Posts by Craig Ballantyne
Bad Idea Jeans Workout
This is what I call a “Bad Idea Jeans” workout. Do you remember that skit from Saturday Night Live back in the 90′s? It was one of my favorites. It included classic quotes like this one: Guy #3: “Well, he’s an ex free-base addict, and he’s trying to turn around, and he needs a place…
Read MoreCraig Ballantyne Entrepreneur on Fire Interview
This is a no-holds barred interview where I reveal my struggles with anxiety, my philosophy on success, my experiences with failure, and much more. I was recently interviewed by John Lee Dumas from Entrepreneur on Fire. He’s had millions of downloads of his daily podcast which profile the business journey of successful entrepreneurs. We sat…
Read MoreThe Truth About Money
Today is the day you discover the politically incorrect truth about money. This lesson will probably be much different than the one your parents taught you. I know my mother would disagree with what I’m about to say. Pinching pennies is a losing game. Obsessing about cutting costs is a waste of your valuable time…
Read MoreHow to Receive More in Life
On Saturday afternoon I met an Internet multimillionaire colleague of mine in Ann Arbor, Michigan at Qdoba. He was generous enough to treat me to a lunch of a Naked Burrito and water. But more important, we had a great conversation about what’s working in sales letters, copy, promotions, front-end sales funnels, and back-end upsells.…
Read MoreSuper Insane Open Rate
Yes, there was an SNL reference in my headline. You might remember Super Happy Fun Ball from the Phil Hartman glory days of SNL back in the early 90’s. I loved that skit. Almost as much as I love super insane open rates today. Recently I helped out Mike Geary to share his “101 Foods…
Read MoreIt is Not Too Late to Start This
He was my hero. I was just a 5 year old kid when this “Superman” came to town. And to this day his story still brings a tear to my eye. What he achieved, against the obstacles he overcame, makes almost everything we struggle with seem so inconsequential in comparison. His story below, but first,…
Read More30 minute bodyweight beach workout
I almost broke both my wrists last night. It was dark. Pitch black. And I was foolishly attempting to make my way back to Bungalow 2, my room for the weekend at Playa Escondida here in Puerto Vallarta. I chose to take the unlit, narrow garden pathway instead of the safer roadway. Eventually I came…
Read MoreSuccess Secrets of Dr. Ferruggia
He’s the one they call Dr. Ferruggia, he’s the one that’s going to give you a mental kick in the butt. He’s the one they call Dr. Ferruggia, and he’s the one that’s going to make you feel alright… (Apologies to Motley Crue for the butchered lyrics of Dr. Feelgood.) …but thanks to Rick Kaselj,…
Read More#1 cardio machine to avoid
Let’s fire up a Classic Cardio Controversy from Craig… …because it’s the day after American Thanksgiving and I just know that so many TT readers are going to make a huge Cardio mistake today… You’re going to use this silly machine and you’re going to think it’s “working”. But it’s not. It’s lying to you.…
Read MoreThanksgiver 2.0 Workout
This is the big day… Happy Thanksgiving to all of my American friendz! And Happy 3-NFL-Games-on-Today to everyone else! Have a great workout wherever you are using the Home Workout Revolution no-equipment solution or TT 2.0 or the TT Therm-30 plan. Today at the Joel Marion garage gym, we did… “The ThanksGiver 2.0“… 1A) PowerBlock…
Read MoreHow To Sell A Membership Site Product
Where in the world is Craiggy Ballantyne today? Well, I’m on a very special adventure… …to Tampa, Florida to enjoy my first ever American Thanksgiving dinner with Joel Marionz and family tomorrow. Then it’s off to Mike Geary’s wedding in Mexico on Friday. I hope we make this Thanksgiving dinner a regular ritual in my…
Read MoreThe BEST Bodyweight Workout EVER
The best bodyweight workouts will include everything. 1) Strength training <= Here, you’ll use a variety of 1-1/2 reps, harder exercises and more 2) Metabolic Conditioning <= Here, you’ll use fast-paced exercise tempos and higher rep schemes. 3) Metabolic Finisher <= Your workout grand finale… here, you’ll replace cardio and intervals with a finisher because…
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