Hail to the Dinosaurs!
Last Friday I sent you a special Dinosaur
Challenge -- to guess "Who said it?" for
10 quotes from famous Iron Game figures.
I said it would be hard, and it was. Several
Dinos got a couple of them -- but no one
came near getting all of them.
So here are the answers -- see if you were
close on them:
WHO SAID IT?
1. "Unfortunately, dreams and reality are
different states. Just to dream that you can
lift 300 lbs is no sign that you can do it."
Harry Paschall, Development of Strength
Harry went on to note that bigger dreams will
lead to bigger lifts -- after you put in the
work!
2. "Provided you are not organically sick,
a heavy training program, sensibly organized
and built around teeth-grinding squats, can
start you growing in size and strength like
a Dinosaur!"
Bradley J. Steiner, July 1969 IronMan
I had forgotten about that Dinosaur reference,
but I sure as heck like it! And Steiner was spot
on about the squats.
3. "Most men will gain fine on two heavy
workouts per week, especially if there is plenty
of heavy leg and back work included."
Peary Rader -- July 1969 IronMan
This was revolutionary back then -- but now,
many of us use divided workouts and hit any
given exercise only once per week. It's taken
a long time to learn that less is better.
4. "How shall we determine the proper amount
of exercise? This, in our opinion, becomes the
question of most vital import between the
instructor and the enthusiastic seeker after
results in physical improvement."
Mark Berry, Physical Training Notes, vol. II,
no. 5, 1937
Note that Berry was asking the question in
1937, and Rader was asking the same question
in 1969. It's one of the really important questions.
5. "The man who tries to develop all his body
by the use of a pair of light dumb-bells, is
laboring under a tremendous handicap."
Alan Calvert, Milo Barbell Company brochure,
date unknown, but probably 1910 - 1920.
Light dumbbells were all the rage back then,
and it was hard to sell the idea that you needed
to lift heavy iron -- or to do heavy leg and back
exercises. I guess some things never change.
6. "To build really big arms, the chest, lungs,
heart and other internal organs must be
strengthened and enlarged first."
Billy Van -- Superhealth course -- 1956
This was impossible to guess, but I put it
in because it expresses the point so well.
Back in the day, it was widely recognized
that strength training built muscle because
it strengthened and improved the internal
organs, improved digestion and assimilation,
increased the metabolism, etc. In other words,
with proper training you built your body from
the inside out. A key point, and one that is
largely forgotten today.
7. "Poundage progression is critical. Never be
satisfied with any particular weight in any
particular exercise. This is NOT new information,
but modern trainees seem to have lost sight of it
entirely."
Brooks Kubik -- in the Dinosaur Strength Training
Notebook (1998)
Been saying this for years . . .
8. "To build muscles and strength, to build
stronger attachments, tendons, ligaments,
and cartiliges, it is necessary to use heavy
poundages."
Bob Hoffman -- Strength and Health, Dec.
1940
Compare to no. 5. People need to hear this over
and over.
BTW, I covered this exact point in an interview
on Carl Lanore's SuperHuman Radio yesterday.
If you missed it, scoot on over to SHR and listen
to the podcast.
9. "To be free from winter ailments this year,
two things are highly essential for you to
observe, and I reiterate: Diet and exercise."
John Grimek -- Strength and Health, Dec. 1940
Since it's winter now -- snow on the ground here
in Louisville -- I thought this was worth noting.
It's good advice.
10. "To maintain youthful spirits, the great
muscles of the body -- in fact all the muscles --
must be used with a certain amount of
regularity. That does not necessarily mean
daily -- most people hate a routine, but they
should be used frequently and vigorously
enough to thoroughly stir the circulatory
processes."
Bernarr MacFadden -- Physical Culture, Dec.
1944
Compare to no. 6. This is very similar. The
leaders in physical culture have been saying
this for a long, long time.
As I said, this one was TOUGH. We'll do it
again sometime and see if we have any
winners.
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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NOTE: I will be in touch with my printer today
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shipment sometime next week, and we'll fire
them on out to everyone as soon as we have
them.
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P.S. 4. Thought for the Day: "Train for strength,
eat for health, and live your life to the fullest."
-- Brooks Kubik
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