Everyone wants TIGHT lean abs…and
Everyone wants to eat CHOCOLATE…especially today
(except our little daughter Matea who wanted her heart shaped candy lolipop for breakfast!)
But you can have your chocolate and abs too…here’s how…
I usually have a piece of 90% dark chocolate for a healthy dessert 3-4 days a week after supper with a glass of blueberry wine or a cup of peppermint tea.
As for the abs, you are luck, cause it’s Ballantyne’s Day!
Everyone’s favorite holiday, right? Exactly.
That means a big Ballantyne’s Day SALE is necessary, and fitness expert Craig Ballantyne is giving you huge savings on one of his best products…
…so for the next 3 days you’ll get access to the complete 12-Week TT for Abs DVD follow-along workout program, PLUS all of the bonus DVDs & manuals for only $97. That’s $200 off the regular price.
And not only that, but you get free shipping ANYWHERE in the world!
Here’s what you’ll receive shipped right to your doorstep:
1) Full body metabolic resistance training workouts for fat loss
2) The scientifically proven best abdominal exercises
3) The Simple Nutrition Fat Loss manual & DVD (filmed in my kitchen!)
Here’s the link to save over $200 off the TT for Abs DVDs:
=>http://www.TTWorkoutDvds.com
But the sale ends on Wednesday of this week.
And here’s what you won’t get: Useless exercises like crunches or dangerous situps or rotational exercises.
As Men’s Health magazine recently reported, your abs are designed to resist motion, not create it. Therefore, you MUST avoid bending or twisting your spine. That means eliminating crunches, situps, and russian twists for good. That’s why those exercises are not in the TT For Abs DVDs.
Here’s the link to save over $200 off the TT for Abs DVDs:
=> http://www.TTWorkoutDvds.com
And of course, you have Craig Ballantyne’s Canadian-Strength, Gold-Medal guarantee that you’ll love these workouts.
If you don’t, just send Craig an email and he’ll refund your $97 investment immediately.
Looking forward to hearing about your improved ab workouts.
Get ready to workout with Craig in the comfort of your own home,
PS. Hope you have a great VALENTINES Day with whoever you wish to spend it with. I am taking my wife out to dinner, then we are going to see The Goo Goo Dolls perform live here in town!
Enjoy your abs AND chocolate!
=> http://www.TTWorkoutDvds.com
I was recently talking to my buddy and fitness expert Craig Ballantyne as he was asked by Men’s Health magazine for his 10 best weight loss tips…
So I asked him to share them with you before it appears in the magazine;-)
The 10 Best Weight Loss Tips
by Craig Ballantyne
You’re about to discover the most important weight loss and body transformation tips I’ve ever put together.
Over the holidays I spent 16 hours reviewing every article I’d ever written
and I’ve extracted these tips as the best ones to help you lose fat and get lean in 2011.
10 Weight Loss Tips for Success
1. Sit down and plan out your complete body transformation.
Plan everything from end goals, to getting started with nutrition changes, to overcoming all of the obstacles in your way. Sit and daydream about this for 15-30 minutes.
2. Clean out your pantry.
Listen, one of the best fat loss tips is simply, “If you don’t have it in the house, you won’t eat it!”
So get rid of as much junk food as you can – and avoid bringing more into the house. Simply cutting back on junk can help you lose fat fast.
3. Get social support in-person and online (research proven to help)
Surround yourself with people who are smarter and fitter than you. Talk to them EVERY day – both in person and online.
Scientific research proves that you will lose more fat if you have social support, both in “real life” and on the internet. So hook up with friends who are going to help you reach your goal.
I recommend getting started with Turbulence Training here and using the Turbulence Training forum to connect with people just like you who also want to lose fat.
4. Use a food journal.
Write down what you eat. This is another research proven tip to help you lose fat faster. Write down everything you eat. It will help you eat better.
5. Use a professionally designed workout program.
With a program from a pro – like Turbulence Training – you’ll save time when you do fat burning exercises. One of the biggest mistakes people make is not having a plan and that wastes time and you won’t get the results you deserve.
6. Change Your Mind.
No matter what you struggle with, you must change your mindset to be a successful transformation. You must go from a person who “can’t resist cookies” to the type of person that “doesn’t eat cookies unless they are part of a planned reward meal”. That is how you win transformation contests!
7. Stop doing slow boring cardio and switch to interval training.
Research shows that it takes up to 50 hours of cardio just to lose one pound of bodyweight. Who has that kind of time? No one!
Additional research studies show that interval training burns belly fat while slow cardio doesn’t. So skip the insanely boring cardio and start getting results with interval training (as you’ll find in the Turbulence Training workouts).
Research shows that resistance training and interval training can help you gain muscle and lose fat at the same time. Plus, you can burn belly fat AND boost your post-exercise metabolism. You MUST use this type of workout for guaranteed results.
8. You must be in the correct state of change.
The truth is that even the best transformation contest winners don’t lose 30 pounds of fat on their first try. They start, they stop. They begin, they give up. It happens. And it’s okay.
But when they get in the right state of change, that is when they finally breakthrough and transform! And that’s where you have to be.
9. Plan, shop, and prepare your food.
Take an hour or two on the weekend to go to the grocery store and buy all the whole, natural foods you need for the week ahead. Go home and prepare as many lunches and snacks as possible so you have the right food to eat while at work. This is a proven strategy to help you lose fat and avoid temptation!
10. Join a Transformation Contest
The deadline, social support, proven training program, and goal setting that go along with a Transformation Contest are all proven to help you lose weight.
If you want to lose fat and gain lean, sculpted muscle at the same time, there is nothing better to get you motivated and committed than a 12-week Body Transformation Contest.
But this week is the LAST CALL for you to enter the 10th Turbulence Training Transformation Contest. The last day to begin is Saturday, January 15th.
Not only can you dramatically change your body, but you can also win $1000 just for losing belly fat. At least, you can when you join the Turbulence Training Transformation Contest.
All you have to do is take your before photo, and start using Turbulence Training today.
But how do you enter?
After 12 weeks, simply email us your before and after photos along with a 300-word essay about your transformation and tell us your results and the programs you used. That’s all you have to do to enter.
It’s that simple.
Now let’s get started,
=> Start with the TT for Fat Loss program here.
PS. This is the final week for you to enter the 10th TT Transformation Contest,where you can win $1000 prize just for losing belly fat.
=> See $1000 Transformation Winners here
I am here looking at the left over turkey and veggies left over in our fridge from Canadian Thanksgiving dinner yesterday, (which was even better finished off with a small slice of my wife’s Pumpkin Cheesecake;-)
It got me thinking of how many guys will feel guilty after eating a big dinner of their favorite foods…not a fun way to live!
I also just finished reading an awesome book that follows the same guidelines as my #1 diet tip for getting lean while still eating REAL tasty food.
The Future of Food is The Past
The more I read up and research the ideas behind the Paleo way of eating the more I believe the future of food is in the past. After seeing how fast I could lean out this summer by adopting a more primal or paleo way of eating which includes lean meats, natural healthy fats, (including saturated fats), fruits and veggies, and no grains such as breads and pastas I know I am not the only one who feels better and looks better by eating the foods we were designed to eat by evolution…
I read the Paleo Diet this summer and now just finished reading the Paleo Solution by Robb Wolf, a super smart dude who was a vegan as well as a scientist who turned his lab coat in for lifting heavy weights and eating meat as well as turning his health around and thousands of others by running one of the top 30 gyms in the US according to Men’s Health.
In the Paleo Solution Robb breaks down the science and the reason’s why eating the way humans ALWAYS ate before processed food and known diseases is still the way to eat to perform better and look good in the process. Robb also does it with humor and wit which makes anyone not interested in the science keep reading until the meat of the book…no pun intended.
Rob also has an AWESOME podcast called The Paleo Solution on iTunes which I highly recommend you load up on your ipod to listen to him answer questions from the many readers and listeners which he helps with almost magical results.
To make The Paleo Diet not a diet just make it super simple and eat lean grass fed meats, chicken, wild seafood, organic fruits and veggies and ditch the man made breads, grains and pastas for 30 days and see how much better you FEEL and how LOOK. Add in some heavy lifting with some Dad Fitness workouts a few times a week and stay active with your family and you will be the fittest caveman…I mean dad on the block!
Keep the cheats and treats for a special dinner or occasion and you don’t have to worry about perfection just progress…
I admit, I never was an Einstein when it came to Math. The only time I enjoy counting numbers is in the gym or at the bank.
So when it comes to keeping my bodyfat around 10% year round I am not a guy to count calories or have a cardio crush on the treadmill display (which studies show are inaccurate anyway).
Despite what you may have heard in the gym, muscle does not WEIGH more than fat. A pound is a pound despite what’s being weighed. But muscle is more DENSE, meaning 5lbs of muscle takes up less space than 5lbs of fat (and makes you look a hell of a lot better!) Plus muscle is metabolically active unlike fat which just hangs around for the ride and makes chinups that much harder.
But on page 46 in the September issue of Men’s Health, I noticed a chart showing the estimated calories burned not by hitting the gym but by doing “manly” around the house activities. Remember, muscles are made for movements not mirrors.
Average number of calories an 180lb man burns in an hour of…
(I currently weigh 175lbs, close enough)
Chopping and splitting wood, 491
Cleaning gutters, 409
Mowing grass (pushing by hand), 491
Painting outside, 409
Planting trees, 368
Raking, 352
Trimming trees, 286
Carpentry, 245
Papering or Plastering, 245
Sanding, 368
Wiring and Plumbing, 245
General cleaning, 245
So after a busy and productive morning off yesterday where I “prepared” dinner before breakfast (by throwing a roast in the crockpot), headed to the gym for a quick Dad Fitness workout, mowed and raked the front and back lawn,then cleaned up around the house all before lunch, it made me break out the calculator.
Calorie Countdown Calculator
Dad Fitness Workout (45 mins)- 362 calories
Mowing Grass (30 mins) – 245 calories
Raking Grass (30 mins) – 176 calories
House Cleanup (30 mins) – 122 calories
The total caloric burn from just these 4 activities alone comes to 905 calories!
Provided you eat REAL food that was made by Mother Nature and not Man, like is found in the Dad Fitness Meal Plans, you can eat great tasting food and not have to worry about dieting and counting calories.
So the next time your wife gives you the dreaded “to-do” list think about all the extra calories you are going to burn by mowing the lawn or painting the deck.
Thankfully, from now on, counting calories will be one chore that you won’t have to think about…
I just spent an awesome 5 days in Tampa Florida attending fitness seminars with all the best fitness experts in the world.
No matter what level of fitness knowledge you think you may have, you always need to look and learn from other trainers and coaches to improve your mind and body. As the author of Dad Fitness, I still strive to learn and improve my knowledge to help others get the fastest results possible.
After spending 5 days hanging out with guys like Craig Ballantyne of Men’s Health and fitness icon Shawn Phillips, I started to pick up on some of the secrets these guys use to stay in awesome shape even while traveling.
So here are 5 Tips To Stay Fit While Traveling.
1. Workout No Matter What. After a busy 5 days of sitting on my butt in meetings and seminars I still managed to workout 4 out of the 5 days while in Florida. Which is even more than I workout at home!
The first day I got together with Rommel Acda of FitInAHurry.com, and Deb Froehlich of CelluiteCircuits.com and we trained together in the hotel gym. It wasn’t very big but had enough to get a great workout using our bodyweight and a few dumbbells.
Then the next day along with Craig Ballantyne of Turbulence Training we all headed to the local Powerhouse gym to get a great workout in a more upbeat gym atmosphere.
Wether it’s a quick hotel room bodyweight workout, a hotel gym workout or a Powerhouse gym workout, just make sure you do some exercise while traveling to offset all the sitting down on airplanes and in meetings.
2. All You Can Eat. The great thing about travelling to new cities is experiencing new places to eat. But if you’re not careful you could be paying the airlines extra weight on the way home, and I am not talking about your luggage…
So do what all the fit trainers did every morning to start their day off right; eat a nutritious breakfast. Even though our hotel served a FREE buffet breakfast every morning, most everyone who is in great shape skipped the bacon and breads and had a huge freshly prepared omelet stuffed with veggies with a little fruit on the side, me included. Keep lunch small with a salad or whole grain wrap so you don’t get sleepy during the afternoon meetings, and enjoy a nice dinner with some lean meat and veggies and even a glass of wine.
3. Drink Up. I don’t mean spend your nights at the hotel bar getting sloshed. I mean drink lots of cold refreshing water. It will keep you full and focused and your mind off the donuts and croissants sitting across the conference table.
It’s really easy to drink lots of H2O during these hotel conferences as they usually serve you pitchers of water in your meeting rooms and in the big conference rooms. Just to be sure you always have water on hand, pick up a couple of litres of spring water at the hotel gift shop and keep on ice in your room.
4. Ditch the Cab. If you are up for some sight seeing or heading to a nearby restaurant for dinner, ditch the cab fare, get some directions and walk there instead. Google Maps on your smart phone works great for this! Walking is a great way to see a new city and burn some calories. Strolling back to the hotel after dinner is a great way to end the evening and ease the guilt from that decadent dessert.
You can also try to find a park or gym a couple miles away and walk or run there to get your heart pumping and your warmup out of the way.
5. Recharge. If you’re traveling solo, staying at a hotel is a great way to get some extra rest and relaxation. You get the bed to yourself, and you have no worries of the kids jumping in the bed at the wee hours of the morning.
It’s also a great time to catch up on some work or read that book you have been trying to get through. A dip in the hotel pool and a hot sauna afterwards might be just what you need to recharge your batteries before you get back on the road.
So there you have it, 5 Travel Tips To Stay Fit so you’re wife still recognizes you when you get home…
How do YOU stay fit on the road? Let me know and leave a comment below.
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