Vinnie Tortorich is a celebrity fitness trainer, speaker, podcaster, and best-selling author of Fitness Confidential: Adventures in the Weight-Loss Game.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Why is Vinnie know as America's Angriest Trainer?
• What's it like working with actors, writers, directors, executives (Hollywood types)?
• Making the move from New Orleans to LA
• Living a minimalistic lifestyle
• Vinnie was turned onto weightlifting after watching Jack LaLanne on TV
• Choosing the right gym
• Most trainers suck
• What to look for in a great trainer
• Exercise isn't a good way to lose weight
• You can't do high intensity interval training (HIIT) daily, if you're doing it correctly
• Is ultra athletics healthy?
• The best piece of fitness equipment that does it all and it's dirt cheap
• Fitness is more mental than physical
• The time Vinnie got fat and he didn't even realize it
• How a hypoxic tent lead to Vinnie finding out he had leukaemia
• No Sugar No Grains (NSNG)
• What does Vinnie eat?
• Getting nutrients through food vs. supplementation
• Everyone is lacking in magnesium
• Vinnie's morning routine
• Don't wait until tomorrow... start today
• In life, always take the garbage out

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Related links:

Vinnie Tortorich - Fitness Confidential (book)

Vinnie Tortorich's website

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Vinnie's recent interview with us on Fitness Confidential (his podcast)

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