Hail to the Dinosaurs!
I'll start the week by revealing the name of
the Mystery Lifter featured in the May issue of
The Dinosaur Files newsletter -- which no one
was able to guess.
But first I wanted to clear up some confusion,
especially for new readers.
Many of you think that my daily email messages
and Blog Posts are "The Dinosaur Filers" newsletter.
They are not.
The Dinosaur Files is a unique publication. It's
an old-fashioned, hard-copy newsletter -- printed
on paper and mailed to readers each month. It's
a subscription-only publication because we need
to cover the cost of the paper, the printing, the
mailing envelopes and -- above all -- the postage.
The Dinosaur Files is 20 pages per issue, and always
contains a ton of great info not published in any
of my other books or courses, and not appearing
in my email messages or Blog Posts. It also has
killer photos and lots of useful and motivating
material from your fellow dinosaurs.
So that's what I mean when I talk about The
Dinosaur Files.
And now let's turn to the Mystery Lifter!
It's Harry Good!
Harry Good was the eldest of the famous Good Brothers.
He and his brothers were hailed as the strongest
family in the world "back in the day."
Harry got his start by training with something I talk
about in Dinosaur Training and in Strength, Muscle
and Power: heavy, awkward objects.
Harry lived on a farm in Pennsylvania, and he had
no barbells or dumbbells, and there was no neighborhood
gym, YMCA, or school weight room.
So he trained by lifting heavy rocks, logs, anvils, and
bags of sand, grain, or feed.
Sounds primitive, but it worked pretty well.
With this simple equipment, Harry gained 35 pounds
of muscle and worked up to the following feats:
1. Lifting a 548 pound stone with one hand with a rope
wrapped around his wrist.
2. Lifting an 829 pound stone with two hands in the same
fashion.
3. Lifting a 270 pound stone onto a fence that was
3 1/2 feet high.
And more, which I'll cover in the Dinosaur Files.
When Harry finally saved enough money to purchase a barbell
set, he gained even more strength, and worked up to some
amazing barbell, dumbbell and kettlebell lifts.
It's the kind of TRUE story that appeals to me. A skinny
kid gets bit by the strength training bug -- and all on
his own, with only the most basic of equipment, he turns
himself into a Hercules.
And he does it the old-fashioned way -- with hard work,
sweat, and fierce determination.
It's a classic example of one of the most important rules
in physical training: IT'S NOT WHAT YOU'VE GOT, IT'S HOW
YOU USE IT!
Yours in strength,
Brooks Kubik
P.S. For more about old-fashioned strength training and
muscle building, and for more stories about men who overcame
tremendous odds in the struggle for might and muscle, try
these:
1. Dinosaur Training: Lost Secrets of Strength and Development
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_training.html
2. Strength, Muscle and Power
http://www.brookskubik.com/strength_muscle_power.html
3. The Dinosaur Files newsletter (new subscriptions):
http://brookskubik.com/dinosaurfiles_renewalpage.html
4. The Dinosaur Files newsletter (back issues from year
no. 1 -- 12 issues total):
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_files.html
