Hail to the Dinosaurs!
Two quick notes, and then we'll talk about the
best gym in the world.
1. A New Dinosaur Training Course
I'm doing a series of new courses this year,
and the first one is ready right now. And for
the very first time, we're offering it on Kindle
as well as hard-copy.
We're doing that because some Dinos prefer
hard-copy books and courses, and others
prefer to do their reading on Kindle.
The title of the new course:
DINOSAUR TRAINING SECRETS
Vol 1, Exercises, Workouts and Training Programs
Go here to grab the Kindle edition:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00SEQC50A
We're finishing up the sales page for the
hard-copy edition of the course. It should be
ready today or tomorrow. I'll send a link as
soon as it's ready.
2. Feedback and Reviews, Please!
Amazon has all sorts of options for feedback,
ratings and reviews -- so if you order the e-book,
please be sure to go back and write a short review,
give the book a rating, etc. The more feedback we
get, the more new Dinos we can bring into the tent.
One of the reasons I'm doing an e-book is to help
bring the Dino message to as many people as
possible -- but I need your help to do it!
Also, I don't know who placed an order for the
Kindle edition unless you shoot me an email and
let me know -- so please do that, as well.
And now -- on the training front . . .
What's the best gym in the world?
Where is it?
Who runs it?
Who trains there?
What equipment does it have?
There are plenty of good gyms out there. What
makes this one the best?
Will we ever know?
How would we rate different gyms to find "the best"
gym of them all?
Well, here's an idea.
Let's rate gyms based on how many Olympic and
World championships the gym members have won --
and what percentage of members have won these
titles. In other words, we can look for the success
rate of the average gym member.
if you use that criteria, I'm not sure what ranks as
the best gym inthe world in 2015. But I know what
ranked as the best gym back in the 1950's.
It was a basement gym with an unfinished floor. You
didn't need to use chalk when you lifted. You could
use a handful of dust and dirt instead.
Some old pieces of scrap wood formed a small lifting
platform. Some of the boards were a bit warped.
There was a set of homemade wooden squat stands.
There was a homemade wooden bench.
There were two York Olympic barbells and plenty of
black iron plates.
One bar was used exclusively for lifting.
The other bar was used for squats and benches.
And that was all the equipment. There was nothing
else.
The little gym had one member.
His name was Tommy Kono. It was his basement,
his equipment, and his gym.
And at the time, Kono was a two-time Olympic gold
medal winner -- multi-time World champion -- and
World and Olympic record holder.
He trained alone, so the average success rate for
gym members was about the best in the world. In
fact, it was about the all-time best in the history
of the world.
I think that little gym was the best gym in the
world back in the day. I would have loved to have
trained there just one time. Can you imagine what
it would have been like?
The best gyms are magic places. They turn iron to
gold. This one certainly did.
And to me, that makes it the very best gym in the
world.
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. If you're a Kindle fan, don't forget to grab the
new Dinosaur Training course on kindle:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00SEQC50A
If you prefer hard-copy courses, don't worry --
the link to order the hard-copy course will be up
very soon.
P.S. 2. My other books, courses and DVD's -- and the
Dinosaur Files quarterly strength training journal --
are right here at Dino Headquarters:
http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html
P.S. 3. Thought for the Day: "I had three chairs in my
house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for
society." -- Henry David Thoreau
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