Fitness Confidential
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Audie Award Finalist, Personal Development, 2014
America's Angriest Trainer, Vinnie Tortorich, exposes the nasty underbelly of the fitness industry while getting you into the best shape of your life. For over 20 years, Vinnie has been Hollywood's go-to guy for celebrities and athletes looking to get fit fast. Now, in this hilarious and often R-rated memoir, he holds nothing back. What's the best piece of fitness equipment money can buy? What's the fastest way to lose weight: diet or exercise? Why are health clubs worse than used car lots? In Fitness Confidential, Vinnie tells all. So get ready to get fit, get inspired and get the dirt with Hollywood's most outrageous personal trainer!
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Customers find this fitness book engaging and well-written, appreciating its sound advice on nutrition and exercise. Moreover, the book is humorous and honest, with one customer noting how it provides authentic insights into the fitness and weight loss industry. Additionally, customers praise its no-sugar, no-grain approach and simple, delicious whole-fat eating plan, while many report significant weight loss success, with one customer dropping 70 pounds since January.
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I heard the author, Vinnie Tortorich, featured on Adam Carolla’s podcast earlier this year in October. Vinnie made a lot of sense and I had a lot of weight to lose, so I decided to buy his book. I can’t believe the impact that his concepts have had on me. In less than two months I’ve lost 23 pounds already. I have no sense of deprivation, because it’s not a diet–it’s a menu change.Vinnie explains a couple of things. First, your metabolism can either use sugars (glucose) or fat for fuel. It’s easier to use glucose from the bloodstream, but as long as your body is running off the sugars you won’t burn any stored fat and won’t lose weight. So if you can reduce the sugars from your bloodstream and prime your body to burn fat, it will burn the fat from your last meal and then continue burning stored fats for fuels. Burning these stored fats is how you lose weight.Secondly, he explains how the grains that we eat are quickly converted to sugars during digestion–the same sugars that we’re trying to prevent our body from lazily fueling itself with.So what is his answer? Avoid all sugars and all grains. He calls this No Sugars No Grains, or NSNG. Additionally, add some natural fats back to your diet. For example, cook your eggs in butter instead of unhealthy cooking sprays or oils. Fats like these will prime your body to fuel itself from stored fat instead of sugars.Does it work? It has sure worked for me. Not only have I lost 23 pounds so far, I’ve seen a change in my waistline that I’ve never seen before. My pants have always been tight and I’ve never had to wear a belt. Then the pants got loose so I had to grab a belt from the closet. Then I had to tighten it a notch. I’ve gone from no belt ever to tightening it three notches already. And this is in spite of Halloween, Thanksgiving, and now the Christmas chowing season. I haven’t felt any sense of deprivation whatsoever, I’m just eating different foods that I like.About the first half of the book talks about foods. The next half focuses on exercise. Then there’s a weird bonus half that I wasn’t expecting. It was actually pretty funny for me. At the close of the second half of the book he basically tells the reader that the book is over and you’re welcome to stop reading if you want. But then he launches into a semi-unrelated story that blew me away. First I need to set the scene for how this next bit looked from my perspective. I live in the city of Santa Clarita, CA, in northern L.A. County. One of the things that my family does for fun is we take our RV out to the local desert and camp and ride motorcycles off-road. We camp in remote areas and see some places that most of the planet has never even heard of. We’re kind of halfway between the town of Mojave and the entrance to Death Valley. So I was laying in bed one morning in camp reading this book on my Kindle reader. It seemed like there was still quite a bit of content to go, so I looked at the table of contents to see what the next chapters would be covering. I did a double-take when I looked at the Contents; it felt like the book had a virus and somehow my personal information had leaked into it. I don’t have the book with me at the moment, but the Contents of that final third “half” went something like “Santa Clarita to Antelope Valley” (remember that Santa Clarita is where I live), “Antelope Valley to California City”, “California City to Trona”, and “Trona to Death Valley”. It was so shocking to see my home town listed, then one of the places we camp (California City), and then the nearest town to where we were camped at the moment, Trona. Nobody has heard of Trona. That place is so small the high school football team literally plays their games on a dirt field.It turned out that after the main body of the book was complete, Vinnie shared the story of his participation in the grueling “Furnace Creek 508”, which is a 508 mile cycling race from my city through Furnace Creek in Death Valley and ends in Twentynine Palms (Google it!). What a monster. I can’t believe he rode this race, but I’m really glad that he shared the story. It was interesting to read his take on the places where we ride and camp. When describing the little town of Trona, he said that the population doubled as riders rode through.Anyway, the section on his race was fascinating and I’m really glad he included it in this book. It was a great way to show that he’s not just a glitzy Hollywood trainer, but that he is a monster of a man and is capable of superhuman feats.Are there any bad aspects to the book? Well, if you’re looking for a super prescriptive manual on exactly how to eat and how to work out, you might come away a little disappointed. This book is about concepts and really about changing your head. Instead of fretting over a diet and a workout plan that you’ll probably quit after a few weeks, he tells you to just shift your menu, relax, enjoy yourself, and turn yourself into a healthier person inside and out.My own personal experience has been that this has been completely relaxed and laid back but has had the hugest payoff imaginable. I eat different things, but I’m not dwelling on it all the time. My office diabolically provides us the most amazing snacks: hoppers of cereal, a dispenser of fresh peanut M&Ms (the fresh ones are so much better than the ones that have sat on the Circle-K shelf for three months), bowls of tiny chocolate bars, meal replacement bars, etc. It’s very generous, but none of that stuff fits into my new menu. If I get snacky though, I’ll go grab a paper cup and fill it up from the assorted nuts and snack on some nuts. Then I’m satisfied and I stop eating. It’s fantastic. There’s no deprivation whatsoever.Thank you Vinnie for the amazing advice. I thank you, my wife thanks you (she’s down fifteen pounds now too), and I’m sure my doctor will absolutely love you when I go in for my next checkup.
Jon C. –
I loved this book!
Last night I finished Fitness Confidential. I have known Vinnie Tortorich for most of my life, hell he took my older sister to a school dance. We went to the same school growing up, I was 3 years behind. I graduated with his brother Frank who’s name is actually Charles but the high school football coach thought he looked a lot like his uncle Frank so from then on everyone called him Frank.I can remember being at Vinnie’s house and seeing all of the homemade workout equipment in Vinnie’s room. It included a dip machine made from 4 inch pipe and would survive a nuclear blast if it had to. I mean this thing probably weighed 200 pounds and could be disassembled. The 4 inch steel pipe would screw into the base. I’m pretty sure it was constructed of drilling pipe used in the oil fields. Vinnie would do dips three times a day using this “thing” sometimes from the pike position.I played football with Vinnie for one year in High School. He was a senior, and I a freshman. I remember one practice when Vinnie was wearing a new pair of football cleats and they gave him blisters and by the end of practice his feet were bleeding. The head coach told Vinnie to hit the showers and not worry about running the twenty 40 yards sprints. Vinnie took off his shoes and in his bloodied socks ran the sprints. Vinnie is one of the hardest working and determined people I know.In 2010, I trained for and completed my first Ironman, Ironman Arizona. During the course of the year Vinnie was always available to answer any questions I had regarding endurance training and nutrition. Since his client Caroline was also competing, he made the drive to Tempe with Caroline and was a great motivator for me to finish. Every lap on the bike I would hear Vinnie’s voice in a faceless crowd. On the run, he ran along side of me shouting, pushing me on and forcing me to drink. I had the pleasure to meet Caroline, who he mentions in the book, and I got to spend some time with a lifelong friend.Vinnie’s no nonsense approach to fitness and nutrition is a refreshing and simple approach. One of the things Vinnie often says is that you can’t lose weight by exercise alone, you have to change your diet as well. He is right because I am the poster child proving this theory. You see, I completed my first triathlon in 2005. I started doing triathlons because I would be out of breath walking up the stairs to go to bed. By the time I completed my first Ironman in 2010 I was only 20 pounds lighter than I had been 5 years earlier. When I would exercise, I used it as an excuse to continue on the same diet plan that I was on, it was designed by Mr. McDonald and Colonel Sanders. I justified eating junk food because I had completed a 4 hour bike ride or a 3 hour run that morning and felt that I deserved a reward. Yeah, I might have lost 3 or 4 pounds here and there but nothing ever stayed off. It’s not that I didn’t listen to Vinnie, I heard every word he said. I just didn’t put it into practice and as a result I crossed the line in 15 hours and 18 minutes weighing 245 pounds!I started NSNG’s in March of this year. I am down 20 pounds and plan on losing another 20 pounds before November when I will participate in Ironman Arizona again. My wife will not let me toe the line unless I start to listen to Vinnie and actually lose some weight. She wants me around when my 5 years old graduates high school. So, armed with Fitness Confidential, NSNG’s, and Vinnie Tortorich, I continue on my path towards my next Ironman, better health and a longer life!Jon C.Florida
Mark Perry –
I was really looking forward to this book, as I’m a big fan of the podcast. I can honestly say it exceeded my expectations by quite some way. Put simply Vinnie cuts the crap. His approach to fitness and diet work and the book explains this entertainingly and with a voice that is true to the author. It will make you laugh. It will make you want to go back and watch Rocky (1,2 and 3).My wife doesn’t listen to the podcast. She knew far less about Vinnie. She has, in her words, never read a fitness book before. She loved it too. She cried at some points and laughed at others. It was bizarre hearing her quote Vinnie back to me, when that’s what I’ve done to her in the past. As she said, when someone cares it shows! She would also recommend it to anyone.If you like books about extraordinary acts of endurance or bravery, or if you want to lose weight and live more healthily then buy this book now. Right now. Go on, buy a copy. And while you’re about it buy a copy for anyone you want to live a longer and healthier life. It will be the best present you could get them (then get them a jump rope)!
Bart –
Very nice book about fitness industry, career of the author and his life journey. Do not expect tips how to get your summer /instagram body by doing nothing and just following his ‘new, amazing and one and only discovery’. The author will rather explain you why all TV Shop magic devices are just a scam, why diets are not effective, why following blindly all fitness magazines is stupid and how the fitness club chains are working (playing on you). All that based on his own experience as he’s now 57 and has years of experience. Yes, nothing really new, we all know it but you read it again in a very short, compact and often funny form. Yes, there is one serious and direct tip from the author: stay active and follow NGNS – no grain no sugar concept. However reading this book will also affect the way you look at the entire fitness business- you will start seeing it from the different perspective, with more distance and confidence. And whether you are a client of the trainer or a trainer itself, you will be surprised how this small book can affect your way of thinking.
Alan Anaya –
Este libro asemeja más a una autobiografÃa del autor. Es muy entretenido, pero lo más importante es su mensaje. La verdad sobre la obesidad general actual, su causa y como evitarla. Al mismo tiempo señala todas las mentiras alrededor de este tema. No necesitas gastar un centavo para bajar de peso. Si tmb agregas ejercicio de resistencia (pesas, ligas, etc) empezarás a parecerte a uno de los 300 espartanos. 100% recomendable.
LandL’smom –
Great read. I can’t wait for his second book to come out. Everyone should read this book. It will change your eating habits.
Al –
HiI got into Vinnie when listening one of Rich Roll Podcast. It took me three months to catch up with a year of Pods and the book and helped my move into a more healthy living lifestyle.anyhow for an Italian not eating pata on sundays is very hard… :-)Thanks Anna and dean as well and hope you all the bestAle