Ep. 125: Two Bug Lunch, Due Date Picks & Lifting Genes

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 Join the Slack and Use code OKAY: ⁠https://buy.stripe.com/dR6dT4aDcfuBdyw5ks⁠ Check out BW Tax: ⁠https://www.bwtaxllc.com⁠ BUY A FOOTBALL HELMET: ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.thestrength.co/mrhelmet/?utm_source=The+Okay+Podcast&utm_medium=Podcast&utm_campaign=Okay_Pod⁠ 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