 |
| Mr. Universe Reg Park shows the link between thick, powerful wrists and massive forearms and upper arms. |
Hail to the Dinosaurs!
Experts have known about the direct
relationship between bone strength
(or bone mass) and muscle mass for
well over 100 years.
Alan Calvert wrote about it in a little
pamphlet published by the Milo Bar-
Bell Company.
Calvert noted that an adult man who
begins progressive strength training
with barbells and dumbbells should
be able to build a forearm that is
1 7/8 times the size of his wrist.
Calvert also noted that a man should
be able to build an upper arm that is
20 percent larger than his forearm.
In other words - a bigger, thicker
wrist means you have the potential
to build bigger, more massive
forearms and upper arms.
And the same holds true through-
out your entire body.
Larger, thicker and stronger bones
allow you to build larger, thicker
and stronger muscles.
That's true for the forearms and upper
arms, and it's true for the legs and hips,
the chest, the shoulders and the back
muscles.
This is one reason why John Wood's
Bone Strength Project is so interesting.
It's a complete system of specialization
on building the bones.
After you massify your bones, you go
back to more conventional training -
and the increased bone mass allows
you to build more strength and muscle
mass than ever before.
In other words, it's a way of increasing
your potential for strength and muscle
mass.
You can't choose your parents - and
you can't change your genes - but
you CAN increase your bone mass.
You just need to follow the right kind
of program.
That's the Bone Strength Project in a
nutshell. A bone mass program.
Very cool stuff - and well worth learning
about - and adding to your own training
program.
Go here to grab John's detailed report on
the Bone Strength Project - in issue no.
4 of the Train Hard Bulletin:
https://www.oldtimestrongman.com/bone-strength-projectPDF.html
And be sure to let me know what
you think after you've read about
the Bone Strength Project!
Yours in strength,
Brooks Kubik
