But I can't call myself like Tulsi Ticeps or something
I had to stick with like BeerBiceps
one uncle had taken out me for a lunch and he just said let's go out for lunch
and over course of lunch I realize that he tried to convince me to not do YouTube
I use to watch lot of content during college
lots of American Fitness Channels
European Fitness Channels
and I always thought somebody in India should do
like that was always my thought
when I started liking and loving people on the web
who are content creators and that's exactly new profession on the blog
Thanks to some really cool content creators that we have
This is one person that I have really enjoyed watching
also because he sympathetic, empathetic and a fabulous stalker
so welcoming BeerBiceps, also you know Ranveer
people like you like I said you, Prajakta Kohli, Bhuvan Bham has been content creating
and the content creator's job I'm not calling you an influencer yet
you are an influencer but in a very nice way
you are also content creator which is very creatively done in influnencer
you have made it a regular thing
like today's parents would be okay if someone says I want to become a content creator
how do you see that because it wasn't available when we were kids
yeah, 100% when I was starting out my parents didn't understand what I was doing
there is lot of back clash i had to face at home
but when I look back I see maybe it was the suffering I had to endure
so the future generation I' sound like old person
future of this social media and this country
is easier I feel that money and all that is just going to increase so
even if you're like smallest content creator but you have capabality
of creating videos, or creating pod cast or even writting
lot's of money to be made lot's of growth to be held
you can grow in any directions plus the media industry
as bad the name as it has the previous generation
this generation people insight like Nayandeep yourself I would also vouch for it
it's lot of good people there is lot of good people out therein the industry
who are collaborative who want to grow together
so I think it's great time for a kid to enter and I'm happy also part of that change
absolutely like you said you had to convince your parents
because they didn't had any clue of what are you getting into
how did you convince and what are your kind of opinions that you had to face
not just from your parents from your relatives
because relatives is a bad word I think in most of our dictionary
yeah even family friends I remember when I was starting out no one use to like what I did so
one uncle had taken me out fora lunch
and he just said let's go out for lunch and over the course of the lunch I realized he is trying to convince me to not do YouTube
and he is telling me this is when after I have crossed 1000-2000 subscribers
which was quite a big number for 2015
and he thinks about the finance course and he was telling me how should I be doing it
just forget all this timepass and all and today when I meet him
he remembers that conversation he takes photos of me shows it to his kids
it feels nice that time it was little hard for sure
but as long as you are able to explain your business plan on paper
and somehow ask your parents couple of years to establish yourself
I will work really hard in those two years
you will be fine
how did you convince your parents like what did you tell them because
I think your parents are one of those who are supportive like
I will vouched for it because this happened to me also
one of my father's friends I was a science student and I was a good student and
I wanted to do Jouranalism because I had act for it
and I was writing for paper in KolKata
I wanted to do Journalism and my father;s friend came and told
why are you making him do Journalism it has no scope
and exactly the same things happened
I want to know but my parents were supportive
they understood it they know they didn't had clue about surrounding
what will happen but they supported me
how did you convince them
so I told my parents I'm doing a start up I didn't tell them I am doing YouTube
and I just told them I am just marketing on YouTube
I'm making videos so that my start up gets better marketing
I didn't tell them my eventual plans which were to become a YouTuber
which were exactly the things I am doing right now
I had to lie to them to get my things done about 2 years my way around it
but I am glad that I did
what was your first thought when did you introduced to the idea of becoming a content creator
I use to watch a lot of content during college
lot's of American Fitness channels
Europe Fitness channels
and I always thought people from India should do
this is my thought I never thought I will be the guy who will
do it in the Indian way but
Honest thought when I started let's do it in Indian way because no one is doing it
so I will be the first person so that is the only thought and I am glad I took that thought
where does this name comes from BeerBiceps
how did you chance upon this username
I think the person I was that time I use to workout a lot
and I use to drink a lot and honestly the idea was like
explain to people that you can stay fit and also party really hard
balance the two version of your life
over time I have stopped drinking I don't do
I am not as much into body building any more
I am much more into Yoga Ayurved
but I can't myself like Tulsi Triceps or something
I had to stick with the BeerBiceps because it's brand name
in the beginning when you were kid when you were in teenage years
did you face lot of bullying
because when you created that channel BeerBiceps
you were giving fitness tips it wasn't setting out unrealistic body standards
for people which is why people connected to you
was there time when you had to face those unrealistic body shaming or demand sin life
I grew up obis which has his own story
lot of people grow up fat shaming me all that
that actually motivated me to get into shape
continuously strive to get fit all the time
so I kind of look at fat shaming phase as good
I don't look that negatively but when I started actually gyming
body training most Indian gyms have body shaming as a part of culture
you enter to gym and you see someone saying Hey your Bicep has become so small
they say your body is gone it's the first thing before you say Hello
I think if you go to environment like this everyday you inject all that into reality
so those thought start coming and you also start judging other guys
so even you start body shaming other people
it's very negative toxic environment
which is why I feel corona virus
is shut shop for many gyms in the country
but we gonna see whole new way of lifestyle fitness
Yoga is going to come back home fitness
even after the corona virus situation is gone I think
we are going to see big change in the world of fitness
you have been so honest enough to admit that
when this kind of body shaming happen at the gym
you also tend to tend to body shame people
have you ever unintentionally done that and regreted it
I probably did it with 1-2 of my clients when I was a trainer
but I didn't like person in the gym who
would go up to others and say
I knew how that felt I was empathetic enough to understand
this doesn't feel nice so don't do it to other human being
fortunately I was empathetic enough to like not look into another person
but I would see my thought patterns changing
I would see myself judging other people which I didn't enjoy
why should I care this guy has gotten pounch on his belly \
whatever he has become bit chubbier then he was
I didn't even like the fact I was sub conciously judging people
when you became such a big brand when you established your self like that
as a content creator did you see people's perception around you change
or try to like tell you no don't do it
yeah 100% like most content creators who go through situation like that
tend to become arrogant and that happened to me as well\
now I am like with 50k subscribers which isn't big
it feels way bigger than zero subscribers
you definetily have way of arrogance also
people around you has to bring down
I remember my boys brought it down
they said don't say these things don't think these things
my boys really helped me ground me in that phase
but at the same time you see a lot of jealously
speacially in fitness domain
I remember the gym I use to go to I was actually thrown out of that gym
because trainer thought I was learning from and I wasn't learning from him
This guy is learning our stuff putting on YouTube and stealing all our clients
it was like it didn't make sense
so I got thrown out of my gym so things like that also happened
everything leads you to better future
if people are pushing you away you are not meant to keep them in your circles
when did you realize and discover talk show host
from being a web creator who talks about fitness to
talk show host it's different kind of transition but you manged both of the
when did you realize that
I only believed in re invention at every stage of my career
I don't think it was consious to become a talk show host
I knew I had good conversation with good people because
I had interesting friends I had grown up with interesting friends
so I knew how to hold the conversation that's all
I am sure this is not my last transition I am going to do
at least for 20-30 years and there is going to be lot more transition
it can't be podcast host forever so let's see
but you are amazing at what you do I must say that
when we are talking about content creation on web
do you remember your first video how many views did it get
were you anxious about knowing what who has commented
because it happened to me also when I did my first video with PINKVILLA
I think definetly in first week or so I was very like kind of aware
plus I enjoy the attention I am not gonna lie
and there waas no one doing fitness for Indians back then
so my videos crossed 1000 2000 views very easily
because I had done search engine stuff very well
so I enjoyed the attention I wasn't very anxious
I started getting anxious after 2-3 months into getting the process
when first initial hate comment start coming in
that's only time hater have ever affected to me
probably 1-2 times after that something is gone viral
and virality brings it's own steam of hate
but those were one of few times when I felt hate when I just started coming in
do you remember what they had said
again it was when you create fitness content the whole
fitness community in India is very aggressive
they are very aggressive people
you will always find people who love you aggressively and hate you aggressively
so hate you aggressively kind of people will dis you for anything
I was in great shape back then but they would still come and body shame me
you blame yourself also so many people body shaming me
you realize the nature of online hate
Thank you for this conversation and we are going to do something really soon together
god willing very soon and
keep up the good work because you definetly end up inspiring lot of people including me
Thank you brother god bless you
Thank you