In this vlog, fitness entrepreneur Rob Lipsett walks viewers through a packed day of work, highlighting several concurrent projects. He begins by filming 250 exercise demonstrations for his upcoming fitness app with videographer Callum, explaining the app’s goal of providing clear, beginner‑friendly exercise tutorials. He then discusses finishing the mindset chapter of his forthcoming book, which will be divided into mindset, training, nutrition, and recipes sections, and mentions an upcoming meeting with Penguin Books. Rob shares details of his involvement with the BodyPower expo, confirming a personal booth and coordinating with friends Christian and Max. A meeting with Raw Gym shareholders focuses on improving the gym’s Instagram presence and marketing strategy. Throughout the day he records workouts, does a sponsored beach photoshoot, prepares a simple lunch, and reflects on his productivity philosophy, emphasizing turning stress into motivation. He also touches on personal interests like car shopping and new protein ice‑cream products. The vlog concludes with a motivational message about using stress as adrenaline and a thank‑you to his audience.
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What's up, big fella? Who's recording who today? Alright guys, so welcome to today's vlog. And now there is so much to update you guys on. I have been keeping my head down, just working away at so many projects. So I think before we begin today's little to-do list thing, I'm gonna go outside and talk to you guys for a little bit about what's been happening. Alright guys, so welcome to today's vlog. Now there's a lot to catch up on, okay? If I ever like, you know, don't upload to YouTube for like a week or something, I just got my head down and I'm working on on other projects, okay? I love YouTube, right? I am not going anywhere. This week, the to-do list on this week, you know I write everything down, has been my app, okay? And so that's what we're actually doing today. I'm with Callum here. He's a videographer that also trains in Raw, and we're going in to record the exercise database, okay? There's 250 exercises that I gotta record, so this is day 2 of it, okay? So it's like, this is a long workout. When you get your training plan on the app, you can click on whatever exercise and it'll have me showing you how to do because I want to make, I want to make this app just completely accessible to beginners but also be good for advanced people who want to stay accountable. So it's going to be awesome. Next thing is my book, okay? Physical book, alright? I just finished off writing the mindset part of that, okay? Which was like a crazy chapter to write because it's going to be part 1 is going to be mindset and your approach to everything. Part 2, training. Part 3, nutrition. Then part 4, recipes, okay? So that's gonna be out in the new year, but of course, you know, you have to give yourself plenty of time to get it printed off and everything. The next thing, let's change scenery. Let's change scenery. Just go. Yeah, yeah. So the next thing is BodyPower, okay? So I just signed my contract for BodyPower, right? And I know what you're thinking. You're like, Alphalete aren't going, Myprotein aren't going. Whose booth are you gonna be at? I'm gonna be at the fucking Rob Lipsett booth. That's where I'm gonna be at. Just gonna have a little kind of small booth. And just where I can meet you guys, set up. Maybe I'll organize some merch for that as well. And I also asked them to put it beside wherever Christian and Max are, okay? Because they're my homeboys. So BodyPower weekend, I'm gonna be there. I'm gonna link it down below if you want to grab tickets. I've gone every single year since I started my career in the fitness industry, so it's crazy that I've got a stand there now. More on that later, okay? But so now We are going to get a little bit more caffeinated and then we're going to knock out all these exercises. Let's get the day started. Also got a meeting at 11. Okay, just really quick one, right? Then we'll go back. So anyways, long day ahead. Let's go. Gym and tonic. What are they going to think of next? Hilarious. All right, so it feels good to sit down. So I posted on my Instagram like 2, 3 days ago that I'm, you know, making an app and I have to record 250 exercises. And a lot of people were like, does that many exercises Does it exist? Including like cardio and conditioning? Yes. Okay, so this is the list of exercises we're doing, like 246, and then there's a few other bits and bobs I have filmed as well. So I'm not joking. But anyways, we're taking a bit of an intermission because I have to run next door and do a quick meeting with the Raw Gym shareholders. So let's go. So The offices are actually— that's the gym there. It's the offices here, so easy journey. What's going on, guys? Hey, thanks. Good to see you. What's up? The day Rob did— you did your swipe up is that day. Okay. And then this is our days, subsequent days. It's a great page, like it's got over 10,000 followers, you know, but we're not using it properly. We're doing like poor quality images. There's no like there's no theme to it. So like one day it'll be like, you know, just a random picture of like, I don't know, a jug of water with lemon in it, you know, or something. And then the next day it'll be like a good gym one. So we need, we need to use that page because most gyms don't even have an Instagram page with 10,000 followers. So we need to get someone just posting one photo a day, even be a picture of our equipment. Looks amazing. Yeah, you know, the red and black and the gym and everything. Like anytime I, I'm like, yo, back in the gym, and I post a photo of the The raw flag and everything. It looks great. So we need to start just posting one photo a day, and it can be as easy as taking a photo of the leg press and listing the benefits of a leg press for maybe people who can't squat. Okay, caption, you say, you know, here's, here's our gym, and if you want to take your fitness to the next level and get qualified, we also have an academy option. That was good crack as always. I swear to God, I love those meetings. Like, I just get to talk about marketing and, you know, business, and obviously learn from other people too. Like the person who started Raw Gym, like John, he's like a mentor of mine. So it's just crazy that I get to spend time with these people and just learn from them and also have fun at the same time. So now we're gonna go back into the gym, film all these exercises, and, uh, yeah, just get done. So probably here for 2 hours, and then I got another fun thing to do as well. Stay tuned. Perfect, yeah, straightforward. So basically, this is like just a taste of what we're recording today. It's like the opposite of a gym edit. It's like, you know, no crazy angles or anything, just informative and showing people how to do an exercise. So that's what we're going for today. So yeah, let's finish off. Okay, so 5-hour workout complete. Whatever it takes, goddammit. But so yeah, really productive Monday so far. Monday is my favorite day of the week. It's the day shit gets going again. And so we even, like, in the middle of that, squeezed in a meeting as well. So like, I'm feeling great because one thing with me, you probably gathered that when I'm not productive, I'm not happy, right? It's definitely, in my opinion, it's a key to happiness for some people. It's definitely for me anyways. So once I'm having like a really productive week or really productive day, like, I'm in a great mood, as you can see. So now we got to do a little kind of photo shoot. It's like a sponsored post that I have to do for these bad boys. So they're like, "Rob, can you take a nice beach picture or something?" And I'm like, "Yeah, I do live in Dublin, you know that." And I'm like, "But the show must go on." So we're going to go find a tropical beach and we're going to jump in and take some nice photos. So yeah, let's go. So yeah, we're going right in there, uh, in the sea. I'm weird, okay? I actually kind of like cold water. It wakes me up. I take cold showers as is, so this is no big deal to me. And we're gonna get some cool photos as well. It's all right, let's go. You jumping in as well? It's like, it's like Ireland wanted this to happen. The sun just came out, so yeah, I'm gonna take a few photos and then we are going to go in. It's actually so funny, right? There's a ramp, so it's like instead of just jumping in, you slowly walk in and it's like, it's freezing. So I know, I'm just gonna have to get it done, aren't we? Okay, we rolling? Yeah. Oh God, actually it's nice. Okay, it's for anyone who says I don't actually get in the water when I'm taking pictures. Oh, feels good. All right, so clean myself up a little bit. Uh, Sharon got all that salt water off me, uh, that's why there's no product in my hair. So yeah, good day so far. I'm cooking up some lunch now. It is some mince, really lean beef mince. Americans like Max, like Max is always like, they call it ground beef. It's like, it's called mince, like what are you talking about? And then I'm also gonna put some rice with it. I was over at my family's yesterday, we had a big dinner, so I took home some rice. So that's what I'm gonna have for lunch. A lot of beef, a lot of rice, and it's gonna be delicious. So catch up with you guys in a little bit. So that is the meal. I had some cheese salad as well, and we are gonna put on some good old sriracha sauce too. Also, these just came to Ireland and They are my new addiction. Cookies and Cream is like my favorite flavor. 350, 350 cals per tub. Vanilla is also legit too. And then Mint Chip comes in third place for me. Comment down below if you tried these bad boys. All right, so a little bit of chill time going down now. I am wearing the ultimate chill top. It is the Distress Alfie t-shirt. Let me see if you can get a better look at it like that. So they just did a restock on these. Very cool for a night out, that's where I'd wear them. But I have worn them in the gym in Thailand— Thailand— Thailand, and they look rugged, they look badass. Anyways, I'm gonna finish up this vlog just over here if you care to join me. Does this ever happen to you? Okay, you're like, all right, I'll just sit down, get like, you know, 30 minutes of work done, you know, do this, do that, and then all of a sudden 3 hours goes by. So it is It's coming up to 8 PM now, so I'm gonna finish up this vlog now. I am currently— so I actually just finished off putting the final touches to the mindset chapter of my book that's coming out, okay? So it's just a really good feeling to send that off, and I'm going in for a meeting with Penguin Books tomorrow at 10 AM in town just to go over everything and perhaps do a little bit more to just bulk it up and just add a bit more to it as well. So I always love going in, having a meeting with them, because the staff and there. Just everyone in there is like super cool and creative people. Then I am also booking my accommodation for BodyPower as well. I'm very excited for that. Um, you know, more on that later. I'm just— it's great to confirm it, and it's always just going to be such a good weekend. I'm here talking to Christian and Max as well, and they're going, so yeah, it's just going to be— it's going to be a heavy one. Then on top of that, I'm also looking at new cars. So sporty SUV, like something like this, or a coupe, something like that. Comment down below because I know you lads, I know you fellas are into cars, right? What guy isn't? Okay, so comment down below. Sporty SUV, in Ireland we call them Jeeps, or I kind of like, you know, coupe. So I want to get something really cool. Anyways, so yeah, anyways, recently, um, I've been feeling a little bit overwhelmed. I've taken on a lot of projects and you know, just so much going on at the moment, and it's easy to feel overwhelmed, right? It's easy to let things get to you, and it's easy to just take the easy option, kind of slack a little bit, and that is not what you should do, okay? Whenever you're feeling overwhelmed— and this is something I've been thinking about a lot recently— whenever you're feeling overwhelmed, you need to turn that stress into adrenaline, okay? You need to say to yourself, like, I'm not gonna let this get to me, I'm gonna rise above this, and this is what is gonna separate me from the rest, okay? And so last week I was like feeling all sorry for myself myself. I was like, oh God, I've got so much going on, yo, I don't have time to vlog. And then today I was like, you know what, I love vlogging. I'm like, this is easy, it's freaking so easy. You just pull out a camera and talk like you're talking to a mate. And so that's exactly what I did today. And so I'm so happy to just have done this vlog today. And, uh, I had a nice day as well, so I hopefully put a smile on your face as well. So moral of the story in this vlog is do not let stress get use it to your advantage. Okay, I'm gonna end things here. Thank you so much. Keep it real. I love you guys, and I'm out of here. Peace.
