Hail to the Dinosaurs!
With the London Olympics right around
the corner, I'm thinking about the
strongest man in the World in 1948.
He was an American weightlifter from
Brooklyn -- and he weighed only about
225 or 230 pounds. A big man, but not
a giant. But he could lift more than
any man in the entire world.
His name was John Davis. He won his
first World Championship in 1938 --
at the age of 17 -- after only two years
of barbell training!
He went on to win six World Championships,
the Pan-American Championship, and two
Olympic Gold medals.
He was undefeated in international
competition from 1938 through 1953.
And at one time, he held the American,
World, Olympic and Pan-American records
in the press, snatch, clean and jerk
and total!
He's always been one of my favorite
lifters -- and not merely because he
was so good.
I admire the fact that John Davis did it
almost entirely on his own. He was almost
entirely self-taught and self-coached. He
often trained alone. He devised his own
workouts. Wrote his own training programs.
He had the courage to follow his own path.
And it's a good thing he did -- because the
path led him to greatness.
I've written a very long, very detailed
biography of John Davis. It's nearly 500
pages, and it features 16 pages of great
photos -- many of which have never been
published before. And it includes John
Davis' actual training program from 1940
and 1941. I got it from his training
partner, a man in his mid-90's (who still
trains!).
The 2012 Olympics are almost here, and we'll
see a new lifter crowned The Strongest Man
in the World. But we'll never see another
John Davis.
Yours in strength,
Brooks Kubik
P.S. You can grab BLACK IRON -- THE JOHN DAVIS
STORY right here at Dino Headquarters:
http://www.brookskubik.com/blackiron_johndavis.html
P.S. 2. John Davis also appears in my LEGACY OF
IRON series:
http://www.brookskubik.com/legacy_of_iron.html
http://www.brookskubik.com/clouds_of_war.html
http://www.brookskubik.com/1000pound_total.html
http://www.brookskubik.com/legacy_of_iron4.html
http://www.brookskubik.com/barbells_pacific.html
P.S. 3. My other books and courses are right
here:
http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html
P.S. 4. Thought for the Day: "A champion lives
forever." -- Brooks Kubik
