Hail to the Dinosaurs!
Many of us remember Peary Rader's
wonderful Iron man magazine, which
many believe was the best magazine
in the history of the Iron Game.
It was good, but there was something
else that I think was even better.
It was Peary Rader's OTHER magazine -
LIFTING NEWS.
LIFTING NEWS covered Olympic weight-
lifting, powerlifting and serious, old-school,
strength and power training.
Each issue was filled with priceless
information for lifting fans and anyone
else who wanted to learn about strength
and power building.
LIFTING NEWS brought you:
Detailed, in-depth, reports of the big
contests - who won, who placed, who
bombed - and why.
Results from smaller contests. (Hey, did
you know a guy named Kubik won a
powerlifting contest in Arizona some 50
years ago? Was he a relative? I don't
know. But I saw it reported in an old
issue of LIFTING NEWS.)
Great photos. (Let me repeat that -
GREAT photos. Many that you never
saw anywhere else.)
Killer cover photos of the top lifters
in the USA and around the world.
Articles by the top lifters in the world.
(Doug Hepburn wrote some of his very
best articles for LIFTING NEWS.)
Tons of articles on lifting technique,
strength and power programs, and
power rack training. Man-making
stuff. (Peary Rader was a huge fan
of power rack work.)
The problem was, very few issues of
LIFTING NEWS were ever printed -
and today, they're rarer than hen's
teeth.
And if you can find them, they usually
cost an arm and a leg.
But you can read them - fast, easy
and for pennies a day.
John Wood is posting some of his
favorite issues of LIFTING NEWS
at the Iron League.
Go here for further info - and to sign
up for an Iron League membership:
http://www.ironleague.com/
By the way, John has a pretty good
collection of other great stuff - and
it makes the Iron League the Library
of Congress of Strength, as one of
our long-time Dinos aptly called it.
He also has 3 boxes of special stuff
that I just loaned to him to scan and
post - and it includes stuff that is
literally one of a kind. Meaning that
you won't see it anywhere else.
I did that because I really like what
John is doing with the iron league -
and I want to support him as much
as possible.
Anyhow, LIFTING NEWS is back - and
it's a goldmine of strength and power
training.
Yours in strength,
Brooks Kubik
P.S. Here's the link again to join the
Iron League:
http://www.ironleague.com/
P.S. 2. Thought for the Day: "Reading is
important, but you have to know what
to read." - Brooks Kubik
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