A Small Village in Slovakia

You'll never guess the names of some of the Grimek family's neighbors way back in a small village in Slovakia.

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

As you know from earlier emails, I'm
very interested in genealogy, and am
trying to find out as much as I can
about the Kubik family.

My grandfather is from Borcova,
Slovakia, a small village down the
road due south of Martin, Slovakia.
Martin is in the High Tatra Mountains,
close to the border between Poland
and Slovakia.

The Kubik family lived on a big hill,
and ran a lumber operation. They
carted the lumber over the mountains
into Poland, and then far out into the
plains, where they could sell it for a
better price. So I come from a family
of lumberjacks who also happened to
have been good businessmen.

Anyhow, the other day I saw a note
about John Grimek's family, and where
they lived before John's parents came
to the USA.

It's a small village in Slovakia. The
name of the village is Ustie nad
Oravou.

I looked it up, and it's about 40
miles away from Martin - so it's
close to where my family is from.
I did some more searching and
sleuthing, and I found several
small villages close to Oravou.

I also found some of the most
common family names in those
villages.

They included:

Stanko - which is funny, because
Steve Stanko was John Grimek's
best buddy at York. At one time,
Grimek was regarded as the best
developed man in the world, and
Stanko was regarded as the
strongest man in the world.

Stanczyk - which is also funny,
because Stan Stanczyk won five
World Championships in weight-
lifting (in three different weight
classes). He also won a gold
medal at the 1948 Olympics
and a silver medal at the 1952
Olympics.

Kubik - which again is funny,
because I happen to be a big
fan of old-school weightlifting,
and John Grimek, Steve Stanko,
Stan Stanczyk and others of
their era are my heroes.


Is it possible that one small
village - or several small villages
very close to each other - not
only had John Grimek's ancestors,
but the ancestors of Steve Stanko
and Stan Stanczyk, as well - and
that some of my long-lost relatives
lived in the same village and actually
knew them?

I suppose we'll never know - but
think how interesting it would be
if that were true.

And think about this:

If John Grimek, Steve Stanko and
Stan Stanczyk all had ties to that
small village in Slovakia, what in 
the heck was in the drinking 
water?

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. Regardless of where your family
hails from, old-school, Dino-style
strength training is the very best way
to build strength and muscle.

To learn more, grab the book they
call "the Bible of strength training" -
which you can find right here:

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

"The best way to honor your ancestors
is to live your life strong, healthy and
free - and the best way to do that is
with regular training."

- 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:

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Steve Stanko and the 1,000 Pound Total

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Just wanted to be sure you
heard the big news.

We just released Legacy of
Iron 3 - The 1,000 Pound
Total in the Kindle bookstore.

This volume continues the
story of Jim Miller, Jack Ryan,
and their adventures with John
Grimek, Steve Stanko, Bob
Hoffman, Harry Paschall and
the rest of the York champions.

And it focuses on one of the
most incredible true stories
in the history of the Iron
Game - Steve Stanko's epic
quest to break the 1,000
pound total in weightlifting.

Go here to grab the little
monster:

http://www.brookskubik.com/legacyofiron03_kindle.html

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

New on Kindle - Legacy of Iron 3 - The 1,000 Pound Total

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Just wanted to be sure you
heard the big news.

We just released Legacy of
Iron 3 - The 1,000 Pound
Total in the Kindle bookstore.

This volume continues the
story of Jim Miller, Jack Ryan,
and their adventures with John
Grimek, Steve Stanko, Bob
Hoffman, Harry Paschall and
the rest of the York champions.

And it focuses on one of the
most incredible true stories
in the history of the Iron
Game - Steve Stanko's epic
quest to break the 1,000
pound total in weightlifting.

Go here to grab the little
monster:

http://www.brookskubik.com/legacyofiron03_kindle.html

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

Steve Stanko - The Big Champ!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Back in the 1930's and early 1940's, Bob
Hoffman wrote about the York Champions
in every issue of Strength and Health
magazine.

He talked about Tony Terlazzo, the World
Champion and Olympic Champion at 132
and 148 pounds.

There was Johnny Terpak, World Champion
at 165 pounds.

John Davis, World Champion at 181 pounds.
John Grimek, also at 181 pounds - a Senior
National Champion and North American
Champion - and two-time Mr. America
winner.

And in the Heavyweight class, weighing
220 pounds, there was Steve Stanko.

Hoffman called him "The Big Champ."

It was a good name.

In his prime, Stanko was hailed as The
Strongest Man in the World.

One of his goals was to be the first man
in history to total 1,000 pounds or more
in the three Olympic lifts: the military
press, the snatch, and the clean and
jerk.

It was a feat fully akin to running a
mile in less than four minutes.

It was something no man had ever
done - and something that many
believed could never be done. They
didn't believe the human body was
capable of doing it.

I cover Steve Stanko and the other
Champions of the era in my Legacy
of Iron books.

They're available in hard-copy at Dino
Headquarters - and the first three in
the series are available in Kindle
editions, as well.

Yes, I did say the first THREE in the
series - because we just released The
1,000 Pound Total in the Kindle book-
store.

You can find the Kindle editions right
here:

Legacy of Iron 1

http://www.brookskubik.com/legacyofiron01_kindle.html

Legacy of Iron 2 - Clouds of War

http://www.brookskubik.com/legacyofiron02_kindle.html

Legacy of Iron 3 - The 1,000 Pound
Total

http://www.brookskubik.com/legacyofiron03_kindle.html

Of course, if you prefer hard-copy,
those are available as well - right
here at our products page - just
look for the special section for the
Legacy of Iron books:

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

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

Strength and Power in 100 Words or Less -- No. 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 "What Would Happen?" Question

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

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

1. The August-September Dinosaur Files

We ran late on the August issue, so we're
going to do a combined August-September
issue. It should be ready later today or
tomorrow. I'll send a link as soon as it's
ready to order.

2. The "What Would Happen?" Question
On the training front, I received an interesting
question in response to yesterday's email. It's
a question I get fairly often.

This time it came from Chris Califano. He wrote:

"Here is an interesting question: What would the
result/benefits be if a younger lifter followed the
exact same advice that older trainees should
employ regarding "making every rep count"
and "every exercise and every set count"?

In other words, that a younger dedicated lifter
can put more hours into his or her training
should not be a "license to waste energy."
Just that we COULD do it when we were
younger does not mean that we SHOULD
have.

In fact, I am sure that if I had applied the
same methods for Progression with
Recuperation when I was in my teens,
twenties and thirties, I would have
gotten further faster. And with less
if any injuries, nagging or small!

And I would have had more balanced
development, plus better health and
more free time, to boot!

Chris"

Chris -- Thanks for your email. The question
you pose is a good one. Most trainees follow
the over-the-top high volume workouts when
they are young -- and they end up wasting
what should have been the very best years
of their training careers.

It's a crying shame -- especially when it leads
them to quit training -- or to turn to steroids
and other drugs.

If everyone started training the right way from
Day 1 of their career, we'd see many more
trainees achieve great success -- and we'd
see many more trainees stick to their program
for their entire lives.

In terms of concrete results, let's look at
some real-life examples of young men who
started out training the right way from Day
One:

John Davis started training at age 15 -- and won
the World weightlifting championship -- beating
not one but two former Olympic gold medal
winners -- at age 17.

John Grimek went from 120 lbs. to 178 lbs. in
his his first three years of training -- and went
from a clean and jerk of 95 lbs. to a clean and
jerk with 247 1/2 lbs.

Steve Stanko gained 80 pounds of muscle in
his first 2 years of training -- and won his first
United States Senior National title later in the
same year.

Frank Spellman worked up to a 240 lb. military
press at a bodyweight of 156 lbs. -- after just
1 1/2 years of training. He went on to win an
Olympic gold medal in 1948.

Tommy Kono entered his first weightlifting
contest in 1948. He improved his 3-lift total
(press, snatch and clean and jerk) by 195
lbs. over the next 2 years. He won his first
Olympic gold medal in 1952.

Obviously, not everyone is going to become
a World or Olympic Champion, or a Mr. America.
But if more young guys trained the way that
Davis, Grimek, Stanko, Spellman and Kono
trained, they'd make enormously more
progress.

And that's why I continue to bang the drum.
It's an important message -- and so many
guys and gals need to hear it!

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

P.S.As I mentioned, the August-September
issue of the Dinosaur Files will be out later
today or tomorrow. Get ready for it - it's a
terrific issue!

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: "It doesn't matter
if a hammer and nails are old-fashioned. They
still work better than anything else -- and every
carpenter needs them." -- Brooks Kubik

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Strength and Power in 100 Words or Less - No. 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 does everyone say that
modern training methods are so much better?

Or that you need roidskies.

Or all those goofy super supplements?

Pre-workout this and post-workout that?

All Steve Stanko needed was iron.

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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Diet and Nutrition Tips for Older Trainees!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

One quick note and then we'll talk diet and
nutrition.

Last week I found a bag of my 7 Keys to
Concentration CD buried in a corner - under
some other stuff. It's a good CD, and I want
as many of you as possible to listen to it - so
I'm including it as a free bonus with all orders
of hard-copy books or courses for as long as
supplies last.

Of course, it's only available as a bonus if
you order a hard-copy book or course (or
a DVD). That way, I can slip it into the
envelope and there's no extra postage.

I have about a dozen CD's left, so if you want
one, take action now.

On the diet and nutrition front, let's start by
looking at something that worked for the
champions of the 1930's, 1940's and 1950's -
and that still works pretty darn well today.

Back in 1940, Bob Hoffman wrote a book
called Better Nutrition for the Strength and
Health Seeker.

It detailed the diets of the York champions
of the era, including John Grimek and Steve
Stanko when they were young lions.

What did they eat?

Tons of fresh vegetables - smaller amounts of
fresh fruit - and lots and lots of of meat. John
Grimek once said "Meat is my baby." He ate
like he meant it.

Remember, this was when they were young
lions. Young lions eat meat - and plenty of it.

There was a big snow storm one year, and
everyone got stuck at Bob Hoffman's house.
Grimek and Stanko pretty much ate everything
there was to eat, and when the food ran low,
they shoveled their way out to get more.

Bob Hoffman was such a believer in fresh,
healthy foods for his lifters that he actually
opened a small, old-fashioned grocery store
in York, and stocked it with the highest
quality meat, fish, eggs and produce that
he could find. It was one of the very first
"health food stores" - and it didn't feature
anything other than good, fresh food. No
supplements of any sort. There really
weren't any back then.

But the York champions didn't eat that way
forever. That's because things change as we
get older. Young lions become older lions.

In the 1950's, the York lifters hit middle age,
and like most middle aged men, they began
to struggle to keep off the extra pounds.

They actually developed a special diet that
worked pretty well for them. It allowed them
to eat three big meals a day, get plenty of
muscle-building protein, and tons of vitamins
and minerals from fresh veggies. It gave them
plenty of energy for their training - and it was
easy to follow. No special meals, no special
drinks, no special foods, and no fuss.

I cover it in detail in Gray Hair and Black
Iron.

I figure that if it worked for Grimek, Stanko,
Hoffman, Terlazzo, Venables and the rest of
the York champions, it's probably going to
work for the rest of us.

By the way, it's very similar to my own diet,
and very similar to the diet and nutrition
program in Knife, Fork, Muscle.

Anyhow, if you're working to keep off the
unwanted pounds without living on celery
sticks and cottage cheese, this might be
just the thing for you.

After all, you might be an older lion now,
but you're still a hungry lion - and you're
still training - and you're still eating lots
of meat!

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 your copy of Gray Hair
and Black Iron:

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

You also might like Knife, Fork, Muscle. The
two books make a good combination:

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_nutrition.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: "When you combine
the right kind of training with the right kind of diet
and nutrition, good things happen." - Brooks Kubik



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Rare Strength and Health Magazines for Sale! (List No. 1)

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

I thought I'd start the day with some big news for the Dino Nation.


I'm selling several 12-issue sets of Strength and Health magazine from the 1930s and 1940s. These are duplicate sets from the Dinosaur Training Research Library.

YOUR KEY TO THE GOLDEN AGE OF MUSCLE AND MIGHT!

These rare issues of Strength and Health are gold-mines of strength training and muscle-building instruction, and they have tons of terrific photos of the old-time champions. They feature tons of photos and inside information about John Grimek, Steve Stanko, Bob Hoffman, John Terry, Gracie Bard, John Davis, Tony Terlazzo, Johnny Terpak,  and many of the other York Barbell Club champions of the 1930s and 1940s, and they give you detailed reports of the big contests and the record-setting lifts for each year. They include some of my all-time favorite articles, and they will give you many hours of fun reading. In fact, you'll probably want to read them over and over.

If you've read my Legacy of Iron books and wondered, "How did he know so much about the old-time champions?" the answer is - "I read about them in Strength and Health!"

Ditto for my John Grimek training course, for Black Iron: The John Davis Story, and for the Dinosaur Training Military Press and Shoulder Power Course - as well as many articles in The Dinosaur Files newsletter. The information comes right from the pages of Strength and Health. Each issue is a Time Machine taking you back to the Golden Age of Muscle and Might.

All of these wonderful magazines come from the world-famous Dinosaur Training Research Library, and I'll include a special certificate to confirm this when I fill your order. Thus, you'll have some great old-time magazines to read AND you'll be owning a piece of Iron Game history.

In short,  these are true collector's items - and a wonderful treat for fans of old-school training. They'll be great addition to your strength training library.

IMPORTANT - I HAVE A LIMITED NUMBER OF FULL SETS!


Everything is first come, first served - meaning, the first person who shoots me an email asking to purchase a given set of Strength and Health back issues. (First" means the first email in my inbox at the email address given below.)


I have very limited number of full 12-issue sets for each year listed below, and we expect them to go fast, so if you're interested in one of the sets, do not delay. Shoot me an email and ask about availability.

Include your shipping address so we can calculate shipping and handling for you.

Also, please let me know if you use PayPal. PayPal is our preferred method of payment for special item orders.

If you prefer to pay by credit card or check, let me know and I'll get back to you to work out the details. Please do NOT send credit card info by email.


My email is:

info@brookskubik.com

HERE'S WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW: 

We're selling 12-issue sets.  Each set covers one year.

We have either one or two complete sets of Strength and Health for each of the years listed below, priced as shown, along with (for some years) one set that is missing a single month.  If you order a set that is missing a single month, we'll include one issue of our choice from a different year so you get a total of 12 issues:

1937 -- $120 plus shipping and handling

Note: Only one full set for 1937 is left.

1938 -- $120 plus shipping and handling

Note: Only one full set for 1938 is left.

1939 -- $120 plus shipping and handling

1940 -- $100 plus shipping and handling

1941 -- $100 plus shipping and handling

Note: Only one full set for 1941 is left.

1942 -- $100 plus shipping and handling

1943 -- $100 plus shipping and handling

1944 -- $100 plus shipping and handling

Again, we expect these to go VERY fast - so if you want to order a 12-issue set, take immediate action.

Again, my email is:

info@brookskubik.com

Thanks for reading, and I look forward to hearing from you!

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

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Did Grimek Use Proteen Powder?

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Two quick notes, and then we'll talk about
John Grimek -- and whether he used Hi-
Proteen powder.

1. The September 2015 Dinosaur Files
Quarterly - Hard Copy Edition

We mailed the hard copy edition of the
new Dinosaur Files Quarterly on Thursday
of last week. If you reserved a copy during
the pre-publication special, you should be
getting it today or tomorrow -- unless you
live somewhere in the USA that's been
hit by the rain and flooding on the Atlantic
coast.

The rain and flooding will undoubtedly slow
down mail deliverythroughout the affected
region. How much, we don't know.

But wherever you live, shoot me an email when
you get your hard copy of the DFQ -- and let
me know how you like the little monster.

If you want the hard copy issue but haven't
ordered it yet, here's the link:

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

2. The September 2015 Dinosaur Files
Quarterly - Kindle E-Book Edition

We released the Kindle e-book edition of the
new DFQ on Sunday, and the little monster
zoomed right up into the Kindle Top 10 List
in its category -- which is pretty good for the
first day of a new release!

Here's the link to the Kindle e-book edition,
which is ready for immediate download:

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

If you grab the e-book edition, be sure to post
a review on our Kindle page. The reviews really
help us!

And before I forget -- a very big THANK YOU to
everyone who helped push us into the Top 10!

And now, let's talk diet and nutrition for strength
training and muscle building.

3. Did John Grimek Use Hi Proteen Powder?

When I was a kid, Bob Hoffman sold Hi-Proteen
powder in a big four-pound box. (And yes, they
spelled it "p-r-o-t-e-e-n.)

The box was blue, with photos of John Grimek,
Steve Stanko and Jules Bacon.

I bought the stuff because I wanted to look like
Grimek, Stanko and Bacon -- and hopefully, to
win the Mr. America title, just like they had done.

I figured that if Grimek, Stanko and Bacon used
Hi-Proteen to build their muscles, it would work
the same for me.

I was wrong. It didn't build much of anything.
And eventually, I stopped taking the stuff.

But here's the funny thing.

Grimek won the Mr. America in 1940 and 1941.

Bacon won the Mr. America in 1943.

Stanko won the Mr. America in 1945.

Hi-Proteen didn't go on the market until the
early 1950s.

In other words, Grimek, Bacon and Stanko
did NOT use Hi-Proteen to build their muscles.
They did it with barbells, dumbbells and plenty
of good, solid food.

Grimek once said, "Meat is my baby!"

He never said that about Hi-Proteen powder.

And yet, the stuff was marketed with photos
of Grimek, Bacon and Stanko on the box.

There's an important lesson there -- but I have
to admit, it took me a long time and many
boxes of Hi-Proteen powder to learn it.

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. Real food plus real training equals real
muscle. Get the details in Knife, Fork, Muscle:

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

P.S. We're also releasing Knife, Fork, Muscle in
 a series of Kindle e-books. You can find
links to the first three books in the e-book
series right here:

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

P.S. 3. Thought for the Day: "Five words: hard,
heavy, progressive strength training." -- Brooks
Kubik

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Foraging for Breakfast at Dino Headquarters

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

One quick note, and then we'll talk healthy food
for dinos.

We ran a scratch and dent sale on Friday, and we
had a huge response. Other than a few CD's, all
of the scratch and dent items are gone.

However, if you're looking to save some clams on
an order, order several items together so we can
ship them in one box -- but email first and ask
for a shipping quote. Tell us what you want and
where you live, and we'll figure out the best
shipping option and get back to you.

We can save you some major clams on shipping
if we combine orders, especially if you live
outside the USA.

On the food front, if you've read Knife, Fork,
Muscle, you know I'm a big fan of healthy,
wholesome food, prepared in simple but
appetizing ways.

Healthy food is good for YOU, of course, but
it's also good for your children or grandchildren.
After all, kids model the behaviour of adults.
If kids see mom and dad eating healthy (or
grandma and grandpa eating healthy), it's
a very important lesson for them.

And youngsters are very impressionable --
so lessons learned when they are young may
last for an entire lifetime.

Case in point . . .

Our seven-year old granddaughters had a sleep
over at our house on Saturday night. So we
were playing their favorite games with them
after dinner.

One of them was building a zoo out of Lincoln
Logs and populating it with toy animals and
(of course) toy dinosaurs. That was in the
living room. Trudi was helping her.

Meanwhile, the other one wanted to play a
card game with me in the breakfast room. We
used some new cards that are marked like
regular playing cards, but have photos of wild
edible plants and flowers on the back -- and
on the other side, instructions on where to
find, and how to harvest and prepare each
wild plant.

So we played cards for awhile, and she won,
and that was good.

But even better -- she asked me to read the
names of the "pretty flowers" on the backs of
the cards.

So I read the first one, and explained that it
grew in the woods, and you could gather the
leaves and eat it as salad or cook it in soups
or stews -- or harvest the roots, and bake
them like potatoes.

She thought that was great -- and promptly
held up another card.

"What's this one?" she asked.

Anyhow, we went through the entire deck of 52
edible plant cards, and talked about all of them --
including the ones that are growing in our yard
and our garden. We have at least a dozen of
them somewherre in the yard.

Dandelion leaves were her favorite, for some
reason. She loved the idea of eating dandelion
leaves.

That was smart, because dandelion salad was
one of Steve Stanko's favorite foods -- and it
has something like 8 times the antioxidants
in cultivated spinach -- along with twice the
calcium, three times the Vitamin A and five
times more vitamin K and vitamin E. (See
Jo Robinson's wonderful book, Eating on the
Wild Side. Great book, highly recommended.)

So I was delighted when she announced that
she wanted to eat "dandelions for breakfast".

She even left the card on the table so she would
remember the next morning.

Sunday morning rolled around, and the girls
were up early -- and the foraging began.

We went out in the yard and gathered blackberries,
raspberries and strawberries -- and dandelion
leaves -- and some spinach, mixed salad greens,
chard, arugula, kale and sorrel -- along with
some edible flowers. (Note: not all flowers are
edible -- many are not -- but we grow edible
flowers as a salad garnish in one of the garden
boxes.)

We took everything inside, washed it off, and
put together a combination fruit and vegetable
salad. I did a rough calculation of the nutrition
content, and it was "PDH" -- which is short for
Pretty Darn Healthy.

It was also "PDT" -- which is short for Pretty
Darn Tasty.

And I just learned that on the way to summer
school this morning, she told her dad that she
got to eat dandelion leaves for breakfast on
Sunday morning -- and it was the best
breakfast ever. Move over Mickey's D's --
we've got you beat.

Steve Stanko would have approved.

By the way, if you go foraging for dandelion
leaves, do NOT eat any leaves that have been
sprayed with any chemicals -- or that grow near
a busy road with lots of traffic and petroleum
fumes. We let them grow in our garden boxes,
so we have fresh and healthy dandelion greens,
and we know they are chemical free and safe
to eat.

And of course, if you want to try other wild
edible foods, get some expert guidance on
what is safe to eat. There are plenty of good
books and other resources available, and in
most places (here in Louisville, for example),
there are folks who teach classes on it. Be
smart and be safe!

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. Knife, Fork, Muscle covers healthy eating
for Dinos. You can get the hard-copy right
here:

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

We're also releasing the little monster as a series of
e-books. The first book in the series covers protein
requirements for Dinos -- and your best sources of
high quality protein. Go here to grab it:

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

E-book 2 in the series will be out soon. Be looking
for it!

P.S. 2. My other books and courses are right here
at Dino Headquarters -- along with links to my
other Kindle e-books:

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

P.S. 3. Thought for the Day: "Train right and eat
right. Right training and right eating brings
righteous results." -- 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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Straight Talk on Arm Training

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

We'll talk arm training in a minute, but first,
let me cover some important updates:

1. An Interview with Bill Kociaba

I had great fun doing an interview with Bill
Kociaba of Kociaba Fitness. We covered a
lot of interesting topics, including updates
on the new quarterly Dinosaur Files and why
I believe it's important to go old-school and
offer a hard-copy printed on paper magazine
that covers real world strength training and
muscle building. (And think about it -- there
aren't too many of them left.)

You can find the podcast right here. It starts
with me rather than Bill, and there's some
background noise at first, but give it a few
minutes and it clears up -- and I think you'll
really like it:

http://kociaba-fitness.com/blog_chatting_with_brooks_kubik_on _his_latest_project


2. Knife, Fork, Muscle -- The Dino Files quarterly

Are in stock, shipping immediately, and getting
rave reviews from Dinos around the world.

You can find them right here:

http://brookskubik.com/dinosaur_nutrition.html

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

3. Autographs for Christmas orders

I autograph all books shipped in December. If
you want a personalized message with the
autograph, pls ask for it in the special
instructions section of the on-line order form.
If someone orders a book for you, be sure they
know about this and ask me to sign the book
to YOU as opposed to whoever orders it for
you.

4. Italian Dinos

Shoot me an email if you'd like a good deal on
back issues of The Dinosaur Files from 2010 and
2011 and some other Dino goodies. We have one
set to offer on special terms -- first come, first
served.

DINO STYLE ARM TRAINING

And now -- let's talk arm training . . .

Back in the day, the vast majority of trainees --
particularly beginners -- were arm crazy.

They would spend endless hours curling themselves
into oblivion . . . while neglecting their squats and
deadlifts, and often forgetting to do anything other
than pumping their bi's and tri's.

That was crazy, and it resulted in zero gains for
many trainees.

Of course, the muscle mags fueled the frenzy. You
saw a new super-duper arm blasting program in
almost every issue of every magazine. And all the
latest and greatest training techniques coming to
you straight from Muscle Beach were designed
primarily or exclusively for arm training:

super-sets

tri-sets

cheating

forced reps

burns

pre-exhaustion

peak contraction

Somehow, the muscle mags always pushed these
"advanced" training techniques for curls and triceps
work, NOT for squats and deadlifts and standing
presses.

Of course, all of that was silly.

If you want to build big, strong, powerful arms,
there's a much better way to do it.

It involves plenty of squats, deadlifts, upper body
pulling movements and upper body pressing
movements.

Multiple sets of low to medium reps.

Training for strength, not for a pump.

And working the entire body, not just the
arms.

I cover it all in my DINOSAUR ARM
TRAINING course.

It gives you three progressive programs
to build your arms the right way -- by
combining sensible training for the entire
body with just enough extra arm work to
pack some extra strength and mass into
your arms (and your shoulders, as well,
because you'll be doing plenty of presses).

Grip work, too -- serious, old-school grip
working. Because you don't want gorilla
arms and a bunny grip.

It's actually a pretty good program for all-
around strength and devleopment.

And it doesn't feature anything from Muscle
Beach -- or anything from the Land of the
Muscle Pumpers.

It's real world, common sense, no-nonsense
strength training and muscle building.

DINOSAUR ARM TRAINING is about old-school
arm training -- the kind of arm training that men
like John Grimek and Steve Stanko followed. And
face it -- they did okay.

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 your copy of DINOSAUR
ARM TRAINING:

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_armtraining.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: "The basics are
best, and that goes for building big arms as
much as anything else." -- Brooks Kubik

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Diet and Nutrition with the Top Athletes in Town!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Trudi and I made a post office run yesterday,
and dropped off three boxes, one bag and a
double arm load of the first issue of the new
quarterly Dinosaur Files. That's on top of all
the issues we shipped on Friday and Saturday.

So if you ordered a copy of the new Dinosaur
Files, be looking for it soon. If not, go here
to grab a copy -- and we'll shoot it right on
out to you:

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

In related news, Knife, Fork, Muscle was printed
on Friday, and shipped to us on Monday -- in two
different shipments. At least one of them is
arriving today, so we'll start filling the Knife,
Fork Muscle orders TODAY - beginning with
the first Dinos who reserved a copy of the
little monster!

To everyone who reserved a copy of Knife, Fork,
Muscle, THANK YOU -- and if you still need to
grab a copy of the little monster, time's a
wasting:

http://brookskubik.com/dinosaur_nutrition.html

After we made the post office run, we swung over
to The Root Cellar to load up on some fresh veggies.

We figured we should stock up on food because
we're going to be way too busy filling orders to do
any hunting, gathering, or provisioning for the next
couple of days. Maybe even the next week.

The Roor Cellar is a very cool Place. I talk about in
Knife, Fork, Muscle. It's a small, old-fashioned grocery
store. Just one room -- wooden shelves -- one small
freezer for the perishables -- and it's stocked entirely
with locally grown, locally raised, locally sourced foods.
It has fresh, seasonal fruit and vegetables from local
farmer's and growers -- locally raised free-range beef,
pastured pork and free-rangeeggs -- milk and cheese
from a local dairy -- free-range chicken, duck, and
(of course) turkey. Plus local honey, local butter, and
local flour.

And that's it. Nothing else.

It's sort of a small farmer's market, except it's
indoors and the farmers aren't there.

But the food is! And it was all fresh and healthy,
crisp, and beautiful looking.

We grabbed some fresh organic carrots, garlic,
onions, sweet potatoes, white sweet potatoes,
bok choy, leeks, and tomatoes. The leeks were
so big and beautiful they looked like a huge
bouquet of flowers.

Trudi even found a big jar of tomato sauce
made at a local farm, and promptyly nabbed
it. She's been looking for something like that
for awhile, so between that and the bouquet
of leeks, she was one happy girl.

We talked a bit with the owner, Ron. He's going to
sell Knife, Fork, Muscle at the store. That makes
sense. It's a local store, and I'm a local author --
and I talk a lot about the importance of local
food in the book.

And if you think that's hippy stuff -- or that eating
fresh, locally sourced food is for foodies driving
BMW's to the big box "organic food" store, then
consider this.

The little grocery has a huge following among
athletes at the University of Louisville.

Meaning that the top athletes in town -- NCAA
Division One athletes in a top sports program --
including some Olympic athletes -- believe that
fresh, local food is so important that they skip
the free food at the University Training Tables
and go over to a little neighborhood grocery
store to stock up on REAL food.

That speaks volumes.

And don't forget this. The simple, local foods
we buy at The Root Cellar are EXACTLY the kind
of foods that Grimek and Stanko lived and grew
on back in the day -- and The Root Cellar is
exactly the kind of place where they bought
their food.

In other words, when you eat fresh, locally
sourced food, you eat the way that Grimek
and Stanko ate -- and the way that all of the
Golden Age champions ate.

Anyhow, if you live in Louisville, stop by The
Root Cellar. And if you live elsewhere, find your
own source of fresh, local food. It's one of the
keys to lifelong strength and health.

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

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. Here's the link again for the first issue of
the new quarterly Dinosaur Files -- and for Knife,
Fork, Muscle:

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

http://brookskubik.com/dinosaur_nutrition.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: "You train local, and
you should eat local as well." -- Brooks Kubik

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10 Little Known Facts for Iron Game Fans!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

I thought you'd enjoy 10 little known
facts from the ever elusive and always
interesting history of the grand and
glorious Iron Game. See how many of
these are new to you:

1. Health crusader Paul Bragg, the man
who invented the Health Food Store,
also invented deep dish pizza while
working at a small neighborhood deli
in Chicago. Bragg's original deep dish
pizza included nuts, sun-flower seeds,
protein powder and wheat germ.

2. Paul Anderson set a Heavyweight
World record in the tractor lift at the
Macon County Fair in 1953. Anderson had
a bit of an off day, but still managed
to press a John Deere tractor overhead
for six reps.

3. Bob Hoffman almost missed the 1948
Olympic Games (where he coached the
USA weightlifting team to victory)
because he took time off to go to
Warsaw, Poland to compete in the
World Polka Championships. Hoffman
managed a credible fifth place
against a field of international
Polka stars.

4. World Weightlifting Champion John
Davis doubled as a pro-wrestler when
he needed extra cash to travel to
lifting meets. Due to his great strength
and power, Davis wrestled as a one-man
tag-team, and did amazingly well, with
a six-year unbeaten streak from 1946
through 1952.

5. At the 1936 Olympic Games, John Grimek
represented the USA in weightlifting team.
But Grimek also represented the USA in
the the men's 100 yard freestyle in
swimming, when he filled in for an
ailing Johnny Weissmiller. Grimek might
have won the race, but he insisted on
wearing street shoes in the pool and
finished in fourth place.

6. A recent study rates New York cheesecake
as the healthiest of all foods. It's rating
is even higher when topped with fresh berries.

7. Another recent study has determined that
Dino style strength training is better for
you than chess, checkers and shuffleboard,
but burns less calories than tai chi and
table tennis. Curiously, the lead researcher
is a former table tennis champion.

8. Steve Stanko won the 1954 North American
Horse Shoe Throwing Championship with an epic
heave of 473 feet, 5 inches. Stanko modestly
credited his success in the event to barbell
training, clean living, and practice throws
with a small cannonball pilfered from the
war memorial in the York town square.

9. When Mr. America and Mr. Universe winner
Steve Reeves played Hercules in the movies,
he insisted on doing all of his own stunts,
including a scene in "Hercules Saves the
World" where he wrestled a 1200 pound
Kodiak grizzly. Moments after Reeves pinned
the grizzly, the massive beast body-slammed
the physique star, knocking him unconscious
for several minutes. Referee Cecille B.
DeMille disqualified the bear and barred
him from future films.

10. Although he set a World Record in the
lift that has never been matched even to
this day, Arthur Saxon disliked the bent
press and would only agree to perform it
in his strongman show if his contract
provided for three large slices of German
Chocolate Cake for lunch and dinner. Saxon
and his brothers ate so much chocolate
cake in the Fall of 1907 that they caused
the virtual collapse of the chocolate
industry as supplies dwindled to almost
nothing.

There you go -- 10 little known facts from
Iron Game History! Brought to you straight
from Dino Headquarters on this grand and
glorious April 1!

Oops . . . I just gave it away, didn't I?

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. Start the new month by grabbing a copy
of this little monster:

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_armtraining.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: "A smile adds more
weight to the bar than a frown." -- Brooks Kubik

Did Grimek Do Curls? (And Other Questions from Dinos)

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

I am getting buried in questions from readers,
so I thought I’d cover some of them in an email.
When one or two (or ten) people have the same
question, others usually do, as well.

1. Do we ship to the UK?

Q. I am interested in purchasing a book from your
website and was wondering if you ship outside of
the US to the UK? -- Ash

A, We ship anywhere – including Outer Congolia.
The on-line order system automatically gives you
the correct rate for international shipping once
you input your shipping address. For multiple
send an email with what you want, tell us where
you live and ask for a shipping quote.

2. Snatches and Cleans from Blocks

Q. You have mentioned doing snatches off of blocks
lately. What is the advantage over doing hang
snatches? Seems to me they would be rather awkward
have never done them but have done many hang cleans
and snatches. Funny how sets of more than 3 reps
are counter productive sets when oly lifting. Hard
to hold form for more than 3 reps. -- Keith

A. I do most of my pulling from the platform, but
want to try some pulls, snatches and cleans from
blocks just for a change of pace and to see how
they feel. They’re supposed to be good for speed
and explosiveness. Consider it an experiment,
with yours truly as the test subject.

As for reps – you’re right. Three is about as high
as I go on any OL moves. Speed, form and technique
are critical.

3. Combining Progression Methods

Q. I want to tell you how pleased I am with your book
Chalk and Sweat. I had flu-like symptoms over the
holidays and ended my current cycle. Needless to
say, I made great gains. Thank you for your help
and inspirational emails and books.

I took a week layoff and cycled back my poundages
between 10-20% and have settled on program no. 21
in Chalk and Sweat. This is similar to what I was
doing, but I still need to focus on the basics and
getting my poundages up. The program calls for 3 x 5
work sets but I also like progressing by adding
reps/sets. Once the weights push me and I’m in new
poundage territory again would it be appropriate
to combine progression methods rather than straight
single progression with 3 x 5? For example, drop
to 3 x 3 and add reps until I get back to 3 x 5,
or add weight, drop to 1 x 5 and build back up to
3 x 5. Maybe experiment with different methods for
different exercises? – Kevin

A. Kevin – Glad to hear you are enjoying Chalk and
Sweat, and making good progress in your training.
By all means, feel free to try different progression
methods. The name of the game is PROGRESSIVE strength
training – your job is to determine the progression
methods that work best for YOU. That’s one reason I
cover so many different progression methods in my
various books and courses.

For everyone else -- if you don't already have a
copy of Chalk and Sweat, you're missing a good one.
You can grab the little monster right here:

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

4. Neck Exercises

Q. Brooks, what neck exercises would you recommend
incorporating into your program so as to build a Dino
neck? -- Murray

A. Try neck extensions with a heavy-duty head-strap
for the back of the neck. 3 x 10 -1 5 reps.

For the front of the neck, lie on a bench, place a
folded towel on your forehead, and then place a barbell
plate on your forehead – be sure to hold it in place
with your hands! -- and then perform front neck
extensions. Again, 3 sets of 10 to 15 reps.

Add some heavy shrugs as well. Two or three sets of
five to fifteen reps – or five sets of five to eight
reps.

Start light and learn the movements – condition the
muscles – and then add weight slowly and steadily. You
can get incredibly sore if you jump into heavy neck
work.

5. I read that John Grimek hardly ever did curls, and
that he did not care for them!  True? – Ben

Yes and no. As a young man, Grimek did an all-around
course of exercises that included plenty of the basic
exercises, including curls. Later on, Grimek did more
lifting training, but he and Steve Stanko enjoyed
doing the two-dumbbell curl and press. (With heavy
weights – as in, up to 80, 90 or 100 pounders). I
write about this in the Legacy of Iron books.

On occasion, Grimek would go on an arm specialization
program that included plenty of curls. And he was a
STRONG curler – as in, 185 or 190 for reps, which he
used backstage at the Mr. Universe contest as a
warm-up before going on stage.

But later on, he was trying to set a World record in
the one-arm dumbbell swing (250 pounds) and hurt his
arm. After that, he stopped doing curls and trained
his biceps with close grip pull-downs and 45 degree
pulley rowing.

At one point in his life – perhaps the 60’s or 70’s,
Grimek told Bill Hinbern, “I hate curls – I don’t
want to ever do another one of them.”

So, did Grimek do curls? Yes and no – depending on the
stage of his career, his goals and his age. Much like
most of us who have been training for 30, 40 or 50
years. Our exercises and workouts change over time.
Nothing wrong with that!

As always, thanks for reading – and if you train today,
make it a good one!

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. For more information on John Grimek's life and
lifting -- and how he trained -- grab this:

http://brookskubik.com/johngrimek_course.html

P.S. 2. For more about old-school, Grimek-style
workouts, grab a copy of Dinosaur Arm Training
and the Dinosaur Training Military Press and
Shoulder Power Course:

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

http://www.brookskubik.com/militarypress_course.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: "Hard work isn't the
answer to everything, but it's the answer to most
things." -- Brooks Kubik

Combo Exercises for Strength and Development

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

I had a great workout last night.

The problem is, I can't figure out
if it was a one exercise or a two
exercise workout.

You see, I did squat snatches and
overhead squats.

One snatch followed by three over-
head squats on each set.

I'm not sure if that's a one
exercise combination -- which
would make it a one exercise
workout -- or a two exercise
workout.

Frankly, it doesn't matter.

It was fast, fun and challenging.
And it worked everything from my
toes to the top of my head.

Combination exercises are a great
change of pace -- and they're
lots of fun -- and they're a
great way to train.

There are plenty of good two
and three exercise combinations
you can try:

1. Power clean and press -- a
favorite of John Grimek. He once
wrote an article where he said it
was the single best exercise you
could do.

2. The one dumbbell clean and press.

3. The two dumbbell clean and press.

4. Any of the above, but do a push
press or a jerk to finish the
combination.

5. The squat and press behind neck --
which was Bob Hoffman's favorite
exercises.

6. The two dumbbell curl and press --
a favorite of John Grimek and Steve
Stanko, who used to go up and down
the dumbbell rack at the old York
Barbell Club gym.

7. The power clean, front squat and
press (or push press or jerk).

8. The front squat and press -- or
push press or jerk.

9. The power clean from the hang,
followed by a power clean from the
floor.

10. The power snatch from the hang
followed by the power snatch from
the floor.

Good stuff -- and very, very
effective!

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

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

1. For more ideas, see Dinosaur Dumbbell
Training. I cover a ton of terrific
two and three exercise combination
movements:

http://brookskubik.com/dinosaur_dumbbelltraining.html

2. My other books and courses are
right here:

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

3. Thought for the Day: "Focus, passion,
intensity and zeal." -- Brooks Kubik

A Dinosaur Christmas (Part One)

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

(Note: This is part one of the Dinosaur
Christmas Story for 2012. The Dinosaur
Christmas Story is a Holiday tradition
here at Dino Headquarters. I write a
new one every year. Hope you enjoy the
2012 story!)

The crowd roared as the Strongest Man in
the World snapped the heavy barbell to
his shoulders, set himself, and then drove
it overhead in a powerful jerk.

It was standing room only, and people were
hanging from the rafters of the YMCA gym.

They'd come from miles to see the fabulous
York champions in action.

Tony Terlazzo.

John Grimek.

Steve Stanko.

Gracie Bard.

Bob Hoffman.

Bob Hoffman opened things up by talking
about the benefits of barbell training
and the Strength and Health Way of
Living.

Then he proved he practiced what he
preached by bent pressing a 250 pound
barbell.

Tony Terlazzo was next. He demonstrated
the military press -- and he worked his
way up to 240 pounds at a bodyweight of
only 148 pounds. No wonder he was a
World and Olympic champion!

Gracie Bard flashed a vivacious smile as
she did the complete set of exercises in
York Courses No. 1 and No 2 -- with a
barbell heavier than most men could
lift.

Not that lifting made Gracie look manly.
Far from it. The petite dancer was cute
as a peach. If she hadn't been Bob
Hoffman's girlfriend (and a regular
in every issue of Strength and Health),
she would have received a dozen marriage
proposals that night!

John Grimek showed the crowd what serious
continental pressing looked like -- with
weights up to 320 pounds -- and then he
showed them what serious muscle looked
like.

Grimek's posing routine left the audience
speechless.

No one had ever seen anything like it.

But how could they?

Grimek was undoubtedly the best developed
man in the entire world -- with muscles
that jumped up and down like billiard
balls when he did his famous "Muscle
Dance."

Then it was time for the Big Champ --
Steve Stanko. The United States National
Champion in the Heavyweight class. The
strongest man in the world.

Stamko started heavy and finished heavier,
thrilling the crowd by driving 380 pounds
to arms' length overhead.

"Go for 400!" someone shouted.

Stanko was game, but Bob Hoffman stepped
forward, raising his hand to silence the
crowd.

"It's Christmas Eve and we have a long
drive to get back to York," he said. "And
the Big Champ needs to save his strength --
he and John Grimek may end up pushing the
car out of snow drifts before the night is
over!"

That ended the exhibition. The lifters
showered and changed, piled into Bob's big
black Buick, and took off for York. Their
York Olympic barbell was tied to the front
bumper, and the plates were piled on the
floor in the back.

The crowd stood on the street behind them,
waving and cheering and shouting "Merry
Christmas!" as they drove away.

Inside the car, Bob Hoffman shivered and
pulled his scarf tighter. It was cold --
and they had many miles to go.

"Step on it, Bob!" said Steve Stanko. "I'm
hungry!"

"You're always hungry!" said John Grimek.

"Yeah, but right now I'm exactly hamished!"
said Stanko, who often spoke in a secret
language all his own.

"What's that mean?" asked Tony Terlazzo.

"It means I'm famished and I want ham and
eggs for breakfast," said Stanko.

"I'd settle for a steak dinner," said Grimek.
"Or maybe two of them."

The car sped over the dark road as the
lifters planned their next meal.

Little did they know what the night held
for them -- or how memorable that meal
would be!

(To be continued.)

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. We're down to the wire on Christmas
orders. If you've been waiting to place
an order, wait no longer -- do it now!

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

P.S. 2. Thought for the Day: "Study the past,
look to the future, live in the present."
-- Brooks Kubik

The Secret Exercises!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Back in the 1940's, John Grimek
and Steve Stanko were training at
the York Barbell Club gym, and one
of Grimek's competitors in an
upcoming contest sent some spies
to watch them train and report on
their workouts.

The spies pretended to be regular
lifting and bodybuilding fans, and
went to the gym and stood back
against the far wall, hands in
pockets, watching intensely.

Back then, anyone could go to
the York barbell Club gym and
watch the champs train. The gym
was on the second floor of the
Strength and Health building at
51 North Broad Street in York.

So lots of people came to York
to watch the champs -- and that
made it easy for the spies to
blend right in.

So Griemk and Stanko went through
a hard workout -- and the spies
watched closely. They saw everything.

When the workout was over, the spies
high-tailed it out of the gym, got
in their car, and raced back to give
their report.

"What did you get for me?" asked the
man who had sent them.

"Nothing!" said the first spy.

"They were wise to us!" said the second
spy.

"Yeah, someone must have tipped them
off!" said the first agent.

Yes, Grimek and Stanko had fooled them.
They went through an entire workout from
start to finish, and didn't do a single
secret exercise.

Instead, they stuck to the basics.

The exercises everyone already knew.

The ones I talk about in all of my books
and courses.

They kept the SECRET exercises under wraps.
Probably went back at midnight to do them
in total darkness.

At least, that's what the spies thought.

You see, the spies thought Grimek and
Stanko MUST have been doing some sort of
secret exercises. And even to this day,
many people believe that to have been
the case. After all, Grimek and Stanko
are the only men in history to have won

1. The USA Senior National Weightlifting
Championship

2. The Mr. America title

3. The Mr. Universe title

So they must have been doing something
special in their workouts -- and to the
spies, that mean -- SECRET exercises.

Now, if you want to learn more about John
Grimek's training, grab this great new
training course from Dinosaur Headquarters:

http://brookskubik.com/johngrimek_course.html

And if you want to learn more about Steve
Stanko's training -- and his lifting -- grab
the Legacy of Iron books -- starting with the
first book in the series, Legacy of Iron and
moving on from there:

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

Trust me -- you'll learn way more than the
spies learned!

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. The Dinosaur Training Military Press and
Shoulder Power course is another good source
for old-school training information -- with
plenty of tips about the training methods
that built supermen like Grimek and Stanko:

http://www.brookskubik.com/militarypress_course.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: "If you want to be
a champion, learn to think like a champion --
and learn to train like a champion."
-- Brooks Kubik

Hungry Dino Attacks Farmer's Market!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

I just got back from the Farmer's
market with a ton of fresh veggies
and other great stuff.

We grow many of our own veggies in
our backyard garden, but we don't
grow everything we like, so we stock
up every Saturday morning at the
Farmer's Market.

Today, I went there before breakfast,
so I was hungry. So I didn't just go
shopping. I attacked the place!

By the time I was done, I had
loaded up with the following:

1. One big bag of fresh greens (two
bunches of arugula, two bunches of
kale, and three bunches of Swiss
chard).

2. One bunch of golden beets with
beet greens.

3. One medium pumpkin.

4. One head of broccoli.

5. One big garlic clove.

6. Two bags of shitake mushrooms.

7. 15 to 20 heirloom tomatoes
(four or five different kinds, and
several different colors).

8. Six medium-size heirloom potatoes.

9. One big bag of salad greens and
broad leaf lettuces.

10. One big bag of arugula.

11. One pint of grape tomatoes in a
variety of shapes and colors.

12. Six dozen eggs from happy chickens
that get to wonder around the farm and
eat bugs and worms all day long.

13. Two pounds of bacon and four
pork chops from a local farmer that
raises grass-fed beef and free-range
pork. (The same one who has the
happy chickens.)

14. Two pounds of stew meat (grass-fed
beef).

15. One bunch of radishes.

16. And last, but not least, flowers
for Trudi.

I would have gotten more, but I ran out
of bags and arms, and besides, we have
no way of storing any more than this.

As you can see, we eat lots and lots of
fresh veggies -- lots of eggs from happy
chickens -- and locally raised, free-range
pork and grass-fed beef.

Now, you may ask, "How much did he pay
for all that?"

You'd be surprised. The prices at the
Farmer's Market are lower than grocery
store prices -- and the quality is
enormously better.

Plus, everything I bought was natural
and organic. No added chemicals. No
herbicides, fungicides, fumicides,
or people-cides. No preservatives.
Just good, fresh, wholesome, delicious
and nutritious food.

When I got home, I had my Steve Stanko
breakfast. He liked fried eggs over
fresh greens (endive and dandelion
greens were his favorites). I had
four fried eggs over a big plate of
mixed greens and herbs -- along with
two small tomatoes, several sliced
radishes and one medium heirloom
potato.

I figure if it was good enough for
Steve Stanko, it's good enough for me.

It may be working, too. I had a great
workout last night. Dino style nutrition
builds Dino style strength. Just ask
Steve Stanko.

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 Dumbbell Training is at
the printer and I should be getting the
little monster very soon -- and when I
do, I'll shoot all orders out the door
faster than you can say Pterodactyl Mail.
If you have not yet ordered your copy,
do it now so you get the pre-publication
bonus:

http://brookskubik.com/dinosaur_dumbbelltraining.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: "Train smart,
eat smart, live smart." -- Brooks Kubik