Angriest Trainer 102: Cosmetics Industry Rant & The Adam Chaim Interview

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Vinnie and Anna rant against the cosmetics industry’s trickery, plus an interview with the wonderful PE teacher Adam Chaim (Adam’s twitter and blog).

Michael Tortorich sums up the podcast in the My Uncle Vinnie Blog Wrap Up:

This episode leads off with a discussion on beauty products. Vinnie and Anna get into the details of the cosmetics industry, drawing parallels to the health and fitness world. Later, they welcome Adam Chaim (his links available above) to the show. They discuss the current state of physical education, which Adam experiences firsthand as a teacher. “They think they don’t need to do things for themselves,” Adam says of the common student. Later in the show, they get into talk of diet, and the food choices readily available to students.

Angriest Trainer 63: Dairy and Cholesterol

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Vinnie and Anna talk all things Dairy, Cholesterol, and Tequila.

Angriest Trainer 60: The Truth About Body Wraps

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Vinnie grills an independent distributor of fad body wraps to get to the truth for our lovely listeners.

Angriest Trainer 45: Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, The Gastric Sleeve & Michael Tortorich

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Vinnie and Anna interview Michael Tortorich, who has lost 60 pounds using the “No Sugar No Grains” way of eating.

Link to the New York Times article on the exercise study here:  For Weight Loss, Less Exercise May Be More.

 

 

Angriest Trainer 34: Maximum Carb Count Per Day

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Vinnie settles on the exact amount of carbs per day to eat on the No Sugar No Grains diet.  Hidden carbs, brown rice pasta, antiquated fitness equipment, and Hal Higdon’s wonderful marathon training programs also discussed.  Links referenced:  Kayak Academy, brown rice pasta.

Angriest Trainer 32: Bayou Kayaking, Olympics Part 2, and Fat Burning

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Vinnie declares a fitness goal: to kayak the entire length of Bayou Lafourche non-stop.  Follow up on the Olympics, the validity of TRX and Green Coffee Extract, and the dangers of Gatorade.

Angriest Trainer 21: Bone Density, Calcium & Weight Bearing Exercise

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Everything you probably never knew about bone density, calcium absorption, and weight-bearing exercise.  Vinnie and Anna make an appeal to new potential sponsors:  The Produce Farmers of California.  Vinnie gives an assful to how our government created the San Joaquin dustbowl, Rock of Ages, and the documentary Fork Over Knives.

Angriest Trainer 12: Dukan Diet, P90X, Essential Home Gym Equipment

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Vinnie discusses his sugar hangover, Genie Francis, the woman from England who weighs 63 stone, and getting c-blocked by Beau Bridges.  Vinnie and Anna discuss the truth about the Dukan Diet, P90X, the ROM Machine, and whether or not you can get by on 4 minutes of cardio per week. Vinnie reveals the two essential pieces of equipment for your home gym.  Big shout out to Rich Roll and his new book, Finding Ultra.

Angriest Trainer 11: Food Industry Tirade & The Ridiculous FDA Food Pyramid

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The rant big business will not appreciate is here!  Vinnie goes off on Kashi, Kellogg’s, Monsanto, High Fructose Corn Syrup, the FDA, and its ridiculous Food Pyramid.  Shout outs to Dean Lorey (Arrested Development) and Jeff Jarvis (What Would Google Do).  Brace yourselves for full-on Vinnie tirades.

Angriest Trainer 10: HBO’s The Weight Of A Nation

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More diet and nutrition info as Vinnie launches into the Bogalusa Study and the HBO Docuseries Weight of a Nation.  Follow-ups on Skechers, Nutella, and our friend Jessica Gottlieb.  Rants on all the stuff school doesn’t teach us…health, education, even financial.