Website: www.TurbulenceTraining.com
Author: Craig Ballantyne
Price: $39.95
Guarantee: 60 day money back
Extras: free membership to forums and lifetime support, range of e-books
Discount Available: $4.95 21 day trial available

Turbulence Training is one of the more popular abs development programs going around at the moment. Its well prices, gets great reviews and is headed by one of the nicest guys you will ever meet in the business. So why didn’t it get my top score? Well, read on friends and find out for yourselves.

A Bit About Craig Ballantyne

If you haven’t heard of Craig Ballantyne by now then you are probably just the kind of person who would benefit greatly from Turbulence Training. You see, craig has become one of the best known fitness figures in the business and has recently written magazine articles for such esteemed publications as Mens Health and Oxygen magazine. His products have even been featured on national television following an appearance on the popular series Biggest Loser.

So What Is Turbulence Training?

Realizing that many people were simply too busy to spend a lot of time at the gym, fitness expert Craig Ballantyne, came up with the idea of short but super intense workout sessions to enable busy people to get the most out of the time they had available for exercise. The result is the super intensive fitness course called Turbulence Training

Turbulence Training, as the name suggests, focuses on short sharp sessions rather than spending hours on an exercise bike or rowing machine in the gym. In fact, just 3 Turbulence Training workouts per week are enough to lose tummy fat and get the six pack abs that you have dreamed about – and all for just 45 minutes a week!

Craig achieves this amazing feat by setting you up for 25 minutes of strength training followed by 20 minutes of Interval Training – Turbulence Style! The reason it’s so successful is that Craig has discovered the secret to boosting your metabolism to unheard of highs – something that causes accelerated weight loss and muscle production.

Craig has obviously spent a great deal of time and effort researching and developing these techniques and the testimonials on his site lead me to believe that the results are quite extraordinary. Of course, even he admits that one of the barriers to success in Turbulence Training is that most people simply won’t believe that so little exercise can bring about such great results. However, after watching some of my gym buddies (Ross & Mike – Thanks guys) go through the routines I can say that the feedback they gave me was more than encouraging – they were really stoked about the whole program.

The real secret to Turbulence Training’s success is the concept of the exercise supersets. What Craig has done here is to combine sets of related exercises into one larger exercise regime. The 2 sets are performed one after the other and are formulated so that your metabolic rate is raised to crazy levels and you continue to burn fat for almost 2 days after you stop! Wow – talk about exercising on autopilot. Confused? Well, don’t worry, so was I to begin with but a couple of e-mails from Craig later (yes he really does support his product well) and I can now explain the theory such, with apologies to Craig if I’m off the mark!

Here’s an example of a superset

1a. Bench Press (3×8)
1b. DB Squat (3×8)

Simple really, but that particular set, Craig assures me, is powerful enough to get your metabolism firing for the rest of the day – amazing!

Craig also believes in mixing the exercise sets up for maximum effectiveness – something he calls the variation theory. The reason behind this is that your body learns to adapt to your routines and therefore they become less efficient. By changing them every 3-4 weeks you maintain their optimum effectiveness. I have to say that Ross (my gym buddy guinea pig) said he could really feel the effects of this when the exercises were changed – it was like being given an immediate boost!

Diet According To  Turbulence Training

Again, Turbulence Training, like the other guides I reviewed places a strong emphasis on the role of an effective diet for raising your metabolism. Here it differs from many other programs is that its not an exercise in counting calories! Instead, one of the bonuses in the pack gives you some guides to help you calculate your daily requirements and ways to monitor what you are eating. It also lists a load of common foods and gives you information about their calorific values and nutritional values. Obviously it can’t cover every type of food, but as a planning tool it’s a great help. I really liked this because it removes the tiresome task of counting the calories and sticking to a rigid diet – something I’m particularly bad at, while still enabling you to get great results.

One place where Turbulence training scores well above average is in the support it offers to its members. You get access to the TTmembers.com forums where you can communicate and get advice from a whole spectrum of fellow users, as well as Craig himself. As I mentioned earlier, he also actively supports his customers wand responds within 24 hours of getting an enquiry. My experience bears this out and I can recommend the support aspect of the program very highly indeed.

Of course, it’s not all a bed of roses. For one thing, it’s a bit of a harsh regime – a little too much for me, but I have to say that if you want results and you are prepared to work for them, then turbulence training really delivers the goods. Craig also advises you how to do many of the exercises in the safety and comfort of your own home, but tends to overlook the fact that many of us don’t have access to all of the equipment that he mentions. I didn’t expect you would be too happy having to go out and buy dumbbells, exercise balls, jump ropes and the likes just to follow this course.

Whats The Verdict Then?

Well, I personally liked the product, it was well rounded and offered a good deal of information. Speaking to many people who have tried the program, it certainly seems that it is very effective, but I have to say that I just found it a bit too hard going. I don’t believe that Craigs approach is anything unique nowadays, and while he was no doubt one of the pioneers of the turbulence approach, other products have appeared that are a bit more polished and offer even better results. Its still a good buy, but I would recommend it only to people who have tried to work with other programs and failed.

I’ll say that again – dont skip your meals – its a really bad idea. Funnily enough you need to keep eating in order to lose weight, and I can explain why. Suddenly stopping your food intake can trigger underlying health problems.Your body still needs essential vitamins and minerals to function properly and stopping eating can dperive you of them. Skipping meals also encourages binge or comfort eating patterns to develop.

Instead, try increasing the number of meals you eat every day from 3 to 5 – but make them smaller.This will make you feel less hungry through the day, and will actually lead to you eating less than under the old eating plan. You will also be much less likely to binge eat.You will actually shift the stubborn tummy fat quicker by eating more regularly as your metabolic rate will become optimised to burning calories faster.

You also have to keep a close eye on the kinds of foods you eat.Always check the packaging. You would be amazed at what is contained in some of the so called ‘healthy foods’ that we eat. High levels of salt, sugar and even fat are not uncommon.Also, beware of ‘add-ons’ such as toppings or sauces that can really add to the calory count of things like salads which seem healthy on the face of things.

If you are serious about shifting that tummy fat then just eating sensibly is not enough on its own I’m afraid.. A good diet has to go hand in hand with regular exercise if it is to work. Evcen the busiest businessman or woman needs to find time to do some regular exercise. Abs crunches, sit ups and even press ups are all free to do at home, you dont need any equipment at all and they can be very effective in helping to get rid of tummy fat. The vital thing is to plan out an exercise program and stick to it.Even doing a small workout several times a week can make a huge difference – you dont need to set aside hours for doing this stuff.. You should also build in short warm up and wartm down routines to your exercise program to minimise the chance of injury through torn or damaged muscles.

Apply these simple tips and stick with the programme and pretty soon that tummy fat will be a thing of the past..