Craig Ballantyne, Author at Early To Rise

Why Workouts Make You Say “Ouch”

By Craig Ballantyne | 10/3/2008 |

My trademark attorney just e-mailed me and said he was going to the gym for the first time in 18 months. I quickly e-mailed back and told him to take it easy.

As anyone who has started a new exercise program knows, his muscles are going to be sore. But why is that? And why does it take a day or two for it to happen?

Don’t Diet TOO Much

By Craig Ballantyne | 09/25/2008 |

Bodybuilders have long known that if you eat too little for too long, you can actually decrease your resting metabolic rate (the number of calories you burn at rest).

Why Nuts Do NOT Make You Fat

By Craig Ballantyne | 09/24/2008 |

I’m a huge fan of eating raw nuts for health and weight loss. But every time I recommend them, folks ask me, “Won’t all the calories and fat in nuts make me gain weight?”

Restaurant Dinner Diet Secrets

By Craig Ballantyne | 09/23/2008 |

When you eat dinner at a restaurant, it’s easy to eat more than 1,500 or 2,000 calories at one sitting. Yikes! That’s a full day’s worth of calories.

The 0.3% Solution

By Craig Ballantyne | 09/18/2008 |

Guess what? You can improve your health and change your life. And all it takes is 12 weeks.

If 12 weeks seems like a big commitment to you, you need to take a good, hard look at your priorities…

Are You Lying About Your Diet?

By Craig Ballantyne | 09/17/2008 |

Today, I’m going to talk about weight loss. And I’m not going to be politically correct. So if you are easily offended, press your “page down” button right now…

Muscle Myth Buster

By Craig Ballantyne | 09/13/2008 |

You can burn an extra 50 calories per day just by gaining a pound of muscle – right? Wrong! That is a myth, one that won’t go away

The Diet Secret You Probably Aren’t Using

By Craig Ballantyne | 09/6/2008 |

The worst thing you can do when trying to lose weight is “go it alone.” Support from your friends and family can help you eat better and exercise more.

How to (Finally!) Get That 6-Pack

By Craig Ballantyne | 09/2/2008 |

You’ve been working on those 6-pack abs for as long as you can remember… and nothing seems to help. Perhaps the solution lies in the results of a new study published in The Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research. The study showed that doing ab exercises “explosively” (i.e., faster) makes your abdominal muscles work harder.

2 Supplements for Mature Men

By Craig Ballantyne | 08/30/2008 |

Strength and muscle mass are two of the most important components for healthy living in older folks. If you don’t have strength, every activity is going to be harder than it should be. So you’ll be happy to know that there are two nutritional supplements that can help you build strength, no matter how old you are.