How to Avoid the Ugly Neck-Tie this Year

There's only one way to avoid the ugly neck-tie for Father's Day - and this is how to do it - with detailed, fail-safe instructions.

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Tomorrow is the Big Day for many of us.

Father's Day.

The day we always get a painfully ugly
neck-tie for our special present.

Ties with racing stripes.

Ties covered in question marks.

Pink ties with green polka-dots.

Ties that look like birds.

Ties that look like dogs.

Ties that look like fish.

Ties with golf clubs all over them.

Ties with super-heroes on them.

Heck, I knew one guy who got a tie with a
very artistic geometric design - but when
you looked close, the lines were made up
of very tiny silhouettes of naked women.

You had to be very close to see them . . .
but still, it was a very bad tie to wear to
work . . . . or anywhere else.

Anyhow, here's the way to avoid the tie
thing this year.

Put in a special request:

"Honey, I want a special shirt from the
Retro-Strength Shop.

You can order it for me right here:




https://www.retrostrength.com/product/dinosaur-training-cover-3-4-sleeve-raglan-shirt/

And if you feel like it, order me another
shirt or two - you pick them - there are
plenty to choose from:

https://www.retrostrength.com/shop/

But before buying anything, sign me up
for the Retro-Strength email list (or you
sign up for it) - and we'll get a special
coupon code by email that gives us 10
percent off any purchase from Retro-
Strength - on any orders thru June 17,
2018 (Father's Day).

Of course, if you'd like something for
yourself, feel free to get it. There are
some shirts for women - and some
shirts featuring some of the greatest
strong-women of all time - and some
Rosie the Riveter coffee mugs - and
some other things you might like.

I know the shirts won't get here in time,
but that's okay - you can buy me a copy
of Brooks' new training course - and the
May-June issue of The Dinosaur Files.

They arrive via email as PDF downloads,
so I'll have them on the Big Day.

Brooks Kubik's New Training Course

Featuring Doug Hepburn's strength-style
arm training - a complete program with
three different workouts - plus four
printable workout sheets:

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurstrengthandpower-01.html



The May-June Dinosaur Files

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

Those would all be great presents -
I'd really like them.

Oh - if you got me a tie already - that's
really sweet of you, but I already have
quite a few of them - maybe we could
save it and give it to your brother next
month - it's his birthday, and I know he
likes colorful neck-ties."

How's that? Think it will work?

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

Have You Seen Our New Dinosaur Training T-Shirts?

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

We have a ton of great new Dinosaur Training
shirts  at the Retro-Strength Shop - along with
plenty of other great shirts - and tons of other
great swag.

Retro-Strength is offering a LIMITED TIME
10% discount - just go the Retro-Strength Shop,
sign up for the email list, and you'll get a
special coupon code good for 10% off on
any purchase between now and June 17, 2018.

Here's the link to the Retro-Strength Shop:

https://www.retrostrength.com/shop/

Happy shopping - and enjoy your new
shirt!

Yours in Strength,

Brooks Kubik
 

These Turned Out Great!

If John Grimek were alive today, I'd like to think he'd be wearing one of our great new Dinosaur Training t-shirts.

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

We have a ton of new stuff at the Retro-
Strength Shop - as in, over 40 new items
went up over the past week.

One of them is this new Dinosaur Training
shirt - which I really like - in fact, I think
it turned out great:

https://www.retrostrength.com/product/dinosaur-training-cover-3-4-sleeve-raglan-shirt/

Head on over and take a look - and be
sure to sign up for the Retro-Strength
emails - because when you do so, you
get a coupon code that let's you save
10 percent on any Retro-Strength
purchase between now and June 17,
2018.

Also - our shirt printer has printing
facilities both in North America and
Europe - so international shipping is
very affordable for our overseas Dinos -
much better than if we printed shirts
here and shipped them to you from
Louisville.

One of the goals for 2018 is to make
sure every member of the Dino Nation
has at least one killer Dino shirt, hoodie,
or sweatshirt - and to get them into as
many different countries as we can -
and so we're making a big push to get
you great shirts at affordable prices.

And yes, Father's Day is right around
the corner - so get those orders in at
the Retro-Strength Shop!

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. You can see all the new swag at
Retro-Strength right here:

https://www.retrostrength.com/shop/

34 New Ones!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Update: First it was 20 new ones - then 23 -
and now it's up to 34.

Note: I posted this two days ago and said
there were 20 new items at the Retro-Strength
Shop.

Turns out I was wrong.

There are 23!

And they all went up yesterday.

Hats.

Tee-shirts.

Muscle-shirts.

Long sleeve shirts.


Onesies (for junior Dinos).

Hoodies.

Coffee mugs.

I-phone cases.

Socks with a logo you probably are going
to recognize at once.

Socks with Bosco.

Tons of other stuff with Bosco.

Famous strongmen.

Arthur Saxon - the Iron Master.

Sig Klein.

Count Dante - and the Black Dragon Fighting
Society.

Old-school lifting.

Enormous barbells.

And much more - Grimek,the Great Gama,
old-school boxing and wrestling, Louis Cyr,
Eugene Sandow, George Hackenschmidt,
and Apollon.

It's all available for Father's Day - because

let's face it, Dinos are hard to shop for.

And -- get this -- you can save 10 percent

when you shop at Retro-Strength.

All you have to do is sign up for the Retro-
Strength emails - and you'll get a special
10 percent off coupon code.

The coupon code is good for any purchase
between now and June 17, 2018.

Go here to sign up for the Retro-Strength
emails - and have fun shopping with that
10 percent off coupon code - and grab some
of that great new dad swag:

https://www.retrostrength.com/shop/

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

I Goofed - A Quick Correction - Please Read!

The new Dinosaur Training shirts come in all sizes - including Double King Kong Size - which might even have fit Reg Park.

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Yesterday I sent an email letting you
know that we are going to be offering
new Dinosaur Training tee shirts, hoodies,
muscle shirts, etc. at John Wood's Retro
Strength Shop.

It should work pretty well.

We have a third-party printer that does
all the printing and fills all the orders.

It's been working great with John's other
shirts at the Retro Strength Shop, and I'm
very excited to be joining him and getting
some great new shirts for you.

Anyhow, in yesterday's email I said that
all orders will be shipped within 24 hours.

Turns out that was a mistake - so let me
correct it right now.

All orders are PRINTED within 24 hours
of the time they are placed.

The orders are SHIPPED within six days
of the day the order is placed.

I'm told, though, that most orders usually
ship within a couple of days.

Anyhow, that's the update and the
correction. Sorry for mistake on my part.

Anyhow . . . . I still think the new tee
shirts are pretty darn exciting.

We've been getting tons of orders so far
so we'll have plenty of Dinos wearing
their new Dinosaur Training shirts very
soon.

If you want to join them, here's the place
to do it:

https://www.retrostrength.com/shop/

Thanks!

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

Grab Your Dinosaur Training Tee Shirts!

We have some great new Dinosaur Training tee shirts for sale - and believe it or not, they range in size from onesies (for baby Dinos) all the way up to shirts and hoodies big enough for massive Herman Goerner.

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

I've been getting tons of requests for
Dinosaur Training tee-shirts.

I'll cut to the chase - you can get them
here - at the Retro Strength Shop:

https://www.retrostrength.com/shop/

Your order is processed and filled by the
tee-shirt printing company - not by me -
and all orders should be printed and
shipped pronto.

Now here's the back story for those who
wonder why we are doing our shirts this
way - instead of printing them here in
Louisville and shipping them to you
ourselves, as we used to do.

It's a simple question of time and space -
much like Einstein's Theory of Relativity.
We can't keep shirts in stock any more
because we sold our house and downsized
to a small apartment - and there's quite
literally nowhere to put them.

10 or 20 shirts in each of 5 or 6 different
sizes takes up a lot of room - and if you
offer a couple of different colors or styles,
that means you have so many in stock
that storing them here is impossible.

And if we stored them somewhere else,
that means a big storage bill - and added
expense and higher prices for you.

Last year we did a special printing of
shirts with a local printer - which meant
we had to do a pre-sale and take orders
for three or four weeks - and then fill the
orders when all the shirts were printed.

We thought that might be a good way
to do it.

But it wasn't.

You should have seen what the place
looked like when we brought the shirts
over to sort and pack.

They were everywhere - the XL blues were
draped over the sofa, the red shirts were
spread out over the dinner table, the gray
shirts were piled on Trudi's favorite chair -
and so it went.

We were tripping over boxes of shirts and
tip-toeing through narrow aisles between
piles of shirts on the floor.

It was not much fun.

Plus, filling a bunch of orders is a couple
of days of non-stop work - meaning that
I can't do any writing - and Trudi can't do
anything she needs to do.

And to make it worse - we somehow got
an order wrong for six shirts in a variety
of colors and sizes - not sure if it was our
mistake or the printer's mistake - but it
ended up being a huge pain all the way
around.

The bottom line is - we just aren't set up
to do shirts the old way any more.

So we've been looking for an alternative
way of getting shirts to you.

Not long ago, John Wood set up a great
little on-line store for tee shirts, sweat
shirts, coffee mugs, posters and other
fun stuff.

He calls it The Retro Strength Shop.

It works great. The on-line service
handles all the printing and all the
shipping.


It sounded ideal, so I talked with John,
and he's going to carry Dinosaur Training
tee shirts - and other Dino goodies - at
the Retro Strength Shop.

So that's where to go to get your Dino
tee shirts - as well as plenty of other
great swag for fans of old-school iron
slinging, wrestling, boxing, martial arts,
and more!

Here's the link again - for Dinosaur tee
shirts, hoodies, coffee mugs, onesies (for
baby Dinos), and tank tops:

https://www.retrostrength.com/shop/

Plus, John has tons of other great stuff
to grab.

So head on over - take a look - and do
some fast and easy shopping.

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

The Best Training Program for Beginners

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

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

1. Last Chance for Dino Training Shirts

We need some storage space here at Dino
Headquarters, so we're selling all of our
remaining t-shirts, hoodies and sweat
shirts. We have a limited supply and
they are going fast. We're already out
of stock in several sizes and colors.

Once the current stock is gone, we're
going to discontinue shirts for awhile.
As I said, we need the storage space
for other things.

If you want a shirt, hoodie or sweat shirt,
EMAIL me before placing your order and
ask if we have it in stock.

If you want multiple items, EMAIL me first
and ask for a shipping quote.

And now, let's talk training.

2. The Best Training Program for Beginners

I got an email the other day from a reader
who wanted to know where to find a good
training program for a beginner.

He wasn't actually a beginner, because he's
done some training in the past -- but he's
been doing it stop and start style (or on
again, off again style) for a few years.

So he needs to get on a beginner's
program -- and stay on it. He needs
to get into the training habit. No more
stopping and starting.

Similar logic applies to someone who used
to train but is coming back after a long
layoff. In that case, you're not a true
beginner, but you'll do best with a
beginner program.

The key elements of a good training program
for beginners are:

1. The program should be light and easy.

a. Light and easy makes it easy to stick
to the program.

b. Light and easy helps the beginner avoid
undue muscular soreness.

c. True story: John Grimek thought his thighs
were getting too big so he didn't do squats for
8 years. When he started doing them again,
he did a workout that involved 200 or more
reps (with heavy weights) -- and he almost
crippled himself. He should have broken
back into it much lighter and easier.

2. Train three times per week on alternate
days, such as M/W/F.

3. Train for 30 to 45 mins per workout.

4. Use basic barbell and dumbbell exercises.

5. Use low volume. ONE set of 8 to 10
exercises is plenty.

6. Use a simple progression system.

a. Progression builds strength and muscle.

b. Progression also teaches you the Success
Habit -- i.e., it teaches you that strength
training works.

7. You can (and should) double your strength
on a basic beginner's program. So there's no
reason to do anything longer or more difficult
or more demanding. Save the longer, more
difficult and more demanding programs for
when you are more advanced.

As for specific workouts, try any of the 10
beginner programs in Chalk and Sweat:

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

Combine the workout with the progression
system for beginners in chapter 3 of Dinosaur
Training Secrets, Vol. 3:

Hardcopy

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_secrets_03.html

Kindle E-book

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_secrets3_kindle.html

And that's how to get it done.

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. Remember to EMAIL first -- and do it NOW --
if you're interested in a t-shirt, sweat shirt or
hoodie.

P.S. 2. My other books and courses -- and
Dinosaur Training DVDs -- and links to my
Kindle e-books -- are right here:

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

P.S. 3. Thought for the Day: "Start at the
beginning and move forward slowly but
steadily toward your goal." -- Brooks Kubik

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Last Chance for Dinosaur T-Shirts, Hoodies and Sweat Shirts!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

We need more storage space here at
Dinosaur Headquarters, so we're going
to discontinue our t-shirts, hoodies,
and sweat shirts for the time being.

Right now, we have the following
in stock -- and they are available on
a first come, first served basis. When
they're gone, that's it -- no more for
at least a year.

Here's what we currently have in stock,
but I expect them to go fast, so if you're
interested, take immediate action.

Please start by sending me an email to
make sure we have the item(s) you want
in stock and to give you a shipping quote
if you order multiple items.

Note: If you don't see it on the list, we
don't have it.

1. Gray Hair and Black Iron Sweatshirts

8 size L

1 size XL

2 size XXL

3 size XXXL

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

2. Dinosaur Training Hoodies

Gray

3 size L

4 size XL

2 size XXXL

Black

1 size S

5 size M

2 size L

2 size XL

Blue

3 size M

2 size L

4 size XL

3 size XXL

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

3. Dinosaur Training T-shirts (blue with white
letters)

1 infant size for a young Dino

1 size extra-small for a young Dino

11 size small

2 size medium

4 size XL

2 size XXL

1 size XXXL

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

4. Dinosaur Training Muscle T-shirts

5 size S

3 size M

4 size L

1 size XL

4 size XXL

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

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. Remember, shoot me an email to see if the
item(s) you want are in stock before placing an
order. Thanks!

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Brand New: Dinosaur Muscle Shirts!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Not long ago I asked if you were interested
in Dinosaur Muscle Shirts.

A huge number of you wrote in immediately to
say, "You better believe we are!"

Well, we ask -- you answer -- and we listen.

So here they are - the OFFICIAL Dinosaur Muscle
Shirts:

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

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. Save on shipping and handling by ordering
a book (or two) and a Dinosaur Muscle Shirt --
and note that you can also save by ordering 3
Muscle Shirts at a time:

Dinosaur Muscle Shirts:

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

Dinosaur Books and Training Courses:

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