Posts by Craig Ballantyne
The Fight with Svbraigz CallEnson for Bally the Dog
Great news. We did it. Thanks to all the TT’ers who helped me out to overcome Svbraigz CallEnsonn’s evil plans and win back Bally the Dog. It was an incredible adventure, and culminated in an epic workout battle. Here’s how it all went down. First, thanks to Lily Marionz, I was able to locate Svbraigz’…
Read MoreMy Daily Documents
Each afternoon at around 4:30pm, as my workday winds down, I do three things. First, I make the next day’s “to do” list, starting with the most important priorities at the top, and I script out the next workday, including 60 minutes of writing done first thing in the morning when I’m at my best. I highly…
Read MoreQnA #4: Pushups, Shoulder Mobility, and the Buff Dudes-Hot Chicks Workout Series
Welcome to the 130 folks who joined the TT Platinum Membership this week. Your Ultimate Deal gives you the opportunity to ask your questions on the TT Forum as well, where I look forward to answering them. I wish I could just sit around and answer training questions all day. Oh, and you’ll also get…
Read More7 Awesome Ways to Boost Your Workout Results
I just 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.…
Read More10 Ways to Speed Up Your Workouts
If you want to spend less time exercising while still getting great results, then I have good news. Today, 10 ways to make your workouts shorter, PLUS a BIG surprise… Method #1 – Do 1 set instead of 3 sets Japanese researchers found that while men get more results doing 3 sets per exercise, the…
Read MoreDaniel Woodrum – Certified Turbulence Trainer from South Carolina
Today I want to welcome Daniel Woodrum, Certified Turbulence Trainer from Greenville, South Carolina. Daniel plays an active role in the Greenville Hospital System, a leading-edge sports performance center that uses scientific methods to train individuals of all abilities from elite athletes, TBI, MS, and Parkinson disease. He passion is in Health and Fitness dedicating…
Read MoreQnA #3: Abs Exercises and Terrell Owens Resistance Bands
Next week we’ll have big news for trainers who want to attend the 1st ever TT Trainer Summit later this summer. It’s a 2-day event we’re having in San Diego, California. More news next week. For now, over to this week’s TT Member Fitness QnA. Question: I bought some of your body weight workouts a…
Read MoreOnly Diet Article You Will Ever Need
Yesterday I heard from one of my good buddies from college. He was one of the first athletes to do interval training with me on the “back 40” at McMaster University way back in 1997. He’s currently using my TT Metabolic Resistance Training program but he emailed yesterday morning looking for a simple nutrition plan…
Read MoreHow to Get More Done in Less Time – Part 1
Murphy’s Law has been hitting me left and right for the last 5 days…where it feels like everything that can go wrong, does go wrong. Yesterday I woke up to find my 6-month old Macbook Pro not working. Maybe it was taking a holiday for July 4th, I don’t know, but it wasn’t how I…
Read MoreHigh Rep Low Weight Workout
Stop. Before you ever do another workout, make sure you are not falling for the high rep low weight workout myth. All those magazines you read preaching high rep leg extensions and leg curls, or chest flies and triceps kickbacks for cutting, those are all wrong. That’s now how you burn belly fat and get…
Read MoreMen’s Health August 2011 Issue Training Review
The August 2011 issue of Men’s Health magazine is packed with cool workouts (including a full 4- week program from Eric Cressey and a push-up routine from yours truly). However, what really stands out are the nutrition articles. There’s a full diet plan and an article on 5 big nutrition myths. I’m not going to…
Read MoreFitness QnA #2 – Exercise Substitutions
I hope the fact that we are halfway through 2011 is not lost on you. We are running out of time to achieve our goals in 2011. So… Imagine you had to pay a $100 fine ever time you skipped your workout. How many training sessions would you miss? … Set a schedule. Set rules.…
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