LIFE UPDATE // I HAVE MOVED COUNTRY

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 usually comes after 6, 8, 9, 10. Right, so it is time for a little bit of a life update. Last time we spoke, I was in Dubai starting a pancake company called Fuel Cakes. That has been going amazing. And I've also started another fitness company called Game Plan. The name of that, I'm just like, how did I get that name? So that's going to be a revamp of my current Lipset Fitness app, but I want to build something that's bigger than me. I want something that people who don't know who Rob Lipsett is, they download and use it. I've also got some other things that will be attached to the Game Plan brand coming along with that as well. So very exciting times. They're the projects I've been working on. If you don't see me on, on YouTube or social media, you know, don't think I'm still not up to something. So yeah, that's what I've been working on the last 6 weeks or so. And now, where the hell Where am I living? What am I doing? This is not London. It's not raining and the sky isn't grey. It's definitely not London. So as you know, I lived in London for the past year. I got a year lease out there and I actually had an amazing year given the circumstances and given the year we had. So the craziest thing happened. The timing was just— you couldn't make it up. Just as my lease finished, I was handing back the keys any day, London went into a total lockdown. Super strict lockdown, and Ireland was just about to follow the same. So right now I'm, you know, don't have a place to stay, I have to hand my keys back, I've got to leave, I've got all my stuff, Ireland's in complete lockdown, London is complete lockdown, so I'm like, where do I go? Where is the most logical place to go? So I just had to figure out where I wanted to go, what I wanted to do, and now the obvious choice would have been Dubai. Again, I have a lot of connections out there, half the fitness industry is out there, but I wanted to choose somewhere a little bit closer to home, somewhere that that I know well, somewhere that I have connections, somewhere that the weather is better, the gyms are open, because again, without a gym, my work takes a huge, huge hit. I can't even record any videos for the Gameplan app or for this channel. So I end up choosing Marbella, which is somewhere in the south of Spain that I've actually used to work here when I was about 20. I worked here in a bar and a nightclub, and I know it really well, and it's absolutely beautiful too. And now, before the COVID police are at me, which they're at everyone these days for anything. This isn't a holiday, this isn't just me going here for a week or two and then coming back. I've actually moved here and I'll be here for the long term. I don't know how long exactly, I'm on a month-to-month lease, but definitely for the foreseeable future. And on that note as well, I've never seen the internet a more hostile place. People are just attacking each other online when they don't know any details of that person's life. They don't know what they're doing personally, or anything. They don't know where or when they've been, what date, when they've left. They don't know if they've got a PCR test. They don't know if they've got the goddamn vaccine. People are just going crazy at each other. So just keep that in mind before you attack someone online. Think, do you know all these people's details? Uh, you probably don't. So go easy on each other. We can all do with a bit of kindness and love in 2021. I'm here anyways for foreseeable future. I'm just about to go get some pre-workout in me and hit the gym because I found that solves most of life's problems, and we're gonna have a great day. The sun is out, it's unbelievable. There's a freaking hot tub behind me. Yo, how bad can life be when you got a freaking hot tub behind you? And we're gonna have a great day. So again, thank you so much, guys, for just following me on this journey. You know, we're all figuring it out as we go along. You know, no one has it just, just a perfect life all figured out, especially in 2020 and probably this year as well. Your life is gonna be very fast-changing, and if I want to get a message across to you guys, it's overcome and adapt. You know, whatever life's throws you, you just got to roll with it and make the best out of it. And that's what I'm going to do this year. No matter what happens, I'm going to have the best year possible for me in 2021. So that's it. Let's go to gym now. We're back on the videos. So let's make it a good one. Look at that view as well. Absolutely insane. And maybe after the gym, a little hot tub action going as well. And look, you know you made it When you're drinking your bottled water from a cart. Now, no Rob Lipsett vlog would be complete without some whiskey sour pre-workout, and we've actually leveled up a bit. We are now drinking it from what looks to be a wine glass or a gin and tonic glass. I forgot my Ghost shaker, so we're using this. Look, little coffee mixer. Breakfast is served. Right, so we've got push day today. I specifically like landed the vlog on push day because it's the best day. Y'all don't click on the leg day videos, come on. So all right, we're gonna down this now and then we're going to a place called Real Club Pedal, which is one of the sickest gyms I've ever been to in my life. It's an outdoor gym and I've been to it once actually with Joey D and Yados, if you guys remember that vlog. I think it was in 2018, so I'm buzzing to be back. Need some of the goods. Exquisite. That's a good batch. That is a great batch. Dan and Ryan mix this in a hot tub or a bathtub in Vegas, something nobody knows. Also, comment down below what should be the flavor collab that I do with Ghost in 2021. I think maybe Guinness and Brennan's Bread protein. That'd be good, wouldn't it? It's one of the best fillings in the world. Real padel. There we go. Boom. Let's go. I am so happy to be here. Like, me without the gym, it's just not a good time. We're gonna sign up now, uh, probably get a 3, 6, maybe full year membership. And yeah, this is going to be my new home. But I have also signed up to M13 as well. See, 13. Yeah, yeah, yeah. On YouTube comments. Yeah, yeah, yeah, the YouTube comments are gonna love that. Oh, I'm so happy, I'm so happy. It's so funny as well, like, I'm dying to post this on my Instagram stories and stuff, but I don't want to ruin— like, this vlog is going to be called like, where did I move to? And it's like, I don't want to ruin that yet, so I can't do any until tomorrow. Yeah, that's why I want to get the vlog up ASAP. The mirror shot. Yeah, yeah, so sick. I'm definitely gonna take some selfies. Oh guys, Look at this. It's like Gold's Gym Venice. It's like the Mecca. This is just where I'm going to live for the next couple of months. This is absolutely insane. It's like, how good is this for your mind? Exercising in the open air, in the sun. That's what you need. So today's a push day. So we're going to be benching, some shoulder pressing, incline, lateral raises, chest flies, and some tricep work. So let's get it. So, guys, start with the jacket on. Then the jacket comes off, then you're wearing a t-shirt, and then the stringer goes on, and by the end of session you're just naked. Adds a little bit of power to the bench. Yes sir. Come on, let's go! Keep them up! One more, swap me. Okay, 1, 2, 3, get up! Going for a little bit of a drop set and we're going to finish off with 3 negatives. So the bar is going to hit my chest, it's going to be there, and then we're going to drag it up and then do a negative rep. So I'll show you now, it's going to feel great. And yeah, I'm going to have a sick chest pump. So all right, let's go. 2 more. Still got it, still got it. All right. Last one. All right, I'm done. Oh my God, that is intense. Oh my God. Right on to the next exercise. So now I've got incline done, we're going to go on to a flat pressing movement. It's all right, we got incline done, we're going to go on to a flat pressing move. Development. So there's a lot of good machines here. That one is a machine that I've been on before, big fan of that. But we're going to have a little shop around. It's like we're in the shopping center, we're choosing a new car. Got to take it for a bit of a test drive as well, you know, do a few of those small reps on it, say, is this the one I want? Yes, it is. Last 6 weeks been hectic with moving country. Spoke about that on the vlog. Gyms closing left, right, and center. So, you know, I've been doing— like, for example, when I found out gyms are closed, I'm like, right, well, I'm hitting everything today. It's like today's a full body day. But now that, you know, back on a proper routine, we're going to be doing my favorite split, which is the legs push-pull as well. And with my app Gameplan, there's gonna be some really cool things where you can like select your favorite split. So it's going to be like choose your fighter, and then you go for that. And it's like you can even do weak point training, like if your delts or something you want to bring up. It's going to be really cool. So I'm putting a lot of effort into that. But right now, what we're putting effort into is this goddamn set of chest. Let's go! Shoulders pinned right back. Let's go! Let's go! 4 more. Squeeze it. Oh, one more. So that is flat pressing done, incline pressing. So now we want to go on to a shoulder pressing, and whichever one you want to emphasize more— let's say you want to emphasize your lower chest more, I recommend starting with a flat press movement. If you want to emphasize emphasize your upper chest more, I recommend starting with that. And again, if you want to emphasize your shoulders more, start off with a shoulder movement because you're always going to be strongest and most dialed in at the start of your workout. So this is called emphasis training, where basically you just put what you really want to improve on at the beginning of your workout. So again, that's something that's going to be incorporated into the Athlete's Creed. Ah, one more. Come on, bro. Oh, keep in mind I had a big fry for breakfast this morning, so— oh baby, this is where we're at. But, uh, a few more weeks up until I'm in like my kind of favorite place to be, um, which is around 10%. I feel good. I have to be pretty rigid with my diet, but not too rigid, and I like the way it looks. So say I'm about between 12 and 15% now. So, on to pretty much the end of the isolation part of the workout. So we just did chest flies there. Now we're going to do some lateral raises. Again, these machines look very cool, similar to the one in Binous Gym in Dubai. Just going to do lateral raises and finish off some triceps. So the last tricep exercise, we're going to do a superset. So this one is just going to be 3 to 4 straight sets across the board. Perfect. Yeah. So we're finishing off with triceps and it's going to be superset. So we're going to do some dips here, which is also going to hit our chest, which is perfect for push day. And then we're going to superset that with some overhead dumbbell movements as well. And with your triceps You definitely want to be including a movement like so, an outwards or downwards, and also an overhead tricep movement just to hit all parts of the tricep. So, all right, let's get it. Oh, 3 more, 2 more, come on, squeeze, and last one. All right, let's go. And again, good big stretch. You want to keep your elbows in at your head. Something that I often do, I make a mistake, I flare them out too much. Oh my God, that's a killer! Uh-uh. Oh done it! Oh my God, to failure? To failure. So that's it, that's the workout we're gonna do 2 more working sets on this and then so in upcoming videos because I know So many people's gyms are closed down around the world. I'm gonna be doing a lot of dumbbell-only workouts for you guys and a lot of barbell-only workouts. A lot of you guys have barbells and some bodyweight workouts as well. I did these videos back in the first lockdown. I can't believe a lot of us are here again. Right guys, gonna finish this up now. We've got a podcast at 2 PM, so I'll see you guys then. Is that a Louis special on your face? These are a Louis special. Louie put me on to these. I put them on my story, I think got about 1,000 replies. Me and Louie need that Air Pegasus sponsorship. Yeah, actually, uh, because I know I'm gonna get asked, I'll put a link for these, uh, in the description box. Nike, hit me up. Yeah, boy. Yep, we got a nice little açaí bowl, and that's a post-workout açaí, so it's got some protein in it, some carbs. Got our shake here, it's ideal. So we got 3 açaí bowls, a wrap. We're gonna eat this and go smash this podcast. So great day, great day. Getting comfortable with failure is one of the best things you can do in life. I have never— not a single thing, not one— I have never accomplished something without failing at it first. Do you think I just like made one box of fuel cakes and it was just perfect? Do you think I just made one training plan and like, or launched my app the first time, there's no bugs or it didn't crash? Do you think I just made a first YouTube video and I just went to 400,000 subscribers? Do you think I just went to the gym for the first time ever and knew exactly what to do and got jacked? Not at all. I'm not even— I'm not exaggerating when I say I failed at every single thing in my life before nailing it. So that's, that's another thing that we all need to hear is that failure is a part of life. It's a good thing, and you should get comfortable doing it. It means you're learning. It's so funny, I'm like, I'm like the most demotivational speaker ever right now. I'm like, you guys should expect to fail. All right, so that is the podcast done. Excuse the mess of this place. Let's pop outside for a second. So that's the podcast done. Now I'm gonna run down to the port, take a note out of Louis Armstrong's book and go for a little jog. We're gonna finish up with dinner later on, and then that'll be the end of the vlog. So I hope you guys are enjoying it, and I hope you're happy to see me back on your screens. Right, so it is the end of the day. I'm just kind of chilling after that steak. I'm about to go into this hot tub. I'm gonna feel like a glazed ham boiling in water, and it's gonna be great. But so we're just gonna wrap up this vlog here. Again, I hope you enjoyed. It's a little life update and look forward to more consistent uploads. Honestly, it's one of my main goals, if not the main goal of 2021, is just smash the content on YouTube. Creating fitness content online is literally like, it makes me the happiest person. Like, that's what I love to do. So I don't do it and I get in the habit of not doing it, I'm just not as happy as I am. So I'm really looking forward to that and I can't wait to take this channel to the next level in 2021. Also, I did a big giveaway on Instagram, okay? I'll put the picture here of everything I'm giving away. I've picked the winner. The name is @adamlane, and I'll put his exact username up here. Just completely random, but I'm gonna do more giveaways like that in the future. So thank you so much to everyone who entered, and I think that's a nice way to finish the vlog as well. So I'm gonna hop in here and sign off for the day. And we're gonna relax for a little bit. So right, on to the next adventure, Marbella. See you next video. Keep it real. I'm outta here.