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

<p>Podcast Hosts:</p><p>Grant Broggi: Marine Veteran, Owner of The Strength Co. and Starting Strength Coach.</p><p>Jeff Buege: Marine Veteran, Outdoorsman, Football Fan and Lifter</p><p>Tres Gottlich: Marine Veteran, Texan, Fisherman, Crazy College Football Fan and Lifter</p><p>Join the Slack and Use code OKAY:</p><p><a href="https://buy.stripe.com/dR6dT4aDcfuBdyw5ks" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠https://buy.stripe.com/dR6dT4aDcfuBdyw5ks⁠</a></p><p>Check out BW Tax: <a href="https://www.bwtaxllc.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠https://www.bwtaxllc.com⁠</a></p><p>BUY A FOOTBALL HELMET:</p><p><a href="https://www.greengridiron.com/?ref=thestrengthco" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠</a><a href="https://www.thestrength.co/mrhelmet/?utm_source=The+Okay+Podcast&utm_medium=Podcast&utm_campaign=Okay_Pod" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠https://www.thestrength.co/mrhelmet/?utm_source=The+Okay+Podcast&amp;utm_medium=Podcast&amp;utm_campaign=Okay_Pod⁠</a></p><p><br></p><p>Grant&#39;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&#39;s the line on American flag apparel? Crocs? Socks? Underwear? Tres draws his line and it involves not trusting his own farts.</p><p><br></p><p>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&#39;s tinned fish (a canned fish company that makes clothes), and Grant explains whether genetics actually matter for getting strong.</p><p><br></p><p>Plus: Week Zero college football (USC&#39;s crowd of dozens), Week 1 speed picks, the guys make their official picks on the baby&#39;s arrival date, time, and weight, and the episode closes with the definitive air power vs. sea power doctrine book-off. It&#39;s only a lot of reading if you do it.</p><p><br></p><p>Timestamps: </p><p>00:00 - Intro</p><p>04:38 - Staff Brief</p><p>23:41 - Chaps Calls In</p><p>28:46 - Tres&#39; Lifting Update</p><p>28:53 - Wearing The Flag Debate</p><p>34:34 - America 250th Plate Update</p><p>36:32 - Two Bug Lunch</p><p>41:00 - Tinned Fish</p><p>47:02 - Role of Ge