Hail to the Dinosaurs!
Let me start with some big breaking news, and
then we'll talk training.
I'm going to be doing a regular weekly podcast
on Carl Lanore's SuperHuman Radio.
The show will be called Physical Culture Radio.
It will air every Thursday at 12:00 noon EST.
You can listen to the live show or listen to
the download later on.
You can find us right here -- every Thursday --
at 12:00 noon:
http://superhumanradio.com/
We're going to start out by covering a very
interesting topic -- healthy aging, which I
define as staying strong and healthy and
active and fit for your entire life.
We'll discuss various aspects of healthy
aging in a series of shows. Listen to them,
and if you have questions, shoot them in
to me by email. We'll try to work them into
later shows.
On the training front -- since we're going to
be talking about healthy aging on the show,
let's prime the pump a bit by covering an
important aspect of it right now.
The training component.
A couple of nights ago, I saw a very interesting
interview.
It featured a man named Randy Lewis, who
happens to be one of the greatest wrestlers
of all time.
He won the NCAA championships 2x while
wrestling for Dan Gables' legendary Iowa
Hawkeyes -- and went on to win the Olympic
gold medal in 1984.
I actually saw him wrestle in the Junior
Nationals. He was probably the best high
school wrestler I ever saw.
Anyhow, in the interview, he was talking
about how he got the itch to compete again.
This was when he was in his 40's. Not old,
but almost twice as old as his competitors
would have been.
He had continued to work out after he
retired from competition -- but there's
a big difference between the kind of
workouts he did when he was training
to win the Olympic gold medal and the
kind of workouts he did after he retired.
So when he got the competition bug,
he decided to ramp things up.
And, of course, he started to train hard,
and put in lots of mat time and lots of
time on other work -- running and lifting
and cardio work, and so on -- and he
ended up overdoing things and getting
hurt.
So he tried again another time.
Same result.
After this happened a few times, he began
to wonder if it would ever be possible to
compete again.
That's when someone made a very good
suggestion.
"Don't train for it -- just compete."
So he did -- and he entered the Olympic
try-outs at age 50 -- and beat two younger
athletes before losing a close match to a
third wrestler.
And all of the men he wrestled were 20
or 25 years younger than he was. And
they were top wrestlers in their own right.
So notching a couple of wins at age 50
was pretty darn impressive. In fact, it
was absolutely remarkable.
But the interesting thing is how he got
there -- not by gearing up and going
crazy and training 8 hours a day and
doing the full-bore Eye of the Tiger
thing -- but by easing up in his training
and doing just enough to be effective
on the mat -- but not so much that he
hurt himself.
That's a vitally important lesson for all
older athletes -- and for all older trainees.
At a certain time in your life, you do better
with less -- and you do better by balancing
hard work with plenty of time for recovery
and recuperation.
And that's the message of the day. If you're
an older trainee, take it to heart -- and if
you're a younger trainee, file it away for
future reference. There will come a time
when you will need it.
As always, thanks for reading and have a
great day. If you train today, make it a
good one -- and be sure to catch me on
Physical Culture Radio!
Yours in strength,
Brooks Kubik
P.S. If you're an older trainee, be sure to read
Gray Hair and Black Iron -- and the Dinosaur
Files quarterly, which includes plenty of great
workouts and training ideas for older Dinos:
http://www.brookskubik.com/grayhair_blackiron.html
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurfiles_quarterly.html
P.S. 2. Our Dinosaur Training e-books are getting
off-the-chart reviews. Go here to grab them:
http://www.brookskubik.com/militarypress_kindle.html
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_secrets_01.html
P.S. 3. My other books and courses are right here at
Dino Headquarters:
http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html
P.S. 4. Thought for the Day: "You can train at any
age -- but you need to train smarter as you grow
older." -- Brooks Kubik
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