Fitness Confidential With Vinnie Tortorich

Episode 2442 - On this Monday's show Vinnie Tortorich and Anna Vocino review NSNG® 101 with the food list, give you some motivational reminders, and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/2024/01/nsng-101-list-episode-2442 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS YOU CAN WATCH ALL THE PODCAST EPISODES ON YOUTUBE - MOTIVATIONAL REMINDERS They give a mini tribute to singer Melanie. (3:00) Eric Couch (@BamaBass on X) lost over 100 lbs., but his weight loss slowed down and Vinnie’s gonna talk with him. (7:30) Anna reminds us that today is what is most important—stop dwelling on any mistakes you made earlier. (9:50) Do whatever it takes to keep you motivated. (10:00) Vinnie talks about the Rocky Balboa movie he watched recently; even Vinnie needs to be motivated sometimes. Anna talks about getting her sauces into a new store with the help of Kurt Lepird. (16:00) Starting NSNG-- start with the pantry and clear it out. (19:45) The best way is to dive in—it will be most effective. They give other suggestions regarding te

Episode 2441 - On this Friday's show Vinnie Tortorich welcomes Dr. Anthony Jay and they continue their discussion about plastics, hormone disruptors, and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/hormone-disruption-dr-anthony-jay-episode-2441 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS   YOU CAN WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE - Hormone Disruptors Anthony's book, "Estrogeneration," is still selling strong. (2:00) Did you know that 79% of foods in supermarkets have BPA and 99% have phthalates—hormone-disrupting chemicals? (3:30) BPA doesn’t necessarily mean contaminant-free; others are called BPS, BPF, and others. Vinnie recounts Mike Keen’s story about kayaking around Greenland and gathering seal poo for research. (9:00) In one of the remotest places on earth, even plastic was found in seal poo. Pay attention to your products like sunscreens, soaps, and other hygiene items. (18:00) Dr. Anthony Jay reviews his professional experience. (24:00) They discuss various other products that can cause hormone dysregulation, par

Episode 2440 - On this Wednesday's show Vinnie Tortorich and Gina Grad discuss inconsistent messaging from some doctors, the holidays, and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/2024/01/inconsistent-messaging-episode-2440 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS   YOU CAN WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE - INCONSISTENT MESSAGING Gina asks Vinnie’s opinion of Dr. Steven Gundry. (2:00) Vinnie’s message has stayed the same throughout the time he’s been podcasting. Other health and fitness personalities and doctors often change their messages to be contradictory. It’s nothing personal against the person, but the message gets mixed. This leads to a chat about OnlyFans. (9:00) Vinnie just got back from England, and it wasn’t a great trip because he finally got COVID. (11:00) They compare stories of their experience with the virus. He recounts part of his visit to see family, including pheasant hunting. Vinnie has gotten to experience a variety of experiences and has worked hard all his life to be able to do so. He share

Episode 2439 - On this Monday's show Vinnie Tortorich and Anna Vocino have guest Chris Shaffer on to discuss business and not playing the game of social media algorithms, and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/2024/01/not-playing-the-game-episode-2439 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS YOU CAN WATCH ALL THE PODCAST EPISODES ON YOUTUBE - Not Playing the Game Vinnie and Anna have Vinnie’s right-hand man, Chris Shaffer, on to discuss business. (2:00) They also discuss news about the NSNG® VIP Community. Vinnie has been frustrated with his social media numbers being affected. Chris talks about the VIP Community and how rewarding it’s been for him. The opportunity to sign up has been opened up again and will remain open until Jan 28, 2024. PLEASE DO NOT  RACE TO DO THIS AND BREAK THE INTERNET, AGAIN He gives more details on how the VIP community is doing. Interested? Go to . The next open-door sign-up (after this one) will be announced at a different date. Anna will be demoing cooking in the VIP group soon, t

Episode 2438 - On this Friday's show Vinnie Tortorich welcomes Lori Fetrick and they discuss being an American Gladiator, documentaries, how Ice is on fire at age 60, and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/2024/01/ice-on-fire-episode-2438 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS   YOU CAN WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE - Ice On Fire Lori is a former gladiator from the "American Gladiator" show; she is now age 60 and still healthy, strong, and living life to the fullest. (2:00)  Vinnie and Lori discuss the generation they are from and how it is a bit of an outlier. Gladiators taught Vinnie a lot. (9:30) "Muscles and Mayhem" documents Lori and her Gladiator co-stars. (15:30) She talks about the challenges of being a Gladiator and some of the contract issues. Lori now has a children’s book coming out and she has to take caution around marketing it. She shares what she’s done since being a Gladiator. (28:00) She’s had to navigate her health journey due to injury and inflammation. She eats well to help fuel her b

Episode 2437 - On this Wednesday's show Vinnie Tortorich and Gina Grad chat about social media, the numbers game, telling the truth, and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/the-numbers-game-episode-2437 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS   YOU CAN WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE - The Numbers Game    Vinnie discusses changes in his Instagram “insights.” (2:00) His social media accounts have become limited, and his Wikipedia entry has been removed entirely. His concern is in integrity and accuracy, and his following is being affected. (8:15) He explains what the “offense” was that his team discovered. (11:30) The Facebook group is even private, but Meta still threatens to close the group over phrases such as “bacon fat.” They chat about comedy performances and the use of certain colloquialisms. (17:30) Gina understands that Vinnie is just trying to help people, and to have his social media blocked over ridiculous accusations is frustrating. (26:00) Vinnie will keep doing his best, telling the truth, and helpi

Episode 2436 - On this Monday's show Vinnie Tortorich and Anna Vocino discuss how nothing works like food when it comes to healing from surgery and workouts, and more. https://vinnietoritorich.com/2024/01/nothing-works-like-food-episode-2436 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS YOU CAN WATCH ALL THE PODCAST EPISODES ON YOUTUBE - NOTHING WORKS LIKE FOOD Don’t skip Leg Day. (3:00) Vinnie shares some ideas on how to handle leg day, even when you’re older. (4:00) He moves squats later in his routine. He gets a lot of questions from people about creatine and if it’s safe to use it. (7:00) Yes, you can use it, but be aware that then your body will stop making as much of it on its own. Animal proteins are more effective and in the right form. Vinnie opened up membership to the VIP group again! (8:30) If you join on January 15, 2024, you will receive the $19.95 price, before the new rate increase to $24.95. (9:30) He gives more details on how the VIP community is doing. Interested? Go to . Anna had a hyster

Episode 2435 - On this Friday's show Vinnie Tortorich welcomes back Dave Feldman to discuss Citizen Science and its LMHR study, and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/2024/01/citizen-science-with-dave-feldman-episode-2435 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS   YOU CAN WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE - Making Noise Dave explains a recent double-blind study and the recent data shared with him. (5:00) He defines an LMHR (Lean Mass Hyper Responder) as high LDL, high HDL, and low triglycerides. He explains his background to folks unfamiliar with him. (7:00) Dave is an engineer and noticed a pattern or system. He shares the study with LMHR was about and some of its challenges. Awareness of LMHR is growing, so it should be studied even further. Funding such studies is difficult; however, the low-carb community has stepped up. The study analyzes how much LDL independently induces a high rate of atherosclerosis (lesions on the artery walls). (23:00) The participants are part of a year-long study that will meas

Episode 2434 - On this Wednesday's show Vinnie Tortorich and Gina Grad discuss resolutions, sitting is the new smoking, healthy food myths, toxins, and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/2024/01/sitting-is-the-new-smoking-episode-2434 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS   YOU CAN WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE - Sitting Is The New Smoking Gina ordered "Think and Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill, Vinnie's favorite book. (2:30) She loves reading a real book rather than audio. Vinnie suggests she takes notes because writing them will help you accomplish them. Vinnie has a myriad of things on his resolution list each year. (4:30) He doesn’t count the steps he takes while he gives phone consults—his cardio goals are separate from that. He’s also taking to heart the mantra of “sitting is the new smoking.” Exercise that prevents injury is what Gina is taking seriously. (9:15) No sitting while watching TV is her new habit. She emphasizes breaking habits down into manageable steps is the best way to go. A recent h

Episode 2433 - On this Monday's show Vinnie Tortorich and Anna Vocino discuss their holiday follow-up and being NSNG®, plans for upcoming episodes, and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/2024/01/holiday-follow-up-episode-2433 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS YOU CAN WATCH ALL THE PODCAST EPISODES ON YOUTUBE - Holiday Follow-Up After chatting about music and a shout-out to NSNG® lifestyler Robyn for a video she created for Vinnie and Anna, the duo discussed how they handled the holiday festivities. (7:00) They discuss certain breakfast foods like pancakes and syrup. (10:30) Vinnie talks about the abomination of maple-infused bacon. Anna’s husband has been carb-free for 10 days and is progressing: he’s not even talking about sweet foods. (16:30) Anna talks about her holidays and why he went carb-free. She recommends people avoid making different dinners for different people in the same household. (18:15) Anna is prepping for surgery and is sharing what she’s been doing to prep. (20:00) Her menopause

Dr. Jason Fung speaks with Vinnie Tortorich on today's Angriest Trainer podcast concerning the effects of diet and insulin. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS 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  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? 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  Se

Vinnie Tortorich and cohost Anna Vocino discuss lack of medication, hormones, and NSNG helping people on this Monday episode of the Angriest Trainer podcast. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS vinnie15 DONALDSONVILLE Vinnie's hometown Last time he visited, he commented how many people were overly obese and all were on at least 3 medications There was initially some backlash, now many are NSNG and getting healthier Vinnie is visiting again soon and will do a show with some NSNGers there  LISTENER DEXTER Listener had food, pain, and other problems  Now, he does cardio, eats healthy, and feels way better He supports NSNG and PVC!  AMAZON WINNER OF THE WEEK Andrea Roberts is the winner She bought period underpants that are stain proof through Vinnie's website  She has also been doing NSNG to help her health issues She will win some NSNG/PVC garb  CREATINE  We get creatine from meat Your body also makes it If you start taking creatine, your body stops making it (bad) If you take anabolic hormones, you

Gary Taubes makes a second appearance on the Friday edition of the Angriest Trainer podcast with Vinnie Tortorich. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS GARY TAUBES & HIS MUST-READS Gary is a reporter/journalist (NY Times) and a controversial guy, has done one of the best interviews in this podcast's history Writing another book currently -- so is Vinnie!  Went to Harvard, Stanford, Columbia  Ivy League education definitely affected him  VINNIE'S READING Reads incredibly slowly but comprehends way more than the average person Scientific brain -- he doesn't assume, he knows  Ended up allowing him to not pay attention in class, just read the books NUTRITION WRITING He was doing nutritional pieces for science sections  He looked at evidence and saw whether or not it really was supported Gary wrote a controversial article calling out the nutrition world for saying low fat was bad  Initially was researching what caused the obesity epidemic? Two hypotheses: high fructose corn syrup, shift to low fat d