In this vlog, Rob Lipsett gives viewers a personal look at his summer life in Marbella after a busy competition season. He begins by celebrating the completion of his new villa, showcasing new wardrobes, an outdoor fireplace, and lounge area. He then heads to a fasted morning gym session, detailing his pre‑workout drink (Ghost Bubblicious Legend All Out) and his new Alphalete Infinity shorts, emphasizing the benefits of fasted training. After the workout he visits a new beach spot, Playa Aúa, where he samples Andalusian gazpacho, a salmon and tuna roll, and a seafood feast of octopus, tuna, and asparagus, describing the meals as "bodybuilding" friendly. He later enjoys an ice bath and a home massage. Throughout the day he provides a life update: he has about three weeks left in Marbella before returning to Ireland for August, plans a trip to Italy, and hints at upcoming podcasts with Irish guests. He also gives a sneak‑peek of the new Fuel Cakes packaging, explaining the product’s Irish origin, upcoming flavors, and the challenges of bringing a physical product to market. Finally, he reflects on his post‑competition physique, reverse‑dieting progress, and promises future videos on reverse dieting and achieving sub‑6% body fat. The vlog ends with gratitude to his audience and excitement for the second half of the year.
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What's going on, guys? Welcome to a day in the life in Marbella. It has been a crazy couple of months. I have hardly had time to just sit down, grab the camera, talk to you guys, and just go through a day and hang out, relax, have fun. February, March, April, May was competing season. It was grind time. It was monk mode. June, as I thought it would be, it would be a month where I had friends over, visitors, people come to chill out. I'm chilling out. Went to Ibiza twice. Definitely threw my training, diet routine, and life out of whack for a bit, but it's always worth it. July, we're winding things back, we're chilling in the villa. It's finally— it's 100% done, it's clean. Like, okay, so yesterday we got the final piece of the puzzle in. Okay, I need to show you this. Okay, so there's one— there's one of them. And in the bedroom, we finally have wardrobes. Like, literally, I did not know how much I would miss having a wardrobe. Like, this looks like a hotel. But so So I'm so happy with that. Like, I was living off a clothes rail and I kind of felt like I was like living out of a suitcase. So they went in yesterday. We got the umbrella going on, outdoor fireplace, outdoor lounge area. It's done. So I'm going to get like a proper videographer to do like a sick edit of the place. These little chairs though. To do like a sick edit of the place and yeah, do it properly. But today we're just about to go hit the gym. It is 35 degrees today. I'm not even exaggerating. So if you don't train in the morning, you're done. Can't train. So we're going to go to paddle now, it's about half 8, and we're going to beat the crowd as well. And I'm doing a push day, so very excited. Then we're doing a little chill beach day afterwards, so it's going to be a good time. And we'll also just have a chat, do a little life update. So give video a thumbs up, subscribe if you're new here. Let's get into it. Here is another look at the wardrobes. This is one of the few bedrooms Linda kind of uses it as her own wardrobe. Look at them, look how good they are. Absolutely delighted. We got another one in here, it looks so much cleaner. So right, I'm done flexing my wardrobes. That's like, that's like what I'm excited about. Like some people buying like designer shoes, jackets, watches. I'm like, I like my wardrobes. How much— all I have to put in them is Alphalete. All right, so today's weapon of choice is the Ghost Bubblicious Legend All Out. I got this shipped from America. I don't know how it got past customs, but I'm not complaining. Very excited. This has been my go-to for a while. It's just something you look forward to drinking before the gym. So we got that in shaker with some ice. Alphalete, nice pair of new Infinity shorts that I just took out of the packaging. I actually like how these have the black undershort because the white ones, you know, they're easy to stain when you put your dumbbells down here. There's always dumbbell marks on them. So the black one with the black stringer, I think, is sick. But looking pretty pumped already and we haven't even gone to the gym yet. So I'm very excited to train now. I'm loving these early morning gym sessions and we are of course doing it fasted because you know me, I like fasted training. I feel sharp, I feel light, I feel agile. Let's go hit a big session. Oh boy, yeah, I feel alive! Let's go! All right, so next up on the list, we're going down to a beach, new place we haven't tried yet called Aúa, Playa Aúa. How do you pronounce that? I do not know. We have about less than 3 weeks left until we go back to Ireland for quite some time, and so it's obviously summer and we just really want to enjoy it. I think I spoke about this during prep that I wanted to like, you know, take 2 weeks or 3 weeks to just kind of act like I'm on holiday in the villa, you know, disconnect a little bit and kind of use it like— because there's only like, you know, 3 months in summer and 1 month we're gonna be gone, then June we're kind of all over the place. So this month I'm just gonna enjoy the villa. It's finally done, like it's finally done. Best feeling in the world. Anyways, we're gonna go down to the beach, we're gonna have some fun. So what I'm wearing, just a Ghost tee, a little oversized number that I can just whip off, pair of kind of pink stripy shorts, Prada shades on, and then a little Alfie cap because it's going to be very, very hot today. So all right, let's go down the beach, check out this new spot. Gonna have lunch. Uh, fasted for this So I'm gonna feast, I'm gonna enjoy my lunch. So let's see what it is. We have arrived. I think we're the first ones here, but it is going to be a roaster today, so I'm sure it'll fill up. They just brought us over some Andalusian gazpacho. Okay, now this is something I would never order. I thought it was a protein shake or carrot juice. So we're gonna do a little taste test. Oh my God, why do I like that? Why does that taste so good? It's like spicy tomato soup. That's delicious. I need to do like more Spanish Spanish foods. Yum. So we're gonna set up here now, probably order lunch from there in a little bit, and just relax. All right guys, so just grab a little bit of lunch. We have got a salmon roll, a tuna roll, and this looks absolutely amazing. And we're sat out right on the Golden Mile. Location is insane. So we're getting this for starter, and then we ordered some like fish, some tuna, and octopus for the mains. Doing a seafood diet today. I'm gonna see food and I'm gonna eat it. So let's dig in. So we went for the octopus. Yum. And the This is like a bodybuilding meal. We're back on prep, everyone. And then, and the asparagus. We're literally back on prep. So we're gonna chill here now for a while. Gonna get some cool shots, and then I'm gonna catch up with you guys later on. So we're gonna enjoy, we're gonna clock off. See you in a bit. Today was pretty much a perfect day as far as things go. Wake up in the morning, do a few hours work, hit the gym, do an ice bath, go to the beach, get a nice meal in, even got a home massage afterwards. To be honest, every day is not like this. I'm like, I was like, Today's gonna be a good day, so get the camera. Most days I'm actually just on my laptop for the whole thing, but it's a little bit of a life update for me. Um, the villa is completely done now, so we'll be doing a whole finale tour of that probably in about 5 days. We've got about 10 days left here in Marbella before going back to Ireland for the entire month of August. We've got a trip to Italy in the middle of that, but for the rest of the month we will just be in Ireland. And to be honest, we're so excited. Like, you know, we've had the most amazing summer ever. We're— I beat Marbella. But I'm really just looking forward to going back to Ireland, doing a few projects, doing a few podcasts with Irish guests. And look, if you made it this far in the video, I'm just gonna show you— I was gonna do a big reveal, it's like, you know, people on YouTube are— it's back! And that is all you're gonna see. Okay, so if you made it to the end of video, you just saw a sneak peek of the new Fuel Cakes packaging. That is the original flavor, buttermilk. There's gonna be 3 flavors in total and new products down the line as well. So they're completely made in Ireland, they're ship from Ireland, how it should be really. And so that's another reason why I'm going back for such a long time. So they're actually ready to go now. I'm just putting everything right on the site. But yeah, that was something that took me a lot longer, and I'm obviously going to do a full announcement video and go over the ins and outs of making your own physical product and bringing it to life. Not easy, definitely one of the hardest things I've ever done. And yeah, I'll explain all in the other video. And then in terms of my physique and fitness, which of course is the main topic of this channel, May, we finished competing. June, July, the goal was to— I always knew it was gonna be 2 months where I kind of like enjoyed the summer and feel like I've earned it and put my feet up for a little bit, have an off-season, but also stay in shape and reverse diet properly. I might do a full video on reverse dieting, how to exactly do it, but I'm pretty happy with the shape that I stayed in this summer. I definitely feel good on the beach. The lower ab veins, unfortunately, they had to go. June, July, I navigated it pretty well, so you probably see me in the gym today and performing so much better. And I also need to do like a full prep recap still on like even talk about like, you know, the peak week and everything and the feeling. Like I would go into the gym at the end of prep and you just feel like death. Like walking up the stairs was such a struggle and I was almost forgot how it felt to like train at a higher body fat percentage and with loads of calories in your system and carbs and fat. So I've been loving training again. So that's a little update from my behalf, but I'm gonna do a full video on that, you know, titled what it's like to get sub-6% body fat, step on stage. Just a dedicated video on that. This is just a fun little day in the life of Marbella vlog. But I'm gonna wrap things up here. Thank you so much. I love you guys. I'll see you in August in Ireland. I'm saying see you in August and everyone on this channel is Irish. It's the majority are, but, but there's obviously a lot from other countries as well. But look, I'll see you in the next video. Keep it real. I'm out of here. So much more to come. And yeah, it's gonna be a crazy second half of the year. Jesus Christ, it's still a half year to go. We got another half year to go. Let's do it.
