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BMF: Harry's Story #BeBMF

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As part of our #BeBMF campaign, we spent the day with BMF member Harry. Harry is a regular and popular* member at  the early morning BMF Clapham Common sessions, along with brother Charlie. The brothers founded healthy ice cream company, Oppo, and Harry says that although he finds himself increasingly short of time as the business grows, he can't think of a better way to begin his day than with a blast of fresh BMF air to kick-start his day.

*We're sure it's nothing to do with the free ice creams he occasionally hands out to BMF members...

BMF: What was it about the opportunity to do the video made you want to be involved?

I love BMF and I am always telling friends, family and strangers about it. Doing the video sounded easy because I like talking about BMF anyway!

 

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BMF: Did you have any worries before the day?

Only that I would be picked on by the BMF instructors and made to work a little harder than usual – which happened of course! I can remember one moment where the instructor leaned over and whispered, "come on, you're on camera!" to me, as he gave me an extra set of press ups to do! I'm usually a green (advanced) bib though, but as I was coming back from injury I opted for a red (intermediate) bib on the day of filming. This meant that even though they worked me a little harder than usual for the camera, it just meant I was back working as a green bib like I'm used to, so I coped ok!

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BMF: How was the photographer, James?

Awesome. He was a really nice guy and not like a normal bossy photographer - I just had to carry out my usual daily routine while he followed with the camera. There were very few re-takes; the bits we re-filmed were mainly just because it was an overcast day and we wanted to get the footage when the sun was out. Overall, this was a very normal morning for me and my fiancé Mel, so it really does reflect an ordinary day for me -  I just hoped James would manage to spice things up in the edit!

James is part of the BMF Race Team so is ridiculously quick and was able to run alongside me when I was cycling the electric Oppo bike while filming too. When you see the final film it's easy to forget it was just one man and his camera recording it all.

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BMF: Were there any awkward moments?

I did learn that being a TV chef isn't as easy at it looks so I might need to hold fire on that next step in my career. I do genuinely have a nutribullet smoothy with Oppo ice cream after BMF though, and I'd been told to go about my usual day just as I normally would. This wasn't just for extra branding, promise!

It was also quite funny when our dog, Poppy, came and joined the BMF class. Mel had been walking her and she spotted me in BMF and shot over in my direction to join in the press ups. You just couldn't have planned that!

 

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BMF: What did your friends and family think about you doing the video?

We’re always doing weird things with Oppo (including a video involving two almost naked BMF instructors to help get votes in a business competition last year actually!) so they weren’t too surprised.

 

Check out Harry's final film here:

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