Posts by Craig Ballantyne
How to Be Your Best Self
Funny how some things were meant to be. It was a gorgeous April morning in Miami. Twelve of us had spent the previous night enjoying dinner at the Italian restaurant, Il Gabbiano, followed by a Miami Heat basketball game as part of a guy’s weekend trip away. The next morning in the hotel I went…
Read MoreHabits and Plans of Successful People
In my last essay, I gave you an exclusive look inside my daily routine. Let’s pick up where we left off and look at how I schedule my afternoons. After a morning filled with writing, exercise, and time with the dog, I break at 12:30 PM. Lunch is a spartan affair, usually smoked salmon on a…
Read MoreDiscover How Certified Turbulence Trainer Nestor Flores Turned His Passion Into A Profitable Bootcamp In Just Months
Daniel: Hello Turbulence Training Nation. It’s Daniel Woodrum, director of CTT coming to you today with one of my dear friends, Nestor Flores, better known as Yestor. I’m sure we’ll get in that a little bit later in the call. If Nestor’s name sounds familiar to you, it might be because he won the 2014…
Read MoreTraining Secrets Exposed by Master Certified Turbulence Trainer Peter Jankoswski.
I just finished up a very cool interview with my friend and CTT, Peter Jankowski. That I wanted to share with you today. To listen to the call click here Daniel: Hey TT nation! It’s Dani Woodrum, Director of CTT, coming to you today with a really special guest. I’ve known our guest today, Peter…
Read MoreWhy this 45-year old mother of 5 is my hero (Pics inside)
Today I want to you to meet one of my heroes. Her name is Shawn Stevens, and like you, her life has been filled with ups and downs. Today she is a hero to America’s 9th fattest state (and to me), but there was a time when she was a stressed-out mom working two jobs…
Read MoreBen Franklin’s Biggest Regret
In 1736 the unthinkable happened. Ben Franklin, long an opponent of inoculating children against Smallpox, lost his son Franky to the disease. Losing a child must be the greatest burden a parent could bear, but to do so in this manner surely yielded extra heartache to Franklin and his wife Deborah, who had born no…
Read More5 Deadly and Fattening Ingredients NEVER to Eat
Bad news. Very bad news. You probably have all 5 of these deadly, fattening ingredients in your kitchen right now. Some of them might have been in last night’s dinner, and if you love peanut butter, one of them might be in Sunday morning’s breakfast. But you should NEVER eat these, because they are doing…
Read MoreMy Daily Routine for 2015
In 1851, Victor Hugo, the author of Les Miserables, was living on the island of Guernsey. His daily routine could only be described as cartoonishly virile. He rose at dawn, drank his morning coffee, ate two raw eggs, and wrote until 11:00 AM while standing at a small desk overlooking the English Channel. After writing, Hugo moved…
Read MoreHow to Become a High-Performance Legend
As a boy, our hero was plagued with poor health. He was weak and often sick, miserably addicted to sugar and junk food. But his life – and our world – changed at the age of 15 when he heard a speech from health food pioneer Paul Bragg. The young man, Jack LaLanne, was so…
Read More3 Ways to Make Cardio Workouts and Interval Training Better
Am I out of my mind? Three ways to make cardio better? Did Bally the Dog kidnap me and write this email in my place? No, I assure you he did not. (His emails always have more spelling mistakes…he blames his ‘fat paws’. Ha!) Today I’m going to show you how to make cardio workouts…
Read MoreThe 4 Rules of the Greatest American Ben Franklin
When Ben Franklin was 20, he created rules for living that transformed his productivity and clarity for the rest of his life. It’s time you did the same.
Read More1 Diet Better than Paleo
I’ll be honest, I eat pretty close to a Paleo diet, but it’s not perfect for YOU, not even close. Unless you have true dietary-related illness (like I do), then you do NOT need to be so restrictive. Still, there’s something to be said for cutting out the junk. Take a look at two ‘celebrities’…
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