Two quick notes, and then we'll talk training.
1. Dinosaur Training Secrets, Vol. 1
Continues to be a top 10 best-seller in its
category at the Amazon Kindle site -- and
continues to get rave reviews.
If you don't have the little monster, sprint
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They really help us -- and we really
appreciate them.
BTW, this is the first in a continuing series --
all of which will be avsilable in your choice of
hard-copy or Kindle e-book. Be looking for
number 2 in the series in the very near
future -- and for other e-books from me
in the Kindle bookstore. We're going to
bring you tons of great training information
in 2015.
2. The Dinosaur Files Quarterly Journal
Issue no. 2 is just about ready to go. We'll
put up an order button later today. It will
include the table of contents with all the
different articles for the issue. Be looking
for an update later on when the order button
is ready to go.
On the training front, I was a guest on Carl
Lanore's SuperHuman Radio Show yesterday,
and for the second week in a row we talked
a bit about famous classical statues -- such
as the statue of the Farnese Hercules.
and for the second week in a row we talked
a bit about famous classical statues -- such
as the statue of the Farnese Hercules.
it, here's the link -- it's episode 1578:
http://superhumanradio.com/
The statues came up last week, when Carl noted
that the ancient Greeks and Romans built some
remarkable physiques without any roidskies and
without any supplements. They did it with hard
training and a diet of all natural foods.
And they ended up looking like the very best of
today's bodybuilders and weightlifters.
You can see it in those marvellous old statues.
Put one of them on the stage at any bodybuilding
show, and he just might walk away with first
place.
Yesterday, I noted that those old statues were
not merely the result of the sculptor's imagination.
No one thought, "I'm going to sculpt a statue of
a warrior and make him look the way I think
athletes might look 500 years from now."
Nor did they say, "I'm going to sculpt a man who
never lived -- who doesn't exist -- and who never
will exist -- and make it up as I go along."
No, they did what artists have always done --
they used actual models.
The models they used were champion athletes
and seasoned warriors.
And you can see this in the resulting sculptures.
The sculptures show thick, heavy abdominal
and oblique development.
Why?
Because back then, men trained with many
different twisting and turning movements --
which you would use in throwing a javelin or
a spear, swinging an axe or a sword, throwing
a discus, or in throwing an opponent in a
wrestling match.
The models had powerful, corded forearms and
thick, powerful hands.
Why?
Because they did so much work with heavy
weapons. It must have built a ferocious grip
over the years.
In short, the men who were used as models for
statues such as the Farnese Hercules were men
who trained to be the best athletes and the most
powerful warriors of their era.
They weren't imaginary. They were real.
And they did it Dino-style -- with hard work and
healthy food. They probably did lots of old-school
bodyweight exercises, as well as dumbbell training.
So their workouts may have been very similar to
those in Dinosaur Bodyweight Training and
Dinosaur Dumbbell Training.
And they quite likely did some stone lifting. Men
have been lifting stones for thousands of years.
And as I noted, they ran, wrestled, swung heavy
weapons and threw things.
And that was all they needed.
I don't know about you, but I find that to be very
encouraging. It shows us what we can do -- and
what we can achieve.
And it reminds us that it doesn't take very much
in the way of equipment to get a great workout.
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. Here's the link again for Dinosaur Training Secrets,
Vol. 1:
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_secrets_01.html
P.S. 3. My other books and courses -- including
Dinosaur Bodyweight Training and Dinosaur
Dumbbell Training -- are available right here
at Dino Headquarters:
http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html
P.S. 3. Thought for the Day: "Learn from the past,
live in the present, lift for the future." Brooks Kubik
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