SHOW DAY SEASON FINALE | THE COMEBACK

Welcome to the show day vlog. We are just about to hit the road. We're in Dawki, just outside the Airbnb. Come on, come out! The official videographer of show day for the vlog. We're about to hit the road, go down or up to Derry. 3-hour drive. How you looking, man? Let's see, let's see. I'm just after— I'm after a few meals, right? So today's a 500-gram carb day, so you know, the abs looking a little bit washed, but we're gonna dry out tonight and we're gonna look good. Hell yeah. How are you feeling deep down? Are you feeling— it would have been terrible if I didn't have you guys here, so When I did the first show, really tough week. It was just me and my thoughts, and that was tough. This week, it just shows the power of being around the right people. It hasn't even been part of my mind. It's been fun. We've been preoccupied. We've been nonstop filming. I haven't had time to think about the hunger or the low energy. So it's crazy, the comparison between this and the last show. It's night and day. So if you're struggling a little bit, get with the right people. Feed off other people's energy. It's done. So this time, walk and park. Yeah. Righty, so we just did a little snack run in Applegreen, amazing petrol station, and now we're starting, we're getting into our big long drive down to Derry. So we got some monsters here and Christian's got some nice snacks, I think he got some protein bars, but I'm pretty much, I'm keeping my fats as low as possible today. So not much I can really have, but big drive down now, podcast. We got Linda in the back there as well. Salam. Hello. So see you guys in Derry. All right everyone, so we are in Derry City. We just made it to the hotel, just staying in the Holiday Inn beside the Millennium Forum. Pretty sure that's the name of the place that I'm competing in tomorrow. Grand old journey down 3 hours just listening to podcasts, had just a great chat with Christian and Linda. Like, what more could you ask for? Christian loving the sights, getting excited over sheep in a field, usual crack. But so now we're actually pretty tired, so we're going to get an early night. It's about 8:00 PM now. I'm going to try and like go to sleep the second it gets dark at like 9:00. All my carbohydrates are in, mainly got them from strawberry jam bagels and lots of jellies, the usual. Water all in, so won't be drinking or chugging much water until I step on stage. Just gonna be sipping water, if even. And then we just pray to God that we get a placing tomorrow. So either way, look, it's an amazing weekend already, so that's how you gotta look at it, right? So let's see what we can do. What's going on, you guys? So it is the morning time, it's 6:50 AM, stand the hotel reception waiting on everyone, uh, but I am gonna go get my first coat of tan on in the venue. And then this is the worst part, you get your tan on, you're just waiting around for the whole day, right? You're waiting around until you get onstage. I'm probably going to be gone at about 2 or 3 PM. So it's like, what, 8 hours of waiting around? But thankfully with this show, there's a lot of people going that like, you know, reached out to me that I'm looking forward to meeting. You know, got Linda here, Christian here, so should be a bit of fun. You know, we might as well just like film content for those 8 hours. So this is the start of the day, woke up, feel nice and lean. So let's just, uh, see how we go, try the whole day. And also have my coach Mike Geary here as well, we can like make those slight adjustments with food, fluid. So I'm excited. All right, so We're down here at breakfast, just looking at all the food I cannot eat. Pretty good. Oh my God. Oh, I should get one of them. I'm just going to make an omelette and put some banana in. Nice. Maybe I should have that as well. We got sweetener. We got some bread over here. This is a great hotel breakfast. Oh my God. These look amazing, but I'm just going to go for a black coffee, maybe some oats, and we're going to chill out and enjoy. But I feel good. All check-in done, everything. I just can't wait to get on that stage. Linda got a beautiful iced coffee. Would you look at that? Nutella! She is trying to torture me with this Nutella. So I just got a triple espresso. I was going to have a can of Monster for my caffeine this morning, but it's like half a liter of water. We're trying to keep the liquids down, so it's a good bit of caffeine. And just a very small amount of water. And then I'm going to see how, you know, my body's looking in a little bit. Got one of these to go just in case. Good carb source. But yeah, you know, all this stuff is just semantics really. You know, the main thing is what you've done the 12 weeks prior. And on the day, for me, it's all about not bloating myself too much. So jam, honey, dark chocolate. I'll see about this. Yeah. Nervous, excited. The whole rest of the team are yet to kind of wake up. It's like, what is it, it's like 10 AM, so everyone's just kind of getting together now, but I'm not on stage till 2. All right boys, so we are with the magician, Mr. Mike Geary here. And Mike has just been a lifesaver for me during this whole prep. Just having someone there to keep you accountable, a second pair of eyes, it's just invaluable. And this is the first prep I've done with a coach, and it's just been just a much better experience. Okay, so guys, hit up Mike, he's the man. You're stepping on stage, anything, just Seriously hit this fella. But now it is time for first bit of food that we're going to have today. So what's it going to be? We're going to have some square bars, rice cakes, honey, peanut butter. We're going to not forget our sodium and our water. We need to get that pump going. Yeah, so we're going to get in, we're going to feed the boy up. Yes, let's go! Look at that, that's a beautiful meal right there. Wow. Oh my God. All right guys, we are 3 hours out. We just had our kind of first bit of calories today, water, so the body's coming back to life. So the posing I need to do, I need to keep the waist tight like that and also crunch down on the obliques. So it's breathing out as well. Yeah, like that. Wish me luck. All right guys, here it is, a good, clear, unfiltered, raw iPhone footage. Look, at the finished product. So this is 12 weeks of hardcore discipline, grit, and sacrifice. About 25 pounds of fat lost. And despite being a little bit low on energy, I'm feeling amazing. I absolutely love this whole series and the support from you guys. So this stage, the adrenaline was pumping and I'm ready to go. So if you're enjoying the video, give it a thumbs up. Let's see how I get on. Let's go, baby! I'm feeling amazing. This was a lot easier than the first show. Why? Because I have the best people around me. And so first of all, I just want to say thank you for taking time out of your lives to come down here and help me out, support me. So honestly, it means a lot. I feel emotional now. I'm ready to give this my all. Ready to pump up, ready to perform, ready to be an athlete. Ready to give it everything. How's coaching Rob? It's absolutely amazing now. He does everything. He turns up, gets the job done, gets the cardio done. Just does it. Prime athlete. Hell yeah. In this prep, not one fucking cheat meal. Honestly, not one. Not one. Even like on the refeed days, kind of, you know, went conservative, you know, I didn't even go too hard. Like this prep was just— in previous cuts, previous preps, Had some fucking days. This one, not an option. I don't know what got into me. Just switched on. Condition shows. Condition shows. Today, leanest I've ever been in my entire life. Every day that you fuck up, be it on your plan, your cut, whatever, it's just an extra day added on, you know? And so that's why I like prep, because you can't have that extra day. There's a deadline. There's a time and date. For you to stand on stage. So that's why no fuck-ups are— Yeah, gonna need that. What's the number? 346. 346. Here we go. Left-hand side anywhere there at all? Looks good. Let's go. How you feeling right now? You're going? I'm feeling the best. I'm feeling the best right now. That's it. Win, lose, doesn't matter. I just see myself. I'm proud and everyone's proud. I can feel it. I feel them. Let's go. 2 minutes. 2 minutes. Let's go, Rob Lipsett. Let's go. 2 minutes coming out after this. Yeah, straight out after this. All right. Is he good? He's good, he's pumped now, he's full. You're going to see it through his chest, his arms. Like, excited for this now. You have anything to say to him here? Let's do it, Rob. Do us proud. Do the Irish proud. Let's do it. In second place, we have number 308, Reese. Her place, boys. From nothing to something. 2 weeks ago. We were no place at all. Today we took home a nice big piece of silverware, third place. I'm absolutely delighted, so proud to stand next to the physiques out there. Crazy. What a day, what a weekend. And now it's time to celebrate. I'm fucking delighted. I'm actually delighted. I can't fucking believe it. Let's go! Look at that, do you hear that clink? Bro, couldn't be more fucking Proud of you, bro. You look so fucking good, man. We got it, we got it, we got some silverware. First trophy in many years, feels good. We ain't leaving that behind us. Hey, congrats, bro. Your conditioning was fucking nuts, bro. Nuts, nuts, nuts, nuts. So good. Yeah, buddy! From nothing to something, baby! Post-show meal, of course it's going to be Nando's, cuz we had to choose somewhere that Christian can eat cuz he's on prep. And also I'm finished prep now, so somewhere enjoyable for me. So great all-rounder, I can't wait. I like— you can go in here and be healthy, I'm about to go in here and go hard. There's coleslaw going down right now, there's peri-peri chips going down right now, there is going to be no butterfly chicken me. We're going all in. It's hummus time. I haven't had hummus this year. Like, there's no macro-friendly hummus in existence. Hot bread, bro. The bread is hot, bro. Bread hits different when you shred it. Quote that. Oh my damn God, I have to put that on a shirt. That is the bread of God. Holy shit, that is Jesus and his disciples breaking bread. Oh my God. How long was your prep? This? Well, this, like, the whole thing before the other 12 weeks. 12 weeks in total. Perfect amount. 3 months of monk mode. Tastes better. Tastes better. You've earned it. Too many people celebrate when nothing to celebrate. You got enough, uh, chicken breast there, big guy? You gotta take it for the road. I didn't want these salads, these are gross. All right, so Nando's done, getting a little dessert. I've been craving dessert, like I actually do have such a sweet tooth. So we're doing big brownie, Biscoff ice cream, Oreo topping, and frère Rocher sauce. This looks insane, bro. Oh my God, oh my God, I'm actually more excited for this than the Nando's. Okay. Oh my God, no, look at that! That's the best. That's the best thing I've ever tasted. So what's the plan now? Relax, digest, then big drive back to Dublin, and then sleep, and then sleep. Ciao! All right guys, end of the day. Dublin Pizza Company, me and Linda are gonna share a small pizza. This is one of the best days of my life. I'm not even joking, like, I feel so good. I can't believe I was gonna not compete in this. I can't believe Leave it. Look, let's have a look at the pizza. Okay. Oh wow, they even made it crispy! Oh my God. So right, we're going to enjoy this. We got a Ghost photo shoot tomorrow. Hopefully I'll look pumped. Man's back on the grind for an epic summer, guys. We made it! Hope you enjoyed the series. I'll see you in the next one. Keep it real. Peace.