Hail to the Dinosaurs!
One quick note, and then we'll talk training
for speed and power.
I'll be co-hosting Physical Culture Radio
at 12:00 EST today. Catch the show live
or listen to the download at your
convenience.
Physical Culture Radio is part of the
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Today's show will cover "Lessons from
Paradise" -- and I think you'll find it to
be very interesting and thought-provoking.
So check it out, and tell me what you
think.
On the training front, we've been talking
about training for speed and power for
the past couple of days.
Yesterday I gave you eight tips for building
speed and power -- and promised to give
you another one today.
It's the most important one. And pay
attention, because this could help rocket
you to some big gains.
Here it is:
Practice moving heavy weights in perfect
form as fast as you can -- with ever
increasing speed from start to finish.
For example . . .
In the military press, you clean the bar
to your shoulders, pause, get set -- and
then drive the bar up as hard and as fast
as possible -- in perfect form.
Put all your strength and power behind
the press.
Give it 100% focus and total concentration.
Focus and concentration help link the mind
and the muscles -- and activate the nerve
impulses that tell the muscle fibers to
contract hard and fast.
Maintain that focus from start to finish.
When you hit the sticking point, drive
harder than ever before. Try to blast
right through it.
You may not move super fast at the sticking
point, but by trying to do so, you'll activate
an enormous number of muscle fibers.
You'll also strengthen the mind-muscle
link -- and your nervous system --
enormously.
And that's how you build speed and power.
Now, please note . . .
When you train this way, it is VERY
IMPORTANT to use perfect form.
If you train fast with sloppy form, you
don't do yourself much good and you
create a real risk of injury.
So let me be very clear.
You're NOT training fast and doing a
series of herky-jerky, "anything goes"
reps.
It's not a Texas Death Match between
you and the barbell.
You're not doing drop and bounce reps.
When you do presses, you do them strict.
No back-bend -- because back-bend takes
the pressure off the muscles, and you are
TRYING to train with as much pressure as
possible -- because that's what triggers
the involvement of more muscle fibers.
If you do bench press, you lower the
bar under control -- and then you blast
it back up. No arching. No cheating.
If you do squats or front squats, you
lower the bar under control -- and then
drive back up. And you fight to stay in
the groove the whole way down and
the whole way up.
If you do snatches, cleans or high pulls,
you start slow, accelerate throughout the
movement, and pop your hips to rocket
the bar upward.
This kind of lifting requires perfect form
and tremendous muscular control. It's as
fast as possible, but it's also as controlled
as possible. Speed and control are NOT, as
some believe, mutually exclusive.
For me, this kind of training is critical for
developing maximum speed and power.
Give it a try, and see how it works for YOU.
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. For more old-school strength training
and muscle-building secrets, grab this little
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http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_training.html
P.S. 2. My other books and courses are right
here at Dino Headquarters:
http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html
P.S. 3. You also can find us at Amazon's
Kindle bookstore:
a. Dinosaur Training Secrets, Vol. 1.
"Exercises, Workouts and Training
Programs"
http://brookskubik.com/dinosaursecrets01_kindle.html
b. Dinosaur Training Secrets, Vol. 2,
"How Strong Are You?"
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_secrets2_kindle.html
c. The Training Secrets of John Grimek
http://www.brookskubik.com/grimektraining_kindle.html
d. The Dinosaur Military Press and Shoulder
Power Course
http://www.brookskubik.com/militarypress_kindle.html
P.S. 4. Thought for the Day: "It's not just sets and
reps, it's how you perform your reps that counts."
-- Brooks Kubik
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