Hail to the Dinosaurs!
Two quick notes, and then we'll talk training.
First, here's a link to all 12 of my Dinosaur
Training e-books. Before much longer, we're
going to have a complete on-line strength
training library for you:
http://dinosaurtraining.blogspot.com/2015/08/dinosaur-training-e-books-complete-list.html
Second, I wanted to make sure everyone knew
that you can friend me on Facebook and
follow me on Twitter. These are great ways
to stay up to date and in touch. Just be sure
to stay off the social media while you're
training!
And speaking of training, let's ask a very basic
question:
Does your training make you feel better?
If memory serves me correctly, Peary Rader
wrote an article or editorial using this title
sometime back in the 1970's or early 1980's.
(Or perhaps it was someone else who wrote
for IronMan back then.)
The point is, the question was asked -- and
the man who asked the question noted that
a great many bodybuilding champions were
severely over-trained, dehydrated, run-down,
tired, sickly and ill as they approached their
big contests and tried to show as much
muscular definiiton as possible.
They would catch colds and other minor
ailments, and they often felt pretty puny
even though they looked as if they were
the picture of health.
And the writer even suggested that at most
contests, the folks in the audience were actually
far healthier than the men on the stage.
So Peary Rader (or whoever it was) suggested
that the average trainee would do much better
by training hard but NOT over-training -- and
by working to build a well-developed and
muscular physique but NOT strive for the
extreme definition you see in a bodybuilding
contest -- and by following a healthy diet but
NOT a pre-contest starvation diet.
The idea was to BE strong, LOOK strong and
FEEL strong.
That was a good goal then, and it's a good goal
today.
You get there with sane, sensible training and
sane, sensible diet and nutrition.
It's how I've been training for most of my life.
And at close to 60 years of age, I can honestly
say that I feel pretty darn good. And it's the
result of how I train and how I eat.
One of my goals is to see the day when every
Dino of any age can say the very same thing --
that he or she feels GREAT -- and that it's the
result of how they train and how they eat.
And the good news is this -- we're getting
there! The Dinos are doing a terrific job --
and setting a great example for everyone
else.
Anyhow, I trained yesterday, and I felt great --
and I still feel great -- and I love the way my
training makes me feel. I hope you feel the
same way!
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 cover the training aspect in my various books
and courses -- and in the Dinosaur Files Quarterly --
and I cover the diet and nutrition aspect in Knife,
Fork, Muscle. You can find them right here:
http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html
P.S. 2. If you're not sure where to start, try Dinosaur
Training, Strength, Muscle and Power or (if you're
age 35 or wiser) Gray Hair and Black Iron --
and of course, Knife, Fork Muscle.
3. Thought for the Day: "Look strong, be strong,
feel strong." -- Brooks Kubik
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