Hail to the Dinosaurs!
Back in December, Trudi and I were
talking about training -- and she asked
me about squats for older trainees and
whether I thought they were a good
idea or a bad idea.
Of course, it's one of those "it depends"
questions -- but it was a very interesting
one.
I ran the question by the Dinos in one of
my daily emails -- and the answers starting
pouring in faster than you could say the
Dinosaur motto ("Hard work, heavy iron,
super strength.")
Before you knew it, I had close to 50 responses
from older Dinos. Some of them were just a
sentence or two, and some were a page or
two long.
The Dinos shared some remarkable stories.
Some Dinos used back squats to CURE
serious knee, hip or back problems.
Some Dinos were still squatting hard and
heavy in their 70's.
We received one report of a lifting champion
who is still doing back squats, front squats
and Olympic lifting in his 90's!
Other Dinos had switched to other movements,
and they outlined what was working for them.
Some combined squats with other exercises.
Some used movements you probably have
heard about but may never have tried -- or
used very unique equipment to train their
legs, hips and back. Again, stuff that may
not be on your radar screen -- but stuff
you ought to know about.
Several older Dinos didn't start doing squats
until they were close to retirement age -- and
then they made terrific progress on them.
And many outlined the sets and reps, and the
training frequency, that worked best for them.
It was real-world, no nonsense, straight from
the shoulder training advice.
Training advice from men who are walking the
walk -- and still hitting it hard and heavy no
matter how many candles are on the birthday
cake.
Stuff you don't see anywhere else -- because
the rest of the world is more interested in the
silly stuff. One-legged squats on wobble boards
while wearing a suit of armor and walking a pet
penquin perched on a pogo stick.
The rest of the world also tends to ignore the
unique needs of older trainees and focus almost
exclusively on the young lions. That's totally
understandable, but it leaves a big gap in the
information that older trainees need to be
successful.
Anyhow -- when I saw the responses, I knew
I had to share them. So I ran about half of them
in the January issue of The Dinosaur Files.
And then I ran the other half in the February
issue of the Dinosaur Files.
You can grab them right here -- and while you're
at it, you might as well grab the December issue
if you missed it. It has plenty of good stuff, too.
February 2016 Dinosaur Files (cover photo of Robert
Ruckstool)
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurfiles_february2016.html
January 2016 Dinosaur Files (cover photo of Eugene Sandow)
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurfiles_januaryr2016.html
December 2015 Dinosaur Files (cover photo of Sig Klein)
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurfiles_december2015.html
Of course, the Dinosaur Files contains plenty
of different articles in each issue -- but the
series covering effective lower body training
for older Dinos is solid gold. After all, you're
either an older Dino right now -- or you're
going to be one sometime in the future!
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 are right
here at Dino Headquarters:
http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html
P.S. 2. "You're never strong enough, and you
never know enough about training. Always
keep growing, learning, advancing and moving
forward." -- Brooks Kubik
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