In this vlog, Elijah Bryant takes viewers along on his team's road trip to Moscow for a EuroLeague game against CSKA Moscow. He opens with casual banter among teammates before explaining his travel preparations, including packing a pocket alarm and a Hydrate Spark water-tracking bottle. Bryant details his sleep optimization routine while on the road—using a sleep mask, blue‑light glasses, a hot shower, a paperback, and avoiding his phone in bed. He gives a quick tour of his hotel room, discusses the importance of staying cool, and shares how these habits have improved his rest. The vlog then moves to game‑day morning: Bryant outlines his wake‑up sequence (bathroom, water, meditation, stretches, reading), breakfast plans, and a shoot‑around schedule. Throughout, teammates joke, discuss masks, and reference COVID‑19 protocols. Bryant reflects on the cold, traffic‑filled Russian environment, mentions limited sightseeing due to the pandemic, and ends with a light‑hearted look at the team's dynamics and pre‑game preparations.
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Let me see what the view is. Nothing too crazy.
Moscow. Incredible dancing. What are you doing, bro?
Why are you in a dog position on the floor?
I'm getting ready for my next set.
Oh, ah, don't judge until you see it. Shalom! Let's do it! Let's do, let's do the Ronies! Yes, yeah, that's it.
It's you?
It's me. Don't hurt me now, all right?
Let's do it. No, about—
yes, that's it.
Thank you. Come on, do something for me.
What up guys, welcome back to the channel, and tomorrow we actually leave to head to our first road game, Deruski. So I'm packing Getting ready for the game, and see you on the plane.
I'm tickled pink that things are going my way, 'cause that would be boring, spend my last cent on cheese and champagne. What a wonderful morning, never mind she declined to the first date, it was only on my birthday. Never mind all the lines on the highway, give me time to reflect a bit, 'cause I'm just having a good day, having a good day, having a real good morning.
All right, so you might be asking yourself, what was that little square box that I put in my backpack?
It was actually a pocket alarm.
Yes, I travel with the pocket alarm now, and if you're wondering why, that is because I don't sleep with my phone in the room anymore. So another thing about sleeping well is you have to make sure you're drinking enough water. So this is a bottle I use called Hydrate Spark, and it tracks my water.
Are you taking Dad to work? Are you taking Dad to work? Yeah, I love you.
I love you, babbies. I love you, little baba chubbas.
I love you. So, so let's do it, let's do it, let's do it.
Go.
Thanks, and good luck tomorrow.
Thank you.
It's the Croatian crew right here. Croatian crew.
Sleep is the most important thing. But sometimes I wonder, I might have met the love of my life. But I lost her number, never mind, she declined to the first date. I went to Vegas with a roommate, never mind all the lines on the highway.
So the same flight get lost by airport. Yeah, kinda close to 20 seats.
I ain't too misbehaved 'cause I'm just having a good day. Having a good day. Having a really good day.
A real good morning.
I'm just having a good day. Having a good day.
Having a real good morning.
I'm just having a good time. Having a bad day, yeah.
A real good morning. A real good morning.
A real good morning.
Come on, Ellie! Ellie! Ellie, move the thing!
Ellie! Ellie! This is coronavirus.
On road trips, I normally sit here. Jello, come to your seat.
You sit next to me.
This looks like more legroom.
All right, so I made it to Russia and it is 12 o'clock and another part of my sleep strategy is my blue light glasses. Do they work?
I don't know.
I like to think so, but I'm gonna give you guys a tour of the room. Moscow. Another one of my strategies to sleep is a hot shower right before bed. No road in this room. Whosever idea it was to put a stair into the bathroom—
ridiculous.
So I was getting some work done on my neck. It was sore from the flight, just from laying all crooked. But my last few things that I love for sleep are my sleep mask, alarm clock so I don't sleep with my phone in bed, and paperback book to read in bed. So if you guys wonder why we're in Russia, it's because we have a game tomorrow against CSKA Moscow, and then we'll fly back after the game. And yeah, I hope you guys learned something in terms of how to sleep better. This thing's been a life changer for me. I like the air as cold as poss— not possible, but it's definitely a key to make sure that you sleep well is that you're not too hot. Okay, just find a comfortable seat.
Good morning.
Today's game day. I got pretty good sleep. I like to first wake up and obviously go to the bathroom, then drink some water, and then going straight to my meditation, and then stretches, reading a book, cleaning up a little bit. But now I'm about to go get some breakfast. Bus leaves at 10:30. I have a shootaround.
And I'll see you guys there.
What do you guys think, man? This joint nicer than our joint.
Come on, load.
Hey, Jello, what do you think about it?
It's Adorable.
Mask.
Yeah, always on me.
You know what Alexi told me?
No. Alexi said it doesn't help at all.
You're stupid for wearing it. You said the mask?
So now we did shootaround. We'll have film, then we'll eat, then take a pregame nap. My thoughts on Russia thus far: super cold, super depressing, a lot of traffic. But obviously I haven't seen anything in Russia. But Adela was telling me the malls are super nice. I won't get to see that obviously because of Corona, but You come check out Russia sometime. Do you miss me?
Look, look what they have on the remote. Plastic bag.
Oh my gosh, crazy. Okay, I love you. I love you.
I found this new song that you're not gonna like, but it's so catchy.
I've been putting everyone on it. All right, so now it's time for me to take my nap, get ready for of the game. This is where I'm going to leave you guys because it's time to focus, get locked in. Another thing is, one thing I want to tell you guys is that life isn't always about wins and losses. It's about continuing to be on your journey. So everyone's journey is different. So don't get down if you take a loss. Don't get down if you, you don't make your team. Continue to work at your journey and put in little, little pennies every single day, and one day he might have a dollar. So until next time, see you guys.
