The Bench Off

He's back!

Woo!

Keep it real, guys. And then we also got Nabil here as well.

Good morning.

So we are in Chef Guma house, excited to seize the day. We're in Christian's house, obviously got a good crew of people here this weekend, so it's going to be a right laugh. And I'm going to start off my morning with one of Christian's new energy drinks that I can finally say on this channel because you know he said it on his channel, right? I'm not ruining everything, am I?

No, no, you're good.

Okay, right. So basically like every morning I have like a coffee. You've been vlogging for 2 weeks anyway. Yeah, yeah, I need to up my game in that front. But every morning I have like an energy drink, a coffee, or something like that. So this morning we get to try Kristin's new product which is called Up Energy.

Feel it down, grab it up.

All right, let's give it a try. Oh, I like a good energy drink, and this is a big yes for me. Okay, so last video edited, it is just going up there now, and I'm gonna leave these two guys and do some morning cardio on Christian's treadmill. So let's see, like, what, what a pantry! This is like the pantry that dreams are made of. So I'm gonna look for some BCAAs or just something nice to flavor my water. And then we're gonna go do it. So today's shaker cup is gonna be Whataburger. Tried one of them last time I was in Texas. Comment down below if you've ever had a Whataburger. Very, very good. Nice car that belongs to Joe. But this is what I'm here for. So yeah, after like a long-haul flight, I'm always kind of feeling a bit like, oh, But you know, gotta get my daily walks in, gotta get my steps in. So I'm actually making a conscious effort to do a little bit of cardio this morning. Everyone's still just kind of like waking up, doing their own thing, getting ready.

It's very hot in here.

So yeah, pool party apparently, possibly on Sunday. Saturday will be a lot of kind of like outdoor activities as well. So I want to be feeling good for it. So let's do this. Put in a podcast, chill out, 20 to 30 minutes. Let's go! Nearly done. Gonna aim to burn 300 calories. After a flight, you always feel just a bit bleh, a bit doughy. And on the flight over as well, I'm so bad at saying no to food. They're like, pretzels? I'm like, yeah. They're like, little tub of ice cream? I'm like, hit me with it. They're like, do you want that piece of bread with your dinner? I was like, I love bread. So yeah, I ate a lot on the flight over, but if you follow me on Instagram stories, you should check out what was beside me on my flight over. Made the journey a lot easier.

Still have plenty of room for your large rollerboards.

So cute.

Oh wait, I need the laptop. Bella, say hello! We have a new friend.

She is so—

this is another one just exactly like her.

This is going to be the best flight I've ever been on.

Send it home. That's right, Bella, Bella, look at this. Look at this, Bella.

Feeling better already.

Nice.

I'm going to go upstairs, meet everyone, maybe get some breakfast, and just hop a cracking day. Nice chill day though before tomorrow, as tomorrow's like the big event. And oh, what everyone has in store, what Christian has in store, is just going to be epic. So we want to be like well rested for that. So let's go kill it. Actually, no, let's not go kill it. Let's go take it easy today and then kill it tomorrow. Okay, so for breakfast we are going for a breakfast pizza because pizza breakfast is always a good idea. And this is from Bite Meals. So we got 280 calories, 14 fat, 15 carbs, 25 protein. I like it. Hey there. Yeah, yeah, welcome to the vlog.

Welcome to the house.

So look, we are all kitted out, ready to go to the gym. I think we're all looking good and we're all pumped up as well off like pre-workout and Up, of course. So we're going to head off to Alphleet Gym as well and we are training a push day, so it's going to be a sick workout. We're going to have good fun. Let's go. I've also still got my little Whataburger shaker.

Hype Burger.

Look at this guy.

Just as you're a strong one, right? Yeah, but I just haven't benched, so if I don't bench, my squats go down.

All right guys, so we're doing a push workout today. Going to start off with some classic bench press. No better place for it. So we're just warming up with the bar now and let's see how it goes down, cuz I'm with some big benchers here. One thing I got to say, Alphalead, very good equipment. So stuff like this, I need to get this into Raw. This is one of my favorite kind of tools, um, that I don't have access to very often. Got a lot of good hammer strength machines here, and it is way bigger in person than it is on videos, in my opinion anyways. And then these cable machines over here, I really like these. And then that is the area where you will often see Russ Swole. You're so good at the angles, dude.

I know.

I know you decide.

All right, so here's the story for today.

We know Christian is the best adventure out of all of us, but it's pretty tight between me and Max, and he's the one that runs powerlifting programs. I've never ran one in my life. The competition is on between us two today.

I'm gonna be the judge here. Only rules we're gonna have: we're doing a 245-pound for reps, AMRAP, Rob versus Max. Butt has to stay on the bench, and they can't be like quarter reps. You gotta— they gotta look like they count, all right? Yeah, pretty much all the way up. So here we go. All right, I'm a little right now. Who you got?

It's recording. Yeah, dude, see, I'm going first, but it's a win-win situation for me, right? If I beat Max in reps, cool. If I don't, I ain't the powerlifter here.

Okay, shit.

All right.

Ah, 4 successful reps. No, you ride this neck. No, go! No, no! Yeah!

Oh my God. All right, see you, I'm gone. Next flight home, I'm out of here. Put it there, bro.

He's like, he's like, you know what, But the powerlift only beat me by one rep. Yeah, I actually saved some energy. I didn't even grind out that last rep on the keel. You're like, oh my God, 4, man. That's it, 4.

All right, so now we're moving on to the more fun stuff. There's some flow fork. Squeeze them titties, Rob.

Oh yeah, you're about to go up in a bra size, bro. Yeah, yeah. All right, this is wider than the Sony.

Oh nice, pulling out all the moves!

What the heck?

I want to try. I always say, right, especially when you're training with people and you want to have a good enjoyable session, do your compounds, you know, get your, get your core work done, and then afterwards, like, feel free to play around and try out some new machines. You're in a new gym, you know, YOLO and exercise. Yeah, exactly. So Shakespeare, we're gonna try out some— we were doing some pause dumbbell press and then we're gonna try out some one-arm press.

I'm not gonna lie, you look Do it again. Arms out. You look jacked, bro. That's a thumbnail right there.

Let's go. Let's see how I look after this set.

Let's do it, bruh. Okay. That was what you call a surprise ab shot. Come on, bruh. You're a freak! Oh, how'd that feel?

Feeling good.

Oh wait, dude, you know, sorry, something more important's happening. Oh damn. Wow. Oh God, they haven't seen a physique update in at least one video, so yeah, at least a couple seconds.

This is post-marbs and we ate like crap.

Give me a full lat spread. Are you doing it yet? That's what I said, bro. Damn, dude, you look good, man. You're beautiful. You got a beautiful body. Perfect maintenance.

All right, people, that's a wrap. I'm just gonna leave this workout nice and raw and chilled because that is what we're doing today. We're just hanging out. Taking it easy before a massive day tomorrow. So now, hey, this guy. Hello. Um, so now we're gonna go get some food because we are all starving. All the bite meals for tomorrow. That is a lot of food. Fridge is looking stocked.

No more. That's your only one.

It's my last one. Okay, you guys like watching me eat stuff? Yeah, so we got—

it's like seeing you put stuff in your mouth, bro.

What? Why you always gotta make the improv?

I don't like watching that.

Fudgy chocolate by Brave.

Yeah, dude, put that fudgy chocolate brownie in your mouth, bro.

150 cals, 6 protein, 14 carb, 8 fat.

Dude, see if you can pack that fudge a little more in there.

No, I'm gonna enjoy this.

You're a fudge packer, bro. Come on, just go. It's doodoo, baby. Mmm, proper. It's proper. That's proper.

Yeah, buy me a coconut rope just for you guys. Okay, quick update. So we are in the Alphalete warehouse. I'm just topping up a few things that I don't have, so it's a fun time for me. The thing I kind of wanted the most is the gray/whitish new premium tracksuit bottoms. Absolutely love these, so I'm gonna pick some of them up, and then we are gonna go get some food. You hungry? Yeah, dude. Okay, so we're here in some place that I've heard a lot about. The weather's like Ireland now, by the way. It's still pretty warm though. It's actually roasting. Keepers Japanese Restaurant. You know I love sushi, and Christian said this is the best sushi he's ever had, so I'm like a kid on sushi Christmas.

Let's go in. Nothing, absolutely nothing.

What are you looking at?

Chicken teriyaki white meat with white rice, and then 2 spicy tuna rolls in soy paper with crunch on top. Pink death. Healthy.

Good choice. Round 1, we're all just— this is the healthy part of the meal, so we're getting some proteins and some veggies in. Chicken teriyaki, I think everyone got one. Also, Marie showed up. Hello. First time ever having a shaggy dog roll. Look at that, this is a work of art. And then spicy tuna roll. So epic meal here. I'm gonna turn off the camera now, enjoy. So it is now nighttime. So this evening what we did, we rode around in a Tesla, which was a lot of fun as well. And then we went to the cinema, or the movies as these freaks call it. What do you call it? Sour candy. Um, and then we saw Wonder Woman as well. So what do you guys think about it?

Wonderful.

Full. What did you think of the joke? It's all right, it's all right. Yeah, I, I thought, I thought it was a good watch. I'd give it a solid 7.5 to 8.5 out of 10. But so now we're gonna chill out here, we're gonna get some rest for a big day tomorrow. Wrapping this vlog up, thanks so much for watching. Keep it real, keep it real, dude.

He's back. Thank you.