Steve Park, an English body builder and Vinnie Tortorich go one-on-one on today’s Friday edition of the Angriest Trainer podcast.
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 mostÂ
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
