Hail to the Dinosaurs!
It's geting close to 30 years since January 1985.
Many don't know it, but that was an important
time in Iron Game history.
January 1985 was when Dr. Ken Leistner launched
his now legendary newsletter, The Steel Tip.
It was a wonderful little publication. Each issue
was 4 - 6 pages long, with some issues running
a full 8 pages.
It had a sharp looking but simple layout, and
each issue was nothing but text -- no photos
and no drawings. Dr. Ken probably wrote about
95% of the material.
It was pretty much all about strength training
the way Dr. Ken taught it: "high intensity
training" in the true sense of the word.
Short, brutally hard, as heavy as possible in
good form workouts built around the basic,
compound exercises. Lots of squats, stiff
legged deadlifts, Trap Bar deadlifts, pressing
and pulling. Nothing fancy. Just good, old-
faashioned stuff that really worked.
The Steel Tip ran for three years. A total of 36
issues. Those are worth their weight in gold
now. They're hard to find, and hardly anyone
has a complete set of all 36 issues.
That's why I wanted to let you know about
something pretty darn good. It's been out
for a few years, but it's sort of under the
radar screen for some reason.
Back in 2010, John Wood celebrated the 25th
Anniversary of The Steei Tip by working with
Dr. Ken and his wife, Kathy, to put together a
complete set of all 36 issues of The Steel Tip
in book form -- including updated commentary
from Dr. Ken as he looked back on the high-
lights of each issue.
The end-result was a mammoth 8 1/2 x 11,
330-page book. And that's a lot of book.
You can read more about it -- and grab a
copy right here -- directly from John Wood:
http://www.oldtimestrongman.com/products/steel-tip-newsletter-collection-dr-ken-leistner
Tell John I sent you. And say "HI!" to Dr. Ken when
you place your order.
Yours in strength,
Brooks Kubik
P.S. In the spirit of The Steel Tip, I'm doing a
new quarterly Dinosaur Files -- and you can
reserve your copy of the first issue -- which will
be shipping sometime next week -- right here:
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurfiles_quarterly.html
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