Making Your Workout Count - Episode 2753

Fitness Confidential

Vinnie Tortorich

Health & Fitness, Nutrition

4.7 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Episode 2753 - Vinnie Tortorich and Chris Shaffer answer questions regarding strength training and making your workout count. https://vinnietortorich.com/2026/01/making-your-workout-count-episode-2753 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods VILLA CAPPELLI EAT HAPPY KITCHEN YOU CAN WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE - @FitnessConfidential Podcast Vinnie's workout videos are available to purchase! Choose from a 2-day, 4-day, or 6-day workout–or buy all three at a discount! TO PURCHASE VINNIE'S WORKOUT VIDEOS, CLICK THIS LINK: workout videos Making Your Workout Count The New Year always feels like a fresh start. (3:00) What's the story with "one set to failure"? (9:00) It's not easy if you are doing it correctly. You may need a partner, or someone to "spot" you. (12:00) They discuss "The Colorado Study" with Arthur Jones. (13:30) What should someone expect to gain in a year? (15:15) It's important to change things up from time to time to avoid a plateau. (26:00) Vinnie discusses whether it's necessary to go to failure each time. (27:00) Vinnie discusses how to maximize the quality of a lift. (32:00) But what exactly is "going to failure"? (35:00) It's better to do your exercises on machines as opposed to free weights when you plan to go to failure. (37:00) For safety, it's best to do your free weights and barbells on days you aren't planning to go to failure. (40:00) It needs to be said: put your phone away and focus! Too many people waste a workout on their phones and take too long a break between sets! Be the best version of yourself and leave the excuses at home. (47:00) Exercise is attainable; you just have to want to do it and stop the excuses. (54:00) Did you miss it?: The NSNG® VIP group closed, but you can get onto the waitlist for next time by signing up at https://www.nsngvip.com/join. A New Sponsor Jaspr Air Scrubbers has a discount code, VINNIE, that gets you $300 off for a limited time. Jaspr offers a lifetime warranty. Go to Jaspr.co for more information or to purchase. (1:05:00) You can book a consultation with Vinnie to get guidance on your goals. https://vinnietortorich.com/phone-consultation-2/ More News Serena has added some of her clothing suggestions and beauty product suggestions to Vinnie's Amazon Recommended Products link. Self Care, Beauty, and Grooming Products that Actually Work! Don't forget to check out Serena Scott Thomas on Days of Our Lives on the Peacock channel. "Dirty Keto" is available on Amazon! You can purchase or rent it here.https://amzn.to/4d9agj1 Please make sure to watch, rate, and review it! Eat Happy Italian, Anna's next cookbook, is available! You can go to https://eathappyitalian.com You can order it from Vinnie's Book Club. https://amzn.to/3ucIXm Anna's recipes are in her cookbooks, on her website, and on Substack —they will spice up your day! https://annavocino.substack.com/ PURCHASE DIRTY KETO (2024) The documentary launched in August 2024! Order it TODAY! This is Vinnie's fourth documentary in just over five years. Visit my new Documentaries HQ to find my films everywhere: https://vinnietortorich.com/documentaries Then, please share my fact-based, health-focused documentary series with your friends and family. Additionally, the more views it receives, the better it ranks, so please watch it again with a new friend! REVIEWS: Please submit your REVIEW after you watch my films. Your positive REVIEW does matter! PURCHASE BEYOND IMPOSSIBLE (2022) Visit my new Documentaries HQ to find my films everywhere: https://vinnietortorich.com/documentaries REVIEWS: Please submit your REVIEW after you watch my films. Your positive REVIEW does matter! FAT: A DOCUMENTARY 2 (2021) Visit my new Documentaries HQ to find my films everywhere: https://vinnietortorich.com/documentaries FAT: A DOCUMENTARY (2019) Visit my new Documentaries HQ to find my films everywhere: https://vinnietortorich.com/documentaries

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Foga. That's the fear of gym assholes. I get it. You used to go to the gym. You were afraid people
0:06.2	were looking at you and laughing. Maybe you got stuck. You got stale in your routine. And if you
0:11.4	hire one of those gym trainers, they're going to charge you way more than a hundred bucks for one
0:16.7	time and you're going to forget half of what they told you anyway. Not anymore. Go to vinytorres.com
0:23.0	slash workout and you're going to get a complete video workout. You can download it onto your phone
0:29.2	and you can take me to the gym every time. If you're forgetting what to do, just go right to
0:34.3	that workout. It's going to show you what to do. I also have a PDF and you also have a tracker where you can write everything down.
0:42.7	Don't have Foga.
0:45.5	Go to vinytortarice.com slash workout.
0:49.7	Thanks for listening to Vinny Torturich on NSNG Lifestyle Audio.
0:57.0	Welcome to Fitness Confidential one-on-one.
1:01.0	Vinny Tortorich, founder of NSNG, goes long form with top luminaries in the field of health and fitness.
1:10.0	Thank you. top luminaries in the field of health and fitness.
1:21.2	I am Vinny Toterich, folks.
1:24.1	Your good intentions have been stolen, but don't worry.
1:26.3	I'm here to help you get them back.
1:30.7	You may be soft and succulent at the beginning of this process, but hang in there.
1:35.4	Before long, you will be lean and mean, guaranteed.
1:39.0	This is a workout show.
1:44.2	I'm not sure if we're going to put it up on a Wednesday or Friday, but we're doing, I have Chris.
1:45.4	Let's bring Chris in.
1:46.0	You there?
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Vinnie Tortorich, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Vinnie Tortorich and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.