Brooks Kubik's Iron Game Collection - List No. 1 - Bob Hoffman's Strength and Health Magazine

Brooks Kubik’s Iron Game Collection – List No. 1 – Bob Hoffman’s Strength and Health magazine

I have 469 issues of Bob Hoffman’s Strength and Health magazine from various dates in 1933 (the first year of publication) through 1986. Other than as noted below (magazines with loose covers, no back cover, etc.), all magazines are in good or very good condition.

I have divided these magazines into sets based on the year of publication. Each set is priced individually. The prices listed below do not include shipping and handling; we'll calculate shipping and handling charges based on where you live and what you order, and give you a total that includes shipping and handling charges.

All orders will be shipped by USPS Priority Mail. Please note that in filling orders we are limited to what we can fit into a USPS Priority Mail shipping box.

Everything listed below is first come, first served, and I only have one of each set, so if you want something, order it ASAP by emailing me at:

info@brookskubik.com  

When you email, please give me your shipping address and preferred payment method. PayPal, credit card and check are fine for anyone living in the USA. However, we can only accept PayPal and credit card for orders outside the USA.

Note: if you prefer to pay by credit card, do NOT send your cc info by email. When I respond to you, I'll let you know how to place a secure cc order.

Because these are one of a kind items, we cannot replace them or refund the purchase price, so please give me a secure shipping address, preferably where someone will be there to sign for the package when it is delivered.

We reserve the right to decline any order based on the cost of shipping, delivery issues/concerns in a given country or any other reason.

Shoot me an email if you have any questions!

STRENGTH AND HEALTH magazine

1933 (Vol. 1 - 1^st year of publication) - $100.00 plus shipping and handling

Issue 3  – no covers

Issue 7 – loose cover

Issue 8 – loose cover

Issue 12 – loose back cover

1933-34 (Vol. 2) - $100.00 plus shipping and handling

Issue 1

Issue 4

Issue 5

Issue 6

Issue 7

Issue 8

Issue 9

Issue 10

Issue 11

Issue 12

1933-34 (Vol. 3) - $100.00 plus shipping and handling

Complete 12-issue set.

Sept. and Nov. have loose covers.

1935-36 (Vol. 4) - $100.00 plus shipping and handling

11-issue set from Dec 1935 (issue 1) thru Nov 1936 (issue 12). Missing the Feb 1935 issue.

1936-37 - $100.00 plus shipping and handling

Complete 12-issue set.

1937-38 (Vol. 6) – 100.00 plus shipping and handling

Complete 13-issue set (not a typo – there were 13 issues from Dec 1937 through December 1938). (Hoffman changed the publication schedule in 1937, and each year began with the January issue and ended with the December issue rather than over-lapping two years, as had been the case with volumes 1 – 6. Hoffman also dropped vol. numbers, so I will identify each later set by year of publication alone.)

Note: The 1937-38 set has been purchased and is
no longer available.

1939 – 100.00 plus shipping and handling

Complete 12-issue set.

Note: The 1939 set has been purchased and is
no longer available.

1940 - $30.00 plus shipping and handling

Jan 1940

May 1940

Aug 1940

1941 - $100.00 plus shipping and handling

Complete 12-issue set.

Note: The 1941 set has been purchased and is
no longer available.

1942 - $100.00 plus shipping and handling

Complete 12-issue set.

1943 - $100.00 plus shipping and handling

Complete 12-issue set.

1944 - $100.00 plus shipping and handling

Complete 12-issue set.

1945 - $100.00 plus shipping and handling

Complete 12-issue set.

1946 - $100.00 plus shipping and handling

Complete 12-issue set.

1947 - $100.00 plus shipping and handling

Complete 12-issue set.

1948 - $100.00 plus shipping and handling

11-issue set. Missing Jan 1948.

1949 - $100.00 plus shipping and handling

Complete 12-issue set.  

1950 - $100.00 plus shipping and handling

Complete 12-issue set.

NOTE: The 1950 set has been purchased and
is no longer available.

1951 - $100.00 plus shipping and handling

Complete 11-issue set. June/July is a combined issue.

NOTE: The 1951 set has been purchased and
is no longer available.

1952 - $100.00 plus shipping and handling

Complete 12-issue set.

NOTE: The 1952 set has been purchased and
is no longer available.

1953 - $100.00 plus shipping and handling

Complete 12-issue set.

1954 - $100.00 plus shipping and handling

Complete 12-issue set.

NOTE: The 1954 set has been purchased and
is no longer available.

1957 - $12.00 plus shipping and handling

May 1957 issue (this is the only issue I have from 1957).

1958 - $100.00 plus shipping and handling

Complete 12-issue set.

1959 - $100.00 plus shipping and handling

Complete 12-issue set.

1960 - $100.00 plus shipping and handling

Complete 12-issue set.

1961 - $100.00 plus shipping and handling

Complete 12-issue set.

1962 - $100.00 plus shipping and handling

Complete 12-issue set.

1963- $100.00 plus shipping and handling

Complete 12-issue set.

1964 - $100.00 plus shipping and handling

Complete 12-issue set.

1965 - $100.00 plus shipping and handling

Complete 12-issue set.

1966 - $80.00 plus shipping and handling

10-issues. (Missing Nov and Dec issues.)

1968 - $100.00 plus shipping and handling

Complete 12-issue set.

1969 - $100.00 plus shipping and handling

Complete 12-issue set.

1970 - $100.00 plus shipping and handling

Complete 12-issue set.

1971 - $100.00 plus shipping and handling

Complete 11-issue set (May-June is a combined issue).

1973 - $100.00 plus shipping and handling

Complete 12-issue set.

1974 - $30.00 plus shipping and handling

Feb – loose front cover, missing back cover.

May

Oct-Nov combined issue (Strength and Health switched to bi-monthly issues in 1974).

1975 - $60.00 plus shipping and handling

Feb – March

April – May

June – July

Aug – Sept

Oct – Nov

Dec 75 – Jan 76

1976 - $50.00 plus shipping and handling

Feb – March

April – May (loose/torn covers)

June- July

Aug - Sept

Oct- Nov

1977 - $50.00 plus shipping and handling

Feb - March

April - May

June - July

Aug - Sept

Oct - Nov

1978 - $30.00 plus shipping and handling

Feb-March 

June- July

Aug – Sept (loose, wrinkled cover)

1979 - $60.00 plus shipping and handling

Dec - Jan

Feb -March

June - July

Aug - September

Oct – Nov

1980 - $60.00 plus shipping and handling

Dec – Jan

Feb – March

April – May

June – July

Aug – September

Oct – November

1981 - $60.00 plus shipping and handling

Feb – March

April – May

June – July

Aug – September

1982 - $60.00 plus shipping and handling

Dec – Jan

Feb – March

April – May

June – July

Aug – September

Oct – Nov

1983 - $50.00 plus shipping and handling

Dec – Jan

Feb – March

April – May

June – July

Aug – September

1984 - $50.00 plus shipping and handling

Dec – Jan

Feb – March

April – May

June – July

Aug – September

Oct – November

1985 - $50.00 plus shipping and handling

Feb – March

April – May

June – July

Aug – September

Oct – November

1986 - $10.00 plus shipping and handling

Feb – March

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Vintage Books and Magazines

I've got tons of old books and magazines for sale - including two killer items I just listed on eBay - as well as tons of old issues of Bob Hoffman's classic Strength and Health magazine from the 40's, 50's and 60's. See today's Blog post for links and details.

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Trudi and I are planning to move to
the Pacific Northwest in the not too
distant future, so I'm selling all of
my duplicate books and magazines.

Here are two of them that I just
listed on eBay:

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. You can reach me at:

info@brookskubik.com

I'll be listing plenty of other great stuff
on eBay, so keep an eye open for the
new listings as they go up.

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

A Tried and True Motivator

When I was in high school, I used to count the days until the next issue of Peary Rader's IronMan magazine arrived in the mail.  

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

A lot of people say they have trouble
getting motivated to train.

Or to keep training.

They get started, and then something
comes up, and they miss a workout -
and then they miss another workout -
and before you know it, they've more
or less stopped training.

In the old days, the Founding Fathers
of physical culture had a simple solution
for this problem.

They published monthly magazines and
urged everyone who trained to read the
magazine every single month.

The monthly magazine was a great way
to stay motivated.

I can remember counting the days until
the next issue of Strength and Health,
Muscular Development or IronMan
came in the mail.

Bradley J. Steiner - my favorite Iron Game
author back then - once said that the most
important job of a strength training and
muscle building magazine was to motivate
its readers.

Yes, it was important to teach them how to
train and to give them good workouts and
training schedules to try.

But the single most important thing was to
MOTIVATE readers to keep on training -
and to get them back in the training habit
if they were slacking off.

I think Steiner was absolutely right - and
that's why I publish a monthly strength
training magazine in addition to everything
else we do here at Dino Headquarters.

It's called The Dinosaur Files - and it's
available in a downloadable PDF format
with instant delivery - and it's printable -
so you can buy it, print it and save it in
your collection.

Each issue is 8 to 12 pages - and each
issue is chock full of workouts, training
tips, Iron Game history, and - above all
else - gives you a goldmine of motivation.

We just released the February issue -
and you can grab it right here:

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur-files-february2018pdf.html

It might be just the thing to keep you
training hard, heavy, serious and as
effectively as possible.

Give it a try - I know you'll like it.

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. If you'd like a one-year, 12-issue
subscription to The Dinosaur Files,
just shoot me an email - we can make
it happen!

Attack of the Killer Spiders!

 

I've been off line for a couple of days - and here's the reason why.

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

I've been off line for several days,
and missed most of the post Turkey
Day shopping frenzy.

But I have a good excuse.

I've been bad sick.

We think it was a spider bite - on my
right ear.

I don't remember being bit - but my
right ear swelled up like a big red
balloon on Friday night - and I had
all the symptoms of a spider bite:
fever, sweating, shivering, headache,
sore joints, and a general "got hit by
a truck" feeling.

But my right ear was the worst part
of it by far.

My right ear has always been a little
bit thick and mangled from my high
school wrestling days. It's not a true
cauliflower ear, but it's definitely been
through some battles.

But when it swelled up, it went right
into full cauliflower mode.

So what hundreds of wrestlers my size
weren't able to do over a period of six
years of junior high school and high
school wrestling, a wee little spider
did in about one second.

And he probably didn't work up a
sweat doing it.

I ended up in the urgent care center
on Saturday. The doc checked me out
and put me on some heavy duty anti-
biotics.

And then I spent most of Saturday
and Sunday resting and sleeping.

Trudi has been serving me tons of
high nutrition, anti-inflammatory foods
to help the healing process - along
with plenty of anti-inflammatory green
tea with lemon juice, fresh grated
ginger, and cinnamon.

It's all helping, and I'm feeling better
today. Nowhere near 100 percent, but
better. And my ear is starting to shrink
back down to its regular size.

Anyhow, I thought I'd update you and
let you know why I've been off-line.
Of course, we're still open for business,
and you can grab any of my books and
courses right here at Dino Headquarters:

Hard-copy and PDF

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

Kindle

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

I'm also selling back issues of Strength and
Health magazine from the 1930's through
the1980's. If you're interested in a particular
year, shoot me an email and let me know
what you'd like - where we'll be shipping
them - and how you prefer to pay for the
mags.

12 issue sets from the 1930's are $120 plus
shipping and handling.

12 issue sets from the 1940's forward are
$100 plus shipping and handling.

And that's the report. I hope YOU are doing
better than I am today - and I hope that
neither of us ever has another run-in with
one of those killer spiders.

Yours in strength,

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

For John Grimek Fans!

The great John Grimek in one of his iconic poses.

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

If you're my age or older, you may
remember this - but if you're younger,
you may not know it at all.

There's a terrific resource for genuine,
authentic, no-nonsense training advice
from John Grimek, the Monarch of
Muscledom, and the greatest body-
builder of his generation.

What is it?

It's Muscular Development
magazine from the 60's and
70's.

You see, Grimek was the editor
of the magazine in the 60's and
70's.

In fact, it was entirely his baby.

He came up with the idea of a sister
publication to go along with Strength
and Health.

The idea was to have a magazine
to focus on bodybuilding and power
lifting, the two "new kids on the
block" that were rapidly becoming
more popular than Olympic weight-
lifting here in the USA.

Each issue has an editorial by Grimek,
a column by Grimek on posing and
photography, and a column where
Grimek answered training questions
from readers. (The Q and A column
is particularly valuable.)

Grimek never published a book or
a training course, so this is one of
the few places to go to get authentic
advice from the man that many
believe was the greatest natural
bodybuilder of all time.

The Grimek issues of Muscular
Development are hard to find -
after all, they're 40 or 50 years
old - and as time passes. they'll
get even harder to find. Some-
day, you won't be able to find
them at all.

But I have a number of them that
I'm selling as part of our big moving
sale (we're leaving Louisville and
moving to the Pacific Northwest).

If you're interested, shoot me an
email for prices and availability.
You can find me at:

 info@brookskubik.com

Head your email "Yes, I'm a Grimek
Fan!"

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. I also have a number of issues
of Strength and Health for sale -
including issues from the 1950's,
many of which include articles
written by Grimek.

Shoot me an email for prices and
availability.

Buried In An Endless Sea of Shirts

Things are super-busy here at Dino Headquarters today, and I'm not even going to be able to get outside and train! That's okay, though - it's all for a good cause - and I'll be able to hit the iron again tomorrow. 

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

I'm late with today's email,
because we are buried in an
endless sea of Dinosaur
Training t-shirts.

We picked them up from the
printer yesterday afternoon,
and we've been packing and
filling orders for them ever
since.

It's funny, because we are in
a small apartment now, and
there are shirts stacked or
draped pretty much every-
where.

Trudi has stacked boxes and
packages for filled orders up
against one wall in the dining
room, and there are so many
that I can barely walk by. I
have to turn to my side and
walk on tippy toes to fit be-
tween the boxes and the
dining room table.

We'll keep on packing orders
for the rest of the day, and
then take all the packages to
the main post office and drop
them off.

I have to say this - the shirts
look and feel great. I'm very
happy with the new design,
and all the different colors,
and how well everything
turned out.

So here's a very big THANK
YOU to everyone who placed
an order during the big t-shirt
sale.

In other news:

My Old School Q and A has been getting great reviews.

 
1. The Strength Training Q
and A

We just printed a bunch of copies
of my Old School Strength Training
Q and A, Vol. 1.

That means the little monster is
now available in your choice of:

a. Hard-copy

b. Kindle

c. PDF with immediate electronic
delivery

Go here to grab your copy:

http://www.brookskubik.com/oldschool-qanda.html

John Davis - an Iron Game Immortal.

 2. Black Iron: The John Davis
Story

I thought I was sold out of this title,
but we found a box with 12 copies -
so if you want to grab one, shoot me
an email.

The price is $34.95 plus s&h.

We're not going to do a second
printing, so these are the last
copies I have.

Strength and Health - a terrific old-school magazine.

 
3. Strength and Health Magazine

We're moving soon, and I can't
take all my old mags with me, so
I'm selling the duplicate issues.
If you want to grab some issues
of Strength and Health from the
40's, 50's, 60's, 70's or 80's,
shoot me an email and ask for
a price quote for whatever year
or years you are interested in.

That's it for now - I need to get
back to those t-shirts!

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

Steve Stanko - The Big Champ!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Back in the 1930's and early 1940's, Bob
Hoffman wrote about the York Champions
in every issue of Strength and Health
magazine.

He talked about Tony Terlazzo, the World
Champion and Olympic Champion at 132
and 148 pounds.

There was Johnny Terpak, World Champion
at 165 pounds.

John Davis, World Champion at 181 pounds.
John Grimek, also at 181 pounds - a Senior
National Champion and North American
Champion - and two-time Mr. America
winner.

And in the Heavyweight class, weighing
220 pounds, there was Steve Stanko.

Hoffman called him "The Big Champ."

It was a good name.

In his prime, Stanko was hailed as The
Strongest Man in the World.

One of his goals was to be the first man
in history to total 1,000 pounds or more
in the three Olympic lifts: the military
press, the snatch, and the clean and
jerk.

It was a feat fully akin to running a
mile in less than four minutes.

It was something no man had ever
done - and something that many
believed could never be done. They
didn't believe the human body was
capable of doing it.

I cover Steve Stanko and the other
Champions of the era in my Legacy
of Iron books.

They're available in hard-copy at Dino
Headquarters - and the first three in
the series are available in Kindle
editions, as well.

Yes, I did say the first THREE in the
series - because we just released The
1,000 Pound Total in the Kindle book-
store.

You can find the Kindle editions right
here:

Legacy of Iron 1

http://www.brookskubik.com/legacyofiron01_kindle.html

Legacy of Iron 2 - Clouds of War

http://www.brookskubik.com/legacyofiron02_kindle.html

Legacy of Iron 3 - The 1,000 Pound
Total

http://www.brookskubik.com/legacyofiron03_kindle.html

Of course, if you prefer hard-copy,
those are available as well - right
here at our products page - just
look for the special section for the
Legacy of Iron books:

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

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

What About Bottom Position Front Squats?

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

One quick note, and then we'll talk
training.

1. Strength and Health Magazine

I'm selling duplicate and triplicate
sets of Strength and Health
magazine from my collection.

Here's a list of some of what is
available:

http://dinosaurtraining.blogspot.com/2016/03/rare-strength-and-health-magazines-for.html

It's first come, first served, so if
you want to grab a set, shoot me
an email right away.

In addition to the ones listed, we have
some other complete sets from the
1940's - so if you are interested in a
particular year, email me and ask if
we have it.


2. Bottom Position Front Squats?

Several readers have asked about
bottom position front squats.

I'm not a big fan of them.

I think it works better to do pause style
front squats.

In pause style front squats, you start
from the top position, go down to the
bottom position (all the way down, into
a full squat) - and then you pause for
a count of two - and then you drive
back up to the start position.

Do low reps - singles, doubles or triples -
and focus on staying tight and maintaining
letter perfect form.

If your back starts to round forward, stop
the set.

Ditto if your elbows drop forward.

Of course, you'll need Olympic lifting shoes
with a high heel to do these properly. You
can't maintain the right position without
OL shoes.

Hope that helps!

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. For more about bottom position power
rack training - and tons of other great ways
to build Herculean super strength, grab
this little monster:

http://www.brookskubik.com/strength_muscle_power.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: "No matter
how much you know about training, there's
always more to learn. That's one of the
things that makes it so much fun."
- Brooks Kubik

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Important Updates for Dinosaurs!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

I need to keep this short because we have
a ton of other things going on today.

But I wanted to give you a a couple of quick
updates.

1. Strength and Health Magazine

I'm having a big book, course and magazine
sale. and that includes some rare issues of
Strength and Health magazine from the 30's
and 40s. Go here to see what's available:

http://dinosaurtraining.blogspot.com/2016/03/rare-strength-and-health-magazines-for.html

2. Physical Culture Radio

We had a great show yesterday - go here
to listen to the download:

http://superhumanradio.com/shr-1835-science-for-humans-ginseng-physical-culture-radio-start-where-you-are.html

3. The Mystery Man

We have a winner - and I'll tell you  who it
is - and who the Mystery Man is - early next
week.

We had a ton of good guesses, and lots of
feedback - so thanks to everyone who gave
it a try!

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

Strength Training Books, Magazines and Courses for Sale (List No. 2)

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

I have a ton of duplicate books, courses and magazines about strength training, weightlifting, powerlifting, bodybuilding, physical culture, Iron Game history, boxing, wrestling, martial arts, diet,  nutrition, and related subjects, and I since I only need one copy of any particular item, I'm going to sell the rest of them.

We're setting up an eBay store to sell them on eBay, but in the meantime, here are some items you might want to grab right now.

All of these items come from the world-famous Dinosaur Training Research Library - and I'll include a letter to confirm this when I fill your order. Thus, you'll have something great to read AND you'll be owning a piece of Iron Game history.

IMPORTANT!

Everything is first come, first served.  So if you're interested in anything, do not delay. Shoot me an email and ask about availability. Include your shipping address so we can calculate shipping and handling for you.

In addition, please let me know whether you use PayPal. If you use PayPal, we can send you a payment request that includes the appropriate s&h charge for the item(s) you purchadse.

If you prefer to pay by check or credit card, please let me know. We will contact you by email to let you know how to pay by either of these options. Please do NOT send credit card info by email.  


My email is:

info@brookskubik.com


THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE FOR SALE:

1. Olympic Weightlifting for Sports

By Greg Everett. 106 pages, with many photos. 2012 edition. Paperback. A gently used copy in good condition.

A great little guide to using the Olympic lifts to train athletes - or in teaching yourself how to perform the lifts.  Although it is aimed at coaches and athletes, it is perfect for anyone who wants to learn the lifts safely and effectively.


PRICE: $9.95 plus shipping and handling

STATUS: AVAILABLE

2. Gotch: An American Hero

By Mike Chapman. Paperback. 279 pages. Published in 1999. Soft cover. Good condition.

An historical novel telling the life story or the man many believe to have been the greatest professional wrestler of all time. (Remember, Gotch beat George Hackenschmidt not once, but twice, during the prime of Hack's career.)

A very good book about an outstanding athlete - written by one of the nation's top wrestling historians.

PRICE: $9.95 plus shipping and handling.

STATUS: SOLD

3. That's Muscle Control

By Ed Jubinville. 1988 edition.  107 pages, with over 70 photos.  Soft cover. Good condition.  Over 70 photos.

Born in 1921, Ed Jubinville was one of the legendary masters of the lost art of muscle control, and thrilled thousands with his world famous muscle control act. Now, you may be asking "What's muscle control?" Ed Jubinville described it as "the ability tto control the voluntary muscles of your body . . . through total concentration." In other words, it's a perfect way to train and develop the mind-muscle link.

It's also what John Grimek, the immortal Monarch of Muscledom, used in his legendary posing routines. 

Good stuff - right out of the Golden Age of Physical Culture.

By the way, I spoke with Ed Jibinville a few times before he passed away. What a wonderful man he was - and what a huge fan of the Iron Game!

PRICE: $30.00 plus shipping and handling

STATUS: AVAILABLE

4. The Strongest Man in History: Louis Cyr

By Ben Weider (yes, Ben Weider - Joe Weider's brother). Paperback. 104 pages, plus 8 full page photos. Published in 1976. Fair condition, with small pencil marks on the front cover and on the final page of the Appendix - but very readable.

A fascinating biography of one of the strongest men who ever lived, from his birth in a small village in Canada to his rise to world-wide acclaim as the Strongest Man in  the World. Includes detailed accounts of his greatest matches with other legendary strongmen, and to his world tour where he met and defeated all challengers.

If you enjoy reading about old-school strongmen and rugged feats of strength and power, you'll love this book.

PRICE: $12.95 plus shipping and handling

STATUS: SOLD

 5. Weight Training for Athletes

By Bob Hoffman. Photography by Robert L. Hasse. Hardcover. Published in 1961. 216 pages, with numerous black and white photographs, including many photographs of weightlifter Bill March. Fair condition but very readable.

A basic introduction to weight training for athletes, featuring a wide variety of exercises with barbells, dumbbells, iron boots, swing bells, and pulleys. Includes a basic training program and specialized training programs for 37 different sports.

When I was a kid, this was one of the few books on weight training that was available at the public library - so I probably read it a hundred times. If you're my age, you probably did the same.

 PRICE: $30.00 plus shipping and handling.

STATUS: SOLD

 6. Muscle Beach: Where the Best Bodies in the World Started a Fitness Revolution

By Marla Matzer Rose. Published in 2001. Softbound. 160 pages, with many black and white photos.
Good condition.

This is a detailed and very interesting account of the men and women who made Muscle Beach the legendary Mecca of bodybuilding in the 1940s and 1950s.  Well-researched and well-written, it's a time machine that can take you back to the sun, sand and surf of California in the 1940s - when John Grimek was the King of Bodybuilding and when Muscle Beach was the most fascinating place in the entire world.

PRICE: $12.95 plus shipping and handling.

STATUS: SOLD

7. Bones of Iron: Collected Articles on the Life of the Strength Athlete

By Matt Foreman. Paperback. Published in 2011. 182 pages. Good condition.

A collection of articles that cover training, competing and coaching Olympic weightlifting. Contains plenty of practical advice for any strength athlete. Written with passion and humor. A fast, fun, informative read - and totally and completely BS-free. Matt Foreman tells it like it is.

Price: $12.95 plus shipping and handling.

STATUS: SOLD

8. An Introduction to Olympic-Style Weightlifting

By John M. Cissik. Second edition, 1997. 132 pages, with numerous photographs and line drawings. Fair to good condition but very readable. Signed by the author. (An author's signature adds magic to any book.)

A detailed guide to Olympic weightlifting for beginners, with training programs designed to take the lifter from the beginning stage to National competition.

Price: $34.95 plus shipping and handling

STATUS: SOLD

9. Olympic Weightlifting: A Complete Guide for Coaches and Athletes

By Gregg Everett. Second edition, 2009. Soft-cover. 422 pages. Many photos. Good condition, with a small tear at the top of the cover.

This is one of the most complete, and most detailed, books on Olympic weightlifting ever written, and covers everything you need to know about this fascinating sport.

A must for any competitor or coach - and one of the best guides available for any beginning weightlifter.

One of the top Masters-age weightlifters in the World (a 2015 Masters World Champion) taught herself how to lift by reading this book - and won the Master's World championship a mere two years later!

A great book, and highly recommended.

Price: $34.95 plus shipping and handling.

STATUS: SOLD

10.  The Development of Muscular Bulk and Power

By Anthony Ditillo.  Paperback. 140 pages. Modern reprint edition published by William F. Hinbern. Very good condition.

This is one of the classic books about strength and bulk training, by one of the most popular authors to ever write for Peary Rader's old Iron Man magazine.  Contains numerous training programs. Focuses on hard, heavy training on the basic exercises, with an old-school powerlifting focus. Includes plenty of great information on power rack training.

Perfect for those who compete in RAW powerlifting - perfect for cellar dwellers and garage gorillas - perfect for anyone who trains hard, heavy, and serious. 

Note: If you're a Ditillo fan, grab this book along with item no. 13, below. 

Price: $19.95 plus shipping and handling.

STATUS: SOLD

11. Remembering Muscle Beach: Where Hard Bodies Began

By Harold Zinkin, with Bonnie Hearn. Hard cover. 128 pages. Many stunning photos of the athletes and bodybuilders who made Muscle Beach the famous piece of real estate in the world.

This is a beautiful and inspiring book, with classic photos and best of all, it's written by one of the pioneers who created Muscle Beach. In other words, it's the inside story. And if you want to see what men and women looked like with 100-percent natural, drug-free training, this will be an eye-opener.

Excellent condition. A real treasure.

Price: $39.95 plus shipping and handling.

STATUS: AVAILABLE 

12. The Strongest Man in the World: Vasily Alexeyev

By Dmitry Ivanov. Translated by Anatol Kagan and Ariadne Esterhazy. With a foreword by Arnold Schwarzenegger. Published in 1979. Hard copy. 279 pages, with many photos. Good condition aside from a little aging on the cover and some yellowing (small brown spots) on the outer portion of the pages. No dust jacket. Very readable.

An inspiring biography of one of the most famous weightlifters of all time: the mighty Vasily Alexeyev.  World and Olympic champion, World and Olympic record holder, and the first man in history to clean and jerk 500 pounds.

This is another hard to find item - and another item where the photos alone are worth the price of the book. 


Price: $50.00 plus shipping and handling

STATUS: SOLD

13. The Development of Physical Strength

By Anthony Ditillo.  Paperback. 140 pages. Modern reprint edition published by William F. Hinbern. Very good condition.

This is the second book that collects Anthony Ditillo's old Iron Man articles (many of which also have appeared in Milo). Many of the training programs and workouts in this book were inspired by Ditillo's friend and training partner, a former Bulgarian weightlifter named Dezso Ban.

A very interesting guide to strength and power training as practiced in the 1970s and 1980s.

Price: $19.95 plus shipping and handling.

STATUS: SOLD

14. Hepburn's Law

By John A. Myles, in consultation with Doug Hepburn. Spiral bound. 54 pages. Many drawings. Cover photo of Doug Hepburn.

This is an original copy of a very popular course based on the training philosophy of World Weightlifting Champion and World record holder, Doug Hepburn - one of the strongest and most massively muscular men of all time.

The original course is hard to find now, so it's a true collector's item.

Price: $50.00 plus shipping and handling

STATUS: SOLD

15. Defying Gravity: How to Win at Weightlifting

By Bill Starr, author of The Strongest Shall Survive. First edition, 1981. Paperback. 120 pages. Many great photos. With an introduction by Dr. Ken E. Leistner. Good condition.

This is a classic book about training and competing in weightlifting and powerlifting. It is very rare and hard to find. The photos alone are well worth the price of the book.

This book is currently selling for prices ranging between $142.75 and $270.22 for a used copy in comparable condition, so you can see that it's a real collector's item. I want it to find a good home with one of my Dinosaurs, so I've priced it for much less than the other used copies on the market. 

Price: $100.00 plus shipping and handling

STATUS: SOLD

Also Available -- Strength and Health Magazine

Note: We also have some complete 12-issue sets of Strength and health magazine from the 1930s and 1940s. Go here to see the years and the prices:

http://dinosaurtraining.blogspot.com/2016/03/rare-strength-and-health-magazines-for.html

That's it for now. If you have any questions, shoot me an email!

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik
info@brookskubik.com



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Rare Strength Training Books and Magazines

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

I want to update you on something new and
exciting for the Dino Nation - a very rare,
literally once in a lifetime opportunity to
grab rare books, courses and magazines
from the grand and glorious Golden Age of
Strength.

And more than that, the books, courses and
magazines will be from my personal strength
training library right here at Dinosaur
Headquarters.

Here's what I'm going to do - and why I'm
going to do it.

As long time readers know, my dad passed
away in April of last year.

Dad was a huge book lover and collected
books for his entire life. Our house had row
after row of homemade wooden book shelves
in every room, all of them crammed with
dad's books.

He moved them from house to house for
more than 70 years.

He loved his books. He read them all, many
of them many times. They were his prized
possessions, and his very best friends.

Now he's gone, and my brother and I are
struggling to find good homes for his old
books.

We can keep some of them, but we can't
keep all of them. We just don't have enough
room for them.

That's what happens. People have collections
that are very dear to them - but they die, and
everything ends up in an estate sale.

Or you have family members struggling to
do something with their loved one's collection.

And that got me thinking.

I have hundreds of different items in my
research library. Currently, it takes up
about 12 book cases here at Dino
Headquarters.

And I have multiple copies of many items.
That's fine, but I only need one copy of
any particular book, course or magazine
to do my research.

And as I thought about it, I decided that
those dupllcate items needed a new home.
After all, there are plenty of Dinos out
there who have never seen them - and
who would love to add them to THEIR
strength libraries.

So I talked it over with Trudi, and we
decided to roll up our sleeves and do
something about it.

We're going to start selling duplicate items
from my library on eBay. That will give all
Dinos all around the world an equal chance
of grabbing at least one item.

I'll include a letter or certificate with every
item to confirm it's authenticity - meaning
that it came from the world famous, one
and only, Dinosaur Research Library.

IMPORTANT!

Our eBay store is not ready yet, so don't
run over and start looking for it.

We're going to try to get things going later
this week or early next week - and as soon
as we do, I'll send an email and let you
know what's up.

I'll also post a photo of everything we offer
on my Facebook page, my Twitter feed, and
my Instagram page. So if you want to get
immediate notice of what's available - and
to see a photo of it - friend me on Facebook,
follow me on Twitter and follow me on
Instagram.

Those three sources will get the info to
you even faster than my daily emails.

I'm on Facebook at Brooks Kubik.

I'm on Twitter at #brookskubik and at
#dinosaurtraining.

And here's the link to follow me on
Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/brooks_kubik/

In addition to offering old books, courses and
magazines, I'm going to be offering some
other unique items - and some fun Iron
Game memorabilia. Maybe even some
old equipment from the Dino Dungeon.

Anyhow, it will be lots of fun - and a great
opportunity to put your hands on some
terrific sources of old-school training
wisdom.

I'm looking forward to it - and I hope that
you are, as well.

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

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Muscles in the Military

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Today is Veteran's Day in the USA,
so I want to begin by giving a big
shout out to all of the Dinos who
have served their country -- or
who are doing so now.

To all of you, THANK YOU for your
service!

In honor of the day, I thought I'd
share some fun facts about muscles
in the military.

1. The famous old-time strongman,
Clevio Massimo, once performed the
manual of arms using a 125-pound
soldier instead of the rifle normally
used for the drill.

2. Bob Hoffman was an infantry
soldier in World War One, and
was in the thick of the fighting
in France. Think how the Iron
Game would have changed if
he had been killed in action.

3. Norb Schemansky fought in
Germany, and found a 400-pound
Berg-Hantel barbell set after a
battle. He tried to take it with
him, but it was too heavy and
he had to leave it behind.

4. The German Strongman, Herman
Goerner, was a prisoner of war during
World War One. He trained in the prison
camp with a barbell made from logs.

5. During World War Two, Strength
and Health ran a regular series about
barbell men in the armed services,
and included photos of their "gyms"
featuring homemade barbells and
dumbbells assembled from tires
sheet metal, cogwheels, pipes
and axles.

a. In other words, where there's a
will, there's a way!

6. George Eiferman, the 1948 Mr.
America, served in the Navy and
trained his legs while on ship by
climbing tall ladders from the cargo
hold to the deck -- while carrying a
100 pound sack of flour on his
shoulders.

7. Frank Spellman landed on the
Normandy Beaches and fought with
the Allied Army in France and Germany.
One night, as he was sleeping, a German
tank rolled right over him while he was in
his fox-hole! Luckily, he was not hurt --
and went on to win a gold medal in
weightlifting at the 1948 Olympics.

I know that some of our Dinos have
stories of their own about muscles in
the military. If you have one, send it
in so I can share it 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. The Legacy of Iron series takes place
right before and during World War Two --
and it includes many true stories about
muscles in the military. For book no. 1
in the series, go here:

Hard-copy

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

Kindle e-book

http://www.brookskubik.com/legacyofiron01_kindle.html

For books 2 - 5 in the series, go here:

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

Important -- email and ask for a shipping
quote if you order two or more books!

P.S. 2. Thought for the Day: "If you see
a veteran, step up and say THANK YOU.
And don't just do it today. Do it every
day." -- Brooks Kubik

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The Bob Hoffman - George Jowett Seal of Approval

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

I did a podcast with Bill Kociaba of Kociaba
Fitness yesterday. It's the second one I've
done with Bill, and he's great to work with.
He's been training and following the Iron
Game for over 40 years, and he really
knows his stuff.

You can catch the first show here -- along
with some other good ones from people
you will know. Yesterday's show will go
up in a couple of weeks. I'll let you know
when it does.

My first interview with Bill Kociaba:

http://kociaba-fitness.com/blog_an_interview_with_brooks_kubik

In any case, in yesterday's interview
we were talking about the new quarterly
Dinosaur Files, and I was telling Bill about
the special bonus for everyone who orders
issue no. 1 of the new quarterly Dinosaur
Files.

Bill almost fell out of his chair when he heard
about it. He thought it was pretty darn cool.
And so do I.

So I thought I should share the details with
everyone else.

When Bob Hoffman started Strength and
Health magazine back in 1932, he worked
with George F. Jowett, the world-famous
author of The Key to Might and Muscle,
and one of the best-loved Iron Game
writers of all time.

One of the things they did was to launch
the American Strength and Health
League -- which they did in the very
first issue, almost exactly 82 years
ago.

They said -- and I quote:

"The American Strength and Health League
is the finest organization under the sun for
people interested in any form of sport or
exercising, body building and strength. It
is a genuine organization created to help
you succeed. Prizes of all kinds are given
for development, improvement in body
building, in strength or for excellence or
perserverence in any sport."

The first members of the American Strength
and Health League included Bob Hoffman,
George F. Jowett, Henry "Milo" Steinborn,
Joe Lambert, Bill Lily, Harry Good, and
Bob Mitchell.

It cost one clam (a lot of wampum back
then) to enroll in the American Strength
and Health League -- but when you did,
you received a special blue and gold
certificate signed by Bob Hoffman and
George F. Jowett.

The certificate was "suitable for framing"
and "will show that you are a man among
men."

So here's where it gets really good for
everyone who orders issue no. 1 of the
new quarterly Dinosaur Files.

I have one of those original certificates --
signed by Bob Hoffman and George F. Jowett.
It's made out to an oldtimer who's no longer
with us. It's not dated, but it's probably
about 80 years old.

We made an exact copy of the certificate
and then used the magic of Photoshop to
replace the oldtimer's name with a blank
line.

We printed the certificates on some nice
looking, special paper that looks and feels
a bit like old parchment, but not as brittle.
Everyone who grabs a copy of issue no. 1
of the quarterly Dinosaur Files gets one of
the certificates -- with his or her name
handwritten by me -- which makes you
a full-fledged "life member of the American
Strength and Health League."

It's  a beautiful certificate, suitable for framing,
and it's a great piece of Iron Game history.

In fact, it's so good that I've done one for
myself. It's framed, on the wall, right where
I can look up and see it when I'm working
on Dino projects.

The first issue of the new quarterly Dinosaur
Files is being printed even as I type this email
message.

We'll pick up the copies later today, and start
firing them out the door today, tomorrow and
Monday -- along with those nifty certificates!

Consider it an early Christmas present for
Dinos.

Go here to reserve your copy of the new
quarterly Dinosaur Files and your certificate
of membership in the American Strength
and Health League:

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

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 want to combine your Dinosaur Files
order with any other book, course, DVD or other
Dinosaur Training product, shoot me an email and
ask for shipping quote. We can usually save you
some clams by combining orders in one package:

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

P.S. 2. My other books and courses -- and DVD's,
shirts, sweatshirts and hoodies -- are right here:

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

P.S. 3. Thought for the Day: "Follow the strength
and health lifestyle, train hard, eat smart,
and set a good example for others. "
-- Brooks Kubik

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Anthony Fiorito -- An American Hero!

 (Note: The following is an excerpt from the draft manuscript of book no. 6 in the Legacy of Iron series. It's set in 1944. I don't usually share sections from an unpublished manuscript, but on this Memorial Day, it seemed to be the thing to do.)

Tony Terlazzo sat at his desk in the Strength and Health building, his eyes closed, his mind a whirl of half-forgotten memories. Memories of a former teammate, friend and fellow lifter.  

Anthony Fiorito had been a member of the York Barbell Club and lifted for the York team in the 1930’s. The younger brother of five-time Senior National champion Joe Forito, Anthony had been one of the top lifters in the Middle Atlantic District. Although he never won a District championship, he set many records in the one-hand lifts, including a one-hand clean and jerk with a 165-pound barbell. That was pretty good lifting for a 123-pound lifter.

Tony Terlazzo had been there on that day in August, 1935. He still remembered the lift. 

Anthony Fiorito had moved from weightlifting to hand-balancing, and he quickly became one of the best in the country. He teamed up with another Norristown balancer named Louis D’Antonio, and they developed an outstanding two-man balancing act. They were good enough to turn professional and adopted the stage-name of “The Bartons.”  

Tony smiled. Harry Paschall’s middle name was Barton, and Harry once said he was going to copyright the name before anyone else could borrow it for stage use. That was typical Harry. But Harry had seen that one-hand clean and jerk with 165 pounds, and there was nothing Harry liked better than a fellow lifter. If the Bartons had borrowed his middle name, he never begrudged it.

The Bartons appeared at many shows and exhibitions in York. Whenever there was  a big event, such as Bob Hoffman’s Annual Birthday Party and Lifting Show, the Bartons were there. And that made Anthony Fiorito a regular part of the lifting scene for many years.

When the War descended upon them, Anthony was one of the first to enlist. And he didn’t just join the service. He volunteered for one of the toughest and most dangerous assignments of them all: the Paratroopers. He proved to be an excellent soldier, strong, smart and hard working, and he was quickly promoted to sergeant, and assigned to the position of Jumpmaster.  As Jumpmaster, he was responsible for teaching the men how to parachute. He was literally the “man in charge” on training flights.

On a gray day in late 1943, Anthony Fiorito served as Jumpmaster on a training plane that carried 24 paratroopers for their practice jumps. It should have been a routine flight – but something terrible happened. As the plane leveled off for the long glide immediately preceding the jump, it suddenly went into a spin, turning over and over as it shot to the ground. 

Sgt. Fiorito heaved open the door of the plane. There was no time to wait. They were at an extremely low altitude, not far above the trees below. He could have jumped to safety, shouting to the others to follow him, and hoping they’d be able to do so.

But he didn’t do that.

He stayed on board the doomed plane, and began pushing the men out the door one by one before they even knew what was happening. 

Instead of jumping to safety, he chose to save as many men as possible.

He pushed four men to safety before the crash.

Sgt. Fiorella and 19 other men died that day – and the lifting world lost yet another hero.

And now it fell to Tony Terlazzo to tell the story in his monthly column in Strength and Health, “Barbell Men in the Service.” A World and Olympic champion, Tony Terlazzo was the best lifter, pound for pound, in the entire world. But sometimes, the simple acting of putting words on paper took every ounce of his legendary strength. This was one of those times.

When he finished, Tony pulled the paper out of his typewriter, set it on top of a large pile of typed pages waiting to go to the printer, and closed his eyes. He remembered one of the many times he’d practiced hand-balancing with Anthony Fiorito. Anthony had tried to teach him a particularly difficult maneuver, and Tony had fallen again and again until he was stiff and sore and bruised from head to toe. 

Meanwhile, Anthony Fiorito had done the same stunt over and over – effortlessly.

“How do you do it?” Tony asked him.

“I’m not afraid of falling,” said Anthony. 

Tony stood up, pushed back his chair and walked to the window. He looked out into the night. When had it gotten so dark – and so late? How long had he been working? It was hours past dinnertime.

Once again, he heard his friend’s words.

“I’m not afraid of falling,” said Anthony.

Tony nodded. He understood. He knew why Anthony had chosen to stay on the doomed plane rather than jump to safety when he had the chance.

After a minute of silence he wiped the tears away, put on his coat, picked up his hat, turned out the light and walked down the dark hall. 

Copyright 2013 by Brooks D. Kubik and Brooks Kubik Enterprises, Inc.