Hail to the Dinosaurs!
I have a ton of duplicate books, courses and magazines about strength training, weightlifting, powerlifting, bodybuilding, physical culture, Iron Game history, boxing, wrestling, martial arts, diet, nutrition, and related subjects, and I since I only need one copy of any particular item, I'm going to sell the rest of them.
We're setting up an eBay store to sell them on eBay, but in the meantime, here are some items you might want to grab right now.
All of these items come from the world-famous Dinosaur Training Research Library - and I'll include a letter to confirm this when I fill your order. Thus, you'll have something great to read AND you'll be owning a piece of Iron Game history.
IMPORTANT!
Everything is first come, first served. So if you're interested in anything, do not delay. Shoot me an email and ask about availability. Include your shipping address so we can calculate shipping and handling for you.
In addition, please let me know whether you use PayPal. If you use PayPal, we can send you a payment request that includes the appropriate shipping and handling charge for the item(s) you purchase.
If you prefer to pay by check or credit card, please let me know. We will contact you by email to let you know how to pay by either of these options. Please do NOT send credit card info by email.
My email is:
info@brookskubik.com
TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT'S AVAILABLE:
1. Steve Justa's Original Barrel Lifting Course
This is Steve Justa's ORIGINAL barrel lifting course. It's long out of print and extremely rare.
This is a four page photo-copy of four loose pages. The first page has four photos. The next three pages are all text.
This is rough, not pretty, unedited, with plenty of misspellings and grammatical errors, and it's about 50 million years behind what any skinny kid with an I-Phone and some apps can put together in five or ten minutes - but it's a VERY hardcore strength training course.
$ 20.00 plus shipping and handling
Status: Sold
2. Muscular Arms and Shoulders
By Harry B. Paschall. A how-to-do-it Bosco book.
A 48-page booklet with many photos and Bosco drawings to illustrate the different exercises. Includes three complete arm training workouts.
Modern reprint edition by William F. Hinbern; copyright 1976. (The original was published in 1953.)
(Bill Hinbern has published a later edition with a blue cover; this is his FIRST reprint edition with a green cover.)
$10.00 plus shipping and handling
3. The High Protein Way to Better Nutrition
By Bob Hoffman. Hard copy. 256 pages. Published in 1953. Good condition with some yellowing and spotting on some interior pages.
This is a revised edition of Bob Hoffman's book, Better Nutrition for the Strength and Health Seeker, originally published in 1940.
$25.00 plus shipping and handling
NOTE: The next four items are very rare and hard to find.
4. Big Arms (Italian language edition)
This is an original (not a photocopy) of the Italian language edition of my Big Arms course. I wrote the course in 1993. Stuart McRobert published the English language edition, and Sandro Ciccarelli published the Italian language edition. Cover art by Stephen Wedan. Good condition with a little wear on the front cover and the interior cover page.
Note: I repeat - just to be clear - this is an Italian-language edition.
This is a 16-page course that includes several progressively more difficult arm-building courses, and has been very popular with readers around the world.
Extremely rare, and a real collector's item.
There is currently a copy available on eBay for $75.00. There's also a copy of the English language edition on Amazon for $479.35. You can grab it now for a lot less - and remember, it comes to you right from my personal collection.
$50.00 plus shipping and handling.
5. Big Bench (Italian language edition)
This is an original (not a photocopy) of the Italian language edition of my Big Bench course. I wrote the course in 1993. Stuart McRobert published the English language edition, and Sandro Ciccarelli published the Italian language edition. Cover art by Stephen Wedan. Good condition.
Note: I repeat - just to be clear - this is an Italian-language edition.
This is a 16-page course that includes several progressively more difficult bench press courses, and has been very popular with readers around the world.
Extremely rare, and a real collector's item. I just searched eBay and Amazon and didn't see any available copies of wither the English language edition or the Italian language edition.
If any other copies are ever available, they'll probably go for big bucks. There is currently a copy of the Italian language edition of the Big Arms course available on eBay for $75.00. There's also a copy of the English language edition of that course on Amazon for $479.35. You can grab the Italian language edition of Big Bench right now for a lot less - and remember, it comes to you right from my personal collection.
$50.00 plus shipping and handling.
6. Big Arms (English language edition)
This is an original (not a photocopy) of the English language edition of my Big Arms course. I wrote the course in 1993. Stuart McRobert edited and published the course. Cover art by Stephen Wedan.
Good condition.
This is a 16-page course that includes several progressively more difficult arm-building courses, and has been very popular with readers around the world.
Extremely rare, and a real collector's item.
There is currently a copy available on Amazon for $479.35. You can grab it now for a lot less - and remember, it comes to you right from my personal collection.
$100.00 plus shipping and handling
7. Russian Language Autobiography of Yuri Vlasov
By Yuri Vlasov. Hard copy. Russian language edition. 600 pages. Over 40 pages of photos.
Note: Just to be clear - this book is written in Russian.I don't read Russian, and I can't even translate the correct title.
Yuri Vlasov was Russia's answer to Paul Anderson, and ushered in a long era of Soviet dominance in the Heavyweight class in Olympic weightlifting. Vlasov won four World Championships, and Olympic gold medal in 1960 (where he set three World records) and a silver medal at the 1964 Olympics. He set a total of 34 World records during his career.
This book is remarkable for the photos alone - many of which I've never seen in English language books or magazines. Even if you don't read Russian, the photos alone are worth the price!
$50.00 plus shipping and handling
Status: Sold
8. Molding a Mighty Grip
By George F. Jowett. The ORIGINAL 32-page booklet published in 1930 by The Jowett Institute of Physical Culture. Includes a photo of George F. Jowett and many drawings of different exercises.
A very good grip-training course featuring a variety of exercises for home gym training - including keg and barrel lifting, which was one of George F. Jowett's favorite ways to train the grip!
NOTE: This is an original copy of Jowett's course, not a photo-copy or a modern reprint edition. It is in good condition. Several names of famous lifters are underlined in the text.
NOTE: I also have a 1938 edition of this course. The content is identical, it's just printed on thinner paper, with a thinner cover, and does not include a photo of George F. Jowett. The 1938 edition is in good condition with slight wear on the cover. The price is the same for the 1930 and 1938 editions. Please specify which edition you prefer - but remember, I only have one of each, and it's strictly first come, first served.
The 1930 edition also includes two original postcards to order "The Thrill of Being Strong" from the Jowett Institute of Physical Culture. The 1930 edition does not contain these postcards.
$20.00 plus shipping and handling
Status: The 1930 edition is SOLD. The 1938 edition is still available.
9. Molding Mighty Legs
By George F. Jowett. The ORIGINAL 32-page booklet published in 1930 by The Jowett Institute of Physical Culture. Includes a photo of George F. Jowett and many drawings of different exercises.
This is an old-school bodyweight training course for home training, but it also includes a homemade leg press machine and instructions on how to use it. I wouldn't use the homemade leg press unit for anything heavy, but it's an interesting concept.
The course includes a detailed review of the anatomy of the legs and hips, with related drawings.
NOTE: This is an original copy of Jowett's course, not a photo-copy or a modern reprint edition. It is in good condition, and includes two original postcards to order "The Thrill of Being Strong" from the Jowett Institute of Physical Culture.
$20.00 plus shipping and handling
10. Molding A Mighty Back
By George F. Jowett. The ORIGINAL 32-page booklet published in 1930 by The Jowett Institute of Physical Culture. Includes many drawings of different exercises, as well as drawings of the back and shoulder muscles.
An old-school course for home training. Features bodyweight exercises and light dumbbell movements. (George F. Jowett was a huge fan of dumbbell training, and preferred dumbbells to barbells for most exercises.)
This course includes exercises that work the back, side and shoulder muscles. One of the featured movements is the Saxon Side Bend. It also includes the bent press.
NOTE: This is an original copy of Jowett's course, not a photo-copy or a modern reprint edition. It is in good condition aside from some yellowing and spotting on several interior pages.
$20.00 plus shipping and handling
11. Molding a Mighty Chest
By George F. Jowett. The ORIGINAL 32-page booklet published by The Jowett Institute of Physical Culture. (The exact publication date is not listed.) Includes many drawings of different exercises.
An old-school course for home training. Features bodyweight exercises and light dumbbell movements for the chest, back and shoulders. (George F. Jowett was a big fan of dumbbell training, and preferred dumbbells to barbells for most exercises.)
NOTE: This is an original copy of Jowett's course, not a photo-copy or a modern reprint edition. It is in good condition, with some underlining in the text and several yellowed spots on interior pages. One page has the words "Jap wrestlers" written next to a discussion of the Great Gama, Amhd Bux and other famous Indian wrestlers touring England and defeating the great European wrestling champions.
$20.00 plus shipping and handling
12. Molding a Mighty Arm
By George F. Jowett. The ORIGINAL 29-page booklet published by The Jowett Institute of Physical Culture. (The exact publication date is not listed.) Includes a photo of George F. Jowett and many drawings of different exercises.
An old-school course for home training. Features bodyweight exercises and light dumbbell movements for the arms, chest, back and shoulders. (George F. Jowett was a big fan of dumbbell training, and preferred dumbbells to barbells for most exercises.)
NOTE: This is an original copy of Jowett's course, not a photo-copy or a modern reprint edition. It is in good condition. It also includes two postcards to order "The Thrill of being Strong" from the Jowett Institute of Physical Culture.
$20.00 plus shipping and handling
HERE ARE SOME OTHER RARE AND UNIQUE ITEMS!
13. The 5 x 2 Trap Bar Deadlift Workout
By John Wood. A 4 page special report. Good condition, aside from a small ink stain on the first page. Copyright 2008.
This is a basic, no-nonsense, but very effective deadlift workout.
Don't let the brevity fool you. This is big medicine.
Highly recommended!
$10.00 plus shipping and handling
Status: Sold
14. Iron Man Barbell Course No. 1
By Peary Rader. Modern reprint edition by William F. Hinbern. 36 pages, with many terrific photos. Very good condition.
This is an outstanding barbell course. Originally published in 1955, and updated in 1960, the course is a complete guide to old-school srtength training and bodybuilding.
A very good course - and worth every penny!
Price:$15.00 plus shipping and handling
15. Bosco's Strength Notebook
By Hasrry B. Paschall. Vol. 1, No. 2. 30 pages, with many photos.
This is a photocopy of the original strength training notebook. The original was signed by Harry B. Paschall, so it includes a photo-copy of the author's signature. Includes Bosco drawings and photos. Good condition and very readable.
Harry Paschall was one of the all-time best writers in the history of the Iron Game, and his Strength Notebook series (there were three of them) was absolutely wonderful.
Includes articles on gaining muscular bodyweight, weightlifting technique made easy, the bent press, workouts for the working man, and much more.
An excellent booklet. fast, fun and informative.
$10.00 plus shipping and handling
That's it for now, but keep an eye out for our nest list of special sale items - we have plenty of other great books, magazines and courses 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. We also have back issues of Strength and Health magazine. Go here to see the first list of Strength and Health magazines for sale:
http://dinosaurtraining.blogspot.com/2016/03/rare-strength-and-health-magazines-for.html
These include some full sets of all 12 issues for several years in the 1930s and 1940s, and include many of my favorite articles. If you've read my Legacy of Iron books, you were reading about this exact period.
If you're interested in single issues from those years, holler. We have plenty of miscellaneous single issues, as well.
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