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  <title>Strength Beyond Limits with Amy Van Dyken - Episode 2828</title>
  <description>Episode 2828 - Vinnie Tortorich welcomes Olympian Amy Van Dyken to discuss her career, a life-changing spinal injury, and having strength beyond limits.  https://vinnietortorich.com/2026/07/strength-beyond-limits-amy-van-dyken-episode-2828 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&amp;amp;nbsp; 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:&amp;amp;nbsp;https://vinnietortorich.com/workout Strength Beyond Limits  Amy Van Dyken is an athlete and Olympic medalist, winning six gold medals in swimming at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics. (4:00) Some very specific testing methods are embarrassing. (14:00) Amy gives some backstory on getting into swimming. (18:00) Amy travels the country giving motivational talks when she is not announcing at athletic events and on channels like ESPN. (30:00)  She suffered a spinal injury on an ATV (all-terrain vehicle) and is now paraplegic. She feels she has grown in compassion and gratitude since her accident. (36:00)   Amy discusses some of the emotional challenges she had at first; however, she has plenty that she is grateful for and appreciates. (38:00) She shares the story about the ATV accident that altered her life. (43:00) Being a paraplegic or quadriplegic doesn’t have to limit you; many people find different things to excel in. (50:00) ZMA is a supplement that Amy used for a while, which led to a discussion about high-quality vitamins. (1:00:00) They discuss the show “Vagina Monologues,’ in which Amy participated. (1:11:00) Check out the Aletha Hip HookTM that Vinnie uses to reduce pain and increase mobility: You can purchase your own through Vinnie’s website here: https://vinnietortorich.com/hook  Anna’s products are now linked to PureVitamin Club’s website. Look under the “Food and Snacks” section to purchase them there, too.&amp;amp;nbsp;  https://purevitaminclub.com/collections/food-and-snacks Vinnie hopes to add other products as well, all of which will be health-related.    The NSNG® VIP GROUP IS NOW CLOSED AGAIN AS OF SUNDAY, MARCH 15TH&amp;amp;nbsp;    Anna's next cookbook, Eat Happy Cocktail Hour, is filled with cocktails, mocktails, and appetizers and is available for pre-order right now. If you pre-order, you'll get bonus goodies! You can preorder from a wide variety of booksellers at https://eathappycocktailhour.com/ Please save your receipt from wherever you preorder; you'll need it for your bonuses! Physical Release Date is October 2026  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!&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;  https://www.amazon.com/shop/vinnietortorich/list/3GPVU29UHHPMY?ref_=aipsflist     Don’t forget to check out Serena Scott Thomas on Days of Our Lives on Peacock.&amp;amp;nbsp; “Dirty Keto” is available on Amazon!  You can purchase or rent it&amp;amp;nbsp;here.https://amzn.to/4d9agj1 Please make sure to watch, rate, and review it!   Eat Happy Italian, Anna’s second cookbook, is available!&amp;amp;nbsp;  You can go to&amp;amp;nbsp;https://eathappyitalian.com You can order it from&amp;amp;nbsp;Vinnie's Book Club.&amp;amp;nbsp;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&amp;amp;nbsp; DIRTY KETO (2024)  The documentary launched in August 2024!  Order it TODAY!   This is Vinnie’s fourth documentary in&amp;amp;nbsp;just over&amp;amp;nbsp;five years.    Visit my new Documentaries HQ to find my films everywhere:&amp;amp;nbsp;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.&amp;amp;nbsp;Your positive REVIEW does matter!   PURCHASE BEYOND IMPOSSIBLE (2022) Visit my new Documentaries HQ to find my films everywhere:&amp;amp;nbsp;https://vinnietortorich.com/documentaries FAT: A DOCUMENTARY 2 (2021) Visit my new Documentaries HQ to find my films everywhere:&amp;amp;nbsp;https://vinnietortorich.com/documentaries FAT: A DOCUMENTARY (2019) Visit my new Documentaries HQ to find my films everywhere:&amp;amp;nbsp;https://vinnietortorich.com/documentaries </description>
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