Fitness Confidential With Vinnie Tortorich

Episode 2123 - On this Sunday's show, Vinnie Tortorich and Gina Grad talk about walking for fitness, getting out into nature, great places to hike, and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/2022/06/walking-fitness-episode-2123 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods WALKING FOR FITNESS Gina tells Vinnie that she is still thinking of his interview on the Mike Rowe podcast; she keeps thinking about how much co-hosts Mike and Chuck said they walk daily now. Gina has gotten the all-clear to start limited exercise, but she feels like she's not doing enough by just walking and would like some inspiration and encouragement. Vinnie says walking affects total fitness, even at a Zone 1 pace. Vinnie fits in walking while doing consults and doesn't even count that towards his weekly goal of exercise. Gina says she now stands during the recording of the Adam Carolla Show, just to make sure she is sitting less throughout the day. Vinnie gives an example of his friend Don Coddington's training

Episode 2122 - On this Saturday's show, Vinnie Tortorich speaks to new listener Tim Mallien about his recent discovery of NSNG®, the diet mentality, finding his "why", and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/2022/06/diet-mentality-episode-2122 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods THE DIET MENTALITY Vinnie welcomes Tim and they chat a bit about how much progress Tim has made in the 6 weeks he's been living the NSNG® lifestyle. Tim then gives more of his history and how he had been depressed and frustrated coming from various other diet programs, only to gain the weight back. Tim was seriously considering gastric bypass surgery. Tim had really felt he had hit his "lowest of lows"; Vinnie understands this because he has worked with so many morbidly obese clients over the years. Tim admits he comes from a severe diet mentality, sugar addiction, and a lot of emotional eating. Vinnie and Tim talk about various temptations like certain fast food and Mardi Gras season; however, Tim

Episode 2121 - On this Friday's show, Vinnie Tortorich speaks with Texas Slim, founder of The Beef Initiative and they discuss recent farming history, learning through observation, and how to learn more about sourcing your animal protein, and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/2022/06/farming-history-local-sourcing-episode-2121 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods Villa Cappelli FARMING HISTORY IN RECENT YEARS Vinnie leads the show with the iconic voice-over talent of Sam Elliott and introduces Texas Slim, the founder of The Beef Initiative. The Beef Initiative is a way to find out more about how to source your animal protein through local sources and learn more about where your food comes from. Vinnie and Slim discuss how there has been a shift in information; as a result, there is variance between what some call "my truth" and absolutes, especially in the food industry. Vinnie gives a great example of building a kayak as what is meant by "absolute". Texas Slim gives a su

Episode 2120 - On this Wednesday show, Vinnie Tortorich and Andy Schreiber talk about inspiration and tenacity, tough spots in life, and more. https://vinnietortorich.come/2022/06/inspiration-tenacity-episode-2120 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods Villa Cappelli INSPIRATION & TENACITY Vinnie leads off by telling Andy a story from high school when the football team spirit was low, and how he decided to rally his team and inspire them to play. Andy questions Vinnie's approach at that moment, but Vinnie makes his case. Both agree that inspiration and tenacity are essential in life. Vinnie often gets inspired by many of the consults he does because he gets to talk to people with amazing stories. Vinnie gives an example of long-time listener Lisa. Andy shares a time when he became laid-off and how he dealt with the change, even though it came at a difficult time; as a result, it led to one of his best opportunities. Now Vinnie and Andy own companies together. PURCHASE B

Episode 2119 - On this Monday's show, Vinnie Tortorich and Anna Vocino get into topics where bro-science and building muscle conflicts, why following the PDF is not "following a diet", and offer answers to some listener questions, and more. [libsyn_podcast id=23332802] PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods Villa Cappelli FOLLOWING A DIET This episode leads off differently as a big storm had just gone through Vinnie's area--but the show must go on. Don't forget to go to iTunes and rate and review the podcast. This bumps it up in the ratings and allows it to be found easier. Download Vinnie's PDF and get all the basic guidelines. A person can decide how much they want to stick to the PDF, but your results will show whether being strict or not works best. Anna & Vinnie mention that this is not a "following a diet" because it's not something you follow temporarily and then go back to old ways of eating. BRO-SCIENCE Anna has recently spoken to two men who are under the bro-

Episode 2118 - On this Sunday School episode, Vinnie Tortorich and Gina Grad talk about Vinnie's appearance on Mike Rowe's podcast, reporting the truth, and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/2022/06/reporting-truth-episode-2118 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods REPORTING THE TRUTH Gina has questions regarding Vinnie's appearance on Mike Rowe's podcast. Vinnie and Anna call the increase in followers to their podcast and NSNG® the "Mike Rowe Bump". Vinnie recounts how he first learned of Mike Rowe through the "Dirty Jobs" television show. Gina and Vinnie then recall several of their favorite Mike Rowe podcast episodes. Mike Rowe has since mentioned Vinnie several times on his show. Vinnie mentions that he and Anna go after the truth, and not everyone wants to hear that. Vinnie tells a brief story of Nina Teicholz's experience delving into studies and finding conflicting information within the same studies. Gina shares how when she was younger she heard vegetarianism was

Episode 2117 - On this special Saturday show, Anna Vocino joins Vinnie Tortorich to discuss coffee with sugar, questioning everything, avoiding packaged pastries, and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/2022/06/question-everything-episode-2117 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods Villa Cappelli COFFEE WITH SUGAR Vinnie and Anna discuss a recent article in The Guardian that reports that coffee--including coffee with sugar--can help you live longer. Anna questions the validity of the results because there are too many variables to get down to any real answers. Vinnie has always questioned everything, even as a kid, and as a result, it often got him in trouble; but it has led to how he helps people today. They discuss several things that relate to the report as well, including how the AHA (American Heart Association) has been inconsistent. AVOIDING PACKAGED PASTRIES Anna feels like the only way to be clear about how your body works best is to be NSNG® awhile. Vinnie often take

Episode 2116 - On this Friday's show, Dr. Ben Bocchicchio joins Vinnie Tortorich to talk about "The Colorado Experiment", Nautilus machines, muscle building for everyone, and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/2022/06/colorado-experiment-bocchicchio-episode-2116/ PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods Villa Cappelli THE COLORADO EXPERIMENT Vinnie and Dr. Ben discuss part of the history of the Nautilus brand of weight-training machines. They discuss what The Colorado Experiment was, and how it increased awareness of what gains could be achieved by isolating muscle groups. Both Vinnie and Dr. Ben leaned heavily on Nautilus for training. They go on to discuss the real benefits of slow resistance and isolating muscle groups. Vinnie tells a brief story of a nickname he earned in college. RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE BENEFITS OF MUSCLE GAIN Vinnie asks Dr. Ben his opinion on the best training regimen. Dr. Ben recommends "working hard, not working a lot". The muscle system is the most p

Episode 2115 - On this Wednesday show, Vinnie Tortorich and Andy Schreiber talk about updates to the production of NSNG® Foods and Pure Vitamin Club and getting out of your comfort zone by learning something new, and more. more.https://vinnietortorich.com/2022/06/product-updates-comfort-zones-episode-2115 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods Villa Cappelli PRODUCT UPDATES Vinnie and Andy lead off chatting about how hard the Ultra Fat® and Pure Vitamin Club teams have been working to get caught up with orders. The teams were working through the holiday weekend. The new kitchen space for Ultra Fat® is much larger and is up and running. They anticipate that they will have Ultra Fat® available on Amazon again within the month. There are big stores that are wanting to carry Ultra Fat®, but Vinnie and Andy are prioritizing their own online customers first. GETTING OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE Vinnie and Andy then go on to discuss a new goal Vinnie has set for himself. Vinnie went t

Episode 2114 - On this special Monday show, Vinnie Tortorich and Anna Vocino talk a wide range of topics from the purpose and production of the podcast, graduation festivities, appreciating kind comments and the support of their products, ridiculous "approved foods" for colonoscopy prep, and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/2022/05/podcast-production-episode-2114/ PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods Villa Cappelli PRODUCTION Vinnie and Anna lead off chatting about the purpose of the podcast and how it is meant to help people. The podcast is free information and both Vinnie's and Anna's products receive attention, but that is not why Vinnie started the podcast. Both Vinnie and Anna really appreciate the kind comments and support they receive from followers. They discuss some of the challenges with production that have been happening. Andy and the whole team really have been working hard to get orders fulfilled. You can always trust they are doing their best--Anna and Vin

Episode 2113 - On this Sunday School episode, Vinnie Tortorich and Gina Grad talk about inspiring athletes, great books and movies about them, mountain climbing, hiking and more. Https://vinnietortorich.com/2022/05/inspiring-athletes-and-their-stories-episode-2113 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods INSPIRING ATHLETES, BOOKS & MOVIES Vinnie and Gina launch into discussing various books and movies about mountain climbing and hikes. They also chat about FKTs (Fastest Known Times) of various Ultra athletes that Vinnie has sponsored through UltraFat and UltraSalt. Vinne shares some of his experiences and what he knows of the various athletes' stories. Vinnie is especially fascinated by and admires Goran Kropp. Vinnie and Gina talk about climbing Mount Everest and whether Vinnie would ever attempt it. PURCHASE BEYOND IMPOSSIBLE The documentary launched on January 11! Order it TODAY! This is Vinnie's third documentary in just over three years. Get it now on Apple TV (iTune

Episode 2112 – BEST OF: We replay episode 5 where Vinnie Tortorich and Anna Vocino discuss a lawsuit involving Nutella spread, advertising claims, having more to lose, the Biggest Loser television show, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2022/05/best-of-more-to-lose-nutella-mom-episode-2112 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods Villa Cappelli "NUTELLA MOM" AND MISLEADING ADVERTISING Vinnie is annoyed by the claims of the "Nutella Mom" lawsuit in which she says ads led her to believe Nutella was healthy because it's made with "natural ingredients". Vinnie and Anna discuss how advertising over the years has misrepresented things like smoking, even though it should be obvious that smoking is bad for you. The same kind of misrepresentation happens with packaged foods, and the Nutella case is an example. There is a big difference between allowing a treat every once in a great while and making sugary items a daily thing. MORE TO LOSE Vinnie has a love-hate relationship wi

Episode 2111 - On this special Friday show, Anna Vocino joins Vinnie and the two talk revisiting your goals, our previous shows, BS keto products, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2022/05/revisiting-your-goals-more-episode-2111 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods Villa Cappelli REVISITING YOUR GOALS Vinnie likes to set several new goals each year. He likes to be able to achieve things. Because of that, he makes sure his goals are achievable and he does his best to stick to them. This year, one of those goals was learning how to build his own boat. His other goal is that he'll do at least 365 hours of cardio this year. Each time he does cardio, he keeps time on his watch. On day 143 of the year, he's over 170 hours of cardio. He's doing this because some days he won't be able to exercise, so front-loading helps. It's important to keep your goals going in the right direction. Now's a good time to revisit your goals. OUR PREVIOUS EPISODES We have recently aired our

Episode 2110 - On this Wednesday show, Andy Schreiber joins Vinnie Tortorich and the two talk our NSNG® Foods production, keeping Pure Vitamin Club formula supply up, and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/2022/05/nsng-foods-production-vitamin-supply-episode-2110 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods NSNG® FOODS PRODUCTION We had a slight issue with some machinery. Andy had to lug it to get fixed. We were down for a few hours. Now, we're catching up a little bit, but not because of the machinery. Rather, we had way more orders than anticipated during our recent promo period. We also had an employee out, so Andy rolled up his sleeves and got to work filling orders. Great news: we have an entire second line of equipment that should be completed later this week. Additionally, we're hiring more staff. This way, we should be able to create twice the output! In the next few weeks, after we catch up mid-next week, we'll restock on Amazon and get to our new ideas and projects for t

Episode 2109 - On this Monday show, Anna Vocino and Vinnie Tortorich talk about hunger when fat adapted, Ultra Fat and Eat Happy marinara orders, coffee as a drug, alcohol's effect on your sleep, and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/2022/05/hunger-when-fat-adapted-more-episode-2109 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods Villa Cappelli HUNGER WHEN FAT ADAPTED Vinnie has been working and moving around in the yard a lot recently. He was prepping for Tallulah's law school graduation party. This involved a lot of manual labor. By 3 pm, Vinnie had walked over 20,000 steps. He realized around 3 pm that he hadn't eaten since 7 pm the night before. Vinnie did not mean to intermittent fast, but he is so fat adapted, he barely even noticed. All he had was coffee with a little cream, and that kept him going throughout the very hot day. If you're fat adapted correctly, intermittent fasting (intentional or otherwise) becomes easier. You can even exercise. To break this accidental fast,

Episode 2108 - On this Sunday School episode, Vinnie Tortorich and Gina Grad talk Gina's breast reduction surgery, feeling comfortable in your body, healing, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2022/05/feeling-comfortable-in-your-body-episode-2108 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods BREAST REDUCTION SURGERY Gina recently had surgery to reduce her breasts. She is a small woman (5'5") and her breasts were very disproportionately large. This was a medical surgery, not a cosmetic one. Her insurance company covered it quite easily. Post-op, she has to wear certain clothes and follow certain protocols to ensure she heals up healthily. For the first few days, she felt pretty sick. Now, she's feeling better but taking it easy. Mostly, she's walking, and it feels good -- including on a cellular level. Eating healthily tough because she is dealing with nausea, but she wants to get back on the wagon as soon as possible. Right now, she needs to eat what she can stomach, even i

Episode 2107 - On this Saturday show, Katherine Craig joins Vinnie and the two talk Vizslas, battling allergies with diet, dog food, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2022/05/battling-allergies-with-diet-episode-2107 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods KATHERINE'S STORY She used to be the calorie queen -- she'd eat any and all sweets. Despite working in medicine, she'd eat cupcakes whenever offered. One day, she ate a cupcake and had a severe allergic reaction. It didn't have anything in it that she hadn't had before, but it kept happening. They didn't know what was wrong with her, but they gave her medication -- like putting a bandaid on a bleeding wound without figuring out what caused it. Katherine decided she needed to try something to stop the allergic reactions and her stomach issues. She began by trying paleo for one month. This was mostly meat, fish, veggies and fruit. BATTLING ALLERGIES The paleo diet took away the allergic reactions and her stomach pain

Episode 2106 BEST OF: We replay the first-ever episode of the podcast, where Vinnie Tortorich and Anna Vocino launch the podcast by introducing themselves. They also discuss how the health & fitness industry has been less than helpful in getting Americans in shape, the China study, gluten-free diet, why Vinnie is America's angriest trainer, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2022/05/best-of-americas-angriest-trainer-episode-2106 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods Villa Cappelli AMERICA'S ANGRIEST TRAINER Vinnie isn't actually an angry guy. He's not mad at you. Rather, he's mad that those in search of money and power, and those who could make you healthy, do not look after your health. Simply put, your good intentions have been stolen, and Vinnie wants to help you get them back. FAILED DIET PLANS Anna had tried Weight Watchers. Things like this didn't work. She also tried a new app when this show started. But to be frank, the app which focused on CICO sets Ann

Episode 2105 - On this Wednesday show, Andy Schreiber and Vinnie Tortorich talk vegans on Twitter, losing muscle, various exercising like cycling and jumping rope, and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/2022/05/losing-muscle-is-preventable-episode-2105 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods VEGANS ON TWITTER Vinnie's very active on Twitter. He tries to provide free advice through this medium. But often, vegans come after him. He doesn't like to block them, but they're so crazy. Unfortunately, they aren't there for conversation, they're just their to clog the conversation. This is personal, and sometimes they go ad hominem. LOSING MUSCLE In our 30s, we stop building muscle. Instead, we lose a pound or so a year if we don't do anything. But, you can keep (and grow) these muscles. It doesn't matter what age you are, your muscle fibers grow the same. That said, you might need more recovery as you get older. Think of Reagan -- he gained a ton of muscle after the assassination att

Episode 2104 - On this Monday show, Anna Vocino and Vinnie Tortorich talk crazy veganism, common phone calls, walking the straight and narrow to fix metabolic disorder, the effects of alcohol, and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/2022/05/the-straight-and-narrow-episode-2104 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods Villa Cappelli CRAZY VEGANISM One of the bad parts of veganism is the 'splainers. They spend all their time talking about how they and the way they're living is better. That's all they talk about -- and it's an attempt at indoctrination. It's unsolicited proselytizing. COMMON PHONE CALLS Vinnie does lots of phone consults. There are three common types: 1. Am I doing this right? 2. I feel like I'm "plateauing." 3. I'm doing well about this, but what about life into living? People feel like this is working but they have common trouble. Schedule a call with him if you need some one-on-one consulting. THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW It can be tough to keep with it strictly. An