Posts by Craig Ballantyne
10-Minute Tone Up Workout to Stay Slim
Haha, here’s another hilarious picture of ol’ CB trying to prove to Santa that I belong on his nice list. We had him drop by on Saturday to my 1st ever Christmas party for nutrition gurus like John Berardi, Brad Pilon, Flavia Delmonte, and Yuri Elkaim. I’ve been nice, I promise! …
Read MoreLast Diet Email EVER (I promise)
This could be the LAST diet email I ever send you. All you have to do is follow the advice below and you’ll lose weight, have glowing skin, never suffer from low-energy again, and you’ll feel as healthy as you did 30 years ago. That’s the power of REAL food. “Food is as powerful as…
Read More15-Minute Morning Workout to Boost Metabolism
Last Thursday morning, as I sat in the Denver airport before my flight home to Toronto, an email from Men’s Health magazine showed up in my inbox. There was a cool link to a Morning Metabolic workout. I clicked on it… and read an article from myself! Ha. I totally forgot about giving them this…
Read MoreThink About This Christmas Morning
Woo hoo! I have great news to brighten your already amazing Christmas season! It was a very special weekend here at Early To Rise. Every December we bring our business partners, family, and friends together to visit local Wal-Marts where we buy as many toys as possible to give to the United States Marine Corps…
Read More10-Minute Muscle Building Workouts For Arms & Butts
You’re going to love these quick and easy 2-exercise workouts. I even have 2-exercise muscle-building workouts for you below. But first, how to tighten your arms and butt… The Bodyweight Fat Blaster to Tighten Your Arms 1) Total Body Extensions (or Burpees) – 30 seconds 2) Close-Grip Pushups (or Mountain Climbers) – 30 seconds –…
Read More5 fat burning secrets from Chef Bally’s Kitchen
Le Bark! La Woof! This is Bally the French Chef Dog here today with 5 fat burning secrets from my kitchen. When you use these tips, you’ll be able to fill yourself full of holiday foods while still losing weight. My good friend Chef Gui Alinat, author of the best-selling Eat More, Burn More cookbook,…
Read MoreHORRIBLE 4-Minute Ab Routine to Burn Belly Flab
What a HORRIBLE way for an amazing weekend to start. It was a beautiful Thursday evening in Denver. A few members of my family had flown into town to join us for our Toys for Tots shopping event. We were walking to dinner when my mom tripped over the uneven sidewalk and fell to the…
Read More#1 Skill for Life at Any Age
It was a little past 4 when I got out of bed on Sundaymorning. The winter’s first snow was still coming down, and the streets and sidewalks were a blank canvas, waiting for early morning artist’s tracks to leave their mark. I slowly descended the stairs. My legs are a little slower and stiffer in…
Read More#1 Skill for Life at Any Age
It was a little past four when I got out of bed on Sunday morning. The winter’s first snow was still coming down, and the streets and sidewalks were a blank canvas, waiting for early morning artists to leave their mark. I slowly descended the stairs. My legs are a little stiffer in the morning hours. As I…
Read More8-minute EPIC Butt Workout
A new study from Iowa State University claims you can keep the weight off simply by taking about 7,116 steps per day. Today I’ll be taking at least that many steps – and probably more – during our Toys for Tots (TFT) shopping event in Denver. Up and down the aisles of Wal-Mart I’ll run,…
Read More5 Easy Food Swaps for Weight Loss
Surprising new research from the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition has found that diet soda can slow your weight loss. In the study, 62 obese diet soda drinkers went on a diet. One group stopped drinking diet sodas and replaced them with water. The other group was allowed to keep drinking diet sodas (just one…
Read MoreThe TRUTH About Facebook
Ugh, I’m embarrassed, and hope you’ll forgive me. Like most people, I only post the ‘good stuff’ on Facebook. But the TRUTH is that not every moment of our lives is a “Facebook moment” We all struggle. This week was a bad one for me. My troubles started on Sunday morning when I made bad…
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