10 Exercise Myths that Won’t Die, Debunked by Science

March 29, 2012

"No pain, no gain!" "You’ll never bulk up without supplements." "Crunches are the key to six-pack abs!" It seems there are more questions and half-truths in the market about healthy exercise than there are clear, definitive facts—but the exercise industry is a multi-billion dollar business in the United States alone, built partially on selling gadgets [...]

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 [...]

The Original Spartan 300 Workout

February 9, 2011

Forget the copycat “300 Workouts”. The original 300 workout has finally been made public. For all those who are a fan of the movie 300 are also a fan of the incredible shape that the actors were in for the movie. They got in this shape using the 300 workout. The great news is that [...]

Fat Loss For Idiots, Easy Ways To Lose Fat

July 30, 2009

Fat Loss For Idiots, Easy Ways To Lose Fat By Vince DelMonte Are looking for a weight loss program that works? If so, you’ve probably seen the Fat Loss for Idiots program around, along with plenty of Fat Loss For Idiots Diet Reviews. What’s this program about? It’s touting to offer you a high rate [...]

Water, the key to weight loss?

June 30, 2009

Think you’re drinking enough water? With the hot summer months upon us if you are not, you could end up with excess body fat, poor muscle tone, digestive complications, muscle soreness, and even water-retention problems. Next to air, water is the element most necessary for survival. A normal adult is 60 to 70 percent water. [...]

Fat Facts

June 2, 2009

No matter what they say, no matter what you tell yourself, there are no miracle diets, no overnight cures, no revolutionary concepts. Good health and a lean body come from knowledge, patience, and discipline. If you want to lose weight and eliminate your excess body fat, you’ll have to eat more nutritious foods, reduce the [...]

Fat Loss Tips in the News

May 28, 2009

Punisher Workout 20 May 2013 at 4:49pm This workout is famous in the fitness world and has been watched tens of thousands of times online. It?s called The Punisher, and it?s an incredibly simple way to exhaust your legs in fat-burning interval style with NO-equipment. You simply do narrow-stance bodyweight squats for 20 seconds (you [...]