Posts by Craig Ballantyne
Sprinting Tips
In part 2 we learned from veteran body builder, Jason Ferruggia the importance of including mobility and flexibility exercises into your workout routines. Today, Jason will share more tips as he explains the different types of sprinting techniques. ************************* CRAIG BALLANTYNE: Remember when you trained Hyson? Maybe tell us briefly on how his program was…
Read MoreThe ONE Big Thing You Must Do Every Day
We have another special gift for you today. It’s a 60-day inspiration and goal setting coaching program that you can have delivered to your phone for free each morning. You’ll get started off with a video I created for you called, “The ONE Big Thing You Must Do Every Day”. Each morning after, you’ll receive…
Read MoreMobility and Flexibility
In part 1, Jason Ferruggia shared with us a few lessons from his recent Renegade seminar. Today, this fitness expert talks about the countless mobility drills and flexibility exercises that help his clients become a better athlete. ********************* CRAIG BALLANTYNE: All right, nice. Tell us a little bit about the seminar you did, and how…
Read More3 Rules to Survive Christmas Dinner
Last Sunday afternoon I had my first Christmas dinner of the season. And now there are only THREE more to go. I’m looking forward to each and every one of them because I’ll survive them all – and stay lean – with these 3 rules. Rule #1 – Use Christmas Dinner as a cheat meal.…
Read More5 Fat Burning Workout Techniques
I love finding new workout boosters and “tweaks” that make fat burning workouts and bodyweight exercises more effective. Each month I scour over a dozen magazines, two dozen websites, online videos, hundreds of scientific research papers, hard copy books, and university text books to uncover new ways of training to add to TT workouts. That’s…
Read MoreJason Ferruggia Renegade and Conditioning
Over the next few days I’ll be sharing with you this expert interview series from one of the most in-demand trainers in the industry. My friend Jason (Jay) Ferruggia. He is a renowned strength coach has been training athletes from over 90 different athletic organizations, is the chief training adviser to Men’s Fitness Magazine and…
Read MoreThe Most Important Lesson From the Sporting World Today
Late on Sunday afternoon people all across America tuned into a football game hoping to see one of two things. On one hand, millions of people hoped to watch a young man fail. On the other, millions more wished to see this young man, Tim Tebow, succeed in another near-miraculous comeback to help his team…
Read MoreWorkouts for Busy Gyms and Small Spaces
This week’s QnA is courtesy of an interview I did with the fitness team at MSN.com. I also have a fitness feature coming out in Details magazine, of all places. More about that soon. If you have any questions, make sure to visit the TT Facebook page here. Now let’s go through everything that you…
Read MoreWhat to Do With All the Email
You have too much email. I know. And it’s your fault. You are to blame for your too much email problem. Here’s why: 1) You treat email like text messaging when you should treat email like faxing. When you send someone a fax, they don’t fax you back a thank you. And you don’t fax…
Read MoreFrom the Ground Up
Last Friday afternoon down in South Beach, Florida, I spent the day with a group of like-minded men and women in a group called Maverick Business Adventures (a unique organization started by one of my mentors, Yanik Silver). We had the pleasure of hearing from a unique individual and true maverick, Frank McKinney. I had…
Read MoreChest Development and Quick Workouts with Turbulence Training
Chest development is not a topic we spend a lot of time on here at Turbulence Training, but we’ll cover that plus workouts that save you time, and show you how to do supersets in a busy gym. Question: “Hey Craig, love the workouts but I’m having a real hard time doing some of the…
Read More9 Fitness Predictions for 2012
Fitness predictions are always fun to do, and CB loves to look into his CB. That is to say, lil’ ol me loves to look into my crystal ball and try to predict the future. I’ve actually been right about some big trends in the past and so today we’re going to focus on the…
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