Hail to the Dinosaurs!
Newsflash!
I have been asked to do an interview
at 1:00 EST TODAY on Super Human Radio.
You can listen live or catch the podcast
by downloading it later on from the SHR
website.
The topic will be DINOSAUR BODYWEIGHT
TRAINING -- a topic that is much on my
mind because the books are arriving
today and we're going to start packing
them and shooting them out the door as
fast as we can. So it's going to be a
blur of business here at Dino HQ.
So before I get dragged into packing
and shipping mode, let's talk training.
Lots of people ask about how the REAL
old-timers trained -- meaning the men
who trained with barbells and dumbbells
back in the 1880's, 1890's and early
1900's.
There is very little information on this
topic, but I think we can figure it out
if we remember one very important thing.
They only had solid barbells and dumbbells
back then. There were no (or very very few)
adjustable barbells and dumbbells.
And most places that had weights had only a
few different barbells and dumbbells. Instead
of barbells ranging from 50 pounds to 200
pounds, and dumbbells from five to 100 pounds
you would have seen something like a 100 pound
barbell, a 50 pound barbell and a 200 pound
barbell. So how do you train with such limited
equipment?
The answer must be that you would use any
exercise you could perform with whatever barbell
or dumbbell was available to you.
If you had a 100 pound dumbbell and you could
clean and press it, that's an exercise you would
have done. If you weren't able to press it, you
might use it for deadlifts or rowing at first --
but you'd probably try to work up to pressing it.
For progression, you would add reps -- since you
could not add weight.
We can be pretty sure this happened, because the
old-timers often had contests where they lifted a
given weight for as many reps as possible.
And probably, the old-timers progressed by adding
sets. That would be a natural thing to do, because
your choice of exercises might be fairly limited
if you only had access to a couple of solid barbells
or a solid barbell or two and a couple of solid
dumbbells.
I'm also willing to bet that many old-timers
included bodyweight exercises in their programs,
as well as gymnastics and hand-balancing.
Those are my thoughts on the subject. Let me
know what you think!
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. Today's the final day to order Dinosaur
Bodyweight Training and get the special report
that goes with it as part of the pre-publication
special -- so if you've been waiting, and you
want the book PLUS the special report -- act now:
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_bodyweight.html
P.S. 2. My other books and courses are right here --
along with the Dinosaur Files newsletter, Dinosaur
Training DVD's and the world-famous Legacy of Iron
books:
http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html
P.S. 3. Thought for the day: "If all you had for
training was a single 200 pound solid iron barbell,
you'd probably get a better workout than you would
in 99% of the modern day gyms crowded with every
piece of equipment under the sun." -- Brooks Kubik
