The "Have Fun" Rule

John Grimek (pictured above) trained for his entire life - and he always had fun in his workouts! Doing what you enjoy is one of the secrets of lifelong strength and health.

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

One of the most important rules of
lifelong strength and health is to do
some form of progressive strength
training on a regular and consistent
basis.

The exact type of strength training
that you choose to do is not as
important as DOING it.

In other words, don't agonize over
what kind of training is best -- and
don't argue about it in Internet
forums or on FB or Twitter or
Monkey-Pages.

Just find something that you like
to do -- and that requires progressive
hard work on a regular basis -- and
then do it.

Me, I like Olympic lifting.

Does that mean YOU have to do
Olympic lifting?

Heck, no.

There are tons of different things
you can do.

Powerlifting.

Strongman training.

Power rack training.

5 x 5.

Singles, doubles, or triples.

10/8/6/4/2.

2/4/6/8/10.

HIT.

Old-school bodybuilding.

Total body workouts 3x per week.

The York courses.

Breathing squats.

Heavy partials.

Dumbbell training.

Kettlebell training.

Bodyweight training.

Hand-balancing.

Specialization programs.

Grip work.

John Wood's Bone Strength program.

Trap Bar specialization.

Dino-style lugging and loading drills.

And endless combinations of the above.

Heck, you can go out in the woods and
run up and down trails and lift, throw or
carry logs and rocks while the bears sit
and watch you in amazement.

Maybe one of the bears will even film
you and throw it up on the Grizzly
Channel.

The point is, it's all good. It all works.

And it all keeps you strong and fit and
healthy.

So find something you like to do --
and DO 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.There are tons of fun exercises and
fun workouts in these little monsters:

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P.S. 3. Thought for the Day:

"Always have fun -- and always keep
on training."

 -- Brooks Kubik

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Have Fun When You Train!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

For today's Dinosaur Training tip, I'm going
to cover something that Paul Murray keeps
asking me to discuss.

Paul is a big believer in hard work and heavy
training. He's counting the days to age 60,
and he's been training since he was a high
school wrestler, so he's paid his dues. He's
spent many years in the Iron Mines, and he's
lifted many tons of iron and steel.

Paul still hits it hard and heavy in his
Dino Dungeon, a/k/a his barn -- but the
older he gets, the more he realizes that
training needs to be FUN!

And that's the point he always asks me
to cover -- reminding readers to make their
training FUN!

And he's absolutely right. One of the keys
to life-long training is to enjoy what
you do when you train. It makes it a heck
of a lot easier to stay with it. And it
makes your training more productive, too.

Dinosaurs seem to be pretty good at this.
They have all kinds of interesting ways
to keep the fun factor as high as possible.

There are many different ways to do that.
One way is to collect fun pieces of
equipment. Paul likes to go to junk yards
and find pieces of scrap metal that he can
fix up, paint, and use as weights.

Sometimes he finds old iron barbell plates
that someone threw away. He saves them, takes
them home, gets the rust off, and paints them.

It's a rescue operation -- and a way of making
everything more fun.

Another thing to mention is that for older
Dinos, having fun means doing the things you
like to do.

If you prefer bodyweight training, do body-
weight training.

If you prefer barbell work, do barbell work.

If you prefer kettlebells, use kettlebells.

If you prefer dumbbells, use dumbbells.

If you prefer sandbags, rocks or barrels,
use sandbags, rocks or barrels.

Of course, whatever you do, include plenty
of leg and back training -- and some stand
on your feet and lift heavy stuff over your
head training. And work hard but smart. You
know the mantra -- hard work, intelligently
applied.

Oops. My mistake. I meant to say:

Hard work, intelligently applied -- and lots
of fun.

As always, thanks for reading and have a great
day. If you train today, make it a good one!

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

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P.S. 3. Thought for the Day: "I don't know who
invented the barbell, but he deserves a medal."
-- Brooks Kubik