In this informal vlog, fitness influencer Rob Lipsett chronicles his journey from the airport to the BodyPower expo in the UK. He begins with a quick airport brunch, noting the macro breakdown of his salad (240 kcal, ~21 g protein). After arriving in Northampton, he meets his friend Dan, shops for fresh Nike sneakers at JD Sports, and heads to a local eatery before heading to Image Gym for a workout, emphasizing the excitement of training in a new gym. Post‑workout, Rob and Dan hit Tesco, preparing burritos and frozen yogurt for dinner while tracking remaining calories. The vlog then follows their travel to the NEC for the BodyPower expo, where they explore the setup, meet other fitness personalities (Gymshark, Optimum Nutrition, Steve Cook, etc.), and showcase the Machine Fitness crew’s booth. Rob shares his excitement about freebies, Quest bars, and the upcoming expo schedule. Later, he documents a back‑day workout at Ultimate Fitness Birmingham, encounters Gymshark staff, and details meals at Five Guys, Nando’s, and further Tesco runs. Throughout, he highlights nutrition tracking, brand collaborations, and the camaraderie of the Machine crew, ending with anticipation for the expo’s first day.
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What's up everyone, so just in the airport now. It is about coming up to 11 o'clock and I just had a bit of an airport brunch. Sorry, I don't want to shout, um, I don't want to seem like a weirdo. But anyways, so it's like a fruit bowl, some coffee, water, and a salad. Macros on a salad too was like 240 calories per pack, 20 grams or 21 grams of protein, 2 grams of carbs. 4.3 grams of fat. So always getting it done no matter where I'm at. So about to board my flight now. I will see you in the UK. All right, so just got off the train in Northampton. Now it's time to go meet Danny boy. All right, so just sat in the station waiting for Dan to come pick me up. Realistically, the two of us are gonna be training later on, so it's gonna have to be a monster, 'cause I had a terrible sleep last night. I guess I was just a bit too excited for the whole weekend, and I was up early, so I had a bad sleep, but I'll catch up on it tonight. What's up, bud? Great to see ya. Right, so we're here. Dan's made me feel right at home as usual. Seems like it was only yesterday that he was in my house. But the two of us now, we're gonna head into Northampton town and I am gonna pick up a fresh pair of sneaks, a fresh pair of Nikes even, because I think that's like a bodybuilder must. You have to have fresh sneakers. Anyways, I'll let you know what pair I go for. Alright, so here in JD Sports, looking like a pair of Roshe, Roshe, however you pronounce them. But look, I'll let you know what I go for. What's up, so just back from the kind of city center in Northampton there. Picked up my BodyPower Sneaks, pair of Roshi runs, goes well with the kind of black, uh, kind of black slim fit tracksuits I'm gonna be wearing. So now we're just gonna get a bite to eat, relax for a bit. I'm gonna get on my laptop, do some emails, stick up a video, then we're gonna hit the gym. All right, so two boys, we're off to hit the gym. It took us everything we had to not go to an all-you-can-eat Chinese buffet tonight. We're gonna just cook ourselves, but it was a very, very tough decision. Anyways, um, what you We hitting up? We're gonna hit Image Gym today. Image Gym. And we're gonna work in, honestly, a decent gym, mate. Check out if you're around in the area. I know a lot of you are from Ireland, but anybody in the Northampton area, definitely check that gym out if you're ever in Northampton. Image Gym. But anyways, we're gonna record the workout, so see you in the gym. So we're here at Image Gym in Northampton. Really slick gym. Um, I love going to new gyms. It's like playing an away game, as I always say. I'll give you a quick look at it. Yeah, meet the fellas, the gym's local shapers. All right, big set. Yeah, they're saying Machine body. Oh, that feels great. That's where I want to go. Lidl, the place of glory. But Dan is making us go to Tesco. Like, what the hell? Let's get some fake tan, some hair removal. It's going down, boy. But, uh, we are wrecked after that workout, and we've both got like 1,000 calories left to hit today, which is great. So, uh, we're gonna do a big shop in Tesco, cook up a little lunch. What we doing? We're about to do In. Ah, sink. Fully in. Fully in. Downloaded.com in. Catching Tesco. Tesco. Wearing stringers in Tesco. Not a care in the world. Sure, I'm on my holidays. Must stay away from the Krispy Kremes. So on tonight's menu, it's gonna be burritos. Burrito King. And then for dessert, we're gonna go frozen yogurt. So burritos and frozen yogurt, that's how you get in good shape. Burritos, and frozen yogurt. The bakery section, here we are. This lad is so hungry, he couldn't wait for the burrito to get home, gets a Subway. All right, so just doing up a load of peppers, rice, chicken. I'm just gonna make all kinds of burritos. Oh my god, them arms! We are both absolutely wrecked. We're hungry, we're tired, and we got a big weekend ahead of us. So I'm gonna wrap things up there. That is the night before BodyPower. Catch you at the expo. What is going on everyone? So me and Dan had a lovely sleepover, painted sure his nails, did sure his hair, but now we are leaving Northampton. We are en route to BodyPower, my first ever expo, and you know, I'm going to it with a company, so I am over the moon. Like, I am so excited. I feel like a kid on Christmas. But, um, see you on the train. See you in the NEC. All right, so we are just coming up to the NEC with the whole Machine Fitness crew. So excited to see the stand, and we're going to get to have a look around the place before anyone gets there, before it all fills up. So that's pretty cool. That's sweet. Oh shit, everyone vlogging. Yeah, so this is slick. This is BodyPower getting set up. So lucky to have a chance to be able to see this. Um, I'm just in shock right now, like my first ever fitness expo and I'm going right in. You good? Oh, and Danov, what's up? Great to meet you, bud. I'm great. HP, Gymshark, Owen. Must be, that's a good mate. Oh, sorry, sorry. That heavenly blast Steve Cook. Sweet. So we got Owen here and then Machine. Boys next to it. And we're right next to, uh, everyone vlogging. We're right next to what seems to be the powerlifting stage. Yeah, that's gonna feed us for the weekend. And here we got Machine. There's a lot of stuff Rich piñata. Absolutely nuts. Here is the Machine San, and it is prime location. It is right beside the whole weightlifting arena, right beside Optimum Nutrition, Muscle Moves. We are in the thick of the action. So exciting, I swear to God. Like, I cannot even wait for shit to kick off. I am ecstatic. Nice. Fucking a lot of care there. A lot of care. This is a success story, mate. Yeah. Ah, Rich Piñata, how you doing? All right, so one last shot of where we are. There is Machine and Muscle Moose, EHB Lab, Gymshark, O.N., Mutant. We are right in the thick of it. It is crazy. This weekend also I'm gonna probably eat a lot of Quest bars. And shout out to my boy Aaron Fly, he's another Irish person that's gonna be working here. So he's gonna be with Quest, so Aaron, you'll be seeing a bit of me. So we're all just having a stroll around. I got hooked up. One thing we're all looking forward to is the amount of freebies that we're gonna get this weekend. Like, something that you've probably all been waiting for— BodyPower Expo Ireland. Obviously I'm gonna be there. Will Machine be there? Who knows. All right, so calm before the storm. Uh, we are all— I mean, the whole Machine crew, we're all going back to our apartments, getting something to eat, and then we're going to get a training session in. So cool though how we got to just come down and see it all before the crowds come in. But, um, so gonna wrap things up here. I'll see you in the hotel room. Currently on the lookout for Brian Turner, Humorous Fitness. Where is he at? Say hi to the camera, you're gonna be on my YouTube channel. What's up? Say Lipset Fitness. Lipset Fitness. Lipset Fitness. Lipset Fitness. Lipset Fitness. Nice, close enough. Oh man, we're out vlogging each other. What is up, big man? Oh, crazy. This is what's happening. This is where the magic happens. All right, this is when this This is when I introduce a little Mexican. Awesome. Nice. Where's the kitchen and shit? Second half. Guest room. It's brilliant. Oh nice. Yeah, got a fucking— oh my God, I am going to cook up some crazy shit here. This is insane. Oh, square plates, that's what I'm feeling. Nice one. Nice, be great for pre-drinks and shit. All right, so Logan has the goods, he's brought the pre-workouts. Oh my God, that's, that's some, some imported shit right there. Absolutely imported all the way from— let me see, let me show you the flavors. Got peanut butter. Yeah, I gotta try peanut butter. It's pure, it's pure. Oh man, this We're having a bit of a Pop-Tart party here. Unbelievable. Bit of energy for our workout. Yeah, yeah, he really has brought it all the way from Texas. What's going on? So here in Ultimate Fitness Birmingham, getting in a back workout with the Machine Crew. Try to get a bit of footage. I've been dying for this workout all day. So ended up running into those Gymshark boys. Smile for the camera. It's gonna be a good workout. Hey! Okay, let's go, let's hit it. Say come on. Come on, get pissed! Come on, push it! Come on! Get it, man! Get it, man! Now's when you start hitting it. Come on! Atta boy! I even saw the foot twitch. That means you're really doing it. Hey, yeah, I'm done. I said Logan. This is the real machine of Team Machine. We're all just a bunch of bakers, bar for this guy Gabriel Say. Show us the delts, give us the delts. I think Rob just quoted— this is what machine fitness is all about, bro. Yeah, this time right here. He's a good coach. Yeah. So really good workout down here. I forget the name of the gym, whatever it is, but ran into all the Gymshark crowd, super cool people, and both our booths are beside each other, so we'll be talking to them during the week. But now it's off to Nando's. I was like, Rob, you and me gotta just go to the bar. Yeah, we gotta, we gotta do some real shit. Yeah, it's like, we'll go, you know, we'll go back to playtime in a while. Yeah, yeah, we'll socialize So Nando's has been cancelled because, um, Mark, Chris, Damon are still setting up the machine stand and DJs are yet to arrive or something. They're yet to install stuff, but it's gonna be wild. It's fair enough, it's cool. We're going to Nando's tomorrow. So now, uh, the team, we're gonna head off to Five Guys, which is unreal for me because they don't have that in Ireland. Five Guys, we weren't feeling it and it was closing up, so we're going for a bit of handmade burger. How much you weigh? Peanut butter and bacon. What the actual tits? I'm so crazy. All right, so here we go. Jerk chicken burger, sweet potato fries. And also say hello to Danny Keane. What is up? What is cracking? Hey, look at everyone enjoying their meals. All right, so just finished our meal there. We are hungry lads, so we are obviously going straight to Tesco to pick up some more food. All right, so just back from Tesco there, picked up some bananas, mangoes, chicken salad, and some fayé yogurt. So that'll be breakfast tomorrow, and a big thing of Evian. And Logan, shout out to him for bringing me a White Monster all the way from Texas. He knows I'm about that life. But anyways, gonna wrap things up there. Tomorrow is the first day of the expo, so shit's about to get real. Catch you then.
