Vinnie Tortorich

Fitness Confidential Podcast

Vulnerability as Strength and Dealing with Anxiety

by Vinnie Tortorich

Today is our Friday One-on-One with Anna Vocino and special repeat guest, Quentin Vennie.  Quentin is a speaker, writer, coach, motivational guide and soon-to-be best selling author.  Follow him on his “Master Your Monday” blog, at “QuentinVennie.com, on Instagram YouTube and Twitter.  At age 27, Quentin was diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety and Panic Disorder.  Listen  in and learn about his journey…

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VULNERABILITY IS A STRENGTH

  • Need to be authentic and honest about what is going on
  • Everyone tries to appear perfect
  • Especially if you are a leader…it’s an issue about being human and not perfect
  • The internet allows you to project an image of perfection

BALTIMORE

  • Looting and rioting do nothing but bring negative attention.
  • Peaceful protest needed to bring attention to police brutality
  • Not every police officer is abusive
  • Media tries to twist story to focus on negative

ANXIETY

  • Good motivator but cannot live a full life if it is controlling you
  • Don’t beat yourself up about everything
  • Look at what you gain and what you lose
  • Need to push forward

THE SUGAR IMPACT DIET AND JJ VIRGIN

by Vinnie Tortorich

Welcome to the Monday episode of The Angriest Trainer Podcast.  Today Vinnie Tortorich and Anna Vocino speak with JJ Virgin, celebrity nutrition and fitness expert.  She is a three-time New York Time’s best selling author…most recently publishing “The Sugar Impact Diet” as well as “The Virgin Diet” and “TheVirgin Diet Cookbook.

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WOMEN AND THE SUGAR IMPACT DIET

  • Women have to be careful
  • Need to find a balance with hormones and low carbs
  • Can blow out your adrenals
  • Be aware of going too low-carb

SUGAR IMPACT CYCLES

  • Taper
  • Transition – total carbs 100-150 grams
  • Transform
  • High, medium and low impact

SOME PEOPLE NEED VERY DEFINED RULES

  • Get off sugar addiction
  • Get away from emotional eating
  • Can be thrown off by drinking sugary drinks or food that you don’t know has grains
  • And unknowingly get glucose spike

HIDDEN SUGARS

  • Agave, honey
  • Everything comes down to bio-chemistry
  • The liver tells the truth
  • Dairy raises insulin … do three weeks with no dairy and keep track

 

Perseverance When You Don’t Get the Results You Want

by Vinnie Tortorich

Today is the Saturday edition of The Angriest Trainer’s podcast where Vinnie Tortorich answers listener’s questions.  Today’s guest is Jenn Moran.  She has been NSNG for a little over a year and started the idea of going 100 days NSNG.  Getting off the Sugar/Carb train is difficult and sometimes it is easier to go cold turkey.

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FIRST 100 DAYS

  • Jenn was really excited about it and was very strict
  • Difficult because sugar, grains and gluten are everywhere
  • Her dad has joined her on NSNG
  • He has lost 30 pounds

JENN PUT TOO MUCH LIFE INTO LIVING

  • Gained weight and having trouble losing it
  • Back on NSNG and training for 1/2 marathon
  • Can’t shake off the weight

VINNIE GOES THROUGH HER FOOD DAY WITH HER

  • She was having only Bullet Proof coffee for breakfast
  • Need to start day with more protein, like an egg or two
  • Save protein shakes for later in the day
  • Dairy and cheese can also be too calorie dense

Dieting Tricks, Real Food, Fitness Hucksters and Lisa May

by Vinnie Tortorich

Today’s guest is Lisa May.  Lisa was the traffic reporter for KROQ and was recently let go.  Listen in as Vinnie and Lisa discuss what happened, Bro-Science and being fat adapted…

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WHAT HAPPENED AT KROQ

  • Lisa was let go about 2 months ago and not doing traffic anymore
  • She asked if they were hiring another woman
  • They hired Allie Mac Kay…formerly of KTLA

BRO SCIENCE (HEY BRO…DID YOU HEAR…)

  • Dr. Oz says things without scientific backup
  • Where does it say we all have to drink at least 8 glasses (64 oz) of water a day?  Everyone is different
  • Grocery stores like to promote grains and sugar
  • That’s their money maker

BEING ON THE SUGAR TRAIN

  • Hard to break the sugar habit and become fat-adapted
  • Have to go cold turkey…all sugar including honey and agave…the brain reacts the same to all sugars
  • After a while notice foods are too sweet
  • And feel a sugar hangover

SHOULD YOU GO LOW CARB OR BE IN KETOSIS IF YOU ARE ILL

  • The simple answer is no.
  • Women should not go too low either
  • However, all the carbs you need are in veggies
  • Grains have to be processed and are an inflammatory food

WHEN DOES SUPPLEMENTATION BECOME AN OBSESSION?

by Vinnie Tortorich

This is the Wednesday edition of The Angriest Trainer podcast.  Join Vinnie Tortorich and Andy Schreiber as they discuss “Supplement Addiction” and drink some Gin…

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ANDY HAS A CLOSE FRIEND WHO IS A “SUPPLEMENT ADDICT”

  • Andy is very concerned about “David’s” health (let’s call him David, cause that’s his name)
  • David adds e very supplement that he reads about
  • He is self-prescribing
  • And people who do this start to develop problems, such as liver and stomach ailments, because of overloading

NOT EVERY STATEMENT YOU HEAR OR READ IS TRUE

  • Health Food store employees will try and sell you their products
  • Usually not based on real or well-researched studies
  • Eventually supplementation becomes an obsession

Taking your body to the limit with ultra athlete Luke Tyburski

by Vinnie Tortorich

On today’s Angriest Trainer Podcast, Vinnie Tortorich and Anna Vocino interview Luke Tyburski, an ultra-athlete living on the outskirts of London.  They discuss his creation of the ultimate triathlon.  Find out more about Luke at LukeTyburski.com and on Twitter @LukeTyburski.

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TAKING IT TO THE LIMIT

  • Luke is planning the Ultimate Triathlon
  • He will be doing 2,000 km (1,300 miles) in 12 days
  • He will be swimming, biking and running from Morocco  to Monaco

GOREN KROPP

  • Try and find his book (might be out of print)…Ultimate High
  • He perished in an avalanche
  • In the late 90’s he started his trip  from Stockholm to Katmandu
  • He took every piece of equipment he would need to climb Mt. Everest and he carried his gear to base camp by himself

RAISING MONEY 

  • Triathlon is being filmed and streamed online
  • Looking for sponsorship
  • Need between $70 and $80,000 on top of streaming
  • Going to be interactive

DIET

  • Eating real food, not just gels
  • Cut out wheat, dairy, fruit and all sugar
  • Low carb
  • Making his own bars