Ep 522: “Nobody Quits at Dinner—They Quit at the Bottom of the Pool” | A Parent's Perspective

Ones Ready

Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras

Education, Special Reconnaissance, Special Operations, Air Force, Pj, Combat Control, Tactical Air Control Party, Self-improvement, Fitness, Selection, Health & Fitness, Pararescue, Special Warfare, Tacp, Government, Assessment And Selection, Cct

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Send us Fan Mail Forget the motivational fluff—this one’s raw. Peaches sits down with Rob, a Navy vet and father of a Special Warfare candidate, to talk about what really happens when your kid volunteers for hell. From bottom-of-the-pool breakdowns to recruiter nonsense, this convo hits every nerve: pride, fear, frustration, and a dad’s brutal honesty about letting go. Rob doesn’t sugarcoat it—he talks about raising a son who fails, adapts, and keeps fighting. It’s not about the uniform—it’s ...

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Nobody ever quit swast because it's hard.
0:02.3	They quit because they missed their girlfriend or their wife.
0:05.1	Or I don't really want to shoot in anybody.
0:08.2	They all have these personal realizations at the bottom of the pool.
0:11.9	Nobody has these realizations Tuesday evening at dinner.
0:15.4	They don't realize at the bottom of the pool that it's not for them, but it's not for reasons about the pool because the pool's not hard at all one's ready go hey everybody welcome back to the ones ready podcast you're in the team room
0:31.4	before we hop into this next episode with i'll just call him rob i'm not going to say his last name
0:37.3	and you're going to find out
0:38.1	why here in a second after I tell you that you should head over to onesready.com. I'm going to walk
0:44.8	over there with you actually. Did you hear what I said, walk with him in the kingdom of heaven?
0:50.4	What movie is that, by the way? Let me know. See if you got it.
0:55.0	All right, head over to Onesready.com, then scroll over Prep on the right hand side, hit
0:59.2	partner discounts.
1:00.5	When you see partner discounts, look at the very first person you see, 18 Alpha Fitness.
1:05.7	Coach Edgerton was not only an enlisted Green Beret, but he was an officer of Green Beret.
1:10.5	Also, he was a strength and conditioning coach at Air Force Special Warfare,
1:15.8	helping all of you little cones get big and strong and fast.
1:21.2	Here is also another little antidote to give to you.
1:26.0	Rob, who is the guest, his son is currently in the pipeline.
1:31.8	One of the things that he used was Coach Edge's programming to help him get ready.
1:38.2	We talk about his son's DFT and then we talk about his IFT numbers and when we talk about where he's at now
1:46.5	and he attributes his success to a couple things, one of which being Coach Edge's programming.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.