Posts by Craig Ballantyne
Best Metabolic Workout
Sunday morning was a sad day at the gym. It was full of a half-dozen “Uncle Rico” types (remember him from Napolean Dynamite?) trying to re-live their glory years. Unfortunately, no one seems to have told these guys that a circuit of bench presses, barbell curls, and side bends (all with terrible form, of course)…
Read MorePull Up Tips for Pull Up Mayhem
Pull-up Tips – By Shawna Kaminski I’m always on the look out for a diabolical workout. Sometimes I dream them up myself, other times I’ll see one somewhere and give it a try. I’m Shawna K, otherwise known as the ‘Pull Up Queen’. I create and do challenging workouts and I teach my clients to…
Read MoreFixing Your Problems
The other morning I made a bold – and obnoxious – post on Twitter. It started with me posting, “I’m going to solve all of your problems in this next post…” And then I followed that by giving you what I sincerely believe is the answer to so many of your struggles: “Write down every…
Read MoreChallenge ALL Your Clients
Challenge ALL Your Clients by Shawna Kaminski Do you run fitness boot camps? One of the biggest challenges is this: How do you deal with Ms. Jones who hasn’t exercised in 20 years and Ms. Smith who just finished her third sprint triathlon? This is one of the most common issues boot camp owners encounter. Many…
Read MoreFormula for Calculating Metabolic Rate
My friend Jillian Michaels just sent me a great email that shows us how to calculate the # of calories you burn each day. It starts with knowing your Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR). Now your BRM is the # of calories that you’d burn if you were to put your feet up on the couch…
Read More2012 Fitness Year in Review
Recently a TT reader asked me, “Hey, where is the podcast?” I said, “You know, it’s something that just kind of fell off the map because it’s a couple hours of my week and we had so much going on.” He said, “Come on,” so I said, “All right, all right.” It’s time to…
Read MoreBurn 30% More Calories
Before we get to today’s fat burning tip, you’ll want to hear about my “Top 3 Most Magical Moments” of 2012. I was doing some reflecting on a beautiful New Year’s Day dog walk with ol’ Bally the Pooch, and I narrowed my amazing 2012 down to these top 3… #3 – The EarlytoRise.com Seminar…
Read MoreYour List for 2012
Pour yourself the final glass of Egg Nog for the season. Get a comfy chair and pull close to the fireplace. Have the dog sit at your feet… …because I have a little task for you to do. It’s a little list that you need to make to help you kick off 2013 right. But…
Read More14 Day Fast Fat Loss Guide
Okay, this is EPIC. It’s the EXACT 14-day blueprint that you need to follow so you can leave the high-calorie holiday world behind. Print this out and let’s get back on track to fat loss today. I put it together for a friend and his wife because they both gained 25 pounds when they had…
Read MoreThe ONE Way to Think in 2013
One of the highlights of my trip to Germany was a visit to a secret test track at BMW. It was miles and miles away from their main headquarters, located beside a cornfield in the middle of the country. As soon as we arrived our cell phones were confiscated. “We can’t allow any pictures, yah?”…
Read More2013 Daily Diet
Time for another mega-update on my current Daily Diet. It’s changed slightly and is, in fact, better than ever for fat burning and health. I’m averaging well over a dozen servings of fruits and vegetables per day, plus about one gram of protein per pound of bodyweight. Here’s how my daily diet – and my…
Read More2013 Breakthrough Plan
It’s time. It’s time for you to shed any frustrations from 2012, to destroy the obstacles and bottlenecks in your way, and to create the best and biggest BREAKTHROUGH plan for 2013. TODAY is the first day of the rest of your life. So don’t dwell on past mistakes because that will get you nowhere.…
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