Posts by Craig Ballantyne
Hey, Are You Doing This Today?
It’s April Fool’s Day. Are you running an April Fool’s promo? Do you have anything planned for Easter? Patriot’s Day? Tax Time? Earth Day? Arbor Day? Or Take Your Daughter to Work Day? Lawn and Garden Month? Poetry Month? No joke! All are great reasons to have a sale in April. Have fun in your…
Read MoreThe Worst Day of My Life
My client was a five-foot-six, 310 pound, 56-year-old lawyer that was stressed out and struggling with health problems. And yet on that sunny Wednesday morning I had to ask him to take me to the hospital. It was 2006. That was the year I had a big financial breakthrough in my online fitness business. It…
Read MorePersonal Challenge to You
“If you want to accomplish anything, your must get out of your comfort zone,” Dave Kekich writes in Kekich Credo #1, “People will do almost anything to stay in their comfort zones, but if you want to accomplish anything, your must get out of your comfort zone. You must strive to increase order and discipline…
Read More3 Steps To Crush 2015
Every three months I fly out to Denver (from wherever I’m galivanting around the world) for our Quarterly Planning meeting at the Early to Rise office. I join Matt Smith, ETR’s Publisher, and Jeff Schneider, our COO, for an intense morning where we review our progress and plan our processes for the next three months.…
Read MoreMonday Metabolic Kickstarter Challenge Workout
The great philosopher and lasagna-lover, Garfield the Cat, once said, “I hate Mondays.” And there are many reasons to not like Monday. You have an increased risk of having a heart attack, getting into a car accident, and having to go to work. 😉 On the other hand, I love Mondays. They give us all…
Read MoreHow to Fix Your Gut
This is kind of gross but it’s a really, really important problem to talk about. You might have a pooping problem. Lots of people do, especially around this time of year with so many people traveling. But I’m going to give you my #1 secret weapon to fix your gut. But first, a reason why…
Read MoreWhat You Can Expect at This Year’s TT Summit (Sneak Peak)
I just finished another great interview with Functional Aging expert, Dan Ritchie, who’s also going to be a guest speaker at this year’s 5th annual Turbulence Training Summit this June in San Diego. Click here to listen to my full interview with Dan or read the transcript of our interview below. Craig: Hey this is…
Read MoreHow to Be a Money Making Guru
I recently interviewed my good friend and business partner Bedros Keuilian on how to turn professionals into money making gurus. You can listen to our full call here and read the interview transcript below. Craig: Hey, this is Craig Ballantyne from OnlineSuperProfits.com, Financial Independence Monthly and of course EarlyToRise.com. Now a very special call…
Read MoreNew Bodyweight Interval Research
I’m shocked, triple shocked actually, at what you and I are doing … and not doing. Let me explain… On Wednesday I flew out to LA…and boy are my arms tired. Hahaha. Over the next four days I’ll be attending one of the biggest fitness seminars in the world (hosted by my friend, Bedros Keuilian)…
Read MoreThe Men in Black are Back (Last chance)
I’m a lucky man. I happen to be friends with two of the most mysterious men under the age of 40. They’re more interesting as the Dos Equis guy. They are the Men in Black, and they’re back. Matt Smith and Simon Black will be reunited at The BlackSmith Camp this summer. It’s been three…
Read MoreSecrets to Better Sleep and Wealth
In a classic Seinfeld episode entitled, “The Friar’s Club,” Jerry Seinfeld’s neighbor Kramer attempts to copy Leonardo Da Vinci’s unusual sleeping pattern. According to Kramer, the master slept only twenty minutes every three hours. As he explained to Jerry, “Now that works out to two and a half extra days that I’m awake per week,…
Read More3 Workout Mistakes Old Men Make at the Gym
Phil looked exactly like Mr. Kruger, George’s boss in season nine of Seinfeld. Dieter was a mountain of a man, over 6-and-a-half feet tall with a giant belly dwarfing his skinny legs and arms. I watched Phil and Dieter waste an hour of their lives at the YMCA on Sunday morning. “I’m off to the…
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