Quality Training for Dinosaurs!
Hail to the Dinosaurs!
Tommy Kono was one of the greatest
weightlifters of all time. Perhaps
the very greatest weightlifter of
all time.
Six times World Champion.
Two time Olympic Gold Medalist.
Three time Pan American Games
champion.
Mr. World winner, and three time
Mr. Universe.
Over the course of his career, Kono
set 26 World records, 7 Olympic
records, and 8 Pan-American records.
With that kind of record, you might
think that Tommy Kono spent all day
in the gym. But if you did, you'd be
wrong.
At the peak of his career -- when he
was winning World and Olympic
championships and setting World records
as if they were going out of style --
Tommy Kono trained a mere three or four
days per week, for about one hour and 15
minutes per workout.
He focused on the three lifts then used
in official weightlifting competition:
(1) the clean and press, (2) the snatch,
and (3) the clean and jerk. His primary
assistance exercise was the front squat,
although sometimes he trained the Olympic
style back squat.
He followed the Light, Medium and Heavy
System, doing one heavy workout each week,
usually on Saturday. The next workout was
always a light workout, and the following
session was medium heavy.
He did multiple sets of low reps, and
always focused on perfect technique in
his lifting.
He usually trained alone, and used deep
concentration and intense mental focus.
He practiced visualization before, during
and after his workouts. he believed that
the mental aspects were the most important
part of championship weightlifting.
Indeed, he has stated that training for
championship weightlifting is 50 percent
mental, 30 percent technique, and only 20
percent strength and power training.
Today, the majority of trainees spend far
more time training than Tommy Kono did --
and they do far more exercises. Their total
training volume may be three, four, five or
even six times greater than Kono's volume.
But their results come nowhere near the
results that Tommy Kono achieved.
Dinosaur Training continues the tradition
of Tommy Kono's Quality Training. In
Dinosaur Trraining, you focus on short,
infrequent workouts -- on a limited number
of exercises -- and on low volume. You use
intense mental concentration, deep focus,
and lots of visualization. You do your
exercises in perfect form. In short, you
make every rep absolutely PERFECT.
You end up training much less than most
trainees -- but you get far more in the way
of results.
This is what worked for Tommy Kono. It's what
has worked for thousands of Dinosaurs around
the world. And if you give it a try, it's what
will work for YOU!
Yours in strength,
Brooks Kubik
P.S. You can learn more about Dinosaur style
strength training and muscle-building in my
books, courses and DVD's, including Dinosaur
Training, Dinosaur Bodyweight Training, Chalk
and Sweat, Gray Hair and Black Iron, and
Strength, Muscle and Power. They're available
right here at Dino Headquarters:
http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html
P.S. 2. Thought for the Day: "Target the
muscles, train the muscles, rest the muscles.
It's not complicated." -- Brooks Kubik