Vinnie Tortorich

Fitness Confidential Podcast

Becoming a Professional Triathlete with Brad Kearns

by Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 556 – Brad Kearns, author and triathlete, joins Vinnie Tortorich on this Friday edition of the Celebrity Fitness Trainer. The two discuss growing up in the 60’s and 70’s, finding the right life-path for you, and becoming a professional triathlete.

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BRAD & VINNIE

  • Vinnie came onto the Primal Blueprint podcast (Brad’s), and he advertised for PVC
    • Vinnie’s segment was edited out because they had a policy where they don’t want people to advertise for products they sell on their website already (vitamins)
  • Brad and Vinnie had a slight disagreement about that, now they are good friends!
    • They briefly talked bad about each other, but now they are close and are fans of each other
  • Brad became a hero of Vinnie’s because he ended up being a stand up guy

BRAD KEARNS

  • Check out Brad’s website
  • Works with Mike Sisson
  • One of the best triathletes in history
  • Went to the hospital for the first time in 20 years last year
    • Had appendicitis (he thinks it was brought on by severe dehydration and just not being fully healthy because Brad had been overtraining)
  • Character building process having to move on from racing to the rest of your career
  • Won a ton in his 20s! Check out his accolades on his website, link above
  • Has separated and compartmentalized the wonderful accessibility of digital communication and real life communication
  • Plays speed golf!!!!!

KIDS THESE DAYS

  • Facebook is going to die out, the two think
  • Kids are programmed to be great at everything
  • Everything is more intense
  • Very different time, less hippy-dippy than when Vinnie and Brad grew up

PROFESSIONAL TRIATHLETES 

  • They created triathlons for professionals
  • Brad worked in accounting for 12 weeks after attending UCLA, then he realized he did not like it, and worked to become a pro triathlete
  • Not a lot of money in it, but he pursued it none the less
  • Won over 30 triathlons, including 7 in a row
  • Brad had a pure and natural motivation for competing as an athlete
  • Brad got his butt kicked for awhile, then eventually started to catch up to these old pros
  • His first triathlon, he was 24th/27 after the first run section, then he ended up winning, beating guys like Molina and Sousa
    • Was 4 minutes behind the leaders because they were all going way too quickly and bonked

Kid-Friendly Vitamins

by Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 555 – Pure Vitamin Co-Founder Andy Schreiber joins Vinnie Tortorich to discuss the formation of Pure Vitamin Club and kid-friendly vitamins on this Wednesday edition of the Celebrity Trainer podcast.

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STARTING PVC

  • Nobody thought this company would work
    • Both were warned that this would be a failure
  • Vinnie went to bank to start check book for company at bank
    • More recently, the woman who helped him saw him at the bank and said hi
    • Asked “How did you do with that vitamin company” with a head tilt and a furrowed brow
      • She was shocked that it was successful
        • She had seen too many of these things fail, but not this one!
  • Now look! Healthy, affordable, and successful vitamins
  • PVC is great because it is not white-labeled
    • No already established product formula in PVC, all brand new unlike every other vitamin company

ARE KID-FRIENDLY VITAMINS ON THE WAY FOR PVC?

  • For kids over 8, our PVC vitamins out currently do the trick
  • We do not see a <8 vitamin coming in the near future
  • The FDA (and thus we don’t) does not recommend this type of vitamin for little kids
    • We don’t think there WOULD be a problem for a 7 year old, but kids are more sensitive and that is a judgement call of the parents
    • We will not claim that our vitamin is appropriate for 6 & younger
  • There is not, unfortunately, a kids’ vitamin that Vinnie and Andy would recommend
    • A lot of kid vitamins include sugar or other added fillers
  • Issue with gummy vitamins is that you are teaching your kid that something sweet is something good

Building Chest Muscle & Quitting Sugar

by Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 554 – Vinnie Tortorich and Anna Vocino discuss building chest muscle, quitting sugar and putting life into living on this Monday edition of the Celebrity Fitness Trainer podcast.

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SUPER BOWL SUNDAY

  • Anna watched, half time show was disappointing, so was 3rd quarter, so she went to the gym instead of watching the 4th quarter
  • Vinnie watched at a neighbor’s for the first quarter
    • Neighbors’ kids ride motorbikes and play football, reminds Vinnie
  • Then Vinnie went to Hancock park to his friend’s house who is in bad shape
    • Watched the rest of the game in his in-home theater
      • Like being at the game!
    • Some of these in-home theaters have movie snacks and everything
    • Hard to watch the game when his friend is sick

AMAZON WINNER

  • Winner this week is Rebecca Palson
    • USB Desktop Charger with Intelligent Technology
    • Nylon Waterproof portable accessories organizer cosmetics purse
  • Rebecca is a TRUE super fan, has phone-called
    • Has lost well over 100 lbs
    • Came to LA
    • Go Rebecca!
    • Schoolteacher
    • Friends with the Lorey’s!
    • Saturday podcast with her will be coming up in the future

BUILDING CHEST MUSCLE

  • Do not do EVERY exercise in one day
  • How to choose how to build your chest:
    • If you’re not trying to become a bodybuilder, at the very most pick 3 exercises per workout that focus on Chest
    • Ex: bench press, incline, decline, dips, dumbbell press, flat fly, incline fly, decline fly, pushups
  • Hit it and quit it — your body can only handle so much
  • Start with major exercise, then do two minor exercises
  • Also, make sure you are warmed up with a light weight exercise first (this does not count as 1 of your 3 exercises)
  • How much weight (8-9 sets of press)
    • Reps: 12-15 is good, you want to be hurting at rep 12 (weight wise) and wondering if you can get to 15
    • If you are doing 8 reps, you want to be ‘struggling’ at rep 6
  • Free weights make sure someone is spotting you
  • Don’t overwork triceps either (tricep extensions)
  • More is not necessarily better

QUITTING SUGAR

  • If you aren’t going to quit grain, your liver doesn’t know that you quit sugar
  • It might help quitting just sugar, but not ever really effective until you quit both

PUTTING LIFE INTO LIVING

  • You can enjoy sugar or grain every once in awhile, just don’t go crazy and don’t make it a habit, then it is a slippery slope
  • Vinnie has done 2 years of NLIL and hasn’t found ways around it
    • He never told himself lies and ate agave or fake sugars or anything like that
    • If you want to do NLIL, don’t lie to yourself — your liver won’t believe you!

Building Muscle & Weight Training

by Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 553 – Trey Beauchamp, active Facebook group member and a huge supporter of the show, joins Vinnie Tortorich to talk about building muscle and weight training this Saturday on the Celebrity Fitness Trainer podcast.

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TREY BEAUCHAMP

  • Pronounced “Beachem”
  • Works on the road
  • Brother of the infamous Lonnie
  • Dating and getting serious with a girl from the Facebook group ;)
    • Katie Miskell!!!

BUILDING MUSCLE: DOES NSNG ELIMINATE THE NEED TO BULK AND CUT?

  • The idea that you have to “bulk and cut” is just bro science
    • Regardless, to unhealthily “bulk”, you need to carbo load, and to cut, you drop carbs unhealthily
      • Body Builders did this to look good for one day
        • Listen to the show
  • You need protein and fats to build muscles
    • So much better to gain muscle NSNG — healthier with better muscles
  • Working for big muscles and strength are really one in the same
  • Guys who train with carbs are “fit fat”
    • They have huge muscles but practically look pregnant

Running Longer and Farther

by Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 552 – Lisa Smith-Batchen, ultra-athlete, Ironman competitor, and the only American to win Marathon des Sables joins Vinnie Tortorich to discuss running longer and farther and competing more on this Friday show of the Celebrity Fitness Trainer podcast.

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RUNNING LONGER WITH LISA

WHO IS LISA SMITH-BATCHEN?

  • INCREDIBLE ultra athlete
  • In her 50s, still going strong
  • Has set records, run amazing ultras
  • Dreamchasers Outdoor Adventures
  • Online Coaching

Cooking with Pre-Prepared Foods

by Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 551 – Vinnie Tortorich and co-host Andy Schreiber talk The SodaStream, gay bars, and Andy’s Mexican dinner dealing with pre-prepared foods and ingredients on today’s Wednesday edition of the Celebrity Fitness Trainer podcast.

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HOW ANDY CHANGED VINNIE’S LIFE

  • Andy got Vinnie a SodaStream — Vinnie likes his water gassed up
  • Save a lot of money not buying Pellegrino etc even though the gas tanks are $15
  • Favorite appliance behind Vitamix
  • Vinnie made fizzy coffee from cold-brewed coffee
    • He loved his ice-soda coffee

ANDY’S DINNER PRE-PREPARED FOODS (ENCHILADA SUACE)

  • Wanted to make a Mexican chicken casserole-y thing without tortillas
  • He doesn’t always have time to do everything fresh in terms of prep
  • Got a can of El Pato enchilada sauce
    • Tomato puree
    • Water
    • Chili peppers
    • Salt
    • Onion
    • Citric acid
    • Garlic
    • Locust bean gum
    • spices
    • In a rush, this is not a bad pre-preapred food to have BUT tomato puree is risky
      • Not the end of the world if you don’t have an egregious amount
  • Used olive oil, spices, cotija cheese, skinless chicken browned, this sauce put it all in dish, melted mozzarella on top
  • Vinnie isn’t a huge mozzarella fan because it is low in fat and high in carbs for a cheese