And Then the Fun Began . . .

He grabbed him by the leg - and then the fun began . . . .

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

I left you hanging yesterday with an
email titled:

He Grabbed Him by the Leg . . .

Today's email completes the title:

And Then the Fun Began . . .

And yes, there's a story there.

It goes back almost 50 years ago.
I was thinking about it the other day,
because I've been getting some feed-
back on my new book, 100 Strength
Training Tips for Combat Athletes.
Most of the feedback was positive -
but a couple of guys (who never even
bought the book) wrote in to say that
strength and power is over-rated.

Is it?

Step into the Dinosaur Time Machine
and race back to a high school parking
lot in the early 70's.

We have two pairs of brothers.

Two of the brothers are long-haired
guys who drive a flashy car, get into
fights and seem to always be some
sort of trouble. No one messed with
them.

The other two are typical jocks: short
hair, big and strong. They play defensive
line on the football team. One of them
wrestles at 185. The other wrestles at
Heavyweight. No one messed with
them, either.

But somehow, one day, these two pairs
of brothers got into a fight.

I have no idea how it started or why it
happened.

But it didn't go well for the long-haired
guys.

Before long, one of them tries to climb
over a big wire fence to get away. It was
one of those big wire fences made from
galvanized steel. They used to be every-
where back in the day.

He didn't get very far.

One of the jock brothers grabbed him by
the leg . . .

And then the fun began . . .

Because he started swinging the poor
kid by the leg, and slamming him into
the side of the wire fence.

It was a horizontal body slam.

Repeated over and over again.

Finally, the big jock just swung the kid
and threw him right into the fence.

And that was that.

Over and out.

It was a good example of strength
and power in action.

Anyhow, I agree that technical skill
is important - and that you always
need to know what to do and how to
do it. That goes for combat, and it
goes for any combat sport. (Heck, it
goes for EVERY sport there is.)

But strength and power always helps.

it's your ace in the hole.

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 100
Strength Training Tips for Combat
Athletes:

100 Strength Training Tips for
Combat Athletes

http://www.brookskubik.com/100-combat-tips.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:

"Strength is good - and stronger is
better."


-- Brooks Kubik

Before You Leave - Check These Out! 

Brooks Kubik's Kindle Books

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

We have over 25 books and courses in the Kindle store - including these little monsters:

 
For even more Kindle books by Brooks Kubik, visit:

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He Grabbed Him By the Leg . . .

When World Champion Lou Thesz grabbed them by the leg, they stayed grabbed. Thesz had the perfect blend of wrestling skill, technical mastery and superb physical conditioning - along with plenty of strength and power!

 

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

It's been a very wild ride for the past
72 hours - and I want to thank all the
Dinos who made it happen.

On Friday we released a new training
book on Kindle.

It's called 100 Strength Training Tips
for Combat Athletes - and as you can
guess, it covers Dino-style strength
and power training for combat
sports.

Anyhow, we launched the book, sat
Back, and waited . . .

And then the fun started - and things
kind of blew up.

In less than 24 hours, 100 Strength
Training Tips for Combat Athletes
was ranked as No. 1 in New Releases
for weight training books in the
Kindle bookstore.

Over the next two days, it also was
ranked no. 1 in new releases in the
Martial Arts category - and in the
Short Reads - Sports and Outdoor
books category.

It also ended up in three different
Top 10 Best Seller lists - and made
it to no. 1 in one of those lists.

So that was pretty darn good. After
all, no. 1 is kind of hard to beat.

And to make it even better, John
Wood has a number of books in
the same Top 10 lists.

In fact, as one point, John and I had
three of the top four books in New
Releases for weight training books -
which means that our kind of old-
fashioned, back to the basics, no
nonsense strength stuff pretty
much took over for awhile.

Anyhow, I want to say THANK
YOU to everyone who stepped
up, took action, and grabbed a
copy of 100 Strength Training
Tips for Combat Athletes.

And I also want to say THANK
YOU to everyone who grabbed
one or more of my other books
over the past 72 hours - as well
as everyone who grabbed one
or more of John's books.

We really appreciate it - and we
both got a heck of a kick out of
seeing so many people step up
and support old-school, black
iron, gumption and grit strength
training.

Of course, if you missed my earlier
announcements or didn't have a
chance to grab our books, don't
worry - you can do it right now:

100 Strength Training Tips for
Combat Athletes

http://www.brookskubik.com/100-combat-tips.html

Trap Bar Training Book
No. 2

http://www.oldtimestrongman.com/trapbartraining2.html

 

Trap Bar Training Book
No. 1

http://www.oldtimestrongman.com/trapbartraining.html

Dinosaur Strength and Power -
Course No. 2 - Heavy Partials

Kindle edition

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

PDF edition

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurstrengthandpower-02.html

Power and Health Through
Progressive Exercise

https://www.oldtimestrongman.com/power-health1905b.html

Check them out - I think you'll
really like them.

And again, THANK YOU to everyone
who helped us set some personal
sales records this weekend!

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. You may be wondering about the
title of this email . . . . well, it's a true
story about some real world combat
stuff that happened about 50 years
ago. I'll give you the whole story in
my next email.

This Is Kind of Amazing!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

When you write about real world,
no nonsense strength training and
muscle building, you walk a lonely
path.

Most of the other stuff is about
totally different stuff:

Drugs

Supplements

More drugs

New drugs

More supplements

New supplements

Gossip columns

Bodybuilding contests

The "latest" version of the Super
Blast Mega-Muscle Bulgarian Blitz
program - or whatever they're
calling it this week.

And so on.

And that's the world of the mass
market muscle media.

My world is much different.

There's a very small number of
people who write about MY kind
of training.

Bill Hinbern is one.

Bradley J. Steiner is another.

And John Wood is a third.

And that leads me to something that's
nothing short of amazing.

Yesterday we released my new book
on Kindle:

100 Strength Training Tips for
Combat Athletes

http://www.brookskubik.com/100-combat-tips.html

So last night I went over to take
a look at the sales numbers - and
the little monster was ranked No.
1 - meaning NUMERO UNO - in
new releases in the category of
weight training books.

Number 1 in less than 24 hours.

That's fast.

And it's also pretty amazing for a
book that focuses on hard and
heavy, back to the basics
strength and power training.

But here's something else that's
even more amazing.

The top six books in New Releases
for weight training books included
one by me - and two by John Wood.

That means that the old-school, hard
and heavy, roll up your sleeves, grit,
grime, dig deep, puff, pant and
perspire stuff was kicking the
heck out of all of the other the
other stuff.

In other words, the Dinos had taken
over.

The bunnies were in full retreat.

Chrome and Fern Land was shaking
at its very core.

The Gentle Blasters were running
for cover.

John's two books in the top 6 were
on Trap Bar training. I assume you
have them, but if not, grab them -
they're very good:

Trap Bar Training Book No. 2

http://www.oldtimestrongman.com/trapbartraining2.html

 

Trap Bar Training Book No. 1

http://www.oldtimestrongman.com/trapbartraining.html

If memory serves correctly, both
of John's books had been No. 1 in
new releases - and since they're
still in the top 6, they're still selling
like hotcakes.

And to make things even more fun,
I had another book in the No. 1
spot in Kindle's new releases just
a couple of weeks ago.

It was my book on Heavy Partials for
building strength and power:

Dinosaur Strength and Power -
Course No. 2 - Heavy Partials

Kindle edition

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

PDF edition

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurstrengthandpower-02.html

Anyhow, do us both a favor.

Help keep us in the no. 1 spot for
as long as possible - and help keep
us in the top 6 rankings for as long
as possible.

Grab any or all of our Kindle books -
leave reviews for them - read and
rank other reviews - tell your friends
and workout buddies about our
books - spread the word on social
media - and generally do everything
you can to help share the message.

Our goal is total and complete
domination - meaning that we
won't stop until strength training
is back where it needs to be - with
its original focus on the real world
stuff that gives great results as fast
and efficiently as possible.

I can't do it alone - and neither can
John Wood - but with your help, we
can all do it together.

Thanks - and happy reading!

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

Weight Training and Budo

Brand new from Dinosaur Training - with tons of great training tips - hard hitting workouts - and super-effective training programs. Good stuff for anyone interested in building real world strength and power.

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

When I was a kid, there were very
few sources of training advice - and
most of what you could find was the
standard bodybuilding stuff.

How to build 20" upper arms in record
time.

How to sculpt barn-door lats and build
gladiator pecs.

Horseshoe triceps.

Cannonball delts.

Baseball biceps.

Washboard abs.

Bombing, blasting and blitzing.

That kind of stuff.

But I was lucky enough to find the
better strength training and muscle
building magazines - Bob Hoffman's
Strength and Health and Muscular
Development - and Peary Rader's
wonderful Iron Man magazine.

And in them, I found articles by a
man named Bradley J. Steiner.

Steiner was a a martial arts teacher.

Or more accurately - he taught real
world, no BS self defense.

The kind of stuff that really works.

Not the fancy stuff.

The stuff that works.

He also taught real world strength
training and muscle building.

And he even wrote articles about
how to combine the two - in other
words, how to build rugged combat
strength and conditioning.

One of those articles appeared in Bob
Hoffman's Strength and Health.

If memory serves correctly, it was
titled Weight Training and Budo -
and it was a pretty good article.

It was also very unusual - because
back then (almost 50 years ago) -
very few martial artists did weight
training.

Heck, back then, very few athletes
did weight training.

Which was GREAT for those who
did. It was their secret weapon.

I should say OUR secret weapon -
because I used Steiner's training
ideas to make myself a better
wrestler.

It worked, too.

I won a state championship in
Greco-Roman wrestling - and
that's a pretty good testament
to the effectiveness of combining
the right kind of strength training
with your combat training.

Anyhow, it's many long years down
the Road of Life - and yesterday, I
released a new book that teaches
a lot of what I learned in those old
articles by Bradley J. Steiner.

How to train for combat sports.
It's a complete course - with real
world, no nonsense training advice -
and tons of great workouts and
training programs.

It's available in a Kindle edition -
and you can grab it right here:

http://www.brookskubik.com/100-combat-tips.html

Sprint on over and grab a copy
right now - and have fun with
it - and with the workouts in it!

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

Brand New from Dinosaur Training!

Here's something brand new from Dinosaur Training - with tons of great workouts and training programs!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

We just released something new
for you.

It's a book that covers strength
training for combat athletes -
meaning that it features training
programs and workouts for:

MMA training

Boxing

Wrestling

Judo

Jiu Jitsu

Karate

Other martial arts

Self defense training

Football

Rugby

And anything else that requires
functional strength and fighting
fitness for combat.

Of course, everyone else can use
the programs and the workouts -
because they build a superb balance
of strength, power, fitness and con-
ditioning.

It's at the Kindle bookstore - and
you can find it right here:

http://www.brookskubik.com/100-combat-tips.html

Sprint on over and grab a
copy!

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

The Save Your Life Neck Training Workout - And More!

 

The Save Your Life Neck Workout is a must-read for anyone interested in wrestling, bjj, grappling or any other combat sport - and it's pretty darn important for everyone else, as well. By the way, that's World Champion Lou Thesz applying the toe hold in the above photo - and he did a heck of a lot of neck training over the years.

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Are you reading the new Dinosaur
Files monthly newsletter?

I hope so, because every issue is a
goldmine of information.

It's 8 to 12 pages per issue - a fast,
fun read - available in PDF format
with immediate electronic delivery -
and it's printable, so you can print
each issue and save it in your
strength training and muscle
building collection.

And if you don't have a printer, just
talk to your local Kinko's or other
printing center. You can email The
Dino Files to them, and they can
print it for you for a nominal charge -
and it will be ready by the time you
walk into the shop.

We started this format with the Oct,
2017 issue - and it seems to work
pretty well. It saves a ton on postage,
especially for our overseas Dinos.

We've had great feedback on each
issue - and that's not surprising,
because each issue is loaded with
valuable training tips and workouts.

For example . . .

The October 2017 issue includes:

1. a stonelifting workout that you
can do on its own or once a week
in combination with barbell and
dumbbell workouts; and

2. a 3-day per week workout used
with great success by a 58-year
old Dinosaur

The November 2017 issue covers:

1. one-hand barbell lifts,

2. Bone Strength Training,

3. outdoor training,

4. a six-exercise, total-body HIT
workout,

5. a sled-pulling and tire flipping
workout; and

6. The Save Your Life Neck
Training Workout

By the way, people often ask me about
strength training for wrestling, bjj and
martial arts - and The Save Your Life
Neck Training Workout is a pretty
good place to start.

The December 2017 issue features
a very effective six-day per week
workout that you can modify to
do your choice of:

1 exercise per workout

2 exercises per workout

or

3 exercises per workout

This has been one of our most
popular workouts - and one of
our most popular issues.

The January 2018 issue covers:

1. Bone density and celiac disease,

2. Cold weather workouts,

3. Lower back rehab,

4. Handstand pushup progressions,

5. A kettlebell workout, and

6. A special mass-building program
for Dinos (which is a little bit different
than most of my suggested workouts -
but very effective and lots of fun)

The February 2018 issue includes:

1. Training for older Dinos,

2. A three-day per week program,

3. A flexible daily training program
with complete training schedules for
both indoor and outdoor training -
giving you more than a dozen
workouts to try.

As you can see, we pack tons of great
info into each issue - and all of it is
practical and effective. In the words
of my good friend, Mike Thompson,
it's "the real thing."

You can grab the Oct, Nov, Dec and
Jan issues right here:

http://brookskubik.com/dinosaur_files.html

And you can grab the February 2018
issue right here:

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

I'll send links to other issues of The
Dinosaur Files in a separate email -
because this one is plenty long
already!

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. If you want a subscription to The
Dinosaur Files, we can make it happen.
I can even do hard-copy subscriptions for
those of you here in the USA. Just shoot
me an email and ask for the details.

Old- School Beats Everyone!

How'd you like to be able to do that?

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

John Wood released a great old-
school training course on Kindle
the other day.

It's called (and this is a GREAT
title):

Power and Health Through
Progressive Exercise

It covers:

The natural laws of training

Strength training for boxers

How to build punching power
Hand-balancing

Feats of strength

Single and double-arm lifts

Medicine ball training
Plus a whole lot more!

And get this - the author was one
of those guys who walks the walk.

Meaning that he really knew what
he was talking about.

No question about it.

Because way back in 1905, he was
able to lift a 100 pound dumbbell
overhead with either hand - which
was pretty darn good - and is pretty
darn good even today.

Anyhow, the little monster has already
raced up to no. 1 in its category in the
Kindle bookstore - in less than 24 hours -
and that means that old-school training
has beaten everyone else in the past
24 hours.

So let's keep it going - and keep Power
and Health Through Progressive
Exercise at the top of the charts.

Go here to check it out - and if you grab
a copy, as I hope you do, be sure to
leave a review:

Power and Health Through
Progressive Exercise

https://www.oldtimestrongman.com/power-health1905b.html

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

Strength Training for Martial Artists

Sig Klein with some of the magnificent weights from his classic collection. Wouldn't it have been great to train with these legendary barbells, dumbbells and kettlebells?

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

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

1. New PDF Courses for Dinos

Last month we added two new courses
to our ever-growing list of PDF courses:

Dinosaur Strength and Power -
Course No. 1 - Hepburn Style Arm
Training

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurstrengthandpower-01.html

Dinosaur Strength and Power -
Course No. 2 - Heavy Partials

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurstrengthandpower-02.html

There are plenty of other Dino courses
available in PDF editions, as well. We
have an entire section for them at our
products page.

For example:

The Dinosaur Military Press
and Shoulder Power Course

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

The Training Secrets of Doug
Hepburn

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

And the new monthly Dinosaur Files
is available exclusively in PDF format:

May-June Dinosaur Files

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurfiles-mayjune2018.html

I know that many of you - particularly
our overseas Dinos - have been asking
for more PDF products - so here they
are!

2. How to Combine Strength Training and
Martial Arts

On the training front, let's talk about a topic
that comes up all the time.

How do you combine strength training and
martial arts or self-defense training?

The question usually comes from older Dinos
who have limited energy and limited recovery
ability. They tend to over-train very quickly if
they train too often. Three strength training
workouts and three martial arts workouts in
one week flattens them.

I can see that. I don't do martial arts, but I
used to wrestle in high school - at top notch
wrestling schools in states with plenty of great
wrestlers. It was brutal stuff - daily practices
that lasted 2 or 3 hours - followed by weight
training workouts 3x a week. Today, at age
61, I couldn't do anything close to that.

And neither can most older guys.

Heck, most younger guys can't do it.

So what do you do?

Try this:

1. Train no more than 4 days per week
total.

a. Two martial arts workouts and two
strength training workouts.

b. Or try two martial arts workouts and
one strength training workout - or the
reverse.

2. Always use abbreviated and ultra-
abbreviated workouts.

a. Focus on the basic, compound exercises
that give you the biggest return for every
second of precious training time.

3. Focus on precise movements and perfect
technique in both your strength training
workouts and your martial arts or self-
defense workouts.

a. Doing the exercise or the technique in
100% perfect form is far more effective
than doing it sloppy - and far easier on
your body.

b. In other words, don't try to "muscle
through" things. Focus on SKILL.

4. Don't try to do the long workouts you
did when you were younger -- and that
goes for the dojo as well as the weight
room.

a. 30 to 45 minutes of focused, concentrated
training is PLENTY.

5. Your martial arts or self-defense training
will double as cardio training -- so don't add
much if any in the way of additional cardio
work.

a. Many older trainees use walking for their
"cardio" or conditioning work. It's not flashy,
but it's effective.

6. Use a simple cycling system for your
strength training workouts so you don't go
hard and heavy all the time. The simple
cycling system in Gray Hair and Black
Iron is ideal:

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

7. Use visualization drills to increase the
effectiveness of both your martial arts
training AND your strength training.

a. I cover visualization drills and to do
them in Dinosaur Training: Lost Secrets
of Strength and Development:

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

So there you are. Seven tips to help combine
strength training with martial arts or self-
defense training. I hope they help!

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

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. I almost forgot - heavy dumbbell training
is GREAT for martial artists - see Dinosaur
Dumbbell Training for exercises and
workouts:

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

P.S. 2. Thought for the Day:

"When you train with concentration
and focus, a little work goes a very
long way." 

- Brooks Kubik

BEFORE YOU LEAVE . . .

We have more than 25 Dinosaur Training books and courses in the Kindle bookstore - here are several of them - head on over and take a look at the others:

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

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