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| The Dinosaur Files Quarterly -- each issue is available in your choice of hard copy or Kindle e-book. |
Hail to the Dinosaurs!
One quick note, and then we'll talk training.
1. Dinosaur Training E-Books on Kindle
We currently have 15 Dinosaur Training
e-books on Kindle, with more coming soon.
We have links to all of the Kindle e-books on
the products page of our website. We update
the list whenever we release an e-book. That
includes every issue of the hugely popular
Dinosaur Files Quarterly.
So if you want to order one of our e-books,
go to the products page and use the links:
http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html
It's not quite one-stop shopping, but it's
pretty darn close.
3. The Old Guy with the Barbell
Back in 1946 or so, Bob Hoffman travelled
to California on business, and stopped to
visit a big gym that Vic Tanny had opened
close to Muscle Beach.
It was a huge building -- an old airplane
hanger or something similar -- and it wasn't
at all fancy. It was mainly barbells, dumbbells,
benches, pulleys, chinning and dipping bars,
sit-up boards and squat stands.
The benches and pulleys got most of the use.
This was at the start of an exercise craze
where trainees did endless sets of two
exercises:
1. The bench press
and
2. Lat machine pull-downs
The goal was to pump their upper bodies to
gargantuan proportions.
Hoffman was used to watching the weightlifters
at the York Barbell Club train, and he expected
to see lots of weightlifting, squatting and standing
presses when he went to a gym.
But not this time.
Instead, he saw many of the gym members doing
nothing but benches and pull-downs.
It baffled him.
Then he looked across the gym, and saw a lone
trainee working out all by himself in a far corner
of the gym.
He was an older man, and he was training with
nothing but a barbell.
He was doing the old-schoool exercises in the
York training courses: squats, presses, curls,
bent over and upright rowing, cleans, snatches,
deadlifts, high pulls, etc.
Hoffman watched him for his entire workout.
He finished with a good sweat and a smile on
his face.
It was the kind of workout Bob Hoffman liked
to see.
I'll be training tonight, and my workout will be
a lot like the old guy with the barbell.
In fact, if anyone walks down the alley and looks
into the garage and sees me, that's what they'll
probably think:
"It's the old guy with the barbell again."
And that's okay with me. I'm perfectly happy to
be the old guy with the barbell. It beats the heck
out of being the old guy in the wheelchair.
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 a great series of courses for Dinos
of any age. They're available in hard copy or
Kindle e-book. If you live outside the USA,
email and ask for a shipping quote if you
want hard copy editions of two or more
courses:
Dinosaur Training Secrets, Vol. 1, Exercises,
Workouts and Training Programs
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_secrets_01.html
Dinosaur Training Secrets, Vol. 2, How Strong Are
You?
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_secrets_02.html
Dinosaur Training Secrets, Vol. 3, How to Use Old
School Progression Methods for Fast and Steady
Gains in Strength, Muscle and Power
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_secrets_03.html
P. S. 2. For the links to the Kindle e-book versions
of these three courses, go to our products
page:
http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html
P.S 3. Thought for the Day: "It's fun to be the
old guy with the barbell." -- Brooks Kubik
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