Hey, everyone! Welcome back to my YouTube channel. As you've likely seen on this
channel, I've been doing more and more of these videos where I try other people's
daily routines, and I am obsessed with them. There is something that is just so
fascinating to me about examining how other people live and how their days
flow because sometimes I think it's kind of easy to feel like everyone around you
just does the same exact thing as you every day... but when you really break it
down and you explore different jobs, you realize just how wrong that is
and how totally unique everyone's daily structure is. A huge thank you to
Fabletics for sponsoring today's video and letting me dive into this topic. And
stay tuned until the end of this video for a haul of some of my favorite
outfits from their recent collection. Because I like this YouTube series and I
think you like this YouTube series, I've been spending a lot of my time thinking
about what jobs out there are just beyond different from my own. You might
have seen my recent video where I do my twin sister Allie's job in the financial
services industry, or you might have seen me trying the morning routine and the
workout plan of a fashion model in New York City... but I've been questioning
lately who I know in my network that has one of the most extreme jobs that's just
truly different from anything I know... and that was when I thought of Wendy Fortino.
When I was about nine years old, Wendy was my counselor at summer camp.
She was the gymnastics coach, and she was always incredibly strong. I remember I
always thought of her as being really strong, but when we reconnected on
Instagram a little while back I discovered that she's currently a
professional figure competitor, a Body Transformation coach, and a bodybuilder!
Wendy: My name is Wendy Fortino, and I am Lucie's gymnastics camp counselor from 20 years
ago. She wants to be a professional bodybuilder for a day, and I happen to be
a professional figure competitor for the IFBB Pro leagues...
Lucie: She was named Miss Figure San Francisco in 2008 before working her way up to the
title of Miss Figure USA in 2011. And just one look at her will tell
you that this girl is serious about muscles.
She sent me over a two-page plan to follow so that I could try living an
exact day in her life... and it all started out with a 6:00 a.m. wake-up call and a cardio session.
It's 6 o'clock a.m. and I'm not happy about it.
So, I'm not typically awake at this hour, let alone doing active cardio... but I
plowed through on the elliptical for 30 minutes and I did my best to maintain a
steady heart rate between 135 and 145 beats per minute. At 7 a.m. I sat down
for my first meal of the day and, spoiler alert:
Wendy's plan for the day includes five meals. And I'm talking 5 BIG meals. So, 7
a.m. was just the first 20% of my food intake from the day. Her breakfast
called for one whole egg and four egg whites, so I set aside the additional
four egg yolks for some chocolate chip cookies that my mother-in-law was gonna be
making later that day. I scrambled everything together and then I got the
oatmeal going. Her recipe called for half a cup of oats, measured uncooked, which I
made into oatmeal... and then 1/2 a cup of cut up strawberries, which I put on top
of the oatmeal. I measured out the coffee I was drinking to confirm that it was
eight ounces or 1 cup. It actually turns out that I typically drink more than
this in a day, which I didn't know... but eight ounces seemed really small to me.
And then I added a quarter cup of almond milk and a small teaspoon of sweetener.
Wendy's morning routine calls for one multi-mineral vitamin, so I just took
one that my family had in the pantry... and also one tablespoon of cod liver oil. I
searched for this one in the grocery store and I couldn't find it anywhere.
And also even if I were to have it delivered, it wouldn't have come in time...
so Wendy just told me to skip the cod liver oil. I've heard of other people
online who take a tablespoon of this daily, and truthfully, to me it sounds
hideously disgusting... like, the furthest thing from anything I would ever want to
put in my mouth... but please comment below if you take cod liver oil and let me
know if you've experienced any positive benefits from it because
I could be open to it. 8 to 9 a.m. was reserved for figure posing practice... and
I think this was the most hilarious part of the day for me. I popped on a video
that Wendy shared with me, I changed into a bikini, and I tried some of these poses
for myself. And the thing with these poses is it's not just about getting the
positioning right... although that is part of it... but another major part of it is
building up the stamina and the endurance to hold these poses for a long
period of time.
Apparently, at many of these competitions you could be onstage standing in these
poses for anywhere from 15 to 20 minutes in a row, and unless you've adequately
practiced holding them, you just simply won't have the endurance to stay in
place.
At 10 a.m. it was time for meal two. So this was a smallish one, but it was still
pretty filling. It was one medium apple, one hard-boiled egg, and 10 asparagus. The
biggest issue that I ran into here was that the only asparagus available at my
grocery store were huge asparagus... like, not those skinny sticks, but giant tree
trunks... so the hard boiled egg and the apple were easy. I mean, I wasn't
particularly hungry yet, but for me it's always kind of easy to get something
sweet like an apple down... but 10 huge asparagus at 10 a.m. was rough.
My snack is ready! Cut up apple, 10 asparagus, and a hard-boiled egg. These are huge asparagus...
So here we go... What are you having for snack time? An egg?
Michael: Egg is the appetizer... You okay over there?
What's wrong?
Lucie: It's HOT!
So I decided I don't like asparagus. I'd be happy to never eat an asparagus
again after this. I'm honestly not sure I'm ever eating asparagus again in my
life... at least not the thick kind... and now I'm just a little bit upset because I
always said to Michael that if we ever got a dog, I would want to name him
Asparagus and call him Gus for short... and that whole name might just be ruined for
me now... so... TBD. So between that meal and the next meal there were only three
hours... so at 1:00 p.m. it was already time for my third meal of the day, which
was a pretty large lunch. It called for 4 ounces of tilapia, 1 cup of broccoli, one
red bell pepper, and 1 cup of white rice, measured, cooked.
I used a scale to make sure I was getting the exact 4 ounces of fish that she
recommended, and then I measured everything else precisely. I added a
little lemon juice to the fish and pan-seared it. And then I ate this meal
outside. And it did take a little bit longer than expected to finish it, but I
was able to finish it all. I have a tiny bit left and I don't have much time
because I have to get to my workout downstairs... so I'm just gonna finish this
really fast, and then I have about 5 minutes before my workout... Turns out I
like tilapia! And just like that, 60% of my meals for the day
were down.
Wendy: I'm gonna have you do your workout in the afternoon. Try get some
rest... maybe in-between meals...
Lucie: So on Wendy's
schedule, that meal was scheduled at 1 p.m. and my workout was scheduled for 2
p.m., but unfortunately because it did take a lot of time to prepare that lunch
I wound up heading down to this workout about five minutes after finishing lunch...
So I did not really have adequate time to digest everything... but that's okay.
Wendy recommends that before and after this workout, I take one scoop of BCAAs,
or Branched Chain Amino Acids. So, in case you've never heard that term before,
BCAAs are said to build muscle, to decrease muscle fatigue, and alleviate
muscle soreness. But I also did not have this supplement available. I didn't
already have it at home, and I just would not have been able to
get it in time to shoot this video. So Wendy told me I could just skip the
BCAAs. But if I did really want to do exactly what she was doing, I would have
had that added before and after the workout. Okay, it's 2:00 p.m. Time for my workout.
Michael's down here doing his workout... I went through her recommended workout
regimen and I asked Michael to help me out here just to figure out the proper
weights that fit with my body and the level that I'm currently at. Michael is
not a personal trainer, but he has worked with many personal trainers one on one
before, so I trusted him to guide me here. I started out with five minutes on the
rowing machine and then I did everything she suggested from wide-grip lat
pull-downs, to chest presses, to a bunch of lifts with dumbbells... and then I
finished off strong with five minutes of going all out on the rowing machine.
I did this entire circuit three times through, and I was exhausted afterwards. I
literally collapsed on the floor.
And two hours later it was time for my next meal,
meal four of five. So we're approaching being 80% complete with the food for the
day. This meal called for four ounces of
chicken breast, two cups of spinach, a quarter of a white onion, one red bell
pepper, and 1 tablespoon of Kerrygold grass-fed butter. This meal was the
strangest one for me because it was just such a bizarre time for me to eat a full
meal. It was basically right in between lunchtime and dinnertime, and I was just
not hungry in the slightest. But I followed her protocol anyway and I made
the meal. The best part of this meal for me, surprisingly, was the tablespoon of
grass-fed butter... So, Wendy told me that I could eat this like icing just by
licking it off the spoon. She said that's how some people eat it. But I decided to
include it in my sautéed veggies, and it actually made them DELICIOUS. So, if
you've ever been to the hibachi restaurant Benihana before and you've
seen how much butter they put on everything, you'll know what I mean. I
tried my best to take my mind off the fact that I was eating by reading a book
during this meal, and I'm currently in the middle of Layla F. Saad's book Me And
White Supremacy. I would highly recommend it. And reading a book while you eat is a
great way to take your mind off the food and just mindlessly consume, which was
what I really needed to do for meal 4 of 5. 5 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. was one of my
favorite parts of the day. Stretching time! Wendy sent me a Madfit YouTube
video to follow, and it was actually a video that I had done before and was
pretty familiar with! And it was just a great way to cool down to give my body
some time to digest and just relax before I had to get up again to prepare
my fifth meal of the day just two hours later.
At 7:00 p.m. it was time for dinner, and the rest of my family was having breakfast
for dinner which is one of my favorite dinners ever...
but I had to forego that, obviously, to have the last meal on the list. Meal five
called for four ounces of salmon, two cups of spinach, a quarter of a white
onion, 1/4 cup of mushrooms, and one whole zucchini. After everything else I had
already eaten in this day, all I wanted to be honest was to skip dinner entirely...
but if I had to go with option two it would have been breakfast for dinner.
Something like sweet pancakes, or waffles, or chocolate chips... or something that was
not another meal with a protein and vegetables... but I went forward with
Wendy's plan and instead I made this plate with salmon and sautéed veggies. I
pan-seared the salmon for a little bit, and then I popped the entire skillet
into the oven to bake it, and somehow, someway, do not ask me how... I finished
this meal and completed 100% of the food intake for the day. Her dessert
suggestion for me was a homemade popsicle made out of water and a scoop
of those BCAAs again, but I didn't have popsicle molds and as you know I also
did not have the BCAA powder... and, to be honest I just didn't feel like
I could fit anything else into my stomach... So I skipped dessert altogether.
Which is sad and which is highly rare for me. And the last item on Wendy's list
for me was a 45-minute to 1 hour sweat bath. She told me to make the water
slightly uncomfortable... AKA very hot, and to add in some epsom salts.
Wendy: I usually take a sweat bath. I like to just get rid of toxins, and restore
and replenish... and I just usually get a really good night's sleep. When I'm in
the heat of my contest prep, every single thing that I do to get my body to have
that edge and to have the most quality physique I could possibly create... I do.
Lucie: I am about to take a 45-minute sweat bath... I have with me a liter of water... This was a
bottle that my family just finished. It was tonic water... and now I filled it with
water. I'm gonna drink this throughout the bath and I'm gonna hope I sweat. So
I'll let you know. After the bath was full enough, I stepped in, and it was
HOT. It was actually really difficult to get myself in there, but once I was in, I
forced myself to stay put... and eventually my skin got used to the temperature, even
though I was getting really red... And I really did start to enjoy it! She told me
to stay in for at least 45 minutes, to make sure I was breaking a sweat, and to
drink at least a liter of water while I sweat. I kept sipping from my water
bottle to make sure I was staying hydrated, and by the end of it I was
definitely sweating. It was really, really hot in there. But it felt good. And it
actually made me pretty tired. By the time I got out, I felt sleepier than
normal and I think it probably helped me sleep well that night.
Wendy: Bed by 10 p.m.
Lucie, I don't know how late you stay up, but I'm gonna need you to get in bed by
10:00 p.m. so that you can get your beauty rest and wake up feeling good.
You're probably gonna be sore... But that's okay. And if any of you are crazy enough
to follow along with Lucie, let me know! My name is Wendy Fortino, my Instagram is
@wendyfortino. I would love to know if any of you decided to be crazy like Lucie.
So Wendy told me to be in bed by 10:00 p.m. which is also highly unusual for me...
but I made sure to get in bed at 10:00. I watched TV with Michael for 30 minutes, and
then we fell asleep. And that was my day doing a body builder's routine! It was
long. It was filled with a lot of cooking, a lot of food prep, a lot of eating...
Honestly, I did not feel like there was much time in the day for me to do any
work or to be that productive because so much of my time was spent preparing food
or exercising... but I realized that that food prep and that exercise is actually
Wendy's job and livelihood, so it makes total sense.
And now, I promised you a haul of some of my favorite workout clothes that I'm
wearing right now... so I'm gonna toss this over to a clip that I shot earlier this
week showing you some of my favorite items.
So here are some of my personal favorites from the Fabletics June
collection! Don't forget: At the end of this video, if you click on the link in
my description box, you can become a Fabletics VIP and get any two bottoms
for just $24! Okay, so: Starting with this seamless sports bra... This is one of my
absolute favorites... I kind of think of it as being more of a loose-fitting tank
top instead of a sports bra because there are no wires, there's no padding...
it's just really soft and really stretchy. The back is a low-cut V, which
is really pretty. I love the neutral color of it, and it's just incredibly
comfortable. I could keep it on all day. And it's very similar to the feel of
this sports bra right here which is from the sculpt-knit family... which means that
the fabric is really stretchy and really comfortable. And it has one of those
awesome strappy backs. On to some of my favorite bottoms. So, if you're just one
of those people that likes wearing solid black bottoms, this is a great option for
you because it does have a perforated design that makes the leg kind of
interesting and cool to look at even though it's just black, these are such a
great fit. And even though I do gravitate towards the brighter colors, every so
often I love wearing a black bottom because then you can pair it with any
top. And one of my favorite sports bras to pair it with is this white one. This
is one of those double-layered sports bras. So the top layer is mesh, and the
bottom layer is not. When you're wearing it it kind of looks like you layered two
bras on top of one another, which I love but it's actually just one piece, all
connected... and it has a very cute strappy back, also. Because this one is mesh, it's
really breathable, so it's great for a sweaty, extreme workout. Now on to the
bright colors that you know I love! This is one of my absolute favorite sets in
the sculpt-knit collection... These hot pink leggings also have those perforations
down the side. I can't even begin to describe how sculpt-knit fabric feels
for someone who's never felt it... but just imagine the stretchiest fabric ever that
just slips over your skin with ease... and imagine a sports bra that, when you're
going to put it over your head, actually stretches very easily. And the sports bra
is kind of like a top because it's one of those low-cut designs... and the entire
thing has perforations. So not only is this one of the cutest workout sets, but
it's also one of the most comfortable... and, because it's filled with holes,
it is incredibly breathable and light. Alright, two more! So this first one is
from the July 4th capsule collection... there's the star sports bra, and the star
leggings... Paired together, we've got an all-inclusive set, sports bra and bottom...
I love the cutout in the back of the sports bra, and the design down the
capris with the stars and stripes is really cute. And these are perfect. They
just hug my waist 360... No gaps allowed. I'm also wearing leggings from, I think
it was, the May collection... and the same thing is happening. As you can see, no
hole. And last but not least... I saved the best for last because I have been
searching far and wide for a body suit for the longest time now... and I finally
found the best one that is stretchy, and comfortable, and soft... and the greatest
color ever. So don't forget to click the link in my description box and sign up
to become a Fabletics VIP today so that you can get any two bottoms for $24! That
is such an incredible deal, and Fabletics makes workout gear for people of all
body types and all shapes and sizes, so I know you're gonna find the perfect fit.
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