Hail to the Dinosaurs!
Two quick notes, and then we'll talk iron.
1. Pruning Our Email List.
Over the next week or so, I'm going
to be pruning our email list by getting
rid of what seem to be old email
addresses and inactive email
accounts.
I'll try to delete only those accounts
that are no longer active -- but I may
make a mistake here or there and
delete an active account.
So if you suddenly stop receiving our
emails, I may have deleted you by
mistake.
If that happens, send me an email and
let me know -- and we'll get you back
on the list!
2. The Dinosaur Files
We're going to get the next issue out
very soon -- and it's going to be a
another really great issue.
In the meantime, if you missed the most
recent issue (October), here's the link:
Oct Dino Files in PDF format
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurfiles_october2016.html
Oct Dino Files on Kindle
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurfiles_october2016-kindle.html
3. "Are Five Work Sets Too Much?" He
Asked
I just got an email from a reader who says he
does 5 x 5, using five work sets for each
exercise.
He wondered if that was too much.
Short answer: Yes, it's probably too much
work -- but, like anything else, it depends on
several different factors -- and it will probably
change for you over time.
Many trainees get very good results from ONE
work set. They find that they overtrain if they
perform more than one work set -- especially in
exercises like squats and deadlifts.
Other trainees do well with TWO or even THREE
work sets. But three is the limit for most trainees,
unless they're doing very low reps (singles,
doubles or triples).
As a general rule, older trainees do better with
fewer work sets -- and stronger, more advanced
trainees do better with fewer work sets. So what
works best for YOU may chance over time.
If you do five work sets, you need to follow
an ultra-abbreviated training program. Limit
yourself to one or two exercises per workout.
You won't be able to do justice to more than
that.
And here's a thought: If one, two or three work
sets do the job for you, why do any more?
Also, consider this -- you can always do one
work set of each exercise in week one -- and
do more than that (with less weight) in week
two. Vary the number of work sets from week
to week. That gives you the best of all worlds.
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. For more straight talk on sets, reps and real,
world, no-nonsense strength training, grab
Dinosaur Training Secrets, Vol. 1:
Hard-copy edition
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_secrets_01.html
Kindle edition
http://brookskubik.com/dinosaursecrets01_kindle.html
PDF with electronic delivery
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaursecrets_vol1_digital.html
P.S. 2. My other books and courses are right
here at Dino Headquarters:
http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html
P.S. 3. Thought for the Day: "Why do more
when less works just as well -- or maybe
even better?" -- Brooks Kubik
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