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| Hitting it hard at Dino Headquarters. The older I get, the more fun my workouts are - but I have to pay careful attention to the workload and make sure I'm not over-doing things. |
Hail to the Dinosaurs!
Two quick notes, and then we'll talk iron.
1. The Dinosaur Facebook Group
If you use Facebook, be sure to join
your fellow Dinosaurs at The Dinosaur
Training Facebook Group.
It's under: "Dinosaur Training - Brooks
Kubik."
You need to apply for membership -
but if you note that you read about
it here, you should get in with no
trouble.
John Wood's Strength Secrets Face-
book Group is also a great place to
go - so be sure to join that one, as
well.
2.The Dinosaur Strength Training
Notebook, Vol. 1
This little monster is our newest edition
to the Kindle bookstore, and it's been
selling like crazy. Go here to grab a copy:
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurnotebook001.html
3. "Are Five Work Sets Too Much?"
I just got an email from a reader who
says he does 5 x 5, using five work sets
for each exercise.
He wondered if that was too much.
Short answer: Yes, it's probably too
much work -- but, like anything else,
it depends on many different factors.
And to add an extra level of complexity,
it will probably change for you over time.
Many trainees get very good results
from ONE work set. They find that
they over-train if they perform more
than one work set -- especially in
exercises like squats and deadlifts.
Other trainees do well with TWO
or even THREE work sets.
But three work sets is the limit for
most trainees, unless they're doing
very low reps (singles, doubles or
triples).
As a general rule, older trainees do
better with fewer work sets -- and
stronger, more advanced trainees
do better with fewer work sets. So
what works best for you may change
over time.
If you do five work sets, you need to
follow an ultra-abbreviated training
program. Limit yourself to one or two
exercises per workout. You won't be
able to do justice to more than that.
And here's a thought:
If one, two or three work sets do the
job for you, why do more?
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. For more straight talk on sets,
reps and real world, no-nonsense
strength training, grab Dinosaur
Training Secrets, Vol. 1:
Hard-copy
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_secrets_01.html
Kindle
http://brookskubik.com/dinosaursecrets01_kindle.html
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaursecrets_vol1_digital.html
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:
"Why do MORE when LESS works just
as well -- or maybe even better?"
-- Brooks Kubik
BEFORE YOU LEAVE . . .
We have more than 25 Dinosaur Training books and courses in the Kindle
bookstore - here are several of them - head on over and take a look at the others:
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