Meathead Saturday Awesomeness

Massive meathead workout today at Gold's in Austin: Pullups, DB Rows, Seated Rows, DB Triceps, DB Shrugs, more triceps, and db curls. Good times.

Will probably hitting Torchy's tacos around 12:30 today for lunch. Yesterday was taco Friday, with some awesome tuna tacos for lunch at South Congress Cafe, and more awesome beef and pork tacos for dinner at Garridos.

Today's Kickbutt Mindset Tips:
Take time today to plan for your future while enjoying where you are in the present.

Take time and review the goals that you set earlier this year. Have you met all of your short-term goals? Are you getting closer to your long-term goals? If you aren't, determine the obstacles in your way and make a plan to get around them.

Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MS
Certified Turbulence Trainer

Austin Adventures in Peanut Butter

Austin, TX, first stop: Wal-Mart grocery store for supplies. Broccoli, water, apples, bread, peanut butter (no sugar), vitamin C, and fish oils.

That'll keep me in my routine,,,but will definitely hit some tacos while I'm here...best in town are where?

But first, some adventures in peanut butter...I got to my room with my jar of natural peanut butter...and then realized I didn't have anything to stir it up with...then I remembered I brought a brand new toothbrush, so I cracked open the case and used it to mix the peanut butter and oil together...and the best part about natural peanut butter is that you can pretty much drink the peanut butter out of the jar, like a thick shake. Good times.

Survey: What's your choice?...Smooth peanut butter, chunky peanut butter, raw almond butter, or OMG-no peanut butter, it will kill me

Today's Kickbutt Mindset Tips:
Not a fun one today…but an important one: "Ask yourself "Why?" you want to achieve something but you refuse to act in congruence with achieving it." – Dan Kennedy

What would it take for you to give up that one big bad habit that is standing in your way of success? Can you do it? Wouldn't it change everything if you did?

Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MS
Certified Turbulence Trainer

Meathead Inspiration

Todays workout was meathead-ish. Trap bar deadlift, front squat, good mornings, ab wheel (with power wheel).

Alright, off to the airport, heading to Austin, Texas, for the weekend and then Tampa Bay for next week.

Today's Kickbutt Mindset Tip:
We don't always win. But if we fight the good fight, we stay strong, and we keep moving towards our goals.

If you want to do something big, put it out there. Make it public. Let there be consequences if you quit. Put your pride on the line.

There's nothing that can be done about the past - you can only improve the way you do things in the future.

Big Life Tip:
Something to think aboot...how many emails do you send a day? How many of those are really necessary? How many lead to wasted time? Remember, if you have kids, every useless email you send that keeps you working longer steals time you could spend with them.

Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MS
Certified Turbulence Trainer

PS - Happy Australia Day…

...What's everyone doing to celebrate? Let me give you these 3 unique bodyweight exercises as a celebratory gift:

- http://www.ttfatloss.com/3-unique-bodyweight-exercises/

Biggest Liar in the Fitness Industry

Liar, liar, elliptical on fire.

ABC News reports: Cardio machines OVER-estimate calorie burn, with the elliptical being the biggest offender (42% OVER-estimation!) compared to treadmills (13%) and bikes (only 7% over).

Here's the link:
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Weekend/exercise-calorie-counters-work/story?id=9966500#.Tx9OGFlMfad

I've been saying for years that the elliptical machine is the biggest liar in the fitness industry. You know it, I know it, we all know it.

But what's the #truth?

Bodyweight training.

There's no cheating, lying, or deceiving when it comes to moving your own bodyweight around.

Couple of bodyweight training articles for you:

1) 3 unique bodyweight exercises:

- http://www.ttfatloss.com/3-unique-bodyweight-exercises/

2) 20 bodyweight exercises for fat loss
- http://www.ttfatloss.com/bodyweight-exercises-fat-loss/

Today's Kickbutt Mindset Tips:
The solution is WITHIN you.

"Everything we do we choose. So what is there to regret? You are the person you CHOSE to be." – Paul Arden

Love your work, work for what you love, and change the world – all at the same time. – Blake Mycoskie, "Start Something That Matters", TOMS shoes

Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MS
Certified Turbulence Trainer

PS - Proud of this guy...living the dream
- http://ptpower.com/his-first-1000-dollar-day/

6-Week ShapeShifter Challenge

What's so special about March 6th?

It's exactly 6 weeks from today.

And it only took 6 weeks for Elly -- star "Shapeshifter" from Huntington Beach, California -- to strip a total of 19.5 inches of flab from her body with ZERO equipment.

You see her photos in an article called, "Why Losing Weight Never Works", by Adam Steer.

==> Here's the article and the exact program Elly used

Elly went from feeling embarrassed about wearing a bathing suit to looking forward to opportunities to show off her new body. And her story just keeps getting better...

"I've lost 29 pounds in and I never thought I'd feel this confident or sexy again at the age of 48," Elly said.

Imagine if you could say the same thing in just 6 weeks from now...without ever stepping foot in a gym.

The feeling will be priceless...

==> The system Elly used to drop 29 lbs <== No gym required

And if you need an extra incentive, YOU've got it.

You'll also get TWO TT Metabolic booster programs to help you get fast results now AND you'll save 33% on the price of the ShapeShifter program this week only.

==> Save 33% and get two TT bonus programs with the no-gym program here

I want to read YOUR Shapeshifter success story on March 6th.

Let's get this started today,

Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MS
Certified Turbulence Trainer

Expect more of yourself

Expect more of yourself. You CAN do better and you deserve better. Don't be satisfied with the feeling of knowing you could have done more. To move up, step up. Get it done. No more excuses.

Three weeks into 2012, you've made plenty of positive changes by now...don't quit, don't let a weekend set-back throw you off…just keep it up and you know what I'm going to say next – never, ever, ever, EVER give up.

In your training, replace jumps with the low-impact, yet highly metabolic "Total Body Extension" exercise. Its a fake jump...almost all the benefits of jumping without the impact of landing. Stay safe, train hard, get results.

Try a TT workout here
- http://www.TurbulenceTraining.com/freereportandworkout

Make this the week you finally leave a bad habit behind. Tell the habit "It's not you, it's me" and kick it to the curb for good.

For example, here's how to quit the internet and get more done:

- http://internetindependence.com/quit-the-internet-and-make-more-money-online

Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MS
Certified Turbulence Trainer

Keep it going

To move up, step up. Get it done. No more excuses. Three weeks into 2012, you've made plenty of positive changes by now...don't quit, don't let a weekend set-back throw you off…just keep it up and you know what I'm going to say next – never, ever, ever, EVER give up.

Don't go on binges (good or bad). Make life-long changes. Look long-term, not just next week. "Persistence is a sure path to success with quality activities. Never, ever, ever, EVER give up." - Kekich Credo #75 (NOTE: I added that extra EVER. - CB)

You've lost MORE opportunity by waiting than you ever would lose from the rejection you fear.

"If I Had My Life to Live Over...I'd dare to make more mistakes next time. I'd relax, I would limber up. I would be sillier than I have been this trip. I would take fewer things seriously. I
would take more chances...." - Nadine Stair, http://www.omidia.com/thought/p_nadine.html

Stay strong and get stronger,

Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MS
Certified Turbulence Trainer
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Metabolic Cooking

If you're like me, one of your biggest fat loss struggles is probably finding diet-friendly meals that you truly LOVE to eat.

I mean truly great-tasting, amazing fat burning food.

And perhaps the biggest problem is that there just aren't a lot of "chefs" out there specializing in creating meals made to appeal to your abs in the same way they do to your taste-buds...

But there's actually one fit "duo" that's VERY good at doing just that:

Dave and Karine, authors of Metabolic Cooking <------- your special link

You see, my good friends Dave and Karine have created a fat-burning cookbook series that provides you with 250+ mouthwatering recipes specifically designed to torch belly fat.

Flavor that fights fat...and it works...

Sweet
Spicy
Savory

Even dessert...

And the best part is that I asked Dave to hook-up all my readers with a special half price sale along with some pretty sweet bonuses for the next 48 hours only:

Metabolic Cooking Discount + Bonuses <----- half price for 48 hours

If you're looking to chow down on some good food while losing fat at an accelerated rate, this is probably the one thing that will provide the greatest immediate benefit to your fatloss plan.

Enjoy an amazing dinner tonight... (or maybe the Chocolate French Toast on pg 11 as a snack if you can't wait ;)

 

Just printed the cookbook out for my mom, too, to help her eat better.

 

Burn the fat and keep the flavor,

 

Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MS
Certified Turbulence Trainer

Time to stop the excuses

It's time to stop making excuses. "Today is January 21st. Just over 5% of the year has passed already. Are you 5% towards your goals? If your goal was to lose 50lbs of fat - you should be down 2.5lbs right now if you're on track. If your goal was to increase your income by $10,000 this year - you should already have made an extra $500." – Alwyn Cosgrove

I know that one of the biggest diet problems we have is eating too much at night, so...Develop habits to avoid night eating. Plan ahead to overcome obstacles. Write out 2 solutions for every obstacle in your diet. That will help you lose fat and stick to your diet. My two favorite resources for fat loss diets are: The Diet Solution Program by Isabel De Los Rios - http://www.ProvenFatLossDiet.com/ – and Brad Pilon's Eat Stop Eat - http://www.EatStopEat.com/

Today's KickButt Mindset Tip:
"Do you resist change even when you know it will make a positive difference in your life? If so, put it in writing. Think about a change that could make your life a little easier or better – a small change that you've been avoiding because you figure the status quo is "good enough." It could, for example, have something to do with your behavior, with time-tasking, or with learning a new skill. Take a sheet of paper and list all the reasons you can think of for making the change. Then list all the reasons you can think of for not making it. Once you see it in black and white, the benefits of taking action will be obvious." – Bob Cox, http://www.earlytorise.com/are-you-afraid-of-change/

My workout today - V-grip pulldowns, seated row, shrugs, cable lateral raises, db triceps extensions, db curls.

Meathead Saturday,

Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MS
Certified Turbulence Trainer