Rob Lipsett

Rob Lipsett
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Born	January 17, 1992
💼 Occupation	YouTube Vlogger, Fitness Entrepreneur, Social Media Influencer
📆 Years active	2014-Present
🏡 Home town	Dublin Ireland
🌐 Website	http://roblipsett.com/

Rob Lipsett (born January 17, 1992) is an Irish internet celebrity, fitness entrepreneur and amateur body-builder. Initially gaining fame through his YouTube fitness channel, Lipsett has gone on to found Lipsett Fitness, an online personal training platform. He was also a star in the third season of the U.K. reality television show, Love Island, becoming the first ever Irish contestant on the show. As of 2018, Lipsett has over 950,000 followers across his social media platforms and he has over 39,000,000 views on his YouTube channel alone. Lipsett was ranked by the Independent in 2017 to be Ireland's 3rd biggest social media influencer based on combined social media reach.

Early life

Rob Lipsett was born in January 17, 1992 in Dublin, Ireland as the youngest of four children, having three older sisters. He attended Clongowes Wood College (2005-2011). Lipsett attended the Dublin Institute of Technology (2012-2015), before dropping out to pursue a career as a personal trainer and online fitness personality. Lipsett played rugby at a high level whilst attending school, his team winning the Leinster Senior Cup as a school-boys rugby team. Lipsett has stated that it was this which gave him his introduction into training and nutrition, a base for his future fame as a fitness social media influencer.

Entertainment

YouTube

After dropping out of the Dublin Institute of Technology, Rob Lipsett sought to expand his online personal training brand by creating a YouTube channel and posting his first video on the 1st of September in 2014, entitled "Rob Lipsett - Full Day Of Eating | Lifting | Daily Life" which went on to receive over 40,000 views. The channel initially began as a exclusively fitness based channel but has since diversified to focus on travel, eating challenges, and lifestyle videos, incorporated into the channels initial fitness focus.

Classified as a Lifestyle/Fitness Channel, the channels video "10,000 Calorie Challenge | EPIC Cheat Day" posted October 11, 2016, was the first to get over a million views, with 2 million views as of September 2018 and was the first to be featured in the YouTube trending page. The video was also featured in the Independent.co.uk article, "10,000 CALORIE CHALLENGE: The YouTubers Eating Piles Of Food To Impress Their Fans".

The channel has a combined over 39,000,000 views and over 400,000 subscribers as of October 2018. The channels most viewed video "20,000 CALORIE CHALLENGE | EPIC Cheat Day | Man VS Food" has over six million views.

Instagram

Rob Lipsett created his Instagram account in 2014 with slightly over 4,000 followers at the years end. His Instagram has since grown to over 470,000 followers as of October 2018, with his fastest period of follower growth occurring between March and June 2017 where he gained 120,000 followers in the three month period. Lipsett is credited to be the most followed male Irish pure social media star and has been considered to be one of Ireland's biggest micro-celebrities, being ranked number 13 in terms of Ireland's most influential social media stars under the 2018 The SERMO Influencer Index.

Love Island

Lipsett took part in the third season of the U.K. reality television show, Love Island. Lipsett entered the season as a late entrant on Day 26 but soon left the show on Day 28 in 18th place. Notably along with fellow contestant Shannen Reilly McGrath, Lipsett was one of the first ever Irish contestants on the show.

Upon leaving the show Lipsett was linked to fellow Irish contestant Shannen Reilly McGrath by numerous tabloids on the back of an Instagram post by Lipsett of the two with the caption;

"I may be leaving #LoveIsland but your boy ain't leaving empty handed"

However in subsequent interviews about the show, Lipsett later stated that there was no relationship between the two of them.

Tedx

After previously expressing interest as a motivational public speaker, Lipsett was invited to and spoke at Griffith College's Tedx event in Dublin Ireland on Beyond March 31, 2017. The event was centered around the theme Beyond (Your) Fear and featured other speakers; Ellen Keane, Karl O'Connor, Mia Christina Döring, Oisín Scollard, Paul Devaney and Paul Hayes. Lipsett delivered a speech titled, Do Things That Scare You which centered around social media marketing as well as Lipsett's life experiences as a social media, micro-celebrity.

Lipsett Fitness

In 2014, Lipsett became a certified personal trainer, obtaining UK Level 3 REPs (Register of Exercise Professionals) through Active IQ. Using this he began to train clients at his local gym before creating a Facebook and YouTube page in order to attract potential clients and continue to build his brand. After receiving numerous requests for personal training brands, Lipsett decided to create an online training platform by the name of Lipsett Fitness. This platform sought to provide both nutritional advice as well as personalized training programs to clients, utilizing Lipsett's background in social media to provide open communication and access to clients over numerous social media platforms.

In 2015, Lipsett expanded the Lipsett Fitness brand by launching LF Gymwear, Lipsett's personalized brand of active wear and work-out clothing, self described by Lipsett himself to be work-out clothing that could be worn in a social setting, however this was later discontinued upon Lipsett signing an agreement to become an influencer for the clothing brand Alphalete in 2016.

Lipsett became a major shareholder in the Raw Gyms Group in 2017, a chain of Gyms in Ireland established in 2008. Upon acquiring this holding in the Raw Gyms Group, Lipsett expanded the Raw Gyms brand by launching the Raw Academy, a training certification course which also sought to teach potential students how to grow an online business and social media following.

The Creator Agency

The Creator Agency was started in November 2017 by Lipsett to be an events company which by its own definition is,

"An events company focused on bringing creators together to positively impact the lives of others."

The company exists to put on events whereby notable figures and public speakers come to talk about their life experiences, social media content creation, online business, self improvement and answer questions in a Q&A style format, whereby Rob Lipsett himself usually acts as a moderator.

The company has held two events since its inception in November 2017, and is set to hold its third on the 17th of November 2018. The agency held its first event on the 18th of November, 2017 at the Radisson Blu Royal Hotel, Dublin Ireland, featured Owen Roddy, Mixed Martial Arts Coach to Conor Mcgregor, Joe & Mike the Delaney brothers, Nutritionist Gary McGowan, Roz Purcell and Rob Lipsett himself.

The second event was held on February 10, 2018 at the RDS convention center in Dublin, Ireland this time headlined by social media star and founder of the clothing brand, Alphalete Athletics, Christian Guzman and featured social media influencers and fitness personalites, Maxx Chewning, Merijn Schoeber and Shawley Coker.

Bodybuilding

Achievements

Utilizing his established fitness base as well as new found social media fame, in 2015 Lipsett to begin competitive bodybuilding, competing as a natural bodybuilder. In 2015, Rob Lipsett competed in the RIBBF - Republic Ireland Bodybuilding Federation Spring Classic in the under 178 cm Mens Physique class but failed to place. Lipsett wouldn't compete again until 2016 where he next competed in the W.W.T.C Spring Classic and placed 1st in the 174 cm and under Men's Physique class.

Sponsors

As a competitive bodybuilder as well as a social media influencer, Lipsett has formed working relationships with a number of large sponsors, the notable sponsors being listed below.

Brand	Year	Company Type
Ghost Protein	2018–Present	Sports Nutrition Company
Alphalete	2016–Present	Clothing and Apparel Company
MyProtein	2015-2018	Sports Nutrition/Gym Apparel Company
Nutriquick	2016-2017	Ready Made Meal Company

Lipsett's most notable change in sponsorship came about on September 12, 2018, when Lipsett announced that he had left his first major and long term sponsor MyProtein in order to sign with Ghost Protein. Lipsett stated on his YouTube channel that him leaving had nothing to do with MyProtein but rather due to his strong relationship with Ghost Protein's owners Ryan Hughes and Daniel Lourenço, as well as his strong friendship with fellow social media fitness influencers and faces of Ghost Protein, Maxx Chewning and Christian Guzman.

Personal life

Lipsett was in a long term relationship with social media influencer and high school sweetheart Sarah Godfrey however the pair split in 2017 just before Lipsett's stint on the reality television dating program, Love Island. Whilst there was speculation that Lipsett ended the relationship in order to be on the television program, both himself and Godfrey stated that the relationship broke down under the pressure of their separate careers as social media influencers.

Social media awards and recognition

Year	Honouring Organization	Award	Result
2016	BodyPower	British Breakthrough Athlete	Won
2016	BodyPower	Vlogger of the Year	Nominated
2016	eir Spiders – The Digital Technology Awards	Best in Blogging Award	Won
2017	Youtube	YouTube Silver Play Button	Won

Filmography

Television

Year	Show	Role	Notes
2017	Love Island U.K (series 3)	Himself	Eliminated Day 28 (18th place)

Bibliography

Year	Title	ISBN	Description
2018	The Rob Lipsett Game Plan	9780241352939	A guide for improving fitness and health focussing on; mindset, nutrition and training.

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