Posts by Craig Ballantyne
Questions about your customers
Try as I might, it’s been tough to carve out my regular writing time while on attending Dan Kennedy’s seminar this weekend. So I’m turning over today’s message to a worthy mentor. I’m sure you’re familiar with the prolific and illustrious Seth Godin. I’m currently reading his latest book, “The Icarus Deception“.” It’s a perfect…
Read MoreThe Tough Love Diet
Time for some tough love. It’s tough because it’s true, but it’s still love because I care so much about helping you overcome the obstacles in the way. First, a damaging admission…I like chocolate. I also like eating snack food for meals (like almonds and cashews…mixed with chocolate). While, technically, these food choices are still…
Read MoreHow to Deal with Criticism
You ever hear the phrase “liquid courage”? That’s what some people call booze. After all, it gives otherwise timid folks the ‘courage’ to speak up and say what they really feel. Of course, they often regret what they end up saying. Well, the Internet is “virtual courage” because it gives folks the ability to hide…
Read MoreNutrition Manifesto
Wow. This Nutrition Manifesto might be one of the most important articles I ever write for you. Time for some tough love. It’s tough because it’s true, but it’s still love because I care so much about helping you overcome the obstacles in the way. First, a damaging admission…I like chocolate. I also like eating…
Read MoreTruth About Blog Comments and Likes
It’s tempting to look at a guy like Tim Ferriss and think, “Wow, he gets a lot of blog comments. That must be my goal, too!” But you’d be wrong. Earlier this week on our Virtual Mastermind site, we had our best Hot Seat session ever. In a follow up question, one member asked: Q:…
Read MoreBodyweight Circuit and Metabolic Finisher
Mike Whitfield, Certified Turbulence Trainer, and I team up to give you a Kickbutt Bodyweight Circuit and Metabolic Finisher. Let’s start with your 12-Minute Circuit…and then a Finisher from Mikey using his 3-Exercise Ladder (unique exercise) (By the way, Mikey’s breakthrough system saves you 35 minutes a day. Too many TT readers are STILL wasting…
Read More7 Finishers You MUST Do
7 Finishers You MUST Do By Mike Whitfield My client of six years gave me this feedback on the new finishers from the Workout Finishers 2.0 manual: ******************* “I just did one of the finishers and it was one of the best you’ve ever written. Seriously – I hope you write more like these. They…
Read MoreLaunch Update
It’s fitting, on the 2nd day of Mikey Whitfield’s current 6-figure launch, that we share some insights from his last big launch. And I’m sure next week he’ll have even more wisdom and inspiration to offer you…after all, we devised a really cool twist on the classic “Affiliate Competition” that engaged more affiliates to get…
Read MoreThe Death of Interval Training
The Death of Interval Training? -by Mike Whitfield, CTT “Intervals are so 2010” – Craig Ballantyne, at the 2012 TT Summit Now I’ll be the first to admit that interval training is superior to long cardio for fat loss. You already know that… nothing groundbreaking there. When interval training did come to the scene, it…
Read MoreSpeech of the Year
On Saturday, September 8th, 2012, in a nondescript meeting room of the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas, my friend Bedros Keuilian launched into the “Speech of the Year.” Everyone there wished we had recorded it. Unfortunately we didn’t. But at least my friend Julian was kind enough to send me his detailed notes on this…
Read MoreThe Turbulence Training Summit Experience
It’s 7:37pm on Friday night. Your mind is buzzing, more so than the room packed with over 100 fitness experts, as you walk into the VIP reception. You’ve just spent all day devouring the ideas delivered by the sharpest minds in the fitness industry. Just one of those tips, the BIG idea you wrote down…
Read MoreThe Crazy Word that Guarantees Success
At 7 feet tall, Kelly Olynyk simply stands out – and over everyone – in the crowd. But it’s not just his physical stature that separates him from the pack. As the starting center on the top ranked NCAA men’s basketball team from Gonzaga University, Olynyk is willing to do what most other people are…
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