Hail to the Dinosaurs!
I want to begin the day by sending a great big THANK YOU to everyone who stepped up and grabbed a copy of Legacy of Iron 4: York Goes to War!
This is the fourth volume in the Legacy of Iron series, and it takes us into the War years – an era of great men, great heroism, and great lifting. Did you know that there were American, Canadian and British soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen across the globe who carried barbells and other training equipment – and lifting magazines – everywhere they went?
It’s true. There were York barbells on Guadalcanal – on other islands in the Pacific Campaign – and in North Africa. You can see photos of some of them in old issues of Strength and Health – and read about them in the “Letters to the Editor” column, in Steve Stanko’s “Success Stories” column, and in Tony Terlazzo’s monthly column about “Barbell Men in the Service.”
Bob Hoffman once wrote about a tall, skinny kid in the Marines who landed on an island in the Pacific – and discovered a box of back issues of Strength and Health magazine AND, later, a York barbell – apparently left behind or jettisoned by another Marine.
The kid read the magazines, and started to fool around with the barbell – and the rest, as the say, is history.
Ten years later, and more than 100 pounds of muscle heavier, the kid was setting American and World records in the hammer throw. His name was Bob Backus.
That’s the sort of spirit I capture in the Legacy of Iron series – and the sort of spirit that powered the pioneers of the Iron Game onward and forward – even in the middle of a World War.
In any case, we were filling orders like crazy all day long – but we got all of them out the door. So if you placed an order yesterday before dinnertime, “the book’s in the mail.”
As always, thanks for reading – and if you train today, make it a good one!
Yours in strength,
Brooks Kubik
P.S. You can grab your copy of Legacy of Iron 4 right here at Dinosaur Training Headquarters:
http://brookskubik.com/legacy_of_iron4.html
And please note – if you need all four of the books in the series, you can grab them all of them right now at a special low price. See the bottom of the information page for Legacy of Iron 4 – York Goes to War!
