Hail to the Dinosaurs!
In his prime, Arthur Saxon was widely
regarded as the strongest man in the
world.
His bent press of 370 pounds and two-
hands anyhow of 448 pounds surpassed
the efforts of all other strongmen -- and
the bent press remains a world record to
this very day -- making it one of the
longest-lasting records in all of sports.
Yet as strong as he was, Saxon was well
aware of the phenomenon of overtraining --
or burning out -- or, as he put, "going
stale."
He called it "the bugbear of training."
In his book, The Development of Physical
Power, Saxon wrote:
"To go on when stale is to invite over-
training. I have known even nervous
exhaustion to attend the misdirected
efforts of the athlete who persists in
hard training when he feels himself
going to pieces through overwork."
Saxon also wrote:
"To try to work like a machine, knowing
that ever at one's side stands the bugbear
of training, ready to weaken one's resources
through overwork, and bring about a break-
down, is the height of folly."
I had a good friend who read all the old-
school books and courses -- and was very
familiar with Saxon's writing. But he, too,
like so many others, fell prey to the
bugbear of training.
And it didn't happen just once. It happened
to him over and over.
He would go on a new program and make
great progress for about six weeks -- and
then he would crash and burn, and end up
severely over-trained, sore, tired and unable
to recover from his workouts.
He would rest, recover, regain his strength,
and try again -- with exactly the same result.
And he was NOT a beginner, NOT a small-boned
ectomorph, and NOT a "hardgainer." He was a
thick-boned mesomorph with perfect leverage
for heavy lifting. If anyone could make regular
and steady gains, it should have been him. But
it wasn't.
Over the years, I've received thousands of letters
and emails from trainees who experienced the
same sort of thing. They'd try a new program,
make great progress -- and then crash headfirst
into a brick wall.
For many trainees, this becomes a pattern that
lasts for their entire training career.
And that's hugely unfortunate -- and unnecessary.
There are simple strategies that allow a trainee
at any level of development -- from beginner to
intermediate to advanced -- to make regular and
steady progress without hitting those seemingly
impossible sticking points.
And that's what we cover in vol. 3 in my new
series of Dinosaur Training courses:
Old-school progression systems that allow a
trainee to make steady progress while avoiding
the bugbear of training.
It CAN be done. You just need to know how to
do it.
As with all of the courses in the series, the new
course will be available in your choice of hard-
copy or Kindle e-book.
We're going to launch the pre-publication
special at 9:00 tomorrow. Be looking for it.
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 missed the first two courses in the
series, here they are:
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 DVD's --
and links to my other Dino Training e-books --
are right here:
http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html
P.S. 3. Thought for the Day: "Slow and steady
beats crash and burn every single time."
-- Brooks Kubik
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