Posts by Craig Ballantyne
15 Minute Challenge for You
If you want to be more productive, it’s time to stop making excuses and claiming you’re a Night Owl because you like staying up late to watch Netflix or Stephen Colbert, or because you’d rather be sleeping in your warm bed on a cold morning. That doesn’t make you a night owl. That makes you…
Read MoreShe Lost 21 Pounds. He Lost 31 Pounds (pics inside)
Do you believe in fast weight loss? You’ll find proof that it’s possible in the pictures below… where you’ll meet: Men AND women that have lost 21 pounds in 12 weeks with Turbulence Training One man that lost 100 pounds in 10 months with Turbulence Training And three men and women that won $1000 just…
Read More4-Minute Ab Blaster Workout
Here’s some good new for you. Every week one of the big fitness magazines reaches out to me for help. I get questions from Women’s Health, Prevention, Men’s Fitness, and even Details and Maxim magazines! Last week Men’s Health needed some new ab exercises. But they rarely use all the secrets I share, so I…
Read MoreHow to burn fat in just 7 minutes
In 1999, I invented two techniques that changed the future of the fitness industry. I was a nerdy graduate student at the time, finishing up my Master’s Degree in Exercise Physiology. My research was about how cardio, weights, and interval training change your metabolism and fat burning hormones. And the results led to the creation…
Read MoreWhat I Did Wrong and What I Did Right
I’ve messed up a lot in life. In my twenties I worked twelve hours a day six days a week in the gym. Weekends were wasted drinking like a frat boy and chasing girls in loud bars till all hours of the night. I was the poster child for extreme living in the big city,…
Read More3 Reasons NEVER to Drink Bottled Water Again
A few weeks ago a good friend came to me with a problem. Her husband, having just turned 40, was feeling down and out. She was worried about him. Not only was he getting fat (despite eating “clean”), but like Austin Powers, he had lost his MOJO! I asked a lot of questions. Was he…
Read More4-Minute Ab Blaster Workout
Here’s some good new for you. Every week one of the big fitness magazines reaches out to me for help. I get question from Women’s Health, Prevention, Men’s Fitness, and even Details and Maxim magazines! Last week Men’s Health needed some new ab exercises. But they rarely use all the secrets I give them, so…
Read MoreAlways Be Doing This
Bedros and I can’t emphasize enough how important it is to be constantly networking and making friends in the industry… and even outside of it. The more connected you are, the better. Because you never know when it will come back to help you. For example, several years ago I reached out to a 6x…
Read MoreBehind the Transformations: Turbulence Trainers on Inspiring Change
My goal of helping over one million men and women change their bodies and their lives is a massive mission that I started several years ago when I created Turbulence Training. Since the beginning, we have run 23 Transformation Contests, and we’re currently on our 24th. Helping people transform their lives is a life-changing experience and YOU can…
Read MoreHow to lower your blood pressure
6a.m. No matter where I am in the world, I do this one daily habit like clockwork. It’s changed my life, physically, mentally, and emotionally. I’m more patient, I’m less flustered by daily hassles, and I’m more resilient when the going gets tough. If you take up this daily habit, it will change your life,…
Read MoreComing Soon!
Why do I go to Europe every summer for weeks at a time? Glad you asked. It all started back in 2010. That was the 1st year that my friend Simon Black held a Liberty and Entrepreneurship Camp in the countryside of Lithuania (at the request of a Lithuanian friend, Virgus). This year was our…
Read MoreNEVER do these 10 exercises if you are overweight
I bumped into Michelle, an old high school girlfriend last week at the YMCA. She was using the weight machines while I did Density Squats and Box Jumps in the back corner (details below). Michelle was frustrated. She walked over, pinching the fat on the back of her arm. “I am so sick and tired…
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