Hail to the Dinosaurs!
Yuri Vlasov, the great Russian World
and Olympic Weightlifting Champion and
former Strongest Man in the World, put
it better than anyone else:
"There is no more precious moment in
life than this, the white moment, and
you will work very hard for years just
to taste it again."
He was talking about peak performance
in competition -- about those rare but
wonderful occasions when you mind and
body are in perfect harmony and you
achieve the seemingly impossible.
It happens to all champions in all
sports, but for some, the white moment
is literally that -- a split second of
perfection woven forever into the
tapestry of one's life.
I've experienced the "white moment" in
competition (first in wrestling, and
later, in lifting), and I know what it
feels like.
I've also experienced it in training.
There were lifts so perfect I still
remember them. Lifts I will always
remember.
If you've experienced the white moment,
then you, too, know it's magic, it's
mystery, and it's power.
If you haven't experienced it, then you
need to do so. You need to set a goal,
and work hard and diligently toward its
accomplishment. When you achieve your
goal, set another, higher goal -- and
start over again and work until you
accomplish it.
Do that over and over -- again and again --
and one day, perhaps sooner than you would
imagine, the fire of competition (even if
it's competition with yourself) will carry
you into the white moment.
As always, thanks for reading and have a
great day. If you train today, make it a
good one.
Yours in strength,
Brooks Kubik
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P.S. 2. Thought for the Day: "You may need
to run through a brick wall and walk through
fire to do it -- but do it anyway."
-- Brooks Kubik
