Assessing Aging With Fitness – Episode 2707

Episode 2707 – Vinnie Tortorich and Chris Shaffer discuss keto-friendly oils, healthy aging, assessing aging with fitness tests, and more.

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Assessing Aging with Fitness

• They discuss Serena’s birthday. (2:00)
• The six best keto-friendly oils? (6:00)
  • Olive oil, avocado oil, tallow, ghee, real lard, butter, coconut oil, and macadamia nut oil.
  • Macadamia nut oil is expensive.
  • Read the ingredients on your labels: even lard and tallow can be cut with seed oils. (15:00)
• Chris shares a list of fitness tests that can help assess the aging process. (16:30)
  • If you want to see them, you can watch the episode on YouTube. @FitnessConfidential Podcast  
• What about the focus on “mirror muscles”? (35:00)
  • This refers to things like triceps and biceps curls.
  • Performing compound movements is typically sufficient to gain strength and remain functionally fit.
• Various zones are good to focus on while working out. (38:00)
  • Power Zone: Glutes, hamstrings, or “posterior chain.”
    • Dead lifts need to be worked up to; it’s not a beginner exercise. (39:00)
    • Hip thrusts are good, especially with a hip thrust machine or with a Smith machine.
    • Lunges are great, too, of course.
  • Posture Zone: upper/middle back exercises
  • Stability Zone: PALOFF press or “Indian club” (which is a weighted bat or club)

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• If you are interested in the NSNG® VIP group, it will be reopening soon. But you can get on the wait list –https://vinnietortorich.com/vip/
• Don’t forget to check out Serena Scott Thomas on Days of Our Lives on the Peacock channel. 
• “Dirty Keto” is available on Amazon!
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  • Make sure you watch, rate, and review it!

• Eat Happy Italian, Anna’s next cookbook, is available! 
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  • You can order it from Vinnie’s Book Club. https://amzn.to/3ucIXm
  • Anna’s recipes are in her cookbooks, website, and Substack–they will spice up your day! https://annavocino.substack.com/
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