- Hi, my name is Megan Roup.
I am the founder of The Sculpt Society
and celebrity fitness instructor
and this is how I work it.
I'm so excited to take you through 24 hours
of my beauty and wellness routine
while we are in quarantine.
Once people started socially distancing
I immediately started doing live stream workouts
from my New York City apartment.
I wanted to bring a sense of normalcy
for anyone who was working out with me
to give them a way to continue to work out with me.
We're all in this together.
We're not working out alone.
So I am live streaming on The Sculpt Society app
two to three times a day, seven days a week.
So strong you have it on those hands
we're going from the top.
The classes are ranging from anywhere
between 10 to 50 minutes.
So I'm really tired.
The most challenging part of my job right now
is trying to keep content fresh
and that takes a lot of time and a lot of prep.
The best part of this is the messages
I receive every single day from people
who are telling me that I'm helping them
get through this quarantine time.
This community means so much to me
I can get really emotional about it,
but...sorry.
I'm tired but when I get a message from them
it really fuels me.
Fitness is really powerful and everyone
just needs a moment whether it's five minutes
or 10 minutes to move their bodies,
to get out of their minds and just to feel good
and if I can be that person for them
it really means so much to me.
Good morning it is 7:15 and I have to get up.
I'm trying to wake up at 7:00 or 7:30 every day
even if I don't have a live class until 9:30.
I got a long day of filming ahead of me.
I actually want to show you my view of New York City.
Now let's get the day started.
My morning routine pre and post COVID
has always been first thing I get a big jug
or cup of lukewarm water.
I'll put in half to a whole lemon.
I'll chug that.
Naturally my favorite part of my morning routine
is my coffee and my french press.
So boiling water letting it sit
for about three minutes and plunging it.
I'm just drinking my coffee finding a little energy
for my live that's happening.
I'll do a short meditation on The Sculpt Society app.
I also really don't feel like meditating this morning,
but I'm going to do it.
Kelsey Patel has some amazing meditations
on The Sculpt Society app
and they're all under eight minutes.
I'll meditate and then I'll start getting ready for my day.
The first day I was like woo hoo no makeup,
I can be in my sweatpants and sleep in.
It sounds great, but for me it just puts me
not in a great mood.
There's something about feeling put together
and confident and that just starts your day off better.
The Sculpt Society colors are navy, lush,
white, black and gray so when I first launched
those were the only colors I was wearing
on The Sculpt Society app so it looked really uniformed.
Obviously I'm in a very bright pink outfit right now
and that brightens my day having a little but more fun
with the outfits.
Getting in the mood for some dance cardio
so I decided to put on maybe the brightest set
that I own.
There's something about being on camera in a bright outfit
and people get a little bit more excited about it.
In the morning I don't wash my face
I'll splash water on the face, then do a serum
and a moisturizer and I kinda just rotate
between all of these products
and then I'll apply my makeup.
But I am getting ready for my live stream
and I'm gonna put some makeup on.
My makeup if I'm filming content for the app
is just a little bit more then I normally would wear
day to day.
When you're filming for videos you just want
a little bit more coverage,
but I definitely wanna keep my makeup natural.
So I'm gonna start with this Tula primer
with a little bit of this Glow Drop by Supergoop
and then a BB cream.
I'll put some concealer under my eyes,
on my eyelids and around my nose.
I'll then put some bronzer on using this Tarte bronzer.
By the way this is like getting ready
very fast for me.
I usually take about 10 minutes,
but I've got about five today.
And then I'll use this blush here
and I get my cheek bones.
I'll fill in my eyebrows.
I'll use this Tarte palette for their chocolate brown
and I'll just dab this Sephora...
I don't know what you call this
and I'll just fill in my eyebrows.
I love a thick brow.
I usually get my eyebrows tinted,
but because of quarantine it's been a little bit of time.
Just go in and lightly fill them in
again I still want it to look natural.
And then I use this Maybelline Great Lash clear mascara
you just shape them a little bit more.
I kinda like to brush my eyebrows up.
I don't know if that's even a technique, but...
Curl my eyelashes and then the finishing touch
is just this Maybelline Define A Lash mascara.
It's not waterproof mascara.
I've gone through stages of waterproof
and non-waterproof.
I love that waterproof doesn't smudge
when I'm sweating.
However taking it off bugs me,
so I generally stick to regular.
And there you go.
If I'm filming I'll do a little makeup spray.
Yeah, setting spray.
I find that that actually will hold my makeup
pretty well and Coola has a really nice one.
As well as Supergoop that I like.
Next up I gotta figure out this hair situation.
I do wear a bun a lot.
I either wear a bun or I'll wear a ponytail
and I'll curl the ends of the ponytail.
I don't like to over wash my hair,
especially because I have it up all the time.
So I probably wash my hair twice a week.
I'm a big believer in hairspray.
So the old school ballet dancer in me
likes a slick back bun
this is a little but more volume these days,
which is probably better.
But yeah I like a strong hairspray.
Big fan of that.
I love just a generic like thick
elastic band that you can get at Duane Reade.
I also have these Slip ones,
it's kinda like an old school scrunchie that I like.
They really hold my hair especially for a bun.
Or these few other fun one that I don't know
what they're called.
I try and use natural deodorant.
I love Megababe.
Arm and Hammer has a good one.
There you go you got your Sculpt Society bun
and you're ready to go.
I am setting up for the live.
Right before we go on it's always
just slightly stressful.
I've set up the live stream on my camera.
Microphone plugging that into the iPhone.
All right.
Welcome to The Sculpt Society guys.
Happy, what day is it?
It's Tuesday.
We're gonna do a quickie full body
using the TSS booty band and then a little core action
on the back.
Let's get into it, yeah.
When we first started socially distancing
I started streaming live on my app
and I was so excited about it.
Thank you so much for being here
this is my first live so bear with me
if we have any technical issues.
It was incredibly stressful in the beginning.
There were multiple times when the live shut off
and I didn't realize.
I'm learning so much about tech right now
and I apologize to anyone who was frustrated.
I promise I'm gonna get better
this is all just a learning experience
so I'm rolling with it.
I finally ordered an ethernet cable
that would connect into my iPhone.
I have noticed when I do live stream
on my app later in the day
because there are more people on the internet
sometimes that 12:30 time slot
WiFi connection can be a little bit tricky streaming online.
I'm gonna turn the WiFi on.
30 seconds guys I promise.
My new studio is a 300 square foot living room
in my New York City apartment.
Fortunately I have not heard from my neighbors,
which either we've got really thick walls
and they can't hear or they're just letting me do my thing.
Morgan filmed a really funny video
coming out of the elevator
while I was doing a live workout
and you can hear me screaming.
Feel it!
There you go.
Now the left side are you ready?
Which by the way is really tough
my voice has been a little bit raspy
because I've been projecting so much
and then the music's blaring.
Step touch woo!
So I'm just really happy that I haven't had a complaint.
There's an energy in a studio that I think
is hard to replicate and when you are
on your own you're having to really find
that energy for everyone.
You're confident at home I can feel you.
Stick with it.
There is something about being in studio
collectively with 30 women and you're just all dancing
together and sweating together.
However there is something even more special
about thousands of people tuning in live together.
There is something about a community
coming together for a little positivity
in this stressful time.
That's the sticky part of The Sculpt Society
is this community of women who can come into a boutique
fitness studio or online and feel
like they're a part of something.
I really wanted everyone, every size,
every shape to feel represented and seen.
I wanted to make The Sculpt Society
a method for non-dancers.
Dance cardio is all follow along,
it's simple, it's repetitive, it's fun
and guess what?
No one's watching.
I consistently remind people no one's watching you,
everyone's in their own world even if
you're at a studio there is something really empowering
and uplifting once you realize that
and can let yourself just go.
Woo!
One more.
And then the real bulk of the method
is sculpting so that it felt athletic
and like anyone at any level could walk in
off the street and feel really successful.
If at any point you're like whoa
this girl is moving super fast for me
and I'm finding this really advanced.
Slow the movement down.
Everything can be modified.
Make sure it feels good for you and your body
and the more you do it the more you master it
the stronger you're gonna get.
My routines are constantly changing.
I'm constantly trying to mix it up,
so that every 9:30 isn't the same.
During this time it was really important to me
to show people that just your body weight
can deliver a really solid workout.
I don't actually have hand weights
here at my apartment and I've been using cans of beans
in all of my live workouts.
My arms have been sore from those cans of beans.
There's always ways to make it work
if you don't have equipment.
If you don't have a Pilates ball
grab a small pillow, but again
everything can be done with no equipment,
so do not worry.
Something I love about The Sculpt Society app
is that people can comment in
and I can read messages.
Let's get to know each other.
Ask me something.
And I can connect with people after every single class.
Comment on the video if you have any questions.
I'll go through some of those questions
after class and we can drink coffee together and chat.
I can see who it's from and they can tell me
where they're tuning in from.
Haley in Chicago.
Sarah in DC.
We got Annie in Poland.
Caroline in Germany, what's up.
People from around the world tuning in live
with all of us.
Woo!
You worked so friggin' hard.
After my first class I'd log off,
I'd look at the stats, I assess
and then I frantically get ready for the second live.
I want to be prepared.
I go through the content, the playlist.
And I'll just quickly review what I'm gonna be doing.
Don't mind me.
And now I'm gonna have some breakfast
and that is granola, yogurt, almond milk
and then I'm probably gonna put some almond butter.
So that time in between goes by really quickly.
If I'd done cardio in the morning
than usually the 12:30 class is more sculpt
or vice versa.
We're gonna do some dance cardio.
Follow along.
When I started live streaming
I thought it was really important
that Morgan join me in some of the videos.
Cause I'm going live in 15 minutes.
- Me too. - I hope that you...
Oh yes and Morgan is too, very exciting.
So many people are quarantined with their partners,
their roommates, with people
or they're Facetiming people in
to do workouts with.
So I really wanted to showcase
him in some of the videos and he joins me
usually one video a day and he's been such a trooper.
Morgan's in the background.
He is my videographer today.
I like to say that his new job is my videographer
and my lighting director.
And helping me with the music and all the tech stuff
behind I am so lucky to have him
and he's been just a real source of strength
for me during this time.
I want to thank you Morgan for coming in.
- Back to the office.
- Back to his office, back to his computer.
Unfortunately we had planned to have
our wedding in September.
However, a really big vendor of ours pulled out
and so we're kinda starting from scratch.
I think the plan is to still do September if we can.
We'll probably just do it in a smaller capacity
and make it a little bit more intimate.
We're just trying to stay positive about it.
We're both healthy and we're both working
and a lot of people don't have either,
so I think that's the wedding plan right now.
Stop.
Yes, that was so good.
Woo!
It's been really fun to be able
to take my relationships with a lot of my celebrity clients
and do Instagram lives.
I've done some live workouts with Hannah Bronfman,
Kate Bock, Hunter McGrady, Elsa Hosk.
- Thank you Megan.
- I'm used to seeing them a couple times a week
in my classes and so I get to see them,
they get to see me, we get to workout together.
After my second class I often will then take a shower.
I'll just take a moment.
I'll change into regular clothes
and then I have my business hat on I'm behind my computer.
I'm back in my office aka my bedroom.
I got my chips and I'm gonna do some work.
I'm answering hundred of emails
making sure everything is looking good
on the back end of my app.
I'm dealing with fulfillment center
and I sale equipment on my website,
so making sure if anyone has questions
about their equipment orders.
I am in the midst of making ankle weights
and hand weight, so I'm communicating
with my factory overseas.
I'm excited.
Do you like it?
And then I'm also building out content
for the next day.
New playlists, outreach, there's emails
support emails, we have content creation for Instagram
for brand partnerships that I'm working on,
so I do a lot.
I am getting thousands of DMs everyday.
People are sending me their sweaty selfies.
I promise you every sweaty selfie
that you send me I see.
If there's anything I can do please reach out
your messages on Instagram have been overwhelming.
I keep getting feedback that it just feels
like a sense of normalcy and it feels like
I'm holding them accountable if I am going live
that they need to stick to a schedule
because in this weird world that we're in
when we're self-quaratined you know
time and day kinda can shift around.
There's something really powerful in that.
I really take as much time as I can each day
to respond to as many people as I can.
I'd love to know how everyone is feeling.
Leave a comment in the box below.
Sculpt Society is beat-based so whether
you're doing dance cardio or sculpting,
it's on the beat of the music.
I feel like my second job is a DJ.
I will sift through hundreds of songs
counting the beats per minute on my phone
I'll be tapping each song out.
That takes me a long time.
Trying to come up with a little fresh grooves today.
Morgan, are you gonna show me your moves
and help me out?
No?
Music is so important to the vibe of the class.
If good songs come on I can't help myself,
it's just the best time.
I like to just keep natural nails.
I'd say nine times out of 10
you won't see me with nail polish on.
I do like some self-tanner.
I'm not gonna lie.
When you are on camera all the time
and you're pale you sometimes just want
a little color on your skin, at least I do.
So I will do a little at home self-tanner.
I like St. Tropez and then Tan Luxe, as well.
Sometimes I go a little overboard
and I look like an Oompa Loompa,
but I feel like I've mastered the light self-tanner.
It's been really tough for me to separate
when work and personal life ends and starts
because my studio is in my apartment.
I have struggled with that a little bit.
- [Morgan] You're staying hydrated.
- You're hydrated.
Are you making fun of me?
- [Morgan] Yeah.
- I'm a really big believer in intuitive eating
and eating real good food.
That's like my number one top question
I get from people is like what's your diet?
I'm like I do not diet.
I went through years of your typical
early 20s body confidence issues.
I have literally done every single diet you can think of
and it wasn't until I shifted how I was talking to myself
and my approach to food and intuitive eating
that things truly were able to change.
I'm a big chip fan.
Give me a bag of tortilla chips
and it will likely be gone.
And then at night my fiance and I
like to cook really simply.
We'll do roasted vegetables over a big green salad
keeping it simple.
We've been actually probably ordering in
a little bit more than usual trying to support
our local businesses, our local restaurants
and then lately I have had a bowl of ice cream
every night as my dessert.
I typically try and stay away from sugar at night,
but again I'm just taking the pressure off.
I'm leaning in and if I feel like ice cream
like I'm gonna have it.
My fiance and I love to wind down
and just watch TV and hang.
We've absolutely fallen into "The Tiger King"
binge watching.
We are about to start "Ozark" season three
and then...
What other reality shows are we watching, Morgan?
- [Morgan] We've been watching "McMillions".
- Oh yeah and "McMillions", sorry.
I'm a big believer in taking a rest day.
I love an epsom salt bath.
I have a foam roller at home that I'll use.
I've got stretch videos on The Sculpt Society app
that I encourage my clients to use post-workout.
I also have some deep heat, some tiger balm
that's nice for some sore muscles.
I have been using of course CBD drops
a lot during this time.
That has absolutely curbed a little bit
of my anxiety that I know that we're all feeling.
I know all of us are feeling stressed.
We're feeling anxiety, so make sure
you're packing your day with little breaks
that give you a little mood boost.
So really listening to your body
and I always say you know you don't have to do
hours of exercise a day especially
when we're in quarantine at home.
Take the pressure off.
Maybe today you're just stretching
and you're meditating ans that's perfectly fine.
All right, it's been a very long day
I just got out of the shower
some go to body lotion for me is this Vanicream
and then Caudalie, so I kinda go between the three.
Of course I wash my face before bed.
I just usually need a serum or an oil
because my skin is so dry.
I love Estee Lauder's Advanced Nighttime Repair.
I let that sit for like 30 seconds
and then I'll put a nice rich cream on.
I'm loving this Skin Food original rich cream.
I'll just put a little bit of this on
because it is really thick.
Spread it on.
Sometimes I will add Drunk Elephant F-Bomb
for just an extra hydrating mask and I'll sleep in this
and that's it.
I've been going to bed around 10PM.
People underestimate the power of sleep.
Sleep is super important,
so I make time for that I indulge in it.
I'll get into bed.
I really try, as cheesy as it sounds
go through things that I'm grateful for.
I end everyday with just so much gratitude
for being able to do what I love to do.
I just feel really really lucky.
For me fitness is my moving meditation,
it's how I get into my body,
it's how I feel awake and I know I keep saying
it's powerful, but there's something really powerful
about moving your body in whatever way
feels good for you.
And then I'll read or I will answer some DMs,
which I know I shouldn't be doing late at night
and my fiance gets very annoyed
with me that I do that.
But I do often go through some DMs,
I'll answer some DMs and then lights are out.
Thank you and I'll see you next time.
Goodnight guys.