Podcast · Intelligent Strength Culture
The Dave DePew Show
The Operator’s Field Journal
Field-recorded from inside Grinder Gym. Strength culture, business systems, AI leverage. Documented, not theorized.
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Top Episodes
The signal episodes
Most-listened, most-shared, most-cited.
Interviews
Operators worth listening to
Strength athletes, gym owners, business operators, and the occasional curveball.
Dave Talks
Solo episodes
Operating principles, tactical moves, the part nobody else will say.
Gym Jab
From the gym floor
Iron, strongman implements, training nerd outs, and gym ownership realities.
Meet your host
Dave DePew
National & World Strict Curl Champion. Navy Hospital Corpsman. Founder of Grinder Gym (19 years independent) and DDE Inc. 34+ years in the iron. The show isn’t a comeback — it’s the documentation finally catching up to the work.
Want the cliff notes?
The Operator’s Stack pulls the sharpest moments from each episode into a four-minute Sunday read.