Posts by Craig Ballantyne
Book of the Year
“It’s a really great book,” my friend Rich told me at breakfast. We were sitting in the Cascades restaurant at the Opryland Hotel at a recent marketing seminar, and Rich was describing a recent family-bonding event he had been on with his brother and nephews. At the event, held on July 4th weekend in Park…
Read MoreWorkout With Intervals
Workout With Intervals Guest Article By Jeff Knox “I want to be fitter and stronger,” that was basically what I wanted out of my training so I could go faster on my bike. This was back in 2010 and my motivation was an event known as the Megavalanche at the Alpe D’Huez in France. It…
Read MoreHow to Get Ideas
When I need an idea, I go for a walk, a workout, or take a shower. Then the answers flow freely. It’s that simple. The end. Just kidding, of course. There’s so much more to generating ideas, but the steps are simple. Alas, you have to write the good ideas down quickly, otherwise, like slippery…
Read MoreQuick Fat Burning Home Workouts
Another day, another interview for a fitness magazine. This time Women’s Health magazine came a-calling with a request for three minimal and even no-equipment bodyweight exercise workouts. Here were the challenges they gave me and the workouts I provided. 8 MINUTES: Do-Anywhere Interval Workout with ONE or TWO exercises. This would be best if done…
Read MoreDifferentiate or Die
At a roundtable in the wide-open Cascades restaurant of Opryland, with the waterfalls running in the background and light coming through the windows in the ceiling, my friend Bedros Keuilian and I ran a small Mastermind group. One of the small business owners who joined us was a passionate, young fitness expert who owned a…
Read More3 Tips to Build Muscle
T’is the season to build muscle. Fa la la la la, now pass the Swedish meatballs! (<= Sounds best when sung out loud.) After all, we can’t let all of that holiday food go to waste. So STOP worrying about enjoying yourself and FORGET about trying to use the cardio “confessional” to burn off a…
Read MoreBig Mistakes We Make
Lunch arrived at 12:15pm. There was 5 of us sitting around Table 82 at the Cascades restaurant in Opryland, finishing up the first half of a recent 1-day Mastermind meeting that Bedros Keuilian and I were running for savvy entrepreneurs. The servers proceeded to deliver all of the food in reverse order. Bedros’ fish tacos…
Read MoreHow to Add Intensity to Your Workout
Men’s Fitness magazine recently asked me how to add intensity to a workout to get more results. Since this interview will be dramatically condensed when it finally goes to publication, I wanted to give you the full uncensored workout intensity tips here. Q: What are the benefits of pushing yourself? Answer: The big mistake that…
Read MoreHow to Be Awesome at the Bar…
How to Be Awesome at the Bar by Shawna Kaminski Yes, you read that correctly. I’m all about ‘awesome-ness’ at the bar. The pull up bar that is. That changes things considerably. Hmmm, pull ups. Probably the single most difficult body weight movement there is. Why would you want to do them in the first place?…
Read More6-Week Habit Contest Winners
Realistic Goals Make for Super Success – Anita Get up no later than 6:00 Every Single morning! I can say I was Awake by 6, but I didn’t always pop out of bed. But I did meditate on the day ahead… so does that count…maybe… Use my extra early morning hours to Exercise at least…
Read MoreWhy Challenge Your Boot Camp Clients?
Why Challenge Your Boot Camp Clients by Shawna Kaminski I love a challenge. I’m Shawna Kaminski, also known as ‘the pull up queen’. I run fitness boot camps and I have a great solution to help you challenge your clients as well as get them to stay and refer to you. My boot camps are highly…
Read MoreThe Metabolic Punch Workout
The Metabolic 1-2-3 Punch (Full Workout) By Mike Whitfield, CTT It was a crisp Sunday afternoon in Lapeer, Michigan. Brian Kalakay and I just wrapped up a full day of filming high intensity metabolic workouts. Brian had told me about a place called FroYo that served fresh waffles in which you put frozen yogurt on…
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