If you're sick of fluffy weight loss workouts
that aren't giving
you any results, then you will love this
interview where Hardcore
Strength Coach Zach Even-Esh grills me on
advanced Turbulence
Training for Fat Loss methods.

Zach Even-Esh: Craig, thanks for taking the time
out of your insane
schedule to talk with us. Tell us a little bit
about yourself, your
clientele and your overall training philosophy.

CB:
Zach, I'm a Strength & Conditioning coach in
Toronto and I write
for Men's Health and Oxygen magazine.

I work extensively with clients on advanced fat
loss for busy
people. I'm also the training director at
www.grrlathlete.com where
we provide advanced female exercise info.

ZEE: We have a growing number of hard core men
and women leading
busy lives but still love to train hard. How do
you train
individuals like this and still get kick butt
results?

CB:
I use supersets, moderately heavy weights
(allowing 6-10 reps per
set), limited rest interval periods, advanced
bodyweight exercises,
and interval training. These efficient and
effective principles are
the foundation of my Turbulence Training
philosophy.

Turbulence Training workouts are designed to
crank up the body's
metabolism because of the intense demands imposed
during the
workouts.

After the workout, your body has to work hard
(i.e. burn calories
and repair muscle) to fully recover and return to
a normal, resting
state (that is why I compare my Turbulence
Training workouts to the
Turbulence encountered in an airplane - a neat
little analogy that
people really like and find easy to understand).

I tend to stick with traditional weight training
exercises,
however, it is easy to adapt the Turbulence
Training principles
when using strongman implements and advanced
bodyweight exercises.

For intervals, I tend to stick with 30 seconds of
work and 90
seconds of active recovery, although it will vary
between workout
phases and for athletes of different sports.

The great thing about heavy weights and intervals
is efficiency.
You don't have to do either for more than 20
minutes to get a great
response. So if you are a busy executive looking
to get lean, build
muscle, and lose fat, you can get a great workout
and shower in
less than 30 minutes per day.

Combine Turbulence Training with the right
nutrition, and you are
well on your way to success.

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ZEE: If you were limited to a 20 minute fat loss
workout, what
would that work out look like?

CB:
Providing the individual is injury free, we will
move through a
general warm-up circuit of bodyweight exercises
(3 minutes), and
then into specific warm-up sets for the first
superset of exercises
(2 minutes).

Then we will spend 5 minutes on the first
superset pair of
exercises, and then 4-5 minutes on another
superset pair. We might
finish with a third superset pair or some ab
work, and a 2 minute
cool-down if it is necessary based on the
individual's fitness
level.

On non-weight training days, we would do
intervals. It would look
like this:

5-minute warmup
12-minutes on intervals
3-minute cooldown

The point is, you can get a lot done in a short
amount of time.

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ZEE: What nutrition approach do you use?

CB:
I had Dr. Chris Mohr, Ph.D., put together the
Turbulence Training
Fat Loss Nutrition Guidelines.

I strongly agree with Dr. Mohr's common sense,
easy to follow
principles. There is nothing extreme about his
plan. It is very
healthy and effective for fat loss.

I don't think that people need to exclude fruit
from their eating
(in fact we should aim to eat at least 3
servings, and preferably
berries, grapefruits, apples, and oranges), but
instead we should
avoid white, processed carbohydrates from a bag
or a box.

Foods that should be in every healthy person's
nutrition plan:
Green Tea
Almonds
Broccoli
Berries
A variety of lean protein sources

Basically, for nutrition, just choose healthy,
whole natural food.

ZEE: Last question Craig. What is the greatest
misconception that
you find people to have when it comes to
performing better and
looking better when they come to you. In other
words, they tell you
everything they have been doing in hopes of
getting results but the
results simply aren't there. Are there any common
mistakes going on
here?

CB:
Most of the time I try and get people to be
honest with themselves
and realize they have to change things if they
want to improve.

A lot of people really just want me to approve
their current
workout (when it is clearly not working). But in
reality, they have
to change their workouts drastically to finally
get results.

And most people think they are eating better and
using a better
program than they really are.

Even when most people they list out their food
intake (as I have
them all do on fitday.com), some people
(including some trainers
that I train) still don't see the obvious
problems in their diet.

I suppose it is human nature not to see our own
shortcomings, so it
is helpful to have a professional review your
training and
nutrition or even an honest, knowledgeable
friend.

ZEE: Craig, I can't thank you enough for letting
me grill you with
questions.