Posts by Craig Ballantyne
Diet vs. Exercise Royal Rumble
What happens when you put 3 fitness experts in a room with a pizza, two cheeseburgers, two servings of edible cancer sticks (aka “french fries”), 2 sodas, 2 donuts, 2 giant chocolate chip muffins, 1 huge frappacino, 2 espresso brownies, 1 protein bar, a treadmill, a stairclimber, and a kettlebell? Well, you have the Ultimate…
Read More5 Tips to Stick To Your Fat Loss Program For the Rest of Your Life
Jane B. was like many of my new fat loss program clients. She had tried and failed, tried and failed, and tried again to stick to traditional long, slow cardio programs that had her in the gym for 90 minutes 5-6 days per week. But it just wasn’t do-able. She had a busy life, and…
Read MoreThe Truth About Fat Loss
Q: Thanks for the new blog on Fat Loss! I’ve been reading lately about something known as “Setpoint Theory” which says your body will always try to maintain its equilibrium (weight or body fat) by increasing or decreasing your metabolism based on environmental factors such as stress. Can activity level such as TT lower your…
Read MoreFasting for Fat Loss
I stepped off the plane on Saturday feeling amazing, even though it had been almost 20 hours since I last ate. But I didn’t care, because I was fasting for fat loss. In fact, this was the best fast I’d ever done. But first, let’s go back in time to Friday afternoon. I was at…
Read MoreThe First Ever Turbulence Training Fat Burning Workout
In case you missed it…part 1 of the “History of Turbulence Training” can be found here at Turbulence Training for Fat Loss.To make that long story short, I was working 16 hours per day and trying to fit in a fat burning workout in just 50 minutes…and that’s where today’s story picks up. I was…
Read MoreYou Must Lift When Losing!
It is essential for women to maintain muscle mass with age, and only resistance training can do that.
Read MoreHow to lose weight with Twitter
So maybe you’ve heard of Twitter? But have you heard about how to lose weight with Twitter? Twitter is pretty much one of the hottest things going on the Internet these days…and I’ve discovered that is also a powerful tool that has helped hundreds of Turbulence Training users to burn fat, lose weight, and stick…
Read MoreHow I Invented Turbulence Training for Fat Loss
This is the story of how I discovered Turbulence Training for Fat Loss…it involved a scientific laboratory, dubious dietary supplements, radioactive isotopes, and mounds of medical research… In fact, this wild adventure takes place in 1999 while I was still a lowly graduate student at McMaster University in Canada studying the effects of androstenedione on…
Read MoreHow Often Can I Do Interval Training for Fat Loss?
Here’s a really common fat burning question…”How often can I do interval training for fat loss? Can I do it every day?” Well, the truth is that you shouldn’t be able to do interval training every day. If you can do interval training six times a week then you’re not busting your butt hard enough…
Read MoreEdible Cancer Sticks
Back in my hometown of Stratford, there are a lot of factories. I worked at one for 3 summers, and got to meet a lot of good folks who unfortunately depend on coffee and cigarettes to get them through the day. They also had an odd little habit of calling their smokes, “cancer sticks”. Nice…
Read MoreBodybuilding Fat Burning Workout
Now back to our Saturday bodybuilding fat burning workout…I’ve been training “reformed bodybuilder” Mike almost 10 years now, since he was on the rugby team I trained back at McMaster University in Hamilton, where I was doing my Master’s Degree in Exercise Physiology. After University, Mike decided to train “bodybuilding-style”, often going to the gym…
Read MoreFat Loss is Easy
I truly believe fat loss is easy…once you understand and accept how difficult it is. Now you might be thinking, that doesn’t make any sense. And I know, it sounds a little weird, but hear me out. This is what I mean when I say “fat loss is easy”. If you understand and accept that…
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