Hail to the Dinosaurs!
Paul Murray sent me an email last night
in which he said:
"Tonight I complete 59 earthly years and
start no. 60 tomorrow. Never thought I'd
see it, but it beats the alternative. Hard
to believe, really. My wife, my dogs and
the weights don't seem to mind, so why
should I?"
That makes it Paul Murray's birthday today --
so HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Paul!
And now, let me tell you a little bit about
him. pay attention, because Paul's story is
much like that of many Dinosaurs (me included).
Ex wrestler in high school and college.
Grew up on Strength and Health, Muscular
Development and Peary Rader's old IronMan
magazine.
Did lots and lots of old-school heavy training.
Discovered that it worked GREAT for his wrestling.
(Even when the coaches said it would make him
slow and muscle-bound.)
Got side-tracked by supplement ads and glitz
and glamor, bomb, blast and blitz magazines. Tried
their routines. Discovered they didn't work.
Went back to his old-school training. Has stayed
with it ever since.
BIG FAN of the split style snatch and split style
clean. Preferred Olympic lifting when the lifters
used the split style.
Used to train high school athletes, and make them
do lots of split style snatches and split style
cleans. They pretended to hate it, but they really
loved it -- and made great gains.
Trains at home. Trains outside whenever he can. If
it rains or snows, he goes into his barn and trains
there.
Has a great collection of barbells and dumbbells,
along with many homemade plates and bars he found
at junk yards, scrap yards and construction jobs.
Loves to find worthy pieces of old iron and
refurbish them for his lifting.
When he was younger, wanted to look like a particular
bodybuilding champion who was in all the magazines.
(I won't give the man's name, but you'd know him.)
Never ended up looking like him. Doesn't care. Learned
long ago that it doesn't matter. What matters, is
that you get our and train -- and that you keep
at it.
Insists on having FUN when he trains. Always tells
me to remind readers to MAKE IT FUN!
Subscribes to the world-famous DINOSAUR FILES
newsletter. Thinks that all Dinos should do so.
Grows fresh veggies in his home garden. His wife
makes award winning salsa and other goodies. The
salsa works hand in hand with the weights to keep
him young.
So that's the story of Paul Murray -- a 60 year old
Dino who's been hitting the Iron for something like
half a century -- and who keeps on going strong.
Happy birthday, Paul! Let's see you hit another 50
or 60 of them -- and keep on lifting for each and
every year!
As always, thanks for reading and have a great day.
If you train today, make if a good one -- and have
FUN when you do it!
Yours in strength,
Brooks Kubik
P.S. If you're interested in split style lifting, see
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and some hard-hitting, super-effective training programs,
grab any or all of the following books and courses:
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C. Chalk and Sweat:
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D. History's Strongest Men and How They Trained: Doug
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E. Dinosaur Arm Training:
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H. Back issues (May 2010 - April 2011) of the Dinosaur Files
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I. Current subscriptions (May 2011 - April 2012) of the
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