Epic Bodybuilding Grocery Haul | Joe Delaney & Rob Lipsett

In this conversational YouTube video, Rob Lipsett and guest coach Joe Delaney tour a Mercadona supermarket in Marbella to showcase a bodybuilding‑focused grocery haul for a cutting (prep) phase. They explain why they avoid certain aisles, highlight high‑protein, low‑fat foods (turkey sausages, cottage cheese, protein milk, lean steak, chicken breast, tuna, prawns, whey protein), discuss the satiety index and the importance of mixing macros, and compare frozen versus fresh produce, emphasizing snap‑freeze nutrition. The duo shares cost details (typical haul €90, this haul €158 due to premium items), offers practical tips (using liquid stevia, protein oats, low‑calorie wraps, spicy foods for fullness), and Joe lists his three indispensable prep foods (oats, potatoes, fruit/berries). They also promote Alphalete’s 8th‑birthday sale with a discount code “Lipsett” and a giveaway. The video blends humor, coaching advice, and actionable grocery recommendations for athletes on a calorie‑restricted diet.
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I'm Rob.
I'm Joe.
And this is Bodybuilding Grocery Haul. Remember, it's not a grocery haul, it's a bodybuilding grocery haul because we're on prep. And so I've flown in Joe from Manchester to coach me for this month and make sure I stay away from the peanut butter aisle.
Consultancy fees.
So we're going to go inside. This is my first grocery haul while I'm on prep. So I'm going to show you guys what I get, maybe get some inspiration to your own grocery list. And we're also going to have a bit of fun. So let's get it. Mercadona, the best grocery store in Marbella. Smash it. Chiki chiki. Yeah. Okay.
Okay, so big trolley.
I did the small trolley.
But I mean, do you leave it and get some stuff from other supermarkets?
No, no, I do the whole thing here.
Do the whole thing here?
Yeah, do the whole thing here.
Fair enough. Supermercado en El Corte.
Oh yeah, that's a fancy one. That's like Whole Foods.
Yeah, yeah.
Do you call this Mercadona?
Mercadona, yeah.
Yeah, me too. I got called out. Everyone's saying it's Mercadona.
Nah, who gives a fuck?
First things first, we're gonna need a lot of Vitroclan.
A lot of Vitroclan, yeah, yeah. Pornos, pornos. Maybe you should go to the Olympia. Okay, let's stop it. No, no, it's not that institution.
Alright, so swerve all this?
Yeah, swerve this shit. Right, so this is then what you don't do aisle. This way you come when you decide to fuck your prep off. Face plant into that one.
Now Joe, I know you like baked goods.
Oh, I like a pan— Panaderia. Pannarella, whatever. Some version of pan for me. Uh... Porno! It's not porno. That is not it.
But one of the best parts when you're not on prep, grab one of these, put it in the cutting machine. It's a good time but today is not the day for that. Of course there's nothing wrong with eating bread. It's just a carb source. Well we're going for steak. Stuff that's more filling.
No, free bread. I want to sabotage this whole thing.
The satiety index, which I'll be referencing today, they basically rank what foods fill you up the most, what doesn't. At the bottom of the list was pastries.
Yeah, pastry is just how you get the Dioro physique, man. Do you know what's worrying about the bread in Spain? It lasts for a very long time.
That's just such— that's children's food.
For 14-year-olds, that. Oh, mate, if you're not getting the crusts, you can't be friends with anyone. Can I ask you though, they don't do skimmed milk, do they?
So leche semideshidrada means semi-skimmed.
Semi-skimmed, right? Yeah.
They do, not here, but they do in other ones. They do desnatado.
See, no one gives a shit, man. These Europeans are wild.
So first thing that we always get, these Nutella's Crème. Unbelievable. So good. 92 calories. And these?
These are unreal as well.
Yeah, grab one of them actually. Right, so we got the yogurts and the variations. So they're all protein pudding yogurts. And then we got the big thick—
Información nutricional. 52 calories per 100 grams, less than 0.5 fat, 3.1 carbs, 10 protein. That's literally unreal.
I know, it's unbelievable.
All the way to the bank.
First thing in the trolley, the yogurts. New flavor, they're all right. Little bit sickly. This is what you want. And then these, also amazing.
I have no business being in sunglasses.
Andrew Tate over here.
Quite bright.
All right, so next up, protein milk. Skim milk with protein in it.
Has it got extra protein?
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Actually, good whack.
Milk is protein milk.
I know, man. I love milk. Per 100ml, zero fat, four carb. Skim milk. Skim milk, zero fat, four carb. Sick. Mix protein.
Yeah, that is great.
I get this every week.
Does it taste like UHT milk? Nah, you know the pro—
put it in the fridge, the protein makes it thick.
Ideal.
Do we need one more of these or do we have some? Yes. Okay, we have some of this liquid stevia. Unbelievable. Get the liquid stuff. Worth the extra 50 cents.
Nesquik? No.
No.
Not on the Nesquik. No. Okay. Coffee, do you drink at home?
The double espressos.
Yeah, yeah. I haven't got a pod machine in me gaff. I do filter though, it's a drip one, it's good. It means you can dose it yourself, which is worrying.
So These are something that I get every week as well. Turkey sausages. Super high protein, very low fat, very low carb. Have these with egg whites and it's like a pure protein meal.
Do I need to look at the ingredients on this?
That's why you're here.
Looks Korean, man. It's too pale for my liking. It looks like a children's hot dog party sausage.
That didn't sound wrong at all.
That sounded very wrong.
All right, why is cottage cheese so good?
Ah, it's just folklore, isn't it? That if you eat cottage cheese at night, you get big.
Yeah, they used to say that because it has casein.
Slow release protein, all that kind of shit. I fell for it. See it with something else. Yeah, see it with fiber and it'll be slow to release anyway.
Very good topic. In a typical mixed diet, when you're looking at foods with fiber, protein, carbs, fat, if you mix them all together, completely changes the digestion. So people get caught up in fast, slow proteins and carbs. It doesn't really matter. Total daily intake for the win. These Lomo.
Yeah, I've got some of them at home.
Unbelievable.
I just went through a pack before I came on, actually.
So I snack on these pretty much every day because these ones, they're just like pure fat. These ones in particular, pure protein, zero fat, zero carb.
Why am I I'm pushing this trolley.
The trolley pusher.
Huevos.
So Clara's there, huevos is egg whites. In Ireland, these are so hard to get. Here, they're like, and they're so expensive. Here, €2.95, €3 for a litre. So, to them.
Surely, is that because like everyone, like tortilla, right?
I guess so. Tortilla. Yeah, out of egg whites.
Yeah, this kind of tortilla, you know.
Is that not a whole egg? Man, it's a bit too yellow to be egg whites.
You know what I'm saying? Greasy, half-life chicken leg.
We're going to stock up on the basics. It is fillet steak. And some chicken breast. These are the leanest cuts you can get right here, and you also get a good amount as well. So it's in the trolley.
Chicken feet are also worthwhile as well. What you do is you dip them in cottage cheese and just suck it off. I've eaten them in like Chinese places and that. It's like a foot, to be fair. It's exactly how you imagine. It's not great. I wouldn't recommend it. Like joints and tiny little bones. I feel like dark should be less calories, but it's not.
I know, it's not. It's actually the milk chocolate that's low calories. But this is very filling, satiating. Gotta add a bit of flavor to your diet, so This is going in. Zero, zero azúcar. So next up, something I'm going to be eating every single day. It's protein oats. Copos de avena. So we usually get this, 500 grams. That's actually not too bad.
It's really good. I've got some there, some real one. It's a nice compromise between eating some fibre and eating chocolate stuff.
So we finally got a microwave so we can now indulge in some basmati rice, quinoa.
This man's got money, man. This lad's doing too well. Saka rice, rice cooker, portion it all.
I don't have time, man. Time is money. Time is money. So we're going to go for this brown rice.
It's all the same. Yeah, integral. Definitely not brown, is it? Means something though. Means like wholemeal or something.
Integral, like a whole part of your system.
That makes sense.
People are like, oh, how do you like find living in Spain? Is the language barrier? Man, half it's the same. Banana.
Banana. That's pineapple.
That's French.
Pineapple. Same.
Frozen food section. Of course, frozen food. People think, oh, it's bad for you. It's frozen. It's processed. It's actually better for you. It's called snap freeze. You freeze it the second that it's harvested and actually locks in more nutrients. So frozen vegetables, big yes. And also don't go off. Like, you've all seen that meme where it's like the bottom of your fridge. I'll put it on the screen. Get frozen veg, it's great.
Frozen rice?
Yeah, yeah, it's good. Wok Asiatico, unbelievable stuff.
Oh yeah, I've got one of them in my freezer.
Unbelievable. So tuna steak, and again, the macros on this Zero fat, zero carb, 19, 19, 20 grams of protein. Unbelievable. Is that like, look at that. Like you can just tell by looking at it. It's like pure red muscle. It just doesn't get leaner than that. So delicious as well. Zero fat, zero carb, 14 protein. Unbelievable. What do you think of prawns?
I fucking love a prawn.
There you go. So two of these going straight in the basket. Me and Linda, when we're having like a rice dish with some sweet chili, I want these in. Lots of garlic, lots of chili, and zero fat, zero carb.
Oh, I love crabs, man. That's sick.
How would you eat that?
Probably throw it against the wall and just fucking pick up the pieces with chopsticks. Scallops, mate. I love a scallop.
The claw puts me off.
It's not a claw.
How is that not a claw?
It's not a claw. It's not a scallop. Do you know what?
That's a scallop.
Scallops don't have a shell, man. That is a claw. That's just the thing that attaches on.
That looks like a crab's claw. That's a scallop.
Scallops do not have claws, man.
Either way, this is not going on the trolley. This is not part of the challenge.
The prep.
Yeah, yeah, I love these wraps. 170 calories in one of them. Pretty solid. Thing is, I eat a lot of them. I'm going to go for them. It's early on prep, we'll be all right. Yeah, yeah, we'll be all right. A lot of protein, little bit of hot sauce, filling.
I had some tacos last night, but they were gluten-free, and I think you need the gluten, man.
You need the gluten for the stretch, keep it all together.
Otherwise it like breaks and that, you get sharp bit of chicken, next minute you're leaking taco all over the show.
The gluten, as the name suggests, is the glue. Exactly, keeps everything together. I love gluten. Is this German for Is that a glue? It's actually a protein. So we don't need oranges because we have a massive orange tree in our back garden and they're literally perfect. They're like the best oranges you can get. Got potatoes at home. The Irish always keep potatoes stocked.
Can we get one more bag of potatoes? Yeah, go on.
You can never have enough potatoes.
True. Name that.
Yucca. So I had a thing on my story where I made yucca fries. Ball ache to make, tastes amazing though, but everyone said there's like poison in them and it's going to kill me. That was like a year ago.
That makes sense.
I'm still okay. Pack strawberries.
€4. Strawberries are good over here.
Yeah, yeah. Oh no, the fruit here is just the best. Hang on.
Yeah. I had some this morning for breakfast.
For coming shopping with me, would you like this as a gift?
Yeah, I'd love it. Okay. Got some at home, but I'll have more. Payment in dates. They're expensive, to be fair. They are.
Fiverr invoice. Do you want to get these? Yeah, lots of grapes as well.
Kickstart the metabolism with some chillies.
I'm mad for spicy food. I find when I'm dieting and I have like half Sauce, peppers, really spicy stuff. I find it more satisfying and filling, so lots of these.
Eggplant, aubergine, tomato, tomato.
Great in the air fryer. These, for the whole tub of this, for the whole box of this, insanely low calories. Like, I think this is the most voluminous thing you can eat. One of them. Yeah, pumpkin. Insane. So much fibre.
Roast the fuck out of it.
Air fryer.
Air fryer.
Everything in there. Peppers. We got grapes. More odd-shaped vegetables.
In case anyone breaks into your house.
Next up, we have something to look forward to while we're on prep. 389 calories per pint, so I will eat one of these at the end of the day and it'll just make me happy. You make me satisfied. 25 grams of protein in this, so we're getting 2 of them. It is Banana Brownie. I love banana ice cream. Do you like banana ice cream?
I like— see, I'm a bit like stuck up about me ice cream, to be honest. I like an authentic authentic banana ice cream. This is a very artificial banana flavoury. So if you like foam bananas, then you're gonna like it. But can get a bit much.
The fake natter. Unbelievable.
I think we've got some super natters in.
So Linda eats these. And one of these are actually pretty good. Like, I probably won't have these. I'll probably go for the other one. But they're 150 calories for the whole thing. Something to incorporate into your diet if you're just taking things easy. Really good.
And you're done. Estáis a San Miguel's.
On this channel, we started off with the poverty soda and we're still on the poverty soda.
You gotta make up for the posh rice. Yeah, exactly.
Yeah, you can't just be balling out left, right, 2 Monsters left. That is absolutely miserable. Usually get the full pack. What can you do?
Bullshit.
The caffeine-free Coca-Cola, which are so good at night. So again, we have the kind of ice creams and this to have in the evening because, you know, no caffeine doesn't mess my sleep. And that helps me stick to my diet so much more, just having something normal to look forward to at the end of the day. All right, so last thing we're getting, probably gonna have this for lunch. It is the sushi from Mercadona. I've all the calories listed there. Again, like, you can pretty much eat anything within reason. It's got decent macros, but as long as you know what you're eating and there's nothing kind of snuck into it, like let's say if you're in a restaurant or something. I would eat sushi from here faster than I'd eat sushi from a restaurant because you just know what's in it. That's pretty much like the aim of the game when you're on prep is just to know what you're taking in.
Ready? Yeah. Get it, it'll last you 12 weeks.
So usually our typical grocery haul is about €90. This came to €158 because it was a big one and there's a lot of stuff that we had to get. And steak, prawns, the dates just sent it over the edge.
What happens when you don't get the rice, man? You got the cheap rice, cheap pineapple.
It was value. The rice was at €58.
You're under €100.
We're going to pack things up and get on with the day. First, We're gonna go over 3 foods that we cannot diet without. All right, Joe, when you are getting absolutely ripped, looking like a Greek statue, which you are known for, especially when you had the hair, what are, what are 3 foods that you cannot diet without?
Number 1 is probably oats. Oats with like an unsweetened almond milk, they're going pretty far for the calories, man. Do you know what I mean? Number 2 would be white potatoes, just like boiled potatoes, getting your volume in. But I think they're officially like the most satiating.
They are, which is funny. Yeah, because people always think like sweet potatoes.
Well, sweet potato is a bit different in it because it is a bit higher carb, sweet potato, but still probably worth it, you know what I mean? Number 3, I would just go for general like fruit, apples, shit like that. Obviously apart from bananas because bananas pack a punch, man.
Pineapple as well, it's in the ananas for me.
Yeah, I would, I would say berries specifically. Strawberries, you can eat pretty much forever. There's no limit on strawberries. Ideally, like, you should get most of the way through a cut without being hungry, really. Maybe when you're absolutely shredded, like, you should— you know, you're gonna spend like an hour or two hungry before each meal, whatever. But like, it shouldn't be extreme, you know what I mean? If it's extreme, then you've fucked up.
I think it was your brother who spoke about food focus when you get like super lean. It's like you're working out and all you can think of is, is your next meal. So that's something that happens when you get like extremely lean. But if you make the right choices, it shouldn't be too much of an issue. So my 3 foods, they were like pretty much all of them. If I was to choose 3 other ones, okay, number 1 for me, it's gonna be whey protein. It's going to be protein powder because I can add it to oats, it's convenient, it adds flavor to your diet, and it's very filling. There's actually a study, they gave some people like some sort of powder with nothing in it and sent them into a buffet. They give the other people protein powder. Obviously people ate less when they have some protein in their stomach. So if I just do that like before a meal or before my next meal, before eating out, I find my appetite goes away. I find dairy very filling. So number 1. Just send us into the buffet. See if there's any in Marbella.
Give me protein. I want to be the one with the protein though.
Yeah, yeah. Imagine they gave you the glucose platter.
Oh, do I? Because then I'll eat less buffet. This is a fucking— Quite the—
Quite the quagmire.
Quite the quandary.
So my number 2 is going to be—
It's not a quagmire.
It's not a quagmire, no. Maybe I'm a quagmire. Number 2 is going to be chicken breast. It is just an OG classic high protein, low fat, low carb food. And it goes with everything. Salads, wraps, chicken burgers, whatever you want. So that's something that I have a lot. If I'm gonna actually choose one, something different and something that I just had in that grocery haul, it's gonna be pumpkin and squash. I'm telling you, have that with some steak, some broccoli. It's a big ass meal. So we just did a little cruise to Portobello's. Drop off Joe. And thank you to my coach for coming in. We paid him with the dates. And so Joe is here for the whole month. Expect some training videos and some other cool content coming. Brother. Peace. I hope everyone enjoyed some classic vibes from the duo. Prep Series off to a flying start with an appearance from the one and only Joey D. But before we finish up, I just want to mention that Alphalete are having their 8th birthday sale with up to 80% off selected items. This sale is on par with their Black Friday sale, so make sure you don't miss out. We're all gonna look so on point for the upcoming summer shred. New gym gear just gets you motivated to hit the gym. It just does. On top of that, code Lipsett will get you another 10% off the sale. And I'm also picking 2 people who use code Lipsett to send a $250 gift card to. So it's $500 I'm giving away in total. Just screenshot your order receipt and send it to me. You can DM it to me on Instagram or email to me, whatever is easiest. Thanks for watching, people. See you in episode 3.
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