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| John Grimek hitting a heavy clean and press back in the early 1940's. |
Hail to the Dinosaurs!
Two quick notes, and then we'll talk
training - as in, John Grimek's favorite
exercise.
1 The Dinosaur Files
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2. The Iron Sport Strength Training
Method
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The Iron Sport Training Method.
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3. John Grimek's Favorite Exercise
Back in the day, John Grimek was the
top man in the Iron Game.
A weightlifting champion - USA Senior
National champ - North American champ -
member of the USA Olympic team in
1936 - American record holder in the
military press - and unofficial World
record holder in the press.
Hands down, the top bodybuilder of
his generation. Undefeated in body-
building contests. Two time winner of
the Mr. America title. Mr. USA. Mr.
Universe. The Monarch of Muscledom.
A man who pretty much knew it all
when it came to effective strength
training and muscle-building - and
a man well worth listening to.
Grimek once wrote an article about
the single best exercise.
The one that gave you a complete work-
out.
If you only had time for ONE exercise,
this was the one.
What was it?
It was the clean and press.
And you would do ONE clean and
ONE press on each rep.
You also would LOWER the bar, not
drop it after each rep. They only had
iron plates back then, and dropping
the bar would break the floor AND
bend the bar - and break the plates.
So dropping the bar was a "Do Not
Do!" kind of thing.
Grimek liked to start with relatively
high reps, add weight on each set,
- and drop the reps. And when you
got to lower reps, you might do a
couple of sets with each weight.
For example:
Clean and Press Workout
1 x 10 (light warm-up)
1 x 10
1 x 8
1 x 6
1 x 5
1 x 4
2 x 3
2 x 2
3 x 1
Now, that's a fast, hard, very effective
workout - and all you need is a barbell.
Of course, you also could do the program
with two dumbbells - or a single dumbbell -
or a pair of kettlebells - or a single kettle-
bell.
I've used that workout many times, and I
still use workouts that are very similar to
it. They're very effective.
Anyhow, that's a Golden Oldie - from one
of the true heroes of the Iron Game. If you
give it a try (and I hope you do), let me
know how it works for you.
Yours in strength,
Brooks Kubik
P.S. For more training wisdom from John
Grimek, grab my John Grimek training
course.
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P.S. 3. Thought for the Day:
"It doesn't have to be complicated. In
fact, it's better when it's not."
- Brooks Kubik
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