Hotel Gym Workouts & Hotel Room Bodyweight Exercises

Did a decent workout in the hotel gym on friday night. Supersets of dumbell chest presses (very high reps) and split squats and some other upper body stuff.

Got this hotel gym workout done in only 25 minutes. It was another classic hotel gym set-up. A bunch of relatively useless (and definitely inefficient) machines, along with a lot of cardio equipment, and then some light dumbells.

Its annoying, but when you know as many exercises as I do, its not that hard to come up with a decent hotel gym workout.
I wasn't planning to workout on Friday night, but I heard legendary American wrestler Dan Gable speak for 2 hours on Friday morning and it made me realize there is no reason to lie around and be lazy. Very inspiring and intense guy. Apparently the first thing he did upon arriving to the hotel on Saturday morning at 2:30am (due to delayed flights) was to sneak into the pool and workout. That's dedication.

And Saturday morning, same thing. I wasn't planning on a workout, but I felt like doing something before heading to the airport for a 6-hour journey home (including all the sitting around time).

So I ended up doing a hotel room workout that I'm calling the "Hotel Room TT Bodyweight 750". Seven hundred and fifty repetitions of various bodyweight exercises all that can be done in a hotel room.

I used lunges, pushup variations, stickups, mountain climbers, and plenty of others as I trained for about 30 minutes and felt great afterward - I really benefit from this type of activity before going to the airport and being strapped into a seat for 3 hours.

So overall, two surprisingly good hotel workouts using bodyweight and dumbell exercises only. Goes to show you there is no excuse for letting up on your fat burning workout routine when you are on the road - even when you are really busy.

My schedule was actually so jam-packed that I didn't even go outside once in the 4 days I was in Tampa, since the hotel was connected to the airport. Fortunately the weather is stil quite nice in Toronto and I've been out a lot since getting home.

The next time you are on the road and want to stay fit, realize their are no excuses. From supersets you can do in the hotel gym to bodyweight exercises in your room (I don't necessarily recommend sneaking into the hotel pool after hours). You can burn fat and get fit - no excuses.

Getting outside today and will also do kettlebell stuff,

CB
Fat Burning Workouts for Traveler's & Home Gyms

Video - Stick-up, Y-Squat, & Two More Exercises...

I did all 4 of these exercises first thing this morning in my hotel room, along with 500 total repetitions of bodyweight movements...all in 20 minutes. A lot of people have problems with upper back and neck stiffness, and these 4 exercises can help out. And because so many people have problems with the stickup exercise, I had to make a video of it.

Click HERE to watch the Stick-up video

Use those 4 exercises as a total body warmup prior to any type of workout,

CB
Lose fat at home

How Many Calories to Eat for Fat Burning

Fat burning diet plans are tough to figure out for some people. You certainly can't just copy what other people are doing. For example, a 350 pound guy is going to have a different fat burning diet plan than a 140 pound woman. Sure that's an extreme example, but the point is you really have to individualize your fat loss nutrition program.

Then there are problems with "calorie estimation equations". For example, a 240 pound woman can't use the rule to "multiply your bodyweight by 11" to get the number of calories you should eat for fat loss. That would grossly overestimate how many calories she needs to eat. And of course, so would the 1g per pound of bodyweight protein rule...(there aren't too many women, if any, that need to eat 140g of protein per day, let alone 240).

So here's my recommended individual approach to choosing how many calories you should eat for fat burning...and it comes from a q'n'a in the nutrition forum of TT Members  

Q: In the Turbulence Training Fusion Fat Loss Guide, Craig says he eats 2100 calories a day (in the manner described in the guide) for fat burning. I'm planning on doing the fusion fat loss for my work out next month. How many calories would you recommend I target as a 5'2", 41 year old female? Thanks!

Answer:
I recommend going to fitday.com and finding out how many calories you are eating now.

Then do 3 things.

1) Improve the quality of the calories you are eating.

2) Recalculate how many calories you are eating when you start eating as well as possible (you'll probably end up eating fewer calories because quality food is more filling).

3) Then re-evalutating to see if you still need to eat less.

It's impossible to just throw out a number for people to eat for fat burning...a tiny bit, and I mean tiny, of work has to go into the planning. But do that, get an individualized plan, and you're set for maximum fat burning in minimum time with the Turbulence Training for fat burning program

Crunch the numbers, not your abs,

CB

PS - Don't forget...

You get 3 months free at www.TTmembers.com when you purchase the Turbulence Training program. You'll get a couple of workout bonuses, including the TT for Abs program, when you signup...in addition, sign up before the end of October and you'll get the legendary TT Bodyweight 500 workout.

Click HERE to get started with the Ultimate Fat Burning Program

Question About the Bodyweight 500

Q: In the bodyweight 200, where it says to do 20 stepups and 30 forward lunges, does that mean 20 stepups on each leg and 30 lunges per leg, or does it mean 20 total stepups and 30 total lunges.

Answer:
Good question. I cover that in the bodyweight 200 video.

Click HERE to watch the TT Bodyweight 200 & the TT Bodyweight 500 videos

My Abs Are Still Sore from this Abdominal Exercise

Today's abdominal Q'n'A finishes up "Ab week" here at Turbulence Training...and I want to talk about a tough ab workout I did this week...Ouch. I knew I was going to be sore as soon as I finished the first set of this new ab exercise. In fact, even though I trained Monday at 1pm, the soreness was already setting in by 7pm that night.

And as I type this, almost 36 hours later, it still feels like I put my abs through a paper shredder.

All thanks to my new favorite ab exercise which I'll mention later...

And last week, one of my best friends used a similar version of the exercise to work her abs harder than she had ever worked them before. She told me she had a tough time just getting up from the couch because her abs were sore from her version of my new favorite exercise...

But first...

Since I wasn't invited to speak on Scott Colby's "Amazing Abs" teleseminar series, I figure we would do our own interview here...

Listen to all the ab interviews HERE

Q: How many crunches do I need to do to get a 6-pack?

Answer:
Ugh, you don't ever have to do another "lying-on-the-floor" crunch ever again.

The most important thing you can do to get closer to seeing your abs is to lose belly fat. A heavily muscled guy will be able to see his abs at around 15% body fat, and they will look great as you get to 10% body fat.

For women, you'll be able to see your top abs at around 16% body fat, but then you'll have to get very strict on your diet in order to see more of your 6-pack.

But you see, none of the above really depends on crunches...just nutrition and interval training to burn fat.


Q: What do you think of broomstick twists for your obliques?

Answer:
A complete waste of time. This will do nothing to help you achieve a set of 6-pack abs or slim obliques.

I can't believe I still see people doing this.


Q: What is the best type of cardio for fat loss?

Answer:
Interval training, of course. As Professor Steve Boucher of Australia says, "high intensity intermittent exercise may result in greater fat loss in the abdomen".

Which when translated from Australian to North American means, "Interval training burns stomach fat the best".


Q: What should I eat for ripped abs?

Answer:
Less than you need.

You might be surprised to hear that I am not an "anti-diet" type of guy. In fact, I think all diet books (that aren't "crazy") can help.

Dieting is often more of a mental game than anything else...and we will all respond differently to specific eating strategies.

While I'd like everyone to simply eat whole, natural foods each day, you might have more success with a low-carb approach, or Brad Pilon's fasting for weight loss program.

Regardless of your approach, you have to eat fewer calories than your body needs to lose fat. But don't worry, as long as you do some multi-muscle resistance exercises, you will keep your abs while you burn the fat.


Q: Ok, so what is your new favorite ab exercise?

Answer:
The Diagonal Ab Wheel Rollout.

Personally, I think this little infomercial doo-hickey is the most under-rated piece of ab training equipement ever.

Instead of going straight out with your Ab Wheel Rollout, you'll go slightly to the left, come back in, and then repeat for the other side. Do 6 reps per side. And do just 1 set the first time, or else
you'll be very sore the next day. Add a set each workout until you are up to 3 sets of 6 reps...then add reps to each set.

You can also use a Stability Ball (which my friend used to train her abs so effectively) or even a Barbell for Rollouts. I'll get a video of all the "Ab rollouts" you can do, soon.

IN THE MEANTIME...

Scott Colby is interviewing this cast of characters to help you get your 6-pack abs...It sounds like a real Royal Rumble with this motley crew... 

Tom "The Ab-inator" Venuto

Jason "Hardcore 4 Life" Ferruggia

Valerie "Hollywood Abs" Waters

Chris "Nutrition is Numero Uno" Mohr

Holly "America's Fat Loss Expert for Moms" Rigsby

Shawn "I'm Bill Phillips' Brother" Phillips

Clark "My Abs Have Been On Every Magazine Ever" Bartram

Jon "Abs over 40" Benson

Mike "Underground Abs Secrets" Geary

And many others... 

Click HERE for the ab expert interviews

But hurry, they start soon!

Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MS
Author, Turbulence Training for Abs

PS - The Abs Controversy...

...isn't just for bodybuilders...it also goes over female fat loss with the top "Fat Loss for Moms" expert in the world, Holly Rigsby.

If you're a Mom of any age, you can't miss her call...

PPS - Tom Venuto is promising to give secrets to give you a hyper-ripped set of abs...

I don't even know what that means, but there is no way I'm going to miss his interview...

Click HERE for the ab expert interviews

Wednesday's Quick Hotel Workout

Working out on the road is always a challenge, since often I'm tight for time, stuck at an airport hotel (far away from any real gyms), and therefore limited to the hotel gym - which doesn't offer a lot of weight (the dumbells at my hotel here in Tampa Bay only go up to 40 pounds).

But fortunately, today's workout was just supposed to be kettlebell snatches, so I substituted 1-arm dumbell swings in place and did 7 sets of 15 reps per arms, supersetted with pushups, closegrip pushups, and decline close-grip pushups.

It was a good workout...here are some videos of other quick, dumbell-bodyweight workouts you can do in a hotel gym...

10 minute workout

dumbell supersets

And here are a couple of bodyweight circuits you can do in your hotel room, without even going to the hotel gym...

bodyweight circuit training

hotel room workout

And finally, a pool workout...

pool workout

You never know where a workout might break out,

CB
Fat burning home workouts

From Holly Rigsby for Moms Who Want to Lose Fat

Busy Mom Home Workout Video

Two Fast and Effective Home Workouts for Moms

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6-Pack Ab Workout Controversy: Part 2

Today's article on the best 6-Pack Ab Workout continues on from Monday's post about the best abdominal workout routine advice.

So I've given my controversial advice about what beginners should do for abs...now for my more advanced 6-pack ab recommendations.

But first, I want to mention some "unknown" ab builders...

a) The Elevated Pushup

b) Straight Arm Cable Pullover

c) Front Squat

d) DB Pullover & even DB Triceps Extensions with extra stretch

All great total body moves to have in your program to burn calories and build abs at the same time.

Okay, now for the advanced stuff that Scott might have gotten out of me IF he had asked me to be part of his controversial ab interview series HERE

3) What do you really need to do to bring out your abs once you have your body fat low?

I would have talked about the pros and cons of Cable Crunches, which are without a doubt, the best resistance exercise for building abs.

There are several ways to do them, with one version being safer but just as effective as all other versions.

The big message I like to get across to clients is that they can build 6-pack abs without ever doing a single crunch while lying on their backs.

It shocks people, but it is true. And I bet Scott will get some other shocking revelations out of the 6-pack ab experts in his unparalleled interview series. And you don't have to pay a thing to listen to the calls live.

Click HERE for the controversial interviews
(including guys like Tom Venuto, Mike Geary, and crazy Jason Ferruggia)

I mean, what the heck is Ferruggia going to say about ab training. They might even have to build in one of those 5-second time delays with his interview, to bleep out his Politically-Incorrect opinions about training. He is going to be controversial.

I bet it will be totally different from what Shawn Phillips and Clark Bertram have to say...and no doubt Jon Benson will cause a stir with his nutrition tips as well.

All part of Scott's master plan to stir up the most controversy in the fitness industry since I settled the "Intervals are better than cardio" debate back in 2001.

Back with my favorite new ab exercise tomorrow,

Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MS
Author, Turbulence Training for Abs

PS - The Abs Controversy isn't just about bodybuilding...

...it also goes over female fat loss with the top "Fat Loss for Moms" expert in the world, Holly Rigsby.

If you're a Mom of any age, you can't miss her call...

Click HERE to listen to the calls & learn ab training secrets

Bench Press Workout & Bodyweight Videos

Did a bench press workout today, worked up to 275x3. Then some pullups, db presses, and rotator cuff stuff. Still on Jay's Maximum Mass...I just got to keep eating...

Also...

We just added more bodyweight videos from the 6-Month BW manual to the Platinum Member's section of www.TTmembers.com

Click HERE for the Bodyweight Videos

Another bodyweight circuit training phase to burn fat and boost your metabolism while preparing your muscles for the next level of bodyweight strength training. After 4 weeks of Phase 2, you'll be ready to move on to the Bodyweight Supersets in Phase 3. . .

Ab Workout Myths & Beginner Ab Exercise Programs

There's a big controversy about Scott Colby's new "Ab Expert Interview" teleseminar series. There isn't a charge at all to
listen to the calls as they happen.

Find out about all the ab training experts here:
http://www.AbsControversy.com

A couple of readers have asked me why I wasn't interviewed. Is there something "going down" in the fitness industry? Some type of controversy? Does Scott not like me?

Well no, here's why I wasn't interviewed...

...because the interview would have lasted about 25 seconds.

In my opinion, all you need to do to get 6-pack abs is this...

1) Lose belly fat with nutrition, intervals, and resistance training

Then the interview would be over.

However, some of the other interviews look pretty cool, especially the female specific ones for Mom's looking to lose belly fat after pregnancy. And you can never go wrong with 6-pack experts Tom Venuto and Mike Geary. ==> http://www.AbsControversy.com

But anyways, back to IF I had been interviewed...maybe Scott could have pushed on and squeezed a little more out of me...such as these tips...

1) Beginners should stay the heck away from situps and crunch-type movements until they master the Plank, Side Plank, and Bird Dog.

You have to take care of your back before you can start pounding it with traditional ab exercises.

2) I could have told you about some of my favorite no-crunch ab movements such as...

a) the Stability Ball Rollout (also can be done with the Ab Wheel or as a Barbell Rollout)

b) the Stability Ball Jackknife

c) the Plank with Your Arms on the Ball (which according to research quoted in Mens Health, this exercise works your abs 30% harder than regular Plank - all without messing your low back).

Tomorrow I'll tell you about 5 hidden ab builders...exercises you never knew could build abs...PLUS I'll give my advanced ab training recommendations...

In the meantime, see what type of ab training controversy Scott is stirring up with other experts. You'll get the best exercises and tips for losing belly fat and finally seeing your abs.

Learn about ab training here ==> http://www.AbsControversy.com

CB

PS - The first call starts Monday, so get over there now!

==> http://www.abscontroversy.com

PPS - Tom Venuto claims...

You can "get hyper-ripped and rock-hard like a bodybuilder or
fitness model." Will his bodybuilding methods work for you?

Don't miss his call here ==> http://abscontroversy.com/

Best Ab Workout Training Advice

Gym mirror, gym mirror, on the wall, who has the best ab training advice of them all?

According to Scott Colby, "Not CB".

After all, he didn't even invite me to be part of his "Amazing Abs" teleseminar series.

Ouch.

But he did line up some good experts to go "toe to toe" (or "ab to ab" if you like) against him as he grills them for all their ab training secrets.

Click HERE to listen to the Ab Workout interviews

Personally, I think it would have been great to put all these ab experts in a steel cage, and see who came out on top, but instead, Scott is interviewing this cast of characters to help you get your 6-pack abs...

Tom "The Ab-inator" Venuto

Jason "Hardcore 4 Life" Ferruggia

Valerie "Hollywood Abs" Waters

Chris "Nutrition is Numero Uno" Mohr

Holly "America's Fat Loss Expert for Moms" Rigsby

Shawn "I'm Bill Phillips' Brother" Phillips

Clark "My Abs Have Been On Every Magazine Ever" Bartram

Jon "Abs over 40" Benson

Mike "Underground Abs Secrets" Geary

And many others...

Click HERE to learn from the Ab Experts

I can hardly wait to hear Ferruggia explain, in his no-holds-barred New Jersey style, how to pack on the muscle AND acquire a lean, flat stomach.

You?ll learn how any sets and reps to do to optimize muscle building, whether you should be doing full body training or split training, the one and only type of cardio training to do, and exactly how many calories you need to eat every day to get ripped.

Maybe I'll forgive Scott one day,

Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MS
Author, Turbulence Training for Abs

PS - The Abs Controversy...

...isn't just for bodybuilders...it also goes over female fat loss with the top "Fat Loss for Moms" expert in the world, Holly Rigsby.

If you're a Mom of any age, you can't miss her call...

Listen in here ==> http://abscontroversy.com

PPS - The first call starts Monday, so get over there now!
==> http://abscontroversy.com

Joel Osteen Can Bench Press 300 Pounds?

I had never heard of Joel Osteen either, but I turned on my TV tonight and flicked by 60 minutes and they had a feature on a preacher named Joel Osteen.

The segment concluded with a scene of Osteen in the gym, bench pressing on a smith machine, wearing gloves of course.

The voice-over says, "Osteen brings the sames intensity to his workouts as he does on stage. He can bench press 300 pounds."

Of course, the clip shows him bench pressing about 215, maybe 235, on a smith machine, and his arms were as big as my forearms (which aren't that big).

What a really weird thing to claim as a preacher...

I'd have to see it to believe it, because I really, really don't believe it,

CB

PS - And what does it matter anyways what he can bench?

PPS - There's no way he can really bench 300 pounds.

PPPS - Seriously, I would like to see him try and bench 300 pounds on a real bench, not a smith machine. With 3 spotters of course. Safety first. Because there is no way he will be able to do it.

7 Day Workout Plan with Bodyweight Circuit

I've been having some great workouts lately, and I hope you are as well...whether you are just starting TT for Fat Loss or the TT Bodyweight 500, I want you to join me and take a positive attitude into your workouts. Here's your 7-day guide to improving your body...

Monday 

If you don't know how to do the Romanian Deadlift, Check it out here. This exercise puts turbulence on the glutes and hamstrings, helping those large muscle groups burn more calories, get stronger, and look better.

And if you don't want to do that exercise, then stick to Stability Ball Leg Curls, DB split squats, or DB reverse lunges instead.

TT workout

Tuesday

30 minutes (at least) of enjoyable recreational activity. Doing something you like will help reduce stress and inflammation in your body. Get outside and enjoy yourself. Avoid chaining yourself to a machine in the gym.

 

Wednesday

TT workout. Don't stress if you only give yourself 20 minutes for a workout. Simply do 1 set of each exercise rather than 3 sets, and you'll still get the majority of the benefits. No need to skip workouts...but you can shorten them.

 

Thursday

After your 30 minutes of activity, review your fluid intake. Say yes to bottled water and Green Tea. Say no to juices, sodas, and alcoholic beverages. 

 

Friday

TT workout. Finish with bodyweight circuits instead of traditional interval training. Pick 2 upper and 2 lower body bodyweight exercises and perform them in alternate fashion. Here's another example:

 

a) Step-ups (do all reps on one side first)
b) Inverted Row (use the beginner position if needed)
c) Waiter's Bow (basically, this is a bodyweight Good Morning)

d) Close-grip Pushup (hands shoulder-width apart)

Do 12 reps per exercise. Go through the circuit 3 times. Rest 30 seconds at the end of each circuit.

More Circuit Training Workouts on Videos 

Plus, you can now watch the latest CB video of the 10 minute workout

Saturday 

This should be your favorite workout of the week...30 minutes (at least) of recreational activity with your social support group. Get moving. Have fun. Live life! 

 

Sunday
Plan, shop, and prepare.

 

Click HERE for Grocery Shopping Tips

 

Fight off the Fall fat,

CB

PS - Don't forget the $1 trial membership at www.TTmembers.com

PPS - When you signup, you'll be able to download my last 2 workout programs...

TT for Abs

AND

TT Bodyweight 500

50 cents each when you get your trial membership today!

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Offer expires TOMORROW...Monday, October 15th, 2007.

The 10 Minute Workout Myth

You can't workout in only 10 minutes...blah blah blah...you have to do cardio for 20 minutes before you burn fat...blah blah blah...you have to do at least 30 minutes of weight training and 60 minutes of cardio to do a real workout...blah blah blah.

Enough already.

You can get the job done in 10 minutes and even less. A total body workout using just two dumbells, in only two exercises, in a 5x5 foot area.

Click HERE to watch the 10 minute workout video

The 20-minute workout girls have nothing on me, except for unitards,

CB

PS - Only 2 more days to take advantage of the $1 trial TT membership

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Interval Fat Loss Q'n'A

Q: What is the best way to do intervals to get fast results?

Answer:
If I wanted to get the most results in the least amount of time, I would find a track or field and do my sprints there, rather than inside on a treadmill.

HOWEVER...sprinting requires the most warmup and also the most thought given to the surface you are running on and the shoes you wear.

So caution is urged.

That's why I like the stationary bike, because there is very little to worry about but the results are pretty darn good.

Plus, as Professor Boucher from Australia has said, stationary bike intervals help reduce stomach fat. So bike intervals are proven to work.
 

Question for Alwyn Cosgrove on the TTmembers forum...

Q: I tend to be chronic undereater, I was averaging around 1000-1200 kcals below maintenance (maintenance is 2300 kcals)for a while and I think I hit a stall on fat-loss because of it.

I've been tracking my calories more diligently and have gotten my intake up to about 800-900 or so kcals below maintenance but it's still a struggle for me. I do 3 TT workouts a week and 3 HIIT/other workouts, too. Can you offer your thoughts on this? At what point does a caloric deficit affect fat loss? What advice would you give to turn things around and get fat-loss revving again?

Answer:
There are really three ways to calculate a caloric deficit.

1) Arbitrarily pulling a number out based on target fat loss per week(e.g. cut 500 calories per day = 1lb per week).

2) A little better - reducing maintenance by 10-20%

3) The main one we use is to use 4 x lean body weight(lbs) as the deficit.

So if you are a 150lb female at 20% fat - you'd have 120lbs of LBM - and your deficit would be 480 calories.

A good rule is to estimate 2 and 3, and choose the lower one. An 800 calorie deficit is a bit too much unless you have a very strict time frame and reason for wanting to lose fat quickly.

It's a tough thing for people to accept - but the smaller the rate of fat loss - the longer you can keep losing fat without a plateau and the easier it is to keep it off.

--
AC

Remember the...14-day $1 Trial Offer for TTmembers... 

I want everyone to have fun with the TT Bodyweight 500 Workout...so I'm making an incredible offer for the next 7 days.

You can become a Basic Level TT Member for only ONE DOLLAR...

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You'll get access to the TT Workout of the Month, the fat loss interviews, and the discussion forums.

But this is only for a limited time and its probably the only time EVER that I'll make this offer.

Signup today and see what you are missing in the TT members site,

CB

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The Dark Side of Cardio

When asked to picture a typical "fat loss" workout, you see yourself on the treadmill or running outside for hours each week (and hating it!). Heck, that's why so many people give up so quickly, or don't even bother to start in the first place. And did you know launching into a heavy program of cardio is the last place a beginner should start?

Because many beginners to fitness are often overweight and unprepared for exercise, excessive cardio only predisposes them to muscle and joint injuries, especially when doing repetitive exercise on a daily basis.

 

Imagine if you will someone that hasn't exercised in years, is 40 pounds overweight, and doesn't have proper training shoes. Send them out on a 30-minute jog and I guarantee you they'll be injured in one or two workouts. Their body just isn't ready for it! With each workout, you'll make the injury more serious and simply get closer and closer to a doctor's visit, rather than to your dream body.

 

So instead of getting fit, jumping into a full-out cardio program can often knock someone right out of their fitness program before they even start to lose an ounce of fat.

Yep, cardio is like good ol' water torture...because pressure, when applied over time, will break you down.

So where should absolute beginners start? If you are a beginner, or you train beginners, you should start with the Introductory Workout on page 35 of the Turbulence Training for Fat Loss Manual. You'll use basic exercises (even some where you are lying down!) to build up the muscles of your lower body and reduce your risk of injury from training, all while losing fat safely. And then you can move into the even more-effective, fat burning workout routines of the regular Turbulence Training program.

Cardio only looks good on paper,

CB

PS - Take your fat loss one day at a time...

"At mid-life, pushing 300 pounds, and highly skeptical of quick-fixes, I learned of Turbulence Training and decided it was a program which made sense. It's about hard work, sensible eating, and getting stronger. I found the efficiency of the program to be appealing. In less than an hour, 3 to 4 times per week, the workouts are manageable on a busy schedule. It produced not only weight loss of close to 60 pounds; my strength increased rather dramatically. I have recommended the program to many men who are seeking an efficient, yet demanding, program for fitness and healthy eating."
Todd Thompson, Texas

Click HERE to get started with Turbulence Training

I'll Buy That For A Buck

On Monday I announced the $1 TTMembers 14-day trial...

And today, I'm shocked you still haven't signed up.

But when you finally signup, you'll be able to download my last 2 workout programs for only a buck...

1) TT for Abs

and

2) TT Bodyweight 500

Basically, your getting my two latest and greatest monthly workouts for only 50 cents each when you start your trial membership today!

Click HERE to get the trial $1 Membership

But the offer expires Monday, October 15th, 2007.

Signup today and see what you are missing in the TT members site,

CB

PS - 14 days for only $1...

That's only seven CENTS per day for 14 days as a TTmember...and you can download the TT 500 and the TT for Abs programs and watch the videos again and again...

PPS - The offer ends on Monday, October 15th, no exceptions!

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PPPS - See you on the forums!

Ab Training Videos

Ok, a couple of ab training videos to pass along today. The first one "stars" me, but this is not my workout - I didn't write it or come up with the abdominal exercises. In fact, I think only 2 of the ab exercises are okay. The other 2 abdominal moves are not really what I'd recommend.

We filmed this video down at Men's Health headquarters, and I'm not sure when it was in the magazine...but you can catch it all online anyways.

Click HERE for the Men's Health ab video

I like...

a) The pullup with knee raise

b) The cable lunge crunch

I don't like...

a) The lateral raise thingy

b) The chest press with crunch at top

In fact, every time I used to watch trainers have their clients do the "dumbell chest press with crunch" at the gym, you know what I thought?

Why do 2 exercises half-assed? Why not take an extra 30 seconds and do them each separately, so you actually get some results?

So take home point today: Doing "2 exercises in 1" is sometimes no better than doing no exercise at all. Very lame. Other lame examples include a lunge with biceps curl.

Even if you are still able to use an effective weight for the biceps curl, there's no way that the lunge movement will be enought to stimulate your leg muscles for a muscle building or "turbulence" response. Uber-lame-o.

Just do lunges and then do the curls. Separately. You will get more results. Even if it takes an extra 45 seconds per set. You could try something called "Supersets".

I hear supersets work just fine for fat burning workouts

Okay, and the other video I wanted to show you was a couple of my favorite "no crunch" ab exercises. Most people don't need to be hitting the hundreds of crunches per workout - that approach suits the lame-o category I mentioned above.

If you want to get 6-pack abs, just get your body fat low, and if necessary, use some resistance exercises to build some ab muscles (resistance can include bodyweight or cables - see the two exercises I liked in the MH video above),

CB

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TT for Abs

AND

TT Bodyweight 500

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And as a bonus, the TT for Abs Workout will remain available for ALL members to download and use whenever they wish.

The Sept 07 Workout of the month, TT for Abs.

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CB

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Fat Loss for Moms

Moms have special fat loss needs...and work on a tight schedule...after all, they can't drop everything and run off to the gym for an hour...so I always check up to see what "Mom fitness expert" Holly Rigsby is discussing for moms who want to burn fat.

Holly gives great tips everyday at: http://www.fityummymummy.blogspot.com/

She also has a free report...Click HERE to boost your metabolism

Here are some of Holly's best tips for this week...

1) Watch out for Coffee Calories

I  spent many a morning and afternoon in my Favorite coffee shop, Starbucks. If I had known what I know now, my ability to lose that extra belly fat might not have been so difficult.

Here are some Shocking Calorie Facts about what your favorite energy drink may contain:

• Dairy Queen Mocha MooLatte: 590 calories
• DQ's French Vanilla MooLatte: 570 cals
• Dunkin' Donuts Coffee Coolatta: 350 cals
• Dunkin' Donuts Caramel Swirl Latte: 230 cals
• Dunkin' Donuts Iced Mocha Swirl Latte: 240 cals
• Starbucks Venti Vanilla Creme: 520 cals
• Starbucks Caramel Frappuccino, 430 calories
• Starbucks Venti Double Chocolate Chip Frappuccino: 750 cals

If you are consuming these hard-to-resist treats on a daily basis, you're likely to notice the numbers on your bathroom scale creeping upwards. Hopefully, now that you know you the nutritional information you might think twice about your next coffee run.

2) Holly's 4 tips for more energy

Plus learn to avoid these energy zappers...

~ Turbo-charged Energy drinks
Full of sugar and the extreme amounts of caffeine leave you feeling drained. Drink more water.

~ Toss the Energy Pills
Over stimulation of the brain and nervous system cause negative effects, including increased heart rate, blood pressure, insomnia, nervousness, and, once use is ended, general feelings of lethargy settle in—making them highly addictive.

~ Skipping meals
Food is energy. If you do not "refill your tank" every 3 hours, your entire body will slow down.

~ "Dead" processed foods
Nothing nourishing to offer. Undernourished bodies are not fit and are no where near energetic.

And finally, Click HERE for Holly's Ab Training tips

Holly will show all moms how to lose fat fast,

CB

PS - Need some grocery shopping help?

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