- Oh, my stomach is already angry.
(laughs)
I have foam everywhere.
It's like in my head.
There was not a gel or a drink or anything
in my triathlon nutrition kit
that I wanted to eat.
Morning, Trainiacs.
Today.
Today is the day that I shoot the video
that I have wanted to shoot for two years.
When I first started this YouTube channel,
literally, this video was one of the first six
that I wanted to put together.
And I think of the other five,
I maybe did one,
but this one lasted.
For two years, I've wanted to do it.
It's happening.
Day to day.
Today.
Sidewalk.
Alright, ladies and gentlemen,
since the start of this channel,
I have had in my head the idea to figure out what happens
when you mix Nuun, which are fizzy,
like you drop them in water and they (makes foaming noise)
and combining that with a Pepsi, a Coke, a pop, a soda,
and for two years I've wondered what will happen.
Because you put this just in water
and it (makes foaming noise)
I wonder if this is going to be like a Mentos
and pop sort of thing,
and for one reason or another,
I've been either too chicken or haven't known
exactly how to shoot it.
I think I got things figured out,
and I've got support right now.
She doesn't know this is going to happen, but,
Mel!
She's got noise-canceling headphones on.
She's 15 feet away, but we will text her.
Can you come into the brick
background room, question mark?
Please bring an open mind and a positive attitude.
Now we play the waiting game.
Hi.
Grab a seat.
- Put me on my bad side.
(groans)
- What we've got here are Nuuns.
These, when you drop them into water,
they're like Alka-Seltzer.
They fizz up and they create a bunch of pressure
in water bottles,
so much so that you've got to actually pop the top off of,
or else the water bottle might explode.
- Okay.
- Excellent that you're wearing nice clothes today,
but we can use these lovely bags as a bib.
- Oh no.
- And I want to see what happens.
This is actually one of the very first videos
that I ever wanted to do on the channel,
and I've never had the guts to do it,
'cause I thought that my insides might explode.
- In there, it's gonna make a mess.
- You might have a lot to clean up,
because I got a busy day.
(laughs)
I'll say ladies' choice of what flavors you like.
I'll say put two in your mouth,
and then take--
- Oh my god. (laughs)
- Take a big slam of Pepsi.
(laughs)
- Two of them?
- Two.
- These are big, though.
- Any idiot can do one,
but it takes a special idiot to do two.
- That's true.
We're a couple of special idiots.
- Mm-hmm.
(laughs)
You're going Tri-Berry?
- I'll go Tri-Berry.
- Ha, sucker!
I was hoping you'd take that.
- Why?
- It's awful.
Actually, it's pretty good.
Okay, I'm going Lemon Lime
and Grape.
- And grape?
My god.
- I'm gonna go big
'cause we have a presentation meeting
in like an hour and a half.
- I'm ready.
(laughs)
- Hang on.
- I like the plastic bags.
They expired a year ago.
- They're fine.
(laughs)
Don't be such a prissy pants.
Mm, smells good.
There's only just a little bit of moisture damage
on the end cap.
- They look like candy.
- They taste delicious.
- They'll be candy in dirty glasses.
- Yeah.
Your pop, ma'am.
Hey, hey, hey, no cheating!
- Just seeing.
- Just a little fizz.
- Just testing.
- I am not a fan of these, by the way.
- Well ...
- Three, two, one.
(upbeat Caribbean rap music)
(sighs)
(laughs)
(mumbles)
(coughs)
It's like it turns into a,
like it's alive.
(laughs)
(shouts incoherently)
(laughs)
- Can you see it?
It's all fizzy?
(laughs)
- I have foam everywhere.
It was like in my head.
I couldn't talk.
You're a lady.
It didn't explode, but ...
(laughs)
(coughs)
(laughs)
(burps)
(laughs)
There's so much gas!
- So fizzy.
- I can hear it coming out of your mouth!
There's a combination of English and (makes hissing noise)
- Kind of between SweeTarts and Pop Rocks.
- Mm-hmm.
Or Bottle Caps?
- Mm!
- Bottle Caps, yeah.
Oh, my stomach is already angry.
(laughs)
(coughs)
(laughs)
Don't do it!
My stomach is like, "I don't like Nuun.
"I don't drink pop.
"Mel's over here spitting in a corner.
"I don't know what to do with myself!"
(laughs)
- So ladylike.
(spits)
Oh, look at it go!
- I hate to break it to you, but I won.
- I didn't know it was a competition.
- Everything's a competition.
There we go.
That's it.
There's no point.
It's still down here.
(laughs)
My body's like a mullet.
Like I'm all business in the front, but party,
There's not gonna be a party in the back.
- A party in the back! (laughs)
- Ugh.
(laughs)
- So what longterm effects does this have on my body?
Look at the bubbles go!
- Successful test.
It was like somebody exploded a fire extinguisher
in my mouth, and just went--
- Yeah!
(makes foaming noise)
- Like slow release.
It just went.
- Whoa.
- On with our day.
- Proud mom moment.
- We're professionals!
I've got a new strategy for this marathon swim
that I did not incorporate into the last marathon swim,
that I think is gonna be the secret sauce
to getting me through the last two or three hours.
It involves a little bit of Walmarto.
(upbeat Caribbean music)
So the last time that we did the long swim,
in the last two to three hours,
it was more mentally tough.
First three hours is excitement.
The next three hours,
misery and pain,
and then the final two, three hours
is like your body's in shock.
You're not feeling pain anymore.
It's just a matter of getting through it,
but up here, it's like, you're bored.
There's nothing to look forward to.
It's just more swimming.
And then even the nutrition stops in the last swim
were just misery because there was not a gel or a drink
or anything in my triathlon nutrition kit
that I wanted to eat.
So we fix that today
by doing this.
I'm gonna stock up on treats,
and then in the last two to three hours,
where I know that I'm definitely gonna be able
to make it through the race,
and the issue is more like having something
to look forward to,
I'm gonna have maybe some chocolate,
maybe some candy, maybe a Coke.
Who knows?
I'm gonna grab a bunch of things
and we'll what I'm craving at that time,
and then I'll have a bonus that every half hour
when we do our nutrition stops,
I've got something to look forward to.
Mm?
Smart.
(scanner beeps)
Alright, I think we got a pretty good haul here.
We got orange zest chocolate.
The really soft, peely Twizzlers.
Peanut M&Ms.
Snickers Bites.
Gummy bears.
I love these little guys.
And little Orange Crush Minis.
Aren't they so cute?
I am fully aware
that my stomach is gonna hate me after this,
but at that point, my entire body hates me in the swim,
so I might as well at least make it a little bit easier
on my old melon.
Give it enough challenges as it is.
Perfect timing to get where I need to go
for the end of the day.
(pops)
Later, Trainiacs.