The Dark Side of Cardio…
CB Athletic Consulting, Inc. 2006.
cb@cbathletics.com
www.TurbulenceTraining.com
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Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MS, presents…
The Dark Side of Cardio…
And Other Ineffective Fat Loss Methods
This information in this report is for education purposes only. It is not medical advice and
is not intended to replace the advice or attention of health-care professionals. Consult
your physician before beginning or making changes in your diet or exercise program, for
diagnosis and treatment of illness and injuries, and for advice regarding medications.
Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, M.Sc.,
President, CB Athletic Consulting, Inc.
cb@cbathletics.com
The Dark Side of Cardio…
CB Athletic Consulting, Inc. 2006.
cb@cbathletics.com
www.TurbulenceTraining.com
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Dear Friend,
Are you confused by all the exercise information and misinformation, fat loss hype, and
supplement ads and fads you come across everyday? Are you sick and tired of following
programs that give you little, if any results, and take up too much time from your busy
schedule?
Well, join the crowd. There are millions, if not hundreds of millions of people in the
United States that are ready to give up on finding the right exercise and nutrition program
for their goals and schedules (if they haven’t given up already).
But that’s why I’ve spent years studying fat loss research, designing fat-blasting, musclebuilding
workouts for magazines like Men’s Health and Men’s Fitness, and applying
these workouts to thousands of people to come up with a safe and effective way to lose
fat fast.
But first, let’s take a look at dozens of different time-robbing, money-wasting, ineffective
exercise, supplement, and nutrition methods that are supposed to help you lose fat
(although the awful truth is, they don’t).
In fact, some of these exercises and foods are not only sabotaging your fat loss, but are
contributing to fat gain! It’s time to expose these fat loss methods for the frauds they are,
and identify the best ways to burn fat all day, even while you sleep.
Now, did you know that using slow, boring, steady-state cardio for fat burning might be
the biggest weight loss scam of all time? Yes, even cardio has a dark side.
The Dark Side Of Cardio
When asked to picture a typical “fat loss” workout, you see yourself on the treadmill or
running outside for hours each week (and hating it!). Heck, that’s why so many people
give up so quickly, or don’t even bother to start in the first place. And did you know
launching into a heavy program of cardio is the last place a beginner should start?
Because many beginners to fitness are often overweight and unprepared for exercise,
excessive cardio only predisposes them to muscle and joint injuries, especially when
doing repetitive exercise on a daily basis.
Imagine if you will someone that hasn’t exercised in years, is 40 pounds overweight, and
doesn’t have proper training shoes. Send them out on a 30-minute jog and I guarantee
you they’ll be injured in one or two workouts. Their body just isn’t ready for it! With
each workout, you’ll make the injury more serious and simply get closer and closer to a
doctor’s visit, rather than to your dream body.
The Dark Side of Cardio…
CB Athletic Consulting, Inc. 2006.
cb@cbathletics.com
www.TurbulenceTraining.com
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So instead of getting fit, jumping into a full-out cardio program can often knock someone
right out of their fitness program before they even start to lose an ounce of fat.
Yep, cardio is like good ol' water torture...because pressure, when applied over time, will
break you down.
So where should absolute beginners start? If you are a beginner, or you train beginners,
you should start with the Introductory Workout on page 35 of the Turbulence Training
for Fat loss manual. You’ll use basic exercises (even some where you are lying down!) to
build up the muscles of your lower body and reduce your risk of injury from training, all
while losing fat safely. And then you can move into the even more-effective, fat-blasting
routines of the regular Turbulence Training workouts.
Take your fat loss one day at a time...
"At mid-life, pushing 300 pounds, and highly skeptical of quick-fixes, I learned of
Turbulence Training and decided it was a program which made sense. It's about hard
work, sensible eating, and getting stronger. I found the efficiency of the program to be
appealing. In less than an hour, 3 to 4 times per week, the workouts are manageable on a
busy schedule. It produced not only weight loss of close to 60 pounds; my strength
increased rather dramatically. I have recommended the program to many men who are
seeking an efficient, yet demanding, program for fitness and healthy eating."
Todd Thompson, Texas
Now before we take a look at the effective methods used in the Turbulence Training
program, let’s take a look at other, ineffective fat loss exercise techniques.
The Dark Side of Cardio…
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The Top 6 Exercise Methods That Are Wasting Your Time
1) Long, Slow Boring Cardio Workouts
Each day, I see the same people doing the same exercise routine as they did yesterday.
They go to the same piece of cardio equipment and use the same level and go at that same
slow pace as always.
And do you know what I see the next day?
The same old physique on that same person. No change. Next week? No change. Same
workout, same body. For months and months and months on end (if not years). I
apologize if it sounds like I’m describing your progress, but it is all too common.
Heck, I’ve received emails from men and women describing the 7 hours of cardio they do
each week, and their mounting frustration from the lack of results. So what’s the answer?
Should they do more cardio? Of course not, that would be insanity!
But the politically correct trainer would say, "Just keep at it. Keep working hard. Doing
more cardio in the fat burning zone will help you lose the fat."
Well I’m here to tell you in no uncertain terms, politically incorrect and all, “No it won’t.
Extra cardio will not help.” Doing hours and hours of cardio each week is a great way to
get nowhere in your fat loss program.
So stop worrying about exercising in a certain heart rate zone for fat loss. Forget about
how many calories the machine says you’ve burned (they are wrong most of the time
anyways). And get off the elliptical machine for good (I don’t believe the elliptical
machines are effective for advanced fat loss). Say goodbye (and good riddance!) to long,
slow, boring cardio.
2) Spinning
I know I’m going to step on some toes with this one, but let me tell you that no matter
how great you think your spinning workout is, I guarantee you it is inefficient.
Spinning classes are great for entertainment, and overall not bad for results, but they are
too long! They take up a full hour of your time when you could get your strength training
and interval training done in the same amount of time.
The Dark Side of Cardio…
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cb@cbathletics.com
www.TurbulenceTraining.com
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2) Spinning (cont…)
What good is a spinning class if you really need to build the muscles of your upper body?
Why it’s no good at all, of course. Doing a spinning class today just means that you’ll
have to come to the gym twice as much each week in order to get the same results as you
would with Turbulence Training.
But with Turbulence Training, I’ve taken what does work in a spinning class and
shortened it, improved it, and created the Turbulence Training Interval Cardio workouts
that are guaranteed to help you blast through stubborn fat while still allowing you enough
time to get the benefits of strength training in the same workout.
3) High-Rep, Low-Weight "Toning" Workouts & Other Politically Correct
Training Programs (a.k.a “Water Bottle Workouts”)
The old “high reps gets you cut” myth is probably one of the most common
misconception about fat loss in the industry. Spot reducing doesn’t work. It won’t work
for your abs, and it won’t work for your arms or chest.
There are two very important reasons to include strength training in a fat loss program,
but it’s not because high reps get you cut. Instead, lifting moderately heavy weights for a
lower number of repetitions will help you gain muscle at the same time as you lose body
fat, and it will also help you burn a lot more calories during training and after.
This goes for both men AND women. A study of women showed that when they used
heavier weights and lower reps they burned more calories in the hours after training. And
that’s the key. You have to put “Turbulence” on your body so that your muscles will
increase their metabolism. By doing that, you burn fat and calories all day long, even
while you sleep!
And as if the high-reps belief wasn’t enough, I can't believe it when I read a fitness article
misleading women that they can get “toned triceps” by lifting soup cans or water bottles.
This will never happen! It doesn’t matter how many photos the magazines show you of
your favorite exercise instructor doing triceps kickbacks with water bottles in her hand,
you will not get her body by doing that type of program. What a load of baloney. Pure
politically-correct crapola. On the other hand, the bodyweight exercises in the Turbulence
Training workouts will help you get sleek, sexy, defined arms.
So let's leave it at this: For men and women looking to get lean and lose fat, you should
go for efficient exercises - obviously the more muscles used per exercise the better. By
doing pushups for example, you can train your triceps, chest, shoulders and abs all at
once - literally cutting your workout in half (or more). And that’s what Turbulence
Training is all about – more results in less time.
The Dark Side of Cardio…
CB Athletic Consulting, Inc. 2006.
cb@cbathletics.com
www.TurbulenceTraining.com
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4) Isolation Exercises
Cable curls, triceps kickbacks, leg extensions, concentration curls, and wrist curls. These
are all exercises that belong in the routines of bloated, steroid-using bodybuilders. Leave
these time wasters for them, because they don’t belong in a time-efficient, fat-burning
workout. If you want to build a cover model body in less than 3 hours per week, you
don’t have time for any inefficient exercises.
Instead, you need to stick with full-body exercises that allow you to train several muscle
groups at once. That’s the only way that you’ll get out of the gym in less than 45 minutes,
and still be able to improve your body. In the Turbulence Training manual, you’ll get 16-
weeks worth of Advanced Fat Blasting Workouts (starting on page 38) that show you
exactly how to lose fat and build muscle without the need for fancy isolation exercises
done on expensive machines.
5) Endless Abs
No matter how much you want to believe it, doing thousands of crunches is not going to
take off any inches from your waist or fat from your abs.
There are times when I’ve gone to the gym and completed an entire workout in the same
amount of time that others spend on only abdominal exercises. It’s ridiculous. None of
these people are any further ahead than they would be if they used total body movements
and made every exercise an abdominal exercise with the Turbulence Training lifting
technique.
The 3 keys to abs are:
1) Fat loss through fat loss nutrition
2) Fat loss through interval training
3) Ab strength through efficient and effective exercises
And while endless abs are ineffective, I’ve included the most efficient abdominalbuilding,
back-strengthening workouts in the Turbulence Training manual (see page 42)
so that you’ll get razor sharp abs with as little effort as possible.
The Dark Side of Cardio…
CB Athletic Consulting, Inc. 2006.
cb@cbathletics.com
www.TurbulenceTraining.com
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