10 Reasons for Older Dinosaurs to Keep on Training

I've been hitting the iron for over 50 years now - and I plan to keep on going for a very long time!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

I was talking with a guy I used to
work with but haven't seen for a
number of years.

He asked me if I was still training.

The answer, of course, is "Yes, I am --
three times a week, as regular as
clockwork."

"But aren't you getting a little old for this
weightlifting stuff?" he asked.

"I'm older, but training keeps me young,"
I told him.

"How old are you?"

"I'm 62."

And that's when I got the "are you kidding
me?" looks.  That's because I don't look 62.

Which is part of what I mean about weight
training keeping you young.

Bob Hoffman was saying this back in the 1930's,
but scientists, physicians and everyone else didn't
believe him. In fact, the conventional wisdom back
then was that weight training would probably kill
you.

Everyone other than Bob Hoffman and a small
handful of others told you NOT to do it.

As in, NEVER.

Not under ANY circumstances.

And that anti-weight training bias lasted a very
long time. It was still around when I was in high
school. Many of the coaches refused to let their
athletes train with weights. They thought it would
ruin them.

But recent research has established that Hoffman
was right.

Weight training -- or any kind of progressive
strength training -- is good for you. It keeps
you strong, fit and healthy at any age. And it's
probably the best thing around for older adults.
Recent research has confirmed the following:

1. Progressive weight training increases bone
density and bone strength in older adults.

2. Progressive weight training improves balance,
mobility and coordination in older adults.

3. Muscular strength is associated with a 30 to
40 percent decrease in cancer mortality among
older men.

4. Progressive strength training improves brain
function in older adults.

6. Muscle mass is associated with healthy aging
and lower mortality in older men -- and weight
training helps you build or maintain muscle mass
at any age.

7. Progressive strength training stimulates your
body's production of male hormones -- and
maintaining high levels of male hormones helps
keep you young, strong, vigorous and healthy.
In other words, the medical world is discovering
"what Iron Slingers have known for many years --
and what Bob Hoffman wrote about back in the
1930's:

Progressive strength training is the best
thing in the world for older adults.

So give yourself a pat on the back for having
figured this out before the science honchos --
and keep on training!

Oh, and before I forget, here are three more
reasons to keep on hitting the iron:

8. It's fun.

9. It makes you feel better.

10. It makes you younger and stronger --
because strength is life, and stronger is
younger.

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. Gray Hair and Black Iron is the best book
ever written on effective strength training for
anyone in the age 35 and up category:

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

I also did a terrific mini-course with an all-new
workout for older trainees. It's available in PDF
with immediate electronic download:

http://www.brookskubik.com/minicourse_01.html

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. 3. Thought for the Day:

"Lifting iron keeps you from rusting away."

 -- Brooks Kubik

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A Question About Heavy Partials - and My Answer!

I've been getting tons of questions about my new training course on heavy partials - so here's the latest one - and my answer to it!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

I hope this email finds you strong,
healthy and powering forward into
the New Year!

And speaking of powering forward -
one of our longtime Dinos - age 72 -
asked if he should try my new course
on heavy partials.

I should note, by the way, that he's
an experienced trainee. He started
training at age 12, and he's been
hitting the iron pretty much ever
since.

So, back to his question . . . should
he give heavy partials a try?

The short answer is YES - but as with
anything else, you need to use some
good old-fashioned common sense.

When you begin doing heavy partials:

1. Start light.

2. Learn the movements and the best
rack positions before you begin to pile
on the weight.

3. Train progressively - with small but
steady increases in weight on the bar.

4. Always warm-up thoroughly before
doing heavy partials.

5. If a particular movement hurts when
you do it - find a different exercise for
the same body part. You can always
find an alternative exercise that works
just as well or even better.

If you do heavy partials the right way,
as outlined above, they should work
fine for you at any age. In fact, many
older Dinos find that they work better
than anything else - and that it's much
easier to recover from your workouts.

And, of course, heavy partials do a
heck of a lot for bone strength and
bone mass - which is very important
for our age 50-plus Dinos.

Anyhow, I think our age-72 Dino
should try my heavy partials program -
but as noted above, I want him to be
smart about it - and use his brain, not
his ego, to dictate his poundages and
his workouts.

You can grab the program right here:

PDF edition

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

Kindle edition

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

Happy reading , and happy training -
and as always, keep me posted on
your results!

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

People Who Train

Old-timer Fred Rollon shows what old-school strength training and a healthy diet can do for a man. Rollon was nicknamed "the Human Anatomy Chart" back in the day.

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Couple of quick notes, and then let's
talk training.

1. Strength and Health Mags

I'm selling over 400 rare issues of
Bob Hoffman's Strength and Health
magazine.

Strength and Health was a wonderful
old-school magazine - with tons of
great photos of the old time champions.

So here's your chance to get a nice
collection going - at some very low
prices.

Go here for the complete list:

Strength and Health Mags

https://dinosaurtraining.blogspot.com/2018/12/brooks-kubiks-iron-game-collection-list.html

2. Going Strong on Kindle!

We have over 25 books in the
Kindle bookstore, and they're
all very popular - but the new
addition is going stronger than
ever.

It's called 100 Strength Training
Tips for Combat Athletes - and
it's a complete guide to building
the kind of strength and power
you need for any form of combat,
be in martial arts, MMA, wrestling,
judo, jiu jitsu, boxing, football,
rugby, self defense training or
anything else.

You can grab a copy right here:

100 Strength Training Tips for
Combat Athletes

http://www.brookskubik.com/100-combat-tips.html

For a complete list of all of our
Kindle books, go here:

Brooks Kubik's Kindle Books - The
Complete List

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

3. People Who Train

In training news, I was thinking
about people who train - and
about people who don't train.

There's a real difference between
them.

And the difference grows greater
and greater as we grow older.

People who train look younger
than their years.

They look healthy and strong.

They stand tall and straight.

They walk with strong, powerful
strides.

They carry plenty of muscle - they
have strong, thick bones - and they
have endless energy.

There's something about them that
sets them apart from the rest of the
world.

People used to call John Grimek "The
Glow" - in part because of his deep,
dark tan, but in part because he had
some sort of powerful inner energy.

I think that many longtime strength
trainers have a similar sort of energy.
Perhaps not as much as Grimek - after
all, he was the top champ of his era -
but something that clearly sets them
apart from the rest of the world.

If you train, you know what I'm
talking about.

If you don't, you should start -
because then you'll feel and
experience it for yourself.

And then you, too, will know
what I'm talking about.

Bob Hoffman used to call the
weights "Iron Pills."

He said they kept you young.

He was right.

So keep on taking those Iron
Pills - and stay young and
strong for all the years of
your life!

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. Dumbbells are great for home
gym workouts - and great for older
trainees. And Dinosaur Dumbbell
Training gives you over 50 great
dumbbell workouts - along with
detailed instruction on how to
perform the exercises:

Dinosaur Dumbbell Training

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_dumbbelltraining.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. 3. Thought for the Day: 

"Start now, and keep on training
for the rest of your days." 

- Brooks Kubik

Before You Leave - Check These Out! 

Brooks Kubik's Kindle Books

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

We have over 25 books and courses in the Kindle store - including these little monsters:

 
For even more Kindle books by Brooks Kubik, visit:

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The "Have Fun" Rule

John Grimek (pictured above) trained for his entire life - and he always had fun in his workouts! Doing what you enjoy is one of the secrets of lifelong strength and health.

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

One of the most important rules of
lifelong strength and health is to do
some form of progressive strength
training on a regular and consistent
basis.

The exact type of strength training
that you choose to do is not as
important as DOING it.

In other words, don't agonize over
what kind of training is best -- and
don't argue about it in Internet
forums or on FB or Twitter or
Monkey-Pages.

Just find something that you like
to do -- and that requires progressive
hard work on a regular basis -- and
then do it.

Me, I like Olympic lifting.

Does that mean YOU have to do
Olympic lifting?

Heck, no.

There are tons of different things
you can do.

Powerlifting.

Strongman training.

Power rack training.

5 x 5.

Singles, doubles, or triples.

10/8/6/4/2.

2/4/6/8/10.

HIT.

Old-school bodybuilding.

Total body workouts 3x per week.

The York courses.

Breathing squats.

Heavy partials.

Dumbbell training.

Kettlebell training.

Bodyweight training.

Hand-balancing.

Specialization programs.

Grip work.

John Wood's Bone Strength program.

Trap Bar specialization.

Dino-style lugging and loading drills.

And endless combinations of the above.

Heck, you can go out in the woods and
run up and down trails and lift, throw or
carry logs and rocks while the bears sit
and watch you in amazement.

Maybe one of the bears will even film
you and throw it up on the Grizzly
Channel.

The point is, it's all good. It all works.

And it all keeps you strong and fit and
healthy.

So find something you like to do --
and DO IT!

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.There are tons of fun exercises and
fun workouts in these little monsters:

Dinosaur Dumbbell Training

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

Dinosaur Bodyweight Training

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

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. 3. Thought for the Day:

"Always have fun -- and always keep
on training."

 -- Brooks Kubik

Before You Leave - Check These Out! 

Brooks Kubik's Kindle Books

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

We have over 25 books and courses in the Kindle store - including these little monsters:

 
For even more Kindle books by Brooks Kubik, visit:

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