QnA and Meathead Answers

Today was going to be a garage gym workout, but the internet went down so I biked downtown to Balzac's coffee shop to write and connect with the ETR Team in Denver. After getting ahead on my day, I went over to the Y for a classic Meathead workout. 1A) Bench Press1B) Face Pull2A) Pullup2B) DB Incline Press3A) Dips3B) More pullupsNow I'll get 48 hours rest till my final Deadlift workout before

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Squat Summer Day

What a day. I've been very lucky this summer. Since arriving home from all my travels in early July, the weather has been near perfect every day out here on the farm and in the big city of Toronto. Today is hot and sunny. Probably too hot and sunny for ol' Bally and his permanent sweater, but it made for a great walk at sunrise today. After an early breakfast, I got down to the local YMCA for

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Sunday Upper Body Crusher

Once again I got lazy. Barbell lazy. My training program called for a bench press workout at the YMCA, but sometimes I just don't feel like leaving home, biking down to the YMCA, paying my $10, dealing with the front desk people, going up to the gym, and watching all the suckers on the

Changing the deadlift and your attitude

Yesterday was a frustrating deadlift workout. I hit some personal bests outside of my main deadlift numbers, but the main lift struggled. That said, I am experimenting with a different form based on this article:- https://www.t-nation.com/training/deconstructing-the-deadliftThe workout:1A) Hang Clean1B) Mobility2A) Deadlift2B) Snatch + OH Squat3A) Olympic Squat3B) Leg CurlI have one more

Vince's abs and wedding photo

Guess what the "Holy Grail" of fitness is... Yep, you guessed it right. It's ABS. Today I want to introduce you to one of the greatest guys and fitness colleagues I have known since 2007, and wait til you see a picture of his legendary wedding below... WBFF Pro Fitness Model Vince Del Monte, the ABS master of sculpting, chiseling, and flattening

Bally Dog Walk and BioTrust Mocha Protein

Happy National Hot Dog & Vanilla Ice Cream Day. Hope you are getting ready for a great National Parents Day on Sunday. I discovered that these are all real "national days" during some research this morning. Thanks, www.holidayinsights.comNo workout for me today...just an amazing dog walk through nature with ol' Bally. He took a Ballfie for you to show you our route. After our workout I took

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Glute Grinder Leg Suffering Session in the Garage

Set the alarm a little early today. I needed to be on time for my 8:30am workout, and that meant getting a lot of work done, meditating, walking the dog, eating breakfast, reading my daily documents, sending some ideas to my team, and then hitting the gym.How do I do it? Here's one of my tip that helps...and some good ideas and quotes from other guys as disciplined as me:=> http://

No Squats Just Meatheady Monday

Today should have been a squat workout but I was too busy and did a poor job of scheduling my phone calls so I couldn't make it to the gym.So instead I did tomorrow's workout today...in the garage...and it was great. I also imagined Ben Pakulski was there coaching me & not letting me away with sloppy form. Great to have a virtual mentor for inspiration.The Program:1A) PB Chest Press - 5x5 at

Deadlift Day and Arnold Squats

Well, I have to admit, I'm a little sleepy after a day in the sun at the Jays game, and a couple of ciders. But good times. Just like my workouts over the past two days.On a rainy Friday morning it was Deadlift Day. I used the trap bar for triples, and finished off with a personal best of 225x24 reps.1A) Snatch1B) Overhead Squat2A) Trap Bar Deadlift2B) Box Jump3A) Military Press3B) Full

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Perfect Day Farm Arms and Abs and Sprints

Deadlift session coming up on Friday, but for today it was a fun hybrid workout on a PERFECT summer's day in Canadia. Everything has been going as planned today. It started with 90 minutes of writing, followed by 20 minutes of stress-relieving meditation, then a nice cool and sunny dog walk. Bally and I then enjoyed our breakfast (mine was different than his, LOL), and it was back to work

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Rain Press and Garden Growth

Busy day. Plus rain. That means no time, or interest, in biking to the YMCA. I skipped barbell work and used the Powerblocks instead. Decent workout.1A) DB Chest Press1B) TRX Row2A) DB Incline2B) DB CSR3) Farmer's Walk with uneven kettlebells in the backyard (when it stopped raining) - I used a 70lb KB in one hand and 53lb in the other. Fun times. Next up: Errands. Then finishing up a big

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Sunday Squats and Saturday Walks

Sunday, what a Sunday. There was the epic Wimbledon final, highlights from some crazy UFC fights, and plenty of time reading and hanging out with ol' Bally the Dog.Oh, and there were squats. This was workout #1 of a new program that I'll finish up right before I head to Europe on August 1st.1A) BB Squat Jumps � 5x51B) Mobility moves2A) Squat � 5x52B) Box Jump or Mobility moves3A) Leg Curl3B)

A Different Kind of Meathead Fun

Final lift of a deload week before new program starts on Sunday morning with squats, Monday with bench (international chest day!), and Thursday with deadlifts before a trip to Toronto for the weekend. I have to squeeze in one more training phase before going to Europe in August.Wow. This was good. More fun when it was done, that's for sure, but a good experience to go through. Today's workout:

Forget walking for fat loss

Once per week ol' Bally the Dog and I go for a 6-mile walk as the sun rises over our little town of Stratford, Ontario. We walk along the picturesque Avon River, me reminiscing about my high school days and him chasing the swans on the river bank. We turn around at the world-famous Stratford Festival theater, and head home for an early breakfast. What a life! But here's one

How to kill cellulite

Two of the toughest questions TT readers ask me are: 1) What can I do with loose skin?; and 2) How can I get rid of cellulite? I'll cover the first question in a future newsletter, but today I have my friend and world-renowned "Cellulite Killer", Joey Atlas, here to show you how to get rid of the ugly cellulite from your thighs. Let me know what you think about the natural

Summer Meatheadish Workout on the Farm

Yesterday we got rained out (from a bike ride) but today we're back to sunshine on the farm. Ol' Bally the Dog and I had a great, yet cool, walk this morning followed up with a big breakfast before today's garage workout.This is the last workout of this 4-week program and then it is

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Summer Luvin Deadliftin

The summertime is here on the Ballantyne farm. Yesterday was hot and sunny and today is going to bring a classic summer thundershower to the afternoon, and things will cool down in time for dinner. But it was hot in the gym this morning for deadlifts. That's fine. Made for a faster warmup

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Wacky Sleep and Fun Workout in Toronto

Wackity-whack, summertime's back. And so is ol' Craiggy. He's back in Toronto and just had a whacked night of sleep (or almost no sleep). Here's what happened.Friday night I had dinner with a young entrepreneur that had previously attended one of our www.Blacksmithcamp.com seminars. It's amazing what these kids are doing. This guy owns a few bitcoin bank machines in Toronto and has already sold

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Bench Near Blowout in Denver

Funny thing happened in the gym today. I always like to set a personal best, and I have about a dozen exercises that have records, from Farmer Walks to Squats to Trap Bar Deadlifts to Bench Press and Pullups. Today I decided to go for a pull-up record and that almost resulted in a hamstring or knee blowout. Let me explain.I was so focused on the exercise and hitting my record that I let go

How to Fix Lower Bark Pain by Bally the Dog

Woof, woof, ol' Bally the Dog here with an important story to bark to you. It's about my poor ol' Grandma Ballantyne. She takes care of me out on the Ballantyne Farm these days, because my human, ol' CB, is always traveling. He's out in Denver today but Grandma and I are enjoying a nice sunny day working out in the garden. Now here's the problem. If you've ever had a garden, you