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Hail to the Dinosaurs!
Yesterday I mentioned that the new
issue of The Dinosaur Files tells the
true story of two young weightlifters
who decided to go to a South Seas
island and focus on their training,
diet and health - and see what
happened.
What happened was this.
With just a barbell set, one of them
gained 35 pounds of muscle - going
from 135 pounds to 170 pounds.
That's a 26 percent gain in muscle
mass.
Which is huge.
And he was ALREADY a weightlifting
champion in Australia - so it's not
like he was a beginner.
This was back in the 1930's - and
it was during the Depression - and
so the two guys were living on a
shoe-string, and eating a diet that
was MUCH DIFFERENT from the
modern 6 meal a day, 400 grams
of protein stuff that everyone is
pushing for "mass building" and
"weight gaining" and "hypertrophy"
programs.
And, of course, they didn't use any
supplements - or any drugs.
Nor did they do any kind of over-
the-top insanity training. Their
workouts were totally old-school -
and pretty low volume.
PLUS - they learned to surf while
they were on their tropical island -
and they both became avid, lifelong
surfers.
And one of them was surfing all
the way into his late 80's or early
90's - which tells us that his training
program and diet helped build life-
long strength and health as well as
that 35 pounds of muscle.
Anyhow, I have the whole story in
this issue of The Dinosaur Files:
the workouts
the exercises
the sets and reps
the diet
breakfast
lunch
dinner
what they ate
what they didn't eat
their daily schedule
the whole darn thing
It's all there in the July-August issue
of The Dinosaur Files - which you
can grab right here:
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurfiles-julyaugust2018.html
Give it a read - study it carefully -
and let me know what you think.
Yours in strength,
Brooks Kubik
