Vinnie Tortorich

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Vinnie’s Energy Shake

by Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 574 – Anna Vocino joins Vinnie Tortorich to discuss Vinnie’s Energy Shake, a go-to meal that Vinnie whips up in his nutribullet for healthy, tasty, long lasting energy. The two also talk about ‘healthy’ energy bars.

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VINNIE’S ENERGY SHAKE

  • Vinnie’s ‘fat’ shake is now in Anna’s cookbook
  • Here’s a quick thing Vinnie whips up:
  • Lots of coconut oil
  • Kale
  • Chia seeds
    • Vinnie lets chia seeds sit in the water so that they get gooey and ‘slurpy’.
  • Fresh ginger root
  • Half of a 3 inch jalapeno
  • Water to help it blend
  • Berries are optional (only a few)
    • Anna likes it with blueberries

VINNIE’S AEROBICS & MARATHONS

  • Vinnie loves to run!
  • Now that his shoulder is way better, he can do much more aerobic work
  • Ran with Serena, a total of 2 hours
  • Check out: “Barkley Marathons” on Netflix
    • Only 14-15 finishers in this Marathon
      • It is crazy! Like a prison-escape
      • Runners who can run Badwater don’t even attempt this

AMAZON WINNER OF THE WEEK

  • Dave Dolak won this week!
  • He bought through the Amazon link on the website
  • He is a super fan
  • Getting ready for an ultra-kayak race (100 miles)
  • Bought a urine-bag and sunglasses for his race
  • He will win some NSNG Carb

‘HEALTHY’ ENERGY BARS

  • The only bar that Vinnie really endorses is EPIC Bars
  • Kind Bars are basically deconstructed Snickers bars
    • 19-23 grams of sugar in a Kind Bar
    • 3/5 top ingredients are sugar
  • Not awful in an emergency situation, but try to avoid if possible
  • “Diet” products are also awful for you because they are straight chemicals which compensates for the lack of calories (maybe even makes it worse)
    • Your body still registers this as sugar

Weight, Relationships, and Body Image

by Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 572 – Marni Kinrys & Kristen Carney from the Ask Women podcast join Vinnie to discuss weight, relationships, and body image.

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KRISTEN AND MARNI

  • They have a show on Playboy Radio called “Ask Women”
    • Vinnie was on their show recently
  • Their show is largely about men becoming good with the ladies
    • Help men attract women with HONEST advice
      • A lot of Vinnie’s callers also ask for help with the ladies
  • Their podcast fills a niche, making it successful
  • Check out Marni’s website here

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WEIGHT, RELATIONSHIPS, AND BODY IMAGE

  • A lot of men who are overweight lose weight and think they will be a ladies magnet
    • However, physical is not NEARLY as important to women as men
      • Men need to work on their personalities and who they are as a person instead of obsessing over body image
  • Many people lose the weight, then ask “now what”
    • They want to go back to their old diet but that will put the weight right back on
  • In high school, Kristen struggled with her ‘image’ as she had a crossed eye and thick glasses
    • She was bullied and had a negative body imagine from the start
      • She changed schools at 17
      • Vinnie relates to this because he was really picked on (he was deaf/speech challenged when he was little and it carried all the way through high school)
  • Marni felt awkward and shy, although she was more outgoing than she gave herself credit for, but she did have to deal with lots of bullying
  • The bullying that the two endured still affects them to an extent although now the two have great self worth
  • Many beautiful women are insecure because they were bullied and brought down when they were younger
  • Both tried to be healthy by eating less and then binge-eating, which actually hurt their weight
    • Going to the gym made them ‘bulk up’ which caused them to obsess because they wanted to be lean

 

Keto Supplements and Athletic Performance

by Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 565 – Listener Lori Dawn from Oakland asks about keto supplements and athletic performance. She is trying to maximize her athletic performance and control hunger during long cycling events.

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LORI

  • Designs for North Face
    • Vinnie is a huge fan of North Face apparel
  • Lori has a road bike which she commutes on and she has been trying to get into mountain biking as well

KETOSIS SUPPLEMENTS

  • Are there supplements to help with dietary ketosis? (KetoForce)
    • Are they worth it? Do they do anything?
    • It might make you get into dietary ketosis faster, but what is the point of this?
      • Not necessary for most to get in it quickly, or to be in it at all
  • Can these help athletes not eat while on long runs, etc.?  Lori gets hungry personally
    • She needs to eat fat before she gets out there
      • Instead of a protein and veggie shake with MCT, try a few eggs and some bacon
        • Will help you through longer workouts without eating extra
        • Being fat adapted may cause you to wake up 10 minutes earlier
  • Only really good bars are Epic bars

What Really Causes Obesity with Dr. Jason Fung

by Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 560 – Dr. Jason Fung (www.intensivedietarymanagement.com) again joins host Vinnie Tortorich, back by popular demand! The two discuss leptin, cholesterol and heart disease, and cortisol and insulin in relation to obesity on this Friday edition of the Celebrity Fitness Trainer podcast.

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HEART DISEASE & CHOLESTEROL

  • Listener Todd
    • Had serum cholesterol go up, but triglycerides go way down from high fat diet
      • If you eat cholesterol it DOES NOT make your cholesterol go up
      • Eating fat DOES NOT turn into increase in cholesterol
      • If you eat a high fat diet, both bad AND good cholesterol goes up, but triglycerides go down, so it ends up being neutral
  • Cholesterol does not equal heart disease

DR. JASON FUNG & THE OBESITY CODE

  • Dr. Jason Fung’s new book
  • It is about what really makes people fat
  • How did we all decide at the same time that we would all eat more?
    • We DIDN’T, therefore CALORIES are NOT what is causing obesity!!!
  • We are programmed NOT to eat too many calories (Leptin)
  • If calories were the issue, then restricting calories would not make you feel bad and would allow you to shed the weight
    • That is not true
  • You have to figure out what is adjusting your own personal ‘thermostat’, and bring it down
    • Cortisol levels skyrocketing (due to stress, sleep deprivation, etc) can help obesity along
      • If stress and sleep deprivation is what is causing it, you have to change your lifestyle because diet won’t work if that is the case
  • Obesity is not a caloric imbalance, it is a hormonal imbalance
    • Both with insulin and with cortisol (two big factors)
    • Beer belly type fat is usually cortisol, where overall fatness is usually insulin
      • HUGE role with metabolizing glucose
  • Obesity is a multifactorial disease
  • Lypodystrophy
    • Super rare condition that causes dystrophy (breakdown) of adipose tissue

LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS

  • When you address proximate cause, it does nothing, must treat the ACTUAL cause
  • When you reduce your calories, you have to burn more than you lose to burn fat, you can’t just address the proximate cause which is reducing the calories 

Building Muscle & Weight Training

by Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 553 – Trey Beauchamp, active Facebook group member and a huge supporter of the show, joins Vinnie Tortorich to talk about building muscle and weight training this Saturday on the Celebrity Fitness Trainer podcast.

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TREY BEAUCHAMP

  • Pronounced “Beachem”
  • Works on the road
  • Brother of the infamous Lonnie
  • Dating and getting serious with a girl from the Facebook group ;)
    • Katie Miskell!!!

BUILDING MUSCLE: DOES NSNG ELIMINATE THE NEED TO BULK AND CUT?

  • The idea that you have to “bulk and cut” is just bro science
    • Regardless, to unhealthily “bulk”, you need to carbo load, and to cut, you drop carbs unhealthily
      • Body Builders did this to look good for one day
        • Listen to the show
  • You need protein and fats to build muscles
    • So much better to gain muscle NSNG — healthier with better muscles
  • Working for big muscles and strength are really one in the same
  • Guys who train with carbs are “fit fat”
    • They have huge muscles but practically look pregnant

Cooking with Pre-Prepared Foods

by Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 551 – Vinnie Tortorich and co-host Andy Schreiber talk The SodaStream, gay bars, and Andy’s Mexican dinner dealing with pre-prepared foods and ingredients on today’s Wednesday edition of the Celebrity Fitness Trainer podcast.

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HOW ANDY CHANGED VINNIE’S LIFE

  • Andy got Vinnie a SodaStream — Vinnie likes his water gassed up
  • Save a lot of money not buying Pellegrino etc even though the gas tanks are $15
  • Favorite appliance behind Vitamix
  • Vinnie made fizzy coffee from cold-brewed coffee
    • He loved his ice-soda coffee

ANDY’S DINNER PRE-PREPARED FOODS (ENCHILADA SUACE)

  • Wanted to make a Mexican chicken casserole-y thing without tortillas
  • He doesn’t always have time to do everything fresh in terms of prep
  • Got a can of El Pato enchilada sauce
    • Tomato puree
    • Water
    • Chili peppers
    • Salt
    • Onion
    • Citric acid
    • Garlic
    • Locust bean gum
    • spices
    • In a rush, this is not a bad pre-preapred food to have BUT tomato puree is risky
      • Not the end of the world if you don’t have an egregious amount
  • Used olive oil, spices, cotija cheese, skinless chicken browned, this sauce put it all in dish, melted mozzarella on top
  • Vinnie isn’t a huge mozzarella fan because it is low in fat and high in carbs for a cheese