Hey, my name's Brandon White.
I'm a YouTube influencer in the fitness world,
and I'm here to take on an Olympian.
But I've heard he's just a fencer,
so it shouldn't be that tough.
He's standing behind me, isn't he?
Does he have a sword on him?
En garde.
Prêts.
Allez.
Come on, catch me, catch me.
I'm here in Shanghai.
And me being on the West Coast,
we decided to meet somewhere in between
and that place is going to be Manhattan.
I will be in this plane for 15 hours,
and then I will land in New York.
Looks like you brought a sword to a gun fight, bro.
- OK, this is my gun. - Oh, yeah?
It looks like a sword.
Not even a sword. What is that, a toothpick?
I'm going to pick my teeth with it.
OK, OK, I can brush your teeth with that.
All right, whoa, OK, no.
TRANSLATION: Hey, everyone, this is Enzo Lefort,
I'm 25 and I've been fencing for 20 years.
I'm team world champion and two-time European champion.
I also finished third at the individual world championship.
I competed in the Olympic Games in London
and now I'm training for Rio.
Oh, wait, I can do that in English if you want to.
So Enzo, how does one get into fencing?
Like, how does it start?
Yeah, actually, I was five years old,
and I loved this famous French champion,
and she's from the same island as me, Guadeloupe,
and then she won the gold medal at Atlanta.
So I say to my parents, like, "OK, I want to do that."
Yeah, what'd they think about that?
And what's the better thing when you're five years old
- to play with swords. - Right.
How many cities do you hit when you're competing?
Yes, I think we hit like maybe 50 different cities
during the year.
So sometimes you just go to a random place,
you don't have any gym, so you just have to adapt.
You just have to figure it out.
Yeah, right, just I look at the things around me,
and just figure it out.
Oh, look at that.
Let's do some fun in there, let's get a workout.
OK, let's go.
In fencing I have to work on my cardio, on my strength
and on my stretch,
it's a really global sport, you know.
You work with pretty much every muscle, you know.
OK, Brandon, I know you have these crazy arms,
these crazy legs, you know.
But fencing is not only about strength.
You have to find your balance, you know.
I can do that, I can do that.
- OK, you can do that? - Yeah.
OK, let's see, OK.
Let's do some competition, you know?
All right, all right.
OK, try to walk like this fencing position,
and then, OK, go like this as fast as you can, you know.
Even faster.
Whoa, what are you doing, big guy?
- I'm waiting for you. - I'm trying.
I haven't been doing this since I was five, you know.
OK. This is a long way.
Yeah, it is a long way.
- OK, I wait you a bit. - There we go.
OK, OK.
I'm breaking form, I think, a little bit.
- Oh... - Oh, oh, oh.
All right, is there... are we pretending
- there's lava down here? - Yeah.
I'm coming, I'm coming for you.
I think I died a long time ago.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. - I think that's it.
OK, where you at?
- Ah, my legs are burning. - OK.
OK, more respect, for sure, man, yeah.
You know, I'll lay off on knocking a little bit,
because that was pretty tough. A lot tougher than I thought.
You make it look so easy, that's the problem, you know.
When you watch it, you're just like, "Ah, I can do that."
And then once you start doing the workouts,
you're like, "Ah, there's no way."
I mean, this is a testament to your hard work.
I mean, you'll go out anywhere
and you'll find something to stay active, stay fit,
keep your training on, which of course with you,
you can't take time off, especially if you're competing.
Yeah, when you really want to do something,
you just do it, you know, no matter what.
No matter the weather, no matter the city.
Yeah, you just... You don't find any excuses.
OK, Brandon, so this is a fancy venue, you know.
It is.
So I can show you some fancy skill in here.
- OK, I'm ready. - OK.
This is all the gear or this is the practice gear?
Yeah, right, there is the sabre, épée, and foil.
So as you can see, it's not the same thing, you know.
- Oh, I see. - That's it.
That's how you keep track of the points.
Yeah, right, right, right.
- It's an electric circuit. - Ah, OK.
So you stab people for a living.
- Yeah, yeah. - How's that feel?
I feel good because I can't go in jail for that.
Right, exactly.
I mean you get some aggression out at least.
It's the best thing about my sport.
OK, Brandon, remember what we did on the rail?
We will take it to the next level, OK?
Basically, there is a line.
OK, you're going front and back, front and back,
- front and back. - OK.
And hold the fencing position,
so you have to tense up your leg.
- Squat? - Yeah, that's it.
- Keep the tension here? - Yeah, tension,
- can you feel it? - Yeah, oh, I already feel it.
- Exactly. - So OK, we go in French.
En garde, prêts, allez. It's "ready, steady, go."
- Are you ready? - Uh-huh.
En garde, prêts, allez.
I'm just getting slower and slower.
Come on, come on, come on.
Ah...
- Take your breath, man. - Yeah.
Breath.
Be honest, how much were you holding back?
I can do that all day, man.
- I bet you could. - Be my guest.
Yeah, you're probably at half speed, right?
OK, wake up, wake up.
It's time to get a proper workout.
- Round two, huh? - OK.
I'm ready.
OK, so I will teach you how to hit your opponent.
OK, so you try to get that full extension.
Yeah, yeah, that's it.
Your back leg is just going to be straight.
OK, so like this.
One, two, three.
- And come back. - OK.
OK, are we ready?
I can hear your breathing, man.
Control your breath, man.
You're breathing too loud.
I'm usually the one saying this to someone, not me.
OK, yeah, yeah.
One, two, three.
OK, do you feel comfortable?
- Yeah. - OK, let's do it.
You're disrespecting me right now.
You're toying with me.
All right.
Enzo, much respect.
- OK, watch your hair. - Thank you, yeah.
That's OK.
It shows that I did a lot of work, my hair's all messed up.
Thank you.
Thanks for showing me the stuff.
- Oh, no problem. - Now we got this stuff done,
so let's step in the gym and maybe do
some of my expertise.
See how you stand up to that.
Nice work, Enzo.
Whoo, let's get something to drink.
You kind of show me what you do,
and maybe we'll throw some new stuff in there.
OK, perfect. OK, let's do this.
OK, so let's do some exercise.
Balance, you know.
OK, so the fencing position,
jump, and then go for a lunge.
You come back, and you jump back.
OK, yeah. Jump?
That's it, make a lunge with this one.
- That's a long... Yeah, yeah. - Ooh, keep your balance.
There we go, I get it inside that leg, right?
That's it, come back.
And jump back.
And you do this... it's timed, huh?
So you have a certain amount of time that you...
Yeah, about like one minute.
One minute like this, attack, up, up.
You got some leg work out of the way,
got the Bosu Ball work, already started feeling that
even though I did like three reps, which is crazy.
But I know you do a lot of shoulder stuff, you know,
of course you got to have your arm up,
and after a while I'm sure it just starts to burn.
We have to have the endurance of the shoulder
and like the repetition and things.
So I think maybe...
So you got these guys, right, the rope.
- OK, let's go. - Yeah, yeah.
All right, here we go.
My shoulders are already burning.
OK, OK, OK.
OK, can you see the bite?
Yeah, yeah, you get that blood pumping,
and you can feel it real quick.
How do you make these harder?
OK, yeah, OK, let's go.
Let's go. I'll explain it. Next level.
OK, sounds good. Level two.
OK, fencing position.
Yeah.
One and are you ready?
Let's go.
One... coming.
And this is the thing, you know.
You have to keep your balance
and disassociate the rope balance
with the chest balance.
The leg balance with the chest balance.
So that's it.
To coordinate.
Come on, man, another.
Allez, allez, keep going, keep going.
I'm hitting that wall, you know.
Let's go.
OK, join me, join me, keep going.
Yeah.
OK, OK, harder, harder, harder.
And that's it, I'm done.
There we go.
I cheated, I stopped.
That was a trick of mine.
That's amazing.
Now I want to try something, and it's with the sleds.
We're going to put a little bit more weight on there.
We're going to strap up and have a little race.
OK, no problem, I love competition, let's do this.
I know you do. Got 150 on yours.
So that's around 200 pounds.
I got a little bit more just because
I have the advantage because I've, you know,
trained this way before.
But we're going to crawl it.
So we're going to pull as fast as we can, right?
And go.
I almost got you.
Now we got to go back.
One, two, three.
High five.
OK, that was intense.
These Olympians...
Where is the physiotherapist?
I need a massage.
Yeah, that's a good idea.
Maybe we should do that.
That's the end of it.
Get a massage.
Need it.