What Does Success Mean To Me ?

Yo, thank you for the music suggestions in the last video. I am just currently getting amped up to head to the gym. I already had breakfast. I'm about to go hit up Rob's leg day. Let's do this. Oh my God, literally what I'll sometimes do is when I'm having a heavy leg session, I'll like split up my workout in a sense. Like, I'll do my normal heavy compounds, then I go in the seating area, you know, have a drink, maybe a protein bar, chill out for like 5-10 minutes, then go back, finish off all my isolation work. Give it a shot. Whoa, so I just came in the door and I see this one dressed to the absolute nines, and I was just like, I just kind of like, okay, whoa, where the hell are we going? I'm not dressed appropriately, but, um, Sarah is. What are you doing? It's like selling any of my like old dresses on Depop. Oh, plugging my Depop. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, any girls that want a new dress, or any lads, you know, I'm not here to judge. But yeah, it's like this thing girls do, they sell their old clothes on Depop and stuff, but Jesus, don't sell that, you look amazing! So as you can see, it is like a miserable day out, and I'm not up to much for the rest of the day, so I said, you know what, it's time to talk to the camera, a bit of one-on-one time. So I tweeted saying, "What would you prefer, you know, for a Q&A? Would you prefer me to do a voiceover workout or just me one-on-one face talking to the camera?" Results are on screen, so let's do it. My Twitter is @RobLipsett, by the way. It's picking up recently. I used to never use Twitter. Now I like it. Yeah, it's good. Alright, back in the hot seat. I swear to God, when I go like traveling or something, the thing I miss the most is my office. This is my little creative space. But like, you know, I love these talking videos as well. Like, you give me a topic, I'll sit here, I'll talk about it for days. Anyways, these questions are coming from Twitter, so let's Go! First question: Best site for calculating macros? I use one currently, just unsure if it's accurate. #AskLipsett. Like, there are tons of sites, right? And you can like— people say to like try a few out, take an average off them and stuff. But honestly, nothing really beats trial and error. Like, you know, for example, it's a general recommendation to set protein around 0.8 to 1 gram per pound of body weight. Okay, but for me to keep my appetite in check, you know, keep my hunger levels down, I've found over the years that going above 1 gram per pound of body weight helps me out a lot. So that's just kind of trial and error. I've found that I've also— I also do better on a lower fat, higher carb diet, whereas like some people are the complete opposite of that. So yeah, online calculators are a good starting point, but I really do think trial and error Trying out a few different intakes is what's going to get you the best results. Finished leaning down after around 20 weeks cutting, happy at my weight. Good for you, man. Now to eat straight to maintenance or reverse diet? Straight to maintenance is what people like Al Argon and, you know, all the people at the top of the game are going to recommend. But reverse dieting can be helpful to find your maintenance because if you, you know, if you completely change your body weight your maintenance calories, your metabolism will change. Because like, a really simple analogy I use when, uh, you know the way your metabolism, it goes down when you lose weight. And you know, there's nothing wrong with that, it's completely normal. Imagine you lost 20 pounds on a cut. So imagine you are carrying around a 20-pound dumbbell from the moment you woke up to the moment you went to bed. Obviously you burn more calories looking around that dumbbell all day. That's kind of like the same thing with your body. So Reverse dieting, like I said, good to find your new maintenance, but if you kind of know your body and you can jump straight back to maintenance, then do. What's your fave way to treat yo' self? Get to bed early. Pretty loose, eh? No, seriously, like the last 2 nights ago, I had such bad sleep and I was not myself, and then last night I had amazing sleep. And I swear to God, today I'm just high. High on life. Yeah, like obviously I love like eating out and stuff and like, you know, going cinema and everything, but like right now I— that's just what I would say. Like, I just have amazing sleep and just feel like a new person. Sleep is powerful. When you're cutting and your calories become stupidly low and you're not lean enough yet, how do you go about that? Yeah, this is when like cardio is really gonna come in handy. And I had a question. I'm gonna like throw another question on top of this question. Someone's like, is cardio necessary on a cut? And like, typically no, as long as you're in a caloric deficit you will lose body fat. So if your diet is taking care of that deficit, that's absolutely fine. But for most people it's just not sustainable to keep calories that low and continue to see results. So I think it is beneficial to get some of that deficit from expending energy, not to mention cardio is healthy for you. It's It's good for your heart, good to improve work capacity, you know, it's good for your recovery and stuff like that. Cardio is a good thing to do. So yeah, to answer your question, you're just going to have to add in some cardio. And then to answer my question about is cardio necessary on a cut, I would say so, especially when you get down to those very low body fat percentages. After spending time with so many industry figures this year, what are the 3 most valuable lessons you've learned from them? That's an amazing question, and I'd really like to have more time to think about that, but I'm doing this off the cuff as I do with all my videos. But okay, off top of my head, I would say take action. You know, like, people are so good at planning, scheming, you know, they'll plan every last detail, they won't actually do it, you know. Like, you know, there are people are like, oh, I want to start my YouTube channel, but I gotta get my intro, I gotta get the right camera, I gotta get you know, uh, dry music to go with it and everything and all this. And they, they just keep putting it off and putting it off. And that goes for anything like business, whatever. So that is just take action, execute. Number 2 would be be unique, you know, bring your own thing to the table. You know, there are no new ideas. It's just how you sell your product, your brand, yourself, whatever it is, how you market yourself. You know, like let's say you're starting a clothing company, you're not going to invent the t-shirt. You know, the t-shirt has been invented. So, you know, just how you put your unique spin on it. Number 3 is— it's kind of like, it's kind of like the question you said, and that's network. You know, get out there, put yourself out there in the world. Like, you know, don't just keep doing the same thing every day and expecting different results. So yeah, get out there. The world is a big, awesome place. Go do shit. Well, this is another very, very good question. What is your— me, Rob Lipsett— what is your idea of success? And like, I honestly think success is an individual thing, and it's all just about whatever makes you truly happy. For example, if you work a 9-to-5 and you love that 9-to-5, you love that stability that it gives, you know, you love that routine, that is awesome. That is— you are a success if you are truly happy. If you love, like, you know, fitness and you're able to make a living from it, then that is like, that is amazing. It's so— it's whatever makes you, the individual, happy. And for me, my idea of success is probably having complete freedom and doing— making a living off something I love. And when I say like complete freedom, I mean like I would love to like go anywhere I want whenever I want and like not have to think about money or anything like that. So like, you know, I'm getting there anyways. But yeah, I guess that's my personal, you know, idea of success. But like I said, it's a completely individual thing. Just happiness equals success. Do you ever implement HIIT training? H-I-I-T. The good old HIIT versus LISS debate for you, bro. Thanks, Jay. Yeah, okay, if you want me to talk about the benefits of HIIT and LISS, and basically, like, you know, there's no one is better than the other. I think both of them have pros and cons. For example, if you have a tight schedule, you work long hours, you can't spend that much time in the gym, HIIT is probably a better option for you. You can get a lot of work done in 15 minutes compared to like 40 minutes on the StairMaster. Whereas, like, if you're undergoing a very strenuous training program, HIIT can affect your recovery, and LISS is obviously lower intensity. It's in the name. It's obviously less stressful on your body. So there's pros and cons to both, but in my competition prep, I incorporated both of them, and I think that is kind of like your best bet because, like I said, there's pros and cons to each. So, you know, you might as well get the best of both worlds. Is it harder to find healthier food in the US or overseas? Feel like the US is so behind. Now, US is definitely ahead in like kind of macro-friendly foods or like diet foods. You know, they have like Powerade Zero and they have a lot— they've like low-fat version of everything, low-carb version of everything. But what I've noticed is all your basics over there, like all your vegetables and fruit in America, is very expensive compared to Ireland. I think when it comes to meat and veg, Ireland kills it. Man, can't go wrong with a bit of meat and veg, lads. Okay, another, another America question, I guess. I'm just back from America last week. What's your favorite thing about the US and/or favorite place in the US? Favorite place is either San Diego or LA or maybe Santa Barbara, that California area anyways. And what I love there is honestly like all the people I met are like very outgoing and supportive. Like in America, you know, everyone's like, right on, man, American dream, you know, be whatever you want to be. Then in Ireland, it's a little bit of an island mentality. Like if you do something out of the norm people would be like, "What the fuck's your man doing?" Like, you know, they'll start bitching about you and talking about you. I think it's just because it's a smaller place or something. So yeah, you know, Americans are very kind of like supportive, I guess is the word. So yeah, that's just personally what I've found. I could be wrong. Alright, last question, and this is actually probably the best question. What drives you to keep motivated and constantly posting content? To your channels. Basically, I think Gary Vee said a couple of days ago, stay relevant or die, you know. Like, if I just stop posting content, you know, I'll fall off, you know. People forget about me and stuff like that. And social media is my job, you know. That's how I advertise my entire business. And, you know, that's how I get to work with awesome companies and everything. That's how you're watching this video right now. And so literally, you know, you got to stay relevant. Like today I noticed I was like, I haven't done a video in a while. So I was like, shit, time to get psyched up, time to create some content. And yeah, it's just like a job. It's just the same way people have to motivate themselves to go to work every day. You know, some days I'm not feeling like doing an Instagram. I'm not feeling like, you know, recording a video like this. I'm not feeling it. We just got to do it. Yo, welcome, welcome to life. So yeah, it's kind of just a case of do it or don't. Do it or get left behind. And I also look at figures in the fitness industry that are, you know, much bigger than me. And I said, like, I'd love to get on their level. Like, you know, my dream is to be like a household name in the fitness industry. So I always just think of that and I say, well, you know, I'm not going to get there from sitting on my ass or watching TV, you know. So that's kind of just how I stay motivated. I just think of the bigger picture. Guys, I'm gonna wrap things up here. As usual, I love talking to you, so any more videos that you want me to do, just sitting talking to the camera, hit it up in the comment section. Keep it real, I'm out here. Peace.