Fitness Confidential

Episode 589 : Listener Rebecca joins Vinnie Tortorich on this Saturday show to ask about beginner bike riders and she also talks about her amazing NSNG weight loss journey. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Squatty Potty LISTENER REBECCA Goes way back with Vinnie and the Lorey's She had lunch with Vinnie and Serena when she was in town Rebecca went from ~300lbs to 185 lbs Cutting out sugar and grains! Eased herself onto NSNG, first grains then sugars Has had amazing results After losing 110 lbs, Rebecca looks like a totally different person Shooting for 150-160lbs She is 5'10" TIPS FOR BEGINNER BIKE RIDERS Rebecca has started riding a bike She knows how to bike, does around 10 miles a day Has a cross-bike Had her first crash Vinnie's tips: You must be very careful and aware of curbs and such Strong core helps bike riding Get tires that are as wide as possible Run as low a tire pressure as possible Better stability and patch Patch = amount of rubber on the asphalt Always use easier gear and spin pedals faster instead of more slowly pushing a harder gear Prevents knee injury If you can afford it, use a professional bike fitter You want the seat to be high enough so that when the pedal is all the way at the bottom, there is still a 10º bend

: Episode 588 - Documentary Director and health science video-blogger Max Lugavere joins Vinnie to talk about grains and memory loss. Max earned his degree in film & psychology, and also has great knowledge in the field of the effects different foods can have on one's mind due to a turn of events he experienced in his own family. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Squatty Potty Villa Cappelli MAX LUGAVERE Check out his website here Musician, scientist, and more! His mom had cognitive deterioration and so he started looking into effects of diet on that She was prescribed drugs that even doctors admit do very little Has always had a large focus on health GRAINS AND MEMORY LOSS In Lugavere's research, he found that grains actually increased memory loss Eating lots of grains is especially bad for those with pre-existing memory loss conditions & brain injury Overall, to avoid cognitive decline, eating green leafy vegetables is GREAT for your brain Grains and processed sugars are bad Check out his Bread Head He found that memory loss happens decades before it shows up -- and not eating grains when one is young can really help in the long run The inflammation that eating grains causes is very bad for the brain The brain is not an organ where you feel pain due to inflammation You don't realize how much it is being damaged Immune cells can cross into the brain Your body will burn what you give it Good to give your body ketones to burn Very efficient source to the brain

: Episode 586 - Derek B joins Vinnie & Anna to discuss Yoga, Yoga Pants, Quinoa and some other NSFW NSNG topics. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Squatty Potty Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli VINNIE'S RECOGNITION Almost 1100 reviews for his book on Amazon People now know who Vinnie is! He let it get to his head on a run and fell and hurt himself badly Also a little offended that he got onto the Villa Cappelli show second SQUATTY POTTY Even if you pass regularly, still makes everything so much better Sets up your body to poop right Worth the investment above and beyond! Enter vinnie's promo code for savings: vinnie15 DEREK B AND YOGA PANTS Sent in a little bit to Vinnie about his love for yoga & yoga pants Derek (and Vinnie) both do not think yoga is REAL physical aerobic exercise Derek wished it was a passing fad 7 years ago, Vinnie wrote in a blog how he did not think it was real exercise and was attacked for it Vinnie went to a POWER yoga class Vinnie wore a heart rate monitor Even when they tried to make it difficult, it still wasn't His heart rate never went over 90 Derek thinks that the way yoga pants hug bodies is phenomenal

: Episode 585 - Listener Mary scolds Vinnie about his Fitbit rant and asks about the high-carb low-fat calorie restriction diet her oncologist recommended. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Pure Vitamin Club MARY HANDLER Long time listener Had a nice chest, but unfortunately was diagnosed with breast cancer and had her breasts removed Is doing well now! Mexican, her family has been her for many generations FITBIT RANT Mary LOVES her Fitbit and thinks Vinnie was a bit out of hand with his rant Vinnie agrees that if a fitbit motivates you, as long as you aren't a slave to it, it can be a GREAT tool! Vinnie just doesn't think it is healthy to become a slave to it Otherwise, go for it! CALORIE RESTRICTION She is NSNG and does quite well on it In 2010, her oncologist's office had a diet plan that restricted calories Only 1200 calories a day Really not healthy or long-term sustainable

Episode 584 - Dr. Colin Champ joins Vinnie on this Friday show to discuss paleo and the benefits of eating a nutrient-dense diet. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli Squatty Potty DR. COLIN CHAMP Check out his website here He is the "Caveman Doctor" There is a reason we evolved eating the way we did Will sometimes eat dairy and drink wine A real doctor!!! Has lots of degrees PALEO AND NUTRIET-DENSE DIET Clearly, this diet does not work for vegans and vegetarians Dr. Champ believes that this is the healthiest diet, and therefore he supports it whole-heartedly High protein, high fat, no processed food Dairy isn't technically paleo but it still works for some people

Episode 583 : Andy Schreiber joins Vinnie to discuss healthy weight loss, kind bars, and PVC Vitamins! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Pure Vitamin Club LISTENER MATTHEW & HEALTHY WEIGHT LOSS Says he only eats one meal a day Says he eats whatever he wants in that meal Has taken him 3 years to lose 50 lbs This is not a HEALTHY way to lose weight, and is so hard to maintain Long-haul trucker -- hard to lose weight It is great to lose a lot of weight, but it is not great to do it calorie in/calorie out He likely has fatty-liver or metabolic syndrome Matthew, get in touch with us! KIND BAR Point blank, they are full of grain and sugar It is junk food Ingredients: "non GMO" glucose, pea crisp, other unhealthy stuff are some of the top ingredients VITAMIN E IN PVC There is NO synthetic Vitamin E in our vitamins Derived from edible vegetable oils We made the best and healthiest decisions Magnesium can help with good sleep

: Episode 582 - Dr. Cate Shanahan (http://drcate.com/) joins Vinnie and Anna to talk about nutrition, fat loss and hunger control. She also explains the truth about good fats and bad fats. Dr. Cate is a board certified Family Physician and is a nutritional consultant for the LA Lakers. Anna and Vinnie also answer questions from Twitter (@VinnieTortorich and @AnnaVocino) about stevia, ketchup and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli Squatty Potty PEANUT BUTTER AND QUINOA Fuck Quinoa Peanut butter is not the best butter Cashew and Almond are better Peanut is a little higher in carbs Nut butters are carby, but they're good in moderation! DIET SOFT DRINKS Diet soft drinks with chemicals are treated by your body just like sugar Artificial sugar is just as bad as real sugar La Croix is okay What is better is (soda) water with some lemon or lime, or even muddle berries or a splash of grapefruit juice ANNA'S RECIPES Anna will put up a ketchup recipe Check out her websites and her recipes! Make sure you dry out cauliflower before you roll it with other stuff (Also check out Anna on Steven and Paul's podcast) VINNIE'S FOOD An avocado with some olive oil Veggie puree soup with chicken stock Good to slow cook your own chicken to get your own broth... yummy! Maybe a little bit of cheese, has a hard boiled egg now and again (on a plane) Plane food generally quite bad DR. CATE SHANAHAN A real, quality doctor! Here's her website Helps those with metabolic syndrome to get their metabolism up and running better HUNGER CONTROL Cate believes low carb diets are very beneficial Try to avoid empty calories, but don't worry about calorie counting Avoid rapid carb drop off if you have thyroid problems, etc. Believes in IM fasting in moderation IF AND ONLY IF it works for you It can allow you to miss lunch if you are eating the right stuff, but even for those in ketosis this does not necesarrily work Eat your foods and veggies and proteins and fats in moderation and balance with each other Check all your levels including electrolytes, etc. if you are trying to lose a lot of weight People are hungry all the time because their metabolisms are damaged by bad diets

: Episode 581 - Listener Jennifer asks Vinnie what happened when she had a serious sugar hangover after putting a little life into living. She has been very successful with her transition to NSNG and wanted to know why she felt so poorly the day after a little cake and fried chicken... PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Pure Vitamin Club LISTENER JENNIFER Lives in Boston, MA Italian heritage (therefore she and Vinnie hit it off right away) Has always been a relatively healthy eater, then before she started down NSNG she had a phase of eating LOTS of sugar when she was drinking She used to be a daily wine drinker (over 7 months ago) Lifts 4 days a week (& spins) Has been NSNG for a few months Found it through Dr. Drew Sometimes, Jennifer likes to put LIL Cake & fried chicken at a b-day party Felt really horrible the next day WHAT TO DO ABOUT A SUGAR HANGOVER Jennifer felt like she had the flu the day after eating sugar Sugar is addicting and poisoning You feel awful from the poison and you feel the withdrawal from the sugar, too Try to make sure you don't have a cheat day or even an entire cheat meal Salt is helpful and good proteins Don't use sugar to get rid of your hangover -- easy to get in that cycle

Episode 580 : Lee Saxby joins Vinnie in this 1 on 1 edition of the Celebrity Fitness trainer podcast to discuss the art of injury-free barefoot running, and how everyone is born to run. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli Squatty Potty LEE SAXBY The Godfather of Barefoot Running Check out his website here Pursues injury free, barefoot running BAREFOOT RUNNING Jogging book from the 70s Jogging is the same thing as race-walking When you are barefoot, your brain KNOWS when to break into a run due to force When you have rubber (heel) under your foot, your body doesn't know when to run vs. jog, which can hurt you Lee's epiphany came in the year 2000, in Kenya He saw lots of kids running barefoot and he saw how everyone had the same running technique Biomechanically, running barefoot forced them to Lower impact for them! The best runners come out of East Africa, so there Lee saw a correlation Lee saw that there was a definite difference in running depending on where they ran (endurance running) Forefoot on hard ground Heel-strike on grass They didn't realize what they were doing -- instincts and biomechanics kicked in Your foot is constantly trying to find the ground -- it cannot do that if you have tennis shoes on Lee will film people with shoes vs no shoes The more padding in the shoe, the longer their feet stick to the ground This is an issue and can cause extra strain CORRECTING A BAD RUNNER Many people never heel-strike which causes lots of pain to achilles and other tendons Lee tries to educate people simply Educating trainers to what good running looks like To do this he has a certification program BORN TO RUN People looked at Chris McDougall's book as a bible which wasn't the best idea Both do love the book, though McDougall had plantar fasciitis in 2010 and Lee Saxby helped fix that by changing his running style Those toe-shoes are not the cure-all, good running technique is Both Vinnie and Lee owned these Vibrum's before realizing they weren't the right move The 5 finger can hurt those with broad feet, cause knee injuries, etc They were more of a fashion statement than a functional shoe Vinnie had issues with them on long runs Your running style has to be good for these to work You're better off going actually barefoot if you are able

: Episode 579 - Vinnie Tortorich and Andy Schreiber explore the world of male implants, and the topic of cosmetic enhancements in general. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Pure Vitamin Club MALE IMPLANTS Men recently have been deciding to get chest, bicep, calf implants Vinnie thinks that you are the way you were born Be happy with what you have! Many pro athletes appear to have small calves, but they are still super muscular Rich Roll has HUGE calves, but this doesn't make him a sprinter Andy saw a guy he used to date getting implants in a video recorded before they dated Chest implant just pushes OUT the muscle so you feel the muscle when you touch Andy has had hair transplants He believes we should all be happy with what genetics gave us However, if we can do something to improve ourselves without risking health, OK! Hair transplants are not foreign bodies Your hair is moved from one place to the next Having a foreign body being introduced inside of you is a very strange thing Once people get to a certain age, it is clear they have been enhanced Necessity and vanity are two different animals Ultimately, if it will make you feel better, just understand the risks before you dive in Other people need this for their career (actors)