FITNESS CONFIDENTIAL Author: Dean Lorey | Language: English | ISBN:
B00DONI7AK | Format: EPUB
FITNESS CONFIDENTIAL Description
“I love this book! Read it and you’ll see why Vinnie’s the guy that trains me. He’ll make you laugh, get you in the best shape of your life and inspire you with his incredible but true story.”
Howie Mandel
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!
- File Size: 638 KB
- Print Length: 250 pages
- Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1939337925
- Publisher: Telemachus Press, LLC (December 2, 2013)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00DONI7AK
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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- Lending: Enabled
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,528 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
- #82
in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Diets & Weight Loss > Diets > Weight Maintenance - #83
in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Diets & Weight Loss > Diets > Weight Loss
- #82
in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Diets & Weight Loss > Diets > Weight Maintenance - #83
in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Diets & Weight Loss > Diets > Weight Loss
How do I possibly review a book like this? It has to stand out in a sea of "diet" books and "fitness" books. I believe it does just that. In fact, the advice on what to do is simple, and Vinnie will tell you what it is for free on his podcast three times a week. There's no secret knowledge, no product to pimp, no "revolutionary system." Heck, the whole idea has been reduced to a twitter hashtag #NSNG.
So why bother with the book?
I recommend the book for the same reasons I recommend the podcast that preceded it: personality, trust, and story.
I do indeed get new information about details of the NSNG lifestyle in each podcast, but I tune in for the overall conversation. When they finally decide to hang it up, whenever that day comes, I am going to miss a friend, like my favorite TV show went off the air. I trust Vinnie's simple advice because I've gotten to know him as well as I can know a person that I, honestly, don't really personally know. This book is a profile in a personality, who on first glance may look like he "has it made" with a jet-setting lifestyle among the Hollywood rich and famous. Heck, Vinnie has so much going on, that being on Oprah didn't even make it into the book! And no mention of living with a Bond girl either. Maybe we're saving that for volume two?
But beyond the Hollywood shine, the ultra-athletic achievements, Vinnie is a real guy. This is his story. He has had his challenges, some far beyond what many of us can imagine. When you read his story, as he tells it, you know intuitively that this is a no-BS guy whom you can trust. And that's what taking "diet" advice is about for many of us: who are you and why can I trust you?
The title of this review may seem a bit much, but I'm really not kidding. I've read a lot of these reviews, and many seem very similar. They all mention the "No B.S. approach to fitness," or that the reviewer listens to Vinnie's "America's Angriest Trainer" podcasts, and therefore they bought the book. As a matter of fact, I didn't find this book in the fitness section, I came across it in biographies and memoirs. It was listed at Number 13 at the time. I took a chance, based on the cover of the book. It looked intriguing. I'm an avid reader, and love biographies. Although I live in Los Angeles, my work often takes me to New Orleans, so I'm very familiar with the culture and feel of that great American city. I'm also a big fan of the great southern writers, from Mark Twain and Tennessee Williams, to John Kennedy Toole and Alan Gurganus.
Is it possible that Mr. Tortorich's true talents are not in the fitness industry so much as they are as a writer and raconteur? I'm not sure what Mr. Lorey's involvement was in the book, but as it turns out he's also from the South. How this affected the outcome of the book I have no idea, but the end result is a truly fabulous read. Utterly engaging and wry, I came away from reading it not only having learned a tremendous amount about the purported subject matter, but feeling as if I had just read a remarkable personal account - both wry and enlightening, written with a deft hand and an exceptional ability to let the reader inside the writer's own personal view of the world. I'm not sure I ever cried, but I certainly did laugh, and shake my head in disbelief at the way some people actually behave in the world.
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