I'm about to go on live TV for the first time ever I have been looking forward to meeting this young
woman all day please welcome to the show Anna McNulty what is happening right now I just got an email
and it's from YouTube hi Anna wanted to share some confidential news maybe I shouldn't be showing you
guys this right now on Thursday we are announcing the top Canadian creators I'm so excited to share
that you're the top Canadian creator of 2023 I honestly can't believe I just read that this is
actually insane I want you to imagine this you're only 14 years old and start making videos to help
others improve their flexibility hi everyone it's Anna and for today's video fast forward 7 years
and you find out you're the top creator for your country the excitement is real but what I'm about
to find out next is something I'm not sure I'm ready for to celebrate this moment our Canada
pr team will be sharing the news with the Press so you have time for a quick call to chat about
the opportunity today later that day I spoke with YouTube and found out that I'll be going
on live TV across all of Canada now that might sound exciting but here's the catch ever since I
was a kid I've been incredibly shy and one of my biggest fears is public speaking so immediately
my mind started racing thinking about all the things that could possibly go wrong would you
still do it I just got off the phone with YouTube and apparently I was the top Canadian Creator so
they want to have me on some like live shows in Canada awesome do you think I should do the shows
like I don't know I'm like what if I mess up or like mess up on my tricks and fall down I don't
know if I should do it you know you'll be fine you'll be great at it no you should do it really yes
yes for sure well I guess we're doing this it's now 24 hours before I'm leaving to go to Canada
and a special guest is coming over any minute to help me practice for the shows I just realized I
have no idea what to wear on TV need to be able to do contortion so like that's not going to work I
probably should have tried to think of this before what if I have absolutely nothing to wear on TV my
friend Hudson is here to help me practice why are you bent in half oh I think they want to interview
me like this a long sleeve shirt like this could work this would be good for contortion but I don't
know if it's dressy enough we're here with Anna Mcnulty and I have a very big question for you who is
your least favorite YouTuber wait you can't ask me that kind of question this is live TV you got
to just fully answer it least favorite YouTuber go I don't know like I can't pick someone I have like
so many YouTube friends like who is a YouTuber that just annoyed you you hate working with oh
that pose freaks me out this is sparkly with like leggings this might be too much I don't know
if I really want to go with like sparkly stuff this isn't a real mic by the way we just had to
you know look cool anna how are you feeling so far after that last question not very good if
contortion could be an emoji what would it be all these hard questions this is live you can't debate
this come on I don't know what do you guys think there's like so many of the same things in here
I can wear this oh I have an idea for an emoji I feel like this would be the Emoji like a back bend
there's so many options but they all look the same so I don't know what one to pick is that a
real life emoji I think so I don't know these are such hard questions well we got to figure it out
right now I got my phone here we're about to see I have no idea what to wear but I still haven't
even started packing I was making it up Hudson there is no contortion Emoji got to be a real
Emoji these are a little bit dressier than than my other shirts I don't know which one I should wear
an this is not an emoji I don't think I understood that question very well you're doing terrible I'm
just going to be completely honest with you I'm not Canadian so I don't have to be very nice here
I cannot decide what to wear I'm just going to blindfold myself and random pick something this
could work really well or I could end up with a horrible outfit on TV I have no idea where I am
I can feel the clothes though okay I think I can work with this this actually goes pretty
well together and I feel like I can do contortion in this outfit this outfit definitely works let's
go find one more welcome back to CTV folks I'm here with Anna McNulty how are you feeling so far you
know what I'm going to answer that for you you're not doing a great job we have a final question are
you ready I'm ready I'm doing a few shows and I definitely don't want to wear the same thing
on everyone let's see if I can find one more good outfit blindfolded you what we picked what is one
goal you have for your YouTube channel definitely to reach 10 million subscribers so guys make sure
you're subscribed right now um live television this is not a YouTube We're on live TV right now
all right I forgot she's doing a terrible job I love this talk and it goes really well with this
skirt I can't believe that actually worked I don't think you're going to be prepared for live TV I'm
just going to be totally honest with you Anna well you know what I think I also have to teach the
host a contortion pose so how about I teach you a contortion pose next you drive a tough bargain but
okay I don't know if that's a word that's like the fanciest thing I've ever said all right let's do
it Hudson I'm going to teach you a triple fold does not sound like a real thing you bend backwards
easy I anyone can do this right yeah like that super super easy you just do a quick little back
bend there's no way the host is doing that on live TV there's I'm doing it either you need
more preparation maybe I should pick an easier pose to teach them on TV I think this outfit is
perfect I'm definitely going to wear it on TV but I just realize it is freezing in Canada right now
and I have no winter clothes to pack here let's go to Target to try to find some Target closes in 30
minutes so I have to find things here quick the first thing on my list is a sweater and honestly
this is not good because it seems like they have a lot of summer clothes this is not good for Canada
hopefully I can find some things so I'm going to be freezing there I would actually love this but
this is not going to work I feel like these are super cute and they'll be great for the Canadian
weather I don't know if I like pink or white better I think I'm going to go with white because
this will match everything next thing I need is fuzzy socks and guys look I see them right here
I think these could definitely work we only have a few more things to find there's like so many cute
things in this target but nothing for Canada this will definitely be warm for when I'm not doing the
shows so let's get this last thing on my list is a winter hat I have no idea if they're going to have
this here I see hats over here this isn't giving like Canada Vibes what do you guys think they
have so many hats but no warm ones even like earmuffs or something would be good I don't think
they have that at the Targets in California have to check out in a few minutes so let's
just look a little more so many cute things but no winter things after walking around the whole
Target this is the closest thing I could find to a winter hat that's not going to work either I think
we have to go without the Hat I'll see you guys once I'm in Canada it is now show day these are
like all the top National shows in Canada so I'm feeling both excited and a little anxious I'm up
next this could either be an amazing experience or I could embarrass myself in front of million
hopefully I don't mess up just doing a rehearsal before it goes live rehearsal went really well
the producers even tried some of my tricks but anything can happen on live TV which starts
in right welcome back to the show everyone all right are you finding that as you get older your
flexibility isn't quite what it used to be well our next guest is a self-taught contortionist
who says that improving your range of motion is easier than you might think I have been looking
forward to meeting this young woman all day she was recently named Canada's top content creator
by YouTube please welcome to the show Anna McNulty Anna first of all thank you so much for being
here you contortionist is such a specific skill set so I'm curious how did you even get into it
you taught yourself how to be a contortionist how in the world do you do that and when did you know
you could do that basically it didn't start with contortion so I was a cheerleader and in cheer I
was always a flyer so that's kind of how I got into stretching this next pose is a knee back
bend twist do I dare try or just leave that to you you can try it if you want to I'll show you
it first and then if you feel up to it you can try it okay that's a good idea show me what's
your advice for someone like me who's a little stiff like stiff like a piece of plywood stiff
um how can I improve my range of motion you're probably not that stiff I am but you're being
nice I find a lot of people the biggest mistake with stretching is that they'll stretch a couple
days and then they won't see an improvement and stop so if you make it a habit every single day
even if it's just 5 to 10 minutes over time you'll definitely see an improvement if you do that it's
a consistency ah well let's find out how stiff Andrea is let's move over here cross your arms
like this okay and you fully twist this is the one that freaked me out it's like from a horror
film show us sort of three moves that can slowly improve our flexibility so how do we do this okay
these are like my go-to three stretches that I do every day my friend just sent me a video of
Anna on TV and I did not know this happen it's so easy this is like an easy pose you know you
just kind of twist where do you feel this in your body honestly I don't feel this at all a
regular lunge and you try to push your back leg as close to the ground as you can Anna talk to
me about the training that goes into to do this you definitely want to start small like when you
first start contortion you don't just want to be like twisting like that and definitely warming up
first and having a consistent stretch routine can help a lot I've been doing it for a while
so like you guys are both doing really good actually yeah well it's hard to feel that way
when we're looking at you and it's like you're much closer to the floor than we are this is a
good one to do every day try to reach for your toes this feels yeah yeah and then you can go
all the way down if you can so you want to yeah keep your legs straight and this one's called a
seal stretch beginners you can just go on your elbows like this the last one is a bow and arrow
you pull it through into a bow and arrow and you can also put it behind your head although that is
a good yeah you're balancing well and I like to go all the way back but you don't have to do that
like you can still hold it here and get a good stretch in your back somehow she's on TV right
now and she's doing a really good job you guys are going to have fun trying this one well fun
I like all the way down like that it's great you got this come on you can do it Jeff you can
do it get that leg up there I got you that's actually it and then you can put yes the bend
okay that's like like for like first time yeah that's not bad yeah good job that's really good
okay yeah that was not that bad thanks a lot for your support very supportive person so far
so good but I still have two tricks to do I hope I don't mess them up like this wow all right so
let's start slowly okay Andrea good yeah good job yeah that was awesome all right what at me
contortion we can do it we can do it we can do it come on I mean it's kind of hard I feeling
I'm going I mean it's a good try you guys both did really good especially like your wall split
and your like needle attempts those were really good look at us look us I just
faced my fear of public speaking and if I can do it you can do it too facing your
fears might be challenging but remember you're capable of way more than you think