Fitness Confidential With Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 1883 - On this Sunday School episode, Gina Grad and Vinnie Tortorich talk marketing trickery, "keto" products, important metabolic hormones, and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/2021/07/marketing-trickery-episode-1883 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods MARKETING TRICKERY A lot of products are marketed as keto or low carb when they are still unhealthy. Gina found a dessert mix that says 'keto-friendly' across the lid, but is full of chemicals, sweeteners, and crap. Generally, if something is specifically marketed as keto or the like, it's not good for you. These products are simply trying to catch your eye and play on your desire for sweet -- that sugar or grain addiction for many. Eat real, whole foods! Even these keto foods can have over 30 grams of carbs per serving. For most keto people, this is as much or more than you'd eat in a day. FAT DOC 2 IS AVAILABLE ON iTUNES and AMAZON Please also share it with family and friends! Buy it and watch it now on iTune

: Episode 1882 - On this Saturday show, Ashley Penkal and Vinnie Tortorich talk setting goals and getting stronger, adding weight, and more, and Vinnie talks Ashley through some exercises that will improve her strength. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2021/07/setting-goals-getting-stronger-episode-1882 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods GETTING STRONGER Ashley has been on the show before. Many found her inspirational, and she's back! Now, she's working on building core strength. Currently, she's up to SIX chinups. She started from ZERO in January! She'll continue working her way up to ten, then she'll start adding weight. Vinnie would suggest she wait until she can do several sets of 20 to add weight. When people add weight, that's when they get hurt. For Ashley, setting the goal was really important. FAT DOC 2 IS AVAILABLE ON iTUNES and AMAZON Please also share it with family and friends! Buy it and watch it now on iTunes to get it to the top of the charts. We need it

: Episode 1881 - On this Friday show, Anna Vocino joins Vinnie to discuss feeling healthy, getting out of work mode, Monty, Amazon and Eat Happy, Too, Pinterest's crackdown, the boring truth, NSNG® starter tips, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2021/07/feeling-healthy-cookbooks-boring-truth-episode-1881 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods Belcampo Villa Cappelli FEELING HEALTHY Since we've been stuck indoors, many of us have avoided getting sick. We'll all hate to remember the feeling of a cold or the flu when it happens. Vinnie tends to get sick for 24 hours or so around Christmastime each year. Also, Vinnie has been feeling good recently. He's had crippling back and neck pain for some time now. But, for the past few nights, something changed and he is feeling better! You don't realize the importance of feeling healthy until you feel sick. Sugar in wine makes Vinnie and Anna both feel sick. It can also be important to take time to rest -- both with respect to e

: Episode 1880 - On this Wednesday show, Andy Schreiber and Vinnie Tortorich talk squeezing in exercise on busy days, unnecessarily expensive health and fitness products, our commercial kitchen, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2021/07/squeezing-in-exercise-episode-1880 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods SQUEEZING IN EXERCISE Lots of people say they can't find the time to exercise. However, everyone has time to do it! You don't have to do it all in one chunk. For Andy, it's going on some quicker walks with his dog. Vinnie will do a couple exercises for 10 to 15 minutes, and revisit other exercises for the same period throughout the day. It's not as good as exercising in one chunk, but it is CERTAINLY better than nothing. This is also more in line with our historical working out. If you want to reap the benefits of aerobic exercise, you just have to fit it into your day. EXPENSIVE PRODUCTS Lots of companies sell more because their products are expensive. Take th

: Episode 1879 - On this Monday show, Vinnie and Anna (and the billionaire Don Coddington) talk dating, estrogen in plastics, eggs and legs and HIIT, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2021/07/eggs-and-legs-and-hiit-episode-1879 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods Belcampo Villa Cappelli DATING Dating used to be quite different. At 19, Vinnie was in clubs at 1:30. Vinnie drove a fun car. Now, we have The Bachelor. There was no Uber or cell phones or anything of the like. EGGS AND LEGS AND HIIT Vinnie needs his eggs. It's how he stays lean and mean. He'll have three eggs minimum, usually. On leg day, Vinnie's consuming at least 6 eggs. He'll eat at 7:30/8, then do some work, then work out and 10 or 11. If no eggs, then bacon. Usually, Vinnie isn't doing HIIT. Lance Armstrong didn't even do much HIIT. Even with steroids and his peak physical condition, he would let his body reset each week after a HIIT session. The idea you burn more fat doing this and you should st

: Episode 1878 - On this Sunday School episode, Gina Grad and Vinnie Tortorich talk NSNG® kid food, sugary drink side effects, consistent healthy eating, and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/2021/07/sugary-drink-side-effects-episode-1878 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods NSNG® KID FOOD You can do kid food NSNG®. Think of tacos: the tortilla is the least important part. Kids like what they know. You can influence this. SUGARY DRINK Avoid these drinks at all costs. You can make good cocktails without sugar. Vinnie and Gina both feel bad if they have drinks with lots of sugar. Distilled liquors are safe. Gina feels it's somewhat of a good sign that these drinks don't make you feel well - your body doesn't want or need the sugar! FAT DOC 2 IS AVAILABLE ON iTUNES and AMAZON Please also share it with family and friends! Buy it and watch it now on iTunes to get it to the top of the charts. We need it to get big for people to see it. Here's the Amazon link (BLUERAY, DVD, PRIM

: Episode 1877 - On this Saturday show, Jason Irwin and his son Kyle join Vinnie to talk their family's story, nutrition for kids, protein powders, vitamins and supplements, strength training, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2021/07/fitness-and-nutrition-for-kids-episode-1877 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods THE IRWINS They found Vinnie through the Carolla show. Once the family watched the Fat Docs, they were all in. While they've fallen off the wagon a few times, Kyle, their son, sticks to it the most. He's a high school athlete. He plays football and soccer. NUTRITION FOR KIDS The school advises the kids that they can have candy and soda so long as they're active 30-60 minutes a day. This simply isn't true. You can't outrun a bad diet. Is a candy bar a bad diet? Probably not, but kids shouldn't have these every day. Kids can get away with these things, but they're setting themselves up for failure. Jason has had dietitians yell at him, saying Kyle is at ri

: Episode 1876 - On this Friday show, low-carb runner Mike McKnight joins Vinnie to talk low carb running, Mike McKnight's fastest known time on the Colorado Trail, his weight-loss, RODS, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2021/07/mike-mcknights-fastest-known-time-episode-1876 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods Belcampo Villa Cappelli THE LOW CARB RUNNER Mike is a fat-adapted athlete. He's been on the show before! When he became fat-adapted in 2017, he wanted to run 100 miles without any calories. All he had was salt, water, potassium. He did it in just over 18 hours. Now, he feels more confident in trusting his fat stores. This was one of his faster 100s! FASTEST KNOWN TIME He has a fastest known time for an ultra event. This is for the Denver to Durango east route. It's 500 miles with around 90,000 feet of elevation gain. It took him 6 to 8 weeks. People try to beat it, but nobody has since he set it in 2014. Lots don't finish because of injury. Check out the d

: Episode 1875 - On this Wednesday show, Vinnie Tortorich goes solo and talks bad grammar, building a fitness base, having direction, trying to outrun a bad diet, and more. He also addresses recent Twitter questions. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2021/06/building-a-fitness-base-episode-1875 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods BUILDING A FITNESS BASE Now that gyms are opening and people are more willing to leave the house, lots of people want to get in shape. You can find lots of plans, like marathon plans, online. Go check out Hal Higdon's free plans. Here's where you have to start: Get into Zone 2 shape. This is how you should build your base. Then, you'll be ready to rock on shorter notice. Have a direction, too -- give yourself a goal. You can use shorter races as 'training.' Treat it like a normal run. Vinnie really lets himself build up slowly. This is the best way to go. This being said, you can't outrun a bad diet. FAT DOC 2 IS AVAILABLE ON iTUNES and AMAZON Ple

: Episode 1874 - On this Monday show, Anna Vocino and Vinnie Tortorich talk PCC's healthy decaf, Lent sacrifices, staying tenacious, owning your life, weight management, CICO BS, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2021/06/staying-tenacious-owning-your-life-episode-1874 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods Belcampo Villa Cappelli PCC'S HEALTHY DECAF One of Anna's own, her father-in-law Dr. Al Tarquinio, joins the two to talk about this lifestyle. Al just learned the benefits of the Swiss water process for decaf. He doesn't drink normal coffee - he's hyper enough! Now, he'll be ordering this PCC decaf instead of visiting Starbucks. It's healthier and cheaper! Coffee is good for you -- even for your liver! STAYING TENACIOUS Al beat thyroid cancer. Through it all, he continued teaching. He never missed a class! Sniffles certainly aren't an excuse. He's 80, and he plans to keep teaching! If you enjoy it, keep going. Stay tenacious -- move with life as it changes and evo

: Episode 1873 - On this Sunday School episode, Gina Grad and Vinnie Tortorich talk sugar consumption through the ages, cheap dessert, the dangers of transfats and 'vegetable' oils, and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/2021/06/sugar-consumption-through-the-ages-episode-1873 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods SUGAR CONSUMPTION The amount of sugar Americans ate prior to the 1970s was significant but nowhere near like Americans eat now. Sugar lobbyists funded studies to show fat was bad and sugar was good. Now, people are so overweight compared to prior to that study. Sugar was a treat, not a part of everyday life. And, the quality of desserts and the like has decreased. They're made with cheaper materials, like seed oils which are transfats. FAT DOC 2 IS AVAILABLE ON iTUNES and AMAZON Please also share it with family and friends! Buy it and watch it now on iTunes to get it to the top of the charts. We need it to get big for people to see it. Here's the Amazon link (BLUER

: Episode 1872 - On this Saturday show, Megan Tritsch joins Vinnie to discuss Megan's path, vegan avoidance, ethical veganism, climate change, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2021/06/vegan-avoidance-fat-doc-episode-1872 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods MEGAN'S PATH Megan works for Vinnie. Prior to working for Vinnie, she taught home economics to middle schoolers in CO. But, she wanted to return to LA. She did some work for Adam Carolla and then for Vinnie, and then Vinnie hired her full time! VEGAN AVOIDANCE Vinnie wanted to get some vegan doctors on the movie to show their point of view. However, most didn't respond or straight up said no. Others initially said yes, then copped out. Some tried to preach to Megan when she emailed them about being in the movie. Vinnie was going to ask 17 form questions and several questions relating to veganism. Vinnie was going to let them speak their truth. FAT DOC 2 IS AVAILABLE ON iTUNES and AMAZON Please also share it wi

: Episode 1871 - On this Friday show, Anna Vocino and Vinnie Tortorich engage in "coffee talk," and the two discuss hiking the Appalachian Trail, liars, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2021/06/coffee-talk-more-anna-vocino-episode-1871 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods Belcampo Villa Cappelli COFFEE TALK Vinnie's been drinking coffee from a young age. It didn't seem to affect his health, despite him drinking it at 4. The campaign against coffee was effectuated by a grain company. Coffee wrongly has a bad rep. If you drink it, that's okay. Vinnie believes the science supports the notion that having a coffee habit is a good thing. Anna loves Vinnie's coffees. She has the habit of drinking a couple a day. Also, with the Swiss process decaf, now she can drink it at night, too. Coffee is the best antioxidant you can take. WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE FAT DOC 2 IS AVAILABLE ON iTUNES and AMAZON Please also share it with family and friends! Buy it and watch it now o

: Episode 1870 - On this Wednesday show, Andy and Vinnie talk the grueling Badwater 135, wildfires, creating an Ultra Fat and Ultra Salt bundle, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2021/06/the-grueling-badwater-135-episode-1870 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods THE GRUELING BADWATER 135 We're Badwater's Title Sponsor! Vinnie has felt like he hasn't done anything of note since the pandemic began. He can't wait to get back out there, and being in Death Valley for this race will be excellent. People are out there breaking records still. It's exhausting standing around. The WIND is so very hot. But this is one of the most amazing events human beings are capable of. FAT DOC 2 IS AVAILABLE ON iTUNES and AMAZON Please also share it with family and friends! Buy it and watch it now on iTunes to get it to the top of the charts. We need it to get big for people to see it. Here's the Amazon link (BLUERAY, DVD, PRIME) (MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE YET ACROSS THE POND). And the iTunes

: Episode 1869 - On this Monday show, Anna Vocino and Vinnie Tortorich talk hair bands, chicken fingers with Eat Happy Kitchen sauces, the third Fat Doc, sustained exercise in Zone 2, carb myths, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2021/06/sustained-exercise-in-zone-2-episode-1869 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods Belcampo Villa Cappelli SUSTAINED EXERCISE Anna is trying to work her way up exercise wise. She is increasing her Zone 2 exercise in increments. You can work your way up. With Zone 2, go slow, then slow down a bit. Zone 2 is best for losing those extra lbs. It's also good for your joints and will keep your body strong. FAT DOC Vinnie's made two of these. The first, in particular, was a big hit. He has some new experts in the next movie. Some people don't like the gruesome scene in movie 1, but for others, it's life changing. WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE FAT DOC 2 IS AVAILABLE ON iTUNES and AMAZON Please also share it with family and friends! Buy it and

: Episode 1868 - On this Sunday School episode, Gina Grad and Vinnie Tortorich talk weightlifting benefits, milk, Catholic school punishments, SVU and House, and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/2021/06/weightlifting-benefits-milk-more-episode-1868 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods WEIGHTLIFTING BENEFITS You can weight lift and not have bulbous muscles. Weightlifting is great for men, women, everyone! You don't need steroids to get toned. Eggs, meat, gym, repeat. SVU They have some wild story lines. Vinnie was almost set up with Mariska Hargitay! The show is great, but Gina prefers house. FAT DOC 2 IS AVAILABLE ON iTUNES and AMAZON Please also share it with family and friends! Buy it and watch it now on iTunes to get it to the top of the charts. We need it to get big for people to see it. Here's the Amazon link (BLUERAY, DVD, PRIME) (MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE YET ACROSS THE POND). And the iTunes Link. And the Google play link. https://amzn.to/3rxHuB9 [the_ad id="17480"] PL

: Episode 1867 - On this Saturday show, Michelle Hummel joins Vinnie Tortorich to talk her life as a police officer, hiking the Appalachian trail, her tramily, surviving breast cancer, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2021/06/hiking-the-appalachian-trail-for-a-good-cause-episode-1867 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods MICHELLE'S LIFE Michelle met Vinnie and Serena on the Appalachian trail. She is hiking the WHOLE THING with her newly-found friend, Caroline. She has a tramily! Michelle is 52. We're glad to have her podcasting from the trail! She was a cop from age 21. Over time, she worked her way up to captain. It wasn't always roses; she did lose two officers who worked for her and two friends. She's always been really involved in charity work, and now does lots of work for first responders and children who have cancer. HIKING THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL Michelle is hiking 16 or 17 miles per day with a 35-lb pack. It takes everything she has! She was a regular woman

: Episode 1866 - On this Friday show, Lierre Kieth and Derrick Jensen join Vinnie Tortorich to discuss their book, Bright Green Lies: How the Environmental Movement Lost Its Way and What We Can Do About It, beekeeping, glow kids, the environmental dangers of veganism, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2021/06/bright-green-lies-lierre-keith-derrick-jensen-episode-1866 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods Belcampo Villa Cappelli BRIGHT GREEN LIES Lierre and Derrick wrote this book together. It focuses on how the environmental movement lost its way. Every drug we take ends up affecting fish and our wildlife because these drugs end up in our waterways. Depression medications are everywhere in nature nowadays. Global warming begins with the beginning of agriculture. We were burning for fossil soil every time we plowed land. Rice culture was a big boom for global warming. Dams are one of the most destructive things environmentally that humans create. This is one of the

: Episode 1865 - On this Wednesday show, Vinnie and Andy talk going stir crazy, sponsoring Badwater, setting goals and getting motivated, PVC's new combo packs, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2021/06/setting-goals-getting-motivated-episode-1865 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods SPONSORING BADWATER We love sponsoring events. We've been to many ultras and marathons (and trade shows/expos) and the like. Soon, we'll be in the desert. We're Badwater's Title Sponsor! Vinnie has felt like he hasn't done anything of note since the pandemic began. He can't wait to get back out there, and being in Death Valley for this race will be excellent. Vinnie and Don will go do a 14er while they're out there. SETTING GOALS Setting this goal of getting in shape for a 14er has Vinnie working out with vim and vigor. He's having so much more fun. Now, he feels like a kid and wants to work out and train all the time, even if just to get outside! FAT DOC 2 IS AVAILABLE ON iTUNES and

: Episode 1859 - On this Monday show, Anna Vocino and Vinnie Tortorich talk NSNG® vs. keto, protein synthesis and bro science, muscle stimulation, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2021/06/nsng-vs-keto-protein-muscles-more-episode-1864 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods Belcampo Villa Cappelli STAYING IN REMISSION Vinnie had cancer 14 years ago. They told him it would come back. It hasn't! Vinnie credits this largely to his avoiding sugar, which feeds cancer. NSNG® VS. KETO When Vinnie was a trainer, his clients weren't keto. They cut out sugar, grains, starches, and seed oils. It wasn't enough to call it dietary ketosis. However, they were metabolically flexible. You can just do strict NSNG® and not keto and still lose lots of weight. Vinnie does think some people would benefit more from being in strict keto. Those with CPAP machines, those who are pre-diabetic, etc., may want to consider keto. WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE FAT DOC 2 IS AVAILABLE ON iTUNES and