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| An old photo from 20 or 22 years ago - hitting a one-hand swing in the original Dinosaur Dungeon with 151 pounds. I made the lifts I describe in today's Blog post at about the same time as this photo. |
Hail to the Dinosaurs!
Two quick notes and then we'll talk
iron - as well as sandbags and barrels.
1. The Sept-Oct Dinosaur Files
The Sept-Oct 2018 issue of The Dinosaur
Files strength training newsletter has
been getting great reviews - and that's
no surprise.
It's another big issue - 12 pages - with
tons of training tips, exercises and workouts -
including a very challenging program that
uses a special combination of exercises
performed with a strongman yoke.
You can grab the Sept-Oct Dino Files right
here in a downloadable and printable PDF -
with immediate electronic delivery:
www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurfiles-sep-oct2018.html
2. The Complete Physique Course
John Wood just released vol. 3 of the
excellent but very hard to find Complete
Physique Course.
This volume includes Lessons 5 and 6
of the Course - covering hand-balancing
and strand pulling (a/k/a cable training).
It's available right here at the Kindle
bookstore - and it's highly recommended!
https://www.oldtimestrongman.com/complete-physique-03.html
3. Who's Stronger?
One of our Dinos posted the following
question for the The Dinosaur Training
Facebook Group. (BTW, if you're not a
member, go ahead and apply to join -
and include a note saying you read
about it here.)
Who's Stronger?
Need an opinion here. Who's stronger?
The man who can heave a 300 pound
barrel to his shoulder and squat with it
for reps - or the man who can squat
500 pounds for reps?
The man who can press 225 pounds for
reps or the man who can press a 150
pound sandbag for reps?
At a crossroads here. Please weigh in.
Jim
As you might expect, there were a ton
of responses - so I thought I'd cover it
in today's email and Blog post.
And I thought I'd cover it by giving you
the best numbers I hit in these lifts -
which should give you a good basis for
comparing the relative merits of the
various lifts Jim asked about.
Back around age 40, at a bodyweight of
220 to 225 pounds, I did the following
for one rep each after training on the
various lifts for a reasonable period of
time to develop the necessary skill to
perform them well:
1. Two dumbbell clean and press with a
pair of 121 pound dumbbells.
2. Two dumbbell clean and push press
with a pair of 126 pound dumbbells.
c. Note the total weight here - 242
pounds and 252 pounds respectively.
3. Clean and press with a 165 pound
anvil wrapped with 55 pounds of log
chain - total weight 220 pounds.
a. Working from memory here - it
may have been 60 pounds of log
chain for a total weight of 225
pounds.
b. I may have been able to do more,
but that was all the chain I had.
4. Clean and press with a 220 or 225
pound beer keg.
a. I also could shoulder this beer keg,
of course - and I think I worked up
to 250 in shouldering it.
5. Clean and press with a wooden
lifting log with handles in the center
and plates and chains on the ends -
250 pounds total weight.
6. Sandbag clean and press - 250
pounds.
a. I also could shoulder this sandbag.
7. Barbell clean and press - 275
pounds.
8. Bottom position squat - starting
with the tops of the thighs just below
parallel - no wraps or lifting suit -
500 pounds.
a. For me, a 500 pound bottom position
squat was the equivalent of a 600 pound
regular squat.
So my best barbell clean and press was
275 pounds - my best sandbag clean and
press was 250 pounds - and my best squat
(bottom position style) was 500 pounds.
This suggests that shouldering a 300
pound barrel is tougher than squatting
500 pounds.
Perhaps it's more like a 600 pound
squat (with no gear other than a belt).
Or perhaps more like 700 pounds.
It also suggests that if you clean and
press 225 with a barbell, you should be
able to handle about 180 to 200 pounds
in a sandbag clean and press.
Or vice-versa.
As for which type of equipment builds
the most strength - or builds strength
fastest - that's a different question -
and one that I'll answer tomorrow.
Anyhow, that's my answer. Hope it
helps!
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. Here's the book that started the
Dinosaur Revolution - and brought
heavy awkward objects, sandbags
and barrels into the mainstream:
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_training.html
P.S. My other books and courses - and
links to my Kindle and PDF books - are
right here:
Hard-copy and PDF
http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html
Kindle
http://www.brookskubik.com/kindle.html
P.S. 2. Thought for the Day:
"Barbells work. Dumbbells work. So
do sandbags and barrels. It all works
if YOU work."
-- Brooks Kubik
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