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The Okay Podcast
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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 Grant Broggi hosts the show and begins each episode by covering all things related to The Strength Co., from strength training to manufacturing. Co-Hosts Jeff and Tres then join the podcast to discuss topics ranging from football, humorous experiences in the military, and anything else that makes them say, “OKAY!” Produced by PJ

  1. 1d ago

    Ep. 126: Trash Power, AI Coaches & Dove Season

    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. America 250 plate drops in early October. Turkey Pull is November 21, 2026 in Newport Beach — sign up at www.thestrength.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 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 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

  2. Sep 4

    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

  3. Aug 28

    Ep. 124: College Pick'em, Dolly Parton & The Wiggles

    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 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. Join the college pick'em: DM @theokaypodcast on Instagram. Labor Day weekend: $100 off Hundos at The Strength Co. 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

  4. Aug 21

    Ep. 123: Basement Gyms, Season Picks & Broggi Ice Cream

    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

  5. Aug 14

    Ep. 122 | Rotary Rage, Rhode Island Chowder & The Barbell Gospel

    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 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 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

  6. Aug 7

    Ep. 121: '97 Chevy Snaps a Belt, Truck Bed Full of Heirlooms, & The G.I.C.L.

    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 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 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

  7. Jul 31

    Ep. 120: The Lost Boys Workout, Lobster Rolls & War Homework

    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 Episode 120 of The Okay Podcast, powered by The Strength Co. Grant checks in live from Newport, Rhode Island, Jeff reports from the greater Montgomery, Alabama area, and Tres joins by phone from the road. The boys open with the most unhinged Trash Battalion staff brief yet — eagles vs. beagles leadership wisdom, a brand-new Boston adjutant pitching a lobster bake to the Cajun Sergeant Major, a Strait of Hormuz update delivered from the road, and a Marine who fell into a dumpster (he's okay, he's accounted for). Then it's into the topics: Grant breaks down why so many people in commercial gyms are running the "Lost Boys workout" — wandering machine to machine with no plan — and why you need a purpose every time you walk in. Grant and Jeff compare base gym setups (including actual "no deadlifting" signs), swap war stories from their first weeks back at military school, and debate whether AI reading your homework to you counts as studying. Plus: dad talk on bubble machine economics, movies edited by Grant's mom, taking a 23-month-old to Fenway on $10 military tickets, and a Chow Radar review of the most disappointing famous lobster roll in Newport. Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 05:25 - Staff Brief 30:21 - Having A Purpose In The Gym 37:02 - Air Force Gym 43:43 - O5 Workout Culture 46:53 - National Guard Marines? 52:14 - War Homework & AI 01:01:50 - Dad Talk & Bubbles 01:06:05 - Sox Game 01:14:52 - Lobster Rolls & Chow Radar

  8. Jul 24

    Ep. 119: Gas Grills, The Sox & Building A Base

    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 Today on the show, the staff brief runs long: S1 explains the pay problem (the internet's been down, mostly), the Strait of Hormuz is functionally closed, the S3 wants you to be the trash, and all record jackets are now purple and yellow by order of the Cajun Sergeant Major. Dwight from Housing has a card for your wife. Then: Jeff hands over November Battery after two years of command, Grant drives a '97 Chevy from Raleigh to Rhode Island (via the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, unintentionally), the charcoal-vs-gas debate is settled forever, SEC Media Days kicks off, and Grant explains why 12 months of building your base of strength is the best investment you'll ever make. Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 08:33 - Staff Brief 34:24 - New Jack White Album 37:18 - Moving Into A Furnished Place 42:26 - Gas Grill Debate 47:13 - SEC Media Day 55:00 - Congrats Jeff! Handing The Stick Off 01:04:40 - The Importance of Building A Base of Strength 01:12:15 - New Mexico 01:14:28 - Cajun Appreciation 01:16:28 - Sox Game 01:18:37 - Surviving The Chesapeake Bay Bridge 01:20:10 - Truck Talk 01:30:16 - Shoutout Massenomics For LHLE! 01:33:09 - Slides vs Charts 01:35:10 - Landing The Plane

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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 Grant Broggi hosts the show and begins each episode by covering all things related to The Strength Co., from strength training to manufacturing. Co-Hosts Jeff and Tres then join the podcast to discuss topics ranging from football, humorous experiences in the military, and anything else that makes them say, “OKAY!” Produced by PJ

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