tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307903802024-03-17T22:59:27.857-04:00Turbulence Trainingwww.TurbulenceTraining.com - Fat Loss Workout Routines<br><br><a href="http://www.turbulencetraining.com"><img src="http://turbulencetraining.com/affiliates/banners/CL14P_728X90.gif" width="600"></a>Craig Ballantyne, CTT, Certified Turbulence Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09716743163024447408noreply@blogger.comBlogger5006125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30790380.post-24173979122123775102019-06-25T04:54:00.001-04:002019-06-25T04:54:24.578-04:00Daisy Parade and Dad Cant Deadlift I suffered an embarrassing injury this weekend. On Sunday afternoon I banged my arm on the fridge door, and managed to do so right in a spot that caused a lot of pain and tightness in my forearm. That meant modifying my Monday deadlift session. And the funny part is that I had forced myself to rest all day Sunday so that I would be fresh for the training session. Craig Ballantyne, CTT, Certified Turbulence Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235991735273837950noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30790380.post-53784598707307161412019-06-22T06:30:00.001-04:002019-06-22T06:30:40.333-04:00Daisy Does Toronto and I Do Squats Daisy has been having a blast at the park, and walked over to her Aunt's for a nice night out on Wednesday. We're about to go to the park for her 1st "workout" of the day. She usually gets three trips to the park, and I get one trip to the gym. Earlier this week I did a bench press session at Bang Fitness, and yesterday it was a great squat session. 1a) Glute Ham Craig Ballantyne, CTT, Certified Turbulence Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235991735273837950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30790380.post-4024512354386202092019-06-15T14:50:00.000-04:002019-06-15T14:51:03.026-04:00Deadlifting and Daisy Chillin Daisy reached "peak insanity" on Friday. All she wanted to do was play, and so I was at the park 4 times. That's fun, but it's a bit of a hassle to get her there and back. Fortunately I discovered a stick trick. I just hold a stick in my hand and she follows me everywhere. No more pulling! I also grabbed two killer workouts to head into the weekend. Deadlifts on Craig Ballantyne, CTT, Certified Turbulence Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235991735273837950noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30790380.post-42045702715361105712019-06-13T14:08:00.001-04:002019-06-13T14:08:39.302-04:00Daisy DooDoo and Squatting Daisy is tearing up Toronto parks with her doggy friends and having some great workouts. Her poopy issues have been sorted out, and while she still stinks from time to time, she is not making middle-of-the-night messes, thank goodness. That's allowed me to sleep better and get in a few good workout. First, Squat day... 1a) Squat 1b) KB Swing 2a) Craig Ballantyne, CTT, Certified Turbulence Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235991735273837950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30790380.post-29106453156826366592019-06-08T18:58:00.001-04:002019-06-08T18:58:28.136-04:00Daisy Diarrhea and Deadlifting The last two days have been off training due to sleepless nights dealing with Daisy and her diarrhea, plus they were scheduled off-days and a big workshop day here in Toronto. The good news is that Daisy seems to be back on track and also that today was deadlifting day. Hooray! 1a) Hang Clean 1b) Mobility 2a) Deadlift - decent! 2b) Prisoner Squat JumpCraig Ballantyne, CTT, Certified Turbulence Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235991735273837950noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30790380.post-18389004491405969572019-06-04T11:39:00.001-04:002019-06-04T11:39:59.309-04:00Daisy Workouts And High Intensity Training It's funny. Precious old Daisy is covered in blood, grass stains, and mud from playing so hard (just a little blood from another pups mouth). She's hardcore. Sprints and jumps, wrestles and tumbles. Tongue out. Teeth bared. Good pup. This week has been good for training. Monday: 1a) 1-Leg DB RDL 1b) Mobility 2a) Safety Bar SquatCraig Ballantyne, CTT, Certified Turbulence Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235991735273837950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30790380.post-26677560178271801562019-05-30T15:58:00.001-04:002019-05-30T15:58:55.280-04:00Legs, Weddings, and More The weekend was amazing. My sister got married, Daisy and i found a new park, and I've had some great workouts. Here are three workouts I've done... Bench 1a) Bench 1b) Pullups 2a) KB Overhead Press 2b) TRX Row And the next day... Deadlift 1a) Hang Clean 1b) Mobility 2a) Glute Ham Raise 2b) Mobility 3)Craig Ballantyne, CTT, Certified Turbulence Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235991735273837950noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30790380.post-21287324457816966252019-05-24T10:30:00.001-04:002019-05-24T10:30:47.107-04:00Toronto Training and Daisy Update Daisy has been crushing it as a dog, she's batting 1.000 at doing dog things daily. Today she got her stitches out and she's back to "normal" and has been playing at the park and loving it. I'm grateful the dog bite she got 2 weeks ago was minor damage. Since last update I drove back to Toronto and crushed a great deadlift workout at Bang Fitness. 1a) Glute Ham RaiseCraig Ballantyne, CTT, Certified Turbulence Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235991735273837950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30790380.post-40735407902946309852019-05-20T19:54:00.001-04:002019-05-20T19:54:25.265-04:00The Path of Most Resistance with David Goggins On Sunday I read a great book, You Can't Hurt Me, by David Goggins. He's the Navy SEAL featured in Jesse Itzler's, Living with a SEAL. And Goggins will make you re-examine your life, your commitment, and your tolerance for pain. For better or worse. Sunday's workout was fun: 1a) Pushups 1b) Mobility 2a) 1-Arm KB Overhead Press Craig Ballantyne, CTT, Certified Turbulence Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235991735273837950noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30790380.post-45487805746002095352019-05-18T17:28:00.001-04:002019-05-18T17:28:39.684-04:00Farm Daisy an Deadlift It was a great trip to California, but I'm very happy to be home. Friday morning I took the early flight back to Toronto, landed, grabbed a green smoothie, and then picked up Daisy the Dog at my sisters. We took a big walk, had a bigger steak dinner, and then had an even bigger drive home to the farm. After a short sleep I got back up this morning to write some newsletters. I was Craig Ballantyne, CTT, Certified Turbulence Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235991735273837950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30790380.post-10469074224505473622019-05-14T11:43:00.001-04:002019-05-14T11:43:12.924-04:00Recovery and Empire Building While Daisy rests and recovers back in Toronto, I'm down in California for the Empire Mastermind. I'll be resting and recovering from workouts for a couple of days too, and focused on teaching. But yesterday I had one more workout with Bedros before filming some episodes of our EmpirePodcast.com show. 1a) Pushups 1b) Band Pulls 2a) DB Incline Press 2b) Face Craig Ballantyne, CTT, Certified Turbulence Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235991735273837950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30790380.post-37233350739123641352019-05-12T21:17:00.001-04:002019-05-12T21:17:39.336-04:00California Love in the Gym Hello from Chino Hills in the Inland Empire buried in Southern California. It's the home of Fit Body Boot Camp and Bedros Keuilian, and his gym BK Strength. Before I arrived in Cali, I had one more great workout in Toronto Town on Friday morning. 1a) Pushups 1b) Upper Back Mobility 2a) Bench Press 2b) Inverted Row with Rings 3a) Pullup 3b) Incline Craig Ballantyne, CTT, Certified Turbulence Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235991735273837950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30790380.post-70375596410703888552019-05-09T15:40:00.001-04:002019-05-09T15:40:12.076-04:00Big City Workouts and Daisy Daisy had a great time on the farm, but we had to shift into the big city for a few days. Wednesday was an off-day/travel day, but today I got under the bar for a great squat workout. I gave myself exactly one hour to do my old-man warmup, heavy squats, high volume hamstrings, and end of workout mobility. Great times... this was all done in 53 minutes and then I Craig Ballantyne, CTT, Certified Turbulence Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235991735273837950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30790380.post-35251762906361952642019-05-06T14:12:00.001-04:002019-05-06T14:12:55.535-04:00Miami and the Fast Growing Daisy Mae Hormones are powerful. I left Daisy, my 4 month old yellow lab, for a week. I came back and she's so much taller, faster, and stronger. She's losing her puppy fat... it might be time to give her more peanut butter. Daisy spent the weekend playing at a kennel, and I'm wondering if she did nothing but sprints, squats, and push presses. 😉 While sheCraig Ballantyne, CTT, Certified Turbulence Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235991735273837950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30790380.post-71621580315289477012019-05-03T08:04:00.001-04:002019-05-03T08:04:32.449-04:00Miami workouts and SteakMy trip to Miami has been a blast.First up, a trip to Whole foods for protein bars, haha.Then on Wednesday morning it was a pushup workout in my hotel room because I forgot my workout shorts.Wednesday was an all day workshop.And then a big night...We visited #SaltBae at his Miami restaurant and we got a picture with him and had a delicious meal... get the Meat Sushi! I've now visited 2 of hisCraig Ballantyne, CTT, Certified Turbulence Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235991735273837950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30790380.post-50470569741230620872019-04-28T13:24:00.001-04:002019-04-28T13:24:56.139-04:00Weddings and Workouts This was a HUGE weekend for the Ballantyne family, including Daisy the Dog. My sister got married. It was a small but beautiful ceremony and a wonderful, but low-key reception after (there's a YUGE party planned for late May). Daisy the Dog was the flower girl (in theory), although only at home. She did not attend the wedding, lol. The day started out cold Craig Ballantyne, CTT, Certified Turbulence Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235991735273837950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30790380.post-4660287174329960132019-04-25T09:20:00.001-04:002019-04-25T09:20:33.131-04:00Steak and Workouts and Crazy Daisy Workouts remain great stress relievers. Even if you don't feel like doing one, go and do it! In 10 minutes you'll be feeling and thinking better. Yesterday I had a great session. It started with a long walk over to Bang Fitness. Then I did.. 1a) Hang Clean 1b) Mobility 2a) Trap Bar Deadlift 2b) Mobility 3a) Glute Ham Raise 3bCraig Ballantyne, CTT, Certified Turbulence Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235991735273837950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30790380.post-40904165798856258492019-04-22T13:00:00.001-04:002019-04-22T13:00:39.004-04:00Easter Weekend WorkoutsDaisy Mae had a great first ever Easter weekend out at Grandma's farm.That allowed me to hit one of my best lower body sessions in a while back in the garage gym.1a) KB Swings1b) Front Squats2a) Bulgarian Split Squats2b) Ab RolloutsThen, after lots of chocolate for me and dog runs with Daisy, it was back to Toronto for an upper body session today - which was also good.1a) DB Chest Press1b) DBCraig Ballantyne, CTT, Certified Turbulence Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235991735273837950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30790380.post-47889230673921283672019-04-20T08:26:00.001-04:002019-04-20T08:26:33.234-04:0030 Percent Done Did you know this? 2019 = 30% complete today. Time to review your goals, be honest with your progress, adjust, and replot your course. If you want things to change, you have to take action and change them. There's no better day to start than today. Workout Update: Thursday was a good session at the Shangri-La Hotel Gym 1a) DB Chest Press 1b) DBCraig Ballantyne, CTT, Certified Turbulence Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235991735273837950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30790380.post-8782388138801511042019-04-17T06:41:00.001-04:002019-04-17T06:41:43.969-04:00New article on me! Big news! 12 ways to overcome anxiety => Entrepreneur reviews my Wall Street Journal best - seller, Unstoppable => https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/332049 1a) KB Swings 1b) Mobility 2a) Deadlift 2b) Mobility 3a) KB Split Squat 3b) Glute-Ham Raise PS - One bad meal, one bad night, one bad day - Craig Ballantyne, CTT, Certified Turbulence Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235991735273837950noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30790380.post-85513094457005823992019-04-13T14:26:00.001-04:002019-04-13T14:26:47.963-04:00Daisy Workouts and Craiggy WorkoutsFirst up, Daisy and I made a brand new video about our morning routine. Enjoy! => Daisy in the morningThis weekend she is on a nice stay-cation over at my sister's, but I've gone over to take her to a big dog park a couple of times since it's close. My gym is also in that neighborhood, so I stopped in for a killer session at lunch.1a) Squats1b) Vertical Jump2a) Front Squat2b) Craig Ballantyne, CTT, Certified Turbulence Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235991735273837950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30790380.post-67942907320378108032019-04-10T05:34:00.001-04:002019-04-10T05:34:08.782-04:00Fun times on the farm with Daisy Mae Good ol' Daisy Mae sure can get tuckered out. Yesterday she did her biggest walk EVER in her life, then ran some 10am "across the lawn" sprints, and finished the day with a 7pm "bigger dog wrestling" session. That left her sooooooo tired. Which is exactly what you want from a puppy dog. She slept well. So did I. Out on the farm I have more space, and that means Craig Ballantyne, CTT, Certified Turbulence Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235991735273837950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30790380.post-18613615133589468012019-04-07T05:03:00.001-04:002019-04-07T05:03:22.611-04:00Toronto Training and Fun Farm Workouts Daisy and I had some good dog training sessions in the city. She's almost 100% in making it outside to pee, and we're learning some important commands, like "Leave It" so that she doesn't eat chicken bones off the ground. On Thursday I had a good "backwards total body session" at the Shangri-La Hotel Gym in Toronto: 1a) DB Curls 1b) Triceps ExtensionsCraig Ballantyne, CTT, Certified Turbulence Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235991735273837950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30790380.post-11499263189556182722019-04-03T14:26:00.001-04:002019-04-03T14:26:44.885-04:00Daisy Training and Training Training Daisy had a good training session the other night. We taught her an emergency word to use if she runs away. The secret phrase is "CHOP!". She also learned the command, "Leave it!" I've had to use that a million times on the streets of toronto this week. ;) I also had some good training. Tuesday Deadlifts: 1a) Hang Clean 1b) MobilityCraig Ballantyne, CTT, Certified Turbulence Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235991735273837950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30790380.post-40169913192422346332019-04-01T15:33:00.001-04:002019-04-01T15:33:21.763-04:00Miami Workouts & Toronto TrainingThursday was a smooth travel and workout day, and then Friday was a full seminar day. Fortunately I made time to train on Saturday morning. I couldn't deadlift but I did the best I could in a gym with heavy db's.1a) DB RDL 1b) Mobility2) Barbell Split SquatSaturday night was a great dinner at Bourbon Steak, a Michael Mina restaurant in Miami. I had the waygu ribeye, baked potato, bok choyCraig Ballantyne, CTT, Certified Turbulence Trainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235991735273837950noreply@blogger.com0