TRX: Randy Hetrick

How I Built This with Guy Raz

Guy Raz | Wondery

Business

4.8 • 31.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2017

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

In 1997, Navy SEAL Randy Hetrick was deployed in Southeast Asia, where he was stationed in a remote warehouse for weeks with no way to exercise. So he grabbed an old jujitsu belt, threw it over a door, and started doing pull-ups. Today, TRX exercise straps dangle from the ceiling in gyms across the country and are standard workout gear for professional athletes. PLUS in our postscript "How You Built That," how Whitney Sokol created SproutFit — adjustable onesies and leggings that grow with your baby. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime members, you can listen to how I built this early and ad-free on Amazon Music.
0:07.0	Download the app today.
0:09.0	New years is here, and with it brings the possibility of change.
0:13.0	As one behavioral scientist put it, first starts are really powerful.
0:17.0	So as you head into 2023, LifeKit is a great resource to help you plan your life and tackle changes, both big and small.
0:24.0	Listen to the LifeKit podcast from NPR.
0:27.0	Hey everyone, it's Guy here, and before we start the show, I want to share some really exciting news, because how I built this is going live.
0:35.0	We're going to be doing three interviews in front of live audiences in three different cities.
0:40.0	And the first one is New York City on July 12th.
0:43.0	I'll be talking with Jonah Peretti, the guy who founded Buzzfeed and the Huffington Post, for details on how to buy a ticket.
0:51.0	You can go to nprpresents.org.
0:54.0	And also, listen out for details about live events later in the summer coming to San Francisco and Seattle.
1:00.0	We would love to see you there and get a chance to meet.
1:03.0	Okay, here is the show.
1:08.0	The manufacturer that I had started with didn't have a depth of manufacturing experience in kind of product that I was bringing, which is this product has to be very durable.
1:18.0	And so one of the very early, large lots of inventory we ordered arrived.
1:25.0	And we'd sold out of everything.
1:28.0	So of course, we were out of stock by the time it arrived and desperate to ship what we hooked up the first suspension trainer lean back.
1:34.0	And the handles just cracked like potato chips.
1:39.0	Ramen PR is how I built this.
1:49.0	A show about innovators, entrepreneurs, idealists, and the stories behind the movements they built.
1:58.0	I'm Guy Ross.
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