Hail to the Dinosaurs!
Put this under the "truth is stranger
than fiction" and "it's a small world"
department.
One of our many loyal Dinos who subscribes
to The Dinosaur Files newsletter got a great
Christmas present from his wife. It was a
collection of Strength and Health magazines
from 1940.
He was reading through them, and he saw an
article about success stories from readers.
There was a photo of a young guy with some
major muscular development. According to the
article, he'd been training with York weights,
following the York Barbell Courses. The program
obviously worked, because the kid really looked
terrific.
Then he noticed that the kid lived in his wife's
hometown.
So he showed her the photo.
"Oh, my gosh!" she cried.
She recognized the kid's name.
It was her parents' next door neighbor!
So not very long later, they headed over to visit
her folks -- and stopped in to see the kid in the
magazine -- who was know a certified old-timer at
age 86.
He hadn't seen a copy of the magazine with his photo
in many years, and was delighted to see it! And of
course, it brought back all sorts of great memories
for him.
They talked for awhile, and he told them that he had
kept up with his training his entire life, and that
he still trained with his old York barbell.
And he looked like he did. he was tall and straight,
with strong bones and good posture -- and he looked
about 20 years younger than he actually was.
The old-timer doesn't know it, but he's going to be
getting another surprise visit, and a very special
present to bring back the memories. And it's going
to be going to him from all of us.
I'm sending my subscriber the first 5 books in the
Legacy of Iron series -- my series of books about
the York Barbell Company and the great York champions
of the 1930's and 1940's.
When he gets the package, he's going to hand-deliver
it to the old-timer.
The first book, Legacy of Iron, opens in the late
1930's, which is just about the time the old-timer
started training. From there, they move forward,
covering the Mr. America Contests and Senior National
Weightlifting Championships every year, and giving you
a unique insight into what it was like to train
with the champions back in the Golden Age of
Might and Muscle.
In essence, the series tells the story of the men
and women who grew up training the York way and
following the Strength and Health Way of Living.
Just like our old-timer -- the Strength and Health
kid who's still going strong at age 86.
I think he'll like the books. After all, they're HIS
story.
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 where to find the first book in the Legacy
of Iron series:
http://www.brookskubik.com/legacy_of_iron.html
And please note -- you can order 3, 4 or 5 books in the
series at a discount (and save on shipping and handling).
See the special buttons on the order pages for books 3,
4 and 5 in the series. For example, see the order button
for five books at the bottom of the page for book 5,
Barbells in the Pacific:
http://www.brookskubik.com/barbells_pacific.html
