The streamer Félix “xQc” Lengyel hosted an IRL stream on Twitch to train for an upcoming football charity event. But after less than an hour, it was over because the former e-sports pro had no stamina left.
What was xQc training for? On April 16, 2026, the streamer held an outdoor livestream. His goal for the stream: to get fit for the upcoming Sideman charity match. Sidemen has been a recurring charity event since 2016, featuring various English-speaking YouTubers and streamers.
Ticket sales and donations directly support the charity organization Bright Side. The organization aids other organizations that provide young people with a better future, for example, by improving access to education.
This year, the event will take place at Wembley Stadium on Saturday, April 18, 2026. In the stadium, FC Sidemen will compete against the YouTube Allstars team, meaning content creators against content creators. Participants include KSI, Jynxzi, and xQc.
xQc can’t make it through an hour of football training
Why did xQc have to end the stream? Together with Jynxzi, xQc went onto the football field in his Twitch stream to prepare for the upcoming match with simple football exercises. The first break came already after 15 minutes, during which both were already panting heavily.
After 30 minutes in the stream or training, xQc had to really pull himself together. When asked how much water he normally drinks, he replied: None at all
(Source: Twitch from minute 36:46). He mainly drinks lemonade, and later he added that in a week he drinks half a bottle of water.
After this, Jynxzi provided xQc with electrolytes, but that didn’t help either. After a total of 45 minutes, xQc finally ended the training. Goalkeeper exercises pushed the streamer completely to his limit. Afterward, Jynxzi continued the stream for the full hour, but xQc himself was no longer seen until the stream was eventually ended.
On Reddit, some users amused themselves about the streamer. However, many other comments expressed concerns about xQc’s health. After all, he seems to have neglected his fitness significantly over the past few years.
The streamer fulfills a stereotype that many streamers face, namely that they just sit at the PC and harm their health through unhealthy eating and lack of exercise.
At least in e-sports, xQc was able to build a career. In the game Overwatch, he played in two teams, from which he was eliminated each time, but that was the beginning of his career on Twitch: “I thought I was done” – Because he was eliminated twice in Overwatch, he is now one of the biggest Twitch streamers
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