The Best Exercises for Strength and Health!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

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

1. The October Dinosaur Files

The October Dinosaur Files is available in
PDF format, and it's a big hit with Dinos
around the world. Go here to grab the
little monster:

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurfiles_october2016.html

We'll release the Kindle edition of the October
Dino Files as soon as we can. It's crazy, but we
have to format it one way for PDF - and then re-
do it completely for Kindle.

Anyhow, if you grab the PDF edition, let me
know how you like it!

2. The Best Exercises for Strength and Health

On the training front, let's talk about something
that doesn't get much discussion -- the best
exercises for strength and health.

Everyone talks about the best exercises to
build strength -- or power -- or muscle mass.
You even see lots of articles about the best
exercise to build the upper inner head of the
triceps -- or to "sculpt" the legs -- or to build
gladiator pecs -- or cannonball deltoids -- or
baseball biceps -- or whatever.

But you don't see very much about the best
exercises to build strength AND health.

That's crazy, because it all starts with good
health. You can't build strength and muscle
unless your body is in a state of abundant
good health.

But there WAS a time -- a long time ago --
when the top writers in the field gave this
issue the attention that it deserved.

Bob Hoffman used to cover the issue of health
building all the time.

So did George F. Jowett.

They used the term "organic health." It's a
good term.

They taught old-school strength training, where
you focused on strengthening the internal organs,
so that they worked at peak efficiency.

When all of the internal organs and metabolic
systems are working at peak efficiency, it
becomes very easy to make rapid gains in
strength and muscle mass.

So to men like Hoffman and Jowett, it was
very clear that you should do exercises that
built strength and simultaneously built
organic health.

The best exercises for building strength and
organic health are basic, compound movements
that allow you to train the body as a whole --
and that get you breathing hard and heavy.
Hoffman called it "puffing, panting and
perspiring."

Squats do the job.

So do deadlifts.

So does what Hoffman called "repetition
weightlifting" -- meaning exercises like the
snatch, clean and press or high pull performed
for sets of five consecutive reps.

York training Course No. 3 is nothing but
repetition weightlifting -- and Hoffman always
said it was the hardest and most productive
of the York courses.

Jowett had an important addition.

He wanted trainees to do plenty of work
for the midsection -- because training the
midsection helps strengthen the internal
organs.

So there's no mystery about which exercises
build strength AND health.

They're the exercises that Dinos do. The basic,
compound, movements. The stand on your feet
stuff. Exercises with barbells and dumbbells.

Plus gut work.

See? No mystery at all. Just good, old-fashioned
Dino-style strength training.

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

Yours in strength and health,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. Be sure to grab the October issue of
the Dinosaur Files!

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurfiles_october2016.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: "Always train for
strength and health. You'll be glad you did!"
- Brooks Kubik

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10 Reasons for Older Dinos to Keep on Training!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

I met some old friends at a dinner party
over the weekend, and they 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?" they asked.

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

"How old are you?"

"I'm 59."

And that's when I got the "are you kidding
me?" looks.  That's because I don't look 59.
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.

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.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7.  Progressive strength training helps you stay
lean and muscular at any age.

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.

a. Strength training is a perfect life-long hobby.

9. It makes you feel better.

a. And look better.

b. And when you look better, 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

P.S. 2. My other books and courses, Dinosaur
Training DVD's, links to my e-books on Kindle
and links to the monthly Dinosaur Files newsletter,
are right here at Dino headquarters:

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

P.S. 2. Thought for the Day: "Lifting iron keeps you
from rusting away." -- Brooks Kubik

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Ask Yourself this Very Important Question!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Two quick notes, and then we'll talk training.

1. Sweatshirts and Hoodies.

We have a very limited number of Dinosaur
Training Hoodies and Grey Hair and Black Iron
sweatshirts in stock. If you're interested in
ordering one, email me for the price, and
the sizes remaining. We're not going to
re-stock these for awhile, so this is your
last chance to snag one.

2. The New Mini-Course.

We've been getting great feedback on my new
mini-course with digital delivery (meaning that
your purchase the course and get an immediate
link to download the PDF). Go here to grab the
little monster:

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

And, of course -- please let me know how
you like the course and whether you want
us to do more courses with PDF downloads.

3. Ask Yourself this Important Question!

Here's a very good question to ask yourself:

"Why did I start strength training?"

It's important, because the answer helps
you tap into the burning desire that got
you started.

At the beginning of every Iron Game success
story you find something that happened --
something that needed improvement -- a
problem of some sort -- something that led
to a lifelong passion for strength training.

For me, it was severe childhood asthma.

When I was a kid, I had terrible allergies,
and even worse asthma.

I remember the nights when I lay in bed
wheezing uncontrollably and gasping
desperately for breath.

I remember the family doctor telling my
parents that there was nothing he could
do to help me.

That I would always be weak and frail.

That I was too sick to play with the other
children.

That I would not be able to play sports or
outdoor games.

That I should stick to indoor hobbies like
reading, stamp collecting or building
model planes.

But at age nine, I read a book about Teddy
Roosevelt, and I learned -- to my great
astonishment -- that Teddy Roosevelt
had suffered from severe childhood
asthma that was very similar to mine.

But he licked it.

How?

His father set up a small home gym in
an extra bedrom -- and Teddy began
training with weights, pulleys, and
Indian clubs.

And over time, the exercise made him
bigger, stronger and healthier.

He ended up becoming an all-around
athlete and a rugged outdoorsman. He
boxed, rowed, canoed, sailed, rode
horses, camped, hunted and even
owned a cattle ranch. During the
Spanish-American War, he formed
the famous Rought Riders unit
that stormed up the steep slopes
of San Juan Hill to win a decisive
victory.

He went from invalid to hero -- and
it was exercise that did it for him.

That's what got me started -- and
even now, almost 50 years later, I
can remember the burning desire
to be healthy and strong -- and
how it motivated me to start
training.

And just thinking about it keeps me
going -- and keeps me focused on
that early goal of building strength
and health.

So ask yourself the question:

"Why did I start strength training?"

It's an important question. The answer is
your personal key to strength training
success.

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. Dinosaur Training has helped tens of
thousands of trainees build more strength,
muscle and power than they ever imagined.
Go here to grab your copy of the little blue
book they call "the Bible of Strength
Training":

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

P.S. 2. My other books and courses -- and
links to all of my ebooks on Kindle -- are
right here:

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

P.S. 3. Thought for the Day: "The seed of
greatness lies deep in all of us. The trick
is to find it." -- Brooks Kubik

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Real Food Builds Real Muscle!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so a short video clip must be worth 10,000 words or more.

Here's the haul from this morning's trip to the farmer's market.  It's pretty much food for the entire week, all of it locally grown or locally raised, and all of it 100% organic in the true sense of the word -- meaning that it comes from small growers who don't use chemicals.

This is real food -- and real food plus real training builds real muscle.

Fresh greens, spring mix, potatoes, sweet potatoes, grass fed beef, free range eggs, bacon from pastured pork,  apples, cabbage, green onions, and (of course) Dinosaur Kale.

Plus TWO bunches of flowers for Trudi. #flowers4trudi #smarthusband

For more about a healthy diet for strength training and muscle building, grab Knife, Fork, Muscle.  It's available in your choice of hard copy or a series of Kindle e-books that are available for immediate download: 

Hard copy

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

Kindle e-book

Knife, Fork, Muscle, Book 1
(covers protein for strength training -- how much,
the best sources of hiqh quality protein, etc.)

http://www.brookskubik.com/knifeforkmuscle01_kindle.html


Knife, Fork, Muscle, Book 2
(covers healthy and unhealthy carbs, vegetables,
starchy vegetables, grains and gluten issues,
organic vs. conventional foods, gardening,
growing your own vegetables, etc.)

http://www.brookskubik.com/knifeforkmuscle02_kindle.html


Knife, Fork, Muscle, Book 3
(covers healthy and unhealthy fats,
food allergies and how to avoid them,
chemical allergies and how to
avoid them, etc.)

http://www.brookskubik.com/knifeforkmuscle03_kindle.html

We have one more e-book to finish to complete
the series. Be looking for it soon.

In the meantime, thanks for reading. If you train
today, make it a good one!

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

The Best Exercises for Strength and Health

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Two quick notes, and then we'll cover the
best exercises for strength and health.

1. Carl Lanore's New E-Book

Carl Lanore, the host of SuperHuman Radio,
and my co-host on Physical Culture Radio, has
written a new book. It's available on Amazon's
kindle site:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00U7PT3LK

The book was produced as the result of a
panel discussion on natural approaches to
managing and reversing autoimmune and
neuro-degenerative diseases.

And unfortunately, those are very common
and very serious problems -- and they affect
a number of our Dinos or their family
members.

Carl's book shares insights on integrative
medicine and holistic therapies, and it has
some very interesting and potentially
life-changing information in it.

Trudi and I have both read it, and we give it
a combined four thumbs up!

2. My Dinosaur E-Books

Are selling like hotcakes and getting rave
reviews. We have two so far, with more
coming. Go here to grab The Dinosaur
Military Press and Shoulder Power Course
and Dinosaur Training Secrets, Vol. 1 in
your choice of Kindle e-book or hard-copy
format:

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

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

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

On the training front, let's talk about something
that doesn't get much discussion -- the best
exercises for strength and health.

Everyone talks about the best exercises to
build strength -- or power -- or muscle mass.

You even see lots of articles about the best
exercise to build the upper inner head of the
triceps -- or to "sculpt" the legs -- or to build
gladiator pecs -- or cannonball deltoids -- or
baseball biceps -- or whatever.

But you don't see very much about the best
exercises to build strength AND health.

That's crazy, because it all starts with good
health. You can't build strength and muscle
unless your body is in a state of abundant
good health.

But there WAS a time -- a long time ago --
when the top writers in the field gave this
issue the attention that it deserved.

Bob Hoffman used to cover the issue of health
building all the time.

So did George F. Jowett.

They used the term "organic health." It's a
good term.

They taught old-school strength training, where
you focused on strengthening the internal organs,
so that they worked at peak efficiency.

When all of the internal organs and metabolic
systems are working at peak efficiency, it
becomes very easy to make rapid gains in
strength and muscle mass.

So to men like Hoffman and Jowett, it was
very clear that you should do exercises that
built strength and simultaneously built
organic health.

The best exercises for building strength and
organic health are basic, compound movements
that allow you to train the body as a whole --
and that get you breathing hard and heavy.

Hoffman called it "puffing, panting and
perspiring."

That's another good term.

Squats do the job.

So do deadlifts.

So does what Hoffman called "repetition
weightlifting" -- meaning exercises like the
snatch, clean and press or high pull performed
for sets of five consecutive reps.

York training Course No. 3 is nothing but
repetition weightlifting -- and Hoffman always
said it was the hardest and most productive
of the York courses.

Jowett had an important addition.

He wanted trainees to do plenty of work
for the midsection -- because trainiing the
midsection helps strengthen the internal
organs.

So there's no mystery about which exercises
build strength AND health.

They're the exercises that Dinos do. The basic,
compound, movements. The stand on your feet
stuff. Exercises with barbells and dumbbells.

Plus gut work.

See? No mystery at all. Just good, old-fashioned
Dino-style strength training.

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

Yours in strength and health,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. The Dinosaur Files quarterly is the top
strength training journal around. Go here to
grab issue no 2 -- and if you missed issue no. 1,
 grab that as well. You'll want the complete
set:

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

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

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

P.S. 3. Thought for the Day: "Build your body
the natural way -- from the inside out."
-- Brooks Kubik

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