Hail to the Dinosaurs!
A quick note for any of you living
anywhere close to Sacramento, Calif:
1. The Tommy Kono Open weightlifting
contest will be held on Sat Aug 4 at
Sacramento High School. For more info,
contact Dave Swanson at (916) 768- 9416.
2. On Sunday, Aug 5, Tommy Kono will
give an Olympic weightlifting clinic
at Bodytribe Fitness in Sacramento.
For info, contact Chip Conrad at
(916) 752 - 1498.
Tommy Kono is a two time Olympic gold
medal winner, six time World champion,
three-time Pan-American champion, and
set 26 official World records in (get
this) FOUR different weight classes.
He got started in weightlifting back in
the 1940's, and grew up reading Strength
and Health and thrilling to the exploits
of men like John Grimek, Tony Terlazzo,
John Davis, Stan Stancyzk and Pete George,
and he's got tons of first-hand info
about the Golden Age of American weight-
lifting. So if you get a chance, be sure
to stop in and see him -- and saw HI on
behalf of your fellow Dinos who live too
far away to make it!
In other news, I'm banging away on the
Dino Files newsletter. If you sub to the
newsletter, send in a progress report or
update on what you've been doing, and I'll
try to fit it in.
Speaking of feedback, I rec'd plenty of
emails from Dinos who have used rest-pause
training and gotten great results from it.
So they shot in a big THUMBS UP in response
to this morning's email.
That's not surprising -- rest-pause is a
great way to train.
It's also a safe way to train.
Peter Yates just shot in an email where he
mentioned that very point. He said that rest-
pause training allows you to be 100 percent
ready for every rep -- and that increases
both the effectiveness AND the safety of
your training enormously.
Peter should know. He's a 60-year old Dino
who's been using one of my old-school programs
from CHALK AND SWEAT for over a year now with
steady progress (measured by regular increases
in his working weight), no missed workouts and
no injuries.
He believes in taking things slow and steady --
training intelligently -- using the right
exercises for YOUR body -- learning to work
around any dings and dents -- and using Dino-
style abbreviated workouts.
And frankly, that's the way to get it done.
Yours in strength,
Brooks Kubik
P.S. For real-world, no-nonsense training
advice for older lifters, grab a copy of
GRAY HAIR AND BLACK IRON:
http://www.brookskubik.com/grayhair_blackiron.html
P.S. 2. As I mentioned, Peter Yates is having
great luck with one of the 50 workouts featured
in CHALK AND SWEAT -- and many other Dinos have
done the same:
http://www.brookskubik.com/chalk_and_sweat.html
P.S. 2. Thought for the Day: "Train for strength
first, last and always." -- Brooks Kubik
