A Common Pattern Among Great Champions

World and Olympic champion John Davis hits a heavy clean and jerk at Muscle Beach way back in the late 1940's or early 1950's.

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Two quick notes and then we'll talk
iron.

1. The Bone Strength Project

I told you about this yesterday - and
many of you have grabbed issue no.
4 of the Train Hard Bulletin to see
for yourself just how exciting this new
program is.

Go here to grab a copy - you'll be very
happy you did:

https://www.oldtimestrongman.com/bone-strength-projectPDF.html

As I mentioned, this is a very
unique and unusual program.

In fact, it's unlike anything I've
ever seen before - and the results
 are documented in John Wood's
DEXA scans, which show an
enormous increase in bone
mass over the past couple of
years - in a man who's going
to be age 40 pretty soon.

That's pretty much unheard of,
but as I said, this is a very unique
and very effective program.

2. Strength Training Q and A

Go here to grab vols. 1 and 2 in
my Strength Training Q and A
series. We've been getting great
feedback on them:

http://www.brookskubik.com/oldschool-qanda.html

Remember, the October 2017 issue
of the Dinosaur Files newsletter is
a special bonus when you order vol.
2 in the series.

3. A Common Pattern

John Grimek trained in his backyard,
at midnight, after getting off his
second shift job.

In the winter, he moved his weights
up to the attic and trained there.

He became the best developed man
of his generation - and many believe
he was the greatest bodybuilder of
all time.

John Davis got started by working
out on the pull-up bar, rings and
other apparatus in a small park in
Brooklyn.

Later, he trained at a friend's house,
using a basic barbell and dumbbell
set.

As a World and Olympic champion,
he trained alone in the basement
of a church in Brooklyn.

He was the greatest weightlifter of
his generation.

Tommy Kono started training while
he and his family were in an intern-
ment camp for Japanese-American
citizens during World War II. He used
a basic York barbell and dumbbell set.

The guys at the camp pooled their
money to buy it. They didn't have
money or room for anything else.
They put the weights in the back
corner of a tent or barracks room
where they did the laundry!

Later, Kono trained in a YMCA that had
the standard, old-school barbells and
dumbbells of the day. The weights were
next to the boxing ring, and he had to
block out the rat-tat-tat of the speed
bag as he set himself for snatches
and cleans.

When he was a World and Olympic
champion, Kono trained in the basement
of his house in Hawaii. It featured a dirt
floor, a few boards to stand on, and home-
made wooden squat stands and benches.

He didn't have lifting chalk, so he kept
his hands dry by rubbing them against
the dirt floor in between sets.

Many believe he was the greatest weight-
lifter of all time.

Reg Park began training at his parents'
house in Leeds, England. He kept his
equipment outside and trained in the
back yard. In the winter, he covered
the equipment with a tarp to keep the
snow off of it. He had to wear two
heavy sweat suits to stay warm when
he trained out in the cold!

Park went on to win the Mr. Universe
title three times - and to become one
of the greatest bodybuilders in the
history of the Iron Game.

There's a common pattern here.

Can you spot it?

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. Grimek, Davis, Kono and Park
all had what I call the Iron Will to
Succeed. You can read about it
chapter 23 of Dinosaur Training:

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

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

Hard-copy and PDF

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

Kindle

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

P.S. 3. Thought for the Day:

"Do all that you can with whatever
you have." 

- Brooks Kubik

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Did Reg Park Do Cardio?

 

England's Reg Park was a muscular marvel - and he was just as strong as he looked!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

If you're a regular reader, you know
about Reg Park.

Famous old-school bodybuilder from
England.

Three time Mr. Universe.

Two hundred and thirty-five pounds
of massive muscle.

Played Hercules in the movies --
-- and looked more like Hercules
than Hercules did.

Strong, too. Park squatted 600 pounds
back when the top heavyweight lifters
didn't handle much more than that --
used 300 pounds in the press behind
neck (some say for reps!) -- set a
British record in the two dumbbell
clean and press -- and was the second
man in history (behind Doug Hepburn)
to bench press 500 pounds.

So I ask the question:

Did Reg Park do cardio?

And like many things in life, the answer
is "Yes!" -- and -- "No!"

If you're talking about endless hours on
a treadmill, jogging 20 or 30 miles a week,
daily spinning classes, power aerobics,
jazzercize, jumpercize or cardio theater,
the answer is "No, he did not!"

In fact, none of the champions from
Park's era did any kind of what we now
call "cardio."

But if you count hard, heavy workouts
where you train fast and furious with
heavy weights, then the answer is,
"Yes, he did!"

A gym owner named Ray Beck watched
Park train back in the 1950's. He wrote
about it in Peary Rader's old Iron Man
magazine. He said, "Nobody, but nobody,
works out as fast and furiously  . . . as
Reg Park."

Of course, that does NOT mean that Park
trained fast and sloppy or that he never
rested -- or that he handled light wights
in his workouts.

He trained on the basics, using low and
medium reps, and piled on the iron. He
trained with intense concentration and
ferocious determination. He performed
all of his reps in perfect form. He was a
stickler for details, and he squeezed
everything possible out of every set.

But he also trained fast -- meaning
that he kept his rest between sets to
a minimum, and he didn't waste any
time.

In other words, he was not "racing the
clock" -- but he was working as fast as
he could, while still paying full justice
to each and every set.

And when you're training hard and heavy
on the basic exercises, that kind of fast
and furious pace will give your heart and
lungs a terrific workout. It also will kick
your metabolism into high gear and help
you stay lean, hard and muscular.

You do NOT need to do conventional
"cardio" to be strong, muscular and well
conditioned. You can do it with the iron.
You just need to train the right way. You
need to train like Reg Park: hard, heavy,
fast and furious.

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. I cover strength training and muscle
building workouts that double as great
conditioning workouts in many of my
books and courses, including:

Dinosaur Training: Lost Secrets of
Strength and Development

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

Chalk and Sweat

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

Dinosaur Dumbbell Training

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

Dinosaur Bodyweight Training

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

Gray Hair and Black Iron

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

"Squats arecardio for guys and gals who
like to move heavy iron."

 -- Brooks Kubik

If you enjoyed this Blog post, you'll love my Dinosaur Training books and courses. You can get them in PDF and hard-copy editions at my website or in Kindle editions at Amazon. 

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Reg Park, Brad Steiner, and Much More!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Several days ago I shared an email
about Bradley J. Steiner's list of the
21 "Essential Exercises."

I noted that when I started in the Iron
Game, Steiner wrote for Peary Rader's
old Iron Man magazine, and was one of
the most popular Iron Game authors in
the world -- as well as one of the most
honest and most direct.

Steiner taught old school training --
and told his readers to stay away from
the muscle pumping nonsense that was
(and still is) so very common -- and also
told his readers to stay away from
steroids and other drugs.

He often wrote about the mental aspects
of strength training and muscle building.

He focused on physical culture -- a great
term -- and on making yourself the very
best and strongest person that you could
be, both physically and mentally.

He also talked about using your training
to enrich your life rather than making
your life revolve around your training.

As in, train three times a week for about
an hour per workout. That's plenty of
time to build tons of strength and
muscle -- and it allows you to live
a full and rewarding life.

In other words, he taught old school
training and old school values.

So you can see why I enjoyed reading
his books and articles so much.

Anyhow, I've received a ton of emails
from readers asking where they can find
more from Bradley J. Steiner.

There are three places to look.

1. The Iron League

The first is John Wood's Iron League,
which includes old issues of the very
same Iron Man magazines that carried
Steiner's articles "back in the day."

John has a special license to post these
old issues of Iron Man -- and a complete
collection of them -- and a ton of other
great stuff, including several boxes of
rare old materials from my personal
library, which I have loaned to him
to share on the Iron League.

He also uploads old video -- including
my old Dinosaur Training videos from
back in the 1990's. In fact, it's the only
place to find them. I'm letting John do
that because I think the Iron League is
a really important project, and I want
to help support what he's doing.

The Iron League is a members only,
curated website with an incredible
collection of old Iron Game books,
courses and magazines.

One of our Dinos calls it "The Library
of Congress of Strength" -- and that's
a pretty good name for it.

Go here to join The Iron League:

http://www.ironleague.com/

So that's the first place to find old
articles by by Bradley J. Steiner.

2. Bill Hinbern's Website

The second place to look is Bill
Hinbern's website.

Bill has been selling old books and
courses for something like 50 years
now -- and he sells a great looking
reprint edition of Steiner's otherwise
impossible to find, classic text, The
Complete Guide to Effective Barbell
Training.

Note that Bill did this with Steiner's
express permission and approval --
which is how you do these things.

Go here to grab The Complete Guide:

http://superstrengthtraining.com/complete-guide-effective-barbell-training-bradley-steiner

And that's the second place to find
more training wisdom from Bradley
J. Steiner.

3. Brad Steiner's Website

The third place to look for material
from Bradley J. Steiner is at his
website.

It focuses on self-defense training,
but includes plenty of info on effective
strength training, as well.

Go here to check it out:

http://www.americancombato.com/

4. Reg Park Specialization Courses

I mentioned Reg Park in the title of
this email/blog post, and you may be
wondering why, since I haven't
mentioned him yet.

The answer is this -- Bill Hinbern has
just released a series of specialization
courses written by Reg Park.

Bill used to be the North American
distributor for these courses -- but
they haven't been available for over
40 years.

For more information on these VERY
RARE and one of a kind courses, go
here:

http://superstrengthtraining.com/reg-park-mr-universe-specialization-courses

Be sure to tell Bill I sent you. I've been
buying stuff from him for over 40 years
now, and he's a very good friend.

Anyhow, I hope that answers the questions
about where to find more OLD GOLD from
Bradley J. Steiner -- as well as some terrific
old courses from Reg Park.

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

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

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Did Reg Park Do Cardio?

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

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

1. The July Dino Files

We just released the Kindle edition
of the July Dino Files. Go here to
grab the little monster:

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurfiles_july2016-kindle.html

I hope you enjoy this issue, and, of
course, please give us a 5-star review -
and please post a brief review on our
Kindle page. The reviews really help!

If you prefer PDF format, go here
to grab the July Dinosaur Files in PDF:

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2. Did Reg Park Do Cardio?

If you're a regular reader, you know
about Reg Park.

Famous old-school bodybuilder from
England. Three time Mr. universe.
Two hundred and thirty-five pounds
of massive muscle. Played Hercules
in the movies -- and looked more like
Hercules than Hercules did.

Strong, too. Park squatted 600 pounds
back when the top heavyweight lifters
didn't handle much more than that --
used 300 pounds in the press behind
neck (some say for reps!) -- set a
British record in the two dumbbell
clean and press -- and was the second
man in history (behind Doug Hepburn)
to bench press 500 pounds.

So I ask the question:

Did Reg Park do cardio?

And like many things in life, the answer
is "Yes!" -- and -- "No!"

If you're talking about endless hours on
a treadmill, jogging 20 or 30 miles a week,
daily spinning classes, power aerobics,
jazzercize, jumpercize or cardio theater,
the answer is "No, he did not!"

In fact, none of the champions from
Park's era did any kind of what we now
call "cardio."

But if you count hard, heavy workouts
where you train fast and furious with
heavy weights, then the answer is,
"Yes, he did!"

A gym owner named Ray Beck watched
Park train back in the 1950's. He wrote
about it in Peary Rader's old Iron Man
magazine. He said, "Nobody, but nobody,
works out as fast and furiously  . . . as
Reg Park."

Of course, that does NOT mean that Park
trained fast and sloppy or that he never
rested -- or that he handled light wights
in his workouts.

He trained on the basics, using low and
medium reps, and piled on the iron. He
trained with intense concentration and
ferocious determination. He performed
all of his reps in perfect form. He was a
stickler for details, and he squeezed
everything possible out of every set.

But he also trained fast -- meaning
that he kept his rest between sets to
a minimum, and he didn't waste any
time.

In other words, he was not "racing the
clock" -- but he was working as fast as
he could, while still paying full justice to
each and every set.

And when you're training hard and heavy
on the basic exercises, that kind of fast
and furious pace will give your heart and
lungs a terrific workout. It also will kick
your metabolism into high gear and help
you stay lean, hard and muscular.

You do NOT need to do conventional
"cardio" to be strong, muscular and well
conditioned. You can do it with the iron.
You just need to train the right way. You
need to train like Reg Park: hard, heavy,
fast and furious.

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. I cover strength training and muscle
building workouts that double as great
conditioning workouts in many of my
books and courses, including:

a. Dinosaur Training: Lost Secrets of Strength
and Development

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

b. Chalk and Sweat

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

c. Dinosaur Dumbbell Training

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

d. Dinosaur Bodyweight Training

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

e. Gray Hair and Black Iron

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

f. Strength, Muscle and Power

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

P.S. 2. Thought for the Day: "Squats are
cardio for guys and gals who like to move
heavy iron." -- Brooks Kubik

**********************************************************************************

Reg Park's First Three Gyms

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

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

1. Dinosaur Radio

John Wood and I are doing a little podcast
called Dinosaur Radio. The first episode
covers the March issue of The Dinosaur
Files. You can find it here:

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurfiles_march2016.html

We'll do more of these, and I'll post the
links as we do them. Hope you enjoy the
first episode - shoot me an email and
let me know how you like it!

2. The April Dinosaur Files

We're finishing up the April issue of the
Dinosaur Files newsletter. Be looking for
it soon! It's another great issue, with tons
of great training tips - including some very
important advice for older Dinos.

3. Reg Park's First Three Gyms

Last week we revealed the Mystery Man.
It was Reg Park - the famous three-time
Mr. Universe who played Hercules in the
movies and who was the strongest and
most massively muscular bodybuilder
in the world in the 1950's.

A number of you guessed who it was -
but the FIRST person to get the correct
answer was Tom Whittingham.

Congratulations, Tom! You win a free
copy of Legacy of Iron. Shoot me an
email with your mailing address and
we'll get it on out to you.

But back to Reg Park.

Do you know where Park trained when
he was building his world-famous
physique?

Get this . . .

Park started training with a friend who
somehow or other had a barbell set.

They trained in a neighbor's house, in
a room with a bare, wooden floor. They
felt lucky because they didn't have to
train outside!

I don't know who the neighbor was,
but he or she deserves a place in
Iron Game history.

That was Reg Park's first gym: a barbell
set and a room to use it in.

Park then spent a few years in the Army,
and had almost no training time at all.
There were no weights in the military
back then.

After he got out of the Army, Park trained
in the backyard of his parents' house. He
used a homemade chinning bar and a
second hand barbell set. He kept the
barbell under a tarp to keep it dry.

Park trained outdoors in the winter -
sometimes wearing three sweat suits
to stay warm!

And that was Reg Park's second gym.

Gradually, Park assembled a little more
equipment: a fixed incline bench, a flat
bench, squat stands, and a plate-loading
lat machine.

He eventually moved all of it into a one
car garage located behind a shopping
plaza.

And that was Reg Park's third gym.

None of those gyms were very fancy.
None of them had much in the way of
equipment. In fact, they were downright
primitive.

And yet, those three humble gyms helped
build the greatest bodybuilder of his era.

There's a lesson here - and it's pretty
obvious what it is!

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. For more inspiring stories about the
old-time champions - and for more details
on how to get it done with old-school training
methods and basic equipment, grab this:

http://www.brookskubik.com/strength_muscle_power.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: "A great gym
doesn't have to be fancy and it doesn't
need a lot of equipment." - Brooks Kubik



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Why Reg Park Matters

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

As I mentioned in yesterday's email, the
Mystery Man was none other than three
time Mr. Universe, Reg Park.

Yes, Reg Park started his training career
at age 17, pressing a 40 pound barbell.

In other words, he had a lot of room for
improvement.

By way of contrast, John Davis pressed
170 pounds the first time he ever touched
a barbell - at age 15.

And yet, Park went on to become one of
the strongest men in the world - and the
top bodybuilder of his era - and the second
man in history (after Doug Hepburn) to
bench press 500 pounds.

Now, some will argue that Reg Park had
great genetics for bodybuilding and for
strength training - and that's true.

But it's also true that Park's genetics
did NOT make him strong. His training
did.

Park's genetics let him press a mere
40 pounds - which is less than the
weight of an unloaded Olympic barbell.

But with plenty of hard training, he
pushed that number to 300 or more
pounds.

You see, when you start, you never know
where you're going to finish.

And that's why it's important to roll up
your sleeves and get started.

You may surprise yourself.

Reg Park did.

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. They call Dinosaur Training "the Bible
of Strength Training." Grab a copy and see
why:

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_training.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: "Step one is
to start. Step two is to continue. Step three
is to repeat step two long enough to
show some serious results." - Brooks
Kubik

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Revealed - The Mystery man!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Back on March 23 I shot out an email
message asking you to identify THE
MYSTERY MAN.

And many of you gave it a try.

I sent the same email yesterday, so
you could go over the clues one more
time.

Who WAS the future powerhouse who
began his training career at age 17
with weights like 40 pounds in the
press and curl, and 60 pounds in
the floor press?

And just as importantly, why is it
important? What does it mean to
you? What's the takeaway?

You had many, many guesses.

Many of you thought it was John
Grimek.

Others thought it was Doug Hepburn.

Some thought it was Peary Rader.

And quite a few thought it was Tommy
Kono.

A few of you guessed that it was me.

Some thought it was Bob Hoffman.

Or Bill Hinbern.

Or John Davis.

And at least one reader guessed each
one of the following men:

Steve Reeves

Tony Terlazzo

Brad Steiner

Jack LaLanne

Eugene Sandow

Louis Cyr

Alan Calvert

Bill Hinbern

Sig Klein

Paul Anderson

Milo of Crotonia

But 11 of you got the right answer.

You knew exactly who I was talking
about.

It was Reg Park.

And I'll give you the names every Dino
who knew the correct answer - and the
FIRST Dino to send in the correct answer -
in tomorrow's email.

And then we'll start to drill a little bit
deeper on this - and look at WHY it's
important that Reg Park, the three-time
Mr. Universe winner who was the most
massive bodybuilder of his generation,
began his career using weights so light
that my maiden aunt Matilda could have
given him a run for his money.

Stay tuned - you won't want to miss this.

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. Yes, Reg Park was a beginner once - and
like all beginners, he needed to get started the
right way. That's why I cover not one, not two,
not three, but 10 different training programs for
beginners in CHALK AND SWEAT. Go here to grab
the little monster:

http://www.brookskubik.com/chalk_and_sweat.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: "Where you start is
of historical interest - but where you finish is what
really matters." - Brooks Kubik

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Did Reg Park Do Cardio?

Reg Park

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

If you're a regular reader, you know
about Reg Park.

Famous old-school bodybuilder from
England. Three time Mr. Universe.
Two hundred and thirty-five pounds
of massive muscle. Played Hercules
in the movies -- and looked more like
Hercules than Hercules did.

Strong, too. Park squatted 600 pounds
back when the top heavyweight lifters
didn't handle much more than that --
used 300 pounds in the press behind
neck (some say for reps!) -- set a
British record in the two dumbbell
clean and press -- and was the second
man in history (behind Doug Hepburn)
to bench press 500 pounds.

So I ask the question:

Did Reg Park do cardio?

And like many things in life, the answer
is "Yes!" -- and -- "No!"

If you're talking about endless hours on
a treadmill, jogging 20 or 30 miles a week,
daily spinning classes, power aerobics,
jazzercize, jumpercize or cardio theater,
the answer is "No, he did not!"

In fact, none of the champions from
Park's era did any kind of what we now
call "cardio."

But if you count hard, heavy workouts
where you train fast and furious with
heavy weights, then the answer is,
"Yes, he did!"

A gym owner named Ray Beck watched
Park train back in the 1950's. He wrote
about it in Peary Rader's old Iron Man
magazine. He said, "Nobody, but nobody,
works out as fast and furiously  . . . as
Reg Park."

Of course, that does NOT mean that Park
trained fast and sloppy or that he never
rested -- or that he handled light wights
in his workouts.

He trained on the basics, using low and
medium reps, and piled on the iron. He
trained with intense concentration and
ferocious determination. He performed
all of his reps in perfect form. He was a
stickler for details, and he squeezed
everything possible out of every set.

But he also trained fast -- meaning
that he kept his rest between sets to
a minimum, and he didn't waste any
time.

In other words, he was not "racing the
clock" -- but he was working as fast as
he could, while still paying full justice to
each and every set.

And when you're training hard and heavy
on the basic exercises, that kind of fast
and furious pace will give your heart and
lungs a terrific workout. It also will kick
your metabolism into high gear and help
you stay lean, hard and muscular.

You do NOT need to do conventional
"cardio" to be strong, muscular and well
conditioned. You can do it with the iron.

You just need to train the right way. You
need to train like Reg Park: hard, heavy,
fast and furious.

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. I cover strength training and muscle
building workouts that double as great
conditioning workouts in many of my
books and courses, including:

a. Dinosaur Training: Lost Secrets of Strength
and Development

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

b. Chalk and Sweat

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

c. Dinosaur Dumbbell Training

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

d. Dinosaur Bodyweight Training

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

e. Gray Hair and Black Iron

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

f. Strength, Muscle and Power

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

P.S. 2. Thought for the Day: "Squats are
cardio for guys and gals who like to move
heavy iron." -- Brooks Kubik

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10 Training Tips from Reg Park!

Reg Park -- one of the best developed and strongest men who ever lived.

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

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

1. Get Those Orders In!

We're down to the wire to fill Christmas orders,
so please get them in as fast as possible. And
remember, if you want me to autograph a
book or course for you, all you need to do
is ask!

2. Physical Culture Radio

Yesterday's show on Physical Culture Radio
covered Reg Park, Bill Hinbern, Arnold S.,
generational differences between trainees,
why old school training materials are worth
reading and studying, and much more. Go
here to listen to the download:

http://superhumanradio.com/shr-1781-physical-culture-radio-brooks-kubik-charles-poliquin-have-in-common-theoretical-discussion-meal-frequency-muscle-growth-dieting.html

3. Ten Tips from Reg Park

I received a package from Bill Hinbern
yesterday. It contained THREE great
training courses written by Reg Park
in the early 1950's.

As you might expect, they're very good.

Bill outdid himself in putting together
a truly excellent modern reprint edition
of each course, with photos and bonus
material not seen in the original. For
example, one of the courses has Reg
Park's bench press program that let
him become the second man in history
to bench press 500 pounds! That's not
in the original course, but Bill thought
you might like to see it!

Anyhow -- here are ten tips from Reg Park
that I have taken directly from the new
courses:

1. Sometimes, a complete change of your
training routine is better than a lay-off.

2. John Grimek and Steve Stanko did lots
of dumbbell training -- follow their example.
3. Dumbbells have always played a big part
in Reg Park's training.

4. Wear a heavy track suit to keep your
muscles warm while training.

5. Wear lifting shoes or boots while training.

a. Park liked boots because of the added ankle
support.

6. Wear a lifting belt while performing squats.

7. Train deadlifts on a separate training day,
all by themselves.

8. Bodybuilders should practice strength and
power training, not pump their muscles with
light weights.

9. Focus on the big muscle groups, like the
thighs, hips and back, not on smaller muscles
like the biceps.

10. Reg Park always gave extra attention to
squats and shoulder training.

There are many more tips -- and some detailed
training programs -- in the new courses. You can
find them right here at Bill Hinbern's website:

http://superstrengthtraining.com/reg-park

There's also a great chapter on Reg Park
and his training methods in my book, Strength,
Muscle and Power. Go here to grab it:

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

The more you learn about the training
methods of the old-time champions --
men like Park, Grimek, Stanko, Davis,
Hepburn, Kono and so many others --
the better you'll do. In strength training,
knowledge truly IS power!

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 for a complete list of all of my
books, courses and DVD's -- including links
to my e-books on Kindle and links to our
new products with immediate electronic
delivery:

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

P.S. 2. Thought for the Day: "Whoever said
'all brawn and no brains' didn't know that
strength training is a smart thing to do!"
-- Brooks Kubik

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It Happened 43 Years Ago!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Charles Poliquin and I recently discovered
that we have something in common that
is very interesting.

It's also very old-school.

And very Dino.

And it involves someone who's one of the
very best people in the Iron Game.

The story begins 43 years ago,
when I was a skinny kid with big
glasses and even bigger dreams of
someday having some serious strength
and muscle.

I don't think you can guess what it is --
but you can read all about it at Charles
Poliquin's Blog:

http://www.strengthsensei.com/what-do-brooks-kubik-and-charles-poliquin-have-in-common/ 

I'll send you another email later today --
but in the meantime, head on over to
Charles Poliquin's Blog and see what
Brooks and Charles have in common.

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. Dinosaur Dumbbell Training,
Dinosaur Bodyweight Training, Gray
Hair and Black Iron and Knife, Fork,
Muscle have been the top sellers this
week. You can find them right here at
Dino Headquarters -- along with all of
my other books and courses:

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

P.S. 2. We're filling all orders as fast
as we can so we shoot them out the
door in time for Christmas. You can
help by placing your order as soon
as possible.

P.S. 3. If you'd like me to autograph a
book or course for you, please ask for
an autograph when you place your order.
And let me know who to sign it to!

P.S. 4. If you have a question about an
order, a product, which book or course
to order, or anything else, shoot me an
email!

P.S. 5. Thought for the Day: "Knowledge
is power, and when combined with hard
training, it can't be beaten." -- Brooks
Kubik

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What Do Brooks Kubik and Charles Poliquin Have in Common?

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

What do Brooks Kubik and Charles Poliquin have
in common?

The answer may surprise you . . .

Read about it right here:

http://www.strengthsensei.com/what-do-brooks-kubik-and-charles-poliquin-have-in-common/

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

Could You Lift Darth Vader's Dumbbell?

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Three quick notes, and then we'll talk
about Darth Vader's Dumbbell -- which
actually exists, and which I have actually
seen and held.

1. Reg Park Training Courses

My good friend, Bill Hinbern, has released
several new Reg Park Training Courses --
making a grand total of SEVEN Reg Park
training courses available in modern reprint
editions from Bill Hinbern. You can read
more about them right here:

http://superstrengthtraining.com/reg-park

2. Autographs for Holiday Orders

If you order a book or course from us as a
Christmas present, let me know who it is
going to and ask me to autograph it for
that person.

There's no charge for an autograph, and
it makes any gift extra special.

If someone is ordering something for YOU
be sure they give me your name and ask
me to autograph it for you.

3. The December Dinosaur Files

Is available with immediate electronic
delivery -- along with several other courses
that are available with electronic delivery.

We now have a special section on our
products page for products that feature
electronic delivery -- look for this section
at the very bottom of the products page:

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

4. Darth Vader's Dumbbell

The World Premier for the new Star Wars
film, The Force Awakens, was last night
in Los Angeles, and by all accounts it was
quite an event.

And that reminds me of a Dinosaur Training
connection to Star Wars.

It involves Darth Vader's Dumbbell.

It actually exists, and it's one of the most
famous dumbbells in Iron Game history.
I actually saw it once -- and tried to lift
it -- but I couldn't budge it.

But that was okay, because a very long
list of famous strongmen have tried to
lift it -- and were unable to do so. Heck,
Arthur Saxon tried -- and failed. And
Arthur Saxon bent pressed more weight
than any man who ever lived.

Arthur Saxon? Darth Vader? What are
you talking about, Kubik? Have you
lost it?

Not at all. Let me explain.

In the first three Star Wars movies, the
character of Darth Vader was played by
two men.

James Earl Jones supplied the voice --
and a very large British weightlifter named
Dave Prowse supplied the body.

Prowse was an enormous man -- and if
Darth Vader looks BIG on screen, it's
because he really was.

Dave Prowse owned a gym in London --
and in the gym, he had the original Inch
Dumbbell -- the legendary "Unliftable
Dumbbell."

How Prowse ended up with the Dumbbell
is a long story. I'll share it sometime.

Anyhow . . .

I was in London once, on vacation, and I
went to Prowse's gym with fellow Hardgainer
author Mike Thompson.

We each tried to lift the dumbbell.

Neither of us could budge it.

And get this -- on the same trip, I trained
with Mike and made a 1-hand deadlift with
435 pounds. So I had a pretty good grip.
It just wasn't quite good enough to lift
Darth Vader's Dumbbell.

So there you have it: a Dinosaur connection
to Darth Vader -- and to Thomas Inch -- and
Artghur Saxon -- and a host of legendary
strongmen.

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. Speaking of dumbbells and old-time
strongmen, here's a terrific book on old
school dumbbell training:

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

P.S. 2. For more about old-time strongmen
and how they trained, grab these:

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

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

P.S. 3. Thought for the Day: "Lightsabers
are great, but nothing beats old school
strength training." -- Brooks Kubik

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Old School Training with Reg Park

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

One of my all-time favorite weight
training articles is John McCallum's
account of watching Reg Park train.

This was in Vancouver, British
Columbia, and it happened while
Park was on a big tour of North
America. He gave lifting and posing
exhibitions at various shows, and
trained at all of the famous gyms
across the USA and Canada.

He also met all the top bodybuilders
and lifters, and all the famous people
in the Iron Game -- and was invited
to a gazillion or so dinners featuring
all the steak or roast beef the Iron
Gamers wanted. I think it caused a
trans-continental beef shortage.

Now, if memory serves correctly, this
was back in 1957 or 58 -- a long time
ago, and a time when bodybuilders and
weightlifters had much more in common
than they do today.

There were bodybuilders who placed
high in weightlifting contests -- and there
were weightlifters who placed high in
bodybuilding shows.

And then there was Reg Park. At almost
250 pounds of solid muscle, Park was the
top bodybuilder in the world.

He also was one of the strongest men in
the world. He proved it many times, perhaps
most famously by becoming the second man
in history to bench press 500 pounds --
shortly after the Canadian Hercules, Doug
Hepburn, had broken the 500 pound barrier.

McCallum's account of Park's training was
great.

Get this -- the workout lasted just one
hour and five minutes!

But it was one hour and five minutes of
hard, heavy training -- focusing on the
BIG exercises.

It would have been great to have seen
it -- or to have trained with Reg Park.

But here's the next best thing.

Reg Park wrote a number of great training
courses back in the day. The originals are
very rare and almost impossible to find --
but my good friend, Bill Hinbern, has
reprinted SEVEN of them in high quality
modern editions -- including many new
photos, some you probably have never
seen.

They're the next best thing to training
shoulder to shoulder with Reg Park back
in that gym in Vancouver -- and you can
find them right here:

http://superstrengthtraining.com/reg-park

Note that Bill is offering a special deal if
you order all seven courses together.

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. After you grab those Reg Park courses
from Bill, jump over to The Dinosaur Training
site and grab Dinosaur Training Secrets, Vol. 1,
2 and 3. We offer them in hard-copy editions,
Kindle e-book editions, and e-books with
immediate electronic delivery:

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

We've added special sections to our products
page to make it easy to find the links to our
Kindle e-books and the links to the electronic
downloads. Of course, if you have any questions,
shoot me an email.

P.S. 2. Thought for the Day: "Train hard and
make it count!" -- Brooks Kubik

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Squats for Older Dinos?

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Let me give you a quick heads up and then
we'll talk training.

1. A New Reg Park Training Course

My good friend, Bill Hinbern, has released a
new Reg Park training course -- and it looks
GREAT! Go here to grab the little monster:

http://superstrengthtraining.com/secret-of-the-multi-set-system-reg-park

2. The Iron League

I'm letting John Wood load my original
Dinosaur Training DVDs onto The Iron
League -- and he's loaded three of them
so far. Plus, there's a ton of other great
stuff at The Iron League -- with more
being added all the time:

http://www.ironleague.com/

3. The December Dinosaur Files

Is available with immediate electronic
delivery, and it's been getting great
reviews from Dinos around the world.

Go here to grab the little monster:

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

4. Squats for Older Dinos?

On the training front, I thought I'd ask
the older Dinos a question -- and see
what sort of feedback we can get from
the Dino Nation.

The question is about squats.

At dinner last night, Trudi raised the
issue. (Yes, we talk about heavy iron
at the dinner table.)

"Do you think it's good for an older
trainee to do heavy back squats?" she
asked. "Or is there too much compression
on the spine?"

I was chewing on a big mouthful of
roasted mastadon, and I didn't answer
immediately.

So Trudi answered her own question.

"I think front squats are better for older
trainees," she said. "They place a lot
less pressure on the spine."

I kept on chewing.

She kept on answering her own question.

"And Trap Bar squats are probably best
of all," she added.

I nodded. Trap Bar squats and deadlifts are
off the charts good for anyone -- but they're
especially good for older Dinos.

I finished chewing the hunk of mastadon.

"Squats might be too hard on the spine
for some older trainees," I said. "But for
others, they might help keep the spine
healthy and strong."

"That's true," she said.

And then she had an idea.

"You should ask your older Dinos what
works best for them. It would be interesting
to see."

So that's what I'm doing.

Are you an older Dino?

Do you do back squats -- or do other exercises
work better for you now?

Shoot me an email and let me know! And
I'll figure out the best way to share the
results with your fellow Dinos! (We might
do it in the January issue of The Dinosaur
Files -- I think it would make a good
article.)

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. Here are some great resources for
older Dinos:

a. Start with Gray Hair and Black Iron -- a book
that covers effective training for older Dinos
in detail -- and gives you over 50 different
workouts for older trainees:

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

b. Then try my "Going Strong at 54" DVD:

http://brookskubik.com/goingstrong.html

c. After that, grab my new mini-course for older
Dinos. It's 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. Be sure to grab each and every issue,
starting with December 2015:

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

P.S. 2. "Older trainees may be forgotten everywhere
else. But they're not forgotten here -- and
they never will be!" -- Brooks Kubik

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Dinosaur Training Secrets - With Instant Delivery!

The great Reg Park -- 3-time Mr. Universe winner and the second man in history to bench press 500 pounds.  He followed the type of old-school training I cover in all of my books and courses.

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

About one month ago, we launched our first
Dinosaur Training course with electronic
delivery. It covers training for older Dinos.

You order the course, and you get a link
with the PDF -- so you can download and
save it to your computer, and then either
read it on screen or print it out and read it,
whichever you prefer.

We didn't know how you'd like this, but we
thought we'd give it a try.

The response was overwhelming.

Dinos around the world are loving the new
course -- and they're loving the fact that
they get immediate delivery and they
don't have to pay any clams for shipping
and handling.

For overseas Dinos, that's huge -- because
postage rates for overseas orders are
sky-high and keep going higher all the
time.

So we switched to electronic delivery for
the Dinosaur Files newsletter -- and that
was a big hit, as well.

And readers asked for MORE -- so we've
just reformatted all three of my Dinosaur
Training Secrets courses for electronic
delivery. Here are the links to the three
courses -- and note that you can order
all three together and save even more
wampum:

a. Dinosaur Training Secrets, Vol. 1

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaursecrets_vol1_digital.html

b. Dinosaur Training Secrets, Vol. 2

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaursecrets_vol2_digital.html

c. Dinosaur Training Secrets, Vol. 3

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaursecrets_vol3_digital.html

d. Dinosaur Training Secrets, all 3 volumes together


http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaursecrets_vol123_digital.html

And yes, we still have them available in
hard-copy format -- so if you prefer that
option, it's available. But I know that many
of you prefer electronic delivery -- and now
it's available!

Also -- and this is important -- we've updated
our products page by adding a section for all
of our products with electronic delivery. Take
a look at it, and keep checking it out in the
future, because we're going to continue to
add to it:

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

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

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Dinosaur Arm Training

Reg Park

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

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

1. The Dinosaur Files Quarterly, Issue No. 4

Is available in your choice of hard copy or
Kindle e-book edition -- and is getting great
reviews from readers. The Kindle edition has
made it into several different top 10 lists for
Kindle books, and was even ranked no. 1 in
Australia yesterday.

Go here to grab your copy:

Hard copy

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

Kindle e-book

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurquarterly_04_kindle.html

2. Hi-Proteen Memories

I received tons of emails in response to
yesterday's email about Hi-Proteen powder.

It sounds like every Dino age 50 and up used
the stuff back in the day -- for awhile -- and
it didn't help any of us.

Real food is better and cheaper!

See Knife, Fork, Muscle for real-world, no-
nonsense advice about diet and nutrition
for lifelong strength and health:

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

For links to the e-book series of Knife, Fork, Muscle
books, see our products page.

3. Dinosaur Arm Training

I received an email several days ago from a
reader who wondered why I consider barbell
curls to be a basic, compound exercise.

He said they were an isolation exercise, and
seemed to think that they weren't worth doing.

And you run into many people who think the
same thing.

For example, I spoke at a seminar several
years ago, and one of the attendees was a
gym owner who told me that if someone at
his gym does curls, he "throws them out the
door."

I both agree and disagree with that way of
thinking.

On the one hand, doing a workout that is 50
to 90 percent curls is ridiculous -- but it's
fairly common.

And bunny-style isolation curls are about as
useful an exercise as lifting a small bag of
marsmallows for 10 reps at 10/10/10
speed.

But heavy barbell curls are another kind of
animal.

My best in the STRICT barbell curl -- using an
industrial strength, heavy duty easy curl bar --
was 185 for five reps.

And let me repeat -- these were STRICT
curls.

You better believe that this involved all of
the muscles in the entire body from head
to toe -- NOT because it was a cheat curl,
but because it was a strict curl with a heavy
barbell, and I had to lock the entire body
and hold everything in position while I
curled the bar.

When you do a heavy strict curl, you try to
lift the weight with a combination of arm,
shoulder and chest power -- even though
your forearms are the only part of your
body that is moving.

That makes heavy curls an important
assistance exercise for the bench press --
and a great exercise for football lineman,
wrestlers, and those who train in judo,
jujitsu or other grappling arts.

A football lineman doesn't make pancakes
on the griddle. He makes them with heavy
curls (along with heavy leg and back work).

Ditto for a wrestler, and trust me, I know
what I'm talking about here. I knocked
several opponents unconscious with hard
throws when I was in high school.

Anyhow, I hope that clears things up.

Bunny curls -- isolation exercise.

Heavy, strict curls -- a basic, compound
exercise -- and well worth doing.

And one more thing.  Reg Park (pictured above)
included heavy barbell curls in his strength and
bulk course. Nuff said!

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 Dinosaur Arm Training course will
teach you how to build some seriously
strong and powerful arms:

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

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

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

P.S. 3. Thought for the Day: "Thinking without
acting is as bad as acting without thinking."
-- Brooks Kubik

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Great Feedback from an Iron Game Legend!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Back when I was getting started in the
Iron Game, I was lucky enough to discover
the Holy Grail of Strength Training -- Peary
Rader's wonderful old Iron Man magazine.

That was almost 50 years ago, and I still
remember how excited I was to read that
first issue.

I tore through the entire magazine in
record time -- including the classifieds.

And it was there that I first met Bill
Hinbern.

He had a classified ad for an old course
by bodybuilding legend, Reg Park. The
title was perfect:

"Strength & Bulk Training for Weight
Lifters and Body Builders."

Of course, I sent away for it.

Back then, it was  a big deal to buy ANY-
THING through the mail. My parents didn't
approve of mail order purchases. They
thought mail order was sketchy.

I remember that it took a lot of talking
to get them to give me the okay on ordering
the Reg Park course from that mysterious
mail order merchandiser -- Bill Hinbern.

After all, he lived all the way up in
Michigan!

Anyhow, the course arrived, and it was
TERRIFIC. One of the best courses ever,
and yes, I still have it in my strength
library.

And yes, Bill Hinbern still sells the course.
You can find it -- and other Reg Park courses --
and TONS of other great books and courses --
right here:

http://superstrengthtraining.com/reg-park

That was the first of many books and courses
that I bought from Bill Hinbern -- and it became
the basis of a lifelong friendship.

In 1995, when I was working on my first book,
Dinosaur Training, I let Bill read the manuscript
before it was printed.

I wasn't sure if it was going to sell -- or if I'd
lose my shirt by having it printed and not being
able to sell it.

So I asked Bill what he thought.

"Print it," he said. "It's great."

So I did.

And the rest, as they say, is history.

With that background, guess how I felt when I
woke up this morning and discovered that Bill
has moved into the modern age -- that's he's
bought and read all of my Kindle e-books --
and that he's posted killer reviews of all
five of them.

So I'd like you to dio me a big favor.

Follow the links to the different e-books, and
look for the most recent reviews. Bill's review
will be the most recent or next to most recent
for each book. Or search for his review by his
name.

Read the review, and if you think it's a good one,
go to the box at the end of the review and click
YES when Amazon asks you if it's a useful review.
Of course, you can feel free to read and rank
the other reviews -- and to comment on the
reviews -- or post a review of your own.

And if you want to grab one of the new e-books
(or more than one of them), that's okay, too!

The links to the Kindle e-books are below:

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

5. The Doug Hepburn Strength and Muscle Building
System

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

Let's show the world that when Bill Hinbern talks,
people listen!

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 if you want to grab a hard-copy
version of any of my e-books -- or if you want
any of my other hard-copy books and courses:

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

P.S. 2. Thought for the Day: "There are plenty
of good people in the Iron Game, but there's
only one Bill Hinbern." -- Brooks Kubik

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Heavy Supports or Heavy Partials?

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

In response to my emails on Monday and
Tuesday, I've had a number of readers
ask the following question:

"Which is better -- heavy supports in
the power rack where you hold the weight
in the lockout position without moving

OR

heavy partials in the power rack, where
you move the weight over a limited range
of motion?"

Well, they're both good, and and they
both work.

I would usually do both.  I would always
finish a partial movement by holding the
weight motionless in the the lockout
position for at least a couple of
seconds, and sometimes for a count
of five or a count of ten. After
all, if you're going to do all the
work it takes to get to the lockout
you might as well make the most out
of it once you get there.

And sometimes I would pause a rep at
a point a little short of lockout --
and hold it motionless for a couple
of seconds -- and then drive it on
up into the lockout position.

Or -- here's another option -- start
the rep an inch or two below your
sticking point -- drive it up and
off the pins -- hold it motionless
at the sticking point -- and then
push it on up to complete the rep --
and hold the lockout position for
a few seconds when you get there.

There are many other variations of
Din-style rack work. I cover them
in detail in Dinosaur Training and
in Strength, Muscle and Power.

Now, if you're going to do heavy
partials, for gosh sakes, DO THEM
IN A POWER RACK!

Set the bottom pins so you start at
the desired position.

The bottom pins are your safety net.

If you miss the rep, lower the bar
back to the bottom pins. Don't drop
it. Lower it slowly and under control.

Reg park once went to the gym early
in the morning. His training partner
was running late, so Park started to
train by himself.

He decided to do quarter squats, even
though he only had an old-style set of
squat stands -- no power rack.

So he works up to 1,000 pounds.

That's NOT a typo.

That's one thousand pounds. As in, half
a ton.

He does five reps, and tries to re-rack
the bar -- and realizes that the massive
weight has pressed down so hard and heavy
that he's a wee bit shorter than when he
began the set -- and he can't rack the bar!

So there he is, standing there with half
a ton of iron on his back -- and that's
when his training partner finally shows
up -- and helps him back into the rack.

Good thing, too, or poor Park would
probably still be standing there.

So Rule no. 1 for heavy partials and
support work is this:

ALWAYS DO THEM IN A POWER RACK!

And please note: a Smith machine is not a
power rack. A Smith machine is a -- well,
my mother taught always told me that if
you can't say something nice, don't say
anything at all.

So that's what a Smith machine is: a don't
say anything at all machine.

There also are ways -- good and bad -- to
do this kind of training with Olympic
lifting and related exercises. I was actually
doing some of this last night. I'll cover
that in another email for those of you
who do Olympic lifting.

In the meantime, and 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. For many more tips and suggestions on
power rack training -- and for tons of great
workouts and old-school exercises -- grab a
copy of Strength, Muscle and Power:

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

P.S. 2. My power rack training DVD is
another great resource on rack work:

http://brookskubik.com/dinosaur_dvds.html

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

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

P.S. 4. Thought for the Day: "It's not how
many reps you do, it's how you do the reps."
-- Brooks Kubik