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Hail to the Dinosaurs!
Two quick notes, and then we'll talk training.
1. Old School Strength Q & A
Have you seen my new training course?
It's called Brooks Kubik's Old School
Strength Q & A, and it's available
right here in a Kindle edition:
http://www.brookskubik.com/oldschool_01-kindle.html
I know that many of you prefer Kindle
and hard-copy editions, so we're going
to release the Q and A course in those
formats, as well. Be looking for updates
about their availability.
2. The February Dino Files
Is available right here in PDF format:
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurfiles-february2017.html
We're also going to release the little
monster in PDF and Amazon hard-copy
editions. I'll send an email when those
are ready.
3. Spartan Is Best!
On the training front, let's talk about true
Spartan training -- and I don't mean the
so-called "300 workout" they did for the
movie.
There's a great book by Daniel Coyle called
"The Little Book of Talent." It contains 52
rules for improving your performance in
sports, business, job, school, or anything
else.
Coyle studied top performers in a wide
range of disciplines, and found a number
of similarities between the top performers.
They tended to do certain things in the
same ways.
One thing he noted about many highly
skilled, top performers was that they
trained in spartan quarters -- particularly
when they were climbing the ladder.
For example, a top tennis school might have
the future stars of the sport playing on courts
with cracks in them and grass or weeds pushing
up here and there.
A top ski school might look like a 1950s era scout
camp, with the future greats living in very simple,
almost primitive log cabins.
A top high school might have the smartest kids
on the planet studying in what looks more or less
like an old army barracks.
And I'm not making these up. They're real life
examples from Coyle's book.
In contrast, many "fancy" facilities didn't have
a very good track record when it came to creating
successful performers.
The parallel to effective strength training is
obvious. The so-called "fitness" industry
pushes high-tech training in opulent "gyms"
featuring lots of chrome, mirrors, fancy lighting,
air conditioning, aromatherapy, piped in music,
cardio theater, big screen plasma tv's, espresso
bars, donuts, pizza delivery, and row after row
of plushly padded machines.
Soft and gentle is the mantra of the day.
Spartan it is not.
It's the furthest thing in the world from
Spartan.
And that's one of the big reasons why the
Chrome and Fern Pleasure Palace Gyms don't
deliver.
They're too fancy. Too nice. Too pretty.
And fancy, nice and pretty don't work in the
Iron Game.
They never have - and they never will.
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. Dinosaur Training started a no-nonsense,
back to basics, strength training revolution
when I published it back in 1996 - and it's
been going strong ever since:
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_training.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: "The best
leaders live simple lives. So do the best
lifters." -- Brooks Kubik
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