Back On The Grind

Yo, what's up everyone? Good morning, welcome to today's vlog. And now, ooh, let's fix that lighting. Okay, and so for the past week it has been like a weird, strange, crazy fun week. Uh, I've just, you know, I've been slacking on the YouTube a little bit and I've kind of been concentrating on a different form of media. So mainly like TV, radio, newspaper, magazine, and stuff like that. And so that was last week's focus, but YouTube is what I love to do, it's like what I enjoy. So I'm back with vlogs and they're going to be a bit more consistent and regular. And I also want to say a big thank you for the mad love on the last video. It's got like half a million views or something. Comments are super nice, and I appreciate anyone who clicks subscribe and that is new here. Welcome to the good life. So the plan for today is I'm gonna cook some breakfast now, see what I have in the fridge. Might need to hit the supermarket later, uh, we'll see. Also gonna go into town, run some errands, and get ready for a big weekend, um, because I got a few jobs on Thursday and then go to Longitude Festival too. So sit back, relax, give the video a thumbs up, let's get into the vlog. All right, so for breakfast, this is going to be like one of those breakfasts where you just throw everything that you have in your fridge into a pan, but, uh, this is going to turn out good, okay? Chopped up some veggies here, so it's like peppers, tomatoes, courgette, onions. I'm going to throw a few eggs in on top of that and some lean mince, hot sauce, and coconut oil as well. I'm going to make kind of like a breakfast scramble. I think that's what you call it. But also, so many people think like coconut oil has like magical powers. I just use it because I like the taste of it. I think it's good for cooking, but you know, don't expect it to change your life. But anyway, so I am literally gonna just throw everything in the pan and just scramble it up. It's like the easiest meal ever. That's what it eggs into it. Okay, so last thing I'm going to put on this is some chopped chilies. All right, so there we go. I'm going to eat this now. It may not look pretty, but it tastes pretty. It tastes pretty. Doesn't make sense, does it? This is one of my favourite meals, so I'm gonna go eat this now, try it out, catch you in a bit. Okay, so quick one, I gotta run into town now. I'm thinking of picking up some new camera equipment, and I also gotta go in and get my hair cut in this cool pop-up shop that I recently did an appearance in. I'm wearing Alphalete and some Under Armour shorts, new Asics. Also, I've been meaning to do a review of this camera. It's the Canon M6 that Canon UK and Ireland sent me out to review. It is coming up, but I am absolutely loving it. It's literally like the cross between a DSLR and a Canon G7X. And the Canon G7X is like what I built this channel on, so it's like an important camera to me. Sorry, I could literally talk cameras all day. Apart from fitness and travel, photography and videography and editing are like a huge interest of mine, huge passion of mine. So right, let's go into town, let's hit the road, and then after we get that out of the way, we're gonna go work out. Okay, so little update, I am getting a car wash. And I'm just like feeling like I want to have a fresh day today. So I'm like, this is a nice day, going in to get my hair cut, getting some camera equipment, getting a car wash, having a nice 7Up free and some chewing gum. One thing I've gotten really good at recently is just kind of like— let me see if I can sit this down here— one thing I've gotten good at is just appreciating the little things. Like honestly, just, it's great to just say it loud, like anything you're grateful for in the day, even if it's something like really small, like having food in your fridge or like getting a good night's sleep or just something, right? Do it. I guarantee you'll feel better. That's my little message to you for the day. So right, gonna get this over and done with, and then we're heading to town. Okay, finally found some parking after a while. Now it is time to locate this shop. It's a pop-up shop, so I'm not sure the exact address, but it is on St. William Street, so we should find it easy enough. You're well? Good to see you. How's things? Oh, no worries. Thanks for having me. Yeah, we have located it. Let's go and get the job done. The trust is what you put into your barber is something special. So I'm trying this place new out, so there's a lot of trust going on here. They're going to decide. They can ruin your weekend if they want. I chose— yeah, yeah, this is all a big prank. Hey, what's going on, lads? You are good to see you again. See you guys. You like modern and everything? Yeah, yeah, yeah, maybe. All right, so just about to sit down, get the job done. Here is the before, and here is the after. Ryan, thank you for the world's freshest fade. You're the man. Hello, what's going on? You well? How's things? Hey, what's up? So I am loving the M6, actually. What's going on to my friends in the Camera Center? And I'm looking to get an upgrade of a mic. Okay, so just finished up my favorite place in the world, favorite place on Grafton Street at least. It's Camera Center, and my latest kind of like upgrade addition is Rode VideoMic Pro, which is kind of like the gold standard for, you know, vloggers or microphones. I'm gonna do a little like before and after sound test in a little bit. Catch up with you in the next clip. Okay, quick update on today. I got myself a Starbucks because I'm a basic bitch. The order I get is iced skinny cappuccino with sugar-free caramel syrup. It completes my day. And then the reason why I drove up onto the roof of this car park is because I am getting some drone footage because it is such a nice day in Dublin. This is actually a sick view. That is what I'm up to. All right people, so the microphone's now on, doing a bit of Sound test, 1, 2, 3. My name is Rob, nice to meet you. And now, as a disclaimer, as I always gotta say this, right, because you guys see me buying like tons of camera equipment, like, you know, drones, GoPros, gimbals, mics, getting the odd new camera here and there. And you gotta remember, you know, I am a full-time YouTuber, so if any of you are looking to start, you really don't need any of this. I used my phone until I got 10,000 subscribers, and you don't need anything fancy, okay? Um, I actually just— all I used was a point-and-click until like 200,000 subscribers. It's like that saying, just because you pass your driving test doesn't mean you have to become a NASCAR racer. So now we're outside Rod Gym in the city. Um, yeah, there's two gyms, Rod Gym Sandeford, Rod Gym Portobello. Um, so I train in this one when I've got like stuff to do around town. Gonna go in, hit delts, chest, and triceps, maybe throw some biceps in there too. So let's go and get it done. This is actually the older gym of the two. You guys are probably used to seeing the one in Sandeford. I train there a bit more often, but this one's like way more old Cool. I love like the kind of equipment here, the like quotes on the wall, the atmosphere. It's awesome. So gonna start off with a shoulder press movement. Let's get it done. All right, so welcome to today's workout. We are hitting delts, chest, and triceps. Now when I'm showing my workout footage, I do one of three options. Sometimes I'll get a videographer like Ben and I'll do a really high quality edit, put some epic music to it, and really put a lot of effort into it. Sometimes I'll just throw in some raw clips to update you on my training and just show my kind of main compound movements. Then sometimes, like today, I'll get a point-and-click camera, do a casual little kind of walkthrough of my workout, and show every exercise I'm doing and kind of, you know, use minimal editing in this. So that's what we're going for today. Be sure to try out the workout if you like the look of it and let me know how you get on. I'm gonna leave you here. If you're enjoying the video, be sure to give it a thumbs up. Really appreciate it, and I will catch you in the next clip. Okay, so workout is done. We are getting a lot of things done today. I'm about to go in and get some groceries, but, um, touching on that workout Really good one. Again, like, you know, I'm getting back into the swing of things. My current goal is to build up my strength and my volume back to where it was before I did so much traveling. And like, I think there was a stage where I worked out like once in about like 12 or 14 days. It was like when I was in Ibiza, I didn't work out at all. Came back to Dublin for a day, uh, like did a half an hour workout. Then Love Island, I did not work out. I did like, I fooled around with the weights. That was it. So yeah, pretty much 2 weeks without working out. And of course, you know strength is going to take a hit and stuff like that. So we're just building up back to where we were, which is fine. Like, sometimes it's good getting out of your routine a little bit because then that's something to work back towards. So now we're going to go into— I think it's Lidl or Aldi, not too sure which one. Either way, both of them are my shit. And we're going to get some of the usual groceries anyways. So I'll catch up with you when we get back home. All right, people, so back from getting a couple groceries. I didn't do like a massive shop. I have a little bit in the fridge, but I'll show you what I got anyways. Alright, so I got like a ton of salads because I'm trying to stay lean for summer, trying to look good. I got some dark chocolate back there, and yes, I ate half it. I couldn't help myself. Bran flakes. I got some yogurts there. They're like really high in protein too. Cottage cheese on top. More salads, tomatoes, plums. Here I got some Irish turkey breast steaks, low-fat bacon, Minute Beefsteaks, salsa, skim milk, Pears, coffee, Diet Coke, and chicken breast, and that is the lot. So I've been vlogging all day, and I just like watched a couple clips back, and I'm like, "Rob, you look absolutely terrible." So I'm gonna like cook up some dinner, have a shower, freshen up, and I'll chat to you in a bit. The day is coming to an end. A very busy but productive day in preparation for an epic weekend. So a few of my bestest friends are coming to Dublin for the weekend. We're all gonna go to Longitude Festival. Comment down below if I should vlog that weekend and comment down below if any of you are going. So anyways, this evening I basically— I've started doing my giveaways again, you know, my #LFARMY. And, and what's going on behind me here is basically I was just explaining on my Instagram stories what is #LFARMY, why does everyone comment that on my post. Basically stands for Lips of Fitness Army because there's so many of us, and basically means I've put out so much free information and content over the years that to this day, like, people will watch all my old videos and you know, they'll learn a lot. They'll like, you know, read some of the posts I put out. And I get sent like crazy before and afters and transformations every day, and it honestly makes me feel amazing. Like, some people have said the nicest stuff to me, and sometimes like I'm having a bit of a bad day and I'll just read like this really kind message and I'll just feel amazing. I'll just feel like Superman afterwards. I'm just like, oh my God, I can't believe that I did that, you know, to someone's life by just like doing what I'm doing and having fun. So it's honestly just a very fulfilling feeling, and just thank you so much for anyone who's benefited from these videos. But, uh, so basically the giveaways, like, because I've got like just a lot of free stuff that you guys would much be much more grateful for than me, uh, I just do giveaways from here and there. But it's really not about the stuff, it's just more for me about giving people like a boost in motivation and just interacting with you guys a little bit more. So they laid some stuff out there and then a little surprise is coming. This is what I spoke about in my Raw Gym video. Again, some big events coming. So yeah, anyone in Dublin area, some big events coming. So that is what I'm gonna do this evening, guys. Thank you so much for watching this vlog. I hope you enjoyed it. Hope it was some easy watching, and here's to a good weekend. So thank you, keep it real, I'll see you in the next one. Peace.