Started From The Bottom Now We Here | BodyPower 2016

Alright, so we just woke up, gathered some of the troops, and we're about to go down to breakfast buffet. And you all know how much I love buffet, but I'm going to control myself. It's a BodyPower weekend. So I'm going to go down and see what they have, grab a coffee anyways. But we all got such a nice rest. Like, everyone was super tired yesterday, but we're all getting kind of, you know, recuperated for the weekend ahead of us. Let's get started. Some nice photographic opportunities out there as well with the ducks. Good morning. Hello. Um, what room I'd be under? It's all 320. Nice, healthy shots. Yeah boy! Oh my God, what? It's like a burrito. Getting involved. Is that bacon on top? I think that's sun-dried tomato. Buffet is solid. I'm gonna have to hold myself back a little bit here. So I'm starting off with a fruit bowl, and Ross, he went for eggs, mushrooms, potato chips as they would call them. I'm probably gonna go for that for my second course. This is what you eat at home all the time. Yeah, I know, exactly, isn't it? So this is me and Maddie, we're just saying this is what I eat at home the whole time. Literally, you got some egg, sausage, bacon, there's some veggies, a BBC, a big black coffee, so I'm right at home. Me and Russ going for curry courses. That's how we do it. All right, fellas, so me and Matty are just down doing a little bit of morning cardio. When I'm like kind of, you know, out of my schedule, out of my routine, I like to just get in as much cardio as I can as a bit of a safety net. Like when I know I'm gonna be eating out, when I know I'm not gonna be tracking every macro to the gram, Just, you know, when I wake up, have a bit of free time, do some cardio, you know, it's good for you. So breakfast was delicious. Then we're going over to see the stand at the expo for the first time. Be interesting to see who we're beside, what are our companies. And then I think just gonna train again, chill out, get to know each other some more, and then go out for dinner. So catch you later. What do you think of this gym? It's got like 1, 2, 4 cardio machines and an arms machine. Sounds like my type of workout, to be honest. Nice one, thank you very much. All right, so we're just on our way, walk over to the Expo and get a first look at the sand. And thank God the weather is so much better today, some nice views too. Now this is one of the most exciting parts that I got to experience last year as well. You get to go in before any of the crowds and stuff and just see the whole Expo getting set up, which it's absolutely buzzing. Let's have a look around. You're right there, bro. Pretty sick setup. Hey, here we are. What's up? Sick, bro. It's cracking. This is where we're going to be situated for the weekend. Looking forward to it. Oh, and we're right beside Myprotein as well, so that is awesome. This looks— yeah, I'm there. I'm— yeah, I think you're on the other side. Oh no way, really? Oh my God, yeah! But on a serious note, guys, you know, after seeing that kind of banner with the Myprotein booth, I'm pretty happy with that. You know, to be here last year and no one really know who I am, and to kind of being on the poster for one of the main companies here, I'm humbled and overwhelmed, and it's a cool feeling. So that's just got me even more excited for the weekend ahead. I can't wait to get started. Oh, so the weather is absolutely beautiful. We are just going for a stroll through Birmingham right now. Check out that. But we're going looking somewhere for lunch. It's looking like Wagamama's or something, but we're gonna go around. There's like loads of restaurants, some really nice stuff, and, uh, I'm just gonna have a nice little lunch, enjoy the day, go do a bit of shopping. And just like, this is like— this type of weather in the UK and Ireland is unheard of, so we're going to take advantage. Yeah, everyone's kind of following behind, and I'm gonna get some fake tan because Rob and I arrived and like we thought that we were both like quite sallow-skinned, you know. Everyone's always like, Rob, you're so tanned and stuff, and then we meet all the people from Texas and we are so pale. I'm gonna get some fake tan and do it for Rob because the expo starts, and like the last thing I want is fake tan after the competition. Fish and the other week, like, I hate— I think it's smelly, it's sticky, I don't like it. But hey, gotta do what you gotta do. I'm not usually one to appreciate some fine architecture, architecture even. That is honestly very cool. It's beautiful. I'm not that hungry, might go for a salad. Okay. Thank you very much. Awesome. So we got some baked steak salads. Some burritos. It looks good. Yeah. The dude at the froyo place is definitely trying to sabotage my diet. I just asked for like a little bit of fruit, a little bit of berries, some granola, a bit of frozen yogurt, and he, you know, he started piling on chocolate. I was just like, whatever, keep it going. Yum. Your weakness. Alright, so back in the hotel. I'm just praying this Wi-Fi picks up because it is going hella slow right now, and I want to get a few uploads this week. We're gonna get ready for the gym now and have a session. It's gonna be so much better because we've actually slept. Alright, so we're back again in Emporium Gym. I'm not surprised you can't even hear me, but I'm gonna try out a bit more structure to my routine today. So I'm gonna do some overhead pressing. There's my boy Ross. Hey, how are you? He literally dances. He doesn't work out. He just dances. We got DLV going hard, and we got the athlete crew going on here. So I'm pumped. I'm feeling so much better today. Like, sleep is a big one for me. Let's go, Rob! Let's go! Fan girl moment captured. I know, it's so good. I'm always getting asked what are some good female channels. Right here, Heidi Somers, Buff Bunny. I'm actually gonna link her in the description box. There you go. And Sarah. All right, so there's a bit more structure that workout, but I rented a car for the weekend, so I'm just gonna head home, back to the hotel. Not really though, uh, we're going to Hen and Chicken. It's meant to be like a nice barbecue sort of place. Protein, yeah, protein, right? I'm there. That is a nice swiffed up. So day 1 of BodyPower here, we are buzzing to go. So excited. It's Sarah's first expo ever, so I'm kind of like excited for her. And we kind of went a little bit matching today. We both went white shoes, grey bottoms, and then white alphalete tops as well. So we're gonna walk over to the expo now. It's a nice mild day, so you know, we don't have to get a taxi. I don't think and let's get it rolling. Brittany and Maddie also got the matching Air Max on deck. So there is the NEC. Let's teleport right to it. Alright, so we're all here behind the booth getting suited and booted. I got myself a nice new Zippy. These aren't even out yet. They look so damn clean. There is a big line outside and I'm like, ah, I get so excited. But just sipping on some of the good stuff before we get started because it's gonna be a long day. Yeah, sure. So it's time to do it. Hey, what's up? Johnny and Juice Surf Vlog. I'm Jordan. I'm here volunteering, helping out the Alphalete stand. Me and Rob, top guy. Yeah, we're bros. Hopefully we're gonna have a good day. Yeah, absolutely. Sweet. Well said, man. You should be a YouTuber too. Yeah. Oh my God. How are y'all? Still going. Line. Oh my God, I need to work on my signature big time. All right, so my voice is kind of starting starting to go. But also, look who I just ran into— Mike. I don't know if you were, if you were like featured in it, but he recorded a really high-end video that we did like a month ago. And like, like I said, we got along great, so it's just so good to see him again. And everyone was asking, when are more videos like that coming? Hopefully soon. We're organizing. This is why I love Bodybuilding, you get to meet everyone. Yeah, it's really fun walking around. And I'm casually up on the screen. That's crazy. That is nuts. And yeah, my voice has officially gone. You're obviously shortlisted for Blogger of the Year 2016. Okay. And I'd like to say congratulations, you've been voted Blogger of the Year. So big, big congratulations. Thank you so much, Ali. Thank you, BodyPower. Uh, this is huge, man. This is really, really huge. So yeah, yes, man, it's just really crazy journey. So for us, we want to say thank you for obviously all the hard work that you put into the industry. You're a great ambassador for it, and obviously what you're doing is making it bigger. Oh yeah, I kept it wrapped. Hang on, hang on, pass over those gloves. Yeah, you need the gloves. You're gonna have to Do we have to wear these? You've got to wear the gloves. Oh man. Oh, that's all right, they're your finger prints. Oh, this is yours. Okay, now actually this award— What's that? Is for a different thing altogether. Huh? Yeah. Yeah. So, um, this one is— Can I have the other glove? Let's have one glove each. This one is for the best British Breakthrough Artist. And actually, I would like to award this to Rob Lipsett. What? Who is actually Irish. Oh yeah, yeah. We're going to make it British and Irish Breakthrough Artist. Unbelievable. Oh my God, I literally just don't even know what to say. Is this like punk? Oh my God. Yeah, yeah, hand it over. There you go. Thank you so much. Well done. Congratulations. I really don't know what to say. Just, what I want to say is that anyone can do it. Last year I was queuing up to see Christian. Last year no one knew who he was, and this year I'm at one of the biggest booths in the entire expo. So if you believe in yourself to the fullest, you can literally do anything, anything you want. So thank you. Thank you. Seriously. Please welcome. Yeah, good. Let's get a 2-minute interview.