The Evolution Of Cardio
By: Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MS
www.TurbulenceTraining.com
I’ve been intention to write this email for a long time. Today I’m going to give you the thriller of how I solved the problem of getting an efficient and effective fat loss program finished in 45 minutes. Essentially, how I invented Turbulence Training.
And then I’ll end with a test TT workout for you…
But first, let’s take a trip down memory lane to the winter of 98-99. I was but a lowly grad schoolchild, studying the effects of androstenedione (the supplement taken by the might Mark McGwire during his history-breaking home run quest in ‘98).
In my study (which was published in the Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology for any method nerds like myself out there), we had guys use the supplement and go through a couple of weight training sessions. By February of ‘99 I was stuck in the lab, analyzing the blood samples using some high radio-active isotopes.
And when I say stuck in the lab, I mean STUCK. I’d get there at 7am, and record-breaking my last data point at 11pm. Sixteen hours of mad science. And if I wasn’t there, I was downstairs in the medical library, studying papers on testosterone and training.
Now coming from a uncommonly athletic background, this sedentary lifestyle didn’t sit well with me. But there I was, studing for a inchmeal in Exercise Physiology and left with no time for exercise.
Or so I thought.
Fortunately, I actually had a 50 coup d'oeil window once per day of “down-time” while the lab’s gamma-piece analyzed blood samples.
That left me 50 minutes to get to the gym (5 minutes across campus) and get a workout in the extant 40 or so minutes. I knew that if I applied my studies to the workout, I could get maximum results in nominal time.
As a former athlete, I knew that I had to find a way to stay fit and to avoid the fat gain that comes with working extensive hours in a sedentary environment. And I also had to stay true to the high-school bodybuilder I positively was, so there was no way I was willing to sacrifice my muscle to one of those long-cardio, low protein fat-loss plans that were common at the time.
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