Los Angeles Vlog: Hitting Up Barbell Brigade

A YouTuber arrives in Los Angeles, hits up American grocery stores for macro-friendly snacks like Quest bars and Skinny Cows, then trains chest and arms at Barbell Brigade gym with other lifters. He eats pho and Chipotle after, cooks salmon and tofu for the house crew, and plans a Barbell Brigade meetup and weekend expo.
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Arrived! So we're going to the cigar room, right? Get a few stogies. So we're just about to go in here with everyone and do a bit of grocery shopping on our first day, and I'm extremely excited because the groceries here in America are so much cooler. Like, they have everything, so I can't wait to get this underway. Right now I am in heaven. I've seen these, like every YouTuber has these Skinny Cows. They're like really macro-friendly ice cream sandwiches, 150 calories per one. There's like FroYo and stuff here. This is like, this is blowing my mind, like this is crazy. All right, so I got excited, I bought a lot of stuff. What the hell. So quick look at what I got: Skinny Cows, blueberries, fruit. I had to take advantage of those monsters. Some half-fat ice cream, egg beaters, rice, cocoa, salsa, vegetables, some diet Mountain Dew— also very rare if you're Irish— chicken breasts, rice, almond milk, Lean Pockets. That's the, that's the general gist of it all. Look at the amount of groceries left, you know. It's like, and they just left the food. Yeah, this is what happens when you get like a house full of lifters. And you like put them on a grocery shop. I'm hoping you like it, man. So this is Brian's vegan meal. I'm gonna try some tofu now. There you go, brother. Mmm, it tastes like a lot of teriyaki, which I love. I love that. Yeah, I'm all over that. Yeah, yeah, I'll make you a dish one time. Yeah, please do. That looks quality. That's awesome. And obviously rice for the week. Tons of it. Yeah. There it is. It's time to feel weaker than I ever have before because there are some serious lifters in here, but I'm still pumped. Like, I'm gonna go in now and just— hey, vlog action! You're vlogging me? Yeah, vlogception! So we're going in here and go fuck some shit up. In the next 2 weeks that is probably pretty familiar to you all, and that is Barbell Brigade. Atmosphere here is unbelievable. I have a feeling I may set some PRs over the next while, but I am just like, it's crazy being here, like, after seeing it in so many videos. It's nuts to me. Good. Give us a chest pop. Give us a chest flex. Fuck, look at those striations. Looking good, mate. Fuck yeah! Come on, get it! Come on, press! Nice! All right, post-workout food time. So we're going to Pho 87. I thought that was Po as in like the guy from Teletubbies, you know, the red one. But that's what it was. But, uh, yeah, apparently this is like a big bowl of noodles, meat, veg. So I'm excited to try out some pho. All right, okay, first time having this. I don't know how to go about it, but it looks good. It looks Gainful. Yeah, it absolutely is. Okay, yeah, I know, I'm gonna— sorry, just go about this. Baked fishes. Yeah, I've been low, so this helps. Oh, why? We just— it's a box of Quest Bars. Jeez, that's crazy. Was it 3 layers? She has 3 layers of boxes. Dude, that's a lot of Quest bars. That's a lot of protein, bro. Can I have one? There's 24 flavors because it's 24 by 24. All right, next one. I'm assuming these are bottles of protein. You guys care if I open one and take one for after workout? Yeah, we don't have very many, so yeah, yeah, go easy on them, will you? Come on, like Scary. Yeah, you can have one, you know, the rest are for us. Oh, protein chips! Nice! All right, last one. Oh, what if they made protein cereal? That would be cool. That would be pretty dope. Yeah, protein Lucky Charms. And the last one. Actual protein. Oh yes, actual protein! Sweet! And more chips. Damn, they just stocked this up. Yeah, that was like all we needed. Dude just walked in the door. Oh, strong as hell. Uh, so now like the house, you know, it's always awesome when someone else comes in, you know, the buzz picks up. Yes, the new family member. Yeah, today it's gonna be a sick day. All right, so we are not hitting Barbell Brigade today just because it's like 45 minutes away and we just want to have a quick gym session. So me and the fellas, the The girls have gone off to barbell. Lads, we're just hitting like a local gym nearby. And also, look at O2B's car. That is such a sweet whip. Thank you, Ellen. Yeah, yeah, we didn't even have those things in Ireland. But, um, all right, so I'm hitting delts and arms today. So we got to the gym and I think it's kind of getting done up, or it's just tricep extensions for the day. So we might have to go find a different gym. Keep rolling. Yeah, yeah, absolutely. So sick looking, man. Keep going. Done. We're getting a little post-workout meal in, and you can guess where we're going. I'll give you, give you one guess, and then you're gonna see it in the next scene. You know what it is, it's so YouTube scenes, man. Sorry, go ahead. Hey yo, so I haven't had Chipotle since I used to kind of like live in the Jalavista for a couple of months back, uh, it was like 2 summers ago. So I used to get Chipotle every day, so this is bringing me back. I just went for the classic bowl, so macro-friendly. But, uh, yeah, nostalgic feeling. I'm loving being back in America. All right, so I went for a nap this evening because I'm an exciting guy. But, uh, let me show you the living room a little bit. So this is kind of like— obviously because we're all YouTubers, a lot of us have— yeah, it's a man's— we're just the man cave. But like, obviously because we're all YouTubers, a lot of us run online businesses, so like we're on our laptops a lot, you know, fair enough. And so it's kind of the main room. Obviously we've got YouTube hooked up to the TV. And then in here we got Igor cooking up dinner for tonight. What do we got going on here? A lot of salmon gains. A lot of salmon. Yeah, this is for the vegans. It's just some basic stuff, and then we're gonna fry up a little bit of tofu, uh, for Brian. And then here we have citrus salmon. It's steamed, kind of. So that is actually lemon underneath, a little bit of cilantro, and then orange juice, which you put on medium heat and it kind of heats up and steams the salmon. So it is kind of like tender. Sounds very good. Basic potatoes. Potatoes for the Irish guy. Potato for the Irish guy. Cilantro. That is kind of the basic. This is the main portion of the dish. And it is pretty quick. I'm doing a lot, so it is going to take multiple rounds, but usually it is like 15 minutes and it's easy but it looks fancy so it's great if you want to impress girls. Yeah, and that's what it's all about, right? Chicks love a guy who can cook. But one great thing about this house, there's like food everywhere, like all that stuff up there, because if you go to the gym you're obviously like eating food and then Quest sort of said as well. So it is dinner time, chill time, laptop time. I'll show you how the meal turns out. Nice salmon, potatoes, and some Casey Neistat. All right guys, so, uh, time to hit the hay. Gonna wrap up this vlog. And so basically, like, the first couple of days, they've just been like amazing. Like, I've learned so much about like YouTube and business and everything, and I'm just like, whoa. I'm just learning so much. Everyone's getting along so well, and I'm just loving it. And then now the plan for the next couple of days is we've got a photo shoot, then we're doing a big meetup at Barbell Brigade, and then is kind of like the main event, the expo, um, over the course of the weekend. So that's gonna be awesome. Gonna bring you all along with me. And yeah, I'm just so glad I did this. So I'll catch you in the next video. Gonna hit the hay now. I'm actually really tired. Everyone's like, "You should probably sleep." Um, so I'm gonna head to edit Rob Lipsett's video. I'll catch you next time. Keep it real.
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