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| Brooks Kubik hitting it hard -- with the famous Double Rope Staggered Grip Pull-ups featured in Dinosaur Bodyweight Training. http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_bodyweight.html |
Hail to the Dinosaurs!
If you're my age or older, and you started
training in your teens, you probably knew
plenty of people who told you not to do it.
Your doctor didn't want you to lift weights.
Your coaches didn't want you to lift weights.
Your parents didn't want you to lift weights.
They thought it was bad for you.
They believed that weight training would
make you slow, clumsy, stiff and muscle-
bound.
It would ruin your joints, wreck your knees
and destroy your spine.
You would "pull" your muscles, develop a
hernia, and ruin your chances for having
children.
You would harm your heart, develop high
blood pressure, and probably die of a heart
attack at an early age.
That was the conventional wisdom of the
time.
Those of us who ignored the advice to "STOP
IT!" learned that weight training made us
bigger, stronger, and -- somehow -- healthier.
If we kept training, we eventually realized
that we were bigger, stronger, healthier and
much younger looking than our peers. If
you're age 50 or older and you've been
training for your entire life and you go to
a high school reunion you know exactly
what I mean.
And now, somewhat late in the game,
science is catching up to us.
There's a new report of a study of 8,677
men, conducted over a period of more
than 20 years.
The researchers monitored the men's health,
including their muscular strength.
The results turned the conventional wisdom
right on its head.
Get this -- the men who did regular weight
training and had the highest levels of muscular
strength were between 30 and 40 percent less
likely to die from cancer than their non-training
peers.
Now, that's pretty amazing. I don't know of
anything, other than not smoking, that has
that kind of protective effect.
So keep on doing what you love. Keep on
hitting the iron -- and hit it hard, heavy and
often -- because you were right all along:
It really IS good for you!
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. Strength, Muscle and Power will teach you
how to build exactly that -- along with lifelong
health and fitness:
http://www.brookskubik.com/strength_muscle_power.html
Gray Hair and Black Iron is the number one
book about successful strength trainlng for
older Dinos:
http://www.brookskubik.com/grayhair_blackiron.html
For the best in old-school bodyweight training --
and how to combine it with barbell and dumbbell
training -- grab Dinosaur Bodyweight Training:
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_bodyweight.html
P.S. 2. My other books and courses -- and links
to my Dinosaur Training e-books on Kindle --
are right here:
http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html
P.S. 3. Thought for the Day: "It's always best to
start young, and keep at it. But whatever your
age, start NOW if you need to start -- and keep
at it!" -- Brooks Kubik
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