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| Many of the old-time champions - such as George Hackenschmidt, shown above - lived long, healthy and active lives. They trained for strength AND health - and it worked! |
Hail to the Dinosaurs!
One quick note before we talk training.
1. Vintage Books and Magazines for
Sale!
Since Trudi and I are planning to move to
the Pacific Northwest, I need to do some
downsizing - so I'm selling duplicate copies
of vintage strength training and body-
building books and magazines from my
collection.
It's a big collection, and there's a lot
to sell.
So I've set up an eBay store to make it
happen as fast and easily as possible.
Here's the first listing - a classic issue of
Peary Rader's old Iron man magazine from
1967:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/232661358800?ssPageName=STRK%3AMESELX%3AIT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649
Of course, there will be lots more to
come - so if you're looking for vintage
books and magazines, you're going to
see a ton of great stuff in the next
couple of months.
2. The Unhealthiest Man in the Room
One of our longtime Dinos grew up in Santa
Monica and used to train at some of the world
famous southern California gyms - and got to
know a number of top bodybuilders.
He actually trained with some of the guys on
covers of the muscle magazines we read when
we were kids.
He often went to the big bodybuilding contests.
One year, he went to a big contest, and ended
up sitting next to one of his friends - a man
who ranks as one of the top bodybuilders of
all time. A man who began training back in
the day when you trained for strength and
health as well as muscular development.
The big focus that year was on ultra-extreme
muscular definition.
To place in the top 10 that year, you needed
to more than "cuts" - you needed to be cut
to the bone.
To win you needed shredded wheat on your
wheat - and then you needed to shred it some
more.
To get "the look" the contestants trained for
many hours every day - and did tons of cardio
training on top of their bodybuilding workouts -
and followed incredibly severe diets.
And yes, they undoubtedly took plenty of
different supplements - and plenty of drugs.
And all of that wreaks havoc on the human
body.
The famous bodybuilding champion turned
to our fellow Dino and said:
"From now on, the winner of the contest
will be the unhealthiest man in the
room."
And that summed it up pretty well.
I don't follow modern bodybuilding - and
one reason is because of the health issue.
I'm not interested in a sport where the
winner is the unhealthiest man in the
room.
Instead, I focus on lifelong strength and
health.
If you're reading this, that's probably your
focus as well.
And perhaps we can lead by example - and
encourage others to focus on the very same
thing:
Lifelong strength and health.
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. Gray Hair and Black iron is a must
read for anyone training for lifelong strength
and health:
http://www.brookskubik.com/grayhair_blackiron.html
P.S. 2. My other books and courses --
including links to all of my e-books on
Kindle -- are right here at Dino
Headquarters:
Hard-copy and PDF
http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html
Kindle
http://www.brookskubik.com/oldschool_01-kindle.html
P.S. 3. Thought for the Day
"The most important goal is lifelong
strength and health."
- Brooks Kubik
BEFORE YOU LEAVE . . .
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