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Hail to the Dinosaurs!
Two quick notes, and then we'll talk training.
1. Old Strength Magazines for
Sale
I'm selling tons of old strength magazines,
including the vintage magazines on these
two lists:
Strength and Health Mags
https://dinosaurtraining.blogspot.com/2018/12/brooks-kubiks-iron-game-collection-list.html
Lifting News
https://dinosaurtraining.blogspot.com/2018/12/brooks-kubiks-strength-training.html
These are great mags, with tons of photos
of old-time champions - and articles on how
they trained. Good stuff, and darn near
impossible to find anywhere else.
2. The November Dino Files
Is available right here in PDF format:
Nov. Dino Files
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurfiles-nov2018.html
It's a great issue - with an excellent
article by one of our long time Dinos,
detailing a new workout he used to
gain (get this) 25 pounds of muscle
in just a couple of months.
Meanwhile, I'm finishing up the
December issue - and it's looking
like another good one! Be looking
for it soon.
3. Spartan Is Best!
On the training front, let's talk about true
Spartan training -- and I don't mean the
so-called "300 workout" they did for the
movie.
There's a great book by Daniel Coyle called
"The Little Book of Talent." It contains 52
rules for improving your performance in
sports, business, job, school, or anything
else.
Coyle studied top performers in a wide
range of disciplines, and found a number
of similarities between the top performers.
They tended to do certain things in the
same ways.
One thing he noted about many highly
skilled, top performers was that they
trained in spartan quarters -- particularly
when they were climbing the ladder.
For example, a top tennis school might
have the future stars of the sport playing
on courts with cracks in them and grass
or weeds pushing up here and there.
A top ski school might look like a 1950s era
scout camp, with the future greats living in
very simple, almost primitive log cabins.
A top high school might have the smartest
kids on the planet studying in what looks
more or less like an old army barracks.
And I'm not making these up. They're real
life examples from Coyle's book.
In contrast, many "fancy" facilities didn't
have a very good track record when it
came to creating successful performers.
The parallel to effective strength training is
obvious. The so-called "fitness" industry
pushes high-tech training in opulent "gyms"
featuring lots of chrome, mirrors, fancy lighting,
air conditioning, aromatherapy, piped in music,
cardio theater, big screen plasma tv's, espresso
bars, donuts, pizza delivery, and row after row
of plushly padded machines.
Soft and gentle is the mantra of the day.
Spartan it is not.
It's the furthest thing in the world from
Spartan.
And that's one of the big reasons why the
Chrome and Fern Pleasure Palace Gyms
don't deliver.
They're too fancy. Too nice. Too pretty.
And fancy, nice and pretty don't work in the
Iron Game.
They never have - and they never will.
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. Dinosaur Training started a back to
basics, strength training revolution when
I published it back in 1996 - and it's
been going strong ever since:
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_training.html
P.S. 2. My other books and courses are right
here at Dino Headquarters:
http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html
P.S. 3. Thought for the Day:
"The best leaders live simple lives. So
do the best lifters."
-- Brooks Kubik
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