- As a human, we're designed to move.

The athlete is always thinking how can I

improve my performance?

You get looking better, but you never train to look better.

When I'm stretching, I'm in my element,

and I'll call it work.

I'm doing this 'cause I love it.

I just won't frickin' stop.

- What am I, a mentor?

What am I? - Yeah, a mentor, 100%.

- Ultimately, the reason a mentor helps you

is because they see that you're not gonna waste their time.

- You went do you want to do a TED Talk?

And I went yes.

- Hi. - Thank your lover.

- I love writing.

I'll pick up my phone and I just start writing.

- This whole book was written on your phone?

- Yeah.

Like most people do jobs that you don't like.

That's insanity.

Get in your head, like, what it is you love.

Create your business around that.

- I know that it must sound weird,

but, you know, I'm very proud of you.

- Seriously, from the bottom of my heart,

thank you, 'cause if I hadn't bumped into you,

I wouldn't be sitting on this chair.

And that's just mad.

It's just mad. (laughs)

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That we have lost touch with our true nature.

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- It's time for you to man up, to once and for all

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I need a fuckin' answer.

What's it gonna be?

I don't know what it is about this fuckin' sport,

but it attracts people that really need

to do deep work on themselves.

- I failed in this city.

All these bad memories, I never really felt

like I gave a fuck about me or my life.

I almost killed myself like.

(breath labouring) (violin music)

- Think about something that is gonna drive

you when it really hurts.

Some kind of demon you want to fight.

- This is not pussy man, this is iron man.

Under pressure reveals true character.

What are you gonna do?

You gonna be in Chattanooga May 20th or what?

(upbeat music)

- You've got to do a TED Talk.

Those were my exact words to this week's

guest, Mr. Roger Frampton, who's now the author

of The Flexible Body.

I pushed him over the course of 16 months

to get up on that TED stage the same way

I did, and it literally changed the course of his life.

Two million views later, that TED Talk was one

of the most watched ones last year.

And now he's built a book and a business around it.

I'm a huge fan of Roger.

He's a good friend of mine.

He wrote this book on his iPhone,

and he's going to write more.

He's super passionate about movement,

and, now, he's gonna build a business around it.

I really think you'll enjoy this episode.

We talk a lot about how to find a mentor and what it's

like to be a mentee and that entire relationship.

This one's very close to home,

'cause I've watched him grow because of it,

get the book deal because of the TED Talk.

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This is London Real.

I am Brian Rose.

My guest today is Roger Frampton,

the international model, TED speaker,

author and corrective exercise coach.

After 15 seasons as a male model on the catwalks

of Milan, Paris, New York and London,

you recognised the importance of human movements

and wrote the book The Flexible Body:

Move Better Anywhere, Anytime in 10 Minutes a Day.

Your system features a combination of body weight

exercises, gymnastics and yoga

but with the utilisation of conscious thought.

Your TED Talk, Why Sitting Down Destroys You,

which I attended, and pushed you to do,

has been viewed over two million times.

Roger, welcome to London Real.

- Thanks for having me.

- Dude, it's awesome having you here.

It's been amazing to watch your journey

for the past three years or four years since we met?

- Yeah. - And I mean, seriously,

it's like the rise and rise of Roger.

I've seen you lately on BBC, in Men's Health magazine,

on all sorts of television shows, your book's out,

you're probably working on your next book,

your app, your TED Talk continues to be

two million-plus views.

You know, when I met you, none of that was going on.

What's the last couple years been like?

- (laughs) Yeah, see, this is all your fault.

You caused this.

- When did I meet you?

- So we met in Primrose Hill Park.

So I was training.

Actually, I came across you before that,

'cause I watched London Real.

I think the first time I saw it I came

across it I saw a bit of Kelly Starrett.

- Yeah, Kelly Starrett, Mobility Wod,

one of the first CrossFit guys in America.

That was the old-school days.

- Exactly.

I saw that and then I think I saw another one,

the Dolce, the Dolce Diet? - Mike Dolce, yeah,

Dolce Diet, okay.

- I saw that, so I got familiar with your face.

I was like this is interesting.

It was a bit different to my stuff.

I like YouTube a lot.

And then training in Primrose, and I'm like,

I think I know this guy.

- People who don't know, Primrose Hill,

it's just above Regent's Park.

And, if you're not from London, it's kinda,

not the Central Park of London, it's a major

park in London, and they have pullup bars there,

which just don't exist in this city, really.

It's not like LA or on the beach, where they're everywhere

or in Brazil in Rio de Janeiro.

There's just a few places with them,

which means anybody who likes to get their

muscle ups on or train with bars, they kinda

gravitate to that park, don't they?

- 100%, yeah.

It is like a little hidden gem.

And, if you like callisthenics, everyone knows it

or like gymnastics.

You can walk in there, and there'll be like a yogi

in the corner, an acrobat over in that corner

and then some other people running laps.

You just get every different sport.

- Yeah, it's a nice vibe,

of course, the secret's out now.

(Roger laughs)

But also, sometimes, you go in there in the summer

and it's like a prison yard.

Sometimes the muscle up guys show up,

and they're just like 30 dudes, and they're just ripped.

- Yeah, with the music.

- And they've got the music, and they're pumping

out like 15, 20 muscle ups, just like cali muscle.

- And then you got someone walk in there

who's just trying their first pullup.

They're like, I'm so intimidated.

- It's intimidating, yeah. - Yeah, yeah.

- To just walk out.

- If you don't know it, but once you get used to it,

you realise that everyone's really friendly.

It's just like everyone says hello, how you doin'?

How you gettin' on, people sharing tips.

There were times we were there

when people wouldn't leave us alone.

- Yeah, I know, they would just come over

and start talkin' to us and wouldn't leave.

So we met each other how many years ago, three?

More? - No, it's gotta be longer.

- 3 1/2. - Was it 3 1/2?

Yeah, something like that.

Something like that.

- And you saw me, and we just--

- I saw you, and I was ah, I think that's him.

I wasn't 100%.

I was training, and then I left to go somewhere.

- Was I trying to get a muscle up?

- No, you were doing a movement on a bar.

It's called a low bar, and you were just practising

the flick over. - I was trying to learn

the muscle up. - Yeah, you were doing

this little skill.

It was on the low bar, and you were

like flicking yourself over.

- Yeah, and for people who don't know,

the muscle up is the bane of every young man's existence.

- Yeah, you're basically instead of doing a pull up,

you pull the bar down and then bloop from there.

- Yeah, it's almost impossible to get for most people.

Some people can get it easily,

but it involves a lot of coordination, some strength,

a lot of practise.

- And, if you get it, it looks awesome.

- Yeah, exactly.

- Which is why everyone has to do it.

- Exactly, so you saw me training for that.

- Yeah, I saw you training, and I was like,

I think that's the guy, I think that's

that guy from YouTube.

I left, and I was like I've got other stuff to do.

And then I left, and I was like, no,