Vinnie Tortorich

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Success from Resilience – Episode 2833

by Vinnie Tortorich

Episode 2833 – Vinnie Tortorich and Chris Shaffer discuss success from resilience, healthy aging, food addiction, and social media influencers’ advice.

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Success from Resilience

  • Vinnie argues that people who achieve big things keep going through pain, setbacks, and repeated failure. (4:00)
  • He uses examples like Elon Musk, Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, Tom Brady, Michael Jordan, and Lou Gehrig to illustrate that success usually follows repeated misses.
    • Success is measured by failure tolerance, or, as Vinnie likes to call it, FQ (Failure Quotient).
    • Resilience is important in life, and the only way to build it is through challenges.
  • Accountability and consistency matter more than motivation alone, especially with weight loss and addiction.
  • He says food addiction is real and that tools like GLP-1s are not a cure-all.
  • Vinnie has a 45th high school reunion coming up. (33:00)
    • He recounts the previous reunion he went to several years ago.
      • The reunion story becomes a reflection on time, aging, lost classmates, and the shock of seeing how much people change.
      • He became motivated to train harder and stay in shape for longevity and health.
  • Is social media fitness advice targeted at women, myth or truth? (41:00)
    • They review four specific claims regarding eating, fasting, and working out.
    • Vinnie’s advice: eat real food, train, hydrate, and don’t get distracted by fitness influencer contradictions.
  • Supply, cost, and food politics often make healthy eating harder due to economics and policy.
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The Hope for Health with Teresa Strasser – Episode 2399

by Vinnie Tortorich

Episode 2399- On this Friday’s show Vinnie Tortorich and Teresa Strasser talk about having the hope for health during cancer and other challenges, how mindset matters, and more.

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The Hope for Health

  • Vinnie and Teresa open the show by chatting about what friend Gina Grad is doing to lose 18 lbs. (1:30)
  • They discuss YouTube and how it is limiting creators who advocate for meat. (4:00)
  • Vinnie brings up Teresa’s recent book called “Making It Home”. (9:30)
    •  They discuss how well it’s doing and what it’s about.
    • Baseball is a great metaphor for life!
    • They also chat about certain sports superstitions.
  • Some people focus on keeping a “streak”; Cal Ripken Jr. is one of the most prominent sportsmen ever to do so. (20:00)
  • Teresa talks about her dad and how she feels he treated his lymphoma through exercise. (28:00)
    • They discuss Teresa’s brother, Bryan Bishop’s glioblastoma, and how Bryan has been progressing.
    • They talk about how important having hope for health is.
  • They discuss how mindset can help with so many things; Vinnie talks about “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill. (37:30)
    • They apply the concepts to people who are obese and their challenges. (40:00)
    • They discuss mindset success stories with athlete examples, like Tom Brady and Michael Jordan.

Three Articles to Review

  • Teresa pulls out an article about how genes may be determining vegetarianism. (53:00)
    • Vinnie disputes part of it.
    • This leads to a discussion of Blue Zones, and Sardinia.
  • They talk about real food vs. processed foods, and some other cultural aspects which help with leading a longer, healthier life. (58:00)
  • Teresa brings out a second article that talks about soda and testosterone levels. (1:01:00)
    • Vinnie challenges, “Who funded the study?” 
  • Vinnie mentions his group consults and how he hopes they help people at a lower cost. (1:05:00)
  • They talk about how Vinnie learned to ski. (1:11:00)
    • Vinnie just gets things in his head and gets things done!
    • He’s also great at diving in and taking risks.
    • Teresa shares a Little League story along the same lines. (1:17:00)
  • Teresa shares a third story about a notorious person currently serving a 20-year sentence.
    • People in jail can get certain food requests honored, but this particular person was complaining. (1:20:00)
  • She talks about a modified fasting approach but is starting to incorporate salmon into her eating. (1:22:00)
    • Vinnie reminds Teresa that eating high fat can help weight loss.
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FAT: A DOCUMENTARY 2 (2021)

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FAT: A DOCUMENTARY (2019)

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Quitting for Success with Dr. Stanley G Robertson – Episode 1336

by Vinnie Tortorich

 : Episode 1336 – Dr. Stanley G Robertson, the “Quit Doctor” and author of Quit: The Last Principle of Success, speaks with Vinnie today to discuss his background, quitting as the last principle of success, overcoming societal stigmas, Vinnie’s qualms with quitting, and more on this Friday show.

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DR. STANLEY G ROBERTSON

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  • Dr. Robertson is not afraid of being uncomfortable, going through pain
  • A former Marine
    • Not a quitter, could not be
  • Quit-shaming is popular in our society
    • Someone saying, “you’re doing this, but you should be doing that”
      • Other people don’t know what is best for your life
      • Trust yourself
      • Do what you feel you ought to do, so long as it’s benefitting you (and not causing harm)
  • We can’t be embarrassed around the idea of quitting
  • One of the main focuses of his work is that winners do quit
  • The stigma around quitting is limiting and can be very harmful for growth and making a difference
  • It’s okay to quit to better position yourself for your overall life, for your goals, etc.
  • We cling to things that don’t work for us because of pressure and fear of being labeled a ‘quitter’, even if quitting is for the best
  • Many an athlete has quit
    • Trusting one’s conscience, one’s gut instinct is very important
      • Can be more important than not being labeled a ‘quitter’
  • Vinnie personally thinks it may be problematic to quit in the middle of something
    • Ex: Dante quitting in the middle of the season, hurts his teammates, puts others in jeopardy
      • Dr. Robertson’s counter is that he does not feel his quitting put these people in jeopardy
        • His teammates are all professionals
          • If he jeopardizes the team, that is the coaching staff, team’s fault
        • Him staying in a game he believes he should not be playing may put the team in jeopardy – quitting can be important
        • He believes being in the line of duty is obviously different –- quitting as a Marine during combat is a different story
  • Quitting does not equal being a loser by default

Angriest Trainer 47: Lance Armstrong, George Hood & Vote Yes on Prop 37

by Vinnie Tortorich

Vinnie weighs in on Lance Armstrong.  Planking record holder George Hood makes an appearance.  Reminder to Californians to vote YES on Prop 37.