Retro Lifting at Dino Headquarters

Retro lifting at Dino Headquarters - it's fast, fun and effective!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Today's a training day at Dino Headquarters,
and I'm looking forward to it.

I'll be doing split style snatches, snatch high
pulls and front squats. That will make a long
workout. It will run about 90 minutes, and it
will work everything from the toes to the
eyeballs and back again.

Most of the workout will focus on the split
style snatch. I do plenty of singles to work
on my form and technique in the snatch.

The footwork takes lots of practice -- and
like anything else, to do it right you need
work at it.

Some people call the split style of snatching
or cleaning "old man lifting."

Others call it "grandfather lifting."

Jim Schmitz calls it "retro lifting." He started
out as a split style lifter back in the 1960's,
and then switched over to the squat style,
and today, at age 70, he's back to the split
style because it's easier on his body.
And he still lifts in competition once or
twice a year. At age 70, that's pretty
impressive.

Anyhow, I agree with Jim Schmitz. I think
"retro lifting" is the best term for split style
snatching and cleaning.

World and Olympic Champion John Davis hits a split snatch back in the day.

But whatever you call it, old-school lifting
is fun to do.

It's also good exercise -- and it keeps you
young, fast, strong and powerful.

So does any kind of basic barbell and dumbbell
training -- especially the stand on your feet stuff
I write about in all of my books and courses.

So here's the bottom line:

I don't care how old you are in years, but
if you're standing on your feet and squatting,
pulling and pushing heavy iron a couple of
times a week, you're younger and stronger
than most people.

And if you keep on doing it, you'll stay
younger and stronger for a very long
time.

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.Here are some great resources to help
keep you healthy and strong at any age:

a. Gray Hair and Black Iron is a must-read
for any older trainee:

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

b. Two years ago, I did a terrific mini-course
for older Dinos -- with a brand new workout --
and it's available in PDF with immediate electronic
delivery:

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

d. And last but not least -- each issue of the
Dinosaur Files newsletter covers effective
training for older Dinos -- and gives you
real life, real world workouts used by your
fellow Dinos. It's the stuff no one else ever
covers -- but it's standard fare for the Dino
Files.

If you've not been reading the Dinosaur
Files, start with the December 2015 issue
and work forward from there:

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurfiles_december2015.html

P.S. 2. My other books and courses --
including links to all of my e-books on
Kindle -- are right here at Dino
Headquarters:

Hard-copy and PDF

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

Kindle

http://www.brookskubik.com/oldschool_01-kindle.html

P.S. 3. Thought for the Day: "Stronger is
younger." -- Brooks kubik

We have 23 books in the Kindle bookstore. This the latest one. You can grab it right here: http://www.brookskubik.com/oldschool_01-kindle.html

Retro Lifting at Dino Headquarters!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!


Today's a training day at Dino Headquarters,
and I'm looking forward to it.

I'll be doing split style snatches, snatch high
pulls and front squats. That will make a long
workout. It will run about 90 minutes, and it
will work everything from the toes to the
eyeballs and back again.

Most of the workout will focus on the split
style snatch. I do plenty of singles to work
on my form and technique in the snatch.
The footwork takes lots of practice -- and
like anything else, to do it right you need
to keep on doing it.

Some people call the split style of snatching
or cleaning "old man lifting."

Others call it "grandfather lifting."

Jim Schmitz calls it "retro lifting." He started
out as a split style lifter back in the 1960's,
and then switched over to the squat style,
and today, at age 70, he's back to the split
style because it's easier on his body.

And he still lifts in competition once or
twice a year. At age 70, that's pretty
impressive.

Anyhow, I agree with Jim Schmitz. I think
"retro lifting" is the best term for split style
snatching and cleaning.

But whatever you call it, old-school lifting
it's fun to do.

And it's good exercise -- and it keeps you
young, fast, strong and powerful.

So does any kind of basic barbell and dumbbell
training -- especially the stand on your feet stuff
I write about in all of my books and courses.

So here's the bottom line:

I don't care how old you are in years, but
if you're standing on your feet and squatting,
pulling and pushing heavy iron a couple of
times a week, you're younger and stronger
than most people.

And if you keep on doing it, you'll stay
younger and stronger for a very long
time.

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.Here are some great resources to help
keep you healthy and strong at any age:

a. Gray Hair and Black Iron is a must-read
for any older trainee:

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

b. My "Going Strong at 54" DVD features
plenty of retro lifting for older Dinos:

http://brookskubik.com/goingstrong.html

c. I just did a terrific mini-course for older
Dinos -- with a brand new workout -- and
it's even available with immediate electronic
delivery:

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

d. And last but not least -- each issue of the
Dinosaur Files newsletter covers effective
training for older Dinos -- and gives you
real life, real world workouts used by your
fellow Dinos. It's the stuff no one else ever
covers -- but it's standard fare for the Dino
Files.

You can grab the December issue of the Dinosaur
Files right here, with immediate electronic
delivery:

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurfiles_december2015.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: "Stronger is
younger." -- Brooks Kubik

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Great Lifting at Age 67!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Yesterday's email covering 10 Things
that Don't Work was a big hit with the
Dino Nation.

I had planned to do 10 Things that Work
today -- but just spotted something new
and impressive from one of my favorite
Iron Slingers -- and I want to share it
with you. We'll do the 10 Things that
Work in my next email.

Here's what I want to share. It's a
video from a recent Olympic weightlifting
comp in California -- and it features
67 year old Jim Schmitz, the 3-time
coach of the USA weightlifting team
at the Olympic Games.

But he's not coaching in this video --
he's lifting!

Using the old-school split style of
lifting in the snatch and clean and
jerk -- because it's much more forgiving
for older lifters.

And he hits some good numbers at age
67. As in, 52 kilos (115 pounds) in the
snatch, and 71 kilos (156 pounds) in the
clean and jerk.

Some people think that older lifters are
slow and stiff and beat up. Not true. Jim
moves pretty darn well for a 67-year old.

Check it out -- and see what I mean when
I talk about lifelong strength and health.
Jim's the older lifter with the beard,
and he's the only lifter to use the split
style, so he's easy to spot. Of course, the
younger lifters do a great job, too. Very
impressive stuff!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gd_vsAYDPbs

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. Here's the MUST READ book about training
for older lifters:

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

P.S. 2. My other books and courses are right
here:

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

P.S. Thought for the Day: "Age is a number.
The number changes from  year to year. Now
that we've settled that, grab the bar and
lift it." -- Brooks Kubik 

Wish Me Luck!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Wish me luck! I'll tell you why in a
minute, but first, before I forget,
today is Jim Schmitz's birthday. So
please join me in wishing Happy
Birthday to one of the top weight-
lifting coaches of all time!

Jim is also one of the nicest men
in the Iron Game. He lives in San
Francisco, and if you ever get out
there, look him up and train at his
gym!

Now, about the wish me luck thing.

As you probably know, we're in the
middle of a pre-publication special
for my new book, Dinosaur Dumbbell
Training. If all goes well, the little
monster will be printed and ready to
ship right around the end of August
or in early September. So if you
reserved a copy, it won't be much
longer.

In the meantime, I've had tons of
Dinos ask for a DVD to go with the
book. So I decided to do one -- and
filming begins today.

There are over 100 dumbbell exercises
in the new book, and I plan to cover
all or most of them in the DVD. So
that's going to be a lot of work.

In addition, I thought you'd enjoy
seeing some heavy lifting -- so after
I finish demonstrating the different
exercises, I'm going to load things
up and do some heavy stuff for you.

I'll actually try to beat one or
two IAWA World Records in some of
my favorite dumbbell lifts -- and
if I do, you'll be able to see it
on the DVD. (And yes, I think that
will give you a great big dose of
Dino-riffic motivation and
inspiration -- enough to set a
ton or two of PR's!)

Next week, we'll put a sales page up
for the DVD, so you can add it to your
order for the book. That way, we can
ship them together and there won't be
any additional shipping charge.

So it's going to be a busy couple of
days here at Dino HQ -- with plenty of
chalk, sweat and heavy iron. Wish me
luck!

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik,

P.S. Go here to reserve your copy of
Dinosaur Dumbbell Training -- and be
watching for more info about the DVD:

http://brookskubik.com/dinosaur_dumbbelltraining.html

P.S. 2. Thought for the Day: "If there
was no such thing as weightlifting, we'd
have to invent it." -- Brooks Kubik

A Great Video for Dinos!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

I found a great video on Olympic
weightlifting that features Jim
Schmitz, the coach of the USA
weighlifting team at three
different Olympics (1980, 1988
and 1992).

There's some great lifting and
training footage, and some great
comments from Jim Schmitz.

Sit back and enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQSYlG-HA3s&feature=endscreen&NR=1

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. We're doing a pre-publication
special for my new book, Dinosaur
Dumbbell Training. You can reserve
your copy of the little monster
right here:

http://brookskubik.com/dinosaur_dumbbelltraining.html

P.S. 2. My other books and courses
are right here:

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

P.S. 3. Thought for the Day: "Whoever you
are and whatever you do, strength training
will make you better at it." -- Brooks Kubik

How to Train for Lifting Longevity!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Yesterday I sent out an email about
intelligent training for lifting
longevity.

Later in the day, I saw a new photo
of Jim Schmitz doing a split clean at
a recent contest. (I posted this on my
Facebook page -- so go see it.)

Jim Schmitz is one of the top Olympic
weightlifting coaches in the country.
He has been the head coach of the USA
weightlifitng team at the Olympic
Games not once, not twice, but THREE
times.

He was born in 1945, so he's 67 years
old.

And there he was -- out on the platform --
snapping the bar up to his shoulders as
he dropped into the split.

That's pretty impressive for a 67 year
old man. Most men that age have trouble
walking -- or bending over and tying
their shoes. Heck, some of them have
trouble sitting down.

But Jim Schmitz is still lifting. And
that's pretty darn impressive.

Part of Jim's lifting longevity may be
the result of his training methods. He's
never gone in for the bizarre or the
over the top extreme stuff.

In his training manual, "Olympic Style
Weightlifitng for the Beginner & Inter-
mediate Weightlifter" (available from
IronMind, and highly recommended -- and
ditto for the companion DVD), Jim Schmitz
promotes THREE TIMES PER WEEK TRAINING!

Yes, you read that correctly.

Not the Russian system -- not the Bulgarian
system -- not the Chinese system -- not
any off the internet program where you
train six days a week -- but THREE workouts
per week.

He promotes relatively low tonnage for an
Olympic weightlifter. Beginners do the 5 x 5
system, and as they advance, they move up
to programs like 3 x3, 3 x 2 and 3 x 1 (a
total of nine sets and 18 reps).

The exercises, of course, are the basics
for Olympic weightlifters: cleans, snatches,
clean and jerk, back squat, front squat,
pulls, etc. Nothing fancy.

That's what Jim Schmitz teaches, and it's
how he trains, and it's how he's always
trained -- and there he is, still training
and still competing at age 67!

This is a GREAT example of common sense in
training -- and an example of how keeping
things simple and training intelligently
(rather than ego-driven training or following
the latest program you find in cyberspace)
pays lifetime dividends!

So whatever your age, stop and reflect on
what you're doing and how you're training.
Are you positioning yourself for lifelong
strength and health? Will YOU be hitting
it like Jim Schmitz when you're 67?

The bottom line is this. I want to be like
Jim Schmitz when I'm 67. That's MY goal. It
should be YOUR goal as well.

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. All of my books and courses promote old
school, no nonsense strength training and
muscle building. All of them will make you
strong and well-conditioned -- and they'll
help you achieve your goal of lifelong
lifting. You know where to find them -- so
what are you waiting for?

a. DINOSAUR TRAINING: LOST SECRETS OF STRENGTH
AND DEVELOPMENT

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b. STRENGTH, MUSCLE AND POWER

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c. GRAY HAIR AND BLACK IRON

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

d. DINOSAUR BODYWEIGHT TRAINING

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e. CHALK AND SWEAT

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John Davis Story, my DVD's and my Dinosaur Training
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4. Thought for the Day: "Train smart, and as you get
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The First Feedback on Legacy of Iron 4!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

The first feedback on “Legacy of Iron 4 – York Goes to War!” comes from none other than Jim Schmitz, the man who made the Sports palace a weightlifting legend, and the Coach of the U.S. Olympic Weightlifting Team Coach in 1980, 1988 and 1992. He’s also the author of the “Olympic-style Weightlifting for Beginner & Intermediate Weightlifters” Manual and DVD, which you can order from IronMind – and which are well-worth reading and watching.

Jim is an old-school guy who got started back in 1960 – and who remembers the DAY that he began lifting (which is pretty cool) – and remembers lines from old books, training courses and magazines that he read when he was getting started (which reminds me of me) – and he’s been a big fan of the Legacy of Iron books from day one.

Jim also ends his emails with one of the greatest closing lines in history:

“I will not rest while gravity threatens my people!”

Here’s what Jim Schmitz had to say – and please note that it includes the tip of the day for building strong and massive shoulders:

“Brooks,

Today I received your latest book, "York Goes To War!” Thank you. I just started reading "Horatius" last night. I look forward to reading it and your latest in the Legacy of Iron series. I really liked your cover with 1942 Mr. America Frank Leight on the cover.

When I began weightlifting on June 27th 1960 I was following the Joe Bonomo Professional Muscle Building Power - Plus - System and Frank Leight was one of the ten instructors.

I once read a statement by Frank, I think in Strength and health, but I can't remember exactly. Anyway, Frank was extolling the benefits of "Alternate Dumbbell Presses" and he said they were the best-ever shoulder exercise.

As I remember it, he said: " Alternate Dumbbell Presses are so Good That They Can Put Deltoids on a Pencil" and I have been doing them ever since and recommending and teaching them ever since 1968.

By the way Frank had the proverbial "Canon Ball" delts that we all wanted, as well as probably the broadest shoulders of the 40's, 50's, and 60's and maybe of all-time!

Anyway, thanks for the two books. I'm off to bed to get back to Horatius. I'll give you my comments after I finish them.

"I will not rest while gravity threatens my people!"


Jim”

Jim – Thanks for your feedback, and do let me know how you like Horatius and Legacy of Iron 4.

Your line about building big deltoids on a pencil made me smile. Bradley J. Steiner used the same line in an article I read back around 1970, and it has stuck in my mind ever since. I think I even used it once or twice in my own writing.

Frank Leight trained at Sig Klein’s gym, and Klein was a huge fan of heavy dumbbell pressing. It looks like it rubbed off on Frank.

To everyone else – thanks for reading, and if you train today, make it a good one!

P.S. In between writing about the iron game, I managed to write a short novel set in ancient Rome – a novel that tells the true story of one of history’s greatest warriors and one of the most incredible battles of all time. It’s not about strength training, per se – but it’s definitely about strength. Strength of body, strength of heart and strength of will. It’s a fast-moving, fun read – and I think you’ll like it:

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

P.S. 2. Legacy of Iron 4 – York Goes to War! is flying off the shelves. You can order your copy right here:

http://brookskubik.com/legacy_of_iron4.html