Men’s Health August 2011 Issue Training Review

The August 2011 issue of Men’s Health magazine is packed with cool workouts (including a full 4- week program from Eric Cressey and a push-up routine from yours truly). However, what really stands out are the nutrition articles. There’s a full diet plan and an article on 5 big nutrition myths. I’m not going to…

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Fitness QnA #2 – Exercise Substitutions

I hope the fact that we are halfway through 2011 is not lost on you. We are running out of time to achieve our goals in 2011. So… Imagine you had to pay a $100 fine ever time you skipped your workout. How many training sessions would you miss? … Set a schedule. Set rules.…

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Bodyweight Bodybuilding

Well hey everyone! Last half of the year…still time to make progress…folks in their last few days of the 11th TT Transformation Contest will be burning fat right to the end. Click here to listen to this week’s call Or just read below for all of the details… Monday Transformation Tip of the Week: The…

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Australia’s Certified Turbulence Trainer Manny Laris

Today I want to welcome the first Certified Turbulence Trainer from Australia, Manuel Laris. As you’ll discover, Manny plays a big role in the fitness industry down in Sydney, Australia, where not only does he train dozens of clients, but he also helps teach and spread the fitness mission with Australian personal trainers. CRAIG BALLANTYNE:…

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Metabolic Finishers Part 3

Here’s the final round of Metabolic Finishers from Certified Turbulence Trainer, Mike Whitfield. You can see his other metabolic workouts here. Finisher #8 Burpee/Chin-up Countdown Finisher –After any workout, however, it could be a great finisher to an upper body workout in order to really “finish” the upper body. Do the following circuit as shown:…

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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…

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Metabolic 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…

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Fitness 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…

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9 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…

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Old-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,…

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