Posts by Craig Ballantyne
5 Fat Burning Workout Techniques
I love finding new workout boosters and “tweaks” that make fat burning workouts and bodyweight exercises more effective. Each month I scour over a dozen magazines, two dozen websites, online videos, hundreds of scientific research papers, hard copy books, and university text books to uncover new ways of training to add to TT workouts. That’s…
Read MoreJason Ferruggia Renegade and Conditioning
Over the next few days I’ll be sharing with you this expert interview series from one of the most in-demand trainers in the industry. My friend Jason (Jay) Ferruggia. He is a renowned strength coach has been training athletes from over 90 different athletic organizations, is the chief training adviser to Men’s Fitness Magazine and…
Read MoreThe Most Important Lesson From the Sporting World Today
Late on Sunday afternoon people all across America tuned into a football game hoping to see one of two things. On one hand, millions of people hoped to watch a young man fail. On the other, millions more wished to see this young man, Tim Tebow, succeed in another near-miraculous comeback to help his team…
Read MoreWorkouts for Busy Gyms and Small Spaces
This week’s QnA is courtesy of an interview I did with the fitness team at MSN.com. I also have a fitness feature coming out in Details magazine, of all places. More about that soon. If you have any questions, make sure to visit the TT Facebook page here. Now let’s go through everything that you…
Read MoreWhat to Do With All the Email
You have too much email. I know. And it’s your fault. You are to blame for your too much email problem. Here’s why: 1) You treat email like text messaging when you should treat email like faxing. When you send someone a fax, they don’t fax you back a thank you. And you don’t fax…
Read MoreFrom the Ground Up
Last Friday afternoon down in South Beach, Florida, I spent the day with a group of like-minded men and women in a group called Maverick Business Adventures (a unique organization started by one of my mentors, Yanik Silver). We had the pleasure of hearing from a unique individual and true maverick, Frank McKinney. I had…
Read MoreChest Development and Quick Workouts with Turbulence Training
Chest development is not a topic we spend a lot of time on here at Turbulence Training, but we’ll cover that plus workouts that save you time, and show you how to do supersets in a busy gym. Question: “Hey Craig, love the workouts but I’m having a real hard time doing some of the…
Read More9 Fitness Predictions for 2012
Fitness predictions are always fun to do, and CB loves to look into his CB. That is to say, lil’ ol me loves to look into my crystal ball and try to predict the future. I’ve actually been right about some big trends in the past and so today we’re going to focus on the…
Read MoreWhat Successful People Don’t Do
An alcoholic walks into a bar. An hour later, he’s drunk. Two hours later, he stumbles home. Um, alright, that wasn’t a very good “guy walks into a bar joke”, I’m sorry. But it is an excellent, albeit extreme example of a point I want to make today. If we have a bad habit, putting…
Read MoreHow to do more chin-ups and M-MRT
After yesterday’s article, one TT reader emailed in to say: “I used Ben’s squeezing techniques in my workout today and I’m feeling it. Loving the tip.” Glad you are…but today is the last day for the sale on his program and my bonus gift to you of ALL eight TT Meatheads programs. Just grab Ben’s…
Read MoreOne Exercise Tip to Lose Fat and Gain Muscle Over the Holidays
I literally just woke up from a dream about how you can lose fat and gain muscle over the holidays. It’s 4:43am and I just had a dream that a client was struggling to keep the fat off over the holidays. So, I got up, petted the dog, gave him a belly rub, and then…
Read MoreFat Loss Workout Overload
Every Monday at my gym, our supplement rep comes in to go over the order. Once he and I go over it, I usually get either some free samples or a t-shirt… and sometimes both. My wife loves it when I text her, “just got another t-shirt”. She thinks I need more t-shirts, too. She…
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