The Road to Health and Strength

 

Hitting it hard at Dino Headquarters. The Iron Pills keep me young and strong at age 60. Regular exercise is the royal road to lifelong health and strength.

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Highway 101 runs along the California
coast.

It's a great drive.

Twisting, turning, with eye-popping
curves - the beautiful blue Pacific
on one side - and the rugged
mountains to the other.

There's an incredible place called
Big Sur that's right off of the
highway.

It's one of the most beautiful places
in the world.

And for most of this year, it's been
one of the most isolated.

There were some huge storms and
mudslides this winter - and a big
stretch of Highway 101 got washed
away.

Meaning that there was no way to
get into or out of Big Sur unless
you did it the old-fashioned way -
on foot.

Everyone had to walk anywhere
they wanted to go.

The people who live there had to
hike out if they wanted to get food
or other supplies.

Yes, hike.

There was an old trail that led up
and over the mountains.

It was a little over one and a half
miles long. Close to two miles.

Very narrow - and very steep.

Up and down the whole way there,
and the whole way back.

So for the past 5 or 6 months,
everyone in town has been doing
a lot of walking - and a lot of
hiking.

Mountain trail hiking.

A 3 1/2 mile round trip, and that's
with a loaded pack on the way
back.

At first everyone grumbled.

Then they did it. They had to.

It was hard at first.

Their legs were sore, their feet
hurt, and their muscles ached.

Gradually, it got easier.

Soon it was fun.

And then something interesting
happened.

The local clinic started to see a
dramatic improvement in the
residents' health.

People who needed to lose weight
found that the pounds and inches
melted right off.

People with high blood pressure
found that their blood pressure
dropped way down.

One resident who had been
diagnosed with diabetes found
that his blood sugar levels
normalized - without medication.

And I'm sure that people started
growing a lot of muscle in their
legs and hips - and increasing
their bone density - improving
their balance and mobility - and
generally getting into excellent
condition.

I don't know if anyone in town
has a barbell set, but that's all
they would have needed to put
the icing on the cake.

Seriously, can you imagine what
kind of shape you'd be in if you
trained with basic barbell and
dumbbell workouts 3x a week
and hiked those rugged mountain
trails 3 or 4 times a week?

Especially if you didn't drive at
all - and walked everywhere you
went?

I don't know about you, but it
sounds perfect to me.

It sounds like it's made to order
for Dinosaurs - and for lifelong
health and strength.

As always, thanks for reading
and have a great day. If you
train today, make it a good
one!

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

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Try this for Dino-Style Cardio!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Here's a quick head's up and link to a recent
interview I did with Bill Kociaba and Clarence
Bass (of "Ripped" fame).  As you can imagine,
we covered a wide variety of topics. I think
you'll enjoy it:

http://kociaba-fitness.com/blog_rwf_17_brooks_clarence_pt_1

On the training front, we've been talking
about Dino-style cardio -- meaning the kind
of cardio that works for Iron Slingers as
opposed to 130 pound long-distance
runners.

Here's some great feedback from one of
your fellow Dinos:

"When it comes to cardio, everyone always
looks at the obvious things, like running,
walking, sports, etc. People often overlook
the simplest thing, which to me is staying
active.

I lift hard three times per week and eat a
very healthy diet. I also stay very active.

I do all my own yard work and house
projects. I tend my garden. I take my
hunting dog for an hour long walk three
or four times per week.

When I have free time I go fishing or
hunting. I will spend all afternoon
walkimng a stream looking for trout,
or hiking a hillside looking for game
birds or deer. As an added bonus,
whatever I catch or kill I throw on
the grill to make a healthy meal.

Very rarely do I sit on my couch and
do nothing. I like to be busy.

My weight has stayed around 205 for
years, and my gains have continued.

Good strength training, a healthy diet,
and an active lifestyle is all I need.

William"

This reminds me of Jim Park, the Mr. America
and Mr. Universe winner from the 1950s. (No
relation to English bodybuilder Reg Park.)

He never did cardio or much in the way of gut
work -- but he spent the weekends out in the
rugged hills and forests of Pennsylvania, hiking
and hunting.

It was all he needed -- along with his barbell and
dumbbell work -- and at contest time he was in
superb condition: lean, hard and muscular.

So the bottom line is this: train hard, stay active,
eat smart -- and stay strong!

As always, thanks for reading and have a great
day. If you train today, make it a good one!

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

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Training e-books on Kindle:

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P.S. 2. Our other books and courses are available
right here at Dino Headquarters:

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

P.S. 3. Thought for the Day: "Life is movement."
-- Eugene Sandow

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