4: Why being a fitness entrepreneur makes so much sense with Steve De La Torre

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Steve is the founder of the Personal Training Revolution – A fitness movement that highlights a clear path based on scientific research for you to get fit and healthy. Steve most recently has founded the FITPRO Inferno Podcast with the intention of bringing together the world’s most successful fitness professionals, highlighting their incredible stories of struggle, triumph and secrets to success.

Steve is a Crossfit level 1 Trainer and is on the National Academy of Sports Medicine and the American Council of Exercise.

Steve’s mission is to help a million people get into amazing shape and improve their lives.

Steve talks a lot about sharing food and the power food has in our lives.

Nutrition and Cooking

What foods to avoid

• Processed foods
• Soda
• Bread
• Wheat
• Cereal
• Oatmeal
• Rice
• Crackers

What foods to actively seek out

• Foods that are close to nature as possible
• High fat content foods
• Avocado
• Eggs
• Feta cheese
• Lots and lots of water
• Quinoa

 Steve’s fondest food memories

Anticuchos – small pieces of grilled skewered cow heart. Steve loves Peruvian food. Steve recommends you try Peruvian fused with Asian influences.  

Exercise Routine

• Barbell Squat, Overhead lift, Deadlift, Pullups
• On days when he has no time – he does bursts of 3-5 minutes of exercise through the day.
• Martial arts and Salsa dancing 

Cooking tips

• Go towards simplicity – good food by itself has its own flavour
• Secret ingredients – Red wine vinegar and salt
• Whenever possible use local and organic produce

Quickest Meals

Pollo Saltado

Tips on reducing wastage

Mix up a lot of ingredients – use different ingredients in different ways

How do I find ways to eat well?

Steve implements the intermittent fasting diet. He eats dinner at 7pm and has his first meal at  11am the next day.

Know more about Steve

Who would you love to have dinner with and where?

Richard Branson at a master sushi chef restaurant as depicted in the documentary Jiro Dreams of Sushi

Last meal on the planet?

Anticuchos with his family 

Resources

• Book – Turning Pro – Steven Pressfield 
• “Exercise is king. Nutrition is queen. Put them together and you’ve got a kingdom.”― Jack LaLanne
• Good Calories, Bad Calories: Fats, Carbs, and the Controversial Science of Diet and Health by Gary Taubes
• Use the internet – YouTube

Where to find Steve

• Steve’s Facebook
• Fitpro Inferno Podcast website

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