Fitness Confidential With Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 1283 - Please enjoy this 'best of' 1 on 1 re-run with Vinny Guadagnino of Jersey Shore. Make sure to tune in tomorrow when Vinnie and Anna provide some Fat Doc updates! Jersey Shore's Vinny Guadagnino, the Keto Guido, joins Vinnie and the two talk growing up Italian, Jersey Shore, the benefits of a low-carb, ketogenic diet, and more! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club F Bomb Villa Cappelli Crowd Cow VINNY G Vinny is Sicilian, like Vinnie His mom born in Sicily, Named Vincent, rather than Vincenzo, trying to Americanize it Now, his family is going back to Italian names Both he and Vinnie were not "Vincenzo" Still had traditional Italian family values Family meals, etc. Vinnie is the reason Vinny got into low-carb/keto Vinny was the more balanced person on Jersey Shore Overall, calm, nerdy (comparatively), college-grad, law school-bound, guy to counterbalance the crazy on the show Jersey Shore was TONS of work Between filming and PR, it was nuts Spent lots of time in night

: Episode 1282 - Listener and caller Rachelle Sokan joins Vinnie this Saturday to discuss Rachelle's NSNG® journey, losing weight and gaining confidence, bodybuilders, the benefits of Zone 2 training, cholesterol, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Coffee Club Pure Vitamin Club LOSING WEIGHT AND GAINING CONFIDENCE She is very active A mother as well! Rachelle has lost 12 lbs thus far Good, but she isn't where she wants to be - other people seem to be losing more weight She does not have much of a weight problem Very proportional Rachelle works hard - 7 days a week She does have fat, and wants it to come off Wants to feel confident every day walking around in a bikini Vinnie and Rachelle went through her diet on a phone call didn't find anything wrong - did find that Rachelle has not GAINED any weight, so that is great She has also realized she doesn't need to do expensive HIIT 7 days a week Quite a relief because she came away sore and poorer! Doesn't need to do this to prove she's in shape - some of

: Episode 1281 - Christie Bishop joins Vinnie this Friday to discuss the Carolla effect, her partner's appearance on the show, helping a loved one through cancer, family gatherings, movies, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Coffee Club Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli F Bomb Crowd Cow CHRISTIE BISHOP & CANCER (8:00) Vinnie knows Christie through Adam Carolla -- Bryan Bishop She, too, has had to deal with a loved one dealing with cancer Everyone has, in some way, been touched by cancer Bryan was diagnosed with glioblastoma At the time, a year to live Christie was in a relationship with a man set to die She had to learn how to deal with this Vinnie believes this is one of the hardest things out there Fortunately, Bryan is still alive and kicking today

: Episode 1280 - Andy Schreiber, co-founder of Pure Vitamin Club and Pure Coffee Club, joins Vinnie today, and the two talk Vinnie's shrimp dinner, PVC's upcoming children's vitamins, the Beverly Hillbillies, candy consumption, and more on this Wednesday show. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Coffee Club Pure Vitamin Club VINNIE'S DINNER (1:00) He had jumbo shrimp Normally he forgets about shrimp as a main dish Tends to have chicken or beef or some other fish Had about 10oz of meat He's eating like a bachelor when Serena's away Some tarragon and butter - delicious! Now he's thinking lump crab meat, but that's expensive CHILDREN'S VITAMINS (9:20, again at 27:30, again at 41:00) We are making a unique formula for kids Not just cutting our other formula in half It will have things in common, but children need different nutritional supplements 8 years old is not the hard cut-off, just a ball-park the age from which we recommend people take our current formula Need more for bones, etc. We are going to fit growing

: Episode 1279 - Anna Vocino and Vinnie Tortorich talk Eat Happy, podcast reviews, sexism in elite sports, fat adapted survival, the pay-to-attend school scandal, and more on this Monday show. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Coffee Club Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli F Bomb Crowd Cow SEXISM IN ELITE SPORTS A woman cyclist caught up with the men and they made her stop during the race In Belgium Only gave them 10 minute head start She wound up finishing 74th because they made her stop when she was leading to give the men more room, and she lost her momentum At the end of the day, while we have made progress, there is still some unfairness in Ultra Sports When women got as good as men at double trap, Olympics was going to cut out the women's event Olympics committee kept saying no, but had so much pressure that they brought it out However, they brought it down to 160 while men were shooting 200 Marathons do this, too Send off elite women x number of minutes before the men If you catch up to the women there's

: Episode 1278 - Gina Grad joins Vinnie for this Sunday School episode, and the two talk life with children, meeting significant others, and more on this podcast. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Coffee Club Pure Vitamin Club MEETING SIGNIFICANT OTHERS Vinnie met Serena at a Starbucks They met several times through mutual friends afterwards He called her, asked her out Was interested and forward enough Serena ran back into the house after their great first date She found a reason to call afterwards

: Episode 1277 - Listener and NSNG®er Brett Enzensperger joins Vinnie to talk about his career as a production manager, Steve Miller, changing diet dogmas, creating a low carb community, and more on this great Saturday show. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Coffee Club Pure Vitamin Club BRETT ENZENSPERGER Brett works as a Production Manager Goes on tours, works in the music industry 21 years of tour with Steve Miller Gets to work with some incredible artists like Steve Miller Band Brett has loved how he has inspired others to follow NSNG®, too Just starts with one person, and soon tons of people are eating better and living healthier, too FB group is a great way to do this CHANGING DIET DOGMAS Brett was the perfect model of a guy who didn't have any real metabolic issues, but was super heavy 400 lbs, went into a gastric bypass meeting He walked into the waiting room and said "this isn't me, I'm not sick like this" Started WW and then went into high carb low fat Did lose a good amount of weight, but eventually

: Episode 1276 - The amazing Nina Teicholz joins Vinnie this Friday once again and the two talk keto crotch, heart arrhythmia myths, the benefits of eating meat and environmental concerns ("meat-free Mondays"), Nina's work in journalism, and more in this fantastic episode. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Coffee Club Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli F Bomb Crowd Cow NINA TEICHOLZ Nina is a top journalist who works in the realm of health and fitness She has been on this show a number of times Check out her most recent appearance here Why does she do this? It's not about the money Principally, for her, it's about uncovering the truth The lies in health have such a huge, horrible impact Nina wants to get rid of that One of the most important issues to work on Nina is a huge part of Fat Doc KETO CROTCH Nina has analyzed the evidence behind these claims Claims are about how eating keto can make you smell bad down there There were 30 stories on major sites in 8 days This came out of NOWHERE These lies are also pret

: Episode 1275 - Vinnie Tortorich and Andy Schreiber talk alleviating heat rashes, our recent newsletter, and more on this Wednesday show. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Coffee Club Pure Vitamin Club ALLEVIATING HEAT RASHES Heat rashes can be a common thing in ultra events Our electrolyte, UltraSalt, helps It is an amazing electrolyte complex We gave tons of our vitamins to ultra athletes at local events Spent tons of time figuring out the correct ph

: Episode 1274 - Vinnie Tortorich and Anna Vocino talk the new Bohemian Rhapsody movie, Vinnie's KTLA appearance, being in and out of ketosis, aerobic exercise, getting in shape, and more. The two also do a little weight lifting demo for Anna. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Coffee Club Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli F Bomb Crowd Cow IN AND OUT OF KETOSIS When Vinnie visited Virginia, he put some LIL Had some onion rings, a few glasses of wine Didn't bring his ketone testing kits on his hikes (which he did many of) When you have been in ketosis or just low carb for awhile, you will start to feel like crud For Vinnie, he feels like he needs to be in ketosis now Doing a good amount of work helps If you live in ketosis most of the time, it's easy for your body to get back into it Just commit to it! This combined with some good Zone 2 exercise will help your heart tremendously Don't forget you do not need to be in ketosis to do NSNG!!! It works for some, for others not as much

: Episode 1273 - The amazing Gina Grad joins Vinnie to co-host this Sunday School episode, and the two talk cancer fueled by obesity, encouraging people to be healthy, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Coffee Club Pure Vitamin Club CANCER FUELED BY OBESITY Young people are getting cancers connected to obesity Doctors seeing people in their 20s getting cancers that formerly were only for people in their 70s Vinnie will NEVER fat shame (nor should anyone) However, people should strive to be a healthy weight People may be uncomfortable in airplanes if someone who is too large for the seat sitting next to them People should be polite, but at a point, it isn't thin privilege We should not attack the people who do not struggle with their weight We are going to break under the weight of our own weight The problem with people getting fatter is they are also getting sicker Let's not fat shame kids who are fat, but encourage them to play sports, to get exercise, and to eat healthy foods

: Episode 1272 - Listener and old friend of Vinnie, Michelle Ginsburg (Crosby), joins Vinnie to discuss her passion for fitness, becoming a triathlete and Ironwoman, her racing hobby, her journey from sickness to health due to breast implant illness, and more on this Saturday show. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Coffee Club Pure Vitamin Club BECOMING A TRIATHLETE Vinnie and Michelle have known each other for decades She attended the Newman School Vinnie was one of her coaches in high school! Michelle does club racing, like Adam Carolla Has her own mechanic, etc. Wins plastic trophies! Got into fitness in the 90s Ever since then, she has been doing events like triathlons! From triathlons, went into an Ironman Vinnie got into weight loss stuff after he gained weight while working out a lot Work in health industry! BREAST IMPLANT ILLNESS Michelle was having real health issues Heart rate up, stomach problems, couldn't breath as well Doctors couldn't figure out what was wrong with her Felt like her love for fitn

: Episode 1271 - Eva Rupert, survivor of Naked and Afraid, discusses her epic adventure, restoring our primal relationship with nature, becoming an outdoorsman, and more on this fantastically interesting Friday podcast! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Coffee Club Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli F Bomb Crowd Cow EVA RUPERT She and Vinnie met through Ross and Kara - owners of the F Bomb product that both Vinnie and Eva love Eva was a participant on Naked and Afraid Spent three weeks naked, on national television Dropped in the middle of nowhere with stuff to make a fire, and that's about it Film them basically to watch how they survive A true survival test The camera crew genuinely gives them nothing Watching you starve and watching how you deal with this survival process They were respectful about eating/drinking around the two adventurers Didn't get too uncomfortable with being naked in front of all of these people Just felt primal Crazy facing the elements in the nude Learned lots of survival skills prior

: Episode 1270 - Andy Schreiber joins Vinnie for this Wednesday show, and the two talk Ultra Salt at ultra events, staying hydrated, PVC's upcoming travel calendar, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Coffee Club Pure Vitamin Club ULTRA SALT AT ULTRA EVENTS Ultra Salt has sponsored some ultras recently Badwater and Hell of a Half Marathon They needed the salt at Hell of a Half to keep people hydrated They ran out of IVs people were so dehydrated Our salt worked to bring people back around All of our salt got used at that second ultra 100 of the best ultra athletes using our products Pretty amazing to see the positive response "Best electrolyte I've ever taken" PVC is now all around the world! We will be sponsoring events this year too In May, Bay to Breakers in SF Will also be at preceding Health and Wellness Expo We will give away thousands of samples and have a one time only deal 10s of thousands of people running this thing Then, we will be at KetoCon in Austin in June After, PVC will visit Atlanta

: Episode 1269 - This Monday, Vinnie Tortorich and Anna Vocino talk the origin of the Fitness Confidential podcast, how Vinnie came to be a podcaster, the making of Eat Happy, Fat Doc, keto crotch, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Coffee Club Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli F Bomb Crowd Cow FITNESS CONFIDENTIAL PODCAST Vinnie was trying to sell a book He was told he needed an online presence Dean Lorey called him and told him this He took to Google and tried to figure out how he could 'go viral' so to speak Decided a podcast was the way to go He called Anna, and it's all history Back at the time, Anna was blogging gluten free Didn't realize why she was still gaining weight, etc Then adapted them all to NSNG and thus the cookbook was born

: Episode 1268 - Gina Grad joins Vinnie for this Sunday School podcast, and the two talk sweating, weather-appropriate hiking apparel, crazy stories online, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Coffee Club Pure Vitamin Club HIKING APPAREL Vinnie has been doing a ton of hiking to prepare for Mont Blanc He's been going up to rainy/snowy mountains Recently, he went relatively unprepared Didn't bring the rain slicker pants Moral of the story: always come prepared Over-prepare for outdoor adventures - it is better than the opposite Gore tex boots are the best Remove the sweat from your shoes

: Episode 1267 - Listener Jason Boggess joins Vinnie to talk Jason's weight loss journey, lowering blood pressure with diet over time, the Facebook group, and more on this Saturday episode. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Coffee Club Pure Vitamin Club LOWERING BLOOD PRESSURE Jason found Vinnie through Adam Carolla Lives in Utah and is a pharmacy tech - works with elderly people and medications Found Vinnie when he was 6'4" and 320 lbs Now at 221 - has lost about 100 lbs His goal weight is 205 lbs He's tall - doesn't want to get too skinny His doctor likes Jason's weight loss but is skeptical about low carb high fat Ultimately told him to keep doing what he's doing because clearly it's working For Jason, the grain part was hard to wrap his head around Continued to listen, and realized the science with hormones and whatnot, makes sense to him now He has Type 2 Diabetes and amputations in his family - he knew this was something he wanted to avoid for himself and for his family Put on blood pressure meds at age

: Episode 1266 - Nick Paterson and Vinnie Tortorich talk Nick's career as a Navy pilot and now a fitness trainer, low inflammation, high fat living, inflammation caused by dairy, unhealthy seed oils, and more on this Friday show. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Coffee Club Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli F Bomb Crowd Cow NICK PATERSON Nick had his own struggles and realized he needed to get healthy again He resides in Finland, used to fly planes for the royal English navy Everything changed for Nick in 2008 His work with aircrafts just crashed with the economy This is right around where Vinnie's life really changed, too - cancer followed by recession He and his wife have made huge lifestyle changes Nick has established himself as a trainer, his wife's career has seriously taken off He wants to be in a secure place if another recession occurs in terms of financials and health In 2012, he had GERD, hypertension, metabolic syndrome and many other health issues Realized he hand to turn his health around Found a

: Episode 1265 - Vinnie and Andy talk Twitter hate from vegans, getting in shape in Zone 2, getting your resting heartbeat down, and more on this Wednesday show. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Coffee Club Pure Vitamin Club GETTING IN SHAPE Vinnie wanted to paddle the bayou However, an injury has derailed that plan He has pivoted - now going to climb Mont Blanc this summer with Don! He's training for that climb now Wants to be extra prepared Climbing Mount Wilson a ton Vinnie trained in Zone 2 in January, walking(hiking) 42 hours in 31 days In February, he is at 53 hours with a few days left in the month Only taking about 5 days this month Vamp up your exercise SLOWLY so you don't get hurt Will add another 12 or so % next month, and so on and so forth This will ensure he is very ready this summer He slows down and rests to make sure he stays in Zone 2 if he's carrying a lot of weight You'll see your resting heartbeat slow down over time If it goes up it could be: 1. Hydration 2. Overtraining

: Episode 1264 - Anna Vocino and Vinnie Tortorich talk Anna's anniversary, Vinnie's hand modeling career, his mom's recent health scare (she is OK now!), sugary vegan food, the Whole 30 diet, ketosis vs. ketoacidosis, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, on this Monday podcast. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Coffee Club Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli F Bomb Crowd Cow HAND MODELING Vinnie has really manly hands However, he was a successful hand model for awhile Gave his hand VIP treatment Would make sure not to scratch it, not to fall on it Super careful when he cut his nails A few months later, there's a Seinfeld episode where George is a hand model and walks around in a mitt Vinnie knew the writer and she knew/had spoke about his hand modeling career Would never admit she got the bit from him, though THE WHOLE30 DIET Whole30 is essentially a low-carb diet Cuts out legumes and grains Anna had a friend doing this and had someone criticize this choice Whole30 really can be good But you don't need to buy meal