Hey everyone. A bright shiny new week ahead of us. So full of possibility, right?

Got big plans? Big WORKOUT plans?

Hope so.

Anyway, had an interesting (and insanely intense) workout yesterday doing some HIIT (high intensity interval training) on the seawall.

So, I thought I’d share my story!

Let’s just say that there’s lots of ways to kick it up a notch …

… even if you just make up a mock competition with a total stranger solely in your own head.

That’s the tactic I used yesterday!

Check it out:

Grab Turbulence Training here and get jiggy with the Interval Training NOW!

< < < Turbulence Training Has Great Interval Workouts

And, don’t forget to check out my Online Fitness Coaching and NEW ‘streamlined’ Power Tools Email Fitness Coaching pages if you’re interested in working with me.

I know what I’m doing when it comes to getting in fantastic shape, right?

We’d have a lot of fun and I’d bet we can get you the results you’re looking for … as long as you do what I say! LOL.

So let’s get to work, shall we?

That’s it for today. Have a fit, fun and fantastic day!
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IS THIS THE ANSWER TO ALL MY PRAYERS?

Glute Ham Raises Discovered In Craig Ballantyne’s Turbulence Training Manual !!

Hey Everyone!! Is it the end of the weekend already? Man, they really do fly by, don’t they?

Anyway, I’m still on the warpath to solve my Hamstring issues and have decided to get more serious about strengthening them (rather than stretching them).

Every expert has a differing opinion about what my problem is (too tight, too weak, not stretched enough, out of balance, I’ve heard it all) …

… and the more I sit at my computer feeling them getting more and more sore during the day as they get more and more stretched from sitting, the more I believe that WEAK, overstretched hamstrings is actually my issue (as opposed to them being too tight), therefore it’s time to give them some harder work to do … REGULARLY.

So, after spending a bunch of time flipping through the many tomes I have here from many fitness experts, I happened upon this great exercise while flipping through Craig Ballantyne’s awesome Turbulence Training bodyweight manuals that just might be the answer to all my problems!

Check it out:

And, as promised, here’s Craig Ballantyne himself demo’ing them for us:

Plus, here’s another great demo by someone who really knows how to do them well:

Craig has lots of great bonuses available right now, too! So head over there to see what he’s got on offer if you grab Turbulence Training today:

Get Turbulence Training

As always, let’s end it all on a musical note (haha, did I just make a pun?)!

Here’s today’s Workout Song of the Day.

Yes, I’ve tied it in with the subject of the post in my usual smarty-pants style. With luck and a few strengthening exercises like these Glute Ham Raises, hopefully my hamstring issues will be … (ready for it? …) GONE DADDY GONE!! LOL.

It’s also a great song for running because it has a great fast beat that drives my feet forward (and heck … it’s pretty good for strength-training too, seeing as it has that touch of angst going for it!)…

Enjoy:

VIOLENT FEMMES – Gone Daddy Gone

Don’t forget, if you want it for your own collection it’s as easy as hitting the “BUY” button on the player widget. Amazon will set you up in a rush and you’ll be good to go.

That’s it for today. Enjoy your Glute Ham Raises and all the other great tips Craig Ballantyne has in Turbulence Training !!

Have a fit, fun and fabulous day. We’ll see you again very soon.
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Hi everyone!! Hope you’re all having a great week.

I got to thinking about my Bodyweight Workouts the other day and where I got all my great ideas for the bodyweight moves that I do.

We all know by now that I think that the King of Bodyweight Workouts is Craig Ballantyne, but did you also know that when I do my own bodyweight workouts, its usually one of Craig’s Turbulence Training manuals that I dive into for ideas or new moves I might not necessarily think up on my own?

Yup, its a fact.

I don’t know what has taken me so long to get around to doing a proper review for him considering how often I find myself going back to his manuals for ideas.

Shame on me. I hope you’ll forgive me, Craig!!

So, here it is, and long overdue at that!!

Turbulence? In Your Training? Really?

I have to admit, I was skeptical when I first decided to check out Turbulence Training by Craig Ballantyne. I mean, I’ve read a lot of fitness books in my time so what could this one possibly have to say that I haven’t heard a million times before?

So now I stand humbly before you eating my words. This book is outstanding. Heck, I wouldn’t even want to insult it by calling it a mere ‘book’… the thing is a RESOURCE! And an excellent one at that.

Craig has it all figured out and has plastered his vast knowledge about how to burn fat in the most efficient manner possible all over the pages of his Turbulence Training manual.

First of all, Craig makes sure everyone, regardless of your fitness level, is going to understand what he’s explaining in this book. It’s written in no-nonsense, easy to understand language and gets straight to every point, every time.

Craig starts with a comprehensive FAQ section where he addresses almost every question a newcomer to the fitness or nutrition game might have.

Quite a few myths are dispelled in this section, including how much you should expect to lose healthily per week, whether you can expect to spot reduce certain areas of your body, the ‘fat burning heart rate zone’ and many others.

He has a couple of quick sections on how to keep at it when you’re traveling or severely time starved (and aren’t we all?).

There’s a great chapter on nutrition which covers the basics in a way that doesn’t confuse you with ‘macro-nutrient this, micro-nutrient that’ over-analysis. Just easy to understand, easy to follow guidelines that are designed for real life and real living. Simple and clean. Just like your diet should be.

Craig also adds some great information about diet supplements, what they can or cannot do for you and which ones are worthy investments and which ones are just flat out junk.




THEN HE GETS RIGHT INTO THE HARD CORE FAT BURNING CONCEPTS. And trust me, he is a “no holds barred” kind of guy.

He pulls out every heavy duty fat burning weapon he’s got in his arsenal and throws it at you:

…he throws the concept of lifting heavier weight for a lower number of reps at you…

…he throws supersets at you…

…he throws bodyweight exercises at you…

…he throws interval training at you…

..and good for him for doing so… because when it comes to burning fat, these babies WORK!

This is not a program for the faint-hearted, but it IS a program for anyone who is dead serious about fat loss and determined to get themselves in better shape (no matter what kind of shape you’re in at the outset).

The various different workout programs run the gamut, with great solid routines for the beginner, progressing into the intermediate and continuing along to the advanced.

And if you’re already intermediate or advanced, he’s explicit about where you should jump in to get going with the best routine for you immediately.

He’ll leave you with no questions and no second guessing.

He gets into the finer details of cardio including the downfalls of traditional “long, slow, boring” cardio and how to avoid these downfalls.

He explains why interval training is the kind of cardio you should be doing if you’re serious about fat loss and then he provides many interval training workouts for (again) the beginner, the intermediate or the advanced exerciser.

YOU WILL BE BLOWN AWAY BY THE SHEER NUMBER OF WORKOUTS PROVIDED and the explicit nature of the explanations.

He even provides very detailed workout cards that include a version without pictures and a version with pictures, just in case you need a visual reminder once you’re at the gym and ready to go for it.

And for the record, there is no way you will find yourself suffering from boredom with this series of programs either. There are so many different programs included in this book I couldn’t believe it. I mean, the guy just never stops delivering.

Seriously gang, this book is jam packed with a huge quantity of “quality”. You will more than get your money’s worth with this investment in your health.

Just make sure you prepare yourself mentally for some vigorous workouts because the Turbulence Training workouts are definitely strenuous…

…but they WILL get you where you want to go!!

And where you want to go right now, is to check out the Turbulence Training website for yourself:

Turbulence Training

And as always, here’s today’s Workout Song of the Day. I couldn’t find a song about “Turbulence” per se, so I went for something just a little nasty that might stir up some turbulence in your brain.

It’s a GREAT lifting song, chock full of angst!! … grrr … LOVE IT!

THE PIXIES – Gouge Away

Remember, if you love it as much as I do (and I DO love it), pop on over to Amazon now through the buy button on the player widget and grab it.

That’s it for today everyone. Hope you enjoy some Turbulence in your workouts soon!!

Have a fit, fun and fantastic day!
Girlwithnoname

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Hi everyone!!

Well, I’m back…

…after some massive computer trauma, that is…
(I know, I know… AGAIN??! right? yep. believe it.)…

So today is a quick catch up on what the heck is going on with the computer trauma and another quick catch up on what I’m doing lately about these bum hamstrings of mine.

And THEN!!!

I figured out a cool new bodyweight move I can do here in my home workouts that actually kinda kicked my a$$ kinda hard last night (well, actually it’s great for your triceps)!!

So, I thought I’d share it with you in case you have similar limitations in your home for getting a good hit to your triceps.

So, let’s get on with it shall we?

Yah, I got carried away today… lots of things to cover and thanks to our friends at the video services who only allow 10 minute long video uploads, we’re a bit too long for one video today…

…so now for the part you’ve all been patiently waiting for my trauma catch-ups to be finished for me to get to … the actual work-out move:

And because this is a rocking bodyweight move, and we all know our friend Craig Ballantyne is the KING of the bodyweight workout, I’ve included a link here to his awesome Turbulence Training programs for anyone out there who wants to learn more cool moves like this that require little or NO equipment whatsoever.

Give it a look, you’ll learn a lot of great bodyweight moves you can do in the privacy of your own home from this guy!

Turbulence Training by Craig Ballantyne

And as always, here’s a fantastic Workout Song of the Day… and also as usual, I found a way to tie it in to today’s post:

I’m frustrated, people!!

Frustrated by the computer issues, frustrated with my hamstring issues… just plain frustrated. So, James tells us how it feels to be Born Of Frustration!! Ha!

It’s also a fantastic weight training song, because poor James is just chock full of angst and emotion in this song. I love how I can translate that feeling in the song into strength in my workouts.

Give it a listen, the do like me: Just give ‘er!! LOL

James – Born of Frustration

Don’t forget, if you love it too (and have some FRUSTRATION to work out like I do), go grab this song cheap over at Amazon by clicking on the buy button on the player widget. They’ll set you up FAST (and did I mention? CHEAP!… only 99 cents for an mp3).

That’s it for today. Enjoy your new workout song, new home workout bodyweight workout move from me and your new Turbulence Training book from Craig !!!

Have a fit, fun and fabulous day, and we’ll see you again soon!
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