The Okay Podcast Powered by The Strength Co. - EP 72: Squat Variations, Hair Washing Debate & MCCS

Episode Date: May 23, 2025

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.greengridiron.com/?ref=thestrengthco14th Marine Reg T Shirts: https://usafulfillmentservices.com/14th-marine/TIMESTAMPS:00:00 - ROLL CALL15:54 - SPORTS27:21 - HAIR WASHING FREQUENCY33:47 - SQUAT VARIATIONS56:28 - MCCS01:04:43 - SIGN OFF

All right. And welcome back to episode zero seven two of the okay podcast powered by the straight co I'm your host, Grant Brogi. We are recording live from somewhere far away. It's like Hawaii, except not as nice. Yeah, it's humid. It's humid. We got a lot of weather talk about humidity because for once in my life, I can say that I have it worse off than my father did. What he experiences in Beaufort is nothing like the humidity that I have. It's not a dry heat. It's a humid heat. I may or may not have looked that up, but anyway, yeah. Episode zero seven to the okay. Podcast also joined by Mr. Trey Gottlitz. Trey got like he's joining, joining us from Denton, Texas. It's his favorite city

in Texas. So than usual. Yeah. He's always said it. He'll never stop saying it. Denton, Texas home of the brisket and also our resident Mormon, Jeff Biggie, joining us from the greater Salt Lake city area. Some people just call that Salt Lake. If you meet a Marine and they say they're from Utah and you just say that they're Mormon, they don't always get it. And you're like, so you're Mormon.

And they're like, no. And I'm like, no, you're Mormon. And they're like, I'm not Mormon. I'm like, no, you're definitely Mormon. You have tattoos. And they're like, well, so that's why I wouldn't be Mormon. I'm like, look, if you're from Utah, you're Mormon. And they're like, I'm not Mormon. I'm like, no, you're definitely Mormon. You have tattoos. And they're like, well, so that's why I wouldn't be Mormon. I'm like, look, if you're from Utah, you're Mormon. Anyway, I'm digressing on the intro. Longest intro ever. Price of Bitcoin is $102,827. There's a game being played right now that we don't

want to talk about because it would just be pointless to talk about. So I'm in a great mood because that game is going just phenomenal and fantastic. Yeah. Episode zero seven two. I think everyone's actually there. What's that? It's actually didn't home of the briskets. That's the mascot. Yeah. Didn't home of the briskets. Yeah. Didn't didn't Texas home of the briskets. Yeah. Denton, Denton, Texas home of the briskets, episode zero seven two.

I think we got an exciting staff brief where everyone forgot to update their slides. I'll kick it over to you. Three. Anything on the opening BW tax BW tax LC.com. Yeah. Yeah. BWTX, bwtxlc.com. Yeah, yeah, yeah, BWTX. Looks like the server for Teams, SharePoint, ShareDrive, the filing cabinets in the S3 all caught on fire

or light on slides. We'll kick it around the room here, see what we got going on. Yeah, kick it around the room. Yeah, S1. You know, maybe talk for the next 40 to 5 minutes. Hey, sir. Sir, this is the Edge.

MOL is down. MOL is down. For maintenance. And every 8999 is incapable of doing anything without MOL, and MOL is down. Sir, for maintenance, because it's got all those moving parts that to maintain. Yeah. Yeah. Parts are on order. That's right. Very well. Very well. Well, we know the two shops got nothing for us.

Three shops. We lost the keys to the vault. All right. Well, we'll get the vault cracker guy in here. I think he's in, he's in Quantico right now. There's one in the whole DOD that is certified to do this. And so it's a six month wait period. So hopefully you left your protein shaker in there deuce and then it'll smell real nice come six months. Three shops got nothing for the group. Let's kick it over to the four shop logistics. Let's talk about it.

What's not to talk about when it comes to logistics? The main thing a lot of people don't realize is that, uh, taxes fall under the four shop fiscal. Yes. So four shops. Uh, so Marine Corps this year decided to give BW tax call, um, just do the Marine Corps taxes just in general. So I heard he's a good sponsor. So we just decided to start doing business. That'd be a good account. BW tax for BW tax. Yeah, we've heard tax. We freeze it. We freeze a good guy. W tax should better attack. You should do the Marine Corps taxes. That should be his goal. Is the great thing about the great thing about BW is actually he's available on signal. And

so it's very easy to get a hold of when the two when that when the vault is locked and you've forgotten the key, just reach out to him. You can also get a hold of when the two, when that, when the vault is locked and you've forgotten the key, just reach out to him. You can also get ahold of the sect down. Funny, funny story is we didn't realize he was on signal and then we mistakenly added BW on signals. Oh, and that's how you got a contract. Oh, hey, you do taxes?

Happy accident. I love happy accidents. Nice. Let's kick it over to the sixth shop. Calm. Sir, calms down. Very well, very well. I need some

Commander's guidance. We're just lost as a unit right now. Don't worry, we'll get around to the Sergeant Major real soon. Provide some sage wisdom for us. It will all be on vaults locked. Yep. Calms down, but taxes are. This reminds me of that one. One time at drill in Fort Worth when the power went out at the HTC and you just, we couldn't do anything and everyone just sat in their offices with

their like iPhone flashlights on. We were like, what are we doing here? We literally can't do anything. It's a Sunday. They're not going to come fix the power. Like it's, this is a, this is not a priority for them. It was great. So yeah,, this is a, this is not a priority for them. It was great. So yeah, that's essentially what, you know, And the Marine Corps, we call that the SMCR.

All right. Well, let's kick it over to the head shed here. So our major, what wisdom guidance do you have for us? Fall apart. Hey, I know. I'm falling apart. Hey, I know. I know I'm all down, but we can still hold formations, open ranks, get it, get in front of all your double dogs and make sure the mustaches are within regulation that they can be tops match.

They can be bottoms. It's a big one for me. It's one of my pet peeves. I know you can't register guys for PME But be thinking about me because if you're not in PME, you should be registered for PME And if you can't register for PME should be thinking about PME and Sorry major real quick. Are you referring to like don't word deserts with woodlands? Is that what you're talking about? No, no. Okay.

Okay, Captain. Company, company. Doggone commanders. Thinking over here. I'm talking about them. I'm talking about them woodland tops, man. I don't want to see a pair of woodlands that you've watched three times on top with a pair that you've watched 19 times on the bottom.

Good to go? Mmm. Good to go. Okay. Because when I was in Iraq on my last deployment, it was my last deployment in Iraq. The woodland camis were an issue because you know, it's Iraq and all. But yeah. Okay. Very well. And yeah, PME, I covered PME. I talked about a random grooming standard and frigging dang first, Lawrence, make sure the microwaves in your devil dog's rooms work. We got to get microwaves working. We bought three last week and they just sat in my office and frigging

don't get that. And don't forget about Lance. Coolke Seminar. Don't do it. Don't forget about it. No. Oh, I forgot about that. Oh, wow. Okay, very well. This is headquarters first, sorry, here. I'm gonna read between the lines. Okay, Devil Dogs, you are charged now

with creating a laundry log book for all desert blouses, all woodland blouses, all desert trousers, all woodland trousers. Okay, I want a freaking nag on log book to log all your washes Acer's sorry major Acer's on it no you keep talking this is a sidebar get that green monster out okay freaking day go he's gonna be a good Saur Major he's gonna be a great Saur Major

we should put an email for the L.A.B. keep these to a minimum keep them to a minimum. They are authorized. They are authorized. Keep them to a minimum. My buddy tells me that his favorite thing about being a field grade is in meetings when company grades start talking, just saying, hey, keep sidebars to a minimum. And it's his favorite thing to do.

And he's like the backup. He's like the backup to trash five,'m like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like,

I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, Hey, Team Trash Six here. I know MOS is down. I know Freedang, the vault's locked. I know Com's down. That's called friction. Okay. It's the fog of war. And as a unit, we're in it.

And this is why we got to be brilliant in the basics. Sometimes you got to get back to putting cami paint on your face, taping up the doggone straps on your pack, thinking about the reflectiveness of your watch, and think about jungle warfare, all right? And we're not an institution that runs off of MOL, okay? We equip the Marine, not the machine. It's the Marine that matters, not the machine that matters, but most importantly, it's the trash that matters. And I want to talk about what I saw a supply this week,

went to supply and friggin' I'm going, we did a good job separating the trash and all the barracks. We did. And we had the friggin' dad going, labels off the plastic cans and labels when the trash, labels off the plastic cans and labels went in the trash when the cans went in the Kansas trash. The Kansas trash. And glass went with the glass. And we took all that freaking dang old trash and then we just put it in a pile at the supply shop. I want you to picture like a movie

where there's like kids going dumpster diving and there's just a large pile of trash. So all week long, Marines doing the right thing, separating that trash. And then we just can put all the trash in a pile. Okay, close your eyes, close your eyes and picture it. And we stacked it up. We stacked it up. And then what we did that was well as a a unit as we got a freaking daggone working party

because MOL was down and we didn't know what to do with the devil dogs we sent them to then separate the trash again and trash is a priority we appreciate what you do thanks for all you do team trash. If you're getting called for a working party would you rather be part of a working party with two Marines or 20 Marines? Would you rather be in a working party or a police call? Oh, working party. Police calls.

I'm gonna need a working party. I love a good man party. Well, great. Great staff reading. So then Working party party, what are you doing this week? And I'm on a working party I'm gonna throw I'm gonna throw a party in the themes working. We're just gonna work. Yep Good, that'd be good Signs everywhere that say minute work.

There's a sandbag filling station over there, over there. We're painting the bottom quarter of the trees to like white from the quarter down to the grass will be white. Over here we're cutting the Sergeant Major's grass. Yeah. Over here we're just not walking on Sergeant Major's grass. We're, we're, we're cutting the Sergeant Major's grass. Yeah. Over here, we're just not walking on Sergeant Major's grass. We're just standing right at it. Over here, we're just thinking about over here. Over here, we got a devil dog in an orange reflective vest at a four way stop sign. Just with a wand, just directing is a Marine, his devil dog.

That's a frigging dagger admin Bubba. And we just give him a weed whacker and we just tell him to go, go over there. And you know, he's never worked a weed whacker in his life, but you know, it can go anywhere. And then he's like, I'm going to go over there and he's never worked a weed whacker in his life. But you know, nobody can go wrong.

He's gonna do a great job. Area beautification. Cross intersection for him. We got a random 0621 radio operator that we've made a hazmat specialist. And his job is to separate all O Ls and he's never seen diesel fuel in his life. It's always a calm top it off. He had some Marines standing around. So absolute tenage

to give a hit. Oh, yeah. He's currently teaching. He's currently teaching basic infantry tactics and five paragraph orders. And he is the cyber warfare officer. But he is just crushing it. Doing buddy deals. Oh, smiak. That's what we love about him. All that's real folks, if you have not served active duty. Right.

I mean, I'm sure you can find all this in any branch. But yeah, if you have not and you're like that, they're making that up. Nope. Nope. That's real. That happens. It's real. It's real. Ah, that Air Force is nice. I bet they don't do that. Chair Force. Corporate America. Flying a desk. Sounds pretty nice. Well, I'm going to make fun of them though. Sounds nice sitting in your quadcon fighting the war from Nevada. Meanwhile, I've never been to war. Sounds pretty nice. I don't know.

Must be nice going home to your wife every day, Chair Force. Suckers. Getting paid the same amount. Yeah. Nice going home to your wife every day chair force suckers Yeah Yeah, cuz I'm Marina it's cool to talk trash from my wife and just be like yeah No, no different stream my wife my dog is at least my dogs happy when I come home Sounds like a you problem I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know.

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I thought Tatum gets injured. There's going to be like, you know, some type of moto. And then I also wondered, you know, cause the Celtics, you got Jalen Brown, you got Derek White. I'm like, maybe they, maybe they play well without Tatum. Not that like Tatum's a problem, but I'm like, maybe I could see a scenario where you take out the star and it's like, Hey, we just play basketball. They did that beat the Knicks by 25, I think 27 and game five, game six. I kind of thought, I don't want to say I thought they'd win, but I didn't think it would be this. I was definitely did

not think it would be this. So yeah, Celtics are effectively out of the playoffs, not going to be back to back champs still have the most titles in the league. So there's that Could be worse could be the matter could be worse. It could be worse. You could be the Knicks who haven't been to the Eastern championship in 27 years. So I was never did just I Think they got first of all, the NBA draft is probably the lottery is the biggest joke of all time. NBA draft. Why do you think that?

So it's a lottery system, right? Yeah. Oh, yeah. It's obviously not a lottery. They obviously I'm like just you gave it to the Mavericks because they got screwed over. Yeah, they got screwed over because they traded like, Are you saying it's rigged? Yeah. Yeah. Are you saying it's rigged? Oh, my gosh. No, not at all.

Pacers Knicks is going to be kind of a good series. That's a throwback to like the Reggie Miller versus like Luttrell Springwell days. Tell me you are Paul Biggison. So Luttrell Springwell played for the Timberwolves he didn't want yeah, I think after Kevin Garnett I get it Grant Hill ticket the big ticket Spree well, did he make remember the Spree well rims? Did you have anything to do with that? I think so I think that was I think he did too. Yeah. I think he's big. I think he's

a big rims guy. You know, Garth Brooks, jumping guy. So I think I'm officially pulling for the T Wolves. Ooh. All right. Let's go T Wolves. Yeah. I like T Wolves. Yeah. Ant. Oh, sorry. I'm not. I don't know. Yeah. Yeah. You know, I'm like my dad knows George, like my dad knows George Bush head knowledge, not heart knowledge. So a lot of people know Jesus Christ, unfortunately. Wow. Sorry. I've been thinking about PME a lot. Hey, that's just as good as it being registered. Okay. That's just as good. Amen. Is that your hip pocket class? Just the gospel? Yep. Yep. Just the gospel. My hip pocket class is salvation.

Solid. Hey, Marine, you can either accept this non-judicial punishment or accept Jesus as your I don't know. I just feel like it's, it's a little bit rigged because the Mavericks were obviously not the worst team in NBA, right? True. I don't know who was there. Are they in the West? Yes. Yeah. Teams from the West generally do better. A lot tougher. Across all sports. Yeah. Yeah's from the last cross all sports. S.E.C. West. Yeah. Yeah. Hey, the fact is true. Big 12 West.

Yeah. Yeah. The wild west. The Jazz were the worst team in the NBA in the west. That tracks. That's because they're Mormon. That's because they're all Mormons. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Because they're all Mormon. They'm going to be a player. I'm going to be a player. I'm going to be a player. I'm going to be a player. I'm going to be a player.

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Yeah. So if you had to, if you're going to put your money on one winner in a show. I think I'm going to go Maple Leafs. Really? Yeah. I don't know. I don't think they had a no border. I was going to pull for this. I'm just a pull for the stars. Just a yeah. try to be happy.

That's all. Yeah. Is that a long time fan? That W is what they choose to lose. Opening weekend stars. Yeah. Yeah. So you say maybe I don't know. I'm good. I'm also out of the I'm out of the loop and in the ways. So I'm not exactly sure hockey hockey can't penetrate that ways. Yeah, no, but China can.

Hey, China, just trying to be any good hockey teams. China. Is China any good hockey teams? I don't know. Probably Western China. That's what I need to be. Strong hockey team. Strong hockey team. If I had to guess, Western China.

It's a safe guess. The Mets. The Mammoths. The Mammoths. Yeah. Tosca. Tosca. Apparently, this is the...

Just drinking beers. Two at a time. Gas, gas, gas, gas, gas. The owner of the jazz and the Mamm was on a Pat McAfee show and they were talking about it. Who's that? Never heard of him. Oh, you know, he's a he's a guy that a couple people watch him, you know, dude, kind of

loud sometimes. Where's the shirt? Yeah, but never stay like those years. Yeah, like sleeves. You don't have Pat McAfee or you talking about the owner. I think on chairs. Yeah. Doesn't like sleeves. You talking about Pat McAfee or are you talking about the owner? I thought you were talking about McAfee. Oh, I thought we were talking about the owner. Oh no.

The owner wears a shirt most of the time. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. He wears shirts. Yeah. And he always has a belt with his belt loops.

Yes. Yes. Yeah. Sorry. I've been thinking a lot about TV. This was the sign they like were doing Pat McAfee and his crew. And they were like, oh, I'm going to be the owner. I'm going to be the owner.

I'm going to be the owner. I'm going to be the owner. I'm going to be the owner. I'm All right. So it's, it's permeated the city. Everyone's getting pumped about the mammoth. Yeah. I mean, once you get it to one ward, it just reaches all of them. And then it's like, Oh, I'm going to go to the gym. I'm going to go to the gym. I'm going to go to the gym. I'm going to go to the gym. I'm going to go to the gym. I'm going to go to the gym. I'm going to go to the city. Everyone's getting pumped about the mammoth. Yeah. I mean, once you get it to one ward, it just reaches all of them. That's true.

Once you see it in a dream, you know, it becomes reality. Yeah. And the mammoth appear. Next slide. Yeah. Let's see. Do you guys feel so Brock Purdy just got a big contract the 49ers quarterback like 200 plus million for three.

He's only had two good seasons though. Who's he with? He's the 49ers quarterback. How long has he been in the league for? Three years. Two years. So two out of threes had pretty good seasons? Yeah.

And like... I feel like I would take that. I don't know. I feel like Joe Burrow got paid way too early. Like don't get me wrong, Joe Burrow is good, but they like went all in on him with the huge contract. Like, I don't know. What's the team that has like five good quarterbacks this year?

The Browns. The Browns have five quarterbacks. I wouldn't call any of them good. Put them up against tall grass. Let's see how they do. Amen. The Utah football team name. It's all. Oh, Utah, tall name. It's all a man. Oh, Utah tall grass and say, today we got the Utah tall grass going up against the Southern. Who would you put?

Like, who would you have taken if you're the 49ers instead? Jamis, Jamis Winston. Oh, I would. I do love a good Jamis Winston. Like high video. Yeah. Just talking the ball down the field doesn't get like, I can I get intercepted might be touched. Who's the Auburn old Auburn quarterback? Oh, Bo Nix. No.

Jared, he's not playing anymore. He's not playing anymore. And he has a podcast. Oh, Kim Newton. I think Kim Newton could probably still come out there and sling it best best dressed man in the world. Yeah, great fashion. Great fashion. Maybe. I don't know. He probably could. He probably could probably start for some minute felt he could start for the Browns. That's for sure. He's definitely a star for the six dream where the Browns are signing him and Johnny Manziel again. What was he called? Johnny football. Yeah.

Very clever nickname. Yeah. Giggum. Hey, what's he play? I play football. What's his name? I'm like, whoop, whoop, get on farmers fight. And they're just like, what is there a lot of lieutenants from any of them out there? Yeah, there's too many. One is too. Yeah, that's like one of them. There's a couple. Next slide. That's good. Great. Great stuff. How often do you guys wash your hair? Oh, God, do I have shampoo? Do I have stuff to talk about this? I'll let Trey go first. I not that often. I feel like so. I remember I think I was living with.

We were living together in California and I was. Yeah, I used to wash. My hair every time I took a shower. And I think Jeff's like, why are you doing that? And you talk about it. And then I'm like, well, how often do you do it? And Jeff's like, almost never. Yeah. Once a month. Once a week. Wow. Jeff's got the most hair out of all of us.

That's a good point. My hair has gotten much better since I've quit washing this much. I would say you don't wash your hair every time you take a shower. No, I can't get wet. Interesting. I'll rinse it. I wash. Wait, do you do you shampoo every time you get up in the shower times a year? Seriously? Yeah. Wash my hair with water. It was a big deal. Yeah. Oh wow. Just let those natural oils do their thing. And I'm like, I wonder,

cause I feel like if Dee listens to the podcast, like if she's gonna, if she'll chime in and be like, oh hell no. Yeah, I do have a hair routine. So, and it's not a good one. As it's just receding. But, so my problem is, if there's not like, I'm not like a big gel guy, right, like product, but like if I don't use product, my hair just is like a poof.

Like it's like an afro, it's just like curly and add in humidity. And it just like at all like and we've talked about before, like I'm just built for Japan, but it's just like always looks like I just got a bed. So I wash it with shampoo. And then this is new. This is like last two years, Grant. I like blow dry my hair every time now. And if I don't blow dry it like when I'm not in combat, obviously. But if I don't blow dry it, like when I'm not in combat, obviously. Yeah. But if I don't blow dry outside, it won't lay down.

And so, yeah, I use shame. I wash it every time. Actually, I mainly go to the shower to wash my hair more than anything else. Oh, it's probably too much already less. OK, so I'm just stop washing my hair. The same. I would say once a week. Really? But like, don't you just sweat profusely out of your head? That's what you get away.

And you rinse it. You rinse it. Interesting. All right. Stop washing my hair. Hey, I feel I feel like Jeff's on something like more than or not four times a year Yeah, I mean the most air it's a little bit of an exaggeration but it's it's close to that But Jeff doesn't like it's like do you wash it once a month? Less than that I'm probably well, okay, so one

so so it's so it's it's Less than that. I'm probably. Wow. Okay. So what's your question? So it's May and you're in Japan. Hypothetical. And you go on a battery run. Okay. And the humidity is 98%. Sounds about right. And every ounce of liquid in your body just comes out like I'm talking you your boots

never touched water, and they're soaking wet, like not kidding. You get back your uniform is just like boots and you just stuck to your body, like completely drenched. You take it off, you don't even want to put it in the laundry basket because the humidity is so high in your room that your towel never dries. So you have to immediately take it to the washing machine and you're going to take a shower, you smell, you get in and you don't wash your hair. In this hypothetical situation, correct? Yeah. Really? Is it a hair washing day? Wow. That's crazy to me.

Jeff, you're not gonna answer that? Oh, yeah, no, I wouldn't wash it. I would just read it. Look at just read it. And then would you put something in it? Like when you go to the shower? No, I'll put me. Yeah The oil conditioners through the towel down dry My mind is blown my I'm gonna lose more hair over this I hope we can still be friends. Yeah. Yeah, I Was watching it every day and my scalp was like super dry. And then I was on Jeff, I started Jeff's routine of hair washing. And I was getting I was getting compliments from the people who cut my hair. Like you got really good hair. It smells terrible, but it looks great. Yeah, don't It smells terrible, but it looks great. Yeah, don't.

Are you going around sniffing people's hair? No, I'm not Joe Biden. I wonder if PD Hexeth washes his hair. He's got good hair. He does have good hair. He's got great hair. I feel like he's putting some product in there. If I was putting like, I feel like if I was putting product in my hair, then I would definitely be washing it because I feel like that would

just like dirt would just stay stuck to it and maybe that would gross. That's crazy. That's it. So yeah, if you're a listener of the OK podcast, follow me here. We're sorry. For haircare routine. sponsor. Would you wash your head? Ooh. Say that one more time.

If your head was just rinse it. You just rinse your head. Just rinse my head. I don't know. That's a good question. I don't know what I would do. Yeah. Hope I never find out. Very well.

Very well. Next slide. Yeah, I got a lifting question. Remember when we did those? Yep. Yep. When the podcast had purpose. So I was talking with we've lost our way. We've lost our way.

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skip to the 37 mark where we start being real. All right, go ahead, Trey, second question. Talking with Dr. Gatledge, he said he just did 405 squat for the first time in a while. Nice. And then he also did a 275 squat. What's the one where you hug it like this? Front squatters, Zurcher.

Zurcher. That one. 275. I don't, which I have no concept. I assume that's pretty good. More than I can do. However, I assume that's pretty good. One I can do. However, I don't see any benefit. So I guess why did they land on the lower bar back squat? But then do you see any other

benefit and other type of squats? Oh, supplement like to supplement perhaps? Yeah, I mean, I think the biggest answer of like why the low bar back squat versus a front squat or a high bar squat is mainly you have to think about what is the goal. And if the goal is basic physical strength, if the goal is to get as strong as possible, then you want to use most muscle mass over largest range of motion. So if you do some like physics and anatomy study, if you put the bar lower on the back in order to not fall over,

cause like a large load on your back that weighs more than your body mass, you have to keep it over the middle of the foot, cause that's your balance point. So if you put the bar lower on the back, as you bend at the waist, hinge at the waist, we were saying, you bend your knees, the bar can't travel way up front over your toes or way back over your heel or you'll collapse if the load is heavy.

So it has to go over the middle of the foot. So if the bar's got to travel in the middle of the foot, the direction of gravity straight down, if you put the bar lower on the back, then your back angle gets more horizontal. And this differs from person to person based on torso length versus femur length, et cetera. But if the bar is lower on your back, then you have to lean over and sit your hips back. When you sit your hips back, you load more of the hips or the posterior chain

than you would if the bar was high on your back. So you have more muscle mass in the hamstrings, glutes, adductors, all the quads, all that muscle mass gets loaded more if the bar's on the back because in order to obey the laws of gravity, you have to sit your hips back and lean over. So you load more of yourself

where there is more muscle mass. So I'm not like, hey, anyone that high bar squats is stupid. I'm not anyone that front squats is stupid, but like for the general strength trainee whose goal is to increase force production and overall strength, which is for most people what we're after, at least the people I work with.

I don't work with a lot of power lifters. I don't work with a lot of power lifters, I don't work with a lot of Olympic weight lifters, I don't work with a lot of physique people, I work with people that are like, I'm getting older, I need to stay strong, so the low bar back squat is the best answer to train the most of yourself at once. Do I think there's a need or a reason

to ever supplement and do other? Sure, and I would put it into a couple of camps. One, if you do get strong, like the guy you're talking about, it's probably, what does he weigh, 200 pounds? Who, Dr. G? Yeah. He's probably, yeah, 210, 220? Whatever, yeah, so he's like 200, he's a fully grown male,

he's squatting double his body weight. His body probably can't tolerate that multiple or three to four times a week. He can't be squatting, some people can't, but the average person, if they get strong, squatting double body weight is strong. You probably can't do that three times a week. So on some days, you're gonna have to do a lighter load. You still want to get under the bar. You still want

to provide a systemic stress, but you can't be all out to the wall every single time. So therefore, you can do a percentage squat. Hey, on Monday, know, three sets of five, really heavy. And then on Wednesday, I squat 80% of that because I'm still stressed from that, but I want to get into the gym. And the reason that that squat on Wednesday is still difficult is because I'm not fully recovered from the one on Monday and I can't go up and load yet. So I'm going to squat a little bit lighter. And then Friday, I go heavy. Or you could do a variation squat. And what the variation squat does is it loads less muscle mass. So therefore you can still make the effort hard by using less of yourself. You see what I'm saying? So if I'm low bar squatting, in strength, we just call it squat.

But if I'm low bar squatting Monday heavy, then on Wednesday I could do a front squat. And the front squat I could still take heavy for that lift to where I'm working very hard and rep five or let's say it's eight or whatever the case is, is a super big strain, but the load is much different because I'm using less of me. So I do 395 in a low bar squat on Monday and on Wednesday, I'm front squatting 275, right? So it's less total stress, but the effort is still, requirement is still high. So the first thing would be, hey, to apply less stress, I could use a variation. Second one would be just like lifters that get bored. People get bored.

I don't get bored because I think it works the most. So my workouts are very like, they are boring, but they don't make me bored because I know it works. But some people are just like, hey, I'm squatting three sets for five reps like all the time, been in it for three years. So you can throw in front squat, a high bar squat, a safety squat bar. You throw in something so there's some variations. The second one would just be some type of variation.

And the third reason that I might have people do things besides the low bar back squat is if they are going to compete, like say in Olympic weightlifting. I still think an Olympic weightlifter is better if he is stronger. So if he's competing in the clean and jerk and the snatch, and he has a 400 pound squat versus a 300 pound squat, he's gonna be better with the 400 pound squat. But those other lifts do require practice. So you should train the thing that you're gonna do

in the sport if you've already gotten strong. So if a guy's going to do an Olympic weightlifting meet, yeah, do some really heavy front squats so that when you do a clean and maybe you're out of the groove or something's a little bit off and you catch it, you know, you're used to straining out of that bottom position in a front squat. So, you know, I think if it's, if they're gonna compete in that sport, it's worthwhile. So that would be the three reasons for, for what I say, for, for load management, for variation, or for, because a sport that I'm doing. Other people have asked me about the Zurcher squat,

Zurcher squat. A lot of BJJ guys really like it because you know, they, I don't do Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, but I guess, you know, you're down, you're picking a guy up. And so it's, it's a position that emulates it. I guess my gut with that would still be, Hey, if you're just overall stronger, I think it's better with whatever, whatever sport you're doing. And I think for the BJJ guys, like I'm not mad at them if they do a Zerker squat, but it's like, you never know the exact position you're going to end up being in and have to get out of. So I still think just like general strength is better. I've, I've messed around with the Zerkers

searchers, Zerker, I forget how you say it, but I don't think it's. I don't like. I'm not against it, but I wouldn't make it a training priority. What I don't like, and you see this all the time, is people that are not very strong and won't commit to getting their strength up, and they just constantly wanna do something different, or they see a guy with abs, with a cool morning routine,

or whatever the sense is, and he's doing Zerker squats, therefore I need to do Zerker squats. Like I think that is a mistake. But I also think there's an element of if you're strong, like you can do whatever you want. But if you're trying to get stronger, and you're doing these other things, it's not the best use of your time. Will you still get stronger? Yes. I mean, we just did a thousand pound club, a second attempt with, you know, a bunch of the Marines across the battalion, all kinds of guys came in. I'm like, Hey, you can squat however you want. You can low bar, you can high bar. Like you got to break parallel, show them what it is. And you know, I had a guy in there high bar squatting with his

pinkies around the edge of the bar, four95. And what am I going to tell him? He's doing fine. Do I think if he put the bar lower on his back and trained it for a while so that he was used to it, if you do a brand new movement like the strength, you won't necessarily just be stronger because you may have to, you're not used to balancing that way or whatever the case is. But do I think he'd be stronger? Yeah. But at the same time, he's obviously gotten very strong high bar squatting. He also got red-lighted twice because he's not used to squatting to depth.

And yeah, but whatever. So that's what I think about it. Do you apply that same concept to the other major lifts? Like same thing with bench and with? Yeah, I think so. I mean, we take a moderate width grip on the bench press. You could go a close grip and it would load more triceps, change the range of motion.

But in terms of just getting overall general strength, if you grip the bar where your forearms are parallel, as the bar touches your chest, you're getting the most muscle mass, you're getting the pecs, your biceps, your triceps, you're getting the most muscle mass, you're getting pecs, your biceps, your triceps, you're getting all of it. And so that is the grip. Is it a problem if you do wide grip bench?

No, like you have a shorter range of motion, you have a different angle, the way your humerus meets your pectoral muscles, so it's engaged differently. Bodybuilders are gonna change their grip to try and get definition and all that stuff. Same thing with the deadlift. I'm not a sumo hater. Our thousand pound club that we do for the Marines, I say, if you're a pull sumo, pull sumo. I don't care. It makes your arms artificially shorter or longer, excuse me, and your legs artificially shorter.

So you pull the bar through a less range of motion. If the goal is, Hey, I want to get my whole body stronger than the, the answer is not grants. Right. Mark rip it. Oh, is right. All the stuff. The answer is, well, I'm going to be the strongest if I use the most of me at once, right? Like I'm going to push a car. Do you want to push it with two hands or one hand? You know, like I, do you want both legs planted on the ground or one leg planted on the ground? So this isn't, you're dumb if you do it this way. Well, I guess you are if you're trying to push a car

and you're only using one leg, you're kind of dumb. But this isn't like this guy's right and this guy's wrong from a philosophical standpoint. It's just, hey, if you use the most muscle mass, you can lift the most weight. And so, if that is the goal, is to lift the most weight and to get the strongest, then the answer should be, what's the way to use the most of my body at once?

And so that's why we do them the way that we do, I mean, same with the press, right? Like, um. Yeah, what's a variation of the press that you would? A variation of press, I mean, you could do, it kinda depends where the lift is failing. The press is where, you know, most people struggle. It's probably the most boring.

Like you have to press more weight for your press to go up. I know it sounds crazy, but like you do, which means more time in the gym, you might have to, you know, press a bunch of singles. Maybe you're a person that struggles with the lockout of the press, which means you have to pin press. The pin press is super annoying. You got to get the pins just right, the bar right over the mid foot. You're going to have a little bit of arch in your back

at the starting position because that's where you would be as the press went up. So it's kind of like difficult to learn and you might need to press 10 singles at like a really heavy weight so that your lockout gets stronger. Same, you know, there's, there's other things you could do. You could jerk, right? And the jerk basically would, would improve your lockout position. You're using your legs to get the bar up there, but it would increase like your, your lockout, the amount of load that you've put overhead. But yeah, I just, most folks, I think overthink these things these things and they add in complexity for no reason.

Well, I wouldn't say for no reason. They do it because they like variation, they wanna change stuff. And that is like, I used to kind of think these people were dumb and stupid and now I don't really care. Like working out is always better than not working out. You can get stronger by,

I mean, I saw a lieutenant in the gym the other day and he was doing muscle ups and then he was doing like handstand walks. And then he was like pushing a really heavy sled and then doing burpees, you know, all this kind of stuff that I think is kind of silly is conditioning levels probably higher than mine. And then he came out for the thousand pound club and you know, at 174 pounds, he's squatting 405 and you know, benching close to 300 and deadlifting, you know, in the mid fours. And so like, he's obviously doing stuff that's getting him strong and he's not following a, you know, strong lifts, Mark rip a toe, starting strength,

juggernaut, some kind of like power lifting compound movement based program. And he's still getting strong. Now I did ask him, I'm like, Hey, I see you in the gym. You're usually doing a lot of stuff. He's like, Oh yeah, I used to in college, like follow all the compound lifts. And you know, now I focus more on conditioning again, like his right and like, what's his need, you know, as a infantry lieutenant, right? He's like going out and to jungle warfare training center and he's like running around with his platoon and he needs a high conditioning thing.

So the other part of it is, do you need to squat 500 pounds for what you're doing? Probably not for most people. And I generally make the argument, for people that I train that are older and getting weaker, I'm like, hey, the first goal is for you to be able to squat your body weight for a set of five. If able to squat your body weight for a set of five. If you can squat your body weight for a set of five, that's going to fix a lot of life's

problems. And if you can deadlift your body weight for a set of five, it's going to fix a lot. And then a two-time body weight deadlift is probably a great strength goal for most people because it gives you the ability to interact in the world and your environment and move stuff around. So I don't think that everyone needs to have a powerlifting focus. I think for most people for general health, they shouldn't because what happens when you get super strong?

Do I think it's dangerous? No. But if you are dealing with, you know, 400 pounds on your back a few times a week, you do have more susceptibility for shoulder pain, for elbow tendonitis, for making a mistake in your grip. Are these things coachable? Are you able to train around them? Excuse me.

Absolutely. But it does present more risk. You're not going to break your back. You're not going to her your back. You're not going to, you know, herniate all your discs, but you know, for things to happen for maybe knee pain to develop because you know, your, your knee position sucks in the bottom of really heavy squat. Like, yeah, it is going to be more profound at the same time. Like you do build resiliency of like training over time and getting strong. But stuff is more, you're going to be able to do that. I'm not going to be able to do that. I'm not going to be able to do that. I'm not going to be able to do that. I'm not going to be able to do that. I'm not going to be able to do that.

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just kind of like catching up more and more people are just starting to do it. But it is fun to see, you know, like random Lance corporals walking in and you can just tell when a dude's a lifter, right? It's thousand pound club day, 25 guys show up to do it. And you know, the guys that walk in and their Hoka cloud mushroom shoes, it's like, you don't know what you're doing. Doesn't mean they're not strong. Some of those guys are strong, but like when a dude walks in and he's either got like a cross trainer on or he brings a squat shoe or he owns like an intelligent belt. It's amazing how much you can tell about a lifter if they own an intelligent belt.

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and obviously there's outliers on the lower side, you can totally do a thousand pounds. I had Lance corporals in there, Scronius can be, like you can see their spines when they lean over to deadlift and you know, they're pulling 465. And, and, and the members have guys with biceps bigger than my face, which is large. And, you know, they're also strong, but it's, it's funny what some of these guys are made of. I had this one Lance corporal and so I give him a little lesson. I'm like, hey, listen, thousand pound club. I'm going to give you the rules brief. This is the squat to depth. This is my second independent verifier. We're not

throwing white lights and red cards in the air, but if it's not to depth, it's not going to count. Bench press, you can do touch and go, but you have to lock it out before you go back in the rack. There's no command to press, anything like that. Deadlift, you can pull sumo, you can use straps, you can do conventional, you can hitch, you can do whatever, you just got to stand all the way up. That's kind of like our rules. They're very kind of liberal. You must go out to depth, you got to lock out the deadlift and you got to lock out the bench press.

And so then I would tell them like, hey, I know, like I'm a major, which means I'm not cool. I'm a reservist when she also means I'm not cool, but like I do this for a living. I do this for a living. So like, if you want some help, like, I'm happy to like help you, you know, whatever the case is. And so first everyone's like, yeah, whatever, sir. And then there's a couple that like, Oh, like I squat, but I've never deadlifted. And then they like see like cues being given. They're like, Oh, like, can you, can you, can you help me, sir? Like, can you teach me this thing? And, uh, but I say, I'd say with squat, I said, Hey, you can't go down and wait. So on your first attempt, especially if you're a guy that squats high and I'm willing

to wager most of you squat high, like I recommend doing something that like you can do for a triple like, you know, that like, you know, you can sink to depth to get on the board. And it's all, it's all Lance corp. There was a, I think there was a staff center that did too, but it's like, uh, they go in there and it's just like the Marine testosterone. I'm as tough as everyone. It's, it's like, they don't believe in 10 pound weights. You know, it's, you know, they squat 225 warming up and it's like a grind, right? It's like I see it and I'm like, what are you going to go to next? And you know, the other guy that's strong as I'm on a 315 and then guys like 315, my devil dog, like highly recommend

you don't do 315. Like it's not going to go, no, sir. I, you know, I did 275. I'm like, I highly recommend you don't do three 15. Like it's not going to go, no, sir. I, you know, I did two 75. I'm like, I just, and three 15 stapled like on the pins, you know, yeah, it was, it was, it was really funny. So it did have a lot of guys that, you know, they couldn't squat. This is what's interesting about the deadlift and just like mechanics and arm length and stuff. Said a kid, club. They ventures, whatever, you know, 200 something. And then like, he ends up like pulling four 65, you know, and he's got, and it looked terrible. Like it looked terrible, but like he did it. So it's kind of funny. Oh, that's awesome. I guess I should talk about the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the,

the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, It looked terrible. Like it looked terrible, but like he did it. So it's kind of funny. Oh, that's awesome. I guess I should talk about MCCS and I'll just keep running. I just keep running. I keep running. I suck at the sergeant major. Actually, let's take a brief pause and read a quote from a sergeant major, a message from the sergeant major of the Marine Corps. This is our major, Michael P Barrett, 17 the sergeant major of the Marine Corps. This is our major Michael P Barrett 17th sergeant major of the Marine Corps ready and relevant winning on every battlefield since 1775. You have nothing else to prove. Live your life right into the fullest alcohol. Misuse destroys that a sergeant major Michael P Barrett. Sorry, I was on the coaster. I found MCCS. to the gym. I'm going to go to the gym. I'm

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They got all bumpers. And it just like, if you're wondering if my buddy is still lifting, he is, he doesn't post it very much because it just hurts my soul to have those giant letters of these Chinese plates while I'm inside the West to protect us from China. And I just hate it. So I just don't really feel myself. I can't, I can't stand to watch it. And so I'm like, I'm going to, I'm going to send some of my plates out here.

I'm going to send some cast iron and I, you know, I'm shipping to an FPOAP winches, you know, at USPS. So you don't have a lot of shipping rates. So I forgot what it costs in the plate over here. It was like 45 bucks each or something, a dollar a pound. There you go. And I get four sets of 45s, excuse me, two sets of 45s out here.

I'm like, I can load the inside one with strength plates. I can load the outside one with strength plates and I can just sandwich those awful letters on these bumper plates. And like, I'll be able to use my plates. It'll be great. And I'll just leave them as a donation to this gym. Like it's going to be fantastic. So I get the plates and I farmers walk to in with the lip that's smooth yet easy to grip, nice handle, beautiful design. And then I got to get the second set. I'm already in a full sweat. It's, you know, 5 45 in the

morning, humidity is 99%. And I'm coming around the corner yeah, what's going on? I said, good morning. And she's like, she's like, you're not allowed to walk with plates through here. And I'm like, and it just catches me off guard because it's such like, yeah. And I said, Oh, yeah, I said, Oh, okay. I'm just going to put them in right now. I'm going to put them in right now. I'm going to put them in right now. I'm going to put them in like, and it just catches me off guard because it's such like, yeah. And I said, yeah, I said, Oh, okay. I'm just going to put them in right here. And I thought about going in and asking like, Hey, I own these plates. Can they go in here? I'm like, if I asked though, like, it's just going to be weird. They're going to be like, we have to call the district manager that's on this other base that has going to have to send it back

to Quantico. And I'm like, okay, I'm like, I'm almost done. She's like, will you be done by seven? And I was like, I'll be done in seven seconds. Like when I walk into the gym and she's like, okay. And I've talked to her before, like nice gal. She's dad's from Brooklyn, mother's Filipino. She, I heard her say water. So I knew and I just happen to talk to folks at random. Anyway, I go inside, we live for the plates. It's great.

I have a little bit of a She, I heard her say water. So I knew. And I just happen to talk to folks at random. Anyway, I go inside, we live for the plates. It's great. I have my plates. Everyone's like, sir, nice plates. I'm like, thanks. This is what I do. And they're like, man, these plates are awesome.

I'm like, our plates are in here. I'm telling the Marines like in the supply shop that left, I'm like, when you go in there, like lift with plates, tag the strength code, like, sir, you got it. We follow you on YouTube. I'm like, hell yeah, brother the strength code, like, sir, you got it. Like we follow you on YouTube. I'm like, hell yeah, brother. So we live for the plates. It's great. My gunny loves them.

Everyone loves them. And we're done. And they got all these bumpers that get stored on the rack. And then over on the other side, they have like a plate tree that has the iron grips, you know, the octagon plates, which are at least thin and made in USA. And so on the bottom, they got like beautiful thing. And I leave and I leave. And so the next day is thousand pound club. I'm coming in to like, you know, officiate it for everyone.

And I go in and the first thing I do is I look at that play tree and those plates are gone. And I'm like, I'm going to go in and I'm like, I'm going to go in and I'm like, I'm going to go in and I'm going to go in and I'm like, I'm going to go in and I'm like, I'm going to go in and I'm like, I'm going to go in and I'm like, I'm going to go in and I'm like, I'm going to go in and I'm like, I'm going to go in and I'm coming in to like, you know, officiated for everyone and I go in and the first thing I do is I look at that play tree and those plates are gone. And I go back and it's the same gal that's working. I'm like, Hey, the plates.

And she's like, Oh yeah, we had to remove them. And I was like, Oh, okay. I was like, Oh, why? And she's like, Well, I told you, you couldn't walk in with them. And I said, Oh, okay. I was like, I guess I was confused. I thought you told me I couldn't walk in the hall with plates. And she's like, yeah, well, you just left them. And I say, yeah, well, they're out here. Like it hate for them to just be sitting like in a room, not getting used. I thought they'd be here. And she's like, yeah, but they're

not MCCS owned. And I'm like, Oh, okay. I was like, Yeah, but they're not MCCS owned. And I'm like, Oh, okay. I was like, Well, like, could I talk to the director? I was like, we're, you know, we're gonna go to see, you know, coming up and they're actually going to go on the ship, because we're checking out a hit locker for the boat. I was like, so it's just for like two weeks. And she's like, Yeah, no, he's gonna say no. I'm like, All right, well, where where are they? And she's like, Oh, they're back here. I'm like, okay. And I'm just, it's just not worth it, right? Like it's not worth fighting it. So I just, I just get the blades. I go and put them back in my Subaru Stella. And then I go in to officiate the event. So officiated

then I teach the guys like spotter arm height. I teach them how to spot correctly, like spot the bar, not the lifter. And we're going in there and like weights are getting loaded. And for the first time I'm in the MCCS Marine Corps gym and like, it's like a real gym. Like the guys that come out for the thousand pounds club, you know, they like they're lifters, right? It's like the big dudes are in there. They got their intelligent belts. They're doing all this stuff.

And so they're spotting. It's like guys doing four or five crushes it. People are like, yeah, like they're doing back slaps. And like all of a sudden, like three MCCS members come in and there's signs all over the floor. They're always there. They're like, spotters must be used during non-staffed hours, which I've never seen a staffed hour. And he's like, what are you guys doing? I was like, oh, we're just running a thousand pound club. You know, we're with X unit. And he's like, whoa, well, it doesn't look safe. I'm like, Oh, actually, it's probably like the safest this gym's ever been. Like, you know, spotters. And he's, and he like

wants to be so mad. And so then like someone's telling me, he's like, well, you can't have your shoes off. And the Marines's like, okay, like, can I put them right back on after I do this set? And he's like, no, shoes have to be on at all times. I look at the Marine and I'm like, put your shoes on. So he puts his shoes on. And then like, he doesn't know what to say. And like, he's not asking me any questions,

so I don't really know what to say. And so he leaves. And so then like the Marines just start getting like rowdy in a good way. Like they're like, you know, yeah, buddy. Like they're screaming, you know, yeah, like they're screaming like chocks flying any like three MCCS staff members just stand in the corner with their arms crossed. Just like watching for people if they're going to take their shoes off when they deadlift. And it was just crazy. And just reminded me what gyms and

government and everything is like when they don't know what they're doing. But and by the way, the guy's like 350 pounds and like 70 years old. A pure muscle, right? Your muscle. Yep. Oh, no. Yeah. Classic. P.J., I feel like you should call this podcast start of the 30 minute mark. I feel like you should call this podcast started the 30 minute mark. What else we got? Are you going to save rounds?

What do you think PJ's weigh in these days? Anybody know? I don't know. I saw him squatting the other day at 225. And it was, yeah, I'm going to guess he's not been squatting for a while because that's a guy I've seen do 315 five by five, but Hey, you know, life calls. Indeed. Indeed. Hopefully it tells us. Yeah. Throw your throw your weight on the screen. It's right here. Yeah. Yeah. Right here. Just have your weight go across. You don't even need to message us to find out what it is. You just, yeah. Trey, you want to take this thing and now for a landing.

There's about that time. Yeah. Humidity is getting, I gotta go wash my hair. No, no, you may not watch that hit till you come back. You know, waste so much time and money doing that. That's right. By our cast iron towel. What episode are we on? Zero seven two. Ah, my favorite number. Episode zero seven two of the, okay. Okay. Podcast. Not bad. Not bad. As always, I think our sponsor BW tax good guy better at taxes like think our other sponsor, Mr. Helmet gridiron green green gridiron. Not one of it is it's one of them but the best way to find out is click the link below. Get yourself a helmet.

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said. Things are tough to do against tall grass. We don't trust a truck that ain't been sold or a horse that ain't been rode. Jeff's a Mormon. And we didn't hear a Bible verse from Chaps this week. Chaps, if you made it this far, a little disappointed, but I feel like we've covered the gospel in the first 30 minutes.

Thanks for tuning in. This could be our last time. You never know. It's like COVID. Once the lockdown starts, you know, you just, who knows what will happen. See you next time.