Hail to the Dinosaurs!
Two quick notes, and then we'll talk training.
1. Physical Culture Radio
I'll be doing a special edition of Physical Culture
Radio at 1:00 EST today. Catch it live, or grab
the download at your convenience:
http://superhumanradio.com/
And be sure to check the archives for previous
shows. We have over a year's worth of them in
the archives.
2. Dinosaur Training on Social Media
I've moved from the Jurassic Period to the
modern era -- meaning that you can follow
me on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Be
sure to follow and friend me -- I'm posting
lots of fun photos and video.
I'm on Facebook at Brooks Kubik, and on
Twitter at #brookskubik and #dinosaurtraining.
I'm on Instagram right here:
https://www.instagram.com/brooks_kubik/
So check it out -- and be sure to hit the LIKE
and SHARE buttons!
3. "You Should Go Home and Play Marbles,
Kid!"
Almost 100 years ago, there was a small,
skinny, dark haired kid who wanted to be
a weightlifter.
It seemed like a crazy idea.
He didn't look like a weightlifter.
He was one of the smallest kids in school,
and he wasn't very strong.
But somehow, he got the itch to be an Iron
Slinger.
He trained on his own for a bit, and later, with
some of his friends, but they didn't know what
they were doing, and they didn't get much in
the way of results.
Most guys would have given up. But not this
kid. He kept on trying.
He decided he needed to find a real gym, with
a real coach.
So he headed to the Big City and went to one
of the best gyms of the time -- run by one of
top weightlifting coaches of the era.
It was a good idea, but it didn't work very
well.
The coach watched him struggle with the
lightest weights in the gym, and decided
then and there not to waste time with the
kid.
And he was pretty blunt about it.
"You should go home and play marbles,"
he told him. "You'll never be a weight-
lifter."
You can imagine how that must have felt.
Sort of a punch in the gut and and a kick
in the teeth at the same time.
Or WWE meets American Idol.
It was one of the most brutal talent
assessments of all time.
It was also one of the worst coaching
decisions of all time.
The kid didn't go home. He kept on training.
He worked incredibly hard. Never missed a
workout. Hit everything hard and heavy.
Focused on his weaknesses, and made
them his strengths.
And through it all, he held a burning desire
to be a champion -- and an inflexible belief
that he would one day be the strongest man
of his weight in the entire world.
He achieved that goal at the 1936 Olympic
Games -- where Tony Terlazzo won the USA's
first ever Olympic gold medal in modern
weightlifting.
Yes, Tony Terlazzo.
One of the greatest weightlifters of his era --
and his coach told him to go home and play
marbles!
Take his story to heart.
I'm sure there's someone out there who's
telling YOU to go home and play marbles.
Don't listen to them.
Keep on training.
Keep on working to achieve your dreams.
Let nothing and no one stand in your way.
That's how Tony Terlazzo did it. And it's how
every champion has had to do it.
Yours in strength,
Brooks Kubik
P.S. Start with a dream. Work to make it a
reality. Dinosaur Training will teach you how:
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_training.html
P.S. 2. My other books and courses -- and
the new monthly Dinosaur Files in PDF format
with immediate electronic delivery -- are right
here:
http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html
P.S. 3. Thought for the Day: "When someone
older and wiser tells you you'll never amount
to anything, they're wrong. Every. Single.
Time." -- Brooks Kubik
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