The Mind Over Body Matter Letter

(Guest article by Craig Ballantyne… author of Turbulence Training)

What separates Turbulence Training from all of the other fat loss, fat burning systems out there?

Answer:

Mostly the fusion of dumbell, bodyweight, and interval training.

5 years ago, interval training and using low reps for fat loss was a renegade approach. Today, the interval training research studies are getting a lot of press, and interval training and low-rep free weight training are much more commonplace, although I think a lot of people still don’t really “get” how to do intervals correctly.

Because most people have that “cardio mentality” ingrained, its hard for them to take the proper amount of rest between intervals. What most people do is sprint, then work at normal cardio pace, then sprint, etc.

But really, a good interval training program is a series of sprints separated by almost complete recovery. That way, you can work much harder during the sprint portion of the workout. By doing cardio at a normal intensity between sprints, you sacrifice your sprint intensity.

People need to stress less about exercise heart rate. Heart rate does NOT determine fat loss rate. I’ve been saying that for years now - and I know I’m the only one that’s ever really pointed that out.

Finally, the Turbulence Training workouts are unique and full of variety. Perfect for the reader that goes crazy sticking to one program for more than 4 weeks. I’ve come up with a library of hundreds of unique bodyweight and dumbell exercises to keep my readers getting results and having fun.

Turbulence Training is the best way to burn fat fast. Short workouts done only 3 times per week are the answer to “lack of time to workout”.

Craig Ballantyne is a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist and writes for Men’s Health and Oxygen magazines. His trademarked Turbulence Training for Fat Loss have helped thousands of men and women with weight loss and fat burning in less than 45 minutes three times per week. Turbulence Training for Fat Loss workouts help you burn fat without long, slow cardio sessions or fancy equipment. Craig’s bodyweight workouts for fat loss help you lose fat without any equipment at all.

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This article is running in conjunction with the two week long expose on Turbulence Training by Craig Ballantyne. If you haven’t been exposed to this awesome program… read on and get a great feel for what’s really going on…

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You’ve probably heard of Turbulence Training, but what is it? You know it is a fat loss program, but how is it done? Do you do it at a gym or at home? With machines or dumbells? Is it a cardio program?

Turbulence training is my method of doing strength training and interval training in one workout. So that you get in and out of the gym whether it’s your home gym or whether it’s a commercial gym. You get your workout done in 45 minutes.

We start with a 5-minute bodyweight warm up and then we do strength training for 20 minutes, whether it’s bodyweight training or dumbbells. Sometimes we use barbells but most people that I work with train at home so we just use dumbbells and bodyweight exercises - no fancy equipment needed.

Then we finish with 20 minutes of interval training. We are using the most efficient and effective training methods. The stuff that gets you the most results in the least amount of time. So we are not doing long, slow cardio sessions and we’re not doing 5 or 6 day per week bodybuilding training programs.

It’s like the old business principle - 80% of your results come from 20% of your efforts - so why do endless amounts of cardio and redundant strength training exercises?

Do only what you need to do and then get out of the gym.

Turbulence Training was designed because you asked for fast fat-burning, muscle-building workouts that could be done at home.

By avoiding the hassles of commercial gyms (i.e. pushy sales people, smelly patrons, disgusting locker rooms, crowded parking lots, and out-of-the-way drives), you can save time and your hard-earned pay by working out in the comfort of your own home and get results in half the time.

Craig Ballantyne is a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist and writes for Men’s Health and Oxygen magazines. His trademarked fat loss exercises have helped thousands of men and women with weight loss and fat burning in less than 45 minutes three times per week. Fat burning workout routines from Turbulence Training help you burn fat without long, slow cardio sessions or fancy equipment. Craig’s home bodyweight workouts help you lose fat without any equipment at all.

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Turbulence Training is definitely one of those programs that live up to the hype. It’s pretty simple and straightforward overall.