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 [...]

A Full Body Workout that Shreds Your Abs Without Ab Isolation Exercises

March 17, 2011

Try this workout below to get a killer full body workout at the same time that you indirectly work your abs hard. by Zach Even-Esh, Certified Trainer, Author – Real Man Muscle Building System A lot of effort and thought is placed into ab exercises that isolate and work the abs. But, the good news [...]

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 [...]

Is it Possible to Drink a 6-Pack a Day & Still Get Six Pack Abs?

March 10, 2011

Is it Possible to Drink a 6-Pack a Day & Still Get Six Pack Abs? A look into Drinking and how it Affects Your Efforts to Lose Fat and Get Lean In this interview, I questioned fat loss expert Todd Scott on his opinions on drinking and fat loss. Todd manages to drink and party [...]