Train With John Grimek!

John Grimek - the Monarch of Muscledom!

 
Hail to the Dinosaurs!

In case you didn't know - we've released my
John Grimek training course on Kindle. 

Grimek was one of the very best bodybuilders
of all time - and many rank him as the best all-
natural bodybuilder ever.

He also was one of the strongest men of his
era - a USA Senior National Weightlifting
Champion - the North American Weightlifting
Champion - an American record holder - and
a man who set several unofficial World Records
in the military press.

Get this - Grimek is the only man in history
who:

1. Won the USA Senior National Weightlifting
Championship;

2. Won the North American Weightlifting
Championship;

3. Set American records in the Military Press;

4. Set unofficial World records in the Military
Press (unofficial because they were not recognized
due to World War Two);

5. Represented the USA in weightlifting in the
Olympic Games and the World Championships; 

6. Won the Mr. America title (which he won twice -
prompting the AAU to make a rule prohibiting former
winners from entering the contest a second time);

7. Won the Mr. USA tile - defeating all the former
Mr. America winners and top bodybuilders of the
era;

8. Won the Mr. Universe title (in a classic battle with
the legendary Steve Reeves);

9. Included feats of strength (bar bending, chain breaking,
and similar feats) in his posing exhibitions - showing that
he was a genuine all-around strongman; and

10. Retired from bodybuilding competition undefeated.

That's a pretty impressive list of accomplishments -
but John grimek was a pretty impressive man!

This has been one of our best-sellers ever since
we released it in hard copy back in 2012 -- so if
you missed it in hard-copy, sprint on over and
grab the e-book right now.

You can find the little monster right here:

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

If you prefer the hard-copy edition of the
course, you can find it right here:

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

Thanks, and if you order the Kindle e-book, please post
a review. They really help us.

Yours in strength, 

Brooks Kubik

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:

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

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

The Old Gym and the New Gym

 

John Grimek hitting a heavy press at an exhibition in the early 1940's.

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

There was a time, back in the 1930's,
40's and 50's, when the old York Bar-
bell Club gym was probably the most
famous gym in the entire world.

It was on the second floor of the old
Strength and Health building at 51
N. Broad Street in York.

It was the home of the York Barbell
Club, the perennial winner of the team
title at the Senior National Weightlifting
Championships each year.

Every Mr. America winner, every USA
World and Olympic champion, and
every USA World record holder had
trained there at one time or another.

The bars, benches, squat stands and
platforms carried the DNA of the
greatest strength athletes in the
history of the United States.

John Grimek had trained there since
the 1930's. He loved the place.

But one day, he overheard a couple
of top-name, visiting bodybuilders
talking about the gym after they
finished their workout.

They said it was a dump.

Old-fashioned.

Out-dated.

Dark.

Dirty.

Gritty.

Nasty.

"It's a s--t house," said one of them.

"Who would want to train here all
the time?" asked the other man.

"Not me!" the first replied, and the
two men laughed.

That got Grimek thinking - and he
decided to raise the issue with Bob
Hoffman.

So he did.

Told him that visitors were complaining
about the old gym. Saying it was old-
fashioned. Even laughing about it.

"It's bad for business, Bob," Grimek
concluded.

Hoffman didn't agree - not at first. But
Grimek was persistent, and over time,
he wore Hoffman down.

They built a new gym in a modern
building, and and stocked it with all
new equipment.

It was bright and shiny and well-lit. A
thoroughly modern, up to the minute
sort of place.

Grimek went over and took his first
workout in the new gym.

He didn't like it.

He tried again.

Still didn't like it.

The new gym lacked something.

It lacked memories - and it lacked
character.

So Grimek did the only rational thing.

He snuck back to the office building
when no one else was there, and
trained by himself in the old gym.

Of course, Hoffman found out - and
made Grimek stop.

So Grimek ended up training in the
new gym that he had pestered
Hoffman to build - and probably
kicked himself for ever raising the
idea of a new gym.

If you're a Dinosaur, you probably
know exactly how he felt - and you
understand that a place with good
memories and plenty of character
is the best possible place to train.

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. You can learn lots more about
John Grimek and how he trained in
my John Grimek training course. It's
available in your choice of hard-copy
or Kindle editions:

Hard-copy

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

Kindle

http://www.brookskubik.com/grimektraining_kindle.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. 2. Thought for the Day

"Treasure your equipment, your
training quarters, and the memories
they bring you."

-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

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

In Case You Missed It!

 

Bob Hoffman and the York Barbell Company sold thousands of barbell and dumbbell sets - and those simple pieces of iron changed the lives of those who used them.

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

We just released book 2
in the Legacy of Iron series
on Kindle.

The title is Legacy of Iron
2 - Clouds of War.

It picks up where Legacy
of Iron ended, and continues
the action.

Of course, you'll want to read
them in the proper order,
starting with Legacy of Iron
(the first book in the series):

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

After that, read Legacy of Iron
2 - Clouds of War:

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

And be looking for the rest of the
books  in the series - we'll get
them up as fast as we can.

ALSO - I know you're waiting
for the next issue of The Dinosaur
Files. It should be up on Kindle
very soon. And it's a good issue.
It has some great workouts in
it.

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

We have over 25 Dinosaur Training books and courses in the Kindle bookstore. For a complete list and links to all of them, go here: http://www.brookskubik.com/kindle.html

Legacy of Iron Feedback - and the Answer to a Question!

John Grimek finishing a heavy military press at an exhibition in Los Angeles. You'll learn tons about Grimek and his training in the Legacy of Iron series.

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Someone asked why we're putting
the Legacy of Iron books on Kindle,
since they're already available in
hard-copy format.

"Are you still selling them in hard-
copy editions?" he asked.

The answer is - yes, we are. If
you want the hard-copy editions,
go to our products page and look
for the section headed NOVELS.

You can order them one by one or
save some bucks and order all five
of them together:

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

And if you want a shipping quote
on multiple books, shoot me an
email and we'll get back to you.

But back to the question - why
put the Legacy of Iron books on
Kindle?

The reason is, you've been asking
for them on Kindle!

For example, here's an email from
one of our Dinos who lives in Japan:

"I recently finished your Legacy of
Iron 1, and it was great! It helped
me get back into lifting, and I
decided I wanted to learn more
about the Olympic lifts.

I just wanted to know when you'll
be releasing the other books in
the series on Kindle?

I currently live in Japan, and
although I can get them shipped,
I still prefer the mobility of the
Kindle app.

I would love to know if they will
be going on to Kindle so I can
keep reading all of the books
in the series.

They're super addictive!

Jason N."

That's why we're doing it - to help
Dinos around the world grab the
entire series without having to
pay big bucks for shipping and
handling - and for Dinos like
Jason who just prefer the
convenience and mobility
of Kindle books.

So here are the links to the first
two Legacy of Iron books in the
Kindle bookstore:

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

We'll get the others up as fast as
we can.

By the way, there's going to be at
least one more book in the series.

Rumor has it that a guy at Dino
Headquarters is already working
on it.

So if you're a Legacy of Iron fan,
you've got a lot of great reading
coming your way.

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

New on Kindle from Dinosaur Training!

World and Olympic champion John Davis appears in the Legacy of Iron books - along with many other weightlifters, bodybuilders and strongmen of the 1930's, 1940's and 1950's.

 
Hail to the Dinosaurs!

We just added something new
to our Kindle bookstore.

It's Vol. 2 in the Legacy of Iron
series - subtitled Clouds of War.

We're going to put all five of the
Legacy of Iron books into the
Kindle bookstore, so if you
haven't read them, you're
in for a real treat.

Of course, you'll want to read
them in the proper order,
starting with Legacy of Iron (the first book in the series):

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

After that, read Legacy of Iron
2 - Clouds of War:

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

And be looking for the rest of the
books  in the series - we'll get
them up as fast as we can.

ALSO - I know you're waiting
for the next issue of The Dinosaur
Files. It should be up on Kindle
late tonight or tomorrow morning.

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

The Ticking Clock

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

We got a Christmas tree the other
day - because Christmas is right
around the corner.

I'm going to a Christmas party
today - because Christmas is right
around the corner.

Trudi is finishing up her Christmas
shopping today - because, well, you
know why.

I'm hitting the iron hard and heavy
tomorrow - doing a snatch workout -
not because Christmas is right around
the corner, but because it's my training
day and snatches are on the schedule.

The point is - Christmas is right
around the corner.

So help us out by getting those
orders in - so we can pack them
up and get them out in the mail.

We want to make sure they get
there in time for the big day.

Because Christmas is right around
the corner.

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. My Legacy of Iron books make
great Christmas presents, especially
for younger Dinos who are starting
out in the Iron Game and who could
benefit from learning its amazing
and inspiring history.

They're also good for older Dinos
who enjoy reading about the way
things were back in the good old
days of hard work and heavy iron.

Go here to grab them:

http://www.brookskubik.com/legacy_of_iron.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. "The best
gift is the gift of lifelong strength and
health." -- 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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A Legacy of Iron Super Special!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Yesterday I sent an email about a big
special we are having for my Legacy
of Iron books.

It's in honor of my dad's passing one
year ago - because the Legacy of Iron
books were his favorites. Of all my
books and courses, he liked those
the best.

So here's how the big Legacy of Iron
special will work.

You can have any book in the series for
10 bucks plus shipping and handling -
or all five in the series for 50 clams
plus shipping and handling.

To place an order for this special offer,
shoot me an email - and let me know
what you want, where you live and
whether you use PayPal. We can do
the order by card (or check if you
live in the USA), but PayPal is the
fast and easy way to do special
orders.

This special offer applies to Legacy
of Iron books only - not to any
other books or courses.

If you don't know what the books are
about, go here for info on Legacy of
Iron:

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

For info on the other books in the
series, go here and follow the links
for each of the Legacy of Iron books:

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

Dad always thought that everyone should
read these books - and I agree - so we're
going to make it very easy for you.

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. A big THANK YOU to everyone who
has already placed an order. Dad is up
there smiling right now.

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My Dad's Favorite Iron Game Book

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Today is the one year anniversary of my
dad's passing.

I want to do something special today -
so I thought about what he might want.

He liked all of my books, but Legacy of
Iron was his favorite. In fact, he kept
copies of all five books in the Legacy of
Iron series on his dresser, next to his
bed.

He's gone, but they're still there.

So this is what I'm going to do:

We're going to have a great big special
for the Legacy of Iron books.

You can have any book in the series for
10 bucks plus shipping and handling -
or all five in the series for 50 clams
plus shipping and handling.

To place an order for this special offer,
shoot me an email - and let me know
what you want, where you live and
whether you use PayPal. We can do
the order by card (or check if you
live in the USA), but PayPal is the
fast and easy way to do special
orders.

This special offer applies to Legacy
of Iron books only - not to any
other books or courses.

If you don't know what the books are
about, go here for info on Legacy of
Iron:

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

For info on the other books in the
series, go here and follow the links
for each of the Legacy of Iron books:

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

Dad always thought that everyone should
read these books - and I agree - so we're
going to make it very easy for you.

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

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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Strength and Muscle in 100 Words or Less, Part 2

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

So here's a question.

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

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

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

All he had were barbells and dumbbells.

No drugs.

No roidskies.

Not even any supplements.

Just iron.

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

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

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

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

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

Hard-copy course:

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

Kindle e-book:

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

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

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The Training Secrets of John Grimek

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Breaking news -- we just released my very
popular John Grimek training course as an
e-book on Kindle.

This has been one of our best-sellers ever
since we released it in hard copy back in
2012 -- so if you missed it in hard-copy,
sprint on over and grab the e-book right
now.

You can find the little monster right here:

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

If you prefer the hard-copy edition of the
course, you can find it right here:

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

Thanks, and if you order the Kindle
e-book, please post a review. They
really help us.

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

The Magic of Barbell Training!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

In the Middle Ages, alchemists tried to
find a way to change iron to gold.

Some men spent their entire lives in a
fruitless search for the magic formula
that would change ordinary iron into
beautiful, shining gold -- gold that would
make them wealthier and more
powerful than emperors and kings.

They never suceeded.

Iron was iron, and gold was gold.

But hundreds of years later, other men
made a remarkable discovery.

They learned how to unleash the magic of
iron.

These were men like Alan Calvert, Mark
Berry, Harry Paschall, George F. Jowett,
Sig Klein, Bob Hoffman and Peary Rader.

The men who put barbells and dumbbells --
and the secret of how to use them --
into the hands of thousands of eager
trainees around the world.

And make no mistake about it. Barbells and
dumbbells are quite literally miracle tools.

Properly used, they can transform your
physique, adding many pounds of muscle,
and building enormous strength and power.

With the right kind of training, you can double
or even triple your starting levels of strength
and devleopment. And some trainees do even
better than that.

To me, that's magic. Far more magic than
turning iron to gold.

But it doesn't stop there.

Barbell and dumbbell training works because it
is a form of progressive resistance training. You
start by handling weights that are managable but
challenging -- and you gradually increase your
reps in each exercise -- and then you add weight
to the bar, drop back on the number of reps, and
build back up again.

And you repeat the process over and over.

It's a series of small steps -- but every step is a
step forward. With every step, you move forwards
toward more strength, more muscle and more
power. Every step is a victory.

You end up transforming your body -- but more
than that, you end up transforming your mind,
your heart and your entire being.

You learn some of the most important lessons
a person can learn.

You learn that hard work leads to great results.

That success occurs step by step.

That whatever you can conceive and believe, you
can achieve.

That nothing can stop you.

And that you and you alone control your destiny
and your future.

And that's REAL magic.

If you train, you know what I'm talking about. If
you don't train, or if you stopped training, now's
the time to start (or start again) -- and to grab
some of that magic.

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. More than any book ever written, Legacy
of Iron captures the magic of barbell and dumbbell
training -- by taking you back to the 1930's and
letting you share the magic with a young man
named Jim Miller -- who needed a miracle -- and
found it when he discovered barbell training:

http://www.brookskubik.com/legacy_of_iron.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: "If you're looking
for magic, look no further than the nearest
barbell." -- Brooks Kubik

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The Barbell in the Basement

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

I did an interview for Eric Fiorillo's Motivation and
Muscle Podcast Show last week, and we were
talking about training alone in a home gym
versus training at a commercial gym.

Now, a good commercial gym can be a great
place to train, and training with a couple of
like-minded, serious, gung-ho training partners
can be tons of fun and thoroughly motivational.

And if you're training for OL, working with a
knowledgeable coach is always a good idea.

But there's something to be said for the idea
of training alone -- in the solitude of your
basement, garage or backyard.

Theere can be a certain kind of magic to your
own training quarters -- and to training alone,
just you and the iron.

John Grimek started his career by training
outside in his parents' backyard -- and up
in the attic in the winter.

Later, of course, he trained at the world-famous
York Barbell Club gym -- which at one time may
have been the most famous gym in the entire
world.

The old York Barbell Club gym was loacated at
51 North Broad Street. It was small, and spartan
and basic -- and had the feel of a home gym --
and the magic of a home gym.

But as the years passed, it started to get old
and beat up and in dreadful need of repairs.
Some of the out of town lifting and bodybuilding
champions started to give painfully blunt
assessments of the old gym.

"It's a (unkind word)-hole." said one top body-
builder one day, when he was in the locker room
changing and thought he was out of earshot to
everyone but a friend.

But Grimek overheard him -- and got to thinking
"about it -- and chewing on it - and stewing on it.

And the next thing you know, he started to urge
Bob Hoffman to build a new "modern" gym for
the York Barbell Club.

Hoffman resisted.

Grimek persisted.

Hoffman finally gave in, and the new gym was
built.

Grimek stepped inside, looked around, and
shuddered.

The new gym was cold, barren, sterile and lifeless.
Grimek hated it.

And he started to sneak back to the old gym, which
stiull had a barbell and some dumbbells, and doing
his old workouts all by himself, alone at night, in
the dark and the quiet, surrounded by familiar
friends and good memories.

Hoffman finally found out about it, and made Grimek
start training at the new gym. (After all, everyone
who came to York expected to see Grimek when
they visited the new gym.)

So Grimek set his teeth and knuckled down and
started to train at the new gym that he had begged
and badgered for -- and that he loathed.

Later, when he retired from York, Grimek set up a
small gym in his basement. He had an old set of
free-standing squat racks, a barbell, a bunch of
mismatched plates, and some dumbbells.

And he was perfectly happy training there.
He had come full circle -- from backyard to most
famous gym in the world to fancy new gym to
basement.And that basement gym is where he
took his very last workout.

Those of us who train at home, alone, can
understand the magic.

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 about John Grimek and how he trained,
grab this great training course:

http://brookskubik.com/johngrimek_course.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: "Be it ever so humble,
there's no place like your home gym." -- Brooks
Kubik

Part 3 -- Bob Hoffman's Biggest Challenge!

(Here's Part 3 in our little series
on Bob Hoffman's greatest challenge.
Remember, we're back in 19134 -- and
Bob has been working like heck for
the past year, trying to make a
300 pound clean and jerk.)

The 13th of April fell on a Friday
that year.

No, Bob Hoffman didn't try for the 300
pound lift on Friday the 13th -- but he
did take a hard workout that morning at
the York barbell Club gym.

Then he drove to New Haven, CT., where
he stayed overnight.

The next day, he drove to Gardner, Mass.,
for the New England Weightlifting
Championships.

After the contest, he drove to Boston,
where he stayed until late Tuesday, and
then he drove most of the night to make
the 430 mile trip back home to York.

Bob took his 40 pound dumbbells on the
trip, and trained with them in the morning
on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.

He rested on Wednesday after the long drive
home, and went to the York gym on Thursday,
April 19.

He weighed in and found that he was about 8
pounds lighter than his usual weight at that
time of 247 pounds. It was difficult to keep
his weight up when he was traveling.

Bob told the York lifters he wasn't sure
if he was strong or not after the long
trip, but he'd soon know.

He warmed up with a 150 pound snatch, and
then did 170 twice.

From there, he made a big jump to 235, for
an easy clean and jerk.

Next he did 270, and the lifters who watched
him said it went easier than ever before.

From 270, he jumped to 290, and it, too,
went up easily and quickly.

Now he was a mere 10 pounds away from his
goal.

He chalked his hands, walked to the bar,
crouched down -- and pulled it to his
chest with power to spare -- but he couldn't
hold it, and the weight went crashing back
down.

He tried again - same result.

Tried a third time. It was the same.

So he tried to continental the weight. Got
it to his chest - held it -- but missed the
jerk.

(Note: in the clean, you pull the bar from
floor to chest in one "clean" movement. In
the continental, you lift the bar in two
or more stages -- floor to thighs, thighs to
stomach, with the bar resting on the buckle
of your lifting belt - and from there, to
the chest. In competition, you have to
clean the weight, but to get 300 pounds
overhead in the gym, anything was fair
game.)

Bob repeated the continental -- and once
again missed the jerk.

On his third attempt, he again pulled the
bar to his shoulders -- and this time he
made the jerk!

He held the bar overhead, grinning from
ear to ear as the York lifters clapped and
cheered.

The bad part was, no one had bet against
him. When Bob did 280 for the first time, he
won a nickel bet on the lift -- and the same
for his first lift with 285. He wore the two
nickels on his watch chain to show folks the
kind of money you can make as a professional
weightlifter.

And that's the way things were -- way back
in 1934! Hope you enjoyed 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. For rugged strength and outstanding
muscular development, it's hard to beat
the kind of stand on your feet lifting they
did "back in the day" -- and this course
will teach you how to train like the old-
time champions:

http://www.brookskubik.com/militarypress_course.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: "Rule No. 1 is
to stand on your feet and lift heavy stuff.
There are no other rules, because you
don't need them."-- Brooks Kubik