Vinnie Tortorich

Fitness Confidential Podcast

Balancing Work, Life and Exercise

by Vinnie Tortorich

Samantha Rhodes joins Vinnie Tortorich on this Saturday edition of the Angriest Trainer podcast.

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SAMANTHA AND THIS PODCAST

  • 21 yrs young
  • Was looking for a good podcast, and thought this podcast was very interesting and it was straightforward
    • Other podcasts have too much ego and tend to be hiding things
  • Has been listening for about a year and a half now
  • Political correctness

Metabolic Efficiency with Matthew Bach

by Vinnie Tortorich

Matt Bach, Ironman champion, joins host Vinnie Tortorich to talk eating carbs and training the right way on this Angriest Trainer podcast.

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MATT BACH

  • 28 yrs old, and “so damn cute”
  • Ironman champ in Maryland
  • While he does eat carbs, he won’t use Gu’s or other straight forms of bad carbs
  • Uses UCAN

RUNNING

  • Long distance running has its own element of pain
    • Long, revolving but never as intense as short pain
  • Prefontaine made the mile sexy
  • One has to be comfortable with discomfort
  • Matt used to carbo-load even before 5ks
  • Now he completed an Ironman with under 900 calories

NICCI SCHOCK

  • Metabolically trained
  • She trains people to be less reliant on food
  • High performance results through Metabolic Efficiency
  • Lower carb, but more about the timing of carbs as opposed to no carb
  • Lots of protein and fat relative to carbs
  • Matt Bach does not bonk (feel like he needs carbs to keep going)
    • This makes him feel better afterwards

FROM THE VAULT: Howie Mandel

by Vinnie Tortorich

Vinnie and Anna interview Howie Mandel about his diet and fitness regimen, heart health, America’s Got Talent, and of course, everything OCD.  Howie tells all, and he’s hilarious and wonderful every honest step of the way.

Dealing with Childhood Obesity

by Vinnie Tortorich

Vinnie Tortorich and co-host Anna Vocino host this Monday’s Angriest Trainer podcast. The two discuss Adam Corolla’s shows, this week’s Amazon winner, and how to deal with children eating poorly and being overweight, and then speak with Vinnie’s mother, Mrs. Marie Tortorich..

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ADAM COROLLA

  • Dr. Drew, Jimmy Kimmel, both have worked with Adam Corolla
  • Best podcaster out there — has won records for largest, most successful podcast
  • Vinnie was on a show with Adam Corolla — many of Adam’s fans have come to listen to Vinnie’s podcasts!
  • Vinnie is on another one of Adam’s shows, “Take a Knee” (guest #47)
    • Paid subscription, the show in general is totally worth it

COLLEGE

  • Anna got into Columbia and other schools but went to Emory
  • Vinnie and Anna have a little rivalry because Vinnie went to Tulane

AMAZON WINNER

  • Picked out of a hat
  • Winner must always buy through Vinnie’s link to Amazon to be entered to win a shirt or hat
  • Sue Baum won this week
  • Bought some things Vinnie approved of, and then a Ben Harper DVD
  • She went to Key West and put some LIL
    • Felt baldy about sugary drinks and the way she was eating
      • Drinks such as daiquiris and pina coladas will make you feel sick!

CHILD OBESITY

  • Really wanted the topic of child obesity to be covered on the podcast
  • Listener found that her kids have been sneaking sugar
    • Wants to help her kids without hurting their confidence
  • Children are always paying attention to what their parents are saying and eating
    • Cannot hurt confidence, but can lead by example
  • Don’t look to grandparents and friends etc
    • Do what you can and never shame children for being overweight

MCDONALD’S

  • It is okay if you’ve had this, and have had it recently
  • However, the sooner you stop, the sooner you will feel better
  • Eating real food proves how gross this type of fast food is

MARIE TORTORICH

  • Vinnie’s mother is on this show
  • Breaks Donaldsonville citizens’ hearts seeing cars being ‘pimped’ as opposed to being restored
  • Discuss the Catholic church — Marie is a Eucharistic minister in her church
  • To Vinnie: “Quit saying the F-word!!!”
  • The Tortorich’s grew up on eggs, vegetables
  • Afternoon snack of pie and cake
  • Grandmother’s house resembled a restaurant
  • No fast food

Physical & Mental Toughness With Nate Ebner of the New England Patriots

by Vinnie Tortorich

On today’s Saturday show comes a Friday podcast! Vinnie Tortorich speaks with NFL player Nate Ebner in this shorter 1 on 1 interview on the Angriest Trainer podcast.

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WHO IS NATE EBNER?

  • Safety for New England Patriots
  • Also played Rugby (US National Team — National 7’s)
  • According to Vinnie, 2nd most attractive player on the Pats
  • Has strong Jewish origins
  • Did not play football in high school
    • Picked it up half way through college — walked on to OSU team
  • Played a lot of squash and loved to compete

RUGBY

  • Gained skill set in Rugby
  • His dad was part of the rugby community in Ohio
  • He was the youngest player to make the national team
    • Took it very seriously in high school and went to U19 World Cup
  • Played U19s twice, and then U20s once
  • Different type of tough than football
  • Incredibly painful — can’t outrun it

HELICOPTER PARENTS

  • Parents come to Vinnie asking him to train their kids to get athletic scholarships
  • Kids pushed and overworked until they hurt themselves because of overbearing parents
  • Important for kids to try all sports to see what they like and what they are good at

CHARACTER

  • Very important to Nate
  • His dad taught him great character, which he cherishes so much
  • Worked over the summer, worked for all he achieved

Unlocking the Secrets of Weight Loss with Dr. Jason Fung

by Vinnie Tortorich

Dr. Jason Fung speaks with Vinnie Tortorich on today’s Angriest Trainer podcast concerning the effects of diet and insulin.

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DR. FUNG

  • Kidney specialist
  • Works often with type 2 diabetics — biggest cause of kidney nephropathy
    • Type 2 linked closely with obesity
    • Insulin has negative effects
  • Visit his website here 

DONALDSONVILLE

  • People all on tons of meds
  • All have a sugary drink and some awful food in their hands

MISUNDERSTANDING OF WEIGHT GAIN

  • Obesity links tons of diseases together
  • Dr. Fung started by asking: What causes obesity?
  • The Aetiology of Obesity Lectures 
  • Sugar is the enemy, not calories
    • When you eat less calories, your energy expenditure (and thus fat/fuel usage) goes down
      • You simply get hungrier
  • Takes time to lose the weight
  • Cortisol is a stress hormone — encourages getting fat
  • Leptin — produced by fat cells, regulates how much fat is in the body
    • If you have lots of fat, leptin is released and tells your brain to stop gaining more weight
    • When you are quite fat, your body stops responding to leptin
    • Secondary hormone — doesn’t pass the causal test
    • Ghrelin is another one of these secondary hormones
      • No lasting effect so doesn’t pass the causal test

FASTING

  • People always ask Vinnie about IM fasting
  • Intermittent fasting should happen every day
    • 3 meals a day — fast in between
    • literal “break – fast”
  • Snacks don’t allow your body to process everything
    • Shorter fasts are not enough
    • Insulin levels not sustainably down
  • We obsess to much about what we are eating, we need to think about when we are eating