Vinnie Tortorich is a Hollywood personal trainer and author of the book Fitness Confidential.
He has been a fitness trainer for over 30 years. Many of you will know him for advocating a no sugar no grains lifestyle. You can hear him on the Angriest Trainer Podcast found in iTunes and at vinnietortorich.com
We brought Vinnie back on the show to talk about weight loss, clean eating, and answer questions sent in by Academy members.
I know you will love this interview! Continue Reading →
Angie and I recently had the privilege of meeting Jan Seely the co-director of the Illinois Marathon and co-owner of Marathon and Beyond Magazine.
We interviewed Jan on podcast episode 103. Marathon and Beyond is a bi-monthly magazine tailored specifically for marathoners and ultra runners. We were featured in their digital newsletter.
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photo credit: Nik’s Facebook page
Nikolas Toocheck (age 11) is the youngest runner to complete a marathon on all seven continents.
He was inspired to start running when he witnessed his dad, Daniel Toocheck, cross the finish line at the NYC Marathon.
After completing a half marathon Nik noticed how much energy he still had left so he asked his parents if he could try running a full marathon.
Then he had the idea to run a marathon on all seven continents.
After checking with sports medicine doctors and pediatricians Nik’s parents decided to help him pursue his seven continent goal.
In September of 2014 he completed this goal setting a World Record at age 11 and raising over $40,000 for Operation Warm an organization that provides new coats to underprivileged children. Continue Reading →
You might have come here looking for the post “Runner Academy is Plagiarizing Our Content”. You can find it here.
Matt Johnson has offered the following apology.
I take responsibility for my actions. While I did not steal your content word for word I did structure it too similar. I modeled too much of what you did
and did add a substantial portion of my own spin to it. I could have done
better. Everyone deserves better. I let myself get too caught up in winning
and competition and I made some poor decisions. -Matt Johnson
While the evidence does show that Matt copied some of our content word for word, I am willing to accept this apology, and be done with this whole ordeal.
My hope is that we never have to deal with this again and can get back to helping people reach their running potential.
I appreciate all the support MTA has received over the last two days. You guys are awesome!
Happy Running,
Trevor
It has been brought to my attention that another running coach, Matt Johnson of Runner Academy, has plagiarized and stolen content from MTA.
You may have seen the Runner Academy podcast in iTunes sometimes recommended next to ours. When Matt Johnson first came along I thought it was strange that his podcast imitated ours so closely.
The most obvious semblance is the use of “Academy” in his name but that’s not where the imitation stops. When his show first began, the format mimicked ours with welcoming new members and shout outs in the beginning, then the feature segment, and a quick tip at the end.
Coach Jeff Gaudette at runnersconnect.net has dealt with Matt Johnson plagiarizing his strength training course. You can read about it here: Runner Academy Stealing and Plagiarizing from RunnersConnect and Why it Matters to You. Both Coach Jeff and I have confronted Matt Johnson about this but he totally denies any wrong doing.
In this post I will document examples of how Matt has stolen our training content and conclude with some thoughts about why I have decided to make this public. Continue Reading →
Angie and I were recently interviewed on The Running Lifestyle Show which is a wonderful new podcast about balancing running with life.
Kari Gormley, the host and creator, listened to MTA while training for her first marathon. Now things have come full circle and she is helping fellow runners reach their goals.
I’m really enjoying this issue of Time Magazine.
In 1980, the year I was born (thought you might want to know that), the USDA published dietary guidelines that warned Americans to stay away from fats and cholesterol in order to reduce the risk of heart disease.
They advised Americans to cut back on meat consumption, stop drinking whole milk, and replace our traditional eggs and bacon with “healthy” grain-based cereals and low-fat milk.
Cholesterol was blamed for heart disease and foods high in fat were put on the hit list. Notice this Time Magazine cover from 1984.
But not everyone was convinced. Philip Handler is quoted as being skeptical about these guidelines from the very beginning calling it “a vast nutritional experiment”.
Well, this experiment has gone very badly.
According to Walsh the prevalace of Type 2 diabetes increased 166% from 1980 to 2012. More than a third of Americans are obese which makes us one of the fattest countries in the world (which country is fatter?).
And what’s ironic is that conventional wisdom told us that cutting fats out of our diet would help us lose weight. Cut fat to lose fat, they thought. Continue Reading →
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In this episode we talk with Samantha Gash an ultra marathoner from Australia who became the first female and youngest person to complete Racing the Planet’s Four Deserts Grand Slam in one calendar year.
This race series included the following 250km ultra-marathons:
Atacama (Chile) the driest desert
Gobi (China) the windiest desert
Sahara (Egypt) the hottest desert
Antarctica the coldest desert
Samantha considers herself to be an ordinary runner who decided to attempt something extraordinary.
Take some inspiration from her story, dream big, go out and be awesome! Continue Reading →
Taking a trail run with your best friend is the coolest way to celebrate one’s birthday.
I turned 34 today (not sure what to make of it).
I wish I could say we ran 34 miles -one for each year of my life, but . . . since I’m only up to marathon distance, trying to go 34 miles would have taken the “happy” out of “happy birthday”.
So, we ran 3-4 miles instead.
It turns out the park was short on trails but it was abundant with beautiful vistas -especially for southern Illinois.
Life is short, go on adventures.
Angie and I talk about her lifelong battle with sugar cravings and how cutting grains out of her diet made all the difference.
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In this episode we talk with Spartan Race founder Joe De Sena about his new book Spartan Up – a Take-No-Prisoners Guide to Overcoming Obstacles And Achieving Peak Performance.
Joe’s Bio:
Joe De Sena is the founder of Spartan Race the world’s leading obstacle race series with events taking place all over the planet. In addition to being an accomplished businessman, he is a hard core ultra endurance athlete. He and his wife and their four children make their home in Vermont.
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Here’s another recipe straight from Angie’s Fat Adapted Eating Plan where you learn to burn your fat as fuel!
Just because you cut out grains and added sugars doesn’t mean you can’t eat the foods you love.
These protein crepes are delicious at breakfast or any meal (especially topped with strawberries and fat adapted whipped cream) . . .
And once you teach your body to live without added sugar, these crepes make an excellent treat for dessert.
