Dinosaur Training DVDs - Where to Find Them!

Push pressing 302 pounds with a Christmas Tree Barbell - one of the many highlights of my Dinosaur Training DVDs.

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Back in the late 1990s, I made five
Dinosaur Training videos:

1. The Lost Art of Heavy Dumbbell
Training

2. Bags, Barrels and Beyond

3. Power Rack Training

4. Olympic Lift Basics

5. Strength Training Basics

We didn't have I-phones back then,
so I had to do things the old-fashioned
way.

I hired a professional camera-man,
and shot each of them in the original
Dinosaur Dungeon.

Each of them is about 2 hours long,
and each of them has a ton of lifting,
non-stop action, and plenty of chalk
and sweat.

The camera-man loved the assignment.
He was used to filming wedding videos.
This was a *little bit* more exciting.

I sold them in VHS format for a long
time, and then we remastered them
to DVD.

But I don't carry them today.

I've licensed them to John Wood so
that he can feature them at the Iron
League member site.

So that's the place to go if you want
to see them.

And frankly, it's a great deal - because
the cost of a one year's membership is
less than the cost of all five DVDs. And
you get to see a ton of other great Iron
Game stuff, as well.

So if you missed them the first time
around, or if you didn't see all of them -
or if you bought the DVDs but can't
find them after your last move or the
last big flood - then sprint on over and
join the Iron League:

http://www.ironleague.com/

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

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

New Photos of the Dino Dungeon!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

I got off work a bit early yesterday, and
so I got to train in the sunshine instead
of the moonlight - although both are
lots of fun.

The workout started with a brand-new
Dino-approved total body-warm-up
drill - sweeping the leaves off of my
outdoor lifting area.

Then I set up the stall mats and got
out the bar and plates.

And then I did the rest of my warm-ups
and got into the serious stuff.

Trudi came out and took a couple of
photos. You can see them right here
on my Instagram account:

https://www.instagram.com/brooks_kubik/?hl=en

Feel free to hit the LIKE button and
leave comments!

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

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The New Dino Dungeon

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

I thought you'd enjoy some photos
of the new Dinosaur Dungeon.

It's in the basement of the duplex
we live in.

There's a photo of the new squats
and pulls area for training inside
when it's too cold or too wet to
go outside.

And a photo of the outdoor lifting
area for overhead stuff - a/k/a
snatches and clean and jerks.

And a second photo of the squats
and pulls area and some of my
plates.

And for comparison, a photo of
yours truly hitting a 302 pound
push press at the original Dino
Dungeon - and a photo of my
favorite gym of all, the garage
at our old house.

The photos are right here on my
Instagram account:

https://www.instagram.com/brooks_kubik/?hl=en

Hope you enjoy them!

If you do, shoot me an email and
let me know what you think.

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. Dinosaur Training started a
strength training revolution when
I released it in 1996 - and it's still
going strong, 21 years later:

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_training.html

P.S. 2. "It doesn't take much to
get a great workout." - Brooks
Kubik

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Classic Photos and Other Fun Stuff for Dinosaurs!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

I have a couple of quick notes and updates
for you.

1. Physical Culture Radio

Last week's episode of Physical Culture
Radio gives you an hour of high impact
training advice. We began by talking
about effective lower body training for
older Dinos, and it grew from there.

You can listen to it right here:

http://superhumanradio.com/shr-1811-physical-culture-radio-individualised-prescription-chronic-sleep-restriction-effects.html

I think this is one of the best shows I've
ever done. Let me know how you like
it.

2. Classic Photos on Instagram

I'm on Instagram now, and I'm posting
all sorts of classic photos, including:

A rare ad for Arthur Saxon's wonderful
book, Development of Physical Power.

Bert Assirati performing a one-hand
handstand - at around 260 or 280
pounds.

Clevio Massimo crushing the heck out
of an old-time spring exerciser.

A cover photo from Bernarr MacFadden's
Physical Culture magazine.

A cover photo from a very old issue of
Strength and Health.

Another one from an old issue of Vigour.
Ditto from Muscle Power.

An autographed (to me) photo of John
Grimek.

Norb Schemansky at about the time he
won his Olympic gold medal.

The cover of the extremely rare little
book, Secrets of the Squat Snatch.

A killer photo of George F. Jowett.

A patron's medal from the 1947 World
Weightlifting championships.

And there's more - much more:

Brooks and Trudi at the old-school, black
iron gym where we met.

My first business card - from a Nautilus
club in Dayton, Ohio - I worked there
40 years ago.

A photo of me training at the Island
Gym I describe in Strength, Muscle
and Power.

Photos of the research library here at
Dino Headquarters.

Photos of the Dinosaur Dungeon.

My York Barbell Company paperweight -
which I keep next to me whenever I
write anything for the Dino Nation.

Videos from my workouts.

Dinosaur breakfasts, lunches and dinners.

Our favorite farmers and growers - and
our favorite farmers' market.

And lots more. I add to the list every day.

Go here to follow me on Instagram. We
have 746 followers right now, and I'm
looking for a 1,000 as fast as possible:

https://www.instagram.com/brooks_kubik/

3. The February Dinosaur Files

Here's the link for the February issue of
the Dinosaur Files:

February 2016 Dinosaur Files

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurfiles_february2016.html

If you missed the December and January
issues, they're right here:

January 2016 Dinosaur Files

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurfiles_januaryr2016.html

December 2015 Dinosaur Files

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurfiles_december2015.html

Be sure to send me an email and let me
know how you like the Dinosaur Files.
We love to hear from you.

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

302 Pounds of Iron

302-pound push press

I thought you might enjoy a peek at my old training quarters -- a/k/a the basement gym in my old house.

That's a 302-pound push press, using a Christmas Tree Barbell.  I had to load the bar with small plates because the ceiling was too low to use 45 pound plates. I ran out of plates and finished loading the bar by using small lengths of chain rolled into a circle and wrapped with duct tape.

I made this lift after a special two-week power rack training program that took my push press from 275 pounds to 300 pounds.

I cover this program -- and much more -- in my Power Rack Training DVD:

http://brookskubik.com/dinosaur_dvds.html

I also give you a brand new power rack training program in Book 1 in the new Dinosaur Training Strength Archive series:

Hard Copy

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurtraining_archive.html

Kindle E-Book

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurtrainingarchive_kindle01.html


If you want to build some serious strength, old-school power rack training will get you there.

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

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

The Worst Training Program in the World!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Some research company crunched a bunch of
numbers the other day and came up with a
list of 200 jobs rated from best to worst.

The top rated jobs tend to be tech jobs
where you sit inside and work in front of
a computer screen all day. That got a high
rating because you were in a pleasant work
environment (i.e., inside a modern office
building) and you had a job that involved
little or no physical demands.

The worst-rated job -- the one that was LAST
on the list -- no. 200 -- was pretty amazing.

It was -- get this -- working as a lumberjack!

Why was being a lumberjack rated as the worst
of all jobs?

According to the folks who did the study, it
was because of two things:

1. You were working outside all day.

2. The job required lots of strenuous physical
labor.

Apparently, working outside is a BAD thing --
and strenuous physical labor is also BAD. At
least, that's the way the research company
looked at things.

And that made me think what would happen if
the same research monkeys rated different types
of training programs.

The top-rated workouts would be the easy ones --
the ones where you didn't strain, and didn't
break a sweat. Some form of low intensity, low
impact meditation would probably get the number
one rating.

You'd train in a high-tech, modern gym, with
nothing but chrome-plated, plushly padded
exercise machines. The machines would
be computerized. And yes, there would be
plenty of soft music and your favorite
television show on the big screen plasma TV
in the cardio theater entertainment center.

You'd have personal trainers to tell you what
to do. They'd even count the reps for you to
maske sure you didn't lose count and overdo
things -- -- and they'd be quick to tell you
to "Stop!" if it looked like you might be
getting tired.

From there, we'd move on to the typical bunny
blasting you see at pumper-toner gyms -- and
that would get fairly high ratings -- and
gradually we'd get to things the research
company wouldn't like very much.

Things like strongman training.

Grip training.

Kettlebells.

Heavy dumbbell training.

Olympic weightlifting.

Powerlifting.

Breathing squats.

Death sets.

Old-school bodybuilding the way men like John
Grimek and Reg Park did it.

Anything involving thick handled barbells and
dumbbells.

Anything that causes plenty of "puffing,
panting and perspiring" (to quote Bob Hoffman,
who had the audacity to suggest that the THREE
P's were a sign of a good workout).

And, of course, anything where you train
outside for some or part of your workout would
get severely low marks from the research dudes.
Go around the block with a heavy sandbag or
some heavy dumbbells and you'd end up in the
bottom ten for sure. Maybe even the bottom five.

Dinosaur Training would be at the very bottom
of the list -- just like being a lumberjack is
at the bottom of the jobs list.

And for similar reasons.

"Too hard," they'd say.

"Requires strenuous effort."

"Physically and mentally demanding."

"Requires concentration, focus and determination."

"Tends to be performed in old-school, primitive
training quarters. May even be performed in a
garage -- or a basement -- or in your backyard!"

"No chrome!"

"No mirrors!"

"No personal trainers!"

"Forces you to count your own reps!"

"Builds dangerous, unsightly muscles."

"Strengthens tendons and ligaments."

"Very expensive, because you may need to buy more
barbell plates."

"Tends to be performed by fashion-challenged
individuals who do not wear color-coordinated
designer label workout clothes."

And worst of all:

"May lead to rapid gains in strength, muscle
and power!"

So I guess we all should be feeling pretty bad.
Our training system is going to be rated 200 out
of 200! The worst of the worst!

And if you don't believe me, just ask the research
monkeys!

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 books and courses are right here -- from
DINOSAUR TRAINING to CHALK AND SWEAT to GRAY HAIR
AND BLACK IRON to DINOSAUR BODYWEIGHT TRAINING to
STRENGTH, MUSCLE AND POWER -- and more:

http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html

P.S. 2. We'll be mailing the new John Grimek
course very soon -- so if you want to reserve a
copy and grab the special bonuses, you need
to move fast:

http://brookskubik.com/johngrimek_course.html

P.S. 3. Thought for the Day: "Train for strength,
eat for health and live for life." -- Brooks Kubik

Take a Tour of the Dino Dungeon!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

I thought I’d start the day by giving you a tour of the Dino Dungeon.

But before I tell you about where I train, I want you to remember that:

1. Over the years I’ve done a wide-variety of different things in my training, but right now I do pretty much nothing but Olympic lifting.

2. You don’t need very much equipment for Olympic lifting.

3. Less is more and simple is better.

So let’s start the tour.

We’ll begin by going out to the garage.

Wait here for a minute while I open the door – flip the switch – and turn on the single overhead bulb that illuminates the place.

Okay – watch your step – and come on in.

The first thing you’ll see is my lifting platform. It’s where I spend all my training time. It’s my own little six foot by eight foot world.

The platform is made out of three layers of ¾ inch plywood over ¾ inch heavy rubber mats. There’s an extra length of ¾ rubber mat along each side of the platform, where the plates hit.

I use bumper plates, so I can drop the bar if need be, but I rarely do. It’s easier on the bar, the plates and the platform.

So far, the platform is holding up pretty well. It’s eight or nine years old and still going strong.

An Eleiko barbell lay on the platform. I always unload the bar and lay it on the platform after I’ve finished lifting.

The bumper plates were lined up along the south and east walls of the garage. I have Eleiko, Ivanko and York bumpers. A little over 600 pounds of bumpers.

The York bumpers were super cheap. I got two 20-kilo and two 15-kilo plates from a local equipment company that had been keeping them in the back of the store for several years. The price had dropped and dropped, but no one bought them.

“Are those for sale?” I asked.

“Yeah, but no one wants them,” said the kid who worked at the place.

“Why not?”

“I dunno,” he replied. “I think they’re too thick and too heavy. Everyone wants selectorized equipment, anyway.”

“I’ll give you fifty bucks for all four of the plates.”

“No way! The list price is ten times that.”

“Yeah, but you’ve had them for years now, and no one has bought them. I’m the only guy in town who wants them. And fifty is better than nothing.”

We negotiated, and I may have paid a bit more for them. The closer was when I said I’d carry them out to the car by myself. The kid brightened, we shook hands, and I scored the plates.

I also have a set of high quality freestanding squat stands. I move them onto the platform when I do squats or presses/push presses/jerks from the stands. When I’m finished, I move them off the platform and over to the sides.

At the other side of the garage, Trudi has a hyperextension bench. I keep a box of chalk on top of it. It’s literally a cardboard box. I taped the bottom to keep the chalk from leaking.

On the back wall, there’s a small wooden shelf with a CD player and my “Rocky Balboa” CD. On the wall above the shelf are photos of Steve Stanko, John Davis, John Grimek, Doug Hepburn and the cover to Legacy of Iron.

There are several tons (literally) of other equipment – iron plates, dumbbells, power rack, steel suitcases, chains, etc.) in a storage area to the side of the garage. Things I’ve used before, and things I’ll doubtless use again.

But for right now, I like to keep things simple. Barbell, platform and squat stands is simple. It feels good. And it gives me all I need for some really terrific workouts.

Anyhow, that’s what things look like in the Dino Dungeon. Thanks for taking the tour!

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. Getting bigger, stronger and better conditioned doesn’t require fancy equipment. It’s knowing how to make the most of your equipment -- and my books, courses and newsletters will teach you how to do precisely that! You can find them right here:

http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html