Posts by Craig Ballantyne

Today is the annual Turbulence Training Summit! It’s going to be “Yuge”, as Donald Trump would say… …with about 100 trainers coming in from all corners of the globe, including Australia, the UK, Malaysia, and the funky country of Canadia. 😉 My best friend of 35 years, J-Roc, will be there (he’s on the right…

Helloooo from Austin, Texas! I’m reporting live today from the amazing Paleo FX seminar… there are thousands of paleo diet fans gathered here today for amazing presentations and to check out the wild and wacky world of paleo & “caveman” foods (you’ll learn about some below). On Thursday I spoke to about 100 nutritionists, personal…

“Your NutriBullet is making you fat!” according to the newspaper I read today. Juices. Smoothies. Shakes. They claim to help you lose weight… …but they actually pack on the pounds on your belly. We don’t need to be told that a “1000 calorie Snickers Smoothie” isn’t the best thing for us. After all, even though…

Ha, have you seen this video? Taylor Swift does a cardio wipeout. It’s one of the reasons she hates cardio, in addition to it being super boring.  Other reasons to avoid cardio: It doesn’t work for fat loss. It wastes your time. It hurts your joints. In fact, I wrote a brand new book about…

1999 was the best year of my life. In my early 20’s, I was finishing my Master’s Degree in Exercise Physiology at McMaster University, in Hamilton, an hour drive from the big city of Toronto. Each morning I’d take subjects through muscle-building workouts for a big research study we were doing on a MuscleTech nutrition…

His Doctor Was Shocked, Absolutely Shocked! When Todd Arnoldi of Sheboygan, Wisconsin lost 75 pounds in the latest 12-week Turbulence Training Transformation Contest, his doctor was shocked, absolutely shocked. Just a few months earlier, when Todd was 40 years old and weighed over 420 pounds (more than most scales can actually measure), his doctor had…

This is a CELEBRATION workout! First of all, since we all celebrated Mother’s Day yesterday, you know what that meant! You had yummy pancakes, brunches, and perhaps even a Mimosa or two. I hope it was an amazing day with your family. Unfortunately I was traveling for work, but I’m sure Bally made his best…

Hey, just made this short and fun video for you… …to help you stick to your nutrition plan this week. Watch the 5 tricks to eat the right foods here But wait… While I have good advice, I don’t have good solutions on what you should make for your amazing fat-burning meals this week ……

Happy Mother’s Day! Alas, I’m stuck in Denver while my family is celebrating in Toronto. Worse, ol’ Bally the Dog is stuck in the Dogs Wag Inn kennel this weekend. (I’m serious, that’s what it is called!) But I hope you’re going to have an amazing day. And I’m about to make it better with…