Hail to the Dinosaurs!
Sometime back in the 1930's there was a
little boy who lived in New Jersey.
He was one of the skinniest, scrawniest
little kids you ever saw in your life.
He weighed all of 112 pounds soaking wet.
He suffered from severe asthma.
He was allergic to almost everything,
He so sick that the family doctor told
him he "was meant to live in a glass house
in the desert."
He sat up all night, desperately gasping for
air.
His parents spent thousands of dollars
trying to find a cure.
But nothing worked.
One day, the boy was standing at a bus stop.
The bus was late, the lad was bored, and a
nearby newsstand beckoned.
He walked over and saw it -- a "muscle magazine."
He bought it, took it home, and read it cover to
cover.
And he asked himself -- could barbell training be
the answer to his woes?
It was.
Five years later, the boy's asthma and illnesses
had disappeared.
He weighed a solid 235 pounds at 5' 8".
He used over 1,000 pounds in the Hise shrug, 575
pounds for his squats, and 970 pounds for partial
deadlifts from blocks. He used an even 1,000 pounds
for his quarter squats, and did floor press lockouts
with over 800 pounds.
He could cheat curl 210 pounds and press 250 pounds.
His name was Fred Howell. His story is detailed in
the April - May 1958 issue of Iron Man magazine.
It's also detailed in my book, Strength, Muscle
and Power -- in a chapter titled, "There Are No
Hopeless Cases!"
I wrote that chapter because there are men and boys
like Fred all over the world -- men and boys who
suffer from severe scrawniness, skinniness, illness,
and poor health. Men and boys who look like they
don't have any chance of ever becoming strong, healthy
and fit.
I wanted them to know that weight training WORKS.
That it works for ANYONE.
And that there truly are NO HOPELESS CASES!
Please take this message to heart. And if you know
someone who might benefit from this message, please
pass it along.
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. You can find Strength, Muscle and Power right
here at Dinosaur Headquarters:
http://www.brookskubik.com/strength_muscle_power.html
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