Hail to the Dinosaurs!
Over the past 45 years -- and wow, that's
nearly half a century -- I've read an awful
lot about building strength and muscle.
But two weeks ago I read something new --
and I learned something I'd never known
before.
John Grimek had a secret exercise to build
pressing power.
He divulged the secret in 1950 or 51 --
and an Iron Game author wrote it down and
reported it in an obscure little publication
which hardly anyone read -- and it wasn't
reported anywhere else (or rather, the
exercise was described here and here,
but NOT the fact that Grimek found it to
be so remarkably effective.
"I could have pressed 400 pounds," said
Grimek.
Now, to give you some perspective, when
Grimek was lifting (the mid-1930's to 1940
or 1941), the World record in the Heavyweight
class in the military press was somewhere
around 320 pounds.
Paul Anderson was the first man to press 400
pounds -- and he did it in the mid 1950's.
But here was Grimek, calmly reporting that
he could have gotten his press to 400 pounds --
at a bodyweight of around 200 pounds -- way
back in the Thirties.
His problem, he explained, was the clean. He
could press more than he could clean. And he
knew he could never get his clean to 400
pounds.
So he lost interest in his pressing program
and his secret exercise, and focused on other
things.
When I read this, I went back and worked
Grimek's secret exercise into my new Military
Press course. That and some other additions
(and more photos) made everything run a little
longer than planned, and so it won't be printed
and shipped until sometime next week -- probably
near the end of the week. But it's going to be
BETTER than I thought it would be -- and it's
going to give you John Grimek's secret exercise
for the press.
So if you already reserved your copy of the
Military Press course, you're in for a real
treat -- and if you didn't already reserve it,
sign up now and be sure to get the
pre-publication bonus when we ship your
order:
http://brookskubik.com/militarypress_course.html
In the meantime, I'm back to work on about thirty
dozen different things -- but every once in a
while I stop and think: "I wonder what would have
happened if Grimek had kept up with that special
pressing program?"
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. My other books, courses and DVD's are right
here. Remember, you can save clams on s&h by
ordering two or more at the same time:
http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html
P.S. 2. Thought for the Day: "Look back for knowledge,
and look forward for results." -- Brooks Kubik
