Craig Ballantyne is a world-renowned strength and conditioning coach based in Toronto, Canada. A frequent contributor to Men’s Health Magazine (MHM), and Women’s Health, Ballantyne is also an advisory board member for Maximum Fitness and Oxygen magazine. Mr. Ballantyne is best known in health and fitness circles as the author of “Turbulence Training” (TT), a ...…
Looking back, it seems incredible that Taylor Lautner was almost bounced from the role of werewolf Jacob Black in ‘The Twilight Saga: New Moon’. Thanks to an ultra-rigorous fitness regime, Lautner not only saved his job but has become more “buzz” worthy than Twilight headliners Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson. Let’s face it, Taylor-mania is ...…
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, the third installment of the mega-popular series officially opens in theaters June 30th, and it seems that the paparazzi still can’t get enough of headliners Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and last year’s fitness heartthrob, Taylor Lautner (see Taylor Lautner’s workout). However, not to be outdone by his star-studded Twilight cast mates ...…
With the release of The Twilight Saga: New Moon, much of the surrounding media hype has focused on heartthrob Taylor Lautner, the seventeen year-old actor who reprises his portrayal of Native American (and werewolf) Jacob Black. Much of the focus has been on Taylor Lautner’s workout, and his incredible transformation adding massive muscle and a ...…
Jeff Cavaliere is a strength coach in private practice who served as the New York Mets’ (Major League Baseball) physical therapist from 2006 to 2008. He has parlayed a childhood fascination with tough guys (e.g. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, “Hulk Hogan”) into a personal credo of sculpted abs and a lean, healthy body. In ...…
Jeff Cavaliere’s road to fitness training super-stardom continues to evolve as we hit the new decade. The New York and Connecticut-based physical therapist and strength coach has created the AthLEAN-X Training System (“AthLEAN-X”), a 90-day program largely but not solely based on his “behind the scenes” experience with the New York Mets of Major League ...…