Posts by Craig Ballantyne
Why I Failed at my Goal
On Christmas Day, I was just like you. Overfed, a little overwhelmed with the non-stop visiting and eating, and already looking forward to making some changes in the New Year. It was late that afternoon, while on an extra long dog walk that I sketched out my plan to join you in the Early To…
Read MoreFight for the Fitness Industry
Dear Colleague, It’s time to raise the bar. It’s time to get people to take the role of “Personal Trainer” as seriously as you and I take our roles every single day. When the average person thinks of a personal trainer, they often picture a washed-up bodybuilder in windpants and holding a clipboard, counting reps…
Read MoreAdvanced Bodyweight Workout for You
Yesterday afternoon, even though I had a full belly from a delicious gluten-free banana bread (recipe below), ol’ Bally the Dog and I went for a long walk out on the farm. He did some sprints, some swimming in the river, and some jumps. Pretty good workout for him – but not as good as…
Read MoreGluten-Free Banana Bread with Almond Flour
Today you’re going to get a gluten-free banana bread recipe. It uses almond flour, a truly gluten-free flour (not like rice flour). But first, a story… There we we were, me and my best buddy of more than 30 years, sitting at a Toronto Blue Jays game on Tuesday night. Ten years ago we would…
Read MoreThe Truth About Your Struggles
The Truth About Your Struggles by Mike Whitfield, CTT A woman, clearly older than everyone else in a singing contest but still wanting a shot to start her career claimed to the world that she wanted to be a professional singer. As the cameras turned to the audience, you can see everyone rolling their eyes…
Read MoreEveryone Wants To Burn More Fat, Right?
Everyone wants to burn more fat, right? By Shawna Kaminski Everywhere you look, you’ll find a ‘flavor of the month’ fitness or diet gimmick. It gets overwhelming to sift through it all to separate the facts from the fiction. Sometimes you’re delivered up half-truths and unless you have experience in the fields of nutrition and…
Read MoreGet Better
Back in March I delivered my annual sermon on building an Internet Business at www.FitnessBusinessSummit.com. My theme this year was “Concentrate on What Counts” and many audience members – including over ten ETR Virtual Mastermind Members – said this was my best sermon ever.”You get better every time,” they said. Telling my laser eye surgery…
Read MoreTake The Day Off And Still Make Money
This is one of my favorite pieces of advice from Dan Kennedy and gives you an opportunity to have fun in your marketing. You kind of get to take the day off and still make money. And it’s just another reason that people will connect with you and stick around longer. What you’re going to…
Read MorePunisher Workout
This workout is famous in the fitness world and has been watched tens of thousands of times online. It’s called The Punisher, and it’s an incredibly simple way to exhaust your legs in fat-burning interval style with NO-equipment. You simply do narrow-stance bodyweight squats for 20 seconds (you should get about 15-17 reps) and then…
Read MoreProsperity Thinking
Last month I spent a night in New York City I was surrounded by 250 superstars, from TV show hosts to NY Times Best Selling authors (Tim Ferriss and Roman), and dozens and dozens of the world’s top fitness experts (like Jason Ferruggia and Isabel De Los Rios). It was such as amazing crowd I’m…
Read MoreThe Problem with Habits
The old Ballantyne farm where I grew up lies in the fertile lands of Southwestern Ontario. On our property you’ll be treated to a great bounty of what Mother Nature has to offer. There are rolling hills where my father planted corn, flat stretches of fields where he grew his soybeans, a small bush of…
Read MoreFour Minute Abs Workout
This is perfect for your weekend. Yesterday I mentioned a 7-minute workout that Women’s Health magazine wanted me to review. The workout was truly terrible, using exercises like crunches (even if you had two hours to workout, you shouldn’t be doing crunches.) A much better 7-minute workout would be this: 1) Total Body Extensions –…
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