 |
| Reg Park followed many different training programs, but I don't think he ever did the Fortune Cookie Workout! |
Hail to the Dinosaurs!
Son. no. 1 came over last night to
join us for dinner, and he and Trudi
shared a special treat of Chinese
carry-out.
So this morning I spotted a fortune
from a fortune cookie sitting on the
dinner table.
It made me think that most people
today train in such a random, hap-
hazard fashion that you could just
grab a fortune cookie, break it open,
and use the lucky numbers to devise
your workout.
So here goes.
The lucky numbers on this fortune
were:
9, 28, 32, 10, 13 and 17
This one's easy.
You do 9 different exercises.
You total the remaining numbers:
28 plus 32 plus 10 plus 13 plus
17 = 100
So you do 100 reps of each exercise.
Or - you do 9 different exercises for
whatever sets and reps you want,
and get a total of 100 reps.
That's totally random, of course,
and it makes no sense whatsoever,
but it's pretty much the way most
people train.
Of course, you also could do ONE
exercise for a series of descending
reps to match the lucky numbers:
1 x 32 reps
1 x 28 reps
1 x 17 reps
1 x 13 reps
1 x 10 reps
1 x 9 reps
Or - you could do one exercise where
you do as many sets as you want to
get a total of 32 reps.
Followed by another exercise where
you do the same thing to get a total
of 28 reps.
And so on.
There are lots of different ways to do
it.
Me, I'm going to do things the old-
fashioned way:
1. I have my program.
2. I know what exercises to do.
3. I know what sets and reps - and
what weights - to use.
So I'm going to go ahead and do the
job - and stick to the program - and
make things slow, steady and
progressive.
It's not the Fortune Cookie Workout,
but it's pretty darn effective.
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. There are 50 great workouts in
Chalk and Sweat - and you'll have no
trouble finding one that is perfect for
you:
http://www.brookskubik.com/chalk_and_sweat.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
"Tried and true is very effective -
and if very effective is boring, you
might as well throw in the towel."
- 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:
 |
