Hail to the Dinosaurs!
I do a podcast every week with Carl Lanore,
the host of SuperHuman Radio.
The show is called Physical Culture Radio.
We normally air on Thursday at 12:00 noon,
but sometimes we move the show to a
different day or time. This week's show aired
yesterday.
We talked about the best lift(s) to measure
your strength.
We also talked about Paul Anderson.
Carl had selected a photo of Paul Anderson
to preview the show. I think I freaked him
a little because I knew where the photo was
taken -- and when -- and I knew something
else that I believe happened on the same day.
It was a very famous impromptu lifting contest.
I heard about it from not one, but TWO gold
medal winners in weightlifting.
I also heard about it from one of our longtime
Dinos. He was there. He witnessed it.
Plus, there was a story about other events of
the same day in an old issue of Iron Man.
So we covered it on the show. It's a fun story
and a great piece of lifting history.
If you missed the live show, you can listen
to the download right here. That also let's
you see the photo of Big Paul:
http://superhumanradio.com/shr-1823-science-for-humans-huge-forearms-calves-physical-culture-radio-strength-power-botox-knee-pain.html
And here's some more fun for the Dino
Nation.
Trudi took some candid photos of yours
truly while we were doing the podcast.
I've shared them on Facebook, Twitter
and Instagram. So check them out on one
or the other. I'm on Facebook at Brooks
Kubik and on Twitter at #brookskubik
and #dinosaurtraining.
You can find me on Instagram right here:
https://www.instagram.com/brooks_kubik/
Both photos show you how I talk with my
hands even when I'm on radio -- which
Trudi thinks is hilarious.
And one of them shows a side view of an
old wrestler's neck -- mine -- and I was
surprised to see how thick it is. I guess
that goes to show that barbell built muscle
lasts a long time.
In other news, I'm working on the March
issue of the Dinosaur Files. Be looking for
it soon. If you missed the December, January
or February issues, go here to grab them:
February 2016 Dinosaur Files
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurfiles_february2016.html
January 2016 Dinosaur Files
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurfiles_januaryr2016.html
December 2015 Dinosaur Files
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurfiles_december2015.html
That's all for now. Let me know how you like
Physical Culture Radio, and what you think
about the photos -- and, of course, give me
your feedback on The Dinosaur Files!
Yours in strength,
Brooks Kubik
P.S. My other books and courses are right here at
Dino Headquarters:
http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html
P.S. 2. Thought for the Day: "It's important to
know how to train, but it's just as important to
know how to teach it." -- Brooks Kubik
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Powerlifting Programs for Dinosaurs
Hail to the Dinosaurs!
I'll keep this short and send a second email
later in the day.
Three things:
1. Physical Culture Radio.
I'll be on Physical Culture Radio with Carl
Lanore at 12:00 noon today (Eastern Time).
Catch the live show or listen to the down-
load at your convenience. Find us at:
http://superhumanradio.com/
2. My Daily Emails.
Several readers have dropped off our email
list -- and we don't know why or how. I send
emails Mon - Sat, so if you miss them, you've
fallen off the list.
If that ever happens, go back to my website
and sign back up -- and pls send an email to
let me know what happened.
You can find any missed emails at The Dinosaur
Training Blog. I always post my emails at the
Blog. For example, here' s the email from
yesterday:
http://dinosaurtraining.blogspot.com/2016/01/train-for-strength-eat-for-health.html
You can access the Blog from my website.
The link is in the drop-down bar.
We're also on Facebook, Instagram and
Twitter. Follow us on those. It's another
good way to keep up, and you'll see some
fun photos and videos that don't make it
into the daily emails.
I'm on Facebook at "Brooks Kubik" and on
Instagram at #brookskubik and (of course)
at #dinosaurtraining. I'm at "Brooks Kubik"
on Twitter.
Any questions, send me an email!
3. Dinosaur Powerlifting.
Several readers have asked for Dinosaur style
powerlifting programs. You can find plenty of
powerlifting workouts in Strength, Muscle and
Power -- including a detailed review of how I
trained when I was competing in powerlifting
and bench press comps:
http://www.brookskubik.com/strength_muscle_power.html
There's also a terrific all-new power rack
training program for powerlifters in The
Dinosaur Strength Training Archive,
Vol. 1.
Why a power rack training program?
Because that's far and away the best way for
powerlifters to train. It's how I built my bench
press to the point where I was able to win five
National championships in the bench press,
and also win a number of state and regional
championships in powerlifting.
Go here to grab the little monster:
Hard copy
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurtraining_archive.html
Kindle edition
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurtrainingarchive_kindle01.html
4. More to follow!
That turned out to be longer than I thought
it would be. But that's okay -- I'll still send
another email later today. Be looking for it!
Yours in strength,
Brooks Kubik
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I'll keep this short and send a second email
later in the day.
Three things:
1. Physical Culture Radio.
I'll be on Physical Culture Radio with Carl
Lanore at 12:00 noon today (Eastern Time).
Catch the live show or listen to the down-
load at your convenience. Find us at:
http://superhumanradio.com/
2. My Daily Emails.
Several readers have dropped off our email
list -- and we don't know why or how. I send
emails Mon - Sat, so if you miss them, you've
fallen off the list.
If that ever happens, go back to my website
and sign back up -- and pls send an email to
let me know what happened.
You can find any missed emails at The Dinosaur
Training Blog. I always post my emails at the
Blog. For example, here' s the email from
yesterday:
http://dinosaurtraining.blogspot.com/2016/01/train-for-strength-eat-for-health.html
You can access the Blog from my website.
The link is in the drop-down bar.
We're also on Facebook, Instagram and
Twitter. Follow us on those. It's another
good way to keep up, and you'll see some
fun photos and videos that don't make it
into the daily emails.
I'm on Facebook at "Brooks Kubik" and on
Instagram at #brookskubik and (of course)
at #dinosaurtraining. I'm at "Brooks Kubik"
on Twitter.
Any questions, send me an email!
3. Dinosaur Powerlifting.
Several readers have asked for Dinosaur style
powerlifting programs. You can find plenty of
powerlifting workouts in Strength, Muscle and
Power -- including a detailed review of how I
trained when I was competing in powerlifting
and bench press comps:
http://www.brookskubik.com/strength_muscle_power.html
There's also a terrific all-new power rack
training program for powerlifters in The
Dinosaur Strength Training Archive,
Vol. 1.
Why a power rack training program?
Because that's far and away the best way for
powerlifters to train. It's how I built my bench
press to the point where I was able to win five
National championships in the bench press,
and also win a number of state and regional
championships in powerlifting.
Go here to grab the little monster:
Hard copy
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurtraining_archive.html
Kindle edition
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurtrainingarchive_kindle01.html
4. More to follow!
That turned out to be longer than I thought
it would be. But that's okay -- I'll still send
another email later today. Be looking for it!
Yours in strength,
Brooks Kubik
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The Biggest Mistake that People Make in their Training
Hail to the Dinosaurs!
Carl Lanore and I did a very interesting show
on Physical Culture Radio last week. The theme
was 20 Questions. We set ourselves a goal of
answering 20 questions from listeners over the
course of the 60-minute show.
It was fast, fun and filled with a surprising
amount of good information. If you missed
it, here's the link for the download:
http://superhumanradio.com/shr-1759-physical-culture-radio-20-questions-ground-based-training.html
One of the questions was, "What's the
biggest mistake that people make in
their training?"
My answer was one word:
"Over-training."
Carl had a different answer:
"Consistency -- or rather, the lack of
consistency."
I asked him what he meant, and he
explained it something like this:
"Most people don't stick to a program
long enough to get results. They do
something for a week or two, and then
they stop and start doing something
else."
"Why do they do that?" I asked.
"Because they're not getting immediate
results -- or because they get bored --
or because they read about something
else, and they think it's better."
"You see it all the time," I said. "I call
it program hopping."
He laughed.
"Program hopping. I like that. That's
what it is."
There was more to say, but it was time
for the next question, so we had to move
on. After all, we were on a tight time
schedule. Twenty questions in 60 minutes
means you have to move fast.
But to expand on the point . . .
I still think that over-training is the most
common problem out there -- but I think
Carl made an excellent point about the
program hoppers.
Program hopping is a very common
problem.
Real results take time. You don't build
strength and muscle overnight. You do it
over a period of months and years.
When you start a new program, you
should start light and easy, and gradually,
over time, build up the weights and
increase the intensity.
The first four to six weeks of any new
program are the foundational weeks.
They lay the foundation for the real
work that comes later.
If you start a new program and then
jump to a new one a few weeks later,
you always stay in the foundational
period. That's why program hopping
doesn't work.
Of course, Dinos don't do that sort of
thing. Dinos set goals, make plans and
take action -- and they keep moving
forward -- and they stick to the
program. That's why they get
results.
So I'm not talking to the Dinos when I
say, "Don't be a program hopper."
But I AM speaking to a lot of other
people -- so feel free to share this
with anyone who needs to hear it.
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. I cover effective progression programs
in Dinosaur Training Secrets, Vol. 3 -- and
they're guaranteed to help anyone build
plenty of strength and muscle fast and
effectively:
Hard-copy
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_secrets_03.html
Kindle e-book
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_secrets3_kindle.html
P.S. 2. My other books and courses are right
here at Dino Headquarters:
http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html
P.S. 3. I almost forgot -- here's the link to
our new mini-course about strength training
and muscle building for older Dinos -- with
digital delivery so you can download the
PDF immediately:
http://www.brookskubik.com/minicourse_01.html
P.S. 4. Thought for the day: "Distraction is a
physical culturist's worst enemy." -- Bradley
J. Steiner
***********************************************************************************
Carl Lanore and I did a very interesting show
on Physical Culture Radio last week. The theme
was 20 Questions. We set ourselves a goal of
answering 20 questions from listeners over the
course of the 60-minute show.
It was fast, fun and filled with a surprising
amount of good information. If you missed
it, here's the link for the download:
http://superhumanradio.com/shr-1759-physical-culture-radio-20-questions-ground-based-training.html
One of the questions was, "What's the
biggest mistake that people make in
their training?"
My answer was one word:
"Over-training."
Carl had a different answer:
"Consistency -- or rather, the lack of
consistency."
I asked him what he meant, and he
explained it something like this:
"Most people don't stick to a program
long enough to get results. They do
something for a week or two, and then
they stop and start doing something
else."
"Why do they do that?" I asked.
"Because they're not getting immediate
results -- or because they get bored --
or because they read about something
else, and they think it's better."
"You see it all the time," I said. "I call
it program hopping."
He laughed.
"Program hopping. I like that. That's
what it is."
There was more to say, but it was time
for the next question, so we had to move
on. After all, we were on a tight time
schedule. Twenty questions in 60 minutes
means you have to move fast.
But to expand on the point . . .
I still think that over-training is the most
common problem out there -- but I think
Carl made an excellent point about the
program hoppers.
Program hopping is a very common
problem.
Real results take time. You don't build
strength and muscle overnight. You do it
over a period of months and years.
When you start a new program, you
should start light and easy, and gradually,
over time, build up the weights and
increase the intensity.
The first four to six weeks of any new
program are the foundational weeks.
They lay the foundation for the real
work that comes later.
If you start a new program and then
jump to a new one a few weeks later,
you always stay in the foundational
period. That's why program hopping
doesn't work.
Of course, Dinos don't do that sort of
thing. Dinos set goals, make plans and
take action -- and they keep moving
forward -- and they stick to the
program. That's why they get
results.
So I'm not talking to the Dinos when I
say, "Don't be a program hopper."
But I AM speaking to a lot of other
people -- so feel free to share this
with anyone who needs to hear it.
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. I cover effective progression programs
in Dinosaur Training Secrets, Vol. 3 -- and
they're guaranteed to help anyone build
plenty of strength and muscle fast and
effectively:
Hard-copy
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_secrets_03.html
Kindle e-book
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_secrets3_kindle.html
P.S. 2. My other books and courses are right
here at Dino Headquarters:
http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html
P.S. 3. I almost forgot -- here's the link to
our new mini-course about strength training
and muscle building for older Dinos -- with
digital delivery so you can download the
PDF immediately:
http://www.brookskubik.com/minicourse_01.html
P.S. 4. Thought for the day: "Distraction is a
physical culturist's worst enemy." -- Bradley
J. Steiner
***********************************************************************************
20 Questions for Brooks and Carl
Hail to the Dinosaurs!
We had a great show yesterday on Physical
Culture Radio.
Physical Culture Radio is part of the Super-
Human Radio network. I co-host the show
with Carl Lanore every Thursday at 12:00
noon EST. You can listen to the live show
or download the podcast whenever you
have time to listen.
The format for yesterday's show was a
little different than most of our shows.
We had a special guest on for the first
10 or 15 minutes, and then we played
20 questions for the rest of the
broadcast.
We selected 20 questions from listeners,
and Carl and I tried to answer all 20 of
them -- which means we had to go
pretty darn fast!
Did we do it?
Well, you'll just have to tune in and see.
Go here to listen to the download:
http://superhumanradio.com/shr-1759-physical-culture-radio-20-questions-ground-based-training.html
Some of the questions were pretty good,
and it wasn't easy to answer them in
30 to 60 seconds -- but we did our best.
I hope you enjoy the show!
In other news, I wanted to mention two
things:
1. Sweatshirts and Hoodies
We have a LIMITED number of Grey Hair
and Black Iron sweatshirts in L and 3XL --
and some Dinosaur Training hoodies in
S, M, L, and XL -- and one 3XL. These
are great for cold weather workouts, so
if you're interested, shoot me an email
and ask for prices and availability.
We don't have many, so if you're interested,
shoot in an email asap.
2. The New Training Course
Our new training course is available with
electronic delivery. You order the course,
and you get a link so you can download
the course immediately -- and there are
no shipping charges.
The course covers effective training for
older Dinos, and includes some very
important tips, along with a complete
training program. Go here to grab it:
http://www.brookskubik.com/minicourse_01.html
If you already have the course, thanks
for stepping up and taking action -- and
please let me know how you like the
little monster!
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. My other books and courses -- and links
to my Dinosaur Training e-books on Kindle --
are right here:
http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html
P.S. 2. Thought for the Day: "You don't need
much in life, but you do need to train."
-- Brooks Kubik
***********************************************************************************
We had a great show yesterday on Physical
Culture Radio.
Physical Culture Radio is part of the Super-
Human Radio network. I co-host the show
with Carl Lanore every Thursday at 12:00
noon EST. You can listen to the live show
or download the podcast whenever you
have time to listen.
The format for yesterday's show was a
little different than most of our shows.
We had a special guest on for the first
10 or 15 minutes, and then we played
20 questions for the rest of the
broadcast.
We selected 20 questions from listeners,
and Carl and I tried to answer all 20 of
them -- which means we had to go
pretty darn fast!
Did we do it?
Well, you'll just have to tune in and see.
Go here to listen to the download:
http://superhumanradio.com/shr-1759-physical-culture-radio-20-questions-ground-based-training.html
Some of the questions were pretty good,
and it wasn't easy to answer them in
30 to 60 seconds -- but we did our best.
I hope you enjoy the show!
In other news, I wanted to mention two
things:
1. Sweatshirts and Hoodies
We have a LIMITED number of Grey Hair
and Black Iron sweatshirts in L and 3XL --
and some Dinosaur Training hoodies in
S, M, L, and XL -- and one 3XL. These
are great for cold weather workouts, so
if you're interested, shoot me an email
and ask for prices and availability.
We don't have many, so if you're interested,
shoot in an email asap.
2. The New Training Course
Our new training course is available with
electronic delivery. You order the course,
and you get a link so you can download
the course immediately -- and there are
no shipping charges.
The course covers effective training for
older Dinos, and includes some very
important tips, along with a complete
training program. Go here to grab it:
http://www.brookskubik.com/minicourse_01.html
If you already have the course, thanks
for stepping up and taking action -- and
please let me know how you like the
little monster!
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. My other books and courses -- and links
to my Dinosaur Training e-books on Kindle --
are right here:
http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html
P.S. 2. Thought for the Day: "You don't need
much in life, but you do need to train."
-- Brooks Kubik
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Physical Culture Radio
 |
| Abe Boshes, old-school champion. |
Hail to the Dinosaurs!
I do a regular weekly podcast with Carl Lanore, the founder of SuperHuman Radio. It's called Physical Culture Radio, and it's live at 12:00 EST on Thursdays. If you miss the live show, you can listen to the podcast at your convenience.
Here's a link to last week's show:
http://superhumanradio.com/shr-1739-physical-culture-radio-indian-clubs-the-10-000-kicks-rule-stretching-friend-or-foe-everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-apples.html
Hope you enjoy it!
Yours in strength,
Brooks Kubik
Four Left -- and Going Fast!
Hail to the Dinosaurs!
It's my birthday, so I was going to
take the rest of the day off, but I
need to give you two quick updates:
1. Hoodies, Sweatshirts, T-shirts and
Muscle Shirts.
We're clearing out all of our current
inventory of sweatshirts, t-shirts,
muscle shirts, and hoodies, and
we're almost completely out of
stock.
We're not going to re-stock for
awhile, so if you want something,
you need to act now.
For example, we have just 4 Gray Hair
and Black Iron sweatshirts -- one XL
and three 3XL. That's it. No other
sizes.
We have very limited numbers of other
items -- and we're out of many sizes
and colors in them.
If you'd like something, send me an
email and ask if we have it in stock
before placing your order.
2. A Chance to Win 5 Free Books!
Carl Lanore, is running a special
contest on SuperHuman Radio this
week and next.
Here's how to enter the contest:
When you listen to SuperHuman Radio,
pay careful attention at the commercial
breaks.
During one of the commercial breaks
in each hour of the show, Carl will
announce the secret word.
He'll do this on each show.
When you hear it, you send Carl an email
identifying the secret word -- and that
enters you in the contest.
Note: Do NOT send me an email with the
secret word. Send it to Carl. He'll give you
the email address on air.
Carl will draw the winner's name at the
end of next week.
There will be one winner and one winner
only -- and the prize will be pretty darn
good.
How good?
Get this . . .
The prize is an autographed set of all
five of my Legacy of Iron books, starting
with this little monster:
http://www.brookskubik.com/legacy_of_iron.html
With shipping and handling, that has a
retail value of something like 150 clams.
Plus, they're darn good books. Readers
love them.
I'll be on Physical Culture Radio at
12:00 noon EST tomorrow, so you
can listen to the show and learn
the secret word then:
http://superhumanradio.com/
Thanks for reading, and remember -- if
you want a shirt, hoodie or sweatshirt,
send an email asap and see if we have
your size in stock.
Yours in strength,
Brooks Kubik
P.S. Thanks for all the birthday wishes!
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It's my birthday, so I was going to
take the rest of the day off, but I
need to give you two quick updates:
1. Hoodies, Sweatshirts, T-shirts and
Muscle Shirts.
We're clearing out all of our current
inventory of sweatshirts, t-shirts,
muscle shirts, and hoodies, and
we're almost completely out of
stock.
We're not going to re-stock for
awhile, so if you want something,
you need to act now.
For example, we have just 4 Gray Hair
and Black Iron sweatshirts -- one XL
and three 3XL. That's it. No other
sizes.
We have very limited numbers of other
items -- and we're out of many sizes
and colors in them.
If you'd like something, send me an
email and ask if we have it in stock
before placing your order.
2. A Chance to Win 5 Free Books!
Carl Lanore, is running a special
contest on SuperHuman Radio this
week and next.
Here's how to enter the contest:
When you listen to SuperHuman Radio,
pay careful attention at the commercial
breaks.
During one of the commercial breaks
in each hour of the show, Carl will
announce the secret word.
He'll do this on each show.
When you hear it, you send Carl an email
identifying the secret word -- and that
enters you in the contest.
Note: Do NOT send me an email with the
secret word. Send it to Carl. He'll give you
the email address on air.
Carl will draw the winner's name at the
end of next week.
There will be one winner and one winner
only -- and the prize will be pretty darn
good.
How good?
Get this . . .
The prize is an autographed set of all
five of my Legacy of Iron books, starting
with this little monster:
http://www.brookskubik.com/legacy_of_iron.html
With shipping and handling, that has a
retail value of something like 150 clams.
Plus, they're darn good books. Readers
love them.
I'll be on Physical Culture Radio at
12:00 noon EST tomorrow, so you
can listen to the show and learn
the secret word then:
http://superhumanradio.com/
Thanks for reading, and remember -- if
you want a shirt, hoodie or sweatshirt,
send an email asap and see if we have
your size in stock.
Yours in strength,
Brooks Kubik
P.S. Thanks for all the birthday wishes!
***********************************************************************************
Physical Culture Radio
Hail to the Dinosaurs!
Carl Lanore and I had a very interesting show
on Physical Culture Radio yesterday.
Here's the link to the download. I hope you enjoy
the show:
http://superhumanradio.com/shr-1699-physical-culture-radio-the-heros-in-our-lives-don-t-fear-the-reaper.html
Yours in strength,
Brooks Kubik
Carl Lanore and I had a very interesting show
on Physical Culture Radio yesterday.
Here's the link to the download. I hope you enjoy
the show:
http://superhumanradio.com/shr-1699-physical-culture-radio-the-heros-in-our-lives-don-t-fear-the-reaper.html
Yours in strength,
Brooks Kubik
Does Our DNA Make Us Like Strength Training?
Hail to the Dinosaurs!
Carl Lanore and I had a very interesting show
today on Physical Culture Radio.
Carl was on vacation for the past 10 days, doing
a cruise in Alaska -- and one day, he went dog-
sledding on a frozen glacier.
It was great fun, and he loved the powerful
husky dogs that pulled the sled.
The guide explained that Alaskan huskies are
specially bred to be perfect sled dogs. They
LOVE to pull. It's what they were born to do.
If they don't work hard every single day, they
don't feel good. They start to misbehave. They
exhibit all the signs of what we would call
depression and anxiety in humans.
Huskies are working dogs. They are bred to
work -- and it makes them happy. It's how
they express their DNA.
On the show, Carl wondered if this also applies
to human beings.
Are some of us compelled to enjoy heavy
strength training?
Does our DNA lead us to enjoy lifting heavy
things?
Does this explain why some people enjoy long
distance running, while others enjoy a hard
set of heavy squats or deadlifts?
In response, I shared my own family story.
My father's family is from Martin, Slovakia,
located in the rugged Tatra Mountains close
to the border between Slovakia and Poland.
They had a lumber business on a hill. They
cut down the trees, cut the logs into planks,
boards and beams, and carted the lumber
over the mountains and into Poland. They
sold the lumber in Poland because they
could get a better price for it there.
So I come from a family of Central European
lumberjacks. A family with good DNA for
hard, physical work and lots of heavy
lifting.
With that background, is it any surprise
that I discovered strength training at a
very young age -- and became fascinated
with it -- and have been training now for
close to 50 years?
Is it any wonder that I become grumpy
and irritable if I can't train -- or that I
always feel a thousand times better when
I'm training hard and heavy on a regular
basis?
I'm like those sled dogs -- I'm bred to work.
And note this: other types of exercise don't
appeal to me at all -- including things that
many people love to do.
High rep calisthenics?
I don't like them. I only like low rep, high
intensity, hard to do bodyweight exercises.
Long distance running?
Forget it. Not interested.
Swimming?
I could care less.
Cycling?
Yawn.
Tennis?
Double yawn.
Golf?
A rich man's sport. My grandfather, the steel
worker, despised the game. My father never
played it. I've never even tried to hit a golf
ball.
There's nothing at all wrong with these things.
They're just not for me.
I was bred for lifting -- and that's what I like
to do.
If you're reading this, the same is probably
true of you.
You're an Iron Warrior. You were born to lift
heavy things. It's in your DNA.
In short, you're like me. You're a Dinosaur.
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. If strength training is part of your DNA, then
you'll like these:
1. Gray Hair and Black Iron
http://www.brookskubik.com/grayhair_blackiron.html
2. Strength, Muscle and Power
http://www.brookskubik.com/strength_muscle_power.html
3. Dinosaur Dumbbell Training
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_dumbbelltraining.html
4. Dinosaur Bodyweight Training
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_bodyweight.html
5. Chalk and Sweat
http://www.brookskubik.com/chalk_and_sweat.html
6. Dinosaur Training
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_training.html
P.S. 2. Thought for the Day: "Find what you like to do,
and then do it." -- Brooks Kubik
***********************************************************************************
Carl Lanore and I had a very interesting show
today on Physical Culture Radio.
Carl was on vacation for the past 10 days, doing
a cruise in Alaska -- and one day, he went dog-
sledding on a frozen glacier.
It was great fun, and he loved the powerful
husky dogs that pulled the sled.
The guide explained that Alaskan huskies are
specially bred to be perfect sled dogs. They
LOVE to pull. It's what they were born to do.
If they don't work hard every single day, they
don't feel good. They start to misbehave. They
exhibit all the signs of what we would call
depression and anxiety in humans.
Huskies are working dogs. They are bred to
work -- and it makes them happy. It's how
they express their DNA.
On the show, Carl wondered if this also applies
to human beings.
Are some of us compelled to enjoy heavy
strength training?
Does our DNA lead us to enjoy lifting heavy
things?
Does this explain why some people enjoy long
distance running, while others enjoy a hard
set of heavy squats or deadlifts?
In response, I shared my own family story.
My father's family is from Martin, Slovakia,
located in the rugged Tatra Mountains close
to the border between Slovakia and Poland.
They had a lumber business on a hill. They
cut down the trees, cut the logs into planks,
boards and beams, and carted the lumber
over the mountains and into Poland. They
sold the lumber in Poland because they
could get a better price for it there.
So I come from a family of Central European
lumberjacks. A family with good DNA for
hard, physical work and lots of heavy
lifting.
With that background, is it any surprise
that I discovered strength training at a
very young age -- and became fascinated
with it -- and have been training now for
close to 50 years?
Is it any wonder that I become grumpy
and irritable if I can't train -- or that I
always feel a thousand times better when
I'm training hard and heavy on a regular
basis?
I'm like those sled dogs -- I'm bred to work.
And note this: other types of exercise don't
appeal to me at all -- including things that
many people love to do.
High rep calisthenics?
I don't like them. I only like low rep, high
intensity, hard to do bodyweight exercises.
Long distance running?
Forget it. Not interested.
Swimming?
I could care less.
Cycling?
Yawn.
Tennis?
Double yawn.
Golf?
A rich man's sport. My grandfather, the steel
worker, despised the game. My father never
played it. I've never even tried to hit a golf
ball.
There's nothing at all wrong with these things.
They're just not for me.
I was bred for lifting -- and that's what I like
to do.
If you're reading this, the same is probably
true of you.
You're an Iron Warrior. You were born to lift
heavy things. It's in your DNA.
In short, you're like me. You're a Dinosaur.
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. If strength training is part of your DNA, then
you'll like these:
1. Gray Hair and Black Iron
http://www.brookskubik.com/grayhair_blackiron.html
2. Strength, Muscle and Power
http://www.brookskubik.com/strength_muscle_power.html
3. Dinosaur Dumbbell Training
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_dumbbelltraining.html
4. Dinosaur Bodyweight Training
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_bodyweight.html
5. Chalk and Sweat
http://www.brookskubik.com/chalk_and_sweat.html
6. Dinosaur Training
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_training.html
P.S. 2. Thought for the Day: "Find what you like to do,
and then do it." -- Brooks Kubik
***********************************************************************************
Is This the Most Dangerous Exercise?
Hail to the Dinosaurs!
A quick note, and then we'll talk iron.
I'll be cohosting Physical Culture Radio with
Carl Lanore at 12:00 EST today. Catch the
show live or listen to it later on at your
convenience:
http://superhumanradio.com/
Carl has been on vacation, so we haven't
done a show for about two weeks. This
should be a good one.I'm looking forward
to it.
On the training front, let's cover what may
very well be the most dangerous exercise.
Amazingly, it's a very common exercise.
You've probably even seen people do it --
and perhaps YOU do it -- or are thinking
about doing it.
So pull up your chair and pay close
attention.
THE MOST DANGEROUS EXERCISE
Readers often ask about bench pressing
with a thumbless grip.
Does it help?
Can you use more weight?
Should you do it?
In response, I tell them about something
I saw at a powerlifting contest many years
ago.
It was a National Championship meet for
submasters and masters. So it had plenty
of very good, and very experienced lifters.
I remember watching one lifter who was
a National bench press champion and
American record holder in the bench
press. Which obviously means he was
very strong and had been lifting hard
and heavy for a very long time.
On his third attempt, he tried for a new
American record.
He used a thumbless grip.
He lowered the bar slowly and under
control -- paused at the chest -- got the
"Press!" command -- and started to drive
the bar upward.
As he hit the mid-point and started to
pull the bar back toward his head, his
elbows rotated up and his wrists went
back a little -- and the bar rolled right
out of his hands.
There were two experienced spotters, one
on either side of the lifter.
But it happened so fast, they didn't catch
the bar.
It smashed into his chest before anyone
could do anything.
Luckily, he got up and walked away from
it. As far as I could tell, nothing was broken.
But it could have been a very serious
accident.
And if he had been training alone, without
a spotter and without safety racks or a power
rack with bottom pins set to catch the bar
at the bottom, it could have been very
bad. The bar might have ended up on his
throat.
Or on his face.
And neither throat nor face are good places
for a barbell to land.
Nor do you make good progress if you
try training with a broken rib -- or a
severely bruised sternum.
And that's why I suggest that you skip the
thumbless bench press thing. Wrap your
thumbs around the bar, hold onto it, and
control it.
By the way, if you were a member of the
Iron League, you would have known the
answer -- because I cover it in a special
bench press course that I wrote as an
Iron League exclusive.
I did that because I think the Iron League
is a great idea -- and a great value for its
members -- and I'm trying to support it
by providing some exclusive content.
Kim Wood, Dennis Rogers and others are
doing the same thing.
The Iron League also features plenty of
great vintage material that you won't
find anywhere else -- making it (in the
words of one of our fellow Dinosaurs,
"the Library of Congress of strength").
Go here to take a look at what's available:
http://www.ironleague.com/
But to get back to the thumbless grip on
the bench press -- it's a bad idea.
There's a reason why we have thumbs.
It's called "holding onto things."
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. Readers have been asking for the
complete list of all of my Dinosaur Training
e-books on Kindle. Here it is:
http://dinosaurtraining.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-complete-list-as-of-july-13-2015.html
P.S. 2. My hard copy books and courses
(and Dinosaur Training DVDs) are available
at Dinosaur Headquarters:
http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html
P.S. 3 Thought for the Day: "Train hard and
train heavy -- but always train safe."
-- Brooks Kubik
***********************************************************************************
A quick note, and then we'll talk iron.
I'll be cohosting Physical Culture Radio with
Carl Lanore at 12:00 EST today. Catch the
show live or listen to it later on at your
convenience:
http://superhumanradio.com/
Carl has been on vacation, so we haven't
done a show for about two weeks. This
should be a good one.I'm looking forward
to it.
On the training front, let's cover what may
very well be the most dangerous exercise.
Amazingly, it's a very common exercise.
You've probably even seen people do it --
and perhaps YOU do it -- or are thinking
about doing it.
So pull up your chair and pay close
attention.
THE MOST DANGEROUS EXERCISE
Readers often ask about bench pressing
with a thumbless grip.
Does it help?
Can you use more weight?
Should you do it?
In response, I tell them about something
I saw at a powerlifting contest many years
ago.
It was a National Championship meet for
submasters and masters. So it had plenty
of very good, and very experienced lifters.
I remember watching one lifter who was
a National bench press champion and
American record holder in the bench
press. Which obviously means he was
very strong and had been lifting hard
and heavy for a very long time.
On his third attempt, he tried for a new
American record.
He used a thumbless grip.
He lowered the bar slowly and under
control -- paused at the chest -- got the
"Press!" command -- and started to drive
the bar upward.
As he hit the mid-point and started to
pull the bar back toward his head, his
elbows rotated up and his wrists went
back a little -- and the bar rolled right
out of his hands.
There were two experienced spotters, one
on either side of the lifter.
But it happened so fast, they didn't catch
the bar.
It smashed into his chest before anyone
could do anything.
Luckily, he got up and walked away from
it. As far as I could tell, nothing was broken.
But it could have been a very serious
accident.
And if he had been training alone, without
a spotter and without safety racks or a power
rack with bottom pins set to catch the bar
at the bottom, it could have been very
bad. The bar might have ended up on his
throat.
Or on his face.
And neither throat nor face are good places
for a barbell to land.
Nor do you make good progress if you
try training with a broken rib -- or a
severely bruised sternum.
And that's why I suggest that you skip the
thumbless bench press thing. Wrap your
thumbs around the bar, hold onto it, and
control it.
By the way, if you were a member of the
Iron League, you would have known the
answer -- because I cover it in a special
bench press course that I wrote as an
Iron League exclusive.
I did that because I think the Iron League
is a great idea -- and a great value for its
members -- and I'm trying to support it
by providing some exclusive content.
Kim Wood, Dennis Rogers and others are
doing the same thing.
The Iron League also features plenty of
great vintage material that you won't
find anywhere else -- making it (in the
words of one of our fellow Dinosaurs,
"the Library of Congress of strength").
Go here to take a look at what's available:
http://www.ironleague.com/
But to get back to the thumbless grip on
the bench press -- it's a bad idea.
There's a reason why we have thumbs.
It's called "holding onto things."
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. Readers have been asking for the
complete list of all of my Dinosaur Training
e-books on Kindle. Here it is:
http://dinosaurtraining.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-complete-list-as-of-july-13-2015.html
P.S. 2. My hard copy books and courses
(and Dinosaur Training DVDs) are available
at Dinosaur Headquarters:
http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html
P.S. 3 Thought for the Day: "Train hard and
train heavy -- but always train safe."
-- Brooks Kubik
***********************************************************************************
Do You Make these Seven Strength Training Mistakes?
Hail to the Dinosaurs!
Two quick notes, and then we'll talk about
seven of the most common strength training
mistakes.
1. The Iron League
John Wood's new members only site is just
one day old, and it's a huge success -- and
that's no surprise, because the strength
archive that John has created is off the
charts good.
Go here to grab your membership and have
immediate access to the strength archive:
http://www.ironleague.com
And please spread the word -- we want
everyone to know about this.
2. Physical Culture Radio
I'll be on Physical Culture Radio with my
co-host, Carl Lanore, at 12:00 EST today.
Catch it live or listen to the download later
on.
Physical Culture Radio is part of the
SuperHuman Radio network:
http://www.superhumanradio.com
It will be a great show, and I hope you're
able to join us.
And now -- let's talk training!
Are You Making these Seven Strength
Training Mistakes?
Strength training works -- and if you do it
the right way, it should produce rapid gains
in strength and muscle mass.
But far too many trainees make serious
mistakes in their training -- and end up
with little or no gains to show for their
training time.
Here are seven of the most common strength
training mistakes that even experienced trainees
often make:
1. Wanting to Do It All.
This is the trainee who wants to be a powerlifter,
an Olympic weightlifter, a gymnast, a martial
artist, a grip gorilla, a master of high rep
calisthenics, a strongman, and one of those
super-flexible rubber-men who can do a full
splits between two chairs with a smile on his
face.
He also wants to be great at kettlebells, club-bells,
maces, battle-axes, cannon-ball juggling, bull
roping, the Inman Mile, hand-balancing, and
the 20 rep breathing squat.
So he tries to "do it all" -- and he ends up doing
too much and over-training.
It's much better to pick the one or two things that
you really want to do, and work them more or
less exclusively.
2. Changing Routines Too Often.
This is related to no. 1, because too many guys
see or read about somehting, and immediately
change their workout around -- even though what
they were doing was working fine!
Routines are recipes for building strength and
muscle. You need to follow the recipe -- and you
need to let things cook for the right amount of
time.
It takes a period of time to get real results from
a training program. If you jump ship before you've
given yourself time to get some results, then you're
missing most or all of the benefit.
3. Training Too Light.
Many trainees sell themselves short by going too
light in their workouts. This usually happens when
they're advanced enough to be outlifting more than
most of the other guys at the gym. At that point,
they lose "the Eye of the Tiger." They get satisfied
with where they are and what they're lifting. So
they stay there. They stagnate.
You can't do that if you want to build super strength.
You need to keep on pushing to add more and more
weight to the bar.
4. Training Too Heavy.
The flip side of the problem is training too heavy --
and having to cut the range of motion or cheat to
get your reps.
This is a huge problem -- and a very common one.
Remember, you need to work uo to heavy weights
in your training -- BUT, you also need to use perfect
form on every rep you do.
It's not one or the other. It's both.
This is why exercises such as bottom position bench
presses or pause style squats or front squats are so
good. They force you to use perfect form, even when
you train heavy.
5. Too Much Assistance Work.
Most trainees do way too many assistance exercises
to try to imporve their primary movements -- and end
up turning a basic strength and mass workout into
something that looks like a typical high volume
bodybuilding program.
Assistance exercises have their place -- but you need
to give the lion's share of your time and effort to the
big exercises.
Remember the Schemansky story.
Someone once asked Norb Schemansky what to do to
improve his press.
Schemansky stared at him in surprise.
"Press!" he shouted.
6. Too Much Cardio.
Cardio training is good for you if you don't over-do it,
and if you do cardio that doesn't hammer your joints
into the ground.
But too many trainees over-do their cardio training --
and end up over-training -- and all of a sudden, the
bar seems twice as heavy as before when they do
squats and deadlifts.
This is another example of the "gotta do it all"
mentality.
Remember, if you are training hard and heavy on
the basic strength and mass movements, you
don't have very much energy for anything else --
and that includes cardio.
7. Forgetting the Non-Training Side of Things.
Lots of trainees do all the right things in the
gym -- and all the wrong things when they're
out of the gym.
That's always a mistake. Training is only part
of the puzzle. You need to train -- the right way --
but that's not all you need to do.
You also need to pay careful attention to your
diet. You need to eat for optimal nutrition --
and you need to eat foods that support your
strength training workouts, rather than hurt them.
See Knife, Fork, Muscle for details on how to eat
to build strength and muscle:
Hard-copy
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_nutrition.html
Kindle e-book (part 1 of a series -- part 1 covers
protein foods)
http://www.brookskubik.com/knifeforkmuscle01_kindle.html
You also need to follow the other rules of good
health. You need to get enough sleep -- every night --
and you need to stay as calm and relaxed as possible
throughout the day. Save your nervous energy for
your workouts.
So there you are -- seven mistakes that far too
many trainees make - mistakes that sabotage
their training and make good gains all but
impossible. Make sure you avoid them!
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. Here are three great resources for real
world training -- and great gains in strength
and muscle mass:
a. Strength, Muscle and Power
http://www.brookskubik.com/strength_muscle_power.html
b. Chalk and Sweat
http://www.brookskubik.com/chalk_and_sweat.html
c. Dinosaur Training Secrets, Vol. 1, Exercises,
Workouts and Training Programs
Hard-copy
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_secrets_01.html
Kindle e-book
http://brookskubik.com/dinosaursecrets01_kindle.html
P.S. 2. My other books and courses are available
right here -- including links to my other Kindle
e-books:
http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html
P.S. 3. Thought for the Day: "Doing it and doing
it right are two different things." -- Brooks Kubik
************************************************
Two quick notes, and then we'll talk about
seven of the most common strength training
mistakes.
1. The Iron League
John Wood's new members only site is just
one day old, and it's a huge success -- and
that's no surprise, because the strength
archive that John has created is off the
charts good.
Go here to grab your membership and have
immediate access to the strength archive:
http://www.ironleague.com
And please spread the word -- we want
everyone to know about this.
2. Physical Culture Radio
I'll be on Physical Culture Radio with my
co-host, Carl Lanore, at 12:00 EST today.
Catch it live or listen to the download later
on.
Physical Culture Radio is part of the
SuperHuman Radio network:
http://www.superhumanradio.com
It will be a great show, and I hope you're
able to join us.
And now -- let's talk training!
Are You Making these Seven Strength
Training Mistakes?
Strength training works -- and if you do it
the right way, it should produce rapid gains
in strength and muscle mass.
But far too many trainees make serious
mistakes in their training -- and end up
with little or no gains to show for their
training time.
Here are seven of the most common strength
training mistakes that even experienced trainees
often make:
1. Wanting to Do It All.
This is the trainee who wants to be a powerlifter,
an Olympic weightlifter, a gymnast, a martial
artist, a grip gorilla, a master of high rep
calisthenics, a strongman, and one of those
super-flexible rubber-men who can do a full
splits between two chairs with a smile on his
face.
He also wants to be great at kettlebells, club-bells,
maces, battle-axes, cannon-ball juggling, bull
roping, the Inman Mile, hand-balancing, and
the 20 rep breathing squat.
So he tries to "do it all" -- and he ends up doing
too much and over-training.
It's much better to pick the one or two things that
you really want to do, and work them more or
less exclusively.
2. Changing Routines Too Often.
This is related to no. 1, because too many guys
see or read about somehting, and immediately
change their workout around -- even though what
they were doing was working fine!
Routines are recipes for building strength and
muscle. You need to follow the recipe -- and you
need to let things cook for the right amount of
time.
It takes a period of time to get real results from
a training program. If you jump ship before you've
given yourself time to get some results, then you're
missing most or all of the benefit.
3. Training Too Light.
Many trainees sell themselves short by going too
light in their workouts. This usually happens when
they're advanced enough to be outlifting more than
most of the other guys at the gym. At that point,
they lose "the Eye of the Tiger." They get satisfied
with where they are and what they're lifting. So
they stay there. They stagnate.
You can't do that if you want to build super strength.
You need to keep on pushing to add more and more
weight to the bar.
4. Training Too Heavy.
The flip side of the problem is training too heavy --
and having to cut the range of motion or cheat to
get your reps.
This is a huge problem -- and a very common one.
Remember, you need to work uo to heavy weights
in your training -- BUT, you also need to use perfect
form on every rep you do.
It's not one or the other. It's both.
This is why exercises such as bottom position bench
presses or pause style squats or front squats are so
good. They force you to use perfect form, even when
you train heavy.
5. Too Much Assistance Work.
Most trainees do way too many assistance exercises
to try to imporve their primary movements -- and end
up turning a basic strength and mass workout into
something that looks like a typical high volume
bodybuilding program.
Assistance exercises have their place -- but you need
to give the lion's share of your time and effort to the
big exercises.
Remember the Schemansky story.
Someone once asked Norb Schemansky what to do to
improve his press.
Schemansky stared at him in surprise.
"Press!" he shouted.
6. Too Much Cardio.
Cardio training is good for you if you don't over-do it,
and if you do cardio that doesn't hammer your joints
into the ground.
But too many trainees over-do their cardio training --
and end up over-training -- and all of a sudden, the
bar seems twice as heavy as before when they do
squats and deadlifts.
This is another example of the "gotta do it all"
mentality.
Remember, if you are training hard and heavy on
the basic strength and mass movements, you
don't have very much energy for anything else --
and that includes cardio.
7. Forgetting the Non-Training Side of Things.
Lots of trainees do all the right things in the
gym -- and all the wrong things when they're
out of the gym.
That's always a mistake. Training is only part
of the puzzle. You need to train -- the right way --
but that's not all you need to do.
You also need to pay careful attention to your
diet. You need to eat for optimal nutrition --
and you need to eat foods that support your
strength training workouts, rather than hurt them.
See Knife, Fork, Muscle for details on how to eat
to build strength and muscle:
Hard-copy
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_nutrition.html
Kindle e-book (part 1 of a series -- part 1 covers
protein foods)
http://www.brookskubik.com/knifeforkmuscle01_kindle.html
You also need to follow the other rules of good
health. You need to get enough sleep -- every night --
and you need to stay as calm and relaxed as possible
throughout the day. Save your nervous energy for
your workouts.
So there you are -- seven mistakes that far too
many trainees make - mistakes that sabotage
their training and make good gains all but
impossible. Make sure you avoid them!
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. Here are three great resources for real
world training -- and great gains in strength
and muscle mass:
a. Strength, Muscle and Power
http://www.brookskubik.com/strength_muscle_power.html
b. Chalk and Sweat
http://www.brookskubik.com/chalk_and_sweat.html
c. Dinosaur Training Secrets, Vol. 1, Exercises,
Workouts and Training Programs
Hard-copy
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_secrets_01.html
Kindle e-book
http://brookskubik.com/dinosaursecrets01_kindle.html
P.S. 2. My other books and courses are available
right here -- including links to my other Kindle
e-books:
http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html
P.S. 3. Thought for the Day: "Doing it and doing
it right are two different things." -- Brooks Kubik
************************************************
Physical Culture Radio -- A Tribute to My Father
Hail to the Dinosaurs!
I do a regular podcast radio show with
Carl Lanore on Thursdays at 12:00 EST.
It's part of the SuperHuman Radio
Network. The name of the show is
Physical Culture Radio.
You can listen live or catch the down-
load later on, at your convenience.
Yesterday's show was a full two hours.
It was a tribute to my dad, and a very
frank, very candid discussion of what I
learned from his passing.
We also discussed how Dad got started
in weight training at age 38 -- how and
where he trained -- the results he got --
and how his training influenced the
lives of Dinosaurs around the world.
He never expected to influence anyone
by what he did with his 110-pound
barbell set -- but he ended up being
a positive influence on tens of
thousands of trainees around the
world.
Dad would be utterly amazed if he knew
how many lives he ahd enriched. He'd
be very proud -- and he'd be doubly
proud of each and every one of you
who trains HIS way: old-fashioned,
real world, and serious.
You can find the link to yesterday's
show right here -- and I hope you
enjoy it:
http://superhumanradio.com/shr-1626-physical-culture-radio-we-pay-homage-to-the-original-dinosaur-a-unique-perspective-on-mortality.html
Yours in strength,
Brooks Kubik
*******************************************
I do a regular podcast radio show with
Carl Lanore on Thursdays at 12:00 EST.
It's part of the SuperHuman Radio
Network. The name of the show is
Physical Culture Radio.
You can listen live or catch the down-
load later on, at your convenience.
Yesterday's show was a full two hours.
It was a tribute to my dad, and a very
frank, very candid discussion of what I
learned from his passing.
We also discussed how Dad got started
in weight training at age 38 -- how and
where he trained -- the results he got --
and how his training influenced the
lives of Dinosaurs around the world.
He never expected to influence anyone
by what he did with his 110-pound
barbell set -- but he ended up being
a positive influence on tens of
thousands of trainees around the
world.
Dad would be utterly amazed if he knew
how many lives he ahd enriched. He'd
be very proud -- and he'd be doubly
proud of each and every one of you
who trains HIS way: old-fashioned,
real world, and serious.
You can find the link to yesterday's
show right here -- and I hope you
enjoy it:
http://superhumanradio.com/shr-1626-physical-culture-radio-we-pay-homage-to-the-original-dinosaur-a-unique-perspective-on-mortality.html
Yours in strength,
Brooks Kubik
*******************************************
The Best Exercises for Strength and Health
Hail to the Dinosaurs!
Two quick notes, and then we'll cover the
best exercises for strength and health.
1. Carl Lanore's New E-Book
Carl Lanore, the host of SuperHuman Radio,
and my co-host on Physical Culture Radio, has
written a new book. It's available on Amazon's
kindle site:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00U7PT3LK
The book was produced as the result of a
panel discussion on natural approaches to
managing and reversing autoimmune and
neuro-degenerative diseases.
And unfortunately, those are very common
and very serious problems -- and they affect
a number of our Dinos or their family
members.
Carl's book shares insights on integrative
medicine and holistic therapies, and it has
some very interesting and potentially
life-changing information in it.
Trudi and I have both read it, and we give it
a combined four thumbs up!
2. My Dinosaur E-Books
Are selling like hotcakes and getting rave
reviews. We have two so far, with more
coming. Go here to grab The Dinosaur
Military Press and Shoulder Power Course
and Dinosaur Training Secrets, Vol. 1 in
your choice of Kindle e-book or hard-copy
format:
http://www.brookskubik.com/militarypress_kindle.html
http://www.brookskubik.com/militarypress_course.html
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_secrets_01.html
On the training front, let's talk about something
that doesn't get much discussion -- the best
exercises for strength and health.
Everyone talks about the best exercises to
build strength -- or power -- or muscle mass.
You even see lots of articles about the best
exercise to build the upper inner head of the
triceps -- or to "sculpt" the legs -- or to build
gladiator pecs -- or cannonball deltoids -- or
baseball biceps -- or whatever.
But you don't see very much about the best
exercises to build strength AND health.
That's crazy, because it all starts with good
health. You can't build strength and muscle
unless your body is in a state of abundant
good health.
But there WAS a time -- a long time ago --
when the top writers in the field gave this
issue the attention that it deserved.
Bob Hoffman used to cover the issue of health
building all the time.
So did George F. Jowett.
They used the term "organic health." It's a
good term.
They taught old-school strength training, where
you focused on strengthening the internal organs,
so that they worked at peak efficiency.
When all of the internal organs and metabolic
systems are working at peak efficiency, it
becomes very easy to make rapid gains in
strength and muscle mass.
So to men like Hoffman and Jowett, it was
very clear that you should do exercises that
built strength and simultaneously built
organic health.
The best exercises for building strength and
organic health are basic, compound movements
that allow you to train the body as a whole --
and that get you breathing hard and heavy.
Hoffman called it "puffing, panting and
perspiring."
That's another good term.
Squats do the job.
So do deadlifts.
So does what Hoffman called "repetition
weightlifting" -- meaning exercises like the
snatch, clean and press or high pull performed
for sets of five consecutive reps.
York training Course No. 3 is nothing but
repetition weightlifting -- and Hoffman always
said it was the hardest and most productive
of the York courses.
Jowett had an important addition.
He wanted trainees to do plenty of work
for the midsection -- because trainiing the
midsection helps strengthen the internal
organs.
So there's no mystery about which exercises
build strength AND health.
They're the exercises that Dinos do. The basic,
compound, movements. The stand on your feet
stuff. Exercises with barbells and dumbbells.
Plus gut work.
See? No mystery at all. Just good, old-fashioned
Dino-style strength training.
As always, thanks for reading and have a
great day. If you train today, make it a good
one.
Yours in strength and health,
Brooks Kubik
P.S. The Dinosaur Files quarterly is the top
strength training journal around. Go here to
grab issue no 2 -- and if you missed issue no. 1,
grab that as well. You'll want the complete
set:
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurfiles_quarterly.html
P.S. 2. My other books and courses are right
here at Dinosaur Headquarters:
http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html
P.S. 3. Thought for the Day: "Build your body
the natural way -- from the inside out."
-- Brooks Kubik
**********************************************
Two quick notes, and then we'll cover the
best exercises for strength and health.
1. Carl Lanore's New E-Book
Carl Lanore, the host of SuperHuman Radio,
and my co-host on Physical Culture Radio, has
written a new book. It's available on Amazon's
kindle site:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00U7PT3LK
The book was produced as the result of a
panel discussion on natural approaches to
managing and reversing autoimmune and
neuro-degenerative diseases.
And unfortunately, those are very common
and very serious problems -- and they affect
a number of our Dinos or their family
members.
Carl's book shares insights on integrative
medicine and holistic therapies, and it has
some very interesting and potentially
life-changing information in it.
Trudi and I have both read it, and we give it
a combined four thumbs up!
2. My Dinosaur E-Books
Are selling like hotcakes and getting rave
reviews. We have two so far, with more
coming. Go here to grab The Dinosaur
Military Press and Shoulder Power Course
and Dinosaur Training Secrets, Vol. 1 in
your choice of Kindle e-book or hard-copy
format:
http://www.brookskubik.com/militarypress_kindle.html
http://www.brookskubik.com/militarypress_course.html
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_secrets_01.html
On the training front, let's talk about something
that doesn't get much discussion -- the best
exercises for strength and health.
Everyone talks about the best exercises to
build strength -- or power -- or muscle mass.
You even see lots of articles about the best
exercise to build the upper inner head of the
triceps -- or to "sculpt" the legs -- or to build
gladiator pecs -- or cannonball deltoids -- or
baseball biceps -- or whatever.
But you don't see very much about the best
exercises to build strength AND health.
That's crazy, because it all starts with good
health. You can't build strength and muscle
unless your body is in a state of abundant
good health.
But there WAS a time -- a long time ago --
when the top writers in the field gave this
issue the attention that it deserved.
Bob Hoffman used to cover the issue of health
building all the time.
So did George F. Jowett.
They used the term "organic health." It's a
good term.
They taught old-school strength training, where
you focused on strengthening the internal organs,
so that they worked at peak efficiency.
When all of the internal organs and metabolic
systems are working at peak efficiency, it
becomes very easy to make rapid gains in
strength and muscle mass.
So to men like Hoffman and Jowett, it was
very clear that you should do exercises that
built strength and simultaneously built
organic health.
The best exercises for building strength and
organic health are basic, compound movements
that allow you to train the body as a whole --
and that get you breathing hard and heavy.
Hoffman called it "puffing, panting and
perspiring."
That's another good term.
Squats do the job.
So do deadlifts.
So does what Hoffman called "repetition
weightlifting" -- meaning exercises like the
snatch, clean and press or high pull performed
for sets of five consecutive reps.
York training Course No. 3 is nothing but
repetition weightlifting -- and Hoffman always
said it was the hardest and most productive
of the York courses.
Jowett had an important addition.
He wanted trainees to do plenty of work
for the midsection -- because trainiing the
midsection helps strengthen the internal
organs.
So there's no mystery about which exercises
build strength AND health.
They're the exercises that Dinos do. The basic,
compound, movements. The stand on your feet
stuff. Exercises with barbells and dumbbells.
Plus gut work.
See? No mystery at all. Just good, old-fashioned
Dino-style strength training.
As always, thanks for reading and have a
great day. If you train today, make it a good
one.
Yours in strength and health,
Brooks Kubik
P.S. The Dinosaur Files quarterly is the top
strength training journal around. Go here to
grab issue no 2 -- and if you missed issue no. 1,
grab that as well. You'll want the complete
set:
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurfiles_quarterly.html
P.S. 2. My other books and courses are right
here at Dinosaur Headquarters:
http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html
P.S. 3. Thought for the Day: "Build your body
the natural way -- from the inside out."
-- Brooks Kubik
**********************************************
How to Train for Lifelong Strength and Health!
Hail to the Dinosaurs!
Let me start with some big breaking news, and
then we'll talk training.
I'm going to be doing a regular weekly podcast
on Carl Lanore's SuperHuman Radio.
The show will be called Physical Culture Radio.
It will air every Thursday at 12:00 noon EST.
You can listen to the live show or listen to
the download later on.
You can find us right here -- every Thursday --
at 12:00 noon:
http://superhumanradio.com/
We're going to start out by covering a very
interesting topic -- healthy aging, which I
define as staying strong and healthy and
active and fit for your entire life.
We'll discuss various aspects of healthy
aging in a series of shows. Listen to them,
and if you have questions, shoot them in
to me by email. We'll try to work them into
later shows.
On the training front -- since we're going to
be talking about healthy aging on the show,
let's prime the pump a bit by covering an
important aspect of it right now.
The training component.
A couple of nights ago, I saw a very interesting
interview.
It featured a man named Randy Lewis, who
happens to be one of the greatest wrestlers
of all time.
He won the NCAA championships 2x while
wrestling for Dan Gables' legendary Iowa
Hawkeyes -- and went on to win the Olympic
gold medal in 1984.
I actually saw him wrestle in the Junior
Nationals. He was probably the best high
school wrestler I ever saw.
Anyhow, in the interview, he was talking
about how he got the itch to compete again.
This was when he was in his 40's. Not old,
but almost twice as old as his competitors
would have been.
He had continued to work out after he
retired from competition -- but there's
a big difference between the kind of
workouts he did when he was training
to win the Olympic gold medal and the
kind of workouts he did after he retired.
So when he got the competition bug,
he decided to ramp things up.
And, of course, he started to train hard,
and put in lots of mat time and lots of
time on other work -- running and lifting
and cardio work, and so on -- and he
ended up overdoing things and getting
hurt.
So he tried again another time.
Same result.
After this happened a few times, he began
to wonder if it would ever be possible to
compete again.
That's when someone made a very good
suggestion.
"Don't train for it -- just compete."
So he did -- and he entered the Olympic
try-outs at age 50 -- and beat two younger
athletes before losing a close match to a
third wrestler.
And all of the men he wrestled were 20
or 25 years younger than he was. And
they were top wrestlers in their own right.
So notching a couple of wins at age 50
was pretty darn impressive. In fact, it
was absolutely remarkable.
But the interesting thing is how he got
there -- not by gearing up and going
crazy and training 8 hours a day and
doing the full-bore Eye of the Tiger
thing -- but by easing up in his training
and doing just enough to be effective
on the mat -- but not so much that he
hurt himself.
That's a vitally important lesson for all
older athletes -- and for all older trainees.
At a certain time in your life, you do better
with less -- and you do better by balancing
hard work with plenty of time for recovery
and recuperation.
And that's the message of the day. If you're
an older trainee, take it to heart -- and if
you're a younger trainee, file it away for
future reference. There will come a time
when you will need it.
As always, thanks for reading and have a
great day. If you train today, make it a
good one -- and be sure to catch me on
Physical Culture Radio!
Yours in strength,
Brooks Kubik
P.S. If you're an older trainee, be sure to read
Gray Hair and Black Iron -- and the Dinosaur
Files quarterly, which includes plenty of great
workouts and training ideas for older Dinos:
http://www.brookskubik.com/grayhair_blackiron.html
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurfiles_quarterly.html
P.S. 2. Our Dinosaur Training e-books are getting
off-the-chart reviews. Go here to grab them:
http://www.brookskubik.com/militarypress_kindle.html
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_secrets_01.html
P.S. 3. My other books and courses are right here at
Dino Headquarters:
http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html
P.S. 4. Thought for the Day: "You can train at any
age -- but you need to train smarter as you grow
older." -- Brooks Kubik
*********************************************
Let me start with some big breaking news, and
then we'll talk training.
I'm going to be doing a regular weekly podcast
on Carl Lanore's SuperHuman Radio.
The show will be called Physical Culture Radio.
It will air every Thursday at 12:00 noon EST.
You can listen to the live show or listen to
the download later on.
You can find us right here -- every Thursday --
at 12:00 noon:
http://superhumanradio.com/
We're going to start out by covering a very
interesting topic -- healthy aging, which I
define as staying strong and healthy and
active and fit for your entire life.
We'll discuss various aspects of healthy
aging in a series of shows. Listen to them,
and if you have questions, shoot them in
to me by email. We'll try to work them into
later shows.
On the training front -- since we're going to
be talking about healthy aging on the show,
let's prime the pump a bit by covering an
important aspect of it right now.
The training component.
A couple of nights ago, I saw a very interesting
interview.
It featured a man named Randy Lewis, who
happens to be one of the greatest wrestlers
of all time.
He won the NCAA championships 2x while
wrestling for Dan Gables' legendary Iowa
Hawkeyes -- and went on to win the Olympic
gold medal in 1984.
I actually saw him wrestle in the Junior
Nationals. He was probably the best high
school wrestler I ever saw.
Anyhow, in the interview, he was talking
about how he got the itch to compete again.
This was when he was in his 40's. Not old,
but almost twice as old as his competitors
would have been.
He had continued to work out after he
retired from competition -- but there's
a big difference between the kind of
workouts he did when he was training
to win the Olympic gold medal and the
kind of workouts he did after he retired.
So when he got the competition bug,
he decided to ramp things up.
And, of course, he started to train hard,
and put in lots of mat time and lots of
time on other work -- running and lifting
and cardio work, and so on -- and he
ended up overdoing things and getting
hurt.
So he tried again another time.
Same result.
After this happened a few times, he began
to wonder if it would ever be possible to
compete again.
That's when someone made a very good
suggestion.
"Don't train for it -- just compete."
So he did -- and he entered the Olympic
try-outs at age 50 -- and beat two younger
athletes before losing a close match to a
third wrestler.
And all of the men he wrestled were 20
or 25 years younger than he was. And
they were top wrestlers in their own right.
So notching a couple of wins at age 50
was pretty darn impressive. In fact, it
was absolutely remarkable.
But the interesting thing is how he got
there -- not by gearing up and going
crazy and training 8 hours a day and
doing the full-bore Eye of the Tiger
thing -- but by easing up in his training
and doing just enough to be effective
on the mat -- but not so much that he
hurt himself.
That's a vitally important lesson for all
older athletes -- and for all older trainees.
At a certain time in your life, you do better
with less -- and you do better by balancing
hard work with plenty of time for recovery
and recuperation.
And that's the message of the day. If you're
an older trainee, take it to heart -- and if
you're a younger trainee, file it away for
future reference. There will come a time
when you will need it.
As always, thanks for reading and have a
great day. If you train today, make it a
good one -- and be sure to catch me on
Physical Culture Radio!
Yours in strength,
Brooks Kubik
P.S. If you're an older trainee, be sure to read
Gray Hair and Black Iron -- and the Dinosaur
Files quarterly, which includes plenty of great
workouts and training ideas for older Dinos:
http://www.brookskubik.com/grayhair_blackiron.html
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurfiles_quarterly.html
P.S. 2. Our Dinosaur Training e-books are getting
off-the-chart reviews. Go here to grab them:
http://www.brookskubik.com/militarypress_kindle.html
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_secrets_01.html
P.S. 3. My other books and courses are right here at
Dino Headquarters:
http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html
P.S. 4. Thought for the Day: "You can train at any
age -- but you need to train smarter as you grow
older." -- Brooks Kubik
*********************************************
Do You Want to Be a Monster?
Hail to the Dinosaurs!
Breaking news -- I'll be on Carl Lanore's
SuperHuman Radio at 12:00 noon today
(that's EST). Catch it live or listen to the
download ayc. It will be a good show.
In other news, issue no. 2 of the Dinosaur
Files quarterly was printed on Friday. We
mailed some of the issues on Saturday,
and we'll try to get the rest of them out
the door today. If you forgot to order a
copy, do it now -- we have extras:
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurfiles_quarterly.html
On the training front, let's talk about one
of the most interesting advertising
campaigns in barbell history.
Back in the mid-1950's, Harry Paschall
came up with an ad for the York Barbell
Company. This was at the height of the
Hoffman-Weider feud, and you can see
very quickly that Harry was supporting
the York side in his ad.
But he was also supporting old-school
physical culture as opposed to modern
bodybuilding.
What he says is worth reading -- and
worth thinking about. Particularly today,
when everyone wants to look "freaky"
or look like a "monster" -- and when
so many turn to roidskies to try to
achieve that look.
Harry's barbell ad read like this:
"Without question barbells offer you the
quickest and surest means of developing
your body, strengthening your muscles and
improving your athletic ability. BUT consider
carefully before you buy a barbell. A sensible
buyer should first investigate the claims of
the various competing manufacturers. There
are many good reasons why York is the
oldest, largest and best known company
in this field.
DO YOU WANT TO BE A MONSTER?
A barbell in inexperienced hands may well
become an instrument of destruction and
distortion. Therefore, a barbell is only as
good as the course of instruction behind it.
There are certain 'muscle-bulging' courses
marketed today that create monsters instead
of men.
The natural, trim, well-proportioned athletic
lines of the body are distorted by unnatural
exercise methods into ugly lumps, varicose
veins, ruptured and swollen tissues.
Men trained by such methods lose speed,
range of movement, flexibility and muscular
coordination.
We are reluctant to believe that any young
man in his right mind wants to look like a
freak."
Harry was almost 60 years old when he came
up with this ad -- and although I love Harry
Paschall dearly and view him as a mentor and
as a friend, I think he was behind the times on
this one.
Not because his message (or warning) was
wrong -- but because by 1956, when Harry
wrote, this, it was already too late. The horse
was out of the barn. The young guys all wanted
to look like freaks and monsters.
I think that's continued to the present day --
and I think it's a problem for physical culture.
But maybe I'm wrong. Maybe there are still
plenty of trainees who are more interested in
strength and health than in looking like a
monster. What do you think?
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. Our Dinosaur Training e-books are getting
off-the-chart reviews. Go here to grab them:
http://www.brookskubik.com/militarypress_kindle.html
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_secrets_01.html
And please post a review for us -- the reviews really
help!
P.S. 2. My other books and courses are right here:
http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html
P.S. 3. Thought for the Day: "Train for lifelong strength
and health, and everything else will be just fine. "
-- Brooks Kubik
********************************************
Breaking news -- I'll be on Carl Lanore's
SuperHuman Radio at 12:00 noon today
(that's EST). Catch it live or listen to the
download ayc. It will be a good show.
In other news, issue no. 2 of the Dinosaur
Files quarterly was printed on Friday. We
mailed some of the issues on Saturday,
and we'll try to get the rest of them out
the door today. If you forgot to order a
copy, do it now -- we have extras:
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurfiles_quarterly.html
On the training front, let's talk about one
of the most interesting advertising
campaigns in barbell history.
Back in the mid-1950's, Harry Paschall
came up with an ad for the York Barbell
Company. This was at the height of the
Hoffman-Weider feud, and you can see
very quickly that Harry was supporting
the York side in his ad.
But he was also supporting old-school
physical culture as opposed to modern
bodybuilding.
What he says is worth reading -- and
worth thinking about. Particularly today,
when everyone wants to look "freaky"
or look like a "monster" -- and when
so many turn to roidskies to try to
achieve that look.
Harry's barbell ad read like this:
"Without question barbells offer you the
quickest and surest means of developing
your body, strengthening your muscles and
improving your athletic ability. BUT consider
carefully before you buy a barbell. A sensible
buyer should first investigate the claims of
the various competing manufacturers. There
are many good reasons why York is the
oldest, largest and best known company
in this field.
DO YOU WANT TO BE A MONSTER?
A barbell in inexperienced hands may well
become an instrument of destruction and
distortion. Therefore, a barbell is only as
good as the course of instruction behind it.
There are certain 'muscle-bulging' courses
marketed today that create monsters instead
of men.
The natural, trim, well-proportioned athletic
lines of the body are distorted by unnatural
exercise methods into ugly lumps, varicose
veins, ruptured and swollen tissues.
Men trained by such methods lose speed,
range of movement, flexibility and muscular
coordination.
We are reluctant to believe that any young
man in his right mind wants to look like a
freak."
Harry was almost 60 years old when he came
up with this ad -- and although I love Harry
Paschall dearly and view him as a mentor and
as a friend, I think he was behind the times on
this one.
Not because his message (or warning) was
wrong -- but because by 1956, when Harry
wrote, this, it was already too late. The horse
was out of the barn. The young guys all wanted
to look like freaks and monsters.
I think that's continued to the present day --
and I think it's a problem for physical culture.
But maybe I'm wrong. Maybe there are still
plenty of trainees who are more interested in
strength and health than in looking like a
monster. What do you think?
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. Our Dinosaur Training e-books are getting
off-the-chart reviews. Go here to grab them:
http://www.brookskubik.com/militarypress_kindle.html
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_secrets_01.html
And please post a review for us -- the reviews really
help!
P.S. 2. My other books and courses are right here:
http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html
P.S. 3. Thought for the Day: "Train for lifelong strength
and health, and everything else will be just fine. "
-- Brooks Kubik
********************************************
"Amazingly Effective for Strength and Muscle Mass!"
Hail to the Dinosaurs!
Breaking news -- I'll be on Carl Lanore's
SuperHuman Radio Show at 12:00 EST today.
Catch it live or listen to the download later
on.
On the training front . . .
Last week a reader asked me about bodyweight
training, and whether you could use it to build
strength and muscle mass.
My answer probably surprised him.
"Bodyweight training is amazingly effective for
building strength and muscle mass."
And yes, those were my exact words -- and I
don't use "amazingly" very often. When I do,
I mean it.
But -- and this is important -- it has to be the
right kind of bodyweight training.
Here's an example -- and it's something I found
in the yellowed pages of a very old magazine,
buried far at the back, where it was easy to
miss.
A reader asked John Grimek about handstand
pushups.
Grimek told him they were pretty good -- and
noted that at one period of his life, when he was
traveling and working as an artists's model, he
found it very difficult to do any weight training
for about two years.
What did he do instead?
Handstand pushups and tiger bends.
Freestanding. Not balanced with the feet against
the wall.
For many, many sets.
A total of 200 reps per day of each exercise.
Grimek didn't mention any pull-ups, but I bet
he was doing plenty of pull-ups at the same
time. Remember, this was the man with the
original baseball biceps.
And quite likely, he some deep knee bends to
work his legs. Grimek liked leg work, and it's
hard to imagine him not doing something to
work his lower body.
Grimek's experience is hardly unusual. Back in
the day, quite a few bodybuilding and lifting
champions got started with handbalancing,
gymnastics, and bodyweight training. And
many of them continued to include their
favorite bodyweight exercises -- such as
pushups, pull-ups, handstand pushups or
tiger bends -- for their entire career.
I've done it myself, and I know it works.
I had a stretch of about four years where I
did nothing but bodyweight training. Lots
of advanced pushup variations -- lots of
advanced pull-up variations -- and tons
of handstand pushups.
Plus various types of deep knee bends and
hyperextensions -- and bridging and gut
work.
How did it work?
Pretty darn well.
In my late 40's, I was bigger, thicker and more
muscular than I was when I was doing heavy
powerlifting in my 30's.
Of course, you don't have to use bodyweight
training exclusively. You can combine it with
barbell and dumbbell training, and have the
best of both worlds.
And it's easy to learn how to do it -- and how
to put it together into effective, result-producing
workouts.
I offer a complete course in old-school body-
weight training -- along with 50 different
workouts -- in Dinosaur Bodyweight Training.
And I'll also include a special bulletin that
tells you how to combine bodyweight
training with barbell and dumbbell work.
It's good stuff.
In fact, it's amazingly good stuff.
And remember -- I don't use that word very
often.
Go here to grab a copy:
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_bodyweight.html
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. Here's the link again:
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_bodyweight.html
P.S. 2. My other books and courses -- including
Knife, Fork, Muscle and the new quarterly Dinosaur
Files -- are right here:
http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html
P.S. 3. Thought for the Day: "Simple and effective
beats complicated and useless every time."
-- Brooks Kubik
*************************************************
Breaking news -- I'll be on Carl Lanore's
SuperHuman Radio Show at 12:00 EST today.
Catch it live or listen to the download later
on.
On the training front . . .
Last week a reader asked me about bodyweight
training, and whether you could use it to build
strength and muscle mass.
My answer probably surprised him.
"Bodyweight training is amazingly effective for
building strength and muscle mass."
And yes, those were my exact words -- and I
don't use "amazingly" very often. When I do,
I mean it.
But -- and this is important -- it has to be the
right kind of bodyweight training.
Here's an example -- and it's something I found
in the yellowed pages of a very old magazine,
buried far at the back, where it was easy to
miss.
A reader asked John Grimek about handstand
pushups.
Grimek told him they were pretty good -- and
noted that at one period of his life, when he was
traveling and working as an artists's model, he
found it very difficult to do any weight training
for about two years.
What did he do instead?
Handstand pushups and tiger bends.
Freestanding. Not balanced with the feet against
the wall.
For many, many sets.
A total of 200 reps per day of each exercise.
Grimek didn't mention any pull-ups, but I bet
he was doing plenty of pull-ups at the same
time. Remember, this was the man with the
original baseball biceps.
And quite likely, he some deep knee bends to
work his legs. Grimek liked leg work, and it's
hard to imagine him not doing something to
work his lower body.
Grimek's experience is hardly unusual. Back in
the day, quite a few bodybuilding and lifting
champions got started with handbalancing,
gymnastics, and bodyweight training. And
many of them continued to include their
favorite bodyweight exercises -- such as
pushups, pull-ups, handstand pushups or
tiger bends -- for their entire career.
I've done it myself, and I know it works.
I had a stretch of about four years where I
did nothing but bodyweight training. Lots
of advanced pushup variations -- lots of
advanced pull-up variations -- and tons
of handstand pushups.
Plus various types of deep knee bends and
hyperextensions -- and bridging and gut
work.
How did it work?
Pretty darn well.
In my late 40's, I was bigger, thicker and more
muscular than I was when I was doing heavy
powerlifting in my 30's.
Of course, you don't have to use bodyweight
training exclusively. You can combine it with
barbell and dumbbell training, and have the
best of both worlds.
And it's easy to learn how to do it -- and how
to put it together into effective, result-producing
workouts.
I offer a complete course in old-school body-
weight training -- along with 50 different
workouts -- in Dinosaur Bodyweight Training.
And I'll also include a special bulletin that
tells you how to combine bodyweight
training with barbell and dumbbell work.
It's good stuff.
In fact, it's amazingly good stuff.
And remember -- I don't use that word very
often.
Go here to grab a copy:
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_bodyweight.html
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. Here's the link again:
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_bodyweight.html
P.S. 2. My other books and courses -- including
Knife, Fork, Muscle and the new quarterly Dinosaur
Files -- are right here:
http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html
P.S. 3. Thought for the Day: "Simple and effective
beats complicated and useless every time."
-- Brooks Kubik
*************************************************
Answers to the "Who Said It?" Challenge
Hail to the Dinosaurs!
Last Friday I sent you a special Dinosaur
Challenge -- to guess "Who said it?" for
10 quotes from famous Iron Game figures.
I said it would be hard, and it was. Several
Dinos got a couple of them -- but no one
came near getting all of them.
So here are the answers -- see if you were
close on them:
WHO SAID IT?
1. "Unfortunately, dreams and reality are
different states. Just to dream that you can
lift 300 lbs is no sign that you can do it."
Harry Paschall, Development of Strength
Harry went on to note that bigger dreams will
lead to bigger lifts -- after you put in the
work!
2. "Provided you are not organically sick,
a heavy training program, sensibly organized
and built around teeth-grinding squats, can
start you growing in size and strength like
a Dinosaur!"
Bradley J. Steiner, July 1969 IronMan
I had forgotten about that Dinosaur reference,
but I sure as heck like it! And Steiner was spot
on about the squats.
3. "Most men will gain fine on two heavy
workouts per week, especially if there is plenty
of heavy leg and back work included."
Peary Rader -- July 1969 IronMan
This was revolutionary back then -- but now,
many of us use divided workouts and hit any
given exercise only once per week. It's taken
a long time to learn that less is better.
4. "How shall we determine the proper amount
of exercise? This, in our opinion, becomes the
question of most vital import between the
instructor and the enthusiastic seeker after
results in physical improvement."
Mark Berry, Physical Training Notes, vol. II,
no. 5, 1937
Note that Berry was asking the question in
1937, and Rader was asking the same question
in 1969. It's one of the really important questions.
5. "The man who tries to develop all his body
by the use of a pair of light dumb-bells, is
laboring under a tremendous handicap."
Alan Calvert, Milo Barbell Company brochure,
date unknown, but probably 1910 - 1920.
Light dumbbells were all the rage back then,
and it was hard to sell the idea that you needed
to lift heavy iron -- or to do heavy leg and back
exercises. I guess some things never change.
6. "To build really big arms, the chest, lungs,
heart and other internal organs must be
strengthened and enlarged first."
Billy Van -- Superhealth course -- 1956
This was impossible to guess, but I put it
in because it expresses the point so well.
Back in the day, it was widely recognized
that strength training built muscle because
it strengthened and improved the internal
organs, improved digestion and assimilation,
increased the metabolism, etc. In other words,
with proper training you built your body from
the inside out. A key point, and one that is
largely forgotten today.
7. "Poundage progression is critical. Never be
satisfied with any particular weight in any
particular exercise. This is NOT new information,
but modern trainees seem to have lost sight of it
entirely."
Brooks Kubik -- in the Dinosaur Strength Training
Notebook (1998)
Been saying this for years . . .
8. "To build muscles and strength, to build
stronger attachments, tendons, ligaments,
and cartiliges, it is necessary to use heavy
poundages."
Bob Hoffman -- Strength and Health, Dec.
1940
Compare to no. 5. People need to hear this over
and over.
BTW, I covered this exact point in an interview
on Carl Lanore's SuperHuman Radio yesterday.
If you missed it, scoot on over to SHR and listen
to the podcast.
9. "To be free from winter ailments this year,
two things are highly essential for you to
observe, and I reiterate: Diet and exercise."
John Grimek -- Strength and Health, Dec. 1940
Since it's winter now -- snow on the ground here
in Louisville -- I thought this was worth noting.
It's good advice.
10. "To maintain youthful spirits, the great
muscles of the body -- in fact all the muscles --
must be used with a certain amount of
regularity. That does not necessarily mean
daily -- most people hate a routine, but they
should be used frequently and vigorously
enough to thoroughly stir the circulatory
processes."
Bernarr MacFadden -- Physical Culture, Dec.
1944
Compare to no. 6. This is very similar. The
leaders in physical culture have been saying
this for a long, long time.
As I said, this one was TOUGH. We'll do it
again sometime and see if we have any
winners.
As always, thanks for reading, and have a
great day. If you train today, make it a good
one!
Yours in strength,
Brooks Kubik
1. We're coming to the end of the pre-publication
special for Knife, Fork, Muscle, so if you've
not already reserved a copy, do it now:
http://brookskubik.com/dinosaur_nutrition.html
NOTE: I will be in touch with my printer today
and tomorrow and will update you on when I'll be
getting the books. We should be getting the
shipment sometime next week, and we'll fire
them on out to everyone as soon as we have
them.
2. Go here to order the first issue of the new
quarterly Dinosaur Files:
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurfiles_quarterly.html
3. My other books and courses are right here:
http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html
P.S. 4. Thought for the Day: "Train for strength,
eat for health, and live your life to the fullest."
-- Brooks Kubik
*************************************************
Last Friday I sent you a special Dinosaur
Challenge -- to guess "Who said it?" for
10 quotes from famous Iron Game figures.
I said it would be hard, and it was. Several
Dinos got a couple of them -- but no one
came near getting all of them.
So here are the answers -- see if you were
close on them:
WHO SAID IT?
1. "Unfortunately, dreams and reality are
different states. Just to dream that you can
lift 300 lbs is no sign that you can do it."
Harry Paschall, Development of Strength
Harry went on to note that bigger dreams will
lead to bigger lifts -- after you put in the
work!
2. "Provided you are not organically sick,
a heavy training program, sensibly organized
and built around teeth-grinding squats, can
start you growing in size and strength like
a Dinosaur!"
Bradley J. Steiner, July 1969 IronMan
I had forgotten about that Dinosaur reference,
but I sure as heck like it! And Steiner was spot
on about the squats.
3. "Most men will gain fine on two heavy
workouts per week, especially if there is plenty
of heavy leg and back work included."
Peary Rader -- July 1969 IronMan
This was revolutionary back then -- but now,
many of us use divided workouts and hit any
given exercise only once per week. It's taken
a long time to learn that less is better.
4. "How shall we determine the proper amount
of exercise? This, in our opinion, becomes the
question of most vital import between the
instructor and the enthusiastic seeker after
results in physical improvement."
Mark Berry, Physical Training Notes, vol. II,
no. 5, 1937
Note that Berry was asking the question in
1937, and Rader was asking the same question
in 1969. It's one of the really important questions.
5. "The man who tries to develop all his body
by the use of a pair of light dumb-bells, is
laboring under a tremendous handicap."
Alan Calvert, Milo Barbell Company brochure,
date unknown, but probably 1910 - 1920.
Light dumbbells were all the rage back then,
and it was hard to sell the idea that you needed
to lift heavy iron -- or to do heavy leg and back
exercises. I guess some things never change.
6. "To build really big arms, the chest, lungs,
heart and other internal organs must be
strengthened and enlarged first."
Billy Van -- Superhealth course -- 1956
This was impossible to guess, but I put it
in because it expresses the point so well.
Back in the day, it was widely recognized
that strength training built muscle because
it strengthened and improved the internal
organs, improved digestion and assimilation,
increased the metabolism, etc. In other words,
with proper training you built your body from
the inside out. A key point, and one that is
largely forgotten today.
7. "Poundage progression is critical. Never be
satisfied with any particular weight in any
particular exercise. This is NOT new information,
but modern trainees seem to have lost sight of it
entirely."
Brooks Kubik -- in the Dinosaur Strength Training
Notebook (1998)
Been saying this for years . . .
8. "To build muscles and strength, to build
stronger attachments, tendons, ligaments,
and cartiliges, it is necessary to use heavy
poundages."
Bob Hoffman -- Strength and Health, Dec.
1940
Compare to no. 5. People need to hear this over
and over.
BTW, I covered this exact point in an interview
on Carl Lanore's SuperHuman Radio yesterday.
If you missed it, scoot on over to SHR and listen
to the podcast.
9. "To be free from winter ailments this year,
two things are highly essential for you to
observe, and I reiterate: Diet and exercise."
John Grimek -- Strength and Health, Dec. 1940
Since it's winter now -- snow on the ground here
in Louisville -- I thought this was worth noting.
It's good advice.
10. "To maintain youthful spirits, the great
muscles of the body -- in fact all the muscles --
must be used with a certain amount of
regularity. That does not necessarily mean
daily -- most people hate a routine, but they
should be used frequently and vigorously
enough to thoroughly stir the circulatory
processes."
Bernarr MacFadden -- Physical Culture, Dec.
1944
Compare to no. 6. This is very similar. The
leaders in physical culture have been saying
this for a long, long time.
As I said, this one was TOUGH. We'll do it
again sometime and see if we have any
winners.
As always, thanks for reading, and have a
great day. If you train today, make it a good
one!
Yours in strength,
Brooks Kubik
1. We're coming to the end of the pre-publication
special for Knife, Fork, Muscle, so if you've
not already reserved a copy, do it now:
http://brookskubik.com/dinosaur_nutrition.html
NOTE: I will be in touch with my printer today
and tomorrow and will update you on when I'll be
getting the books. We should be getting the
shipment sometime next week, and we'll fire
them on out to everyone as soon as we have
them.
2. Go here to order the first issue of the new
quarterly Dinosaur Files:
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurfiles_quarterly.html
3. My other books and courses are right here:
http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html
P.S. 4. Thought for the Day: "Train for strength,
eat for health, and live your life to the fullest."
-- Brooks Kubik
*************************************************
Carved in Iron -- 10 Iron Nuggets from Bob Hoffman!
Hail to the Dinosaurs!
As promised, here's the link to my 9/30 interview on
Carl Lanore's SuperHuman Radio Show:
http://superhumanradio.com/
It's show no. 1500. I'm in the second hour.
I also did a podcast recently with longtime Dino
Bill Kociaba. We covered my new book, KNIFE,
FORK, MUSCLE. You can find it here:
http://kociaba-fitness.com/blog_an_interview_with_brooks_kubik
I'm working with my layout and design team to get the
book to the printer and ship it in mid-Oct. I'll keep you
posted.
On the training front, I thought I'd share some more
Iron Nuggets with you.
These come from Bob Hoffman. Hence the title of this
email message: Carved in Iron. I think Bob would
have liked that.
10 Iron Nuggets from Bob Hoffman
1. "A chain is no stronger than it's weakest link."
2. "You get our of exercise what you put into it."
3. "Your exertion can easily be measured by your
puffing, panting and perspiring."
4. "A Home Gymnasium or special training room
which can be beneficially used by all the family,
by father and mother, by the children, by the old
folks too, for exercise is highly beneficial at any
age."
5. "Your strength, your endurance, and your
recuperative powers will quickly improve if you
follow the rules of health."
6. "Don't neglect your dumbbell training."
7. "Read and study the course at intervals. You
will discover or rediscover some important training
advice you have overlooked or not quite
understood."
8. "Constantly strive to handle more and more
weight."
9. "Progression is the only way to succeed in building
your body."
10. "Set a goal. You must set a goal . . . Don't let
anything prevent your success."
Personally, I think those are all pretty good. I hope
you enjoyed them -- and I hope you enjoy the Dino
interviews on the links I shared!
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. Here's the link to reserve your copy of KNIFE,
FORK MUSCLE:
http://brookskubik.com/dinosaur_nutrition.html
P.S. 2. My other books and courses are right here:
http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html
P.S. 3. Thought for the Day: "When you stand on the
shoulders of giants, you can see pretty darn far."
-- Brooks Kubik
As promised, here's the link to my 9/30 interview on
Carl Lanore's SuperHuman Radio Show:
http://superhumanradio.com/
It's show no. 1500. I'm in the second hour.
I also did a podcast recently with longtime Dino
Bill Kociaba. We covered my new book, KNIFE,
FORK, MUSCLE. You can find it here:
http://kociaba-fitness.com/blog_an_interview_with_brooks_kubik
I'm working with my layout and design team to get the
book to the printer and ship it in mid-Oct. I'll keep you
posted.
On the training front, I thought I'd share some more
Iron Nuggets with you.
These come from Bob Hoffman. Hence the title of this
email message: Carved in Iron. I think Bob would
have liked that.
10 Iron Nuggets from Bob Hoffman
1. "A chain is no stronger than it's weakest link."
2. "You get our of exercise what you put into it."
3. "Your exertion can easily be measured by your
puffing, panting and perspiring."
4. "A Home Gymnasium or special training room
which can be beneficially used by all the family,
by father and mother, by the children, by the old
folks too, for exercise is highly beneficial at any
age."
5. "Your strength, your endurance, and your
recuperative powers will quickly improve if you
follow the rules of health."
6. "Don't neglect your dumbbell training."
7. "Read and study the course at intervals. You
will discover or rediscover some important training
advice you have overlooked or not quite
understood."
8. "Constantly strive to handle more and more
weight."
9. "Progression is the only way to succeed in building
your body."
10. "Set a goal. You must set a goal . . . Don't let
anything prevent your success."
Personally, I think those are all pretty good. I hope
you enjoyed them -- and I hope you enjoy the Dino
interviews on the links I shared!
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. Here's the link to reserve your copy of KNIFE,
FORK MUSCLE:
http://brookskubik.com/dinosaur_nutrition.html
P.S. 2. My other books and courses are right here:
http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html
P.S. 3. Thought for the Day: "When you stand on the
shoulders of giants, you can see pretty darn far."
-- Brooks Kubik
Another Podcast for Dinos!
Hail to the Dinosaurs!
I just finished a podcast with Carl Lanore on
the SuperHuman radio Shiow, and it was
pretty darn good. If you missed it on the
live broadcasy, be sure to listen to the
download. It's in the second hour of the
program.
I'll send the link tomorrow.
In the meantime, I've been doing a number
of podcasts, including one with long-time
Dino Bill Kociaba. We did that one last
week, and the link just went up today,
so it's brand new.
Bill is a former gym owner, longtime lifter,
and a guy who is very knowledgeable about
training, bodybuilding, lifting, health and
firness -- and the real deal, behind the
scenes stuff in professional wrestling,
which has always had many curious
links to the Iron Game.
Bill has a nice website and has had some great
podcasts, including one with Clarence Bass and
another with Steve Maxwell.
Here's the link to the one that Bill and I did:
http://kociaba-fitness.com/blog_an_interview_with_brooks_kubik
Bill is just starting to get his website and his
podcast going, so run on over and check it out,
say hello, leave comments and hit the LIKE
button and the SHARE button.
Anyhow, it was a fun interview, and I hope
you enjoy it!
Yours in strength,
Brooks Kubik
P.S. The interview with Bill Kociaba covered my
new book, KNIFE, FORK, MUSCLE. You can go
here to reserve your copy of the little monster:
http://brookskubik.com/dinosaur_nutrition.html
P.S. 2. My other books and courses are right here:
http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html
P.S. 3. Thought for the Day: "Lift for strength,
and eat for health." -- Brooks Kubik
I just finished a podcast with Carl Lanore on
the SuperHuman radio Shiow, and it was
pretty darn good. If you missed it on the
live broadcasy, be sure to listen to the
download. It's in the second hour of the
program.
I'll send the link tomorrow.
In the meantime, I've been doing a number
of podcasts, including one with long-time
Dino Bill Kociaba. We did that one last
week, and the link just went up today,
so it's brand new.
Bill is a former gym owner, longtime lifter,
and a guy who is very knowledgeable about
training, bodybuilding, lifting, health and
firness -- and the real deal, behind the
scenes stuff in professional wrestling,
which has always had many curious
links to the Iron Game.
Bill has a nice website and has had some great
podcasts, including one with Clarence Bass and
another with Steve Maxwell.
Here's the link to the one that Bill and I did:
http://kociaba-fitness.com/blog_an_interview_with_brooks_kubik
Bill is just starting to get his website and his
podcast going, so run on over and check it out,
say hello, leave comments and hit the LIKE
button and the SHARE button.
Anyhow, it was a fun interview, and I hope
you enjoy it!
Yours in strength,
Brooks Kubik
P.S. The interview with Bill Kociaba covered my
new book, KNIFE, FORK, MUSCLE. You can go
here to reserve your copy of the little monster:
http://brookskubik.com/dinosaur_nutrition.html
P.S. 2. My other books and courses are right here:
http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html
P.S. 3. Thought for the Day: "Lift for strength,
and eat for health." -- Brooks Kubik
The Lifter, the Boulder and the Butterfly
Hail to the Dinosaurs!
Breaking news -- I'll be doing a 1:00 show on
Carl Lanore's SuperHuman Radio today. Listen
live or catch the download later on:
http://superhumanradio.com/
On the training front, let's talk about the lifter,
the boulder and the butterfly.
There's a big boulder lying at the bottom of
a tall mountain.
There's a lifter -- and there's a butterfly.
And for some reason, they decide to push the
boulder to the top of the mountain.
To roll it right on up there, inch by excruciating
inch.
The lifter chalks his hands, leans forward, and
starts pushing.
The butterfly follows along behind them for
awhile, then loses interest and flutters away,
floating aimlessly from flower to flower and
tree to tree.
Meanwhile, the lifter keeps on pushing the
boulder.
It goes on like that for a very long time.
The lifter keeps on pushing the boulder,
moving it upward inch by inch. Slowly,
steadily, surely.
The butterfly floats and flutters and flies
and flits from one thing to another.
Finally, after a very long struggle, the lifter
shoves the boulder the very last inch, lodging
it firmly into a rocky crevasse at the top of
the mountain.
He raises his hands high overhead and roars
in triumph.
The butterfly hears him, looks up, and
thinks:
"That looks cool -- I should do that!"
And then the butterfly sees a bright flower
dancing in the breeze and floats away.
And then another flower.
And another.
The butterfly never makes it to the top of the
mountain.
Only lifters make it to the top of the mountain.
And they do it inch by inch -- with persistence,
focus, and determination.
Some call it obsession.
I call it single-minded purpose.
MORAL OF THE STORY:
Be a lifter, not a butterfly.
Yours in strength,
Brooks Kubik
P.S. There's still time to reserve your copy of my
new book, KNIFE, FORK, MUSCLE during our big
pre-publication special:
http://brookskubik.com/dinosaur_nutrition.html
P.S. 2. My other books and courses are right here:
http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html
P.S. 3. Thought for the Day: "You get to the top
of the mountain one step at a time." -- Brooks
Kubik
Breaking news -- I'll be doing a 1:00 show on
Carl Lanore's SuperHuman Radio today. Listen
live or catch the download later on:
http://superhumanradio.com/
On the training front, let's talk about the lifter,
the boulder and the butterfly.
There's a big boulder lying at the bottom of
a tall mountain.
There's a lifter -- and there's a butterfly.
And for some reason, they decide to push the
boulder to the top of the mountain.
To roll it right on up there, inch by excruciating
inch.
The lifter chalks his hands, leans forward, and
starts pushing.
The butterfly follows along behind them for
awhile, then loses interest and flutters away,
floating aimlessly from flower to flower and
tree to tree.
Meanwhile, the lifter keeps on pushing the
boulder.
It goes on like that for a very long time.
The lifter keeps on pushing the boulder,
moving it upward inch by inch. Slowly,
steadily, surely.
The butterfly floats and flutters and flies
and flits from one thing to another.
Finally, after a very long struggle, the lifter
shoves the boulder the very last inch, lodging
it firmly into a rocky crevasse at the top of
the mountain.
He raises his hands high overhead and roars
in triumph.
The butterfly hears him, looks up, and
thinks:
"That looks cool -- I should do that!"
And then the butterfly sees a bright flower
dancing in the breeze and floats away.
And then another flower.
And another.
The butterfly never makes it to the top of the
mountain.
Only lifters make it to the top of the mountain.
And they do it inch by inch -- with persistence,
focus, and determination.
Some call it obsession.
I call it single-minded purpose.
MORAL OF THE STORY:
Be a lifter, not a butterfly.
Yours in strength,
Brooks Kubik
P.S. There's still time to reserve your copy of my
new book, KNIFE, FORK, MUSCLE during our big
pre-publication special:
http://brookskubik.com/dinosaur_nutrition.html
P.S. 2. My other books and courses are right here:
http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html
P.S. 3. Thought for the Day: "You get to the top
of the mountain one step at a time." -- Brooks
Kubik
The Top 10 Excuses for Not Training Heavy!
Hail to the Dinosaurs!
A quick note, and then we'll do the top 10 list.
Another guest had to cancel his scheduled slot
on Carl Lanore's SuperHuman Radio yesterday,
so I covered on short notice and wasn't able
to give you advance notice. But the show is
available at the SHR archives, so be sure to
listen to it. We cover the 13th workout, and
how to keep a bad workout from knocking
you off track:
http://superhumanradio.com/
And now -- the NEW top 10 list.
I've done a number of top 10 lists over
the years, and they're always lots of fun.
Here's a new one.
THE TOP 10 EXCUSES FOR NOT TRAINING
HEAVY
10. "I don't want to get too big."
9. "I don't want to overload the Smith machine."
8. "The pec dec is broken."
7. "I'm sure that if I asked, they'd tell me that
heavy training is against the gym rules."
6. "I just want to look strong."
5. "I just bought some new jeans and I don't
want to grow out of them."
4. "A guy on the internet said you don't need to
do it. Light training works better."
3. "It's too old-fashioned."
2. "I don't want to be rude and hog all the plates."
and finally -- drum-roll -- the number one excuse
for not training hard and heavy --
1. "If I train hard and heavy, I might get too big --
and if I get too big I might be mistaken for a
gorilla -- and if I get mistaken for a gorilla I
might get put in the zoo -- and I don't want to
get put in the zoo."
So if you're wondering why most people avoid
heavy training, those are the reasons -- along with
the fact that they can't stand the hard work!
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 serious advice about serious, old-school,
hard and heavy strength training, grab these:
Dinosaur Training - Lost Secrets of Strength and
Development
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_training.html
Strength, Muscle and Power
http://www.brookskubik.com/strength_muscle_power.html
Gray Hair and Black Iron
http://www.brookskubik.com/grayhair_blackiron.html
Chalk and Sweat
http://www.brookskubik.com/chalk_and_sweat.html
P.S. 2. My other books and courses are right here:
http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html
P.S. 3. "For every trainee who trains hard and heavy,
there are 100 who don't -- and they look like they
don't." -- Brooks Kubik
A quick note, and then we'll do the top 10 list.
Another guest had to cancel his scheduled slot
on Carl Lanore's SuperHuman Radio yesterday,
so I covered on short notice and wasn't able
to give you advance notice. But the show is
available at the SHR archives, so be sure to
listen to it. We cover the 13th workout, and
how to keep a bad workout from knocking
you off track:
http://superhumanradio.com/
And now -- the NEW top 10 list.
I've done a number of top 10 lists over
the years, and they're always lots of fun.
Here's a new one.
THE TOP 10 EXCUSES FOR NOT TRAINING
HEAVY
10. "I don't want to get too big."
9. "I don't want to overload the Smith machine."
8. "The pec dec is broken."
7. "I'm sure that if I asked, they'd tell me that
heavy training is against the gym rules."
6. "I just want to look strong."
5. "I just bought some new jeans and I don't
want to grow out of them."
4. "A guy on the internet said you don't need to
do it. Light training works better."
3. "It's too old-fashioned."
2. "I don't want to be rude and hog all the plates."
and finally -- drum-roll -- the number one excuse
for not training hard and heavy --
1. "If I train hard and heavy, I might get too big --
and if I get too big I might be mistaken for a
gorilla -- and if I get mistaken for a gorilla I
might get put in the zoo -- and I don't want to
get put in the zoo."
So if you're wondering why most people avoid
heavy training, those are the reasons -- along with
the fact that they can't stand the hard work!
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 serious advice about serious, old-school,
hard and heavy strength training, grab these:
Dinosaur Training - Lost Secrets of Strength and
Development
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_training.html
Strength, Muscle and Power
http://www.brookskubik.com/strength_muscle_power.html
Gray Hair and Black Iron
http://www.brookskubik.com/grayhair_blackiron.html
Chalk and Sweat
http://www.brookskubik.com/chalk_and_sweat.html
P.S. 2. My other books and courses are right here:
http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html
P.S. 3. "For every trainee who trains hard and heavy,
there are 100 who don't -- and they look like they
don't." -- Brooks Kubik
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