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| Louis Abele |
Hail to the Dinosaurs!
Thirty years ago, when I trained at a
commercial gym, I noticed something
very interesting.
Most people went through the same
exact workout every time they trained.
Or, if they did a split routine, they did
the same arm and shoulder workout,
the same leg workout and the same
chest and back workout.
Same exercises, same sets, same
reps -- and same weight on the bar.
And the weight on the bar never
changed.
One guy got married and divorced
two times over a period of five or
six years. He changed wives more
often than he changed weight on
the bar.
Not surprisingly, these guys all looked
the same after a couple of years of
steady training. They never added
any appreciable muscle mass --
never got bigger, thicker and better
developed -- never looked harder
and more muscular -- never looked
stronger -- and never built any
additional strength.
They trained, but their training didn't
do anything. It was all wasted effort.
That's because they forgot one of
the most important rules of training:
Make your training progressive.
In other words, add weight to the bar
on a regular basis.
After all, they call it "Progressive Strength
Training" -- or "Progressive Resistance
Training" -- and that's because you're
supposed to make it progressive.
Of course, there are certain things you
can do that help you add weight to the
bar on a regular basis.
You need to follow a systematic approach.
You need to plan what you are going to
do -- and then you need to follow the plan.
You need to use the right balance of volume
and intensity.
You need to include heavy days, medium
days and light days.
You need to use the right number of exercises,
the right number of workouts and the right
number of working sets in any given workout.
Most importantly, you need to progress at
a sustainable rate -- so you make steady
gains for a long period of time rather than
doing the all-too-common crash and burn.
There are lots of variables -- and for maximum
results, you need to use a training system that
takes all of them into account.
For some reason, this continues to be a
problem for many trainees -- so I wrote a
complete training course that covers the
very best old-school progression methods.
It's available in your choice of hard copy or
Kindle e-book -- and it will give you everything
you need to put together a personalized
progression plan for maximum gains.
Hard copy
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_secrets_03.html
Kindle e-book
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_secrets3_kindle.html
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 other books and courses -- and links
to my other Dinosaur Training e-books on
Kindle -- are right here at Dino Headquarters:
http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html
P.S. 2. Thought for the Day: "You don't get to
the top of the mountain by standing in one
place." -- Brooks Kubik
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