Posts by Craig Ballantyne
Stupid Personal Trainers, Dead Bunnies, & Negative Calorie Fat Loss Foods
So today I saw a personal trainer leaving the gym and lighting up a cigarette. Classic. That reminded me of the many stupid things personal trainers do, such as having clients stand on dumbbells (I swear I saw this once), and recommending so-called “negative calorie foods for fat loss”. You may have stumbled across the…
Read MorePepperoni Pizza 1 – Craig 0 (watch Craig Ballantyne get his butt whooped!)
Well, I admit it. I’m a total dork. You’ll see why as soon as you watch this video of me racing a (that’s right, I race a pizza)…& I get my butt kicked. All in the name of teaching you an important fat loss lesson! It’s our first of many episodes in my new online…
Read MoreKing of Fat Loss Interval Training Declares Best Interval Workout for Fat Loss is…
Q: What’s the best interval training program for fat loss? Answer: The one that gets you the MOST fat loss results in the least amount of exercise time with minimal or NO equipment. I’ve tried every high intensity interval training (HIIT) program imaginable… I’ve even used every piece of equipment (from cardio machines to kettlebells,…
Read More7 Rules to Having Insane Amounts of Energy While Losing Belly Fat
Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired and not having any “energy”? It’s frustrating, isn’t it? But did you know there are proven ways to be alert all through the day, while getting more done and still having enough energy to burn belly fat? There is, and I’m going to share my…
Read MoreDon’t Let the Recession Make You Overweight
Japanese scientists studied 122 workers between the ages of 21 and 60. They found that work stress (in the form of tension, anxiety, and depression) was associated with an increase in what they called “eating to satiety” (meaning eating until they were completely full). Unfortunately, eating to satiety was also associated with weight gain.
Read More7 Day Guide to Lose Lower Belly Fat & The Best Lower Ab Exercises
It’s been a very controversial week for Turbulence Training, and with this guide to losing lower belly fat and the best lower ab exercises, things aren’t going to change any time soon! In case you didn’t hear, I nearly had all of my articles banned from MSN because some folks didn’t like my controversial expose…
Read MoreDiet Tips for Fat Loss
Time for some diet tips for fat loss, and these killer ideas come mostly from the TTMembers forum. Very cool group of people on that site. One day, I read an article about binge eating, and knowing that portion control is a HUGE component of fat loss success, I went straight to the forum with…
Read MoreEdible Cancer Sticks
Polish researchers studied the effect of potato chip consumption on otherwise healthy volunteers. Potato chips and French fries are close cousins. Both contain relatively high concentrations of acrylamide, a potentially carcinogenic compound found in starchy foods that have been cooked at a high temperature.
Read MoreFat Loss Workout For Women
Here’s a fat loss workout for women that I designed for one of the biggest female fitness magazines in the world. Now there are a couple of problems when working with magazines. First, they often come with limits. For example, I couldn’t use certain exercises in this workout because they used those exercises in programs…
Read MoreBodyweight Workouts for Fat Loss
One of the most common questions I get is, “Can you use bodyweight workouts and exercises for fat loss?”. The answer of course, is yes. You can burn fat and lose weight with almost any exercise program, from yoga to cardio to intervals to bodybuilding to martial arts to bodyweight. But what makes bodyweight exercises…
Read MoreHow To Lose Fat in Vegas Faster Than You Can Lose Your Money
Sin City (or travel anywhere) doesn’t have to mean you’re going to gain weight. It’s easy to plan your way out of any holiday weight gain. In fact, you can even lose fat while traveling. The idea for this post came to me while I was having a cold Blue Moon last Thursday afternoon at…
Read More7 Day Fat Loss Exercise Guide
We’ve got a really cool 7-day fat loss exercise guide to take you through the next week and a new fat burning program to keep you changing your body. Click here to listen to the call Woohoo! The 60-Day Turbulence Training Twitter Transformation Contest is finishing up and we’ll soon have voting going on the…
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