Well, I’m thinking about sticking around another year if you don’t mind. But you might need to get a bigger pair of pants, as I was thinking about expanding my place down here.
So do me a favor, avoid that interval training you were thinking of doing. The last time you did that stuff, I nearly had to look for a new place to live. I felt like the Wicked Witch of the West in the land of Oz. Did you hear me yelling, “Help me, I’m melting!”?
Instead, stick to that slow cardio stuff. Sure I get a little sweaty, and the ol’ brain up there thinks it’s doing “a real fat burning workout”, but it’s never enough to melt me outta here.
Another thing, keep listening to those experts who say strength training doesn’t burn body fat. Since research shows they’re wrong, if you added strength training to your program, you’d practically need to throw me a going away party!
After each one of those superset workouts you tried last January it felt like someone lit a match under our collective butt. I was burning up down here!
But boy oh boy, I sure was glad you gave that up and went back to just lifting utensils and not dumbells. Otherwise we wouldn’t have been able to celebrate another summer together this year.
Sometimes I wonder, what did you ever do in college without me, your trusted belly fat? Back then, you were probably one of those people that couldn’t wait to get to the beach to show off your body, unlike these days.
Nope, stay in the shade and keep the cover-up clothes on, that’s the way to go now. Besides, its a lot closer to the cold beer and the BBQ when you’re sitting in the shade avoiding all the fun down on the beach.
Well, it sure was good catching up with you. I’m sure we’ll be in touch more often, as long as you stay away from that Turbulence Training workout routine.
Brings a tear to my eye whenever I even think about that workout program and all the belly fat it’s burned. Heck, it’s fried more fat than a short order cook at a roadside truckstop.
So again, if you want to keep your dear old belly around for another year and another summer, do NOT use Turbulence Training – otherwise, its all over pal, and you’ll never see me again.
Belly Fat says, “Don’t use this”
==> Turbo Training
Your friend and spare tire,
Belly Fat
PS – Seriously!
Don’t go near that Turbulence Training program unless you want to see me, Thunder Thighs, Jigg Lee Arm Fat, and Luv Handles pack our bags and hit the highway.
It will be a sad farewell, and you’d be stuck with ripped abs, gorgeous glutes, and toned arms, and you know how much attention those guys get from the opposite sex. Who needs it, I say.
PPS – Don’t do what this guy and gal did.
They used Turbulence Training and look what happened to their belly fat. Now please go get me some more comfort food…
“Hi Craig – First, I LOVE your program. In just under two weeks, I have already started seeing definition – that has been my goal for as long as I have been working out (a LONG time). Keep up the GREAT work, and thanks!”
Susan Siceloff
“I lost 14 pounds this month and the weight is just falling off me. My wife says I now look like when we first met and I still have more to go. I can fit into my old jeans again which is a big deal for me. I just cut back on starches and bread and do your routine 2-3 times a week. I never thought in a million years that just 10-20 minutes of weight training followed by some cardio would get me such steady results. I even cheat a bit on the weekends.”
Billy Williams
==> Turbo Training
]]>Well, before you do read this controversial article from Craig Balantyne…
The latest Men’s Health magazine comes down on elliptical machines
hard.
Now I know elliptical machines are often the only option for people
with bad knees, but if your knees are healthy, think twice before
using the elliptical machine for these three reasons.
First, on page 52 of the December, 2008 issue, Men’s Health warns,
“Never trust elliptical machines”.
They quote a study that found elliptical machines over-estimated
the number of calories burned in a workout by 31%!
Ouch.
So if your “elliptical cardio workout” burned 400 calories, the
truth is you really burned closer to only 300 calories.
Second, later in the Dec. issue, Men’s Health magazine interviewed
Biggest Loser contestant Ed Brantley. Ed lost 73 pounds on the
show, but had this to say about elliptical machines, “I hated the
elliptical. It was too easy, I didn’t feel like I was doing
anything.”
Exactly. I couldn’t have said it better myself.
But that’s EXACTLY why elliptical machines are so popular…
You see, the third reason elliptical machines are inferior for fat
loss is because they fail my “human nature” test.
Put it this way…
Take 100 people and put them in a gym with 100 treadmills and 100
elliptical machines.
Tell them they have to exercise for 30 minutes at a hard pace, and
they have the choice to use either the treadmill or the elliptical.
Guess where 90% of folks are going?
The elliptical!
Why?
Because it is human nature to take the EASY WAY out. And that is
why elliptical machines are so busy at the gym and you rarely see
anyone doing intervals on a treadmill or bodyweight circuits in the
corner of the gym.
Often I see folks using the elliptical machine only to say they
“worked out”, but without getting any REAL work done.
So if you are stuck at a fat loss plateau, and you’ve been counting
on the elliptical machine to help you out, then forget it.
To burn fat and get more out of your workouts, do interval training
outside, on a bike or treadmill, or with kettlebell exercises or
bodyweight circuits.
For more interval training and bodyweight workouts, visit:
=> NEW Bodyweight Training And Fat Burning Solution
These are all better options in your fight against the fat,
Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MS
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What do you think? Do you agree or disagree with Craig?
Keep Strong. Seize the day.
Danny