Posts by Craig Ballantyne
Bodyweight and Kettlebell Metabolic Finishers (Part 2)
In Part 1 of the Metabolic Finishers series, Certified Turbulence Trainer Mike Whitfield gave us 3 fat burning methods that could be used as complete workouts. Today, Mike carries on with more metabolic finishers featuring bodyweight exercises and kettlebell workouts. Finisher #4 The 20/30 Total Body Conditioning Circuit – After a total body workout if…
Read MoreMetabolic Finishers – Part 1
Certified Turbulence Trainer, Mike Whitfield of Acworth, Georgia (read his success story here), has given us a 5 part series on metabolic finishers to add to your fat loss workouts. These are fantastic replacements for traditional interval training if you’re looking for ways to switch it up from machine-only interval training. Finisher # 1 “Lower/Upper…
Read MoreKnowing What to Sell (and Upsell)
Knowing what to sell is just as complicated as knowing what to use as upsells in the checkout process, along with which affiliates should be selling what.
Read MoreFitness QnA #1: Loose Skin and Pullups
I subscribe to a lot of newsletters, and the ones I love most are those that include QnA. So I’m going to start up a weekly Friday Fitness QnA email, taking the best questions from the TTMembers.com website. Tons of great content here. Question: In a recent blog (during Fat Loss Switch) you had suggested…
Read More9 Steps for Your Product Launch
One of the best business books I’ve read in the past 2 years was “The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs“. In it, the author chronicles how Jobs prepared to release the Ipod and Iphone (and eventually the Ipad). Essentially, how he did “offline” product launches. Thanks to his product launches, Mac geeks were lining up…
Read MoreOld-Man Warm-Up and Off-Day Workouts
Today I want to talk about the best off-day workouts you can do between hard sessions of Turbulence Training. In most cases, simply walking, biking, hiking, stretching/easy yoga, are all good enough off-day activities. Doing 500 kettlebell swings and 200 pushups on an off-day might be fine once in a while for an advanced person,…
Read MoreIreland’s First Certified Turbulence Trainer Gives You His Top Fat Loss and Nutrition Tips
My name is Darragh Holland. I live in Clones Co Monaghan, Ireland. At junior school, I got the nickname ‘Dutchy’ which has stuck with me ever since. Having always played a lot of sport, with Gaelic Football being my main sport, I have also played some Soccer, American Football and Muay Thai. I think I…
Read MoreUnique Bodyweight Exercises
Here’s a really cool video showing some unique bodyweight exercises from bodyweight coach, Adam Steer. Check out more information on Adam’s cool new workouts at: www.ShapeShifterWorkoutsRock.com Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, M.Sc. Certified Turbulence Trainer
Read MoreHow to Do Interval Training with Kettlebell Exercises
Last week I did a Facebook Question and Answer session with Chris Lopez, CTT, from: http://www.KettlebellWorkouts.com Kettlebell training gives you an amazing metabolic resistance and conditioning workout, and will help you lose belly fat fast. Here are a couple of the most common kettlebell questions I asked him. 1) “How do we replace traditional intervals…
Read More3 Things You MUST Do for Your Diet
I’m just finishing up a quick in-and-out trip to New York City, where I had lunch meeting and then a few other business partners (non-fitness related) on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning. I also snuck in a big walk around Central Park, and then hit an upper body meathead workout with my friend Simon Black…
Read More7 Powerful Words of Wisdom
Yesterday I interviewed John for our TT Certification Client Attraction newsletter, and we talked about how to become the most popular trainer in your gym as well as your city, plus how to get published in major magazines like Men’s Health, Men’s Fitness, and Shape. It was another excellent Client Attraction interview. Roman even gave…
Read More3 Lessons from Justin Bieber
Make success work for you, like it did for the Biebs.
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