Hail to the Dinosaurs!
We’ve been getting tons of feedback about the not so serious lifter who wanted to know “the secrets.” Here are some of the responses from hard-charging Dinos around the world. I’ll put more up later today or tomorrow:
“The secret is: Get serious, keep a lifting log, lift BY the log, consistency is the key so don't jump back and forth from one rep scheme to the next, turn your phone off, turn your TV off, quit dilly-dallying, stop getting advice from the internet, booby-building magazines and "coaches" who don't give sound advice and probably couldn't lift their way out of a wet paper bag, chalk up right the first time, get psyched if you need to and LIFT THE DAMN WEIGHT. I hope I covered all of the secrets.”
-- Jayson Duckett
“He lacks focus, concentration and a real lifting plan.
He's not putting forth a solid effort with all of his distractions.
He's trying something different every workout and listening to
too many "experts" in hopes of finding the secret weapon that
we'll make up for his lack of effort. Too many cooks spoil the broth.
The secret weapon is hard work. Get in, get it done, move on!”
-- T.C.
Is he serious? He reads your books, asks you for advise and then does what some guy on the web says instead.
He isn't structured in his training, he's all over the place, with no aim or goal for his workouts, he just wants do do it all at once.
As a result he has no focus, on a goal or even working out in the first place, he's what I call a 'victim of the information age' all that info from 135 pound hollow cheeked 'experts' on the web telling him that 5 sets of 5 will make him strong but four sets will do nothing, RUBBISH!
He needs to choose a routine (preferably from one of the dino books) and stick to it, also he needs to drop all the distractions, leave the telly off, leave the phone in the house, and if he's the type to fart around with chalk, then well don't use it!
So that's the secret I think, in short:
1 have a goal, per month, per year and per workout
2 stick to a routine that will actually achieve that goal
3 drop the distractions and just get on with it
4 stick to routines (yeah I said it twice, it's important!) it looks like he doesn't even have one.
-- Stephen Hall”
“The secret is to FOCUS and BELIEVE and KEEP IT SIMPLE and be CONSISTENT.”
-- Bob Otrando
“Consistency.....concentration.....patience.....There's a lot more. Dedication, goals and on and on and on. But if nothing else....more chalk.”
-- Mark Smallwood
“SHUT UP AND TRAIN!!!”
-- Bob Game
“Concentration is probably a good start. Kick the TV out, pitch the phone, set yourself up a program. Because the biggest secret is (Shhhhh don't tell everyone) but stop piss farting around & lift the bloody thing.”
-- Mark Fisher
“The lifter is unorganized in knowing what he wants to do and is not focus on his training and doesn’t have a log book to tell him what he done previously on his lifts that why he not getting anywhere in his training.”
-- Joseph Fiumara
“Focus on a goal. Simple as that.”
-- Tommy Alm
“The secret is FOCUS!!! Any true Dino knows that intense concentration and mental focus is the ONLY way to train productively. Besides focus the next most important thing would have to be consistency...pick a group of basic, compound movements and a set/rep scheme where you can track your progress and hit it HARD...DINO-STYLE!!!”
-- Mike Bandini
“My reactive answer is to send that guy to beauty school where he belongs so he can truly be his own inner butterfly.
The correct answer is obviously shut up, turn your phone off, throw your tv away (it’s good awkward object training), and train abbreviated, consistent, focused, with perfect form, and of course, so heavy that your neighbors will puke!”
-- Chris Clark
“Focus!”
-- Stephen Watson
“I'll tell every one once and for all the secrets to weight lifting and I've been a strength coach for over 20 years. The secrets that Brooks doesn’t put in his books, Dino Files, and e-mails is that there are no secrets. If you pay attention at all and have any kind of sense whatsoever you would already know that. The info Brooks gives us is straight out what it is all about. As Brooks tells us all the time "Just plain hard work" and "Keep it simple." The secret to weight lifting and getting as strong as possible is for people to start paying more attention to people like Brooks and the old-time strongmen mindset and quit paying any attention to the "Wannabe’s" and "Think they knows” out there. I've seen so many so called “certified trainers” that have the secrets to strength training for wrestlers and never been to a match before, let alone ever done it themself. If they only knew, it would scare them away. Practice the advice from Brooks and you will have the secrets. Period, End of Story.”
-- Coach Kem Race
“Focus and concentration not dissipation.”
- -- Algie Roberson
“I would say the secret is this; Hang the everyday events, forget the yadda yadda out there, just warm up, concentrate and actually ...... LIFT!!!”
-- Joseph Perkins
“The secret to getting stronger and bigger is actually lifting weights. Lifting the weights to load the bar while watching TV while keeping up with your peeps does very little for building real strength. (Re-Read chapter 20 of Dinosaur Training.) Real strength training involves planning, focus and dedication. Pick a program, write it down, and DO IT!”
-- Dustin Jones
“Concentrate!”
-- Greg Hull
“The mysterious secret(s) are: CONCENTRATION, SINGLE-MINDED DETERMINATION, AND BEING FOCUSED ON THE TASK AT HAND.”
-- Sultan Magyar
