Death of Circuit Training?

July 20, 2011

By: Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MS www.TurbulenceTraining.com On Saturday morning at my local YMCA, I watched two guys do "vomit inducing conditioning workouts".  I call them "vomit-inducing" because I wanted to vomit from watching their form. One guy was doing explosive reverse curls (meant to be hang cleans) while another did flippity flop DB snatches followed [...]

The Best Cardio Intervals for Fat Loss: Part 2

July 19, 2011

By: Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MS www.TurbulenceTraining.com If you don’t have variety in your program, you are more than likely to end up at a fat loss plateau soon rather than later. Variety is one of the keys to keeping that fat loss coming. So not only should you have variety within your training week (i.e. [...]

The Best Cardio Intervals for Fat Loss: Part 1

July 18, 2011

By: Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MS www.TurbulenceTraining.com Is there really a best interval training system for fat loss? Do intervals really work as well as regular cardio for fat loss? I’m going to cover these, and many more questions in Part 1 of your lessons on interval training. But this is not just interval training 101. [...]

Turbulence Training Workouts for a Busy Gym

July 15, 2011

By: Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MS www.TurbulenceTraining.com Gyms are busy. Too busy. And it is always busiest when you settle in for your TT workout with its awesome fat-blasting supersets. I know it drives you nuts when you are trying to pair lunges and presses while someone is taking up valuable workout space chatting or doing [...]

Do Men and Women Really Need to Work Out Differently? Should Men Do Different Exercises than Women?

March 31, 2011

by Mike Geary, Certified Personal Trainer, Certified Nutrition Specialist This is one of my biggest pet peeves in the fitness industry… So many men and women “think” they need to work out drastically different from one another. For example, many women think they need to do 20 or 30 reps per set of every exercise [...]

The Best Workouts (Fast and Efficient) for Traveling and Hotels

March 24, 2011

The Best Workouts (Fast and Efficient) for Traveling and Hotels by Mike Geary, Certified Personal Trainer, Certified Nutrition Specialist In a recent article, I gave you some great ideas for ways to eat healthier while traveling. Today, I want to show you how easy it is to get short but super effective workouts at home [...]

Fat Loss Workouts That Are Better Than Cardio Exercise

March 22, 2011

Despite common belief by fitness enthusiasts, cardio workouts are NOT effective for fat loss or losing weight long term. by Craig Ballantyne, Men’s Health Fitness Advisor, Expert Fitness Author – Beyond Cardio Workouts .com One of the most frustrating sights in the world is watching men and women do the same so-called “fat loss cardio [...]

4 Ways to Tell if Your Fitness Trainer or Health Professional is Clueless or Not

March 15, 2011

In today’s world, we’re seeing the internet, magazines, books, and tv shows/commercials flooded with tons of varied fitness and health advice. So how do you know who to actually trust and who may be giving you fitness misinformation and leading you down the wrong path? Well, first of all, there ARE some sleezebags out there [...]

The 7 Hottest Fat Burning Trends

March 8, 2011

Losing weight can be fun (and easy) with these workout tips to burn fat faster by Craig Ballantyne, Men’s Health Fitness Advisor, Personal Trainer – www. Beyond Cardio Workouts .com Forget about cardio, machines, and aerobics classes. Weight loss workouts have come a long way in the last 10 years to help men and women [...]

Fat Loss Workouts That Are Better Than Cardio Exercise

February 24, 2011

Fat Loss Workouts That Are Better Than Cardio Exercise Despite common belief by fitness enthusiasts, cardio workouts are NOT effective for fat loss or losing weight long term. by Craig Ballantyne, Men’s Health Fitness Advisor, Expert Fitness Author – Beyond Cardio Workouts .com One of the most frustrating sights in the world is watching men [...]

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