Hail to the Dinosaurs!
Couple of quick catch-ups, and then some
heavy iron talk.
1. Yesterday we mailed a bunch of big
envelopes out to everyone who donated
to the Harry Paschall Memorial Fund. There
are a bunch of goodies inside -- including
a letter from Harry, a copy of some original
Harry Paschall art (a real collector's item),
a postcard from Bosco and a big color photo of
the marker we bought for Harry's grave.
2. We are caught up on all back-orders for
Dinosaur training DVD's. If you ordered one
or more of them, you should already have it
(or them). If you didn't see my earlier emails
on the 5 Dino Training DVD's and they sound good
to you shoot me an email for details.
3. Due to the mail strike in Canada, the U.S.
Postal Service is NOT accepting mail to Canada.
So we re holding all Canadian orders for the
time being. Hopefully, things will be resolved
soon.
4. My new book on John Davis -- all 496 pages
of it - is at the printer now. I should have a
printing schedule today or tomorrow, and will
let you know when I expect to get them. It won't
be long -- and man oh man, is this book ever
woth waiting for! You've never seen anything like
this.
And now -- some iron talk.
Yesterday I talked about phony claims that people
make in the muscle mags.
So let's talk about some real world poundages, and
what's actually possible for a drug-free lifter.
A great little book published in 1956 -- WEIGHT
TRAINING IN ATHLETICS -- gives us some good data:
"Certain performances will rate as outstanding. A
man able to perform a single [military] press with
a barbell equal to his own weight has developed
superior strength.
Fifty pounds in excess of body weight is unusual,
and approximately 100 pounds over body weight puts
a man in the same class for strength with the world
champions."
So there's one basic measure of real world, NO BULL
strength and power -- how much can you military press
with a barbell? Can you make the "superior" standard?
Can you go higher?
I'll continue this topic tomorrow -- be looking for it!
Yours in strength,
Brooks Kubik
P.S. Some great resources for increasing your pressing
strength:
1. Dinosaur Training: Lost Secrets of Strength and
Development
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_training.html
2. History's Strongest men and How they Trained: Vol. 1 --
Doug Hepburn (a former World record holder in the press):
http://www.brookskubik.com/doug_hepburn.html
3. Strength, Muscle and Power
http://www.brookskubik.com/strength_muscle_power.html
4. Chalk and Sweat
http://www.brookskubik.com/chalk_and_sweat.html
5. The Dinosaur Training DVD's -- shoot me an email if
interested!
