On today’s Wednesday episode of the Angriest Trainer podcast with Vinnie Tortorich and Andy Schreiber, Vinnie and Andy discuss the importance of proper hiking gear and taking electrolytes to keep your muscles working.

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ELECTROLYTES

• S! caps
• Salt blocks
• Don’t take too many electrolytes — that isn’t good for you either
• Vinnie and Serena both eat things that have salt in them on hikes and runs
  • Feta cheese and olives for example

ANDY THE HIKER

• Has hiked Mt. Wilson
• Wants to hike Baldy
• Big hiker!!
• Hiking shoes should be half to a full size bigger due to the fact that when you go downhill, your toes will ram into the front of your shoes
• Use moleskin on hotspots
• Fix toenail problems immediately

THE BULLDOG

• 4 miles straight up
• Hike near Vinnie
• Water won’t do it on a hot day — electrolytes are necessary
• Andy realized he needed electrolytes on this hike

Vinnie Tortorich and Andy Schreiber discuss Zone 2 training simply on today’s Wednesday edition of the Angriest Trainer podcast.

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VINNIE’S WEEK

• Just came back from a week of crewing in the desert
• Vinnie records at least 4 shows a week — that’s quite a lot!
• Over 450 or some odd episodes up

WHAT IS ZONE 2… REALLY?

• There are 5 zones, although most people only need to think of zones 1-4
• Everyone has an anaerobic threshold
  • Zone 5: where your body goes when lactic acid production > lactic acid clearing
    • This is for intense athletes
• Zone 1: basically walking, maybe a fast walk
• Zone 2: When you’re breathing hard, but can still have a conversation
• You can get a test in a lab to tell you what your threshold for zone 2 is
• Poor man’s way:take 180, subtract by age, add a few points if you are very active and anywhere in there you are hitting zone 2 (heart rate)
  • Slow up a bit if you are in zone 3, because then you are burning more glycogen than fat
• If you are looking to PR a marathon, look into some zone 3 and 4
• Best way to stay in shape AND burn fat!
• Little sprint spurts (only if you have a good base) are fine
• Do this for minimum of 8 wks (Vinnie recommends 12 wks)

Vinnie Tortorich and co-host Anna Vocino talk a little bit of everything on this week’s random Monday edition of the Angriest Trainer podcast.

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• For example, Vinnie & Anna (unlike Dr. Oz) would never advertise “Heart Healthy Grains”

POOPING 

• We will have a show on pooping soon with Dr. X
• Some people with bad constipation go once or twice every couple weeks
• This can be bad for one’s health
  • Diverticulitis — inflammation of diverticulosis
• Dr. X knew a patient who’s poop was so backed up it was coming out of the other end

SUBARUS

• Subaru is a “lesbian car”
• Serena has one and Dr. X just got one
• So much cheaper, more comfortable, more efficient
• Luxury cars are ripoffs, even if they look sleek

KARI GORMLEY

• Check out her website!
• Very enthusiastic and very happy
• Vinnie thinks those tech tees and tights smell really bad
• Microfibers
• Vinnie suggests using animal product pee stain remover (Nature’s Miracle) to neutralize odors
• She is part of the “The Order of the Vinnie”
  • each’s audience respects the other
• Vinnie ordered some Ultra’s from here