Hail to the Dinosaurs!
Yesterday I shared some tips on strength
training for wrestlers and martial artists.
Today, I'll give you a gold medal workout.
Literally.
Because this is the workout used by Henry
Wittenberg, the winner of the 191 pound
class in freestyle wrestling at the 1948
Olympic Games -- and the silver medal
winner at the 1952 Games.
Pay close attention, because most modern-
day wrestlers and martial artists think
they have to do every exercise under the
sun. Lots of different stuff, plenty of
variety, all sorts of different equipment.
Wittenberg followed a slightly different
approach:
1. Overhead presses with a barbell 3 x 10
2. Barbell bent-over rowing 3 x 10
3. Barbell squats 3 x 10
Followed by dumbbell curls and dumbbell
presses and a few other basic dumbbell
exercises.
That was it as far as his strength training
went.
The only other thing he did was roadwork,
a/k/a running -- and lots and lots of
wrestling.
See what I mean? Pretty basic stuff.
Oh, but did I mention the kind of weights
he used?
He could use 198 pounds for ten consecutive
reps in the overhead press with barbell.
He could military press 250 pounds for a
single.
He could clean and jerk 300 pounds.
He could handle 400 pounds in the deep
knee bend.
That's a lot of weight for 191 pound
wrestler to be handling way back in the
1940's and early 1950's. And it explains
why he won those Olympic medals. He was
a heck of a strong man. Wrestling Henry
Wittenberg must have been like wrestling
a bear.
So there you have it. A real-life gold
medal workout that just happens to be
a totally Dinosaur way to train: short,
basic, abbreviated, hard, heavy and
serious.
It worked for Henry Wittenberg -- and it
will work for YOU!
As always, thanks for reading and have a
great day. If you train today, make it a
good one!
Yours in strength,
Brooks Kubik
P.S. We have something new at the Dinosaur
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P.S. 2. My other books and courses are
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P.S. 3. Thought for the Day: "If you want gold,
you need to spend lots of time with the iron."
-- Brooks Kubik
