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Working Out Post-Injury

: Episode 601 – Melissa Mackey joins Vinnie Tortorich to ask about working out post-injury as she suffered an injury from riding her back and wants to get back in the saddle, literally.

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MELISSA MACKEY

Big fan of the show, active on the FB page
From Michigan

WORKING OUT POST-INJURY

Melissa bruised her tailbone riding a bike
- Pressure should not be that far back on a bike
- Because she does not really have a butt, she had no ‘padding’.
Vinnie thinks she likely had a microscopic tear, causing her hips to also hurt
- She then threw out her back because her hips and tailbone were hurting her
She hadn’t been riding
Vinnie thinks she should start by going to the gym and getting on a spinner for very short periods of time
She should do compound exercises anaerobically also
- Light lunges on each leg
- Light stretching on that area
- 90º at her knees, leg press with light weight
She needs to start working those muscles before she dives back in as to not cause the injury to resurface

: Episode 599 – Andy Schreiber joins Vinnie Tortorich on this Wednesday edition of the Angriest Trainer podcast to discuss peak and optimal heart rate, and for night workers, when is the best time to work out.

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ANDY THE CELEBRITY

Andy is starting to feel like a bit of a celebrity
People who call with help for PVC are often shocked and happy that they get to talk to Andy on the phone and such!
People recognize Vinnie from the book or from Adam Carolla sometimes now
- Vinnie doesn’t like to take credit, but is always flattered
- People recognize Vinnie even at races

PEAK AND OPTIMAL HEART RATE

Vinnie’s peak heart rate is in the 180s at his age and fitness
He likes to train and race in Zone Two (that is optimal)
How to calculate YOUR Zone Two heart rate: 180 – your age
- That being said, if you are very fit you can raise it a few (5-7)
- Between 70-79% of your max heart rate is your Zone Two
- This calculation is efficient enough and free and easy!

BEST TIME TO WORK OUT

When should night shift workers work?
- Before or after work
Depends on WHAT you are doing work-wise
Try both ways and see which you have more energy when doing
- What is important for night workers is maintaining energy

Sugar Trigger

by Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 598 – Vinnie Tortorich and Anna Vocino talk to comedian Nikki Bailey about comedy and feeling good by eating properly, and the two also discuss The Biggest Loser, and “sugar trigger”.

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TRUMP

Vinnie was talking to Andy (who is super liberal) about how this happens
Vinnie thinks that people behind Trump are the fried twinky crowd
While neither Vinnie nor Anna like Trump because they think he is hateful and does not have good concrete policies, they do have friends / listeners who support Trump and they realize that

NIKKI BAILEY & FEELING GOOD

Stand-up comic
Has done some of the same shows and classes as Anna
Vinnie is a huge fan of hers
The Improv on May 10th!!! Check her out there
Wednesday May 25th at the Comedy Store
Check out one of her performances here
Has a confident and natural style
- She has sparkle
Nikki does have weight to lose, but she doesn’t care about her appearance as much as she cares about just feeling better
- Trouble sleeping, weird rashes, achiness
  - She went to doctors and they didn’t know what to tell her
  - She had been on every diet and just losing weight never REALLY made her feel better
- Now she is NSNG and most of that has gone away
Did weight watchers 4 separate time
- Did lose the weight but then slowly gained the weight back and never really felt good
Emotional component to eating
- Nikki had done therapy to talk about eating issues
Nikki feels like she really gets to eat with NSNG and her emotional issues and physical issues are largely resolved

SUGAR TRIGGER

This week’s stripper in “Stripper vs. NFL Player”

THE BIGGEST LOSER

People are trying to ‘win’ this game, and they are starving themselves
They had to have doctors watching contestants because the contestants are in starvation mode and are incredibly dehydrated, for the most part
Pretty much EVERYONE on that show gained the weight back and got even more emotional issues with food as a result of the show
Caused permanent ‘alteration’ to their metabolisms
- alteration is negative
- also trashes endocrine system

NSNG After Antidepressants

by Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 597 – Listener Jody asks questions about weight loss and NSNG after antidepressants on this Saturday 1-on-1 episode of the Celebrity Fitness Trainer Podcast.

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JODY ROSS

From Minneapolis, Minnesota
- a warm 32º the day this was recorded
- Hopes to move out of Minnesota!
46 years old
She is a Laughter Yoga teacher
- She practices yoga, but Laughter Yoga focuses on purposeful laughter and breathing
- Body cannot tell the difference between a simulated laugh and a real, humor-caused laugh
Has a history of PTSD and eating disorders
- Started starving herself at age 8
- Has been in the eating disorder psych unit multiple times
- Her reward system from a young age was messed up, so part of healing from that was introducing laughter
- Eating disorders are the most lethal addictions
Currently 5’7, and maybe 20 lbs overweight
- She likes her curves but it is a little more than she wants right now
NSNG is the first time in her life that she has not had to deal with cravings

NSNG AFTER ANTIDEPRESSANTS

On seizure, sleep, and depression medications
She thinks that part of her mood disorder was both a result of not eating proper nutrients (she limited fat a lot) and her past issues
She has since come off of antidepressants
Once she went off of her sleeping medication, she had some trouble sleeping
- Found NSNG which helped her sleeping, as well as some good supplements

GETTING RID OF KETO-FLU SYMPTOMS

Still gets achy, still has lower GI stuff
It has improved over the past few months but it is still an issue
Keto flu should only last a few days, maybe a couple weeks
Vinnie thinks she should check it out and see a doctor because he is not a doctor
Her diet
- Eggs and bacon for breakfast
- Lunch is 5 oz of meat, some carrots and veggies
- Dinner is the same as lunch
- If she needs a snack she will have a piece of bacon or some tea with full fat coconut milk
- Has recently cut out sweet potatoes
- still shouldn’t have these issues, so something else must be at play

NSNG Ultra Effects with Tony Portera

by Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 596 – Incredible ultra-runner Tony Portera joins Vinnie to talk about the many NSNG ultra effects — how NSNG improved his weight and performance in ultra events, and how NSNG has been above and beyond the best nutrition decision he has made in his life.

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NSNG ULTRA EFFECTS

Better sustained energy
No swelling
Improved his performance as well as his general feeling day-to-day and appearance
Tony tried tons of different ways to eat for these things
- was a fruitarian
- tried meal replacement shakes
- hired a nutritionist
- has found that hands down NSNG works the best for him

TONY PORTERA

Incredible ultra marathon runner, and friend of Serena and Vinnie
Just ran Badwater Salton Sea with Serena
Has run 7+ Badwater’s so far
50-100 mile + races

Hippie Stripper

by Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 594 – Vinnie Tortorich and Anna Vocino host this Monday edition of the Celebrity Fitness Trainer podcast to discuss starting on NSNG, a hippie stripper named Shady Balsamic, and the two also talk to young Eli about his ski academy, and his time spent with Vinnie.

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STARTING ON NSNG

Woman Anna knows said she stopped eating sugar for 30 days with no positive result
- Did not feel better
- Likely there are a lot of hidden sugar and grains in her diet
- Hidden sugars in everything
When people can’t lose weight or even gain it, it is likely as a result of hidden stuff in their food
- People often snack too much too
- When they eat hidden sugar and grains, you are now eating high fat AND still lots of carbs
Call Vinnie to figure out where your hidden sugar and grains are
Need to do good NSNG for 60-90 days for REAL results for a lot of people
Ex: there is a ton of sugar in balsamic dressing
Grapes and Bananas have high glycemic indexes
- The most carby of the fruits (and tropical fruits too)
Macadamia nuts and walnuts are pretty high carb
- Rawer the nut, the better
If you have weight to lose, wine isn’t your friend
- Drink the distilled liquors
  - Drink them with soda water and maybe a few limes or a SPLASH of grapefruit juice

HIPPIE STRIPPER

Shady Balsamic
Balsamic dressing is not always good for you
Stripper v NFL player?
We’re going to call her a stripper

YOUNG ELI

Eli Wolfson is a kid that Vinnie trains
Is an incredible skier
- Goes to ski academy
- Combines school with training for ski racing at most elite level
- Goes to Chile in the fall, Europe for mid-winter
- This school sends kids to the Olympics, the World Cup, national teams, etc.
Eli would get sent home from school with a training plan over summer, and Vinnie would throw it away
- Vinnie thought the training plan was BS
Eli is super committed to what he does
Eli went to Andy’s house to learn about PVC
Next day, they went shooting and Eli was a natural
Eli now will eat bunless burgers from now on

PUSHUPS

Listener Barry has a friend serving in the Middle East who was injured (or so Vinnie thinks) and Barry does 20 good pushups a day to support him
Anna does lots of pushups
Anna can’t do a tricep pushup
- Tricep pushup is sort of a perceived effort, you will work triceps even with normal pushups
- Tricep pushups can give you elbow tendonitis
Anna doesn’t do burpees with jumps because it hurts her knee
- Still will have pretty much the same effect without the actual jump