Fitness Confidential

Vinnie Tortorich and co-host Anna Vocino host this Monday's Angriest Trainer podcast. The two discuss Adam Corolla's shows, this week's Amazon winner, and how to deal with children eating poorly and being overweight, and then speak with Vinnie's mother, Mrs. Marie Tortorich.. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Squatty Potty Villa Cappelli Pure Vitamin Club ADAM COROLLA Dr. Drew, Jimmy Kimmel, both have worked with Adam Corolla Best podcaster out there -- has won records for largest, most successful podcast Vinnie was on a show with Adam Corolla -- many of Adam's fans have come to listen to Vinnie's podcasts! Vinnie is on another one of Adam's shows, "Take a Knee" (guest #47) Paid subscription, the show in general is totally worth it COLLEGE Anna got into Columbia and other schools but went to Emory Vinnie and Anna have a little rivalry because Vinnie went to Tulane Lots of Jewish girls at Tulane AMAZON WINNER Picked out of a hat Winner must always buy through Vinnie's link to Amazon to be entered to win a shirt or hat Sue Baum won this week Bought some things Vinnie approved of, and then a Ben Harper DVD She went to Key West and put some LIL Felt baldy about sugary drinks and the way she was eating Drinks such as daiquiris and pina coladas will make you feel sick! CHILD OBESITY Really wanted the topic of child obesity to be covered on the podcast Listener found that her kids have been sneaking sugar Wants to help her kids without hurting their confidence Children are always paying attention to what their parents are saying and eating Cannot hurt confidence, but can lead by example Don't look to grandparents and friends etc Do what you can and never shame children for being overweight MCDONALD'S It is okay if you've had this, and have had it recently However, the sooner you stop, the sooner you will feel better Eating real food proves how gross this type of fast food is MARIE TORTORICH Vinnie's mother is on this show Breaks Donaldsonville citizens' hearts seeing cars being 'pimped' as opposed to being restored Discuss the Catholic church -- Marie is a Eucharistic minister in her church To Vinnie: "Quit saying the F-word!!!" The Tortorich's grew up on eggs, vegetables Grandmother's house resembled a restaurant No fast food

On today's Saturday show comes a Friday podcast! Vinnie Tortorich speaks with NFL player Nate Ebner in this shorter 1 on 1 interview on the Angriest Trainer podcast. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Villa Cappelli Squatty Potty Pure Vitamin Club WHO IS NATE EBNER? Safety for New England Patriots Also played Rugby (US National Team -- National 7's) According to Vinnie, 2nd most attractive player on the Pats Has strong Jewish origins Did not play football in high school Picked it up half way through college -- walked on to OSU team Played a lot of squash and loved to compete RUGBY Gained skill set in Rugby His dad was part of the rugby community in Ohio He was the youngest player to make the national team Took it very seriously in high school and went to U19 World Cup Played U19s twice, and then U20s once Different type of tough than football Incredibly painful -- can't outrun it HELICOPTER PARENTS Parents come to Vinnie asking him to train their kids to get athletic scholarships Kids pushed and overworked until they hurt themselves because of overbearing parents Important for kids to try all sports to see what they like and what they are good at CHARACTER Very important to Nate His dad taught him great character, which he cherishes so much Worked over the summer, worked for all he achieved

Dr. Jason Fung speaks with Vinnie Tortorich on today's Angriest Trainer podcast concerning the effects of diet and insulin. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Squatty Potty Villa Cappelli DR. FUNG Kidney specialist Works often with type 2 diabetics -- biggest cause of kidney nephropathy Type 2 linked closely with obesity Insulin has negative effects Visit his website here DONALDSONVILLE People all on tons of meds All have a sugary drink and some awful food in their hands MISUNDERSTANDING OF WEIGHT GAIN Obesity links tons of diseases together Dr. Fung started by asking: What causes obesity? The Aetiology of Obesity Lectures Sugar is the enemy, not calories When you eat less calories, your energy expenditure (and thus fat/fuel usage) goes down You simply get hungrier Takes time to lose the weight Cortisol is a stress hormone -- encourages getting fat Leptin -- produced by fat cells, regulates how much fat is in the body If you have lots of fat, leptin is released and tells your brain to stop gaining more weight When you are quite fat, your body stops responding to leptin Secondary hormone -- doesn't pass the causal test Ghrelin is another one of these secondary hormones No lasting effect so doesn't pass the causal test FASTING People always ask Vinnie about IM fasting Intermittent fasting should happen every day 3 meals a day -- fast in between literal "break - fast" Snacks don't allow your body to process everything Shorter fasts are not enough Insulin levels not sustainably down We obsess to much about what we are eating, we need to think about when we are eating

Vinnie Tortorich and Andy Schreiber co-host this Wednesday edition of the Angriest Trainer podcast. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Pure Vitamin Club 508 Trackers on all riders Can figure where they are and when they will come in They have been out there since 5:30am, until 2 am + the following end Will then sweep the course to pick up rest of signs Video coming soon.. look for it on next Wednesday podcast! (so I don't get fired) Randonneurs are nuts in a good way Racer had gotten about half way, but had to go to hospital Partner had to go back and finish DNF Vinnie has DNF'd twice -- has tendon problem in one of his tendons Found out that he had leukemia on a training ride for the 508 300 mile training ride -- wearing winter clothes in summer, etc. Really progressive leukemia, overcame it!

Vinnie Tortorich and cohost Anna Vocino discuss The fattest states in the US, the obesity epidemic and Coca Cola's involvement, and Jaden Merrick's new record on this Monday edition of the Angriest Trainer podcast! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Villa Cappelli Squatty Potty vinnie15 Pure Vitamin Club FATTEST STATES Arkansas West Virginia Mississippi Louisiana Alabama Top three have obesity over 35% BRENT MERRICK & JADEN MERRICK The Merrick's are from ARKANSAS Jaden (7) is now Vinnie's hero Jaden ran his first half marathon -- is a record setter 1 hour, 1:43:33 FITNESS CONFIDENTIAL Amazon Audible Ranking - #1 in Diet and Nutrition #7 in Personal Memoirs #12 in Weightloss Paperbacks -- #625 Exercise and Fitness - #6 Nearly 1000 reviews -- go review to help us reach this number! 4.7 Ranking average OBESITY EPIDEMIC Coca Cola has been funding researchers who divert the conversation of obesity away from too many calories toward people not exercising enough NOT right, NOT widely shared Coca Cola trying to be more transparent but bribing incorrectly ^ Coca Cola also gave money to American Cancer society American Cancer society has prior talked about how sugar is bad -- this is messed up Diabetes foundation has also received (wrong) funding from Coca Cola We know sugar makes cancer grow and hurts diabetes, but these foundations advertise wrongly because they are receiving money from corporations like Coca Cola

Carlos Dones joins Vinnie Tortorich to discuss running 170 miles through the Grand Canyon NSNG on this Saturday episode of the Angriest Trainer podcast. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Pure Vitamin Club WHO IS CARLOS? Has run over one million miles, rim to rim of Grand Canyon Was at the LA meet up -- Vinnie did a bike fitting for him and they became friends GRAND TO GRAND Carlos called Vinnie asking if this race (170 miles across the Grand Canyon) NSNG Vinnie had his doubts Carlos has to carry everything he is going to eat -- difficult due to time and heat 7 days, 6 stages, carrying everything you need Packaged, low sugar, minimum grain was the plan for Carlos Required to carry at least 14,000 calories Carlos carried 16,000 calories Carlos wanted to minimize sugar because he was becoming fat adapted Most of his food had between 2-3 grams of sugar Took UCAN bars, low sugar, Epic bars, turkey bars, beef bars Coconut oil, all types of nut butters 2 pre dehydrated meals per day Black beans, rice, vegetables ~600 calories per breakfast Averaging a marathon per day, mostly uphill Ate between 1000-1200 calories per day ~120 grams of sugar over the course of 7 days Carlos finished 34th place He did not crash at all Had no swelling, no elephantitis

Joe Kurmaskie, the Metal Cowboy, speaks with Vinnie Tortorich about writing books about family and adventure, and riding bicycles all over the country and the world on this Saturday edition of the Angriest Trainer podcast. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Villa Cappelli Squatty Potty vinnie15 Pure Vitamin Club WHO IS THE METAL COWBOY? Joe Kurmaskie from Portland, Oregon Journalist Written for main magazines, NY Times, etc, 7 books Friends with Cheryl Strayed Writing is about doing good work and pushing it -- publishers won't help as much as fans and readers Writes fiction & nonfiction and wonderful books, often having to do with cycling Cyclist Cycles around the world Writes books around cycling Dubbed "Metal Cowboy" by blind farmer who saw the bicycle as his steed and the asphalt as his path Pulled family across Canada off the back of his bike Cycles with family Chased by an elephant in Zimbabwe -- link here! Check out his books here Check out his website here

Vinnie Tortorich and Andy Schreiber host the Wednesday show of the Angriest Trainer podcast from the Silver State 508. On this episode, they discuss their happenings, body types and Randonneur bicycling. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Pure Vitamin Club SILVER STATE 508 Vinnie and Andy have been standing on the side of the road for 2 days at this point Cross between a David Lynch movie and Wylie Coyote cartoon and Breaking Bad Shell station nearby was sponsored by PVC! RANDONNEUR CATEGORY No crew following them -- if their bike brakes, they stop to fix it Stop at restaurants to get food At Vin and Andy's stop, they have drop bags and LOTS of water They speak with Matthew Frederick from San Fran who stops at their station His first 508, but has done 2 600ks Did a 520 at the HooDoo 500 but not Randonneur He's eating salami!!!! BODY TYPES While there are the sinew-y athletes here, there are also those with bellies Proves that exercise is not the way to lose weight 20% of the population are built thin and muscly Thin no matter what Lots of people here with talent and brain capacity who ride 12-15k miles a year These people still have some weight on them Because of diet! Guy with elephantiasis in the calves All the inflammation, often due to what you're eating at the time Tony Patera had this as well as inability to keep running etc... until he started NSNG TIME STATIONS People eat cliff bars, hammer stuff

Vinnie Tortorich and co-host Anna Vocino talk fat shaming, interviews to come, and speak with the creators of the Squatty Potty on this Monday edition of the Angriest Trainer podcast. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Villa Cappelli Squatty Potty vinnie15 Pure Vitamin Club FAT SHAMING Vinnie does NOT believe Fat Shaming will ever work Fat people don't like being fat They aren't lazy, just have their intentions stolen Many fat stereotypes are not true SQUATTY POTTY Check out this hilarious ad here! Really good for you, worth the money Mechanical things going on internally; this is the right way to poop! Phone books, paint cans, etc for prototypes Different toilets different heights Different body types There are different sizing options for your toilet and for you! Squatty Potty initially wood, but now plastic Making a travel size stool for traveling ! Porta-Squatty Also an inflatable/deflatable one Wipes clean Saving money on toilet paper too Featured on Shark Tank and on Dr. Oz Also make bidets Good Move! Colon care with enzymes, probiotics, etc to promote healthy gut function

Todd Branch asks questions concerning veganism, lethargy, and NSNG on this Saturday edition of the Angriest Trainer podcast. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Pure Vitamin Club TODD BRANCH Works with Vinnie's brother Listened to Rich Roll, heard about Vinnie without realizing he was Vinnie's brother Was struggling with lethargy for a year after he became vegan For performance enhancement and better recovery time He and Vinnie have done 3 or 4 phone calls thus far; Todd finds them very helpful No longer Vegan but NSNG! Knocked off ~6 lb after switching TODD'S LETHARGY For awhile now, Todd had to take a nap in the afternoon each day Ongoing for about a year -- now done Fruit may be the cause of this, as well as grains -- on such a diet, the fat is in coconut oil and avocados, etc "Light" feeling from veganism as well as refreshing clarity After Todd cut out grain and such, the lethargy went away! Now Todd will eat chicken and a burger, green shakes, etc