Posts by Craig Ballantyne
Facebook QnA – Stretching, Chocolate Milk, and Post Workout Nutrition
I just did some body-weight circuits outside in the crisp Fall air. Now on to some QnA from my Facebook page, like this one from Jonny who asks: ************** Q: What exercises will you get the most bang for your buck when it comes to fat loss. – Jonny Stannard Answer: Jonny – A squat,…
Read MoreProduct Launches
So the cool kids are saying that product launches, and more specifically, “pre-launches” are dead. Fiddlesticks. My friend, and Mastermind member, Rick Kaselj, is proving the world WRONG. In the last 48 hours Rick – and his launch partner, Mike Westerdal – have built a list of over 20,000 folks hungry for a solution to…
Read MoreDo More Pull-Ups
I’m Shawna K and I love to do pull ups. I often get the eye roll and the ‘ya right, not for me’ response when I make the suggestion to include pull ups in a workout. Did you know that only about 5% of the population can actually do a pull up? All the more…
Read MoreDouble Your Fat Loss With Metabolic Training
I stumbled across this cool fat loss concept last week. It’s from my friend, and former fellow Canadian (now living in America), the mad scientist of exercise, Nick Nilsson. Check this out: “HOW You Train Should be Based on WHAT You Eat” By Nick Nilsson Check this photo of Nick “The Beast” in his home…
Read MorePlanning Your Day
Let’s face it. As someone who wants extraordinary results in every area of your life, there are always going to be obstacles in your way. Two of the most common are overcoming procrastination and keeping control of your daily schedule. The good news is that we conquer both with one solution. And that’s simply by…
Read MoreHow to Write Amazing Articles
“Your ETR emails are the most positive thing I read all day,” my friend Beth said to me at dinner the other week.We were sitting in a Tapas bar in downtown Asheville, where we were spending a few days at Joel Marion’s annual affiliate vacation/retreat/mastermind event. The food was delicious, but what I’ll remember most…
Read MoreA $10,000 Question For You
The $10,000 question involves writing down all of the ways you can give yourself a 20-25% raise next month, or whatever your weekly business earnings are.
Read More5 Muscle Building Truths
Just finished up a Meathead workout at the Bayerischer Hof hotel in Munich. Today was dumbbell presses, db rows, db incline press, pulldowns, db triceps extensions, and db curls. Followed that up with a visit to the Nymphenburg Palace (that was a castle, by the way, not a strip club) and the English Garden –…
Read MoreBest Turbulence Training Program for Strength and Muscle- QnA
Had dinner at Rusticana, a legendary steak and rib joint in Munich last night. And yesterday we drove a bunch of BMW’s on their test track. Got an M5 up to 270km per hour.What a great car. Here I am rolling in a 6-series. (640, I think). NOW onto today’s Facebook QnA. ********************** Q: Craig…
Read MoreStupid Human Trick
What a day. First, we had a short ride from our hotel over to Porsche in Leipzig where we toured the cavernous factory that builds 500 Cayennes and Panameras on the line each day. After a factory tour (it was so clean and efficient), we went through the Porsche store (1375 euros for a Porsche…
Read MoreHow I Made My First Sale
Today, while at Oktoberfest in Munich, I will raise a toast to Al D. and Len J (and to the fact that I didn’t die while racing Porsches yesterday on their private test track in Leipzig, Germany). It was over 11 years ago, on June 28th, 2001, these two guys, Al D. and Len J.…
Read MoreHow to Cut Your Workout Time
Hey, I’m coming to you live from Germany where by the time you read this, I’ll be off to Oktoberfest. Should be a blast. However, all of this traveling around Germany (earlier this wee we were driving Porsche 911’s on the test track at their factory in Leipzig) has cut into my workout time. But…
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