What's Going On With Alphalete | Texas Vlog

What is going on, team? We are back in the great big US of A. We are in Houston, Texas on a little Alphalete mission. I'm so excited. I haven't been here in exactly a year. I was actually there for the Alphalete 10th birthday. Now it's their 11th birthday. So back to shoot the new website, shoot the new drop. There's a huge event on Saturday. I'm actually MCing the event. A lot on. So this is kind of like our first full day here. I say our, it's like It's literally just me, solo trip, me and you. Just about to go down breakfast, meet Mariah, a few of the other athletes, ambassadors, and get a little hotel breakfast. So we're going to take you along with me, full day of Alpha land, lifting and eating in the big old USA. So let's get into it. Heading down now for some breakfast. The hotel breakfast here, kind of love it, very American. Wearing one of the new Precision tees that is launching on Saturday for the birthday. It's going to be hugely discounted. This is like the only logo is on the back of the neck. This is something I'd wear with like jeans, cargos, chinos. Like, that is so nice, that navy. I'd wear that for a nice lunch in Marbella. But it is of course like a gym performance top. Then just wearing the gray joggers. It's my little, little chill breakfast fit. Let's go down, see the crew. Big man, how's the jet lag? Pretty bad. I woke up at 2:30. Same. Yeah, I couldn't sleep anymore. I've been waking up at like 4 or 5 every night. Time to drown our jet lag in coffee. There's actually this iced coffee machine and it absolutely slaps. But having like 4 of these every morning, no lie. Okay, this is what is going down. We have an egg white omelette. Rob, the eggs are the most nutritious part of the whole thing. What are you doing? This is also doused in oil, so we don't need any more fats. You've seen me eat millions of eggs on this channel. We know eggs are healthy. Trying to keep my fats down, my calories down. We got a lone turkey sausage over here for protein. We got some melon over here to hit our micronutrients. Not eating too much because I am shooting in like a couple of hours and I think there's like more food in Alphaland for us. So just gonna have this and about 10 iced coffees. Delicious. All right, breakfast consumed, outfit changed. Now we are heading to Alphaland for I think another breakfast and also a little team photo shoot as well. So we're gonna Uber now, about 20-25 minutes. Houston is just a lot of motorways, like it's a, it's a very industrial place. I think the best thing about Houston is honestly Alphaland. Uber now, seeing the land. And I'm excited to see who's here because there's been a lot of changes recently in the Alphalete athlete roster. There's a lot of people who, you know, I was really good friends with and I'm sad to see them gone. But there's also some new people. It's just the nature of the business. It's no big deal. Like people, influencers, athletes, whatever, they hop around to different brands. Not me, of course. Been with Alphalete for like 10 years. But I understand like sometimes circumstances change. Contracts change, preferences change, people's direction changes, how certain people align with certain brands. There's no dramas, you know, it's not that serious and you just got to do what you got to do. So anyways, I'm excited to see who's here. Me and Ryan still here and Kieran. Hello, gang's all here. I would say hi. There we go. Look at this. Yo, yo. This is the studio. This is where the shoots go down. I've done many shoots in here. I've been on the website a couple of times and I think the plan for today is We're doing a bit of a group pic and then just freestyling it. Apparently there's breakfast as well. One of the best things about Alfaland, there is just snacks like everywhere. Like there's like, it's just a snack corner. Like in the random corner of the studio, there's just infinite amounts of protein bars and energy drinks. Like that is, that is all I need to survive and be happy. Okay, so here we got a little coffee shop over here. We got infinite protein shakes. What's this? What is going on? Here. Oh my God, these are all like protein desserts, right? These are like gluten-free, calorie-free. I don't think those are calorie-free. Oh, come on, come on, just, just, just tell me they are. Just, I just— tell me they are. That's all I want. You just kind of hold it here until it finishes, right? All right, do your thing. And then what is— oh my God. Pull, wait for it. There you go. Oh my God. Take it out carefully. Now I need to tap it. Do a little tappity tap on it. Yeah, you got it. Hey, we out here. You can bet, bro. I'm gonna be a barista. Oh yeah. And then now put down here. Oh. Tamp it on the mat. Okay. Yeah. Oh, that is so satisfying. Do I twist it or anything? Yeah, just lift up. And then now you gotta do, okay, this is the tricky part. So figure out the grooves, right? So just lock it in and then grab that. This? Yep. All right, so placement is important, right? So you kind of want to get everything, you don't want any spillage. No. And then this is the fun part, the lever. Okay, this bad boy, just pull all the way to the left. Okay, that's it. And then just wait, hold it. Yeah, you can let go. Yeah, so essentially pull it back around 19 seconds, right? So it's like all the way. So just wait, and then here's the time. So just at 19, pull it back. Okay, that's pretty easy. It's a nice straightforward— it's already— you got it. Boom. That's it. There we go, guys. So look, if you're hiring, I'm here. That's right. Now we are. Nice. Plenty caffeine. So my rule with caffeine, I have as much of it as I like until about 11 or 12, and then I cut it off. So this is like, I think I've had 3 energy drinks and 2 coffees today. Yeah. I'm a caffeine addict. That is divine. That is a quality bean. That's a good bean right there. Amazing. Shoot time. Mm, no. Oh my God, I'm nervous. Oh yeah, that is— that is dense. Now I'm going in the middle. Give me the middle one. Yeah. Standard American breakfast. Shoot done. Just had a little marketing meeting as well. It's kind of still going on, so I'm gonna be quiet. I'm in the VIP lounge, which is so cool. A full bar with like expensive alcohol, energy drinks. I can see the moe, and there's just ghosts absolutely everywhere. So I've already had like loads of coffees and all. I don't need any more caffeine. So today's pre-workout stack is going to be pineapple Pump, some electrolytes during the workout as well. These are like my— I've tried every brand of electrolytes. These are the best. And of course, creatine. We take our creatine year round. So highly recommend these if you're actually looking for like non-stimulant pre-workout, workout, intra-workout aids. The hydration, the pump, and the creatine. This actually has like beta-alanine and betaine in it as well. Really good stuff. L-Theanine too. L-Theanine's a great supplement. Cold Lipset. Go Supplements, best in the game. Going with Ghost to Birmingham for the Arnold Classic at the end of the month as well. So a lot going on this year. I'm very excited. Got our Alphalete glass, a little, a little drink mixer as well. That's a good machine. I don't know why this movement reminds me of Mike Isertel. It's true, he always bouncing up and down and he slams it. Yeah, I actually get it now. It's hard not to. Oh man, shout out Mike Isertel. It's actually a sick one. I get it now. You actually do. It feels better when you Slam it a little bit. Get aggressive. Still got it, man. These calves, bro, that is wild. That is wild. Can't be— can't say I skip leg day, like, like seriously, when you're walking around just normally, not flexed. Legs, they're always gonna look shit unless they're like Olympia legs. But when they're flexed, like, I don't— I really don't want my legs to be much bigger than that. Like, that's, that's the real deal. Like, that's sick. All right, so chilling in Alpha Eats as always. New fun America product that I don't have access to off the day: Straw Bango hydration ready-to-drink from Ghost. Like, this, it's like Powerade Zero on crack. Is that a good way to describe a health drink? So good. Like, why don't we have them in Spain or even Ireland? Actually, a bit of news. I don't know if I'm meant to say this, but Ghost Energy is coming to Ireland pretty soon. So obviously it took over America, became a billion-dollar company, launched in the UK. It's crushed it there as well. And the next stop is going to be across the pond to Ireland, and I'm going to be doing a big event with Ghost, uh, I think first Northern Ireland because that's UK, and then into Republic. So I'll be coming soon, later in the year as well. So not sure if I'm meant to say that, but anyways, you heard it here first. It's gonna chill I'm just gonna sit here now. There's no point going back to the hotel. It's like 2 PM, so I think I'm gonna like sauna, ice bath, do a little bit of laptop work up in the lounge, and just like have a day. Just like have a day with everyone in Alfaland. Just replenish, disconnect. So good. And next on today's wellness routine, we had leg day, we took a little breather, and now we're back out. Me and Kieran are hitting a sauna ice bath session. So this is the newest part of Alfaland. It is right next to the actual gym. Like, look at this, like, look how nice the trees are and everything. It's a bit of a, bit of a Marbella vibe. We got these massive, massive saunas here. I love that mirror as well. Two of them, very large ones. Cold plunge back here, a little like outdoor shower section in here, changing room, and then there's the other gym there. So really cool spot. We're gonna do a few rotations of this and hopefully that's gonna sweat out all the American snacks I've been eating. Holy Oh, look at that, sun just came out and everything as well. Feeling the vascular, sweaty, and now we're going to combine that with an ice bath, rotate 3 times, and you're going to be feeling amazing. Go straight in. So guys, this is a luxury for me, this is the lie down one. Usually I've got that little, the little tub. Okay, first things first, head under. Oh my God, contrast therapy! My voice is gone. You gotta get your breath. Oh, that is how you feel. I sound like I'm about to start crying. Oh my God. Okay, what's your biggest tip for lasting long in bed— in the ice bath? I'm only joking. In the ice bath, you have to keep up with it. I mean, if you go away and you miss a few days and you try and do it again, it's so difficult. Your body does get used to it if you continue to do it more often. So in Dubai, I did a few ice baths, mainly was just doing sauna, but I came back after like essentially a month off consistent ice baths, and oh my God, like I used to be able to clear 3 minutes no problem, and now I'm like a minute is a struggle for me. So just like what Kieran said, you gotta build them back up. It's like the gym. Oh my God. This is the Alpha Turkey Burger. That looks absolutely ruthless. That is what you want after training legs, doing an ice bath, doing a sauna. You just treat your body with some fucking turkey burger goodness. So I'm gonna eat this. This is gonna be lunch. I've ate fat all day. Had like a very light breakfast, the egg white breakfast, a bite of a pastry, and now this. Might throw a little protein bar shake combo in there. This looks good as hell. Got the team back here having a little meeting, probably about gym wear or leggings or something. Gonna eat here and then head back to the hotel. Going down to the hotel lobby to get a big old steak. It would be rude not to. So every night when you come down here, there's like a big happy hour where everyone's eating getting free nachos and just drinking. Look how we've been eating. Look at this over there, we've got nachos, pasta. Everyone's here watching, watching the sports ball. And we got the AlphaFit crew here. We're all ordering steaks and expensing them. It's part of the contract. Interesting. We gotta finish today's vlog. I think I consumed about 3,000 calories unintentionally today just in the lounge eating those jellies on the wall. And now we're finishing the day with a big surf and turf steak dinner. Got the gang all here. Everyone say hello. Hello. Did we have a fun day at Alphaland today? Yeah. I think so. A lot of lifting, a lot of eating, a lot of bonding, a lot of shooting. Great day. Always so nice to be with a group of people on the same mission. And then we got a nice fun day tomorrow. We got Pilates in the morning. We got painting. I'm gonna vlog again. It's gonna be action-packed. So see you guys in the morning. Keep real. Out here. Peace. All right, we found ourselves a nice slop bowl. This is a place called Kava. It's kind of like a Greek Chipotle, and this looks insane. Look at the— look at the amount going on there. Like, that is a big feast. It said this was like 700 calories on the menu. Like, look at the amount of sauce. Like, it's definitely a lot more. I'm not complaining. This is the lamb and sweet potato bowl. Let's do a bite. Oh wow, that is insane. If you're in America, go check out Cava. If you're an American watching us, what do you think of Cava? All right, so we're here in Alfie Lounge. This is not a mango margarita, it is not an alcoholic beverage. There might be alcoholic beverages tomorrow, but this is actually 2 scoops of pump from Ghost. We are waiting on David How to Beast. Mr— that's his second name, Mr. David How to Beast. Waiting on David to rock up now. And so David is— he is actually one of the best vloggers. Like, I know we give him stick, but he's actually one of the best vloggers. So consistent. So consistent. And he's an OG. He's coming down, he's like, hey, I'm pulling up. And we just know he's propped up the camera in the car park to film himself drive in to get the shots. That is the patience that I do not have. I'm doing it 5 times. So I, I'm not even mad. I'm not even mad that he's a bit delayed. So we're waiting on David. 3 of us are gonna smash a little upper body session. Session because tomorrow we've got what's called the Alphalete Games, and it's actually the whole reason we're here. So it's a load of like Ninja Warrior challenges. It's just a big community building event that Alphalete are doing. There's a 5K run on in the morning, so I'm emceeing the whole entire day. We're not gonna have a proper workout tomorrow. The whole gym is 3,000 people coming, so we're gonna do our big session today. It's going to be a full upper session, but I want, I want a bit of a push. We did legs yesterday, did pull the day before, We did Pilates this morning. We did Pilates this morning. So I want to just be nasty push session. You got a big pump. Yeah. So that's why I'm taking this stuff. This is non-stimulant, but it actually, when you take 2 scoops of it, man, you proper, you swell up. So I'll see you guys then in the gym. Are we working out in gym 1, gym 2, or gym 3? All of them. All of them. We're just doing a big, big tour de Alphalete. So I'm pumped. Let's get it. And look, guys, that is what we have been doing. All week. We've not gone anywhere else but Alphaland, and I'm fine with that because Alphaland, the way I look at it, when we go to Houston, it's like a training camp. Like, you, you just, you know, you have to go to gyms, nothing else to do. You have to create content, you catch up with all the boys, you network, you meet a lot of people that watch the videos. That's it. It is, it is monk mode, and I actually low-key love it. It is. I love it. Hotel Alphaland. It's the camp. It's like we're actually acting like proper athletes for once. This is today's workout crew. We got Mariah, we got David. And so this workout, we're gonna be doing some push, but it's really just gonna be me and Ryan convincing David to move back to Marbella. Is it on the cards? It's a very convincing place to live. You might see us living in Marbella by the end of this year. You might see it happen. I'll take that as a yes. All right, starting off with some incline dumbbell press. Feeling strong today. I think it's all the American food, the American calories coming nice and pumped up. So let's get it. We're gonna start off with 75 pounds. I don't know what that is. Then we're gonna go to 100 pounds. I think that's like 50 kg, 45 kg. Let's get a little— let's go up and wait. Hundi's slight incline, that's the key. Slide incline so you can still go heavy and also hit your chest. And that's also how I set up with dumbbells. I see a lot of people have their own various like setup ways. So I do, I go left, right here, and then I kind of squat down and let that rest, and then I go right, and they're both on my knees, and then I pull back. That's how I do my setup. Doesn't expend too much energy. I'm ready to go, so let's get 6 reps. Oh, one more. Clean reps, clean set. No, yeah, that's good. It's better than it was though. Rob is training me here. Found you, man. I've never done this grip on the fly. You got to try and be more alpha. I was like, what are you doing? It feels good. Trust in Rob. Can you zoom in on my quad? Make it look good. I still can't see it, man. I know, I still can't see it. You're gonna have to zoom in even more. I don't think this lens can manage it. David wearing that oversized tee. Always. Workout with the boys done, finishing it in the outside part of Alfaland, and it's like 30° today and it feels so good to just get a sweat on, get your pump in the heat. Did you have a good workout? I hit some games, bro. No, it's intercepted my channel. Have you got your catchphrase on my channel? So, Ryan, good workout. Don't subscribe to me. Yeah, you've seen Ryan enough. Yeah, David hasn't been on in a while. Ryan's old news. Never, never. Look at this, blue skies in Houston. Stunning. So the plan is now we're gonna finish up here. Uh, we've got an early team dinner tonight at like 5 or 6 or something. So we're gonna go home, shower, get fresh, catch up with the squad. Yeah, you can go a little bit closer, like fill up the thumbnail. Here are you guys. We ended up not going back to hotel because it's too far away, and we're like, you know what, we're in Alpha land. There's showers here, there's saunas here, ice baths. There's an infinite amount of clothes to choose from. Black clothes. Black clothes. This looks like normal. Seriously, like, so I'm wearing Alpha Tech cargoes, you're in the softer joggers, and then we got the Phantom Tea, and then this is like their Zara Tea. There's absolutely zero branding on this. So I'm ready, I'm ready to go out. Uber's here, food time. We hungry, we hungry. We are here, Hotel Thompson. The name of the restaurant is Sol 7. So this looks like a quite a fancy area. It's a Toca Madera there as well. I've been to the one in LA, it's a very nice restaurant, Mexican. So All right, let's go in now, meet the guy. You hungry, big man? Hell yeah! This is beautiful. And here's the gang. The gang's all here. What's up? How we doing? Rob Lipsett eats American food part 2. Okay, so we're going for a little chicken dipper. Oh my God, God bless America. I've ordered about 32 starters. We've gotten out of our depth a little bit here. We went hard on the starters, so the main hasn't even arrived. We got a big ass ribeye as well. All right, let's eat. Fire! You put that on your sandwich. Alright guys, finishing off today. We have a massive day tomorrow. There has been 3,000 RSVPs to tomorrow's event, so it's going to be like an expo. So we're chilling out tonight, taking it easy. I'm going to recover after my massive chest day with this big Dorothy steak. That just looks unbelievable. Vibes are immaculate. Look at everyone here. Lovely big crew. Look there, we've got the Houston skyline as well. Perfect day. I'll see you in the morning. Did you cook this? We did. Oh my God. Okay, yeah, run it straight, run it straight. Flour tortilla tacos, corn tortilla tacos. Oh, breakfast potatoes. There we go. I gotta have potatoes. I'm the Irishman in my dreams. There we go, you're looking out for me. Then we have bacon over here. Make your own avocado toast. Oh my God. And then we have some bagels with cream cheese and jelly. You got some fruit? Natural juices. Fresh orange juice, fresh grapefruit juice, ginger shots. Oh my God. And at the end, don't forget the toothpicks. There we go. We're going to be nice and fueled up for the games today, which are starting in a bit. Head, 1 hour, 2 hour. I'm going to go do a little 5K run, hour and a half 5K run, come back, smash all the bagels, and then off to the games day. Big day today. This is the main day of the trip, so let's give it our all. That is, that is a place. Ginger shot. Oh, the ginger shot, it raises it all, right? Okay, so we're starting off the day. Me and Kieran, we are the only ones doing the 5K, the run club. So this is a run club in Houston called Rare Breed. They're doing this event at Alphalete, so it's like a Rare Breed Alphalete collab. Big numbers here. I'm comparing it to Run Club Marbella. You know I'm a run club connoisseur. This is, this is solid. Obviously you don't have the Golden Mile or anything, but I would say there's definitely like at least 100 people here. So I love starting the day off, especially like when you got a busy day, starting it with a workout, starting it with a run. So I'm excited. Let's go full send! Everybody get, uh, as close to me as possible. Make a big circle around me so we can get some stretching in too. Waffle fries. Halftime show. Cookies. Oh my God, what else, what else? More cookies. Just cookies for lunch. Nice, nice healthy lunch. They are the best part. Oh my God, wow. So the vibes are Immaculate. Everyone's having a good time. The numbers, insane. We're all failing miserably at all the challenges, but it's funny. It's funny. We're having a laugh. We're not dying on the inside. It's all good. So we're doing a little bit of a halftime break now. We got Chick-fil-A, which is fine American dining. Like, I don't have access to this. I'm more excited to eat this than anyone else because I can't get this usually. So real treat here today. We are at Santa Cruz all here. Santa Cruz! Hey friends! But very successful day. We were saying today like it went very smooth. That was 10 out of 10. Yeah, it was a good old outfit day. Like a good outfit, proper old school vibes. So we're finishing the day here. Whole gang is here. Everyone's looking sharp. Hey, look, it's senior aesthetics. Oh yeah, it's old man aesthetics. Brian like pulled his chest muscle today. Honestly, grandpa aesthetics. Ninja Warrior. We're athletes. I don't know how many years I have left. I also fell on my ass doing the Ninja Warriors. I got really skinny. I didn't even try. Yeah, but so tomorrow morning we're gonna have a few drinks here Then tomorrow morning, jump on the pod, jump on the side pod with Max. So I'll see you guys then. Very eventful Texas trip. I'm loving it. Good night. Look at this rare, rare flavor. Ghost Raspberry Cream. There's no other energy drink flavors like that Raspberry Cream. Like, that is unreal. Oh my God, makes me want to move to America. So last night in Texas, went to a place called Sante. Was so, so good. Like OG Expo feels, having the whole team there. Christian drinking tequilas like Christian's a hard man to get to go on a night out and drink. So we had such a good time. Uh, I had to call up early because this morning I had a podcast with Max, David, Shirley, and Joe, the Don't Be Sad podcast, which is a podcast that I always watch. So it was an honor to be on it and a really nice way to finish up the Texas trip. So going to go to the airport now. Heart feeling full after that trip, but back to Marbella.