I have a great workout for you from my coach and ‘the Godfather of Fitness’, none other, Craig Ballantyne.
Now, try to imagine the Godfather himself taking you through each and every rep…His video follow along workouts will motivate you to keep your intensity up. You’ll push yourself harder and you’ll reach your fitness and fat loss goals faster. Even better, he’ll provide the instruction you need to modify or intensify the workout to suit you best.
You’ll have Craig, me, Mike Whitfield and ‘High Energy Guy’ Brian Kalakay in the videos working out rep for rep along side you.
Take a look at this workout:
Warm up
Go through 2 times with no rest between exercises.
Complete this circuit twice.
Rest 20 seconds between circuits.
Circuit 1
Go through 2 times with a 15 second rest between exercises. Rest 1 minute between circuits.
Complete this circuit twice.
1 minute rest
Go through 2 times with a 20 second rest between exercises. Rest 1 minute between circuits.
Circuit 2
Complete this circuit twice.
Rest 1 minute between circuits.
Circuit 3
Go through 1 time with NO rest between exercises.
Complete this circuit twice.
Stretch tight muscle groups only.
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Craig is a science GEEK.
It’s great to see the science catching up to support the type of workouts that he has been publishing online and in Men’s Health magazine for over a decade.
Consider this the New Rule of Metabolic Resistance Training.
Italian researchers compared what they called “High Intensity Interval Resistance Training” (HIRT) against traditional resistance training. (Reference: J Transl Med. 2012 Nov 24;10:237.)
In the traditional resistance training group, subjects performed a 62 minute workout consisting of 4 sets to failure of 8 exercises. Each exercise was done at 75% 1 RM.
The HIRT group performed a shorter, 32 minute workout that consisted of only 3 sets per exercise of leg press, chest press, and pull-downs at 85% 1RM followed by two “rest-pause-sets”.
Results showed that the traditional workout lasted must longer, and total lifting volume was 17,000 lbs. But blood lactate reached only 5.1 mmol/L. And most important, they recorded a 22-hour afterburn of only a 5% increase (total of 98 calories).
In the HIRT group, the workout was shorter, and total lifting volume was exactly half of the traditional workout (8,500 lbs). However, the increased intensity and combination of rest-pause training led to a much greater elevation in blood lactate (10.5 mmol/L) after training.
And more importantly, the HIRT group had a MASSIVE 22-hour afterburn of 452 extra calories (a 24% increase in metabolism).
The scientists concluded that HIRT training allowed subjects to do half the lifting volume in half the time but still increased afterburn by whopping 450% more than a traditional lifting workout.
That’s an incredible response from a short, burst workout that only lasted about a half-hour – the same as the NEW Turbulence Training.
If you’re considering one program, this is one that you won’t regret. It’s the MOST user friendly program I’ve seen. You’ll see that on the dashboard, you can choose from beginner to advanced workouts. And then once you go to the workout, the plan is written out with drop down menus with descriptions, pictures and tips to performing each exercise. Oh, and you’ll see ME in lots of the videos too 😉
Check out the NEW Turbulence Training 2.0 plan, you’ll be happy you did.