Hung Ordinance

Trash Five delivers an executive level staff brief (12 dumpsters, 3 available), Grant spots a grandpa doing one-legged bosu ball holds and preaches the barbell gospel, and the Big 12 sells its name to Monster for $20M a year. Plus: Florida's Spurrier throwbacks, South Carolina's crimson crisis, roundabouts vs. rotaries, Rhode Island's secret clam chowder, and a War College Clausewitz update. Powered by The Strength Co.

Podcast Hosts:

Grant Broggi: Marine Veteran, Owner of The Strength Co. and Starting Strength Coach.

Jeff Buege: Marine Veteran, Outdoorsman, Football Fan and Lifter

Tres Gottlich: Marine Veteran, Texan, Fisherman, Crazy College Football Fan and Lifter

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro

03:03 - Staff Brief

10:45 - Squat Tee

15:08 - Rotary Rage

18:14 - Clam Chowder

26:44 - Florida Uniforms

31:22 - Monster Sponsorship

37:41 - Bosu Balls vs Barbell Gospel

46:46 - Online vs In-person Coaching

53:00 - War College Update

01:06:42 - Saved Rounds

Episode 121. Grant reports from Newport, Rhode Island with a truck full of family heirlooms and a snapped serpentine belt. Jeff checks in from Air University, where the library fire alarm interrupted his midterm and his grandfather Emmett Gatewood may be hiding in the archives. Tres holds down Frisco, Texas and reviews Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey.

The staff brief features an unpaid battalion, a lobster bake from the new S1, a space domain tasking, the Wednesday pizza buffet, and a chaplain check-in you have to hear to believe. Plus: the Good Idea Cutoff Line (GICOL), broken stair steppers and gym radar at the Naval War College, Clausewitz applied to lifting and fatherhood, the oldest ballpark in America, a Red Sox baserunning debate, and a full coaching segment on bench press pain management.

America 250 plate is at the machine shop — pre-buyers ship early. The .75 lb plates are back in stock. The Strength app enters beta next week.

Podcast Hosts:

Grant Broggi: Marine Veteran, Owner of The Strength Co. and Starting Strength Coach.

Jeff Buege: Marine Veteran, Outdoorsman, Football Fan and Lifter

Tres Gottlich: Marine Veteran, Texan, Fisherman, Crazy College Football Fan and Lifter

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro

07:31 - Staff Brief

28:09 - GICL

31:32 - Family Heirlooms

41:06 - Chevy Snaps A Belt

52:05 - Stairstepper Story

56:02 - Fire Alarm Madness

01:09:45 - The Odyssey Review

01:15:39 - Pain During The Bench Press

01:29:21 - Gulls Outing

01:36:16 - Sliding Into Bases Rule

01:39:57 - Big Announcements

01:46:15 - MRS. BROGGI PLEASE MAKE TRES A POUND CAKE