In this vlog, Rob Lipsett documents his three‑day trip to BodyPower 2017 in Birmingham. The video opens with a mock in‑flight announcement before Rob and his videographer Ben arrive at the expo. He describes the buzzing atmosphere, meets fans, showcases his pre‑expo routine (breakfast buffet, haircut, new Nike shoes), and walks viewers through the expo floor, highlighting product displays, fan interactions, and his excitement as a repeat attendee. On day 1 he records a quick gym session after the expo, offering informal workout tips (bench press form, shoulder‑friendly hammer press) and noting the challenges of editing vlog footage. He shares personal reflections on how the expo feels like a “fitness playground,” expresses gratitude for the supportive community, and declares this as his best BodyPower experience yet. The vlog concludes with plans for upcoming content in Dublin with Max, a promise to keep producing “epic” videos, and a heartfelt thank‑you to his audience.
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Yo, what's up guys? So we are here in Birmingham for BodyPower. I'm about to go meet up with Rob because we are filming his vlogs.
We're gonna get taken Uber out to the expo hall and we're gonna check this out, so I've just made it into the expo here and I have spotted Rob.
Oh!
What's up? We start the video? Yeah, yeah, start the video. We intro the video? Yep. Alright, so, right, day 1, BodyPower. I literally got here like half an hour, if even, and Ben just arrived now and the excitement just really kicked in. It's all about to kick off. It's buzzing. It's Friday.
Let's get it. Are you giving up control or are you taking control? Huh? You know what happens. You know what happens when people don't take control. They get deleted. You ready to get deleted or you ready to take control? Huh?
How are we? It's like, what, 2 hours in? Voice is already going. I'm just like, oh, I always mess it up on day 1. Like, I get so excited. Like, it's crazy. Like a kid in a playground.
I know, literally.
I'm like a kid in a big fitness playground with protein bars and pre-workouts and, and gains, gains everywhere. Leggings everywhere. What's a man to do? But anyways, okay, so we're going to meet some people here. Do you want to give a wave to the vlog, everyone? So we've got a huge line. We're going to get through this. Then I want to go to the gym and get a lift in, like, maybe like midday. Because when you go to the gym after like a fitness expo, it's chaos. It's just a continued expo.
So anyways, let's get going.
Sorry, just attending to business.
That he's only got that He's like, he's faking it.
It's just so he can tense all day. Maybe I'll do that. Maybe I'll just wear two slings so I can walk around like this. You need to, bro.
Tactics.
Forget about the bro splits, it's all about the light coach pose. Exactly. Got some killer results on it, so thank you so much. Are you guys— it's like a school of rock.
That is unbelievable. Guys, thank you so much.
Same school.
Thank you, bro.
You know, have Good grades, don't be like me. We're done, that is it, that is done for today. I'm gonna leave while I've still a bit of gas in the tank. 'Cause it's only day 1. You have 2 more days.
I love the song, it's like, "Do me up, do me up." Sorry, all right, update the vlog. So that is BodyPower done. I finished up at like 2 PM, which is great because like at expos in the past, I've done like 9 to like till the expo's finished. And you just like, by the end of the day, you're so tired and you just can't give everyone, you know, your best. So it's just way better. Like today I did like 9 or 10 to 2, and like it's just great doing those kind of shifts because like, you know, you just, you get to meet everyone, you tell everyone you're going to be there at those times, and then you're just like in and out and like you give everyone like a full effort and just have a great time. And today, that past couple of hours, best, best expo experience I've ever had. Literally, yeah, 100%. Yeah, no, literally, like it was just like, it was just buzzing and oh, it's just like everyone was just like so cool. And it's like, as I always say, like BodyPower, that's, that's my hope. Yes, my home ground. Like, you know, all the Irish and UK people, that's my demographic. So I just felt on top of the world, and I still feel on top of the world now. Like, I actually didn't get much sleep last night, but I still just feel great. So anyways, the plan is now we're gonna go home, uh, and that would be nice. A nap would be nice. Uh, cheeky nap and cheeky Nando's later. But in between that, I want to get a workout in as well because If you've ever watched like an expo vlog before, you'll see like after 6 PM when the expo's done, the whole expo crams into a gym and like you don't work out. It's like, I'd actually like, I'd like to work out now and maybe like just hang around the gym later to have a little other expo, but I want to get a proper session now, so let's do that. What's up everyone, so we're actually getting a proper lift in here because when you try lift after an expo, it's just the expo continued on into a gym. I'm actually due like a proper workout. I definitely want to get one in before the week weekend begins. So let's hit it. We're gonna do a push day, starting off with bench press.
It's like a torture machine.
On top of that, we're not gonna do a big workout edit, okay, because because that's what takes the longest when you're adding that into a vlog.
Finding music, finding good non-copyright music, it, it pains our soul.
So we're just gonna do a raw workout. So it's gonna be like chest press, shoulder press, incline, and then isolation work.
Update on Ben's progress. Let's go! Come on, how many days till Ibiza? One month? Yeah, less.
Slow down, explode up. Good man. Sorry, I didn't get spot on that. All right, so we're going on to machines, and this is actually called the hammer press, and it's really good for anyone who has any shoulder injuries. Knees. And so I always recommend when pressing, if you have shoulder problems, don't be flaring your shoulders up here as it's just going to irritate your shoulder joint. So instead, when benching and stuff, try tuck your elbows down.
So this machine is like really perfect for that.
You can see an amazing contraction.
Ah.
Yo yo yo, welcome to today's vlog. I look terrible, I should probably hide my face with the camera. So yeah, this morning we're gonna go down, we're gonna get some breakfast. I'm not at the expo until 12, which is like really nice because A bit of a lie-in. Oh God, I look like crap. I'm gonna go down and get breakfast now. I'm also gonna get a haircut as well. I need to tidy myself up. Then I'm gonna walk into the expo feeling fresh to death. So that is the buzz for this morning. Saturday meant to be the busiest day. I cannot wait. Got dinner and night out planned for afterwards. Today is just like my day. It is just my day. I'm feeling great. So sit back, relax. Leave the video a thumbs up. Enjoy the vlog. Staying in the Holiday Inn. I can't stop singing that song. We at the hotel, motel, Holiday Inn. Rob, why, why do you put this on the internet? You just like dazing off into space there. Yeah, morning.
Hey, —things.
Guys, I'm with Natalie Stephanie here, and like, if you think I need subtitles, right? So I'm going to get a little bit of breakfast buffet in, about 4 cups of coffee, wake myself up a little bit. Okay, so I got what I usually got when I hit up a breakfast buffet. So it's like a little bit of vegetables, tomatoes, mushrooms, bacon, sausages, a little bit of ketchup, and I got some egg whites on the way too. Coffee as well. It's the nectar of life. Okay, a wild Igor appears and a wilder breakfast appears as well. Run us through this here. We got our micronutrients. Yeah, we got our— I don't know, I don't know what that is. Mixing pepperoni with a pecan pie, what is going on there?
Whatever it takes.
Yeah, I ain't doing that intermittent fasting life today. Okay, so I got a really good haircut in Everyman Barbers in Birmingham, and my faith in humanity is restored after that really bad haircut that I got before. And then I also just went into and got a fresh pair of Nikes for the expo. That's something like, I don't know why I always do that. No matter what, on expo weekend I always buy a fresh pair of shoes. So I'm gonna unbox them and show you that in a minute, and then we're gonna head off to the expo. Busiest day, I'm pumped, let's go. And also had a good productive morning, so we got a haircut, shoes, breakfast. Pro tip, when you forgot your shaving kit, um, The Dove cream wash and a razor blade actually works as well.
Actually, not that bad.
This is what I went for. I'm always like in the shoe store and I'm like, okay, I'm gonna go for something a little bit edgy, something a little bit wild, something a little bit out there, and I always just get something like a pair of all-white Nikes. Such a basic bitch. But seriously, you can't go wrong with these. They're perfect for an expo, and yeah, I really like them. So see if we can get a better look there. These are called Nike Prestos, and they were £75. Let's go! You've been a huge inspiration to me.
I've been in love with fitness for a while and you really made me fall in love with it. My name is Francisco. I'm from Portugal.
My biggest inspiration to begin a channel was actually Rob Lipsett. But funny enough, I met him and I also met Ben, who's right behind the camera. He's a great videographer and it was a really great pleasure. And he's an inspiration for my own channel.
Call me, it's Rob Lipsett, dude. You're going to see this ugly mug very soon.
Okay, people, so that wraps up the BodyPower weekend. It was an absolutely insane, hectic weekend, uh, so hence why the vlog may be a bit choppy. We we had like day 1, day 2, day 3, and then we're back in Dublin. So it was crazy, but I loved every single moment of it, and it was just a very humbling experience. Like, that was my third time at BodyPower, and it was without a doubt the best weekend I've ever had at BodyPower. It was just, it was crazy to think of when I went there for the first time, and now just that weekend that's gone past us there, uh, it really blows my mind. The support of you guys coming out to actually like to come out and wait and meet me, it was just like, it really like blows me away. Like, I don't know how to put it into words. Like, I still like feel like the same way I do is when I put up my first ever YouTube video, like, and now it's just blown into this like crazy community. And this is, I don't know, like, I don't know how to put it into words, but either way, I'm just blown away. I had such such a good weekend. And now the plan for this week is we got Max Tuning in Dublin, uh, so we're gonna make some epic vlogs there, and we're gonna keep this thing going. So we're gonna keep banging out epic content. So I hope you guys enjoyed this video. Keep it real. I'll see you very soon.
