Posts by Craig Ballantyne
15 Minute Classic Fat Burning Workout
According to the FB survey I posted last week, you want more short dumbbell-bodyweight combo workouts. I love that answer because these are some of my favorite workouts to create. It’s what gave me my start with Men’s Health back in 2000 (wow, nearly 15 years ago!). Here’s a classic fat-burning superset workout where you’ll…
Read MoreFlavilicious Cookbook Facts
Happy Halloween! Ol’ Bally the Dog is dressed up as Chewbacca again, and so I’ll slip on my “Darth Trainer” outfit and join him in frightening some young kiddos that stop by for treats tonight. Hope you have a fun one too! I know you’ve been having an amazing week trying out the fabulous recipes…
Read More21 Exercise Ideas (print this out and share)
Ugh, please do NOT do these 3 bodyweight exercises. I saw people wasting their time and hurting their joints with these moves on Monday morning at the local YMCA where I lift weights twice a week. #1) Bench Dips with hands behind you on a bench – these are terrible for your shoulder joint ……
Read MoreTwo Fat Burning Recipes from Flavia Delmonte
I am a kitchen clutz. I have the burn scars to prove it. (I forget to use oven mitts, I splash hot oil all over my arms, and then I forget stuff is on the stove.) Ooooops! But I can eat! And I can make this and eat it, too. It’s awesome. This recipe is…
Read MoreThe Best Daily Routine
Watching Denzel Washington in his latest movie, The Equalizer, was like watching myself on screen. His character, Robert McCall, rises early, is never late, drinks a lot of tea, makes protein-packed blender drinks, and even arranges his cutlery at a right angle when eating. I’ll admit it. I have a few quirks in my daily routine. I…
Read MoreMy Diet & 5-Exercise Bodyweight Circuit Workout (print this out)
The Internet lit up on Friday when I told you I was going to eat some white foods for lunch. TT readers were left wondering, “Wait, how could Craig the Kitchen Clutz make ANYTHING?” Well I shocked the world with this light lunch. Meet my friend, “Sunny, the Egg Man”. Two eggs from free-range, grass-fed…
Read More2-Exercise “Sexy” Body Workouts
I got locked in my bedroom this morning (looooooong story!), and had to spend an hour there with basically nothing to do (because ol’ Bally the Dog was outside)…so I did a 2-exercise bodyweight challenge. If you just did these two exercises, you’d lose belly fat and tighten up your trouble spots. Let me show…
Read More10 Big Ideas
Every morning after writing for an hour, I do something called my Big Thinking exercise. That’s where I come up with 10 Big Ideas. This exercise was suggested to me from my friend, James Altucher. It’s fun and sometimes you find some big breakthroughs. Not all of the Big Ideas are for me. Take this…
Read MoreHow to cure your broken metabolism
Dang dog! I hate it when he does this. But he tricked us into giving him two lunches on Saturday. Here’s what happened… I was doing a late morning workout in the garage and it wrapped up right at noon. So I called the dog out and fed him… …minutes later my mom dropped by,…
Read MoreAct Now with Kevin Harrington from Shark Tank
I’m actually reading TWO books right now. Both are great, although there are not a lot of practical business applications from Taleb’s Antifragile. If you liked Black Swan and Fooled By Randomness, then you’ll want to read this one too, but otherwise, skip it (besides, Taleb says he doesn’t want you to read it anyways).…
Read More10 Minute Workout Challenges
On Saturday morning I set a new personal record by doing 105 pullups in a workout (in sets of 5-10 and supersetted with squats and pushups). I also did a 10-minute burpee challenge (see below). The workout was powered by 3 teaspoons of cacao nibs (little caffeine boost from a unique superfood) and a banana…
Read MoreHow To Start Website As Cheaply As Possible
Back in 2001, when I sold my first product, the transaction was completed by through Paypal. I didn’t have a website. I only had an email list of friends and personal training clients, as well as strangers that had requested my newsletter based on referrals from their friends. Eventually I found a cheap do-it-yourself website…
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