Fitness Confidential Podcast

Deep Dive Into Lake Shaffer – Episode 2611

February 26, 2025

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Fitness Confidential

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Episode 2611: In this episode, Vinnie Tortorich and Chris Shaffer take a deep dive into Lake Shaffer and discuss Chris’ health journey to a low-carb lifestyle and more.

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Listen · Episode 2611Deep Dive Into Lake ShafferFeb 26, 2025 · 67 min
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Deep Dive Into Lake Shaffer

  • Vinnie chats about the very early part of his career and the clients he worked with. (2:30)
    • Many of them wanted to be “painfully thin.”
  • Chris gives the backstory of his health journey. (8:00)
    • He used to be almost 100 lbs. overweight.
    • He had a medical emergency that revealed some serious gallbladder issues. (11:00)
    • He was told not to eat fat, so he filled his diet with carbs, and his weight blew up.
    • Chris also has celiac disease.
  • Vinnie recalls a Heather McDonald video that shows her fainting on stage. (13:30)
  • Chris recalls more of his health story. (16:30)
    • He experimented with veganism, a pescatarian lifestyle, then back to meat.
    • He went low-carb and felt better almost immediately.
    • He lost fat and gained muscle at a slower rate; he’s reached his goal in about 2.5 years.
  • Chris talks about the “milk bar” at college; in college alone, he gained about 50 lbs. (25:00)
  • Vinnie had his own weight gain story after college until a dear friend let him know he was gaining weight.
    • What’s the difference between a friend mentioning concern for weight gain and fat-shaming? (34:45)
    • Obese people know they are obese. No need to mention it and shame them.
  • Chris shares a story from The Telegraph that discusses a “vegan backlash;” Britons are eating more meat again. (45:00)
    • GenZ appears to be adopting a whole-food omnivore approach to eating.
    • Chris reads an excerpt from the article that describes this. (58:15)

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