Ones Ready
A team of active duty Combat Control (CCT), Pararescue (PJ), and Special Reconnaissance (SR) leveraging our 69 years of special operations experience to make the next generation of operators smarter, faster and stronger than we ever were. We are the PREMIERE resource for all things Air Force Special Warfare. The Ones Ready Podcast is honest talk about what it is like to go from a know-nothing high school graduate to an elite Special Operator. We will cover important practices for success including physical training, nutrition, recovery, and mindset traits essential to any team. Join us in The Team Room to get all your questions answered!! With battle-tested operators from across USAF SPECWAR and far-reaching web of recruiters, subject matter experts, and friends, there are no questions we can’t answer- and if we can’t, we know exactly where to look. See you in The Team Room!Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the OnesReady team are those of the team and do not reflect the official policy or position of the DoD. Any content provided by our Podcast guests, bloggers, sponsors, or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign the DoD, any religion, ethnic group, club, organization, company, individual, or anyone.
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MBRS 104: Fame Trap
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Exclusive access to bonus episodes!Trent and Peaches jump into a members-only episode that goes everywhere in the best way possible.
The guys start with a Bill Burr bit about Arnold Schwarzenegger, then turn it into a real conversation about fame, temptation, public attention, and why you need a team around you before success starts making bad decisions look easy. Trent talks about why being recognized, taking pictures, and living in public is more uncomfortable than people think, while Peaches explains why the Ones Ready team dynamic works so well.
They also go behind the curtain on Operator Training Summit, the exhausted post-event Airbnb vibes, why parents watching their kids bond with like-minded candidates matters, and why OTS feels like a small taste of doing hard things with your people.
Then the episode shifts into resting heart rate, Taylor Starch casually being a vampire at altitude, the Manitou Incline, world-class running, Josh Kerr’s insane mile pace, why most candidates are not running enough, and how easy it is to confuse fancy tools with basic consistency.
The members-only chaos wraps with AI-written emails, senior leaders using ChatGPT poorly, San Antonio vs. Vegas, thermostat wars, warm pools, Monster consumption, and the usual nonsense.
Chapters:
00:00 - MBRS Intro
01:05 - Bill Burr, Arnold, and Bad Decisions
07:17 - Fame, Temptation, and Staying Grounded
07:37 - Why You Need a Team Around You
08:43 - Levels of Fame and Constant Temptation
10:45 - Trent on Public Attention
11:25 - Privacy, Home Life, and Being Careful
12:45 - Why People Line Up for Trent
13:22 - Aaron in Real Life vs. Online
14:26 - The Mystery of Trent
15:08 - Military Influencer Conferences
15:57 - Trust, Verification, and the Influencer Space
17:15 - Shot Show, Swag, and Weird Networking
18:20 - Why Ones Ready Still Feels Like a Team
19:08 - Social Batteries and Post-Event Exhaustion
20:24 - The End of OTS and Parent Conversations
21:06 - Watching Candidates Bond After OTS
22:01 - Why Doing Hard Things Together Matters
22:53 - Cadre Behind the Scenes
23:27 - Annoying Aaron in Prep Mode
24:15 - Resting Heart Rate and Fitness Metrics
24:29 - Trent Avoids Data Obsession
26:04 - What Resting Heart Rate Says About You
28:34 - Peaches Checks His Heart Rate
31:00 - Taylor Starch Calls From Colorado
32:26 - Taylor’s Vampire Resting Heart Rate
33:35 - The Manitou Incline Record
36:26 - Josh Kerr and the Mile Record
37:25 - How Fast a 3:43 Mile Really Is
39:00 - Pipeline Run Standards and Expectations
40:21 - World-Class Athletes and Mental Negotiation
41:27 - Training Mental Toughness Without Distraction
42:12 - Raw-Dogging the Stairmaster
43:38 - Watching Shows During Cardio
43:52 - Josh Kerr’s Weekly Mileage
44:43 - If You Want to Run Better, Run More
46:13 - Consistency Beats Fancy Training
47:07 - Why Progress Slows Down
47:58 - When Easy Weights Feel Heavy
48:53 - Fake Drone Videos and Getting Fooled Online
50:27 - Spotting AI-Written Emails
51:46 - When AI Helps and When It Gets Weird
52:39 - Vegas, San Antonio, and Texas Hate
56:17 - Vegas Heat vs. San Antonio Humidity
57:30 - Thermostat Wars
59:17 - Final Members-Only Wrap
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