25 Things that Dinos Do!

John Grimek shows his form in the one-hand deadlift. Very few modern trainees have ever seen someone do a one-hand deadlift, let alone tried to do one!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

One quick note and then we'll talk training.

1. My EBay Store

Since Trudi and I are planning to move to
the Pacific Northwest in the not-too-distant
future, I'm selling al of my duplicate copies
of Iron Game books and magazines.

I'm listing them on eBay now - and here are
the first three listings:

 Peary Rader's Iron Man Sept 1978

https://www.ebay.com/itm/232993590754

Peary Rader's Iron Man Jan. 1978

https://www.ebay.com/itm/232990689162

The Illustrated History of Physical
Culture

https://www.ebay.com/itm/232990985557

I also have tons of old issues of Strength
and Health magazine from the 40's, 50's
and 60's - shoot me an email if you're
interested in buying some for your
collection.

I have tons of old issues of Bob Hoffman's Strength and health for sale. Shoot me an email if you're interested.

 
2.  Great Things that Dinos Do!

When it comes to training, most people focus
on "the champions" and what the "champions"
are doing.

I tend to focus on the ordinary folks - people
like you and me who love to train - who stick
to it through thick and thin - and who end up
pretty darn strong and pretty darn impressive.

So I thought I'd make a list of some really
impressive things that Dinos do.

Here it is. See if you can spot yourself on the
list (and note that you may be there more than
once):

1. Lifting and carrying great big stones.

2. Giving a heavy sandbag the ride of its life.

3. Making great gains from your training even if
you only have time for one or two workouts a
week.

4. Doing squats -- and doing them hard and heavy.

5. Any of the advanced workouts in Dinosaur
Bodyweight Training.

 

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_bodyweight.html

6. Heavy dumbbell training -- with the emphasis
on heavy. (See Dinosaur Dumbbell Training
for details.)

 http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_dumbbelltraining.html

7. Finishers.

8. Thick bar training.

9. Heavy partials in the power rack.

10. Keeping at it after age 40.

11. Keeping at it after age 50.

12. Keeping at it after age 60 and beyond.

13. Making a date with a special strength
stone somewhere in Scotland - or in Iceland.

14. Teaching your children how to train.

15. Teaching your grandchildren how to train.

16. Learning to do new stuff -- whatever your
age.

17. Using the same barbell at age 60 that you
used at age 12.

18. Growing as much of your own food as
possible.

19. Entering your first powerlifting, weightlifting
or strongman comp.

20. Saying "no" to roidskies.

21. Dropping 40 pounds and five inches off your
gut because you know it's good for your health --
and staying just as strong at your new bodyweight
as you were when you were heavier.

22. Focusing on lifelong strength and health.

23. Learning about the lives and lifting of the
great old-time champions -- and striving to
match their lifts in your own workouts.

24. Setting a good example for others.

25. Teaching someone else how to train Dino
style.

There are many more. Send in your ideas and
I'll share them with your fellow Dinos.

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. No. 26 on the list is having a well-read copy
of Dinosaur Training on your bookshelf or in
your gym bag:

 http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_training.html

P.S. 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. 4. Thought for the Day:

"The only person you should be trying to
impress is YOU."

-- Brooks Kubik

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Take the Dinosaur Challenge!

Reg Park built an amazing physique - and tremendous strength and power - with old-school, Dino style training.

 
Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Last week, I sent a number of what I thought
were good, interesting, informative, inspiring
and useful e-mails.

They all focused on old-school training and
old-school thinking.

Hard work, heavy iron, progressive training
on the basic exercises, persistence, dedication
and determination.

And in response,  we had several readers
unsubscribe from our email list.

Yep, they unsubscribed.

Got up, walked out, let the door slam behind
them, and kept on walking.

They decided they didn't want to hear about
old-school strength training and muscle building
any more.

And that's a shame.

The sad thing was, they were all YOUNGER
Dinos.

Last week's emails were aimed at younger Dinos --
to encourage them to give sane, sensible, real
world training a try -- and to push themselves
to make the most of their training in their teens
and twenties, rather than wasting those years on
high volume boobybuilding routines, "bombing,
blasting and blitzing," and similar silliness.

And I even gave some examples of old-school
champions who trained the right way from day
one -- and made great gains in strength and
muscle very rapidly.

I THOUGHT it would be an encouraging message
for the younger Dinos -- but apparently, some of
them didn't want to hear it. Perhaps it even made
them a little mad.

I think part of the reason for that is that so many
younger trainees have grown up hearing nothing
but bad advice -- and they've never been exposed
to the kind of training that really works.

They've only learned about the silly stuff.

So when I share stories about old-timers like John
Grimek or Steve Stanko making great gains in their
first couple of years of training, the younger readers
just don't believe it.

That's a shame, because it keeps them from trying
the kind of programs that will give them really good
results -- and it keeps them hooked on the kind of
programs that don't deliver.

So let me say this to everyone out there who's
still doing the conventional workouts and not
getting very much in the way of results.

Give Dinosaur Training a try.

Don't sit there and scratch your head and wonder if
old-school training works.

Test it.

Start in on an abbreviated training program, use the
exercises, sets and reps that I teach in my books and
courses, follow the diet and nutrition advice in Knife,
Fork, Muscle -- and see what happens.

Give it an honest try. Work hard. Make it a 3 month
or a 6 month commitment. Don't just try it for a week
and then jump to something else. You need to stick
to a training program long enough to make some
strength and muscle stick to you.

If it doesn't work, you can always go back to whatever
you were doing.

But if it DOES work -- if you discover that LESS training
(but doing it the RIGHT way) gives you much MORE in
the way of results -- then you have learned something
very important -- and very valuable.

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.If you're new to Dinosaur Training, start with
the book that started it all - Dinosaur Training:

Lost Secrets of Strength and Development:

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_training.html

P.S. 2. You can grab Knife, Fork, Muscle and all of
my other books and courses right here at Dino
Headquarters:

http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html

P.S. 3. Thought for the Day:

"Don't sit there and wonder if old-school
training works. Try it and see for yourself!"

-- Brooks Kubik

BEFORE YOU LEAVE . . .

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"Never Heard of It!" He Said

Yes, it really does work - said the guy who actually tried it - and yes, that's a partial push press with 440 pounds.

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Three quick updates, and then we'll talk
training.

1. Pruning the List

I'm going to be pruning the Dino email
list in  a couple of days.

I'll try to delete only those email addresses
that don't appear to be active accounts.

But there are many emails to review, and
I'm sure I may make some mistakes.

If I delete you from the list but you still
want to receive the daily emails, please
sign back up at my website.

2. The May-June Dinosaur Files

It' s a terrific issue - jam-packed with
helpful training tips and workouts.

Articles include The Simplest Body-
weight Program in the World - The
Valhalla Challenge - The Deadlift
from Hell - and Bob Hoffman's
Favorite Workout.

Go here to grab the little monster:

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurfiles-mayjune2018.html

3. The John Wood Report No. 4

John Wood just released this - and it's
very good - so be sure to grab a copy.

This issue includes articles on stone
lifting, sledge hammers, smashing
thru sticking points, a conditioning
workout from 1862, tips from Steve
Stanko and John Grimek, bench
press training, and a really tough
and effective arm training program.

https://www.oldtimestrongman.com/johnwoodreport-04.html

4. "Never Heard of It!"He Said.

And then he said:

"It won't work."

That was an exchange I saw at a
discussion forum not long ago.

Someone had asked about one of
the training tips I wrote about in
Dinosaur Training: Lost Secrets of
Strength and Development.

Now, Dinosaur Training was published
way back in 1996.

So the information in it - and there's a
ton of information in the book - has been
out there for 22 years now.

That's longer than most of the Internet
gurus and cyber-warriors have been alive -
and certainly longer than 99% of them
have been training.

So if there's a training tip, an exercise, or
anything else in the book that you haven't
heard of - then you haven't been paying
attention.

Or else you've been doing your strength
training research at the Bro-sites . . . and
guess what - they don't cover the truly
important, useful, productive and
effective stuff.

So I was scratching my head about that
comment.

"Never heard of it!"

Jeepers.

But the second comment was even more
of a head-scratcher.

"It won't work."

How does he know that?

He just said he never heard of it.

So he never read Dinosaur Training and he
doesn't  know the history of the technique - or
how well it worked for so many Iron Game
greats - and how well it worked for me.

And, of course - he's NEVER TRIED IT!

If he did, he would know that it actually
does work - and works very well.

So again, that was a head-scratcher.

It did make me chuckle, though.

Dinosaur Training has been out there for
22 years - and people thought it was pretty
darn revolutionary when it first appeared -
and apparently it's still pretty darn
revolutionary.

I assume you have a copy already - but if
not, grab it now - and get ready to learn
some very interesting, very useful ways
to train for maximum strength and power:

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_training.html

Otherwise, and 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. 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. 2. Thought for the Day:

"Revolutionary ideas never go out of
date - especially when they work!"

-- 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:

http://www.brookskubik.com/kindle.html

http://www.brookskubik.com/kindle.html