- We just got the brand-new summer Heria collection today.
And we booked an Airbnb for a couple days
and a flight straight to Mexico
to shoot some dope promos for the apparel.
Yo, just landed in Mexico, baby.
You ready for this?
All right we got a little dilemma.
The Airbnb that we booked is not answering,
hasn't been answering for the past three days.
So we may or may not have a place to stay,
but we're going to wing the whole thing.
Worst case we'll find a place to stay
and just keep on moving.
Bro, we're stranded in Mexico, bro.
Got no place to go. No place to stay.
It's raining.
Just end the video right now.
All right so we just got into Tulum
and we still haven't even booked a place yet.
Our Airbnb didn't come through.
We were trying to look for a place the whole time,
just driving down here.
And hopefully we were going to have a spot
by the time we got down here,
but we still don't have one yet.
So, basically gonna close our eyes,
go like that on booking.com and wherever it lands,
just hit it. Stay there.
All right, we just found a spot.
We're in Tulum, at a place called Papaya Playa.
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Luckily Papaya Playa was right around the corner
from where we were at.
We got down, Veronica greeted us,
and showed us around the villa we booked
five seconds before walking in there.
Yo, look at these tree houses bro.
Are we staying in a tree house?
- No we're on the beach. - Yes.
- Yes?
oh wow.
- This, you have to put it otherwise you can't come in.
Security is going to be like, go out, okay?
So you have to wear it all the time
meanwhile you are here.
So this is the
number one.
I came as fast as possible to refresh the room.
Okay this is the bathroom,
shower is amazing because it's an outdoor shower,
- Nice, oh. - Okay?
- Sounds nice.
- I think this one is the closest one, I love this one.
- I love this one too.
(chuckling)
- And the bathroom is the same.
This is another one.
- I can see straight to the bottom,
straight to the first floor, baby.
It's a real tree house.
This definitely wasn't our plan,
but we're going to make the best of it.
This is going to be the first shot location of the trip.
- All right. So we just got to Papaya Playa
and we haven't eaten all day.
This is going to be the first meal of the day.
It's already 5:49.
So I'm frigging starving. I got tacos with fish
and Ceviche.
What did you get?
- I got the same as you, tacos and fish
- Fredo?
- Some chicken, octopus, couldn't get better.
- Shawn?
- Octopus.
- And after this, we'll start getting to work.
Start shooting for the clothes, maybe get a little workout.
We can jump in the pool.
See what happens.
After we ate, we went back to our villa
and got straight to work, moving all the furniture,
finding the shots and trying to get as much done as possible
because we're going to have to pack up in the morning
and start heading out to the next location.
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All right so we're busy working at our first location.
We're almost done with the shoot today.
We're about to take our second meal today.
We got chicken salads, spinach, chicken,
apples in there, tomatoes,
and some Italian dressing it looks like.
And we got green juice to pair up with it.
So we're gonna eat this up.
Throw on some jackets and then we'll get ready for tomorrow.
All right, this is going to work.
They'll work. They'll work, Papaya Playa!
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The first night was pretty wild,
but the entire day was good success.
We got a lot of content done.
We ended up going to sleep around like 2:30, 3:00 AM
and waking back up when the sun was rising,
to start shooting again.
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All right we are in day two. It is 10:40 AM.
And we've been filming since 6:00 AM.
We're about to wrap up the first part of the day,
get some food.
And then we got to get out of this Papaya Playa place.
We're gonna go to the next spot.
You guys are gonna go check it out
and we still haven't even worked out yet.
So we definitely have to get a workout in
and see what other fun stuff we can do in Mexico
before we get outta here.
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All right! Food's here.
What do we got? Egg omelets, healthy fats, eggs, vegetables,
avocado, more green juice, some bread.
I'm probably not going to be tapping any of that.
But I'm definitely gonna be tapping some of this.
Let's go Shawn.
Put the camera down let's eat.
- And enjoy this pool.
You know, we got all the shots out the way, day two.
Trying to live it up, baby.
That's all we can do. Be grateful.
Live it up and eat some good food. You feel me?
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We gotta go into the water, baby.
3,
2,
1.
(water splashing)
- Look, they got some low-hanging fruit right there.
I'll be right back.
- He really (indistinct) get a coconut back huh?
(water splashing)
- You're gonna have some sandy,
- That's some sand-
(laughing)
- You want me to get poisoned?
- Go ahead and take a shot.
- All right Stefan.
- I don't even like coconut water but,
- Let's go.
There you go.
- You sir, hydration!
(spewing water) (laughing)
- So much sand in it!
(laughing)
Popping coconuts in a little oasis?
Is this work or is this vacation?
(lizard skittering)
All right. We are about to head out.
All the bags packed.
Stefan, Fredo,
Shawn you ready?
All right.
Peace out, Papaya Playa.
Onto the next spot.
We're going to Grand Velas in Rivera Maya.
All right everybody grab some bags, and let's ride.
That was my first time in Tulum.
Definitely not going to be my last.
So after Papaya Playa
and basically camping out in the woods,
I wanted to treat my team to somewhere nice.
Last time I was in Mexico,
I went to this spot called Grand Velas
and it's one of the best places I've ever been to
hands down.
Grand Velas is located in Rivera Maya,
which is completely different from Tulum.
Both have different vibes. Both are super dope.
And we wanted to go to some cenotes while we were here.
Grand Velas was about an hour and a half away from us.
We only had a finite amount of time while we were here.
So we had to decide if we were gonna go see
some cenotes or if we were going to go to Grand Velas,
hit the jet skis, hit the spa and get a lot more focus.
Luckily we were blessed to have my friend Jonathan
come and pick us up.
He was was my old student back in the days
from Calisthenics Academy when I had my gym on the beach.
One of the cool things about being a teacher
for so many years is that you have friends and students
all around the world.
- Video.
I saw your video, I still saw your video.
- Oh you know I'm making a video today?
Yeah I am, blogging, everything. Look you're on the video.
Say what's up to my brother.
(laughing)
- Welcome, welcome.
- One of my favorite resorts ever in Mexico.
- Thank you, man, appreciate it.
- We have for you a family suite, big room.
Main one will be king size configuration
and the secondary will be a double queen.
Well, this is an all-inclusive.
So you will have the food and beverage included,
the room service twenty four seven,
the mini-bar services without limit.
The alcohol limit, so,
I always say like, well,
we don't have a limit for anything only if you have a limit.
(laughing)
- So after we got settled in our rooms,
we got the clothes ready for tomorrow morning.
And then I wanted to take the team out
for their first taste of Grand Velas.
(plastic crumpling)
- And we do the flippy floppy.
(indistinct chatter)
- All right, we're ready.
Hop on in.
- Where are we going this evening?
- The Thai restaurant?
- Sorry. - Yeah.
- Now you may notice my brother's outfit, in Grand Velas,
they have a very strict dress code for dinner.
You have to wear pants and you have to wear a dress shirt.
We originally had planned to just shoot in the Airbnb.
So we didn't pack any dress clothes or any stuff like that.
So Grand Velas was nice enough to lend Stefan
some clothes so that he can go out for dinner.
And at first they had brought dress shirts
out for all of us.
We're all about to be wearing the same outfit
and they were nice enough to waive the policy for us.
Although my brother just went in the clothes anyway.
To the good times, to the worst times (indistinct)
- Yes sir!
- Beef, and chicken, this is a duck.
- What? - This is a duck.
- Oh.
Now you're about to see me eat a lot of food on this trip,
but I'm still eating relatively healthy.
I'm still working out and burning calories every single day.
And I'm still getting my proper macronutrients.
And even right after this dinner, I'm going to work out.
Get the pants ready,
- Get the pants all ready.
- Get them clothes ready for tomorrow morning.
As soon as the sun rises, getting to work.
All right, it's about to be midnight.
We got to wake up around 5:45 AM to get these shots,
but I'm about to work out. Let's get this workout, baby.
- Let's do it.
- You go to sleep late.
(laughing)
The handstands, it's gonna give me the
best bang for my buck right now.
Long handstand holds, different hand positions
always gets the job done.
It's always one of my go-tos
when I'm working out on the road.
All right. That was a nice little snack.
Now let's get into some handstand pushups.
It's late, so let's run these against the wall.
Getting my reps in.
And I'll do six reps, every 15 seconds.
After this, what about some abs.
Bathroom,
Twenty-five reps, you need four rounds.
All right, moving on.
Head eyes on the ground.
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All right, we're going to finish this routine off.
So we'll do 25 squats straight
and then go straight into a minute of high knee runs,
or high knee taps.
Whichever one I feel more comfortable with,
and then I'm just gonna run that back-to-back
four times without stopping.
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All Right.
See you tomorrow morning.
I ended up going to sleep around 2:00 AM
and then I had to wake up for sunrise again
to start shooting.
And even though every single spot and location has been
completely improvised and freestyle this whole time,
I'm really liking how the shots are looking
and the promos are coming out super dope.
Sometimes when you do things unplanned,
it can come out even better than
what you would have originally planned to do.
After the shoot, we went to go eat breakfast.
Again, it was delicious food, but it was healthy.
I had egg white omelets and green juice.
And after breakfast, I got my workout in for the day.
I still have to stay in shape and do my cardio and sprints
because in November,
I'm possibly going to have my first boxing match.
All right. Just finished today's workout.
Did some sprints, ran four miles,
and now I'm heading back to the spa.
I'm going to take a shower and get into our new room.
And I got a little surprise for the guys.
I'm gonna take them to the spa.
Yo yo, time to pack up.
You guys down to go as well?
- I'm down.
- I'm ready. - Let's do it.
- We're also supposed to go to the cenotes today,
but I don't think we're gonna have time for that, so.
Then after the spa,
we're going to jump on some jet skis
and get some more footage for the collection.
All right. We're moving on out.
And apparently they hooked us up to a really cool spot.
So let's check it out.
- Let's go.
- Hopefully they accept our, our little COVID tests
that we brought with us, that we can back to Miami.
If not, something's going to happen today.
Or maybe all of us are going to have to stay until
the next 14 days, two weeks, right?
- Yeah.
- What are you thinking, Fred?
- Incredible bro. Seriously incredible.
You got the beach at the backyard, bro.
Come on now.
- I gotta come back here, vacation time.
We're about to do a water ceremony, bro.
This is going to be crazy.
They got like this little mud room,
like this giant waterfall.
They have these two like,
walkways that you go through with like water in it
one is hot, and one is like ice cold,
and they have little rock things
on the floor you walk through.
Like little chairs in the water.
And they have like jets coming out of the chairs.
I don't know if they allow filming inside the spa,
so just put the camera in your pocket for now.
And we'll pop it back open once we get inside.
- All right, let's get it.
- You know this place like messes with all your senses bro.
- Okay, let me cover,
cucumber. This is for your eyes.
- Set myself up real quick.
- (indistinct) towel, this is for your face.
- See you later, bro.
- Yo they got the ice room in here,
let's see what it's about.
(rapid scrubbing)
(grunting)
(voices echoing)
- It's spacious in here.
- Oh my god.
- Check this out, we got clay.
We rub this all over our body and our face.
This is the (indistinct) spa man.
Get some ginger.
- Cucumber water.
(water splashing)
- I'm on a cloud right now bro.
We're ready for the jet skis, let's do it.
We're on the way right now to go pick up some jet skis.
We are super late, so let's go quick.
All right man, we were over at the spa,
- You still ready?
- Yeah, we're ready.
Fredo you know how to swim?
- Oh yeah,
think so.
(laughing)
- Are you enjoying your vacations, or?
- I'm actually filming for my blog.
- Oh nice. - Working a little bit
out here, taking pictures for our newest summer collection.
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(engine revving)
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(engine revving)
- Wooo!
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(water splashing)
- Now when you ride like that, that's definitely a workout.
Yeah that was so much fun.
- What's your name man? - Aldo.
- My boy Aldo, my boy from last year man. Chris.
(laughing)
Thank you guys so much for taking-
- You're welcome.
- of me and the jet skis bro. We'll be back soon.
All right. The lighting is perfect right now.
So let's get some shots for the apparel.
Then we'll get some food.
That was one of the most awesome jet ski rides.
- That side from there. I was like,
- Oh, (laughing)
- Yeah I was like we can't do that, COVID (laughing)
- It's crazy how they also make you feel at home here
we're in the lobby right now, just dripping wet
this boy's got sandy toes. No shirt.
Stepping on the rocks.
(foot slipping)
Almost killed himself.
So technically if there's a positive test
or something like that, what happens?
We're stuck here?
- Exactly, you're gonna be stuck in paradise.
(laughing)
- Okay.
- Okay. One at a time,
- Okay guys,
please, enjoy your tests okay, have fun.
- This feels like I'm playing Russian Roulette right now.
Right? (chuckling)
It's like, yo, what are the chances?
- I can give you the results right away.
- All right, he's right about to tell us our
COVID test results.
Let's see who's staying in Mexico for the next 14 days.
- Don't be anxious man,
you're free to go home.
(laughing)
- All right. Bro free (indistinct) man. We are safe man.
Thank God We got the clear from the COVID test.
I was a little scared right there.
Even if one of us did end up having COVID
that would have been a situation
we would all have to stay or figure something out
because no man gets left behind.
So after receiving the good news
we had about an hour left 'til sundown.
So we had our last shoot of the trip right before dinner.
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Well, we've seen some wildlife.
- I think it is open.
- That's them on our balcony?
- Yep.
(door closing)
- (indistinct) right here, boy.
He's like what'd you got for me? (chuckling)
- You guys are out on the balcony when it happened?
- Yeah, look, the balcony's wide open.
- Can I bring you maybe the old (indistinct) to share
like a family style? - Sure.
All right, I know this looks like a lot of carbs,
but it's the last night, so I'm gonna go in.
I probably won't even eat all the carbs,
but boys, the best of times to the worst of times,
for the rest of the times,
to selling out the summer collection, baby.
- All right. - This looks even crazier wow.
The shrimp, rib eye, chicken, salmon.
Steak taste test. Let's do it.
This is what we've been waiting for.
Mmm.
Cut the steak with a butter knife,
that should tell you something.
(glass clanking)
Oh!
You trying to make me drunk, bro.
It's probably going to be different right here. Here we go.
Mmm. That's what I call a happy accident.
Yo, look at this, look at the drip.
- Champagne. - Champagne!
I was actually eating healthy every single day,
even before, even when I was in Tulum,
I tried to pick something that was going to be healthy
and not make me lose my gains.
Especially if I'm out here filming
and we've been eating healthy,
you can still, you know,
stay at a place like this and be on point.
I can't eat another bite.
I don't know if I have dessert bro.
Still got some vegetables left,
feel guilty about that.
- You sure you don't want champagne with that?
- Yeah, bro,
(laughing)
(glasses clinking)
Power rangers.
The last goodbye bro.
I don't even want to leave to be honest.
I was contemplating last night,
like as I was sleeping, like dang,
should I stay a few more days?
Have a great day.
For sure, we'll be back very soon, man.
Maybe next weekend.
So we came here with the intentions of staying in an Airbnb
for three days straight and filming all of these promos.
And instead we had a completely unexpected trip.
I spent a couple days in Tulum and Rivera Maya,
living in the jungle and living in paradise,
improvising and getting the best shots on the fly
with just two cameramen and somebody holding a light.
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