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, as well as star in the third season of the U.K. reality television show, Love Island. As of 2018, Lipsett has a combined over 900,000 followers across his social media platforms and was ranked by the Independent to be Ireland's 3rd biggest social media influencer based off of combined social media reach.
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Early Life
Rob Lipsett was born in January 17, 1992 in Dublin, Ireland as the youngest of four children. 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.
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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. 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 11th, 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 over 400,000 subscribers as of October 2018 and the channels most viewed video "20,000 CALORIE CHALLENGE | EPIC Cheat Day | Man VS Food" has over six million views.
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 of 2017 where he gained 120,000 followers in the three month period.
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 including the Irish Sun 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.
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 students how to grow an online business and social media following.
The Lipsett Fitness App launched in April 2018, expanding the Lipsett Fitness virtual platform. The App sought to further the Lipsett Fitness brand and utilize this platform to provide nutritional advice and online coaching to existing Lipsett Fitness clients.
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 has held two events since its inception in November 2017, its first event on the 18th of November, 2017 at the Radisson Blu Royal Hotel, Dublin Ireland, was headlined by Owen Roddy, Mixed Martial Arts Coach to Conor Mcgregor as well as 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 social media influence and fitness personality, Maxx Chewning.
Bodybuilding
Achievements
Utilising 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 178cm 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 174cm 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.
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 Lipsett and Godfrey stated that the relationship broke down under the pressure of their separate careers as social media influencers.
Social Media - Awards and Recognition
Filmography
Television
Bibliography
References
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