Fitness Confidential

By: Vinnie Tortorich

Narrated by: Vinnie Tortorich

Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins

Publisher's summary

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!

©2013 Vinnie Tortorich and Dean Lorey (P)2013 Vinnie Tortorich and Dean Lorey

By far the best fitness audio book out there.

Would you consider the audio edition of Fitness Confidential to be better than the print version?

YES ! but buy both

What was one of the most memorable moments of Fitness Confidential?

Vinnie, when he stopped reading and told a little side story

What does Vinnie Tortorich bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Vinnie injects a real no BS view on fitness

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

"The angriest trainer" of course

Any additional comments?

can't wait for book #2!

Flat and uninspiring.

I'm proud of Vinny but really never quite picked up on where the book was going or ended up. It's not a fitness book and it's a personal story that's misguided and a bit lost at time. I'm happy Vinny was the reader and he's interesting to listen to, boring fun. It kept me occupied during my commuting hours.

Amazing and inspiring

Vinnie is the real deal. He speaks the truth. He's not here to sugarcoat anything, that goes against the NSNG lifestyle. Take the time, listen to the book, listen to the podcast, send him a tweet and ask a question. You won't be sorry.

Awesome Narration! So genuine.

I was skeptical about listening to a book on Fitness but this is by far in my top 5 favorite books now! It's the perfect mix of humor, legitimate fitness and nutrition knowledge, and a true life story. If you're interested in becoming healthier and don't want to suffer from paralysis by analysis with all of the industry information, I HIGHLY recommend this book. Wonderful Concept.

Only Fitness Book You Will Ever Need

If you could sum up Fitness Confidential in three words, what would they be?

Effect, Simple, Fitness

What did you like best about this story?

I really enjoyed the cying stories.

Have you listened to any of Vinnie Tortorich’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Yes, I lesten to all of his podcasts.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Funny and emotional stories.

Any additional comments?

Must listen!

Not Impressed

What did you like best about Fitness Confidential? What did you like least?

There are a few anecdotes that were pretty funny and some rants that were so boring that I had to eventually stop listening to the last 3 hours.

The information, advice, and strategy gets repeated several times and I've learned more on my own through swimming, biking, running, and cooking my own healthy meals than I did from this book.

Has Fitness Confidential turned you off from other books in this genre?

There are other quality books out there and so the search for another author continues.

Would you be willing to try another one of Vinnie Tortorich’s performances?

Nope. If any other books are read in the fashion as this one, then I'm not interested at all.

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

Nope. This book is basically just a reminder to not spend your money on fancy equipment and gym memberships and supplements and to take your fitness and overall health into your own hands. You can learn more from just Googling specific health strategies and programs.

Any additional comments?

Save your money and/or credits.

Vinnie is the best

Vinnie has an inspirational way about him. Taking his advice, from Fitness Confidential and the podcast, I've gone from 210 lbs to 160 lbs in 5 mos. This book is a great listen packed with in formation.

Very entertaining

Where does Fitness Confidential rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

This book is right up there with other books i've listened to.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Fitness Confidential?

Love vinnes recollection of beating cancer and taking on the 508

Any additional comments?

This book is an honest view of the fitness industry today

A pleasure to listen to…

I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this book. As a first time narrator, I think Vinnie did an excellent job. I also appreciated the little bit that extras that were added to the audio version of the book.

Hoping for more details

I finished the book in several days but I did skip through a great portion of his bike race through the desert. maybe it was naive of me but I hoped for a little bit more information on things like: how soon will I start to experience weight loss or what are your feelings on fruit? or... what happens if 30 days goes by and you haven't lost any weight?

his life story was intriguing and I did enjoy his voice and his little sidebar comments however. on the whole and enjoyable listen but I felt like it could have easily been cut in half.