Rob Lipsett travels to Birmingham for BodyPower UK 2016, meeting YouTubers Maddie, Christian, Tim, and Jevon in person for the first time. The group hits Nando's and trains together at Total Fitness, capturing the instant connection between online friends meeting face to face.
Good morning, good morning! It is time to wake up and go to the UK. Road trip, or aero trip, whatever you want to call it. And I pre-made some breakfast yesterday, made this thing called overnight oats. Obviously the American challenge making— you basically put like milk, yogurt, chia seeds, oats into like a container you leave there overnight, goes really creamy. So let's get involved in this, then we're heading to the airport. Alright, alright, got to Birmingham safe and sound. Basically, we were so close to missing our flight, and I gotta say, Ryanair absolutely killed it. They're so professional. I went up to the counter and I was like, yo, my flight, the shit's about to take off. And they're like, we're gonna sort you out. And they did it, so fair play to them. Like, if I missed that flight, it would have just started the trip off in a bad way. But we're buzzing that we got it. We came here, we're safe and sound. So we're just gonna go to the hotel now. It's the Crown Plaza, I think. And just meet the crew, and then we gotta meet in Nando's at 3 o'clock. So I am absolutely pumped. And also, when I'm in a different country, yeah, my vlogging, my public vlogging gets a little bit better, 'cause I don't give a shit, I don't know any of these people. On our way. So we're just getting ready in the bathroom, then we're gonna make our way.
Wow.
All right, so we're checked into the hotel, and thankfully I got to meet my good friend Maddie, another YouTuber as well. This is our first time meeting as well, but it's always the same, like when you watch someone, then you meet them in real life, it's like you're friends already. And then our two girlfriends finally We got to just park them off and they linked up together. So we're just waiting for Christian, Tim, Jevon, everyone to— or actually, I think Jevon missed his flight. We're just waiting for the rest of the crew to come meet us and then we're all going for a cheeky Nando's. I'm absolutely starving, haven't eaten in a couple of hours, so I'll check in with you then. Digging into a Nando's. Look at Matty getting all those angles off his food. Gotcha, man. Everyone mixing pre-workout, getting ready for group session. Alright, so Javon finally got his flight, he showed up.
We're here guys!
We thought we lost him in Paris, but so we got the whole team here. A few of us already went ahead, so we're getting our first workout in and I'm pumped.
Thank you very much. Sweet, thank you.
Total Fitness Birmingham. I love these old school gyms. It's got a bar and all. So big fella, it's cracking.
I didn't say how many times yet.
The day has come, the day has finally come. Looking forward to such a good week. About to smash our first workout today.
You want to do chest or shoulder or tricep? I'll do whatever.
All right, yeah, I'm easy, I'm easy. Let's go, let's go!
There you go. There you go. Nice.
Let's see what you got, boy. That's it. Yeah, and we're all matching as well.
You got to hit his shoulder, man. Shoulder down a little bit. Shoulder down a little bit. Go! Last one, go, go, go! Come on, come on, come on, finish it, finish it, finish it! Push, baby!
Yeah, that's what's up!
That chest ain't Yeah, come on. When your upper chest— nice.
Know you're a big dog when you got a cardboard cutout of yourself. One day, one day, maybe. Men's Physique goals right there. Alrighty, so back at the hotel. You can probably see how tired I am. Obviously been a long day, been up since about like half 6, 7. So that was great. You know, that was the first time the whole group was together and we got to get to know each other and stuff like that. And for the workout, I was just kind of fucking around on the machines because they got some really cool old-school machines there. Oh my God, my eyes. So yeah, I just went in there, got a pump, nothing serious at all. Now tomorrow the plan is We are, you know, going down to breakfast and then we're meeting at about 11 o'clock and we're going to the Expo Center to look at the stand, get some gear, and just kind of get ready for it. And then I think we're going out for dinner and just kind of enjoying the day. And again, getting to know each other over the course of this week. And then it is the start of the Expo weekend. So, gonna bring you all along with me the whole time. Thank you so much for watching and thank you for coming along on this journey with me. Catch you next time. Keep it real. Good night.
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