Trial and Error Training

Like all champions - and all successful trainees - John Grimek made plenty of mistakes when he was getting started - but he learned from them!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

One of the unique things about strength
training is that it's a physical activity that
most of us learn without a coach or
teacher.

If you think about it, that's very unusual.

When we're kids, and we start to play
sports, we learn the fundamentals from
coaches.

Football coaches.

Wrestling coaches.

Basketball coaches.

And so on.

If you want to learn how to box, you don't
try to learn it on your own - you go to a
boxing gym, and learn it there - from a
genuine, real world boxing trainer.

If you want to learn a martial art, you don't
learn it on you own - you go to a gym or a
dojo (or a school or academy) and you learn
it there - from a sensei or master or other
real world, legitimate expert.

But almost all of us learn strength training
more or less on our own.

Certainly that was true of my generation of
trainees (I'm 60, soon to be 61 - and I started
weight training 50 years ago).

We had magazines, which were more or less
useful in showing us how to do some of the
basic things - and in giving us more or less
useful workouts to try.

We had very short, very basic training courses
that came with our barbell sets.

We had friends or older brothers to watch -
or to teach us how to train.

But most of it was trial and error.

We pretty much taught ourselves how to train.
We tried different things. Some of them worked.

Most of them didn't.

If they worked, we kept on doing them.

If they didn't we tried something else.

And that entire process - learning on your own,
by trial and error, making mistakes and learning
from them - is not a negative.

It's actually one of the very best things about
strength training.

It teaches you important things that go far
beyond strength training:

Self-confidence.

Self-reliance.

Problem-solving.

Persistence.

Tenacity.

Perseverance.

Not giving up.

Independence.

Creativity.

Overcoming obstacles.

The things I learned as a young trainee have
helped me immeasurably in all other parts
of my life - and I'm sure they've done the
same for you.


So don't be afraid to try new things - or to
test new things - just to see if they work
for you.

It's called learning by trial and error - and it
works pretty darn well in the Iron Game.


Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. Here are some great courses with some
very interesting things to try:

Dinosaur Strength and Power -
Course No. 1 - Strength Style
Arm Training with Doug Hepburn

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurstrengthandpower-01.html

A complete - and brand new - training course
that teaches you how to build strong, powerful,
and muscular arms - using the training methods
of the legendary Doug Hepburn.

The Bone Strength Project

https://www.oldtimestrongman.com/bone-strength-projectPDF.html

John Wood's unique program for building
your bones in order to increase your
potential for maximum muscle mass.

Dinosaur Strength and Power -
Course No. 2 - Heavy Partials

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurstrengthandpower-02.html

Another way of building your bones -
and strengthening your tendons and
ligaments - a must read for anyone
interested in maximum strength and
power.

The May-June Dinosaur Files

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurfiles-mayjune2018.html

Feature articles include:

The World's Simplest Bodyweight
Program

The Deadlift from Hell

The Valhalla Challenge

Bob Hoffman's Favorite Training
Program


P.S. 2. My other books and courses are
right here at Dino Headquarters:

Hard-copy and PDF

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

Kindle

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

P.S. 3. Thought for the Day:

"You learn more from your mistakes than
from the things you do right - so don't be
afraid to make mistakes." 

-- Brooks Kubik

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"Whaddaya Think About It? He Asked

Double rope pull-ups - one of the many unique and effective exercises in Dinosaur Bodyweight Training.

 

 

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


Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Two quick notes and then we'll talk
training.

1. Something New Is Coming!

We have something new for you, and
we're trying to launch it today -- but
we're running into some technical
snafus.

We're working at double warp speed
to get everything ready to go -- but it
may take another 24 hours or so. Not
sure.

Anyhow  . . .

Be looking for the big announcement
later today or tomorrow, as soon as
we get everything sorted out. And as
I mentioned before, I think you are
REALLY going to like this.

2. Our Daily Emails

We're pruning our email list, and that
may knock a couple longtime Dinos off
the list by accident. If you don't get any
of my daily emails tomorrow or Wednesday,
shoot me an email and we'll double-check
to be sure you are on the list -- and if not,
we'll put you back on.

3. The "Whaddaya Think About It?"
Question

I get a lot of "whaddaya think about"
questions.

"Whaddaya think about [fill in the box
with the name of any book, course,
training system, workout, supplement,
trainer, coach, or piece of equipment
that you can imagine]."

Whatever it is, someone wants to know
"Whaddaya think about it?"

The answer is almost always the same.

Answer: "I don't. I think about old-
fashioned, Dino style strength training.
And you should do the same."

In other words, don't waste your time
and your energy reading and worrying
about the silly stuff. Keep your focus
on what works.

Of course, sometimes the question is
about something that might actually
work for someone. For example,
"What do you think about doing
squats one week and deadlifts the
next week?"

Or, "What do you think about switching
from 5 x 5 to 10/8/6/4/2?"

Or, "What do you think about doing
deadlifts on a two-inch riser?"

Or, "What do you think about doing
body rows instead of barbell bent-
over rowing?"

Or perhaps, "What do you think about
doing weight training once a week
and bodyweight training twice a
week?"


The answer to THAT type of question
is something like this:

"I've never done that, but it's worked
well for other Dinos. Why don't you
try it and see what happens? Shoot
me an email and let me know how
it works for you."

Or:

"I tried it once and it worked well for
me. Give it a try and see if it works
for you. Keep me posted on your
results."

Or:

"I tried that, and it didn't work very
well for me. But it's worked well for
other Dinos. Give it a try and see if it
works for you. Let me know what
happens."

Notice the pattern?

If something is worth trying, the answer
is to DO IT and see what happens. If it
works for you, that's great. You've added
another arrow to your quiver.

If it doesn't work for you, that's okay. You
gave it a try, you learned something about
your body and how it responds to different
things, and you can use that knowledge to
move forward and make progress.

Remember, the key is DOING something.
Testing it. Giving it a try. And doing so with
total concentration, full focus and intense
effort.

As long as it's not goofball stuff (and most
of the stuff out there is goofball stuff), feel
free to give it a try and see what happens.
That's the only way to know.

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

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. Dinosaur Training Secrets Vol 1 has been a
huge best-seller this year. If you don't have a
copy, you're missing a great little book:

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 -- and links
to my Dinosaur Training e-books on Kindle --
are right here:

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

P.S. 3. Thought for the day: "Keep an open
mind, but don't fill it with useless stuff."
-- Brooks Kubik

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