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| Rich Abbott pulls some heavy iron - and proves that the deadlift isn't extinct. But many trainees have never performed a heavy deadlift - or any other heavy exercise. What does that tell us about the future of the Iron Game? |
Hail to the Dinosaurs!
Two quick notes and then we'll talk
iron.
1. Dinosaur T-shirts
We have a couple of XL blue shirts
with white letters, and a couple of
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2. Black Iron: The John Davis
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We have 10 copies left, and I'm
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this is it. If you want one, shoot
me an email.
They are $34.95 plus s&h.
3. Are Deadlifts Extinct?
One of our older Dinos - a man in
his 50's - was talking to a young
strength coach the other day.
The older Dino mentioned that his
training had changed as he had
grown older, but that he was still
doing deadlifts and still pulling a
good weight.
The young guy was astonished.
"Are you still doing deadlifts?" he
asked. "Nobody does those any
more!"
And then it was our older Dino's
turn to be astonished.
He shared the story with me, and
frankly, I'm kind of astonished,
too.
It made me wonder what the Iron
Game is going to look like in 10 or
20 years.
Will anyone still do deadlifts?
Or squats?
Or overhead lifting?
The farmer's walk?
Heavy awkward objects?
Trap Bar deadlifts?
Bench presses?
Power rack training?
Heavy partials?
Heavy support lifts?
Shrugs?
Heavy dumbbell training?
Thick bar training?
I don't know. I hope that these
exercises are around for a long,
long time - but maybe they won't
be.
Look at the bent press.
The bent press was a hugely
popular lift back in the 1890's
through 1910 or the 1920's.
Then it gradually began to fade
into obscurity.
In the 1930's, 40's and 50's, a
few men still knew how to do it -
and a small handful of men were
really good at it - but most trainees
never tried it and had no idea how
to do it.
In the 60's, 70's and 80's it was
almost extinct. Certainly it was on
the Endangered Exercises List.
When kettlebells became popular,
the bent press once again became
popular - but performed with kettle-
bells, not with barbells or dumbbells
(the way almost all of the old-timers
did the lift).
So exercises do come and go - and
they sometimes disappear almost
completely. In other words, they
become extinct.
Will the deadlift become extinct?
I don't know - but if anyone helps
to keep it alive, it will be Dinosaurs
like you and me.
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. I cover deadlift tips and much
more in my Old-School Strength
Q and A.
It's available in your choice of hard-
copy, Kindle or PDF.
Go here to grab the little monster:
http://www.brookskubik.com/oldschool-qanda.html
P.S. 2. My other books and courses are
right here at Dino Headquarters:
Hard-copy and PDF
http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html
Kindle
http://www.brookskubik.com/kindle.html
P.S. 3. Thought for the Day
"Exercises come and go - but
Dinosaurs keep right on doing
the important ones."
- Brooks Kubik
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