On today’s Friday episode of The Angriest Trainer podcast, Vinnie Tortorich visits Donaldsonville, Louisiana, where he talks to family, friends, and fans alike about fitness, his businesses, his past, and his future.
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Zone Training
Andy Schreiber joins Vinnie Tortorich on this edition of their Wednesday Angriest Trainer podcast.
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VINNIE’S PHONE CALLS
- 1 hour for $165, 30 mins for $100
- Some people call in once, some 25 times
- Often cheaper and more effective (and more convenient) than a physical trainer
- Sometimes triathletes trying to get more competitive, sometimes people who haven’t lifted a finger in years
- People he talks to have lost up to 200 lbs
THE AEROBIC ZONES
- There are 5, but most people only need to deal with 4
- Has to do with lactic acid and if your body can clear it or not
- cramping w lactic acid if you’re an athlete is zone 5
- You can learn max (BPM) to figure out where your zone cutoffs are
- Zone two is about 180 – your age + a few depending on your fitness
- Best fat-burning zone
Crushed Under the Weight of Sugar
Vinnie Tortorich and co-host Anna Vocino host today’s Monday episode of the Angriest Trainer podcast. They discuss Amazon winners, Vinnie’s Donaldsonville trip including his airplane food habits, and a Gary Taubes article concerning the science behind diets.
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ACCENTS
- CCR sang with a cajun accent even though they are from CA
- New Orleans and the bayou had very different accents
- Donaldsonville accent is very endearing
- Vinnie just visited his family here
GUN ISSUE
- Vinnie believes people kill people, not guns
- So many shootings all over the country
- bad people with guns
- Growing up in the bayou, everyone went to school with guns in their cars in plain sight
- Never any shootings or anything of the sort
THIS WEEK’S AMAZON WINNER
- Eddie is living in Auburn (perhaps going to the school)
- He bought textbooks (~$600) through Vinnie’s site!
GARY TAUBES
- Read his NY Times article here!
- He is a science writer
- Sums up science of different diets
- How calorie counts don’t work, etc.
- Eating less hurts
- Semi-neurosis on just 1600 calories
- Two different diets
- 1900 calories both
- 1 fat restricted and 1 carb restricted diet
- It was only 6 days so low fat diet worked
- In the LONG RUN, low fat WOULD NOT work
- It was only 6 days so low fat diet worked
VINNIE ON AN AIRPLANE
- He bought the cheese plate
- Didn’t eat little piece of chocolate or grapes
- He will eat grapes sometimes
- Consumed the walnuts and the cheese
- Had a couple peanut bags as well
- The guy next to Vinnie had sandwiches and other high gluten/wheat foods
- Cookies, crackers, etc.
- Always creamer on planes
- Nobody wants to be fat but it is the government, dietitians, etc. causing people to be misinformed
Stress & Weight Loss
Vinnie Tortorich answers questions from Angela Ward on today’s Saturday edition of the Angriest Trainer podcast!
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CAN STRESS CAUSE A PLATEAU?
- Angela is 40, with perimenopause
- Her weight loss has stopped, could it be due to stress?
- How Angela eats
- Breakfast: eggs with some protein
- Lunch: green smoothie
- Dinner: tonight, salmon and zucchini
- Will snack on olives, nuts, occasional apple
- She eats incredibly well!
- Likely due to the stress
- working out a lot with fitness classes
- not too much
- working out a lot with fitness classes
- Angela does not yo-yo
- Gain some lose some, etc
- Vinnie recommends getting checked out, because it sounds like she is doing everything right
- May be something in combination with perimenopause
ANGELA’S TRAINING
- Exercises about 4 or 5 times a week with classes
- Working with a team, going at her own pace
- Not high intensity interval
FOOD DIARY
- Angela has kept a diary, realized she was eating too few calories
- Started being obsessive and overanalyzing everything
- Should Angela keep a food diary?
- Vinnie is conflicted with the food diary
- For some people, it is success, for others, disaster
- Really depends whether the person can be okay and not obsess over it
- If you mindlessly eat, a food diary may be good
Fitness and Football with Bryan Braman of the Philadelphia Eagles
Bryan Braman, NFL linebacker for the Philadelphia Eagles, joins Vinnie Tortorich on the Friday 1 on 1 edition of the Angriest Trianer podcast.
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WHO IS BRYAN?
- NFL Football player
- Has played since high school
- Had a full scholarship to play college ball
- really exciting for his family
- Also a great track runner
- Had it made in high school
- Starting playing ball and loved it and switch
- Allowed him to be in his own world when playing
- Dealt with depression and turned his life around when joining NFL
- Switched a lot around to play in college — good enough grades to transfer back into D1 school
- He had to be a developmental player
- Played 2 years at Long Beach City College
- D2 athletics!
- Made playoffs with the Eagles
- Uses oil on sandwiches and in shakes
- Has a wife and daughter
Ultra Cycling & the SILVER STATE 508
Vinnie Tortorich and co-host Andy Schreiber talk the Silver State 508 on today’s Wednesday edition of the Angriest Trainer podcast.
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SILVER STATE 508
- Vinnie and Andy crewed the Silver State 508 in Reno, Nevada
- Competitive riders are only off 30-40 seconds every few hours to relieve themselves
- Some solo riders might take 20-30 minutes off, eat something, make a pit stop, visit a booth (like PVC’s)
- Others take a couple hours at night
