- I mean... - I mean...
- Can we get a better toss than that?
You can toss it to me. - Okay.
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- What's goin' on GQ?
I'm Greg Jennings and these are my essentials.
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This here is my Jack Black Lip Balm.
This is mandatory.
If you see my expression, my emotion,
I'm excited about this because this gets applied
from the moment I wake up throughout the day
to the moment I'm getting ready to go to sleep.
It is in my car, every vehicle.
It is in my pocket.
It is in my bag.
It is in my bedroom on my bedroom nightstand.
It is everywhere I am going to be.
They have lemon flavor, grapefruit, vanilla, mint.
The only knock on this, it is a pretty penny.
It's about eight bucks.
That could be a little discouraging for those of you
who like to keep your lips nice and lubricated, which I do.
I suggest you go get this lip balm, Jack Black Lip Balm.
Gotta have it.
My Yeti bottle, and yes, it is huge.
The 64 ounce with water that remains in it.
I literally don't leave the house without it.
I love it because I have to drink
about a gallon and a half of water every day.
It keeps everything that I put in it cold.
Well, the only thing that I put in it is water,
but it's also a tracking device apparently,
because where you see the Yeti,
you will typically see Daddy.
And so that is how everyone in the house
can identify, "Where's Daddy?"
They found the bottle, they will find Daddy.
I don't even know really how to pronounce the name,
they're Oofas, Oofos, who really cares?
All I know is that they're pillows on my feet
when I'm walking around the house or wherever I need to be.
These sandals right here, the thong version,
I have multiple versions, as a matter of fact,
I got the flip flop version on right now,
because when I'm walking around I like for my feet
to be given the most comfort possible,
so I put these on my feet.
I was actually in Florida on vacation with the family
and I forgot my sandals to go to the beach.
And so I ran into this store and they had these,
and I put 'em on my feet and literally I was like,
"Oh my goodness, oh my goodness, what is this?"
I had never felt the comfort that I felt on my feet.
I got mine, you can go get yours, these are amazing.
Love Your Melon hat.
I almost can't leave home without it.
The times that I do, I wish I hadn't.
This is a must-have.
Minnesota-based company.
Some of the proceeds that they raise
go to children with cancer.
They also partnered this particular hat
with Starkey Hearing Foundation,
an organization that's near and dear to myself,
that we've worked with, my wife and I.
This is a year-round worn hat.
I live in Minnesota.
I gotta keep the head nice and warm.
I wear it in the winter.
I wear it in the summer.
I wear it indoors.
I wear it outdoors.
Love Your Melon, the way to go.
Next essential, Lululemon pants, it's a jogger.
I love joggers 'cause I'm a sock guy.
I love being able to show my socks
so they raise up a little bit.
I wear it to train, I wear it just around the house.
It's a dress pants for me.
I dress it with a button-up.
These pants here go with anything.
And the most important thing is
they stretch and they're comfy.
Then it has this little slick back pocket
that I throw like my lip balm in,
so I know exactly where it is.
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That's just me, but I love these pants.
This hoodie right here, Western Michigan Broncos,
this is my Alma mater.
Wherever I go, I take this hoodie.
It's comfortable, it's stretchy,
it's mesh, it's breathable.
I don't like to train with my arms out
because I don't really like to identify and see my pump.
I just like to feel like I'm working, but I'm undercover.
I have to train with a hood on my head
just because it allows me to keep that focus.
It's like I'm just zeroed-in on the task at hand.
I don't care about anybody around me.
I'm just locked-in on this weight,
this exercise, and getting it done.
This hoodie provides me all of those things, I love it.
All right, so these Asics Gel-Nimbus,
these are the nineteens, I think they're up to like 22,
those are somewhere around the house,
but these are a shoe that I fell in love with.
And I said that I would never
be an Asics dad or a New Balance dad,
but again, I like comfortable feet.
After being in cleats for almost over half of my life,
you know what?
I treat my feet right now, and Asics give me that comfort.
I wear 'em for traveling.
I literally have multiple color variations
because when I travel, I like to kind of color coordinate,
so I have a black pair, I have a green pair,
I have a blue pair, I have these.
I don't really train in 'em unless I'm doing cardio.
That's the only thing that I really do in these shoes.
Outside of that, they go on my feet
immediately following training
so that I can get the comfort back on my feet,
the way that I like to feel.
Gotta have 'em.
This here my friends,
is probably one of my all-time favorite button-ups,
blue jean denim.
This one here can go with anything
and is extremely comfortable.
This right here has been my go-to for about seven years.
This specific, this one right here,
not another one, not two, this one right here
has been in my wardrobe collection for about seven years.
I take very good care of it because I enjoy it.
I want it to remain in my wardrobe collection
because it is that important to me.
I know you're thinking, "Do you have others?"
I do, but they're not this one.
They're not this color and they're just not as comfy.
This kind of gives me a little stretch,
even with my weight fluctuation because of my training.
This can go with me up or down, I love it.
I bring it on the road with me where I'm traveling,
so just in case I have a business meeting,
I'm gonna throw on the blue jean denim button-up.
If I just wanna go and hang, go out to dinner,
just have a good time, this right here is mandatory for me.
This is my planner.
It's a Momentum planner.
Everything is in it.
My day is literally scripted from the moment I wake up
to pretty much the moment I go to sleep.
I'm talking my food times, my meeting times,
my kids' school schedule, like it is in this planner.
And most importantly my meeting times with my wife,
which we are now having on a weekly basis
because we all we got, we all we need.
So this is my Momentum planner.
Gotta have it.
Alright, the Alpha Hylete Backpack.
With everything that I showed you, it all goes in this.
This backpack here has so many different compartments.
I enjoy it, my hoodie goes in here,
my training gear, the Lululemon pants go in here.
My Jack Black Lip Balm goes in here,
computer space, my Yeti bottle.
It has space for my meal prep containers right there,
[banging] and they don't spill, I love it.
You can't beat it.
It goes with me to the gym.
It goes with me on the airplanes.
I pack like anywhere, it doesn't really matter.
I'm not bringing too much.
Any extra carryover, I just throw 'em
in one of the kids' pieces of luggage.
"Here, put Daddy's in here, son."
I love this backpack and there's a special place,
I have to travel with the Teddy bear.
I wanna introduce you guys to Jennings, AKA A.J.
All my kids' names starts with an A
and their last name is Jennings after yours truly,
thus Jennings the bear.
My babies got it for me.
When they revealed this gift to me,
they said, "Daddy, this is Jennings.
"He's gonna travel with you everywhere you go
"that we can't go with you."
And it broke me down.
That's why I have to travel with Jennings
when they can't make the trips with me,
but when they can't come with me,
I know that they are with me.
- [Jennings] We love you Daddy.
- Alright, GQ, those were my essentials.
I appreciate you for checkin' 'em out.
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