Fitness Confidential

On today's Monday edition of the Angriest Trainer podcast, Vinnie and Anna discuss Vinnie's recent trip, NSNG Recipes, and the best way to burn fat. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli BADWATER 135 Run by Chris Kostman This is an ultra marathon that starts in the Badwater Basin Vinnie and Serena crewed for a friend and fan of the show (Tony who is a lawyer) Tony is ripped and NSNG Vinnie took the first pace (17 miles uphill from below sea level to above 5,000ft) Had to do his arm exercises right before Tony was the only one without inflammation on day 2 (no sugar!!!) NSNG RECIPES Check out Anna's website here! Sign up for her newsletter (new recipes) AMAZON WINNER Bill Rodway won a t-shirt He bought probiotics by Mercola Go buy something through Vinnie's Amazon link and send in what you bought! LONG SUSTAINED CARDIO VS HIGH INTENSITY INTERVAL TRAINING (HIIT) Zone 2 is the best way to burn fat Zones go between 1 and 5 Zone 2 is a zone in which you can hold a conversation while exercising A test can tell you what you need to do to stay in zone 2 Simpler way: take 180 - *your age* = your zone 2 Take into account how active you are, add or subtract a few points respectively HIIT burns glucose (sugar) but not fat Good for those with epilepsy and diabetes Ketosis = low carb, fat adapted = high fat

On today's episode of the Angriest Trainer podcast, Vinnie Tortorich answers listener questions from Megan Meek (20) concerning consumption of dairy and eating raw and still nutritiously. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli MEGAN'S JOB Megan works in a piercing salon She does not recommend gauges Vinnie thinks that someone without gauges would get easily hired over someone with gauges (who makes bad decision) Vinnie will discriminate The nonconformist would be the one without piercings and tattoos WHICH FOODS SHOULD BE EATEN RAW (vegan) FOR THE BEST NUTRITIONAL VALUE? Vinnie thinks raw food diet is fine however it can be dangerous (low blood sugar) Definitely a correct way to do it -- must be constantly eating to get enough Light steam on veggies is not a bad idea for nutrition & consumption Meat should be cooked for best nutritional value WHAT ABOUT DAIRY? Megan is a sugar addict -- when she adds generous amounts (1/4 cup) of heavy cream to coffee (1 or 2 cups), she doesn't crave sugar or get that hungry How much cream is too much cream? Vinnie doesn't see an issue with this If this is keeping Megan away from sugar and other issues, it's ok Try lessening amount slightly, but if not it isn't the end of the world

Gary Taubes, a reporter/journalist with an Ivy League education, discusses the issues with low-fat diets causing the obesity epidemic. He challenges prevailing beliefs about nutrition and reveals his research findings. The hosts also talk about their book writing progress, the influence of Ivy League education, and flaws in nutritional epidemiology.

Welcome to the Wednesday edition of the Angriest Trainer podcast, where Vinnie Tortorich and cohost Andy Schreiber discuss Vinnie's Saturday and how Vinnie and Andy sell their vitamins through Amazon. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Pure Vitamin Club VINNIE'S SATURDAY 5:15am -- physical therapy Got ready for his day Spoke on the phone with a woman from England (Janie) Discussed her relationship with food Talked to a guy named Henry who quoted old podcasts Packed about 1000 bottles of vitamins with Andy today Vinnie enjoys talking to more people at a lower price so he can help WHY AMAZON? Had to charge ~10$ more to make a profit through Amazon Shipping company usually sends them out Originally sent 200 bottles to Amazon, but quickly realized they needed many more Sold a bottle every three or four days or so The more people buy, the lower (better) the ranking of the product gets Selling way more on Amazon than expected to the point where they have to ship their own bottles Top quality at the price that every man can afford Rolls Royce priced as a Toyota No advertising dollars behind the vitamins which is why the rise in numbers selling is so shocking

Vinnie Tortorich and co-host Anna Vocino discuss intermittent fasting, Heidi and Frank, walking to lose weight, a 6 day weight training plan for 30 mins a day, and the Fitbit on today's episode of the Angriest Trainer podcast! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Villa Cappelli Pure Vitamin Club THIS WEEK'S AMAZON WINNER This week someone one an Air Dyne It's a stationary bike where hands move as well, and there is fan resistance Clicking through our link to Amazon really helps support the show! David won a t-shirt this week! He bought this because he wants to make changes to get fit again HEIDI AND FRANK Vinnie was on this LA morning show recently Originally he did a phone interview, and they liked him enough to bring him on the show again STARBUCKS Vinnie couldn't find Starbucks in a 5 mile radius in a poorer neighborhood In barrios and such you can't find a Starbucks or even a bank for that matter Magic Johnson has helped this Watch Vinnie's Starbucks Video Here Coffee shops in poor neighborhoods have things like donuts instead of bagels HORMONES Spit tests, blood tests, freeze tests to look at hormones Doctors can figure out what you need to be tested for based off of hormones INTERMITTENT FASTING Vinnie is not a fan of IF When he misses lunch, it isn't intentional IF can lead to eating disorders If you plateau, you may have hormone issues so don't just skip to IF and restriction WALKING WITH BROKEN BONES Can walking alone keep one in shape and lose fat? It will keep you in shape & healthy, but likely not make you lose (lots of) fat How can one help broken bone recover? Take magnesium! Knox gelatin FITBIT Fitbits are really expensive You can buy cheaper heart rate monitors "You don't need a fitbit to tell you you're sleeping"Vinnie Tortorich and co-host Anna Vocino discuss intermittent fasting, Heidi and Frank, is walking enough to lose weight, a 6 day weight training plan for 30 mins a day, and how effective is the Fitbit? on today's episode of the Angriest Trainer podcast!

Vinnie Tortorich chats with Tarun Bajaj from India, residing in Australia, who talks about how NSNG changed his life on this episode of the Angriest Trainer podcast. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Pure Vitamin Club TERUN'S STORY He is from a similar place that many shirpas come from He comes from one of the wettest places in the world -- it rains nearly every day The chaos from the earthquake did spread throughout India due to aftershocks and such Terun is in really good shape! HOW VINNIE CHANGED TERUN'S LIFE His (ex)girlfriend told him he was becoming too fat He was chubby in the athlete-context and he really wanted to change this Everything mentioned on the Facebook group appeared foreign, especially given Terun's ethnic background He lost tons of weight and gained tons of muscle and confidence He became "India's Angriest NSNGer" He believes that NSNG is an awesome lifestyle with lots of flavor(s) INDIA Cows are sacred, there are many Yaks India is so diverse, and according to Tarun, it is "full of hypocrites" Chicken is often eaten, but most people live on grains DOCUMENTARY Tarun will be in an ABC-like documentary about Indians living in Australia He is in an arranged marriage section He told an Indian girl that he ate red meat and she rejected him for it The filmmaker has even seen the transition within Tarun's life

Steve Park, an English body builder and Vinnie Tortorich go one-on-one on today's Friday edition of the Angriest Trainer podcast. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Villa Cappelli Pure Vitamin Club SPINAL TAP American movie with Stonehenge in it Bad British accents, but great entertainment value STEVE AS A BODYBUILDER Steve is more than just a fan He has been a bodybuilder since he was 17 years old He was quite built for his age, too big for English sports Steve had a coach who provided him with a gym and the means to get bigger and better to play rugby and football and short distance sprinting 13.5 for a 100m sprint and improved Eventually got into body building and went for that VINNIE'S BOOK Steve related to Vinnie in his book, working hard in the gym in the bayou Listened to it on audio and it inspired him to write to Vinnie Steve feels for Vinnie who got bullied as a young athlete Both had disproportionate leg strength LOMBARDIAN COACHING Coach for the Green Bay Packers "practice doesn't make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect" "winning is not everything, it's the only thing" Vinnie grew up with this style of coaching Not everyone is a winner-- Vinnie personally thinks this is the way to think Work on your weakest parts the most BODY & ENGINES Bodies and engines of cars are kind of similar There's a big lump of metal, but something different going on different inside each one Steve wanted to know how things worked on the inside -- both cars, and the bodies of humans Vinnie both built cars and got to dissect cadavers PERSONAL TRAINING Steve and his wife both personal train This is a side job -- started with people in the gym always asking advice His business built from word of mouth Steve only works with a handful of clients, but tailors his service to whomever needs it Each penny that his clients spend counts, so Steve makes sure to give people real service Vinnie is still surprised by how many people call often for training and life advice

Vinnie Tortorich and co host Andy Schreiber talk strengthening one's lower body, and riding bicycles through sand on today's Wednesday edition of the Angriest Trainer podcast. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club ANDY'S WORKOUT Andy is trying to get abs so Vinnie went with Andy to help guide him on the best work outs to get abs Andy wasn't doing any lower body (Vinnie thinks lower body is more important) Working on lower body improves circulation Leg presses, Lunges, Leg curls all good to help one's lower body Use the smith machine -- Andy doesn't need to do free weight squats For lunges, one can use the wall to balance Look down in front of you in the mirror to help your balance Leg presses (12-15 reps) Leg curls and leg extensions aren't important unless you are trying to get "bulgy" ANDY'S FALL When Andy first starting using cleats to ride his bike, he had a fall He lends it to not being accustomed to cleats along with going to fast on a windy, sandy road by the beach Vinnie saw it happen -- he fell in slow motion For Andy, by the time he realized he would fall, it was too late If you think you will slip in sand, look up and keep going

Vinnie Tortorich and Anna Vocino talk Amazon, proper ways to work out, hormones and steroids, and how to eat healthily on this Monday edition of the Angriest Trainer podcast. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Villa Cappelli Pure Vitamin Club AMAZON WINNER OF THE WEEK Lonnie Beauchamp winner bought a $700 infrared camera To win, go through Vinnie's site to Amazon, buy something cool, and then write us about it! You can enter the same thing for a few weeks because we only pick one winner a week Lonnie pays for his phone calls even though Vinnie owes him one for the meet up in LA he held Thank you to the Beauchamp bros for your support SQUATS Lonnie does too many squats, then quits for a month because he's in pain, and then has to start all over again How can one prevent one's hamstrings from hurting too much? Stabilize yourself and don't start with a bar for squats In the gym, start with lunges, do light leg presses, let your legs get used to it Take your time -- don't feel any pressure to push yourself too far HCG DIET There was a "diet" shot that made you less hungry and easier to gain muscle Gonadotropin was taken from pregnant mares, and body builders used to do it but we could female-like breasts HCG = human choieonic gonadotropin This is not safe or effective Consumers should stay clear of weight loss products with this in it THYROID MEDICATION You only take a little of porcine thyroid This way, your body will still produce hormones that it needs to Any hormone (steroid) that you take will make your body stop producing that hormone which is bad WEIGHT LOSS AND FRUIT Fruit is not the best to lose weight By all means, eat it, eat berries, but fruit prevents weight loss if you have a poor metabolic system Bananas and pineapples are such straight sugar Vegetables are better! Just be careful ANNA'S ALLERGY TEST Anna has been testing 180 foods to see what see is allergic to She had no dairy, and now has gone back to it she can now tell the difference between high and low quality dairy BCAA Branch chain amino acid Breakdown of 4 different amino acids Vinnie has prior worked with it Building block in protein that helps your muscles build and recuperate faster MG VITAMIN New magnesium vitamin made of 3 different types of magnesium Vinnie has been working on this for almost as long as the multivitamin This is more expensive, but Vinnie will work it out CELIAC AWARENESS When Brain Grain, and Wheat Belly came out, people began to understand the health risk of gluten Perlmutter even agrees Restaurants are getting better too

Vinnie Tortorich answers listener questions from George Ramler concerning getting lean and fitness in general on today's Saturday edition of the Angriest Trainer podcast. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Pure Vitamin Club HOW GEORGE FOUND VINNIE George doesn't completely remember, however he is a big audiobook listener He then found the podcast George refers many people to both the book and the diet He's a former football player (D3) but he wants to get lean like Vinnie which is part of the reason he follows Vinnie so seriously HOW CAN A GUY LIKE GEORGE LEAN OUT BUT ALSO STAY BIG? George was a tightend, 6'4", 225 lbs He now weighs 245 and is in pretty good shape but wants to get lean He wants to lose 15 lbs In football, it was all about being big to stay safe "Fear of smallness" after stopping playing football Ex Football players have to accept that they will lose a little size (not muscle size, muscles can look bigger) There are many guys who aren't in shape but are very strong, built One must consider: Fit to do what? Vinnie feels that George will still be as strong even if he were to lose 30 lbs IF ONE IS CARRYING A BIG BODY AROUND, IS IT HARDER TO STAY HEALTHY LONG TERM? It depends on one's BMI, not on one's sheer size You can still live a long, successful life COULD VINNIE EVER DO A MUSCLE UP? A muscle up is where one does a pull up, pulls oneself over the bar, and dips Vinnie could do this in college even when he weighed 230 lbs Vinnie was in the gymnasium all the time as a physical education major so Vinnie could even do an Iron Cross IF ONE WANTS TO LEAN OUT, DOES ONE NEED TO BE INCREDIBLY STRICT WITH THE DIET? You do not need to be in ketosis If you are eating veggies, some fruit, and meat, your body will pack on lean muscles This will improve one's workout You have to completely commit to this diet to achieve goals such as George's An NSNG meet up where Vinnie goes to his fans may be on the horizon...