Hail to the Dinosaurs!
Let me open with some birthday wishes to
one of our Dinos -- and then we'll talk about
about assistance exercises.
Today is Bill Kociaba's birthday. Happy
birthday, Bill!
Bill has a great little website where he posts
some killer podcasts. I've been a guest on
several of his podcasts, and I really enjoyed
them. You will, too. Bill knows the Iron Game
inside out, and he has a very natural, very
relaxed interview style.
To celebrate his birthday, Bill posted a long
interview with bodybuilding legend, Bill Pearl.
You can find it right here:
http://kociaba-fitness.com/blog_rwf_13_bill_pearl
In other podcast news, I'll be on Physical Culture
Radio today -- at 12:00 EST. Catch the show live
or listen to the download at your convenience:
http://www.superhumanradio.com
We have a great show planned for today, and I
think you'll really enjoy it.
Assistance Exercises -- When and How Many?
On the training front, I received lots of questions in
response to yesterday's email. Most of them were
about assistance exercises for the press -- and I
realized that some readers thought they were
supposed to do all seven of the exercises that
I listed in my email.
And that means I wasn't very clear -- and I
created some unnecessary confusion. So let
me clear things up right now.
Many Dinos don't need any sort of assistance
exercise for the press. All they need to do is to
train hard on the press.
As you get stronger, and your gains slow down, you
can add ONE assistance exercise. Use different
assistance exercises in different training cycles.
Don't try to do all of them in one program.
As for WHEN you do them -- I prefer to do them
after my presses. That's what virtually all of the
champions did their assistance exercises.
For your sets, reps and workouts, grab a copy of The
Dinosaur Military Press and Shoulder Power Course:
Hard-copy:
http://www.brookskubik.com/militarypress_course.html
Kindle e-book:
http://www.brookskubik.com/militarypress_kindle.html
Let me close by reminding you of two things.
One is the Norb Schemansky story.
A young trainee asks Schemansky how to improve
his press.
Schemansky glares at him in surprise -- and
then shouts:
"Press, you idiot!"
In other words, NO assistance exercises.
BUT -- and this is important -- Harry Paschall reported
that Schemansky improved his press big time by doing
heavy dumbbell presses.
In other words, ONE assistance exercise.
Hope that clears up the confusion!
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. I'm doing a detailed series of new courses
covering different aspects of old-school, Dino-style
strength training. We've released two of them so
far, and they're available in your choice of hard-
copy or Kindle e-book:
a. Dinosaur Training Secrets, Vol. 1.
"Exercises, Workouts and Training
Programs"
Kindle e-book:
http://brookskubik.com/dinosaursecrets01_kindle.html
Hard-copy:
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_secrets_01.html
b. Dinosaur Training Secrets, Vol. 2,
"How Strong Are You?"
Kindle e-book:
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_secrets2_kindle.html
Hard-copy:
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_secrets_02.html
P.S. 2. My other books and courses -- and links to my
other Kindle e-books -- are available right here:
http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html
P.S. 3. Thought for the Day: "Choose your exercises
wisely, and train them hard and heavy." -- Brooks
Kubik
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