Hail to the Dinosaurs!
What is the best kind of strength training?
Is it powerlifting?
Strongman training?
Dumbbell training?
Kettlebell training?
Power bodybuilding?
Power rack training?
Olympic weightlifting?
Bodyweight training?
High Intensity Training?
The old-school barbell and dumbbell workouts
in the York Courses?
Muscle control?
Cables?
Or something else?
Should you follow Doug Hepburn's program, or
Paul Anderson's program, or Reg Park's program,
or Tommy Kono's program or Arthur Saxon's
program or Herman Goerner's program or
George Hackenschmidt's program?
Should you train like the Chinese or the Germans
or the Bulgarians or the Cubans or the Greeks or
the Russians or the Polish or the Hungarians
or the York lifters from the 1940's?
Should you do 20 rep breathing squats or 5 x 5
or triples, doubles or singles?
If you do 5 x 5, how many work sets should you
do?
I could go on for a very long time -- because there
are literally thousands of different ways to train,
different exercises and different set/rep systems.
So which one is THE BEST?
Here's the answer.
The BEST way to train is the way that you enjoy
the most -- because you'll train harder and more
effectively if you do something you enjoy doing.
That's particularly true if you're an older trainee
who's been doing this for a long time. After 30,
40 or 50 years of training, you deserve to do
things you enjoy doing.
In simple terms, that means this:
If you prefer powerlifting style workouts, then do
powerlifting style workouts.
If you prefer strongman training, then do strong-
man training.
If you prefer Olympic lifting, then do Olympic
lifting.
If you prefer to use dumbbells or kettlebells or
bodyweight exercises, then that's what you
should use.
If you love power rack training, then do
that.
If you prefer to mix things up (as many do),
then that's what you should do.
And if you like to train one way for awhile and
then switch to another style of training, that's
fine, too.
As long as you train regularly and progressively,
you'll do fine.
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. My new Dinosaur Training Secrets series is
perfect for trainees of all ages and all levels of
experience, from beginner to advanced. Each
book in the series is available in hard copy or
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overseas, email me for shipping charges for
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1. Dinosaur Training Secrets, Vol. 1.
"Exercises, Workouts and Training
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Kindle e-book
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2. Dinosaur Training Secrets, Vol. 2,
"How Strong Are You?"
Hard copy
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_secrets_02.html
Kindle e-book
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3. Dinosaur Training Secrets, Vol. 3,
"How to Use Old-School Progression
Methods for Fast and Steady Gains in
Strength, Muscle and Power"
Hard copy
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P.S. 2. My other books and courses -- and links
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P.S. 3. Thought for the Day: "The best day to
train is today." -- Brooks Kubik
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