Posts by Craig Ballantyne
Dethroning the “King” of Exercise
Cardio (a.k.a. aerobic exercise) is no longer the King of Exercise. Research now shows that you can lose fat, improve your heart health, increase your quality of life, and reduce your risk of disability with resistance training. Sure, you can get some benefits by using machines at your local health club. But total-body “functional” exercises…
Read MoreGet an Anti-Aging Boost From Strength Training
The best strength-training exercises to use are multiple-muscle and total-body exercises, such as step-ups, lunges, and squats. You can do these with your bodyweight only, or while holding dumbbells in both hands.
Read MoreAnother Reason to Avoid Aerobics
Doing long-duration aerobic exercise (“cardio”) for weight loss is inefficient and often ineffective. But that may not be the worst thing about it. According to Alwyn Cosgrove, a personal trainer in Santa Clarita, CA, “Research has shown that aerobic exercise programs result in injury – in fact, one study found a 50 to 90 percent…
Read More11 Ways to Get More Traffic to Your Website
“Americans will put up with anything provided it doesn’t block traffic.” – Dan Rather In the world of direct marketing, a one to two percent conversion rate is standard. In other words, if you have a list of 100 subscribers to your newsletter and you send them a sales letter selling a product (whether it…
Read MoreHow to Get the Most Out of Your Workout
Tired of inefficient workouts that often take an hour or more to complete? You can replace that boring routine with simple exercises that work all the major muscle groups in 15 minutes – and have the following advantages: You get your workout completed faster, because you work more muscle groups with each exercise. You reduce…
Read MoreThe World’s Most Powerful Workout
Chances are, you don’t have hours to spend at the gym each day. But you know that you need to fit exercise into your busy schedule. So if you’ve had it with marathon workouts that cut into your precious time, you owe it to yourself to check out more efficient and effective types of exercise.…
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