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| At age 61, training is more fun than ever - and that's they way it should be for all of our older Dinos! |
Hail to the Dinosaurs!
Two quick notes and then we'll talk iron.
1. The Old-School Kettlebell Shirt
John Wood is having waaaay too much fun
designing shirts and hoodies. His latest is a
great looking shirt featuring an old-school
kettlebell lifter - from an old photo dating
all the way back to 1905.
Check it out:
https://www.oldtimestrongman.com/kettlebellshirt01.html
2. Strength, Muscle and Power
As I mentioned yesterday, we're running low
on Strength, Muscle and Power, and we're
not going to reprint the little monster any
time soon - and perhaps not ever. We're just
not sure at this point.
Anyhow, it's a great book, and if you don't
have a copy, you'll kick yourself when it's
gone - so grab it now:
http://www.brookskubik.com/strength_muscle_power.html
3. Important Advice for Older Trainees
Here's some important advice for older
trainees - courtesy of someone who, at
age 61, qualifies as an older trainee.
And don''t think, "Yeah, yeah, I've heard
this before."
The odds are good you haven't.
Today's advice isn't about exercises, sets
or reps.
It's not about workouts.
It's not about recovery and recuperation.
It's not about diet and nutrition.
Those are all very important, of course -
but this is something even more important.
It's about how the world looks at older
trainees - and about how you see yourself
as an older trainee.
When you're an older trainee, you tend to be
more or less invisible.
You fly under the radar screen.
No one notices you.
No one cares what you do at the gym - or
what you lift.
Instead, they focus on the current crop of
young champions, be they bodybuilders,
powerlifters, weightlifters, strongman
competitors, or whatever.
You often end up training alone - because
no one your own age is there, and the young-
sters never even think about working in with
"the old guy."
If you're not careful, that kind of thing can
start to wear on you.
It can start to make you feel "old."
But it doesn't have to be that way.
I often share the story of Bob Hoffman going
out to the West Coast on a business trip in
the 1940's, and seeing an old man training
by himself in the back corner of a huge gym
that Vic Tanny opened in an old airplace
hanger.
All of the young guys were hitting benches
and pull-downs together - and then there was
the old guy, all alone, training with a barbell
and running through the York training courses
exercise by exercise.
In other words, training by himself - invisible
to everyone else - doing an old-fashioned
training program that no one else even
remembered.
Hoffman noticed all that - but he also noticed
something else.
The old guy was in pretty good shape for
his age.
He was strong and well-coordinated. He
moved well. He was loose and limber. He
didn't handle huge weights, but he did
handle respectable weights - and he did
all of his exercises in perfect form.
He was having a very good workout - and
he worked up quite a good sweat doing it.
He also looked like he was having a pretty
good time.
In fact, as the end of his workout he had a
big smile on his face.
It was very obvious that the old guy in the
back of the gym didn't think of himself as
old - and if he was invisible to the younger
guys, it didn't matter one bit.
He was there to train - and to have fun when
he did it - and to get a great workout that made
him feel like a million dollars. And that's exactly
what happened.
The moral to the story is pretty clear.
Be the guy at the back of the gym - and focus
on having fun - and getting a great workout
that makes you feel like a million dollars.
Do that every time you train - one workout
after another - and you'll find that your actual
age doesn't matter at all.
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 have tons of advice for older trainees
in Gray Hair and Black Iron:
http://www.brookskubik.com/grayhair_blackiron.html
I also have a terrific mini-course for older
trainees. It's Mini-Course No. 1 - in the
special section for PDF courses on our
products page:
http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html
P.S. 2. Thought for the Day
"Regular training helps keep you young -
and if you do it with a smile, it works even
better."
- Brooks Kubik
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