Posts by Craig Ballantyne
Big Opportunity For You
Dang, it’s everywhere! Gangster Rapper turns love of audio into $3.2 billion business. College nerd turns social creeping into world’s biggest social network. Woman invents super-pantyhose and creates billion dollar biz. There is so much opportunity out there…it’s everywhere! And listen, there is an incredible amount of opportunity out there for you…
Read More#1 Bodyweight Exercise
This might be the most interesting – and shocking – workout study ever.Crazy Canadian researchers at Queen’s University tested the #1 bodyweight exercise against long cardio. In the study, 22 college-aged women did 4 workouts per week for 4 weeks. Group A did 30 minutes of treadmill running at 85% max heart rate Group B…
Read More3 Ways to Grow Your Business
Every morning during one of my daily readings I review one of the Kekich Credos. Some are motivational, others health related, and some are good kick-butt mindset tips. My favorites are the hardcore business ones, like #19. It states, “Use leverage with ideas (the ability to generalize is the key to intellectual leverage), work, money,…
Read MoreNew 11-Minute Workout Burns Your Fat While You Sleep (free)
According to researchers from Southern Illinois University, you CAN burn fat while you sleep. And it only takes an “11 minute workout done three times per week”. Today, you’ll get a super-fast, super-effective TT workout to help you burn fat all day long – while getting your results in FIVE times less than the average…
Read More3 Research Proven Diet Mistakes
You’re about to discover THREE big diet secrets that I stumbled across while reviewing over 147 research studies this past week. That’s one of the benefits of being a TT reader…you get the hottest scoop on the fat burning secrets from labs (science labs, not Chocolate Labs like Bally!) all over the world. Research also…
Read More5 Exercise Substitutions for Cardio
Five minutes ago I went up to the 8th floor of the Intercontinental Hotel here in Toronto to check out the gym. The view is pretty good, but the gym was cramped (although the pool was nice). There was barely enough room for a bodyweight circuit. I’m going to check out a local big box…
Read MoreHow to Know What’s Hot
The Germans have some great words, like Schadenfraude, and Zeitgeist. The French, on the other hand, have a NY Times Best Seller. Frenchman Thomas Piketty is the author of Capital in the 21st Century and his book taps into the Zeitgeist of the Occupy movement. Zeitgeist is defined as “the intellectual fashion or dominant school…
Read MoreFacebook QnA
Q: Best core training to help ease lower back pain? Vada Answer: First, a trip to your doctor. If approved for exercise, then go with Planks, side planks, bird dogs done every other day. I encourage you to seek in person help. Thanks! Q: Whats the best exercise to burn fat ? Debi Answer:…
Read MoreThe Sad Tail of The Jogger – By Bally the Dog
*shake*shake*shake* (water goes everywhere) Woof! Ol’ Bally the Dog here with an important fat loss story to tell you. I was out walking my human, ol’ Craiggy the Trainer, this morning, when the dark clouds rolled in and we got caught out in a rainstorm. Good thing, too, because now I’ll smell like Eau de…
Read MoreHow to Know What’s Hot
The Germans have some great words, like Schadenfraude, and Zeitgeist. The French, on the other hand, have a NY Times Best Seller. Frenchman Thomas Piketty is the author of Capital in the 21st Century and his book taps into the Zeitgeist of the Occupy movement. Zeitgeist is defined as “the intellectual fashion or dominant school…
Read MoreWorst Cardio for Fat Loss
This ONE exercise is absolutely, positively the WORST cardio you could choose to do… It’s the Elliptical Machine! What a waste of time. According to a study by the University of California at San Francisco’s Human Performance Center, cardio machines OVERESTIMATE calorie-burn by shocking amounts… The Treadmill was bad … Overestimating calories burned by 13%…
Read MoreFive Ways to Profit From Your Passion
Between 2003 and 2006, I fought for every spare minute between my personal training sessions that I could use to work on my business. I worked while riding the bus at 5:30am on the way to the gym in downtown Toronto, on streetcars as I traveled from one client’s house to the next, and on…
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