Posts by Craig Ballantyne
Quick Fat Burning Workout
If you’re in America, Happy Thanksgiving. If, like me, you’re not, well Happy Thursday. No matter where you are, you can always use a quick workout. So that’s my gift to you today. A short workout for busy folks. Here comes the BOOM. The TT Thanksgiving 2013 QUICK Fat Burner MRT + MCT + MDT…
Read More1000 Calorie Workout
Back when I was a teenage bodybuilder at the Stratford YMCA, I remember being in for a workout on Canadian Thanksgiving. The only other soul in the gym that day was a grizzled, 45 year old, ripped to shreds guy with a waxed handlebar mustache. As he finished up his workout, Old Handlebars turned and…
Read MoreMetabolic 4 x 4 Finisher
It was one of the toughest moments of the weekend… or 2012 I should say. Craig put me through a nasty 20-10 workout that had me bent over in exhaustion. I was questioning the meaning of life and even hallucinated a little bit. I was seeing Yoda wearing a bright orange shirt instructing Craig through…
Read More2 Workouts I Used to build my body
In 1996 I was embarrassingly skinny. I remember sitting with my friends and being ashamed of my formerly athletic body. And all of this happened for an embarrassing reason. You see, in 1994 I was a 180 pound 19 year old kid heading off to my first year of college to study exercise science. My…
Read MoreHealthy Chocolate Shake
Yesterday after 4 straight hours of follow-along bodyweight TT interval style workouts (including hundreds of burpees, pushups, pullups, squats, and even “The Punisher X” circuit), I drove the 2 hours and 15 minutes from the gym in Lapeer, Michigan back to the farm to hang with ol’ Bally the Dog. After a walk down by…
Read MoreAdvice on Books and Affiliates
Rpid fire QnA today because you`ve sent me in so many great questions. Enjoy. Q: What books are you reading at the moment or would recommend? – Vijay Answer: Right now I’m reading “Turning Pro” by Steven Pressfield, “10X” by Grant Cardone, “Great Leads” by Michael Masterson, All Quiet on the Western Front, and a…
Read More3 Exercises That Flush Fat
You’re in for a treat. Today I’m off to Michigan to film hours and hours of follow along finisher workouts with Certified Turbulence Trainers, Mike Whitfield and Brian Kalakay. It’s going to be really painful filming workout after workout, and I’ll be super-sore tomorrow and Sunday. But it will all be worth it because soon…
Read MoreNiche Market Domination
Two slicked up, oil-covered, speedo wearing bodybuilders are not the typical kind of guys that you would consider to be my mentors. But I’m proud to call Vince Del Monte and Ben Pakulski not just friends of mine, but teachers. You want to talk about passion? You want examples of integrity? You want men of…
Read MoreNASA Workout Challenge
That’s right, I’m training an astronaut. My client, a 33-year old cardiologist (who makes Doogie Howswer look old!) justtraveled down to Houston for a NASA workout challenge. (And yes, all I can picture is that Simpson’s episode where Homer gets in the machine at NASA and spins around and around. Ha.) But here’s the workout…
Read MoreHow to Eat Cookies and Lose Fat
What happens when you lock a goofy Canadian fitness expert and eight delicious cookies in a hotel room? Well, you get an empty cookie box, that’s for sure. Let me tell you an embarrassing story, and what I did to stay lean after the damage was done. Last weekend I was down in the beautiful…
Read MoreTruth About Online Marketing
It was 5:45 pm on Saturday afternoon. The audience – perhaps you included – had been through an incredible day, learning about Big Ideas, Success Stories, Facebook Ads, Google Ads, Product Launches, Making Noise, Avoiding Zombies, Upsell Conversions, and so much more. All delivered Gangnam Style, of course. But as the day was about to…
Read MoreWhat To Do With Your Life
It must be something in the air. Perhaps something about the changing of the leaves and seasons that has brought about great personal introspection in your life? You see, for whatever reason, I’ve recently received more “What should I do with my life?” type of questions on Facebook and through our FIM customer QnA sessions.…
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