Fitness Confidential

: Episode 1275 - Vinnie Tortorich and Andy Schreiber talk alleviating heat rashes, our recent newsletter, and more on this Wednesday show. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Coffee Club Pure Vitamin Club ALLEVIATING HEAT RASHES Heat rashes can be a common thing in ultra events Our electrolyte, UltraSalt, helps It is an amazing electrolyte complex We gave tons of our vitamins to ultra athletes at local events Spent tons of time figuring out the correct ph

: Episode 1274 - Vinnie Tortorich and Anna Vocino talk the new Bohemian Rhapsody movie, Vinnie's KTLA appearance, being in and out of ketosis, aerobic exercise, getting in shape, and more. The two also do a little weight lifting demo for Anna. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Coffee Club Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli F Bomb Crowd Cow IN AND OUT OF KETOSIS When Vinnie visited Virginia, he put some LIL Had some onion rings, a few glasses of wine Didn't bring his ketone testing kits on his hikes (which he did many of) When you have been in ketosis or just low carb for awhile, you will start to feel like crud For Vinnie, he feels like he needs to be in ketosis now Doing a good amount of work helps If you live in ketosis most of the time, it's easy for your body to get back into it Just commit to it! This combined with some good Zone 2 exercise will help your heart tremendously Don't forget you do not need to be in ketosis to do NSNG!!! It works for some, for others not as much

: Episode 1273 - The amazing Gina Grad joins Vinnie to co-host this Sunday School episode, and the two talk cancer fueled by obesity, encouraging people to be healthy, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Coffee Club Pure Vitamin Club CANCER FUELED BY OBESITY Young people are getting cancers connected to obesity Doctors seeing people in their 20s getting cancers that formerly were only for people in their 70s Vinnie will NEVER fat shame (nor should anyone) However, people should strive to be a healthy weight People may be uncomfortable in airplanes if someone who is too large for the seat sitting next to them People should be polite, but at a point, it isn't thin privilege We should not attack the people who do not struggle with their weight We are going to break under the weight of our own weight The problem with people getting fatter is they are also getting sicker Let's not fat shame kids who are fat, but encourage them to play sports, to get exercise, and to eat healthy foods

: Episode 1272 - Listener and old friend of Vinnie, Michelle Ginsburg (Crosby), joins Vinnie to discuss her passion for fitness, becoming a triathlete and Ironwoman, her racing hobby, her journey from sickness to health due to breast implant illness, and more on this Saturday show. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Coffee Club Pure Vitamin Club BECOMING A TRIATHLETE Vinnie and Michelle have known each other for decades She attended the Newman School Vinnie was one of her coaches in high school! Michelle does club racing, like Adam Carolla Has her own mechanic, etc. Wins plastic trophies! Got into fitness in the 90s Ever since then, she has been doing events like triathlons! From triathlons, went into an Ironman Vinnie got into weight loss stuff after he gained weight while working out a lot Work in health industry! BREAST IMPLANT ILLNESS Michelle was having real health issues Heart rate up, stomach problems, couldn't breath as well Doctors couldn't figure out what was wrong with her Felt like her love for fitness was at risk Got sicker and sicker over the years Eventually realized it was breast implant illness There are about 63,000 women in this FB group dedicated to breast implant sickness Not a recognized sickness despite how many women suffer from it 467 documentations of cancer from breast implants Michelle is feeling better now Had explant surgery There are highs and lows, but the upward trend is great Putting in fake parts can make your body sick! Look like autoimmune disorders https://healingbreastimplantillness.com/

: Episode 1271 - Eva Rupert, survivor of Naked and Afraid, discusses her epic adventure, restoring our primal relationship with nature, becoming an outdoorsman, and more on this fantastically interesting Friday podcast! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Coffee Club Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli F Bomb Crowd Cow EVA RUPERT She and Vinnie met through Ross and Kara - owners of the F Bomb product that both Vinnie and Eva love Eva was a participant on Naked and Afraid Spent three weeks naked, on national television Dropped in the middle of nowhere with stuff to make a fire, and that's about it Film them basically to watch how they survive A true survival test The camera crew genuinely gives them nothing Watching you starve and watching how you deal with this survival process They were respectful about eating/drinking around the two adventurers Didn't get too uncomfortable with being naked in front of all of these people Just felt primal Crazy facing the elements in the nude Learned lots of survival skills prior to going on the show - especially regarding living more primally Now when we are in nature, we are like astronauts walking on the moon in our space suits With a guy from Idaho in Madagascar - she has a knife, he has a fire starter He had a good head on his shoulders Down to earth and in it to make it to day 21 Checklist: shelter, fire, food Started her interest in survival skills in her early 20s with rock climbing in a gym in NYC Vinnie used to love rock climbing Shows like this are so popular because they're so foreign to people But it's weird that people would rather watch this on their couches than actually connecting with nature themselves We should all be able to adapt outside of our comfort zones

: Episode 1270 - Andy Schreiber joins Vinnie for this Wednesday show, and the two talk Ultra Salt at ultra events, staying hydrated, PVC's upcoming travel calendar, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Coffee Club Pure Vitamin Club ULTRA SALT AT ULTRA EVENTS Ultra Salt has sponsored some ultras recently Badwater and Hell of a Half Marathon They needed the salt at Hell of a Half to keep people hydrated They ran out of IVs people were so dehydrated Our salt worked to bring people back around All of our salt got used at that second ultra 100 of the best ultra athletes using our products Pretty amazing to see the positive response "Best electrolyte I've ever taken" PVC is now all around the world! We will be sponsoring events this year too In May, Bay to Breakers in SF Will also be at preceding Health and Wellness Expo We will give away thousands of samples and have a one time only deal 10s of thousands of people running this thing Then, we will be at KetoCon in Austin in June After, PVC will visit Atlanta for AJC Road Race Will be at Badwater again, too The calendar is still a WIP We are still going to try to target participants in other ultras that we can't attend For example, promos for Boston Marathon racers even though we won't be there Stay on the look out!

: Episode 1269 - This Monday, Vinnie Tortorich and Anna Vocino talk the origin of the Fitness Confidential podcast, how Vinnie came to be a podcaster, the making of Eat Happy, Fat Doc, keto crotch, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Coffee Club Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli F Bomb Crowd Cow FITNESS CONFIDENTIAL PODCAST Vinnie was trying to sell a book He was told he needed an online presence Dean Lorey called him and told him this He took to Google and tried to figure out how he could 'go viral' so to speak Decided a podcast was the way to go He called Anna, and it's all history Back at the time, Anna was blogging gluten free Didn't realize why she was still gaining weight, etc Then adapted them all to NSNG and thus the cookbook was born

: Episode 1268 - Gina Grad joins Vinnie for this Sunday School podcast, and the two talk sweating, weather-appropriate hiking apparel, crazy stories online, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Coffee Club Pure Vitamin Club HIKING APPAREL Vinnie has been doing a ton of hiking to prepare for Mont Blanc He's been going up to rainy/snowy mountains Recently, he went relatively unprepared Didn't bring the rain slicker pants Moral of the story: always come prepared Over-prepare for outdoor adventures - it is better than the opposite Gore tex boots are the best Remove the sweat from your shoes

: Episode 1267 - Listener Jason Boggess joins Vinnie to talk Jason's weight loss journey, lowering blood pressure with diet over time, the Facebook group, and more on this Saturday episode. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Coffee Club Pure Vitamin Club LOWERING BLOOD PRESSURE Jason found Vinnie through Adam Carolla Lives in Utah and is a pharmacy tech - works with elderly people and medications Found Vinnie when he was 6'4" and 320 lbs Now at 221 - has lost about 100 lbs His goal weight is 205 lbs He's tall - doesn't want to get too skinny His doctor likes Jason's weight loss but is skeptical about low carb high fat Ultimately told him to keep doing what he's doing because clearly it's working For Jason, the grain part was hard to wrap his head around Continued to listen, and realized the science with hormones and whatnot, makes sense to him now He has Type 2 Diabetes and amputations in his family - he knew this was something he wanted to avoid for himself and for his family Put on blood pressure meds at age 27 His blood pressure is still high but it is lower Will keep taking meds for now, but hopes to be off of them eventually Jason has found the FB group to be like another family Check it out: Vinnie Tortorich's No Sugar No Grains

: Episode 1266 - Nick Paterson and Vinnie Tortorich talk Nick's career as a Navy pilot and now a fitness trainer, low inflammation, high fat living, inflammation caused by dairy, unhealthy seed oils, and more on this Friday show. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Coffee Club Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli F Bomb Crowd Cow NICK PATERSON Nick had his own struggles and realized he needed to get healthy again He resides in Finland, used to fly planes for the royal English navy Everything changed for Nick in 2008 His work with aircrafts just crashed with the economy This is right around where Vinnie's life really changed, too - cancer followed by recession He and his wife have made huge lifestyle changes Nick has established himself as a trainer, his wife's career has seriously taken off He wants to be in a secure place if another recession occurs in terms of financials and health In 2012, he had GERD, hypertension, metabolic syndrome and many other health issues Realized he hand to turn his health around Found a low carb high fat diet from a friend Went from 236 lbs to 196 lbs in eight months It flew off The block on the weight loss for Nick was dairy Some people cannot handle it well For Nick, a big part of this lifestyle is fighting inflammation Dairy caused the most inflammation with him, followed by other carbs If you are having problems with weight loss, try cutting out dairy in addition to carbs Nick has found his daughter is also incredibly dairy intolerant He also cannot use seed oils Used to use them to make mayo Stopped eating this type of mayo and the weight came off Realized it was the rape seed oil These are incredibly heart unhealthy