Posts by Craig Ballantyne
2013 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.…
Read MoreThe $100,000 Transformation Contest
Thank you. Thank you so much for being a part of the Turbulence Training world, for taking action, for using that workouts that we work so hard to create for you, and for sharing your results with us. Now it’s time for me to give back. And that’s why we’re having a $100,000 90-Day Transformation Contest starting today.…
Read MoreMerry Christmas from Turbulence Training
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. I want you to know how incredibly grateful I am to have you in my life. You see, ever since I was a young boy watching my mother struggle with her weight, I’ve wanted to dedicate my life to helping people like YOU improve their lives. It doesn’t matter…
Read MoreFitness vs. Fat Loss Training
Fitness vs. Fat Loss Training By Grant Lofthouse Hey, what’s up? Grant Lofthouse here; I hope you’re doing super! Firstly, I want to thank Craig for letting me share this interesting story with you about how I had an ‘ah ha’ moment. Basically, I discovered the difference between fitness and fat loss training, and what you…
Read MoreBook 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…
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