Two New Ones from John Wood

Would you like know the EXACT training program followed by the Canadian Colossus, Louis Cyr? If you do, you're in luck - because it's available right here!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

John Wood has released two great new
training books on Kindle.

Head over and check them out.

The first is a revised, expanded version
of George F. Jowett's classic from way
back in 1927.

It's a biography of Louis Cyr, the legendary
Canadian strongman.

The title tells the story:

The Strongest Man That Ever Lived.

You can find it right here in the Kindle
Store:

https://www.oldtimestrongman.com/louiscyr-kindle.html

This updated edition includes three bonus
articles on Louis Cyr - including a rare
interview with Cyr right before one of
his biggest contests - back in 1896 - in
which he reveals his exact daily training
program - which is something I bet you've
never seen before.

Think about that for a second - Louis
Cyr's actual training program - from
122 years ago.

What might you learn from that, eh?

Anyhow, the book is pretty darn good -
and I recommend it highly.

John's other new release is an old muscle-
building course originally written by David
Webster. John has the rights to it, so this
is strictly on the up and up, of course.

It's called The Complete Physique
Course, Lessons 1 and 2.

Go here to check it out:

https://www.oldtimestrongman.com/complete-physique-01.html

The course covers a lot of ground:

Lesson I: Free-Hand Exercises

a. Arm and Chest Exercises
b. Leg Building
c. The Back is a Power Zone
d. Abdominal Health
e. List of Exercises
f. Training Schedules

Lesson II: Modern Bodybuilding

a. Building Big Arms
b. Powerful Shoulders
c. Forearm Power
d. Powerful, Shapely Legs
e. Super Calves
f. Classical Abdominals
g. Building the Back Muscles
h. The Lower Back
i. Fundamentals of Neck Exercise
j. Building a Massive Chest
k. Some General Hints
l. List of Exercises
m. Photos

You can grab The Complete Physique
Course right here:

https://www.oldtimestrongman.com/complete-physique-01.html

And while you're over at the Kindle
bookstore, be sure to browse though
John's other books and courses - as
well as mine - together, we have about
40 of them now.

John's other books will pop up when you
look at The Strongest Man That Ever
Lived and The Complete Physique
Course.

Mine are in the link below. Happy reading!

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

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

The 400 Pound Waltz

Weightlifters are amazingly strong athletes - but how many weightlifters can do a 400 Pound Waltz?

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Three quick notes, and then we'll talk iron -
as in, the amazing 400 pound waltz!

1. Dino Training in OZY

The popular on-line magazine, OZY, just did
a great review of Dinosaur Training.

Go here to see it - and please help us spread
the word by sharing the article - and by posting
a comment in the comments section after the
article.

https://www.ozy.com/good-sht/this-old-school-workout-program-puts-the-hard-in-hard-core/85137

This is a great opportunity to help bring
Dinosaur Training to folks who would not
otherwise hear about it - so let's make the
most of it!

2. The Dinosaur Files

If you missed any of the recent issues of The
Dinosaur Files strength training newsletter,
go here to grab them:

April issue

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurfiles-april2018.html

March issue

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur-files-march2018pdf.html

Feb issue

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

Oct, Nov, Dec and Jan issues

http://brookskubik.com/dinosaur_files.html

And yes, I'm working away on the May issue!

3. Pruning the Email List!

We need to prune our email list, so I'm going to
be deleting inactive accounts. We have a lot of
accounts going back more than 10 years that
don't appear to be opening and reading the
daily emails - so I have to assume they are
no longer active accounts.

If I make a mistake and delete you - please
go to my website and sign back up.

I'll try to delete only inactive accounts, but
I may make a mistake - so if your emails
stop, sign back up pronto.

4. The 400 Pound Waltz

Here's one I spotted yesterday - in an old
issue of Peary Rader's IronMan magazine.

Have you ever heard of Charles Rigoulet?

He was a French weightlifting champion from
back in the 1920's.

He was pretty good, too.

He won the 82.5 kilo class at the 1924 Olympic
Games.

Between 1923 and 1926 he set 8 official World
Records.

In 1924 he became the first man in history to
clean and jerk 400 pounds - using a special
old-fashioned globe barbell with an extra-
long bar. (I think it was 9 or 10 feet long -
which means it was super springy. Wow -
what a great bar that must have been.)

In 1930 he became the first man to clean
and jerk the famous Apollon Wheels. (The
only other men to ever do so were John
Davis and Norb Schemansky, many years
later.)

After his weightlifting career ended, Rigoulet
became a professional wrestler - and had
some memorable matches with men like
Strangler Lewis, Henri DeGlane and Milo
Steinborn.

He also was a race car driver at Le Mans.

All in all, quite a well-rounded athlete - a
man of many talents.

He also was the World's Strongest Dancer.

That's because he could do a 400 Pound
Waltz.

Picture this.

After World War Two, when he was in his
mid-40's, Rigoulet had a strongman act.

It featured some beautiful chrome-plated
barbells - one of which weighed 400 pounds.

Rigoulet would deadlift the 400 pound bar-
bell - and then perform a waltz with it.

Imagine that - one, two, three - one, two,
three - one, two, three four . . . . with 400
pounds of iron in his hands!

Step, step, turn . . . step, step, turn - with
400 pounds!

That must have been something to see.

Anyhow, if you're looking for a fun new
challenge there it is - the 400 Pound
Waltz.

But don't start with 400 pounds.

Start with a much lighter weight - and
work up from there!

And use a barbell - not a Trap Bar - a
barbell is much safer for this one.

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're getting my emails, I assume
you already have a copy of Dinosaur
Training and Strength, Muscle and
Power.

If not, go here to grab them:

Dinosaur Training: Lost Secrets of
Strength and Development

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

Strength, Muscle and Power

http://www.brookskubik.com/strength_muscle_power.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: 

"Set high goals for yourself - and work
relentlessly to achieve them."

-- 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

Something to Think About

A classic photo of old-time wrestling and weightlifting champion, George Hackenschmidt. He's thick and massive from head to toe - but take a close second look at the thickness of his neck. Almost all of the old-timers specialized in neck training - and it shows!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Did you know that many of the old-time
strongmen and weightlifting champions
were also wrestlers?

And that many weightlifting gyms were
also wrestling gyms - and vice-versa?

It's true.

At least, it was true back in Europe.

Not so much in the USA, simply because
there wasn't much weightlifting in the
USA back then.

Back in the day - the 1860's or 1870's
through World War I (or perhaps even
into the 1920's), most of the top strong-
men and weightlifters in Europe also did
plenty of wrestling.

George Hackenschmidt, the famous
"Russian Lion," was both a weightlifting
champion and record holder and a great
wrestling champion.

George Lurich set a world record in the
one-hand jerk - and also won plenty of
wrestling titles.

George F. Jowett was a famous lifter and
strongman - but he also doubled as a
wrestling champion.

Arthur Saxon was one of the most famous
strongmen of the era - but he also did
plenty of wrestling.

The list goes on and on. It includes all or
substantially all of the old-time European
strongmen and weightlifters.

In Europe, the strongmen traveled from
city to city, engaging in hugely popular
weightlifting contests. Back in those days,
weightlifting contests were a popular thing
to see, and people paid good money to
watch an afternoon of top notch lifting.

And people also paid good money to see
top notch wrestling.

So the promoters got smart, and paid
what it took to bring the strongmen to
town - but then doubled their ticket
sales but hosting TWO events with the
same men - a lifting event, and a
separate wrestling event.

One of the results of this was that all old-
time strongmen had truly excellent neck
development.

That's because wrestling builds the neck
muscles - and because wrestlers do plenty
of bridging - and because the old-school,
stand on your feat weightlifting that these
men did was great for building the traps
(which is a necessary part of effective
neck training).

Later, wrestlers and weightlifters drifted
apart.

In the 1940's, Henry Wittenberg, one of
the best amateur wrestlers in the USA, had
to do his weight training in secret so his
coach wouldn't find out about it. (It worked,
too, because Wittenberg won an Olympic
gold medal in 1948 and a silver medal in
1952.)

And when bodybuilding became the big
thing on the weight training side of things,
some men actually stopped training their
neck at all - because they thought it would
make their arms and shoulders look bigger!

Anyhow, I happen to think that the old-
school way of doing things was the best.
Nothing beats a combination of all-around
strength training PLUS specialized neck
training.

It builds a strong, thick, massive, and
impressive neck - one that tells the entire
at the very first glance that YOU are a man
to be reckoned with!

That's the kind of development you want.

A strong, thick, powerful neck - just like
all of the old-timer champions.

To help you do that, I've included an all
new, complete neck training course in
the November issue of The Dinosaur
Files newsletter.

You can find it right here:

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

Go ahead and grab it today - and start
the neck course tonight - and build the
very biggest, thickest and most powerful
neck possible.

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. The November Dino Files is available
in a PDF edition with immediate electronic
delivery.

The PDF is printable, so if you prefer a
hard-copy, order the PDF and print it --
and you'll have an instant hard-copy to
save in your collection.

If you don't have a printer, send me
an email and we'll see what we can do
for you.

Also, if you prefer to subscribe to The
Dino Files rather than order each issue
as it becomes available, shoot me an
email and we'll work up a special
subscription package for you.

Look What I Found in the Warehouse!

John Davis - 6 time World Champion and two-time Olympic gold medal winner.

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

I thought we had sold all of our
copies of Black Iron: The John
Davis Story - but I was wrong.

The other day, we were at the
warehouse, getting some other
books, and I found a box with
12 more copies.

It was over in the corner, mixed
up with some boxes of Gray
Hair and Black Iron.

I guess I need to stop using
"black iron" in book titles - it's
too confusing.

Anyhow, this will be the LAST 12
copies I have - because we're not
going to do another printing - so
if you want a copy, grab it now.

The cost is $34.95 plus shipping
and handling.

We took down the order page for
the book, but if you're interested
shoot me an email and let me
know where we'll be shipping the
little monster, and your preferred
method of payment. We'll work up
a total and get back to you.

For those of you who don't know
John Davis, let me note that he
was one of the greatest Olympic
lifters of all time - a six-time
World and two-time Olympic
Champion - and in his era, the
strongest man in the world.

The book covers his life and
lifting in detail - with more than
450 pages, and many original
photographs that you won't see
anywhere else.

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S Here's one of the photos of
John Davis that you'll see in the
book - it was from the private
collection of his former training
partner, and had not previously
been published:

Physical Culture Radio

Abe Boshes, old-school champion.

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

I do a regular weekly podcast with Carl Lanore, the founder of SuperHuman Radio. It's called Physical Culture Radio, and it's live at 12:00 EST on Thursdays.  If you miss the live show, you can listen to the podcast at your convenience.

Here's  a link to last week's show:

http://superhumanradio.com/shr-1739-physical-culture-radio-indian-clubs-the-10-000-kicks-rule-stretching-friend-or-foe-everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-apples.html

Hope you enjoy it!

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

Goerner the Mighty!

Hermann Goerner

 Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Hermann Goerner had some of the strongest

hands and fingers of any man who ever

lived -- and he had tremendous all-around

strength, as well.

On October 8, 1920, Goerner performed a

one-hand deadlift with a barbell weighing

727 1/2 pounds!

He performed a one-hand snatch with a

barbell weighing 220 1/2 pounds on Nov-

ember 30, 1919 -- and performed a one-

hand clean and jerk with a barbell weighing

264 1/2 pounds on November 9 of the same

year.

On March 21, 1920, he performed a one-

hand swing with two kettlebells having a

combined weight of 220 1/2 pounds.

In the same year, he deadlifted 793 2/3

pounds, clean and jerked 390 1/4 pounds,

and performed a front squat with 474 1/2

pounds.

Goerner was 6' 1/2 inch in height, and weighed

just 220 pounds at the time he made these

amazing lifts.

Later. his muscular weight increased to

about 245 pounds, making him one of the

most impressive looking of all strongmen.

Goerner had a unique training system to

strengthen his hands, fingers and grip.

I cover it in detail in Strength, Muscle and

Power -- and it's one of the best programs

there is to build truly Herculean grip strength.

After all, it's the program Goerner used to

perform that amazing one-hand deadlift.

What a powerhouse he was!

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. You can grab Strength, Muscle and
Power right here at Dino Headquarters:

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

P.S. 2. For more about Goerner and his

training methods, grab his biography,

Goerner the Mighty, from my good friend

Bill Hinbern:

http://superstrengthtraining.com/goerner-the-mighty-edgar-mueller

P.S. 3. Thought for the Day: "You can argue

about  a lot of things, but you can't argue

about the training methods of a man who

deadlifts 727 1/2 pounds with one hand."

-- Brooks Kubik

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The 100 Word Challenge!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Two quick notes, and then we'll get
to the 100 Word Challenge.

1. The Dinosaur Files Quarterly

Issue no. 3 of the Dinosaur Files
Quarterly is ready to go -- and it's
available in your choice of hard copy
or Kindle e-book:

Hard copy

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

Kindle e-book

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurquarterly_03_kindle.html

2. Questions for Bill Hinbern

Many of you sent in questions for my
interview with Bill Hinbern. Bill and I
reviewed the questions before the
interview, and we answered some
of them -- but there are more we
need to answer.

We'll try to get to them in follow-up
interviews and/or via our daily emails.
For example, I covered one of them in
yesterday's email about common
deadlift questions.

Also, I assume you have the link for the
interview on YouTube, but if not, here
is Part 1 -- and from there, you can link
to Parts 2 thru 5:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFIy3f80GIE

If you have follow-up questions for
either of us, send them in!

The 100 Word Challenge

Here's a challenge -- let's see if I can give
you 100 Biographical Summaries of Great
Iron Game figures in a total of 100 words
or less.

1. John Grimek

The best example of old-school strength and
muscle. Inspired thousands to start training.

2. Bob Hoffman

Tireless promoter of weightlifting.

[Note: that's 21 words -- I'm gonna
do it!]

3. John Davis

All-time great lifter -- almost forgotten today,
which is tragic.

4. Bernarr MacFadden

Mr. Physical Culture.

[Note: 37 words. I will make it!]

5. Steve Stanko

The Big Champ. The first 1000 lb. total. And
then, tragedy.

6. Reg Park

Mr. Massive (strong, too!). Inspired so
many of us.

[Note: That's 61. On track.]

7. Doug Hepburn

The most inspiring champion ever!

[Note: 68 -- Piece of cake!]

8. Peary Rader

Mr. Integrity. Tireless promoter of real
world training -- and the 20-rep squat!

[Note: 82 now. Still on track.]

9. Harry Paschall

Bosco. One of my favorite Iron Game
authors.

[Note: 92. It's getting close.]

10. Alan Calvert

Super-Strength and the Milo Barbell
Company.

[Note: 100! It's a darm good thing that the
book "Super-Strength" is hyphenated so it
counts as one word!]

That one eneded up being closer than I
thought it would be. We'll try another
challenge sometime and see how it goes.

In the meantime, thanks for reading --
and remember to grab your copy of the
Dinosaur Files Quarterly -- and to watch
my interview with Bill Hinbern -- and to
shoot in any follow-up questions for us!

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. If you want a little more information
about John Grimek, grab a copy of my
John Grimek Training Course:

Kindle e-book:

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

Hard-copy:

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

P.S. 2. Black Iron: The John Davis Story
covers the life and lifting (and the training)
of World and Olympic champion John Davis:

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

P.S. 2. Thought for the Day: "Study the
champions of the past. Learn from their
victories. Build on their successes."
-- Brooks Kubik

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Seven Things I Have in Common With Bill Hinbern

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Two quick notes and then we'll talk about
seven things I have in common with Bill
Hinbern.

1. The Dinosaur Files Quarterly

Issue no. 3 of the Dinosaur Files is ready
to go -- and it's a great issue, with tons of
terrific articles and photos. Go here to grab
the little monster:

Hardcopy

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

Kindle e-book

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurquarterly_03_kindle.html

2. The Complete List

Readers keep asking for a complete list of
all my e-books on Kindle, so here it is:

http://dinosaurtraining.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-complete-list-as-of-july-13-2015.html

And yes, we have more books on the way!

And now  . . . let's talk iron.

SEVEN THINGS I HAVE IN COMMON WITH
BILL HINBERN

I recently did a long interview with Bill
Hinbern, and learned that we have a
number of things in common. Here
are seven of them. There are more
than that, but these are some of the
most important ones.

1. Why we got started in the Iron Game.

We both got started in the Iron Game to
try to overcome severe childhood illnesses.

Bill had rheumatiuc fever. I had severe asthma.

We both were so weak and so ill that our doctors
wanted us to stay in bed and rest and not to play
sports. We didn't like that -- and we decided to
try to do something about it. So we began
exercising.

2. We both began with Charles Atlas.

We both read the Charles Atlas ads in the
comic books and magazines. Bill actually
bought the Charles Atlas course. I opted
for barbell and dumbbell training. But both
of us started training because we wanted
to be big and strong -- just like Charles
Atlas.

3. We both read the muscle comics.

And we even believed them. I even
followed Sergio Oliva's (supposed)
Mr. Olympia workout -- when I was
an 83 pound beginner!

4. We both discovered Peary Rader's
IronMan magazine.

We both discovered peary Rader's old
IronMan magazine -- and it taught us
how to train the right way.

And for both of us, that made all the
difference in the world . . .

5. We both used Hoffman's Hi-Proteen
powder.

I forgot to ask Bill if it worked for him.

It didn't work for me -- other than as
an industrial strength laxative.

6. We both use the term "physical culture."

We both talk about the Iron Game in terms
of "physical culture" -- which encompasses
all that is good about it in one very useful
term.

7. We don't like roidskies.

And we even tell you why -- it's in Part 5 of
the interview. Hint: it's probably not what
you think it is. And our reasons are slightly
different.

Of course, we have many more things in
common. You can learn what they are by
listening to the five part interview on my
new YouTube channel. Part 1 is right here --
and from there, you will have the links to the
rest of the 5-part interview:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFIy3f80GIE

Thanks for reading, and I hope you enjoy
the interview!

Yours in  strength,

Brooks Kubik

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Now Open -- The Strength Archive!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Note: I sent this out the door last night,
and need to update it.

John Wood's strength archive -- aptly
named The Iron League -- is open for
business and accepting new members
right now.

Go here to grab your membership:

http://www.ironleague.com

Brooks Kubik

P.S. My original post is below -- it will
tell you more about The Iron League
and the strength archive.

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Synchronize your watches and be ready to
take immediate action at 9:00 a.m. EST
on Wednesday, May 13.

That's when John Wood is going to open
the doors to his Strength Archive.

The Strength Archive is a very unique
project.

I know about it because John is a good
friend -- and because I've been one of
the beta-testers for the Strength Archive.
In other words, I've been able to log in
and take a look -- and watch as the little
monster grew bigger and bigger -- with
more and more really terrific material.

Do you remember the line from The Blues
Brothers?

"We're on a mission from God."

Well, John Wood has been on a similar
sort of mission. He's been working like
crazy -- sometimes until 3:00 or 4:00
in the morning -- to put more and
more great material into the Strength
Archive.

Right now, it has enough material that
it would take you a very long time to
read it all.

But John is going to continue to add more
and more material to the archive -- so no
matter how hard you try, you might not
ever read all of it.

Every time you think you're almost there,
something new will appear.

It reminds me a little bit of a story about
the great American novelist, Thomas Wolfe.
I think he even tells the story in You Can't
Go Home Again -- but it's been almost 40
years since I read the book, so I may be
conflating things.

Anyhow, Thomas Wolfe went to college
at Harvard -- which has one of the biggest
and best libraries anywhere in the world.

So he decided to make the most of the
opportunity.

He decided to read every book in the
Harvard library -- starting with A and
working to Z.

I forget how far he got -- but never made
it through all the books. There were just
too many of them -- and more and more
kept coming.

And the Strength Archive is a little bit
like that.  It doesn't have as many books
and magazines as the Harvard library --
but it's got PLENTY to read.

And here's the other thing.

It's not just the stuff you see everywhere
else.

Sure, you may have seen some of the
material in the Strength Archive -- but
I guarantee that there's a ton of material
you've never seen.

I've been a student of the Iron Game for almost
half a century -- and I have a pretty good set
of materials in my personal library -- and I've
seen lots of other material over the years --
but there are MANY books, courses and
articles in the Strength Archive that are
brand new to me.

Here's a link that shows a small number of
books, courses and magazines that you'll
see in the Strength Archive. Take a look
and see how many of them are new to
you:

http://www.oldtimestrongman.com/about-us/news/2015-05/1173-strength-archive-taste-things-come

Anyhow, as I said, the Strength Archive
goes live tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. EST. It's
a members only site, so you'll need to
start by grabbing  a membership. They're
not expensive, so don't let that stop you.

And after that -- it's Happy Reading Time
for strength fans!

Which means some of you are going to
dive into the archive and not surface for
a week or two. So pack food and water --
let your spouse or significant other know
you'll be gone for awhile -- and be sure
someone takes care of the dogs and cats.

As always, thanks for reading -- and get
ready for plenty more great reading when
you enter the Strength Archive!

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

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P.S. As I noted at the beginning, I've updated
this post so you can click on the link and
sprint on over to join The Iron League --
because it's up and open and ready for
action:

http://www.ironleague.com

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Some BIG News for Dinos!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Earlier today I sent an email where I
referred to Peary Rader's original Iron
Man magazine as the Holy Grail of
strength training and muscle building.

I don't think anyone would dispute that.

The original Iron Man was a remarkable
little magazine -- with tons of great
articles, terrific photos, and a strong
editorial slant toward real world
training as opposed to the Muscle
Beach fantasy stuff we saw in so
many other magazines.

IronMan covered:

1. Breathing squats

2. Weight gaining diets

3. Workouts for the Working Man

4. Articles on all of the great
champions and how they trained

5. Rest-Pause Training

6. Isometric training

7. Isometronic training

8. Iron Game history

9. Power rack training

10. Grip training secrets from "back in
the day"

11. Articles on building your own gym
equipment -- starting a home gym --
setting up a neighborhood gym -- or
getting into the gym business.

12. Weightlifting workouts

13. Bodybuilding programs

14. Specialization programs

15. The one inch to your arms in one
day program

16. Powerlifting programs

17. Training for sports

18. Neck building exercises

19. Arthur Jones' Nautilus system

20. Articles by Bradley J. Steiner, Bill
Pearl, Doug Hepburn, Arthur Jones,
Reg Park, Tony Ditillo, and many more.

As I said, it was the best of the best.

And now -- here's some BIG NEWS . . .

My friend John Wood has received permission
to reproduce the complete 50 year run of the
original Iron Man magazine.

The details are a bit complicated -- and for
now, they're secret -- but let me just say
this:

You're gonna have some GREAT reading
available in the not too distant future.

Some. Really. Great. Reading.

Head on over to John's website and sign up
for his daily emails, so you get the news
directly from him as soon as everything
is ready.

http://www.oldtimestrongman.com/

Tell him I sent you -- and tell him you can't
wait to see what's coming!

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

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Strength and Muscle in 100 Words or Less, Part 2

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

So here's a question.

Guy named Steve Stanko could clean and
press 310 pounds back in 1940.

He weighed 225 pounds -- and it was solid
muscle.

He gained something like 70 or 80 pounds
of muscle in his first two years of training.

All he had were barbells and dumbbells.

No drugs.

No roidskies.

Not even any supplements.

Just iron.

So tell me -- exactly why do you think that
modern training methods are so much better?

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. Here's someone else who did pretty darn
good training old-school style:

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

P.S. 2. And here's someone else who did pretty
darn good with old school training:

Hard-copy course:

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

Kindle e-book:

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

P.S. 3. Thought for the Day: "If old-school works, then
why bother with anything else?" -- Brooks Kubik

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The Big 3 Week for Dinos!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

We decided to try to spoil the Dino
Nation this week.

We're doing it by releasing three
e-books.

We're going to try to rlease them
all this week -- but if not, it will
sometime over the next 10 days
or so.

We released the first of the little
monsters on Sunday. It's a revised
version of my Doug Hepburn training
course, and you can find it right here:

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

The cover looks pretty good, so even
if you already have the hard-copy
version of the course, head on over
and take a look at the Kindle page.

The second new e-book should be
ready in the next 24 to 48 hours.

I'll send an email when it goes live
and is available at the Amazon Kindle
site. Be looking for it.

Number three goes up after that.

So it's a big week for the Dinos --
and that's great, because spoiling
the Dino Nation is our job!

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. If you prefer a hard-copy version of
the Doug Hepburn course, or any of my
other books or courses, go here to grab
them:

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

For our e-books, go here:

a. Dinosaur Training Secrets, Vol. 1.
"Exercises, Workouts and Training
Programs"

http://brookskubik.com/dinosaursecrets01_kindle.html

b. Dinosaur Training Secrets, Vol. 2,
"How Strong Are You?"

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_secrets2_kindle.html

c. The Training Secrets of John Grimek

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

d. The Dinosaur Military Press and Shoulder
Power Course

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

P.S. 2. Thought for the Day: "Squats build the body,
and books build the brain." -- Brooks Kubik

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An Old-School Secret of Upper Body Strength and Development

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

One quick note, and then we'll talk training --
and cover an old school secret to upper body
strength and muscle mass.

1. Dinosaur Training E-Books

Our e-books have been an off the chart success.
We're getting great reviews, and all four of the
little monsters have made it into the Amazon Top
10 at one time or another. Some days we have
two or three of them in the Top 10. And the new
"How Strong Are You?" course made it all the way
up to the number 1 position.

We'll have more coming soon, but for right now,
you can run on over to the Kindle bookstore and
grab these little monsters:

1. Dinosaur Training Secrets, Vol. 1.
"Exercises, Workouts and Training
Programs"

http://brookskubik.com/dinosaursecrets01_kindle.html

2. Dinosaur Training Secrets, Vol. 2,
"How Strong Are You?"

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_secrets2_kindle.html

3. The Training Secrets of John Grimek

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

4. The Dinosaur Military Press and Shoulder
Power Course

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

If you prefer hard-copy courses, all of the
little monsters are available in hard-copy,
as well -- along with my other books and
courses. You can find them right here
at Dino Headquarters:

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

Be sure to post a review for each book on our
Kindle pages. The reviews really help.

2.  An Old-School Secret of Upper Body Strength
and Development

If you're familiar with the old-time strongmen,
weightlifters and bodybuilders -- meaning the
men from 1890 through 1950 or so -- you know
that they had tremendous strength and rugged
muscular development.

They tended to be particularly good at feats of
overhead strength -- at arm and grip strength --
and at one-hand lifting.  Witness the old-school
strength standards I cover in my "How Strong Are
You?" Course and my Military Press course.

From a bodybuilding point of view, the old-
timers had tremendous development. Good
muscle size, excellent proportions, shapely
muscles and terrific muscularity.

They looked like classical statues -- and many
of the top men (Otto Arco, Sig Klein, and John
Grimek) actually posed for the leading artists
of the day.

When they posed, they moved with lion-like
power and supple strength. They exhibited
remarkable control of their muscles. Indeed,
many of them (such as Grimek) were true
masters of what they called "muscle control."

And many of them -- perhaps most of them --
used what is now a largely forgotten tool that
supplemented their weight training perfectly.
They used cables. (Or rather, they used what
we now call "cables". They called them "strands"
and "chest expanders".)

The benefit of cables is that the resistance
increases as you stretch them -- so you
need to constantly recruit more and more
muscle fibers to push or pull them to the
fully stretched position.

To do that, you need to establish a powerful
mind-muscle link -- and concentrate deep
and hard -- and teach your nervous system
to fire off more and more commands to
your muscles to push or pull against the
resistance of the cables.

It almost becomes a form of isometrics
with movement.

And that makes a very powerful, very
effective strength and muscle builder.
It doesn't replace weights -- but it works
in concert with them.

My friend John Wood sells some terrific
cables. He also just released a great-looking
reprint edition of one of the classic cable
courses -- a course that will give you some
great insights into old-school cable training.
It's called "All About Strand Pulling" -- and
you can grab the little monster right here:

http://www.oldtimestrongman.com/about-us/news/2015-04/1155-all-about-strand-pulling-syd-devis-new-edition

I'd love to see you try a combination of
old-school cable training, Dino-style barbell
and dumbbell training, and the type of super
nutritious diet I cover in Knife, Fork, Muscle
and see what happens over the coming year.
I'm betting that we would see some amazing
results.

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. I mentioned Knife, Fork, Muscle. If you
don't have a copy, go here to grab it:

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

P.S. 2. Thought for the Day: "Do anything and
everything you can to link your mind and your
muscles. The mind-muscle link is critical."
--  Brooks Kubik

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Take a Look at the Table of Contents!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Over a dozen Dinos have asked me to
post the Table of Contents for my new
Dinosaur Training course -- which means
that there are probably 1200 Dinos who
want to see it.

When you ask, we listen.

So here you go:

Dinosaur Training Secrets

Vol. 2. -- How Strong Are You?

Introduction

1.  How Strong Are You?

2.  The Man Who Met the Paschall
Standards

3.  How the Paschall Standards Measured
Up in Weightlifting Competition

4.  Adjusting the Paschall Standards for
Your Bodyweight – The Hoffman Formula

5.  An Alternative to the Hoffman Formula –
The Sinclair Formula

6.  Age-Appropriate Strength Standards

7.  Age Coefficients for Masters Weightlifting

8.  How to Adjust the Paschall Standards to
your Age and Weight

9.  The Bob Hoffman Table of Lifting Awards

10.  Deadlifting Exercises

11.  The Bench Press

12.  Curling Exercises

13.  Pressing Exercises

14.  Squatting Exercises

15.  The Snatch and Related Exercises

16.  The One-Hand Dumbbell Swing

17.  The Clean and Jerk

18.  Some Final Thoughts

As you can see, we cover the topic in detail --
and we give you a ton of great information.

Go here to grab the little monster in
hard-copy format:

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_secrets_02.html

We're working on getting the Kindle e-book,
and will get it up for you as soon as possible.

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. Course 1 in the series is available in your
choice of hard-copy or Kindle e-book:

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_secrets_01.html

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

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

P.S. 3. Thought for the Day: "The dreamers are
the saviours of the world." -- James Allen

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George Eiferman's Super Leg Workout!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

You probably know that George Eiferman
won the Mr. America Contest in 1948 --
and that he had one of the thickest, most
massive physiques of any of the old-time
bodybuilding champions.

He was strong, too -- and a good musician.

He used to do a stunt where he played a
trumpet with one hand while hoisting a
135 pound Olympic barbell over head with
the other hand.

And if a barbell wasn't handy, sometimes he
hoisted a pretty girl overhead with one hand,
while playing the trumpet with the other. Nice
work if you can get it -- and if you're strong
enough to do it!

When he won the Mr. America title, he was
training at John Fritshe's Gym in Philadelphia.

Fritshe was big on heavy leg training, so
George did plenty of squats. Sets of 10 and
sets of 20 were the order of the day.

But before that, he devised a unique leg
training workout of his own -- and I thought
I would share it with you.

Here's the story.

When he was 17, George joined the United
States Navy.

He had already started training, so he trained
with barbells and dumbbells whenever he was
on a ship that had a set of weights.

If there were no weights on board the ship,
he did curls with buckets of water.

He also did his special leg exercise.

He would go down to the "hold" and find a
100 pound bag of sugar and a 50 pound bag
of flour, and wrestle them up and onto his
back.

Then he would climb the ladder from the hold
to the main deck -- with the 150 pounds of
sugar and flour on his back.

And then he'd climb back down -- still carrying
the extra weight.

And he'd go up and down the ladder as many
times as he could.

It sounds like a pretty good workout -- and clear
proof that "Where' there's a will, there's a weight --
and a way to train for strength, muscle and
power!"

You may not have access to a large ship, so
you may not be able to duplicate Eiferman's
workout exactly -- but you can get a heck of
a workout by putting a heavy sandbag on your
back and going out for a run -- or a walk -- or
walking (or running) up a hill or up some
stadium steps -- or by doing squats with it.

And when you do, think of George Eiferman
going up and down that ship's ladder.

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. Go here to grab issue no. 2 of the Dinosaur
Files quarterly -- the best strength training and
muscle building magazine out there:

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

Note that we have copies of issue no. 1 of the
Dinosaur Files quarterly -- so if you missed it,
grab both of them. You'll want the complete
set.

P.S. 2. My new course, Dinosaur Training Secrets,
Vol. 1, is selling like hot-cakes. Go here to grab a
copy in your choice of hard-copy or Kindle e-book:

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_secrets_01.html

P.S. 3. My other books and courses -- and Dinosaur
Training DVD's -- and the world-famous Legacy of
Iron novels -- are right here at Dinosaur
Headquarters:

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

P.S. 4. Thought for the Day: "Wherever you are,
and whatever the circumstances, you can always
find a way to train." -- Brooks Kubik

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Didjya Know? -- Iron Game Trivia!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

We'll get to the Iron in a minute, but let
me begin by saying three things about the
terrible events in Boston yesterday:

1. I know there were members of the Dino
Nation there -- and we all hope you're okay.

2. Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone
affected by this senseless attack.

3. To all the first responders, and to everyone
who helped the wounded -- thank you for what you
did -- and thank you for everything you do. 

And I know that everyone reading this
email shares the same thoughts.

On the Iron front, here's something a little
different for you.

My buddy Bill Hinbern sometimes does articles
and email messages titled “Didjya Know” – and
they’re always fun. So, with a tip of the hat
to Bill Hinbern, and a suggestion that you head
over to his website and check out what he has
to offer, let’s try a little “Didjya Know?”

(Note: I'm having trouble getting a live link here,
Bill Hinbern is at www.superstrengthtraining.com --
head on over and take  a look at his great books
and courses.)

Didjya know:

1. That John Davis military pressed 170 pounds
the first time he ever touched a barbell?

2. That Reg Park hated to train in a gym with
mirrors on the wall, and would actually cover
the mirrors with towels or sheets when he trained?

3. That weight training actually makes you SMARTER?
(Several teams of scientists just published some
research studies on this one. Of course, those of
us who are smart enough to lift weights already
KNEW it – right?)

4. That the Russian strongman, Alexander Zass, who
toured Europe as “The Amazing Sampson,” was a spy
for the British government? His strongman act
provided the perfect cover for a secret agent.

5. That Chinese villagers trained with homemade
barbells fashioned of stone disks. Photos appear
in George Jowett’s classic book, The Key to Might
and Muscle.

6. That Herman Goerner picked up four kettlebells,
two in each hand, for a total weight of 441
pounds – and then sprinted around the training
hall in Leipzig -- a distance of 78 feet? Performed
on August 5, 1934.

7. That the famous old-time bare-knuckle boxer,
John L. Sullivan, was a close friend of the
French-Canadian strongman, Louis Cyr?

8. That Bob Hoffman wrote “How to be Strong,
Healthy and Happy” in exactly ten days? (Or
did he – it’s 494 pages, and that’s awfully
fast typing!)

9. That Iron Game author Harry Paschall set
an American record in the snatch -- bowled a
perfect 300 -- and made a hole in one playing
golf! (But not all in the same day.)  

10. That the great Jack LaLanne, champion of
endurance feats, was a sickly youth with severe
asthma? Physical training and a proper diet made
him a superman!

That’s all for now – let me know if you enjoyed
these, and if so, we’ll do more of them from
time to 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's another Didjya Know -- Didjya know
that BLACK IRON: THE JOHN DAVIS STORY covers
the life and lifting of the six-time World
Champion and two-time Olympic gold medal
winner in detail? It's over 450 pages, with
photos -- including some photos that have
never been published before -- and it's a
great tribute to a great lifter:

http://www.brookskubik.com/blackiron_johndavis.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: "Knowledge is power --
but only if you add some good, old-fashioned hard
work to the equation." -- Brooks Kubik

Pearl Harbor Day Memories

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Today is Pearl Harbor Day.

If you were alive on Pearl Harbor
Day, you can probably remember where
you were when you heard about the
attack on the U.S. fleet at Pearl
Harbor.

My dad was a kid, but he still remembers.
He heard the original news broadcast on
the radio.

I happen to know where John Davis was
when he heard the news.

He was at a weightlifting meet in
Philadelphia.

It was a local meet. Just a couple of
lifting clubs going up against one
another.

One of the heavyweights had hit a big
clean and jerk.

It was 300 pounds or more.

And as he stood there, with the bar
locked out at arms' length overhead,
the radio crackled, and the news came
in.

The big heavyweight stood there, holding
the bar, listening in disbelief.

His eyes went wide, he muttered a single
four letter word that sounds like shoot
and uses the same letters as the word
"hits" -- and then he dropped the bar.

It hit the platform, bounced up and down,
and rolled onto the gym floor.

And for many guys, that was the end of
their lifting for the next couple of
years.

America was at war -- and America's
young men traded iron for lead.

The guys went to enlist the following
Monday.

John Davis was too young to enlist --
but he went anyway. Stood in line with
his friends. And not long after, he, too,
enlisted -- and went overseas, serving in
the Pacific Theater.

You can read more about John Davis and
the other lifters of his era in this
book:

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

You also can read more about the Iron
Game and the great champions of the 1930's
and 1940's in my Legacy of Iron books.

Start with Legacy of Iron and read them in
sequence. The story builds from book to book.

Legacy of Iron is here:

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

And book number 4 in the series opens on a
sunny beach in Hawaii -- on December 7, 1941:

http://www.brookskubik.com/legacy_of_iron4.html

By the way, you can order all five of the Legacy
of Iron books and save some clams. See the bottom
of the order page for vol. 5 in the series:

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

And yes, there will be more Legacy of Iron
books to come. I'm actually working on book
no. 6 in the series. I know that many of you
are looking forward to it. And so am I!

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. My other books and courses are available
right here at Dino Headquarters:

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

P.S. 3. Thought for the Day: "Study the lives
of the champions and learn to think and act
like a champion." -- Brooks Kubik

More Old-School Lifting Standards for Dinos!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

The old-timers did plenty of heavy
dumbbell training, and that included
plenty of heavy dumbbell pressing.

The one-hand military press with
dumbbell was one of the favorite
old-school exercises -- and many
of the old-timers used it to build
impressive strength and power --
and plenty of rugged muscular
development.

Now, please note -- I'm not talking
about bent presses or side presses --
or push presses or jerks. I'm talking
about the one-hand MILITARY press with
one dumbbell. A strict lift, performed
in letter-perfect style.

Here are Bob Hoffman's Gold, Silver
and Bronze medal standards for the
one-hand military press with one
dumbbell. Study them carefully --
and note just how strong they were
back in 1939, when Hoffman compiled
these standards.

NOTE: The weights given are for ONE
dumbbell -- for example, the Gold
medal standard in the 132 pound class
is one rep with an 85 pound dumbbell.

132 pound class

Gold -- 85 pounds

Silver -- 77 pounds

Bronze -- 69 pounds


148 pound class

Gold -- 90 pounds

Silver -- 81 pounds

Bronze -- 72 pounds


165 pounds

Gold -- 95 pounds

Silver -- 85 pounds

Bronze -- 75 pounds


181 pounds

Gold -- 100 pounds

Silver -- 90 pounds

Bronze -- 80 pounds


Heavyweight

Gold -- 105 pounds

Silver -- 95 pounds

Bronze -- 85 pounds


So just how strong were the old-timers?

If they were handling weights like that
in the one-hand military press, I'd say
they were pretty 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

P.S. Old-school dumbbell training builds
terrific strength and power -- and plenty
of muscle -- and Dinosaur Dumbbell Training
will teach you how to do it:

http://brookskubik.com/dinosaur_dumbbelltraining.html

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

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

P.S. 3. Thought for the Day: "If a guy training
at home with a barbell and dumbbell set could
build strength like that way back in 1939, he
must have been doing something right."
-- Brooks Kubik

The Little Gym that Beat the World

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Two men huddled in front of an old
fashioned, wood-burning, cast-iron
stove.

The men wore double sweat suits, dark
gray fisherman's knit hats, and thick
gloves.

One of them pulled his gloves off and
held his hands close to the top of the
stove.

"If my fingers were any colder, they'd
be icicles," he muttered.

The other man nodded in silent agreement.

The first man reached down and picked up
a York Olympic barbell that lay close to
the stove.

"It's ready," he said.

The other man laughed softly.

"Meaning it's not frozen," he said.

"Meaning it's not frozen," said the first
man.

He carried the barbell to the lifting
platform, and performed five quick reps
in the clean and press.

"Your turn," he said.

The second man stepped onto the platform
and began to do his warm-ups.

That was the South Phillie Weightlifting
Club in 1940. A neighborhood gym on the
second floor of a garage. The only source
of heat was the old wood-burning stove,
and the lifters kept one barbell close
to the stove so they could do their
warm-up sets with a barbell that didn't
feel as cold as ice. After that, they
used one of the other barbells -- one
of the cold ones. But after you did your
warm-ups, you could stand the cold.

That was in winter. In the summer, the
gym was so hot it felt like you were
training inside a blast furnace.

The gym was spartan at best. There were
a few wooden lifting platforms, some
homemade wooden benches and squat racks,
a pull-up bar, and some barbells and
dumbbells. That was it.

The men trained on basic exercises. Most
of them practiced Olympic weightlifting.
Many of them did plenty of squats and
bench presses, as well. They did lots of
dumbbell pressing, and plenty of high
pulls.

At the 1948 Olympic Games, six gold medals
were awarded in weightlifting.
 
Two of them went to men from the South
Phillie Weightlifting Club. John Davis
and Frank Spellman.

The little neighborhood gym had out-lifted
the world.

And that tells you something very important
about what it takes to be a champion --
and about the kind of gyms that build a
champion.

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

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. You can read more about John Davis and
how he trained in BLACK IRON: THE JOHN DAVIS
STORY. It covers his life and lifting in a
big (almost 500 page) epic, with special
insights from his friends, team mates, and
training partners -- and many never before
published photos. It's a great tribute to a
great champion -- and a tribute to the
greatness in all of us:

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

P.S. 2. My new book, DINOSAUR DUMBBELL
TRAINING, is in stock and ready to ship.
You can grab your copy right here:

http://brookskubik.com/dinosaur_dumbbelltraining.html

P.S. 3. My other books and courses are right
here:

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

P.S. 4. Thought for the Day: "Luxury is for
cruises, not lifting." -- Brooks Kubik