The internet doesn’t just remember things, it roasts people into viral infamy. So, here’s the scene: Some ex-college football athlete goes and posts his so-called ‘life-changing’ morning routine video. Nothing crazy, right? Wrong. Because this man’s routine is so over the top, it’s got people on X hitting the replay like it’s the highlight reel of the century. The man’s literally got more crazy numbers than Jeremiah Smith’s rookie season. But it’s not just the cracked-out morning hustle that’s got folks talking. Nah, it’s what they found out about his past that’s got Twitter doing somersaults.
So, it turns out the man behind this viral circus is none other than Ashton Hall, the social media fitness influencer who’s been racking up views and followers like it’s a national sport. The man’s literally built like Allen the Alien from the Invincible series. A total beefcake. DK Metcalf’s physique ain’t got squat on him. Ashton Hall’s got 8.7 million followers on Instagram, and if that ain’t wild enough, the man pulled 40 million views on a single clip showing off his early-morning hustle titled, ‘The morning routine that changed my life’. And that’s before the X account tipsformenx tweeted his madness out to the world on March 20th. The result?
Over 450 million impressions in 60 hours, 144k likes, and 62k bookmarks. Yeah, read that again—450 freaking million. Ain’t gonna lie, The man’s literally pulling 2019 Joe Burrow Heisman and prime Wilt Chamberlain numbers on X.
This clip is pure insanity. The guy rolls out of bed at 3:50 a.m., with military-grade motivation, does push-ups within 10 minutes, plunges his face into ice water as if he’s trying to outdo Wim Hof, and then bolts straight into a full sprint at the gym before the sun even thinks about waking up. Not once, but twice, he’s dunking his face in that frosty bowl of water. One before the gym and one before a work call—and people are eating it up.
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But here’s where the plot thickens. Folks on X started nitpicking the timeline of his video, and it’s got more gaps than a busted-up defense. Like, the man claims he’s reading at 5:30 a.m., but apparently, he’s a speed reader who finishes in zero seconds. On the other hand, his 7:36 a.m. swim? Somehow, his dive takes him four whole minutes to just hit the water. Make it make sense. And X trolls and meme pages are having a field day, clowning Ashton Hall for his messed-up timestamps like it’s the Roast Olympics.
But here’s the kicker and dark past, and where things get spicy—Ashton Hall ain’t just your average fitness influencer. Hall is a former running back who started his college football career at Alcorn State University. And the internet’s digging up the receipts, with one post showing a screenshot of his stats, saying, “So looking at it bro we need to go ahead and get at least 10,000.” And yeah, his stats? They’re more depressing than the 2024 Florida State season.
In two seasons with the Braves, he rushed for a grand total of… 8 yards. Yup, 8 yards in 6 attempts. After that, he tried his luck at UCF, but nothing major went down. So yeah, when football didn’t exactly pan out, Ashton turned to fitness influencing, and clearly, he made the right call.
The rise, the fall, and the ice water plunge
The man’s college football career was practically non-existent. And when the dream fizzled out, it hit him hard. After his football career fell apart, he went through a dark phase, battling depression and feeling like a straight-up failure. But Ashton flipped the script during the pandemic. Started doing virtual workouts, and just like that, the man built an empire. He’s now sitting on top of the fitness game, flexing millions of followers, and just announced he hit a billion views in 30 days on YouTube. From 8 rushing yards to 8 million followers—That’s some diabolical work.
His followers exploded. From two million during quarantine to 8.7 million today. Ashton Hall’s IG page turned into a non-stop highlight reel of crazy workouts, motivational speeches, and the occasional flex post just to let y’all know he’s still out here chasing gains and flexing chains. And now? The man’s pulling a billion views a month on YouTube. Now he’s a viral sensation with a social media presence that’s louder than a college stadium on game day. Whatever formula he’s working with, it’s got the internet glued.
And yeah, maybe his timestamps don’t add up, but what’s diabolical is the man’s hustle. Ashton Hall’s turned his worst days into content gold, and whether people are there to clown him or crown him, he’s cashing in either way. Guess the man’s figured out how to play the game after all. And ice water dunks are helping him.
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