Hail to the Dinosaurs!
For today's Dinosaur Training tip, I'm going
to cover something that Paul Murray keeps
asking me to discuss.
Paul is a big believer in hard work and heavy
training. He's counting the days to age 60,
and he's been training since he was a high
school wrestler, so he's paid his dues. He's
spent many years in the Iron Mines, and he's
lifted many tons of iron and steel.
Paul still hits it hard and heavy in his
Dino Dungeon, a/k/a his barn -- but the
older he gets, the more he realizes that
training needs to be FUN!
And that's the point he always asks me
to cover -- reminding readers to make their
training FUN!
And he's absolutely right. One of the keys
to life-long training is to enjoy what
you do when you train. It makes it a heck
of a lot easier to stay with it. And it
makes your training more productive, too.
Dinosaurs seem to be pretty good at this.
They have all kinds of interesting ways
to keep the fun factor as high as possible.
There are many different ways to do that.
One way is to collect fun pieces of
equipment. Paul likes to go to junk yards
and find pieces of scrap metal that he can
fix up, paint, and use as weights.
Sometimes he finds old iron barbell plates
that someone threw away. He saves them, takes
them home, gets the rust off, and paints them.
It's a rescue operation -- and a way of making
everything more fun.
Another thing to mention is that for older
Dinos, having fun means doing the things you
like to do.
If you prefer bodyweight training, do body-
weight training.
If you prefer barbell work, do barbell work.
If you prefer kettlebells, use kettlebells.
If you prefer dumbbells, use dumbbells.
If you prefer sandbags, rocks or barrels,
use sandbags, rocks or barrels.
Of course, whatever you do, include plenty
of leg and back training -- and some stand
on your feet and lift heavy stuff over your
head training. And work hard but smart. You
know the mantra -- hard work, intelligently
applied.
Oops. My mistake. I meant to say:
Hard work, intelligently applied -- and lots
of fun.
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. Dinosaur Dumbbell Training is hard work --
but it's tons of fun. Reserve your copy today
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P.S. 2. My other books and courses are right here:
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P.S. 3. Thought for the Day: "I don't know who
invented the barbell, but he deserves a medal."
-- Brooks Kubik
