34 Pages and Tons of Terrific Training Tips!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

The February issue of the Dinosaur Files
is available now, and it's another great
issue.

The little monster weighs in at a whopping
34 pages, and it features a ton of terrific
training tips.

In addition to my own original articles, it
includes tips, advice, thoughts, ideas and
suggestions from John Grimek, Bob
Hoffman,Orison Swett Marden, and
something like two dozen of your
fellow Dinosaurs!

There's even something from some
Russian researchers from back in the
1970's. It's pretty important -- and a
little bit scary. It's also something the
mainstream muscle magazines should
have been telling us -- but instead, they
told us the exact opposite!

Here's the Table of Contents:

Hail to the Dinosaurs!
(by Brooks Kubik)

Mesozoic Mail
(by the Dinosaurs)

Jurassic Jottings
(by Brooks Kubik)

The Best Place to Train
(by Brooks Kubik)

An Older Dino's Winter Workout
(by Clifford M. Levy, MD)

Dumbbells for Strength and Conditioning
(by John Grahill)

Safe and Effective Lower Body Training for
Older Dinos - No One Size Fits All! (Part 2)
(by Brooks Kubik)

The Vacation Workout
(by Allan Roth)

The Wrap-Up
(by Brooks Kubik)

We're already getting great reviews from
Dinos who have downloaded and read the
little monster. They're loving the content,
as well as the speed and convenience of the
PDF format and immediate electronic
download. And our Canadian and overseas
Dinos are loving the fact that there's no
postage -- it saves them some major
clams.

Go here to grab the little monster -- and
be sure to let me know how you like the
little monster:

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurfiles_february2016.html

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. If you missed the December and January
issues of The Dinosaur Files, go here to grab
them:

December (cover photo of Sig Klein)

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

January (cover photo of Eugene Sandow)

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurfiles_januaryr2016.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 more you know
about sensible, effective, no-nonsense strength
training and muscle building, the better your
results will be." -- Brooks Kubik

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

34 Pages and Tons of Terrific Training Tips!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

The February issue of the Dinosaur Files
is available now, and it's another great
issue.

The little monster weighs in at a whopping
34 pages, and it features a ton of terrific
training tips.

In addition to my own original articles, it
includes tips, advice, thoughts, ideas and
suggestions from John Grimek, Bob
Hoffman,Orison Swett Marden, and
something like two dozen of your
fellow Dinosaurs!

There's even something from some
Russian researchers from back in the
1970's. It's pretty important -- and a
little bit scary. It's also something the
mainstream muscle magazines should
have been telling us -- but instead, they
told us the exact opposite!

Here's the Table of Contents:

Hail to the Dinosaurs!
(by Brooks Kubik)

Mesozoic Mail
(by the Dinosaurs)

Jurassic Jottings
(by Brooks Kubik)

The Best Place to Train
(by Brooks Kubik)

An Older Dino's Winter Workout
(by Clifford M. Levy, MD)

Dumbbells for Strength and Conditioning
(by John Grahill)

Safe and Effective Lower Body Training for
Older Dinos - No One Size Fits All! (Part 2)
(by Brooks Kubik)

The Vacation Workout
(by Allan Roth)

The Wrap-Up
(by Brooks Kubik)

We're already getting great reviews from
Dinos who have downloaded and read the
little monster. They're loving the content,
as well as the speed and convenience of the
PDF format and immediate electronic
download. And our Canadian and overseas
Dinos are loving the fact that there's no
postage -- it saves them some major
clams.

Go here to grab the little monster -- and
be sure to let me know how you like the
little monster:

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurfiles_february2016.html

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. If you missed the December and January
issues of The Dinosaur Files, go here to grab
them:

December (cover photo of Sig Klein)

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

January (cover photo of Eugene Sandow)

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurfiles_januaryr2016.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 more you know
about sensible, effective, no-nonsense strength
training and muscle building, the better your
results will be." -- Brooks Kubik

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

Here It Is - The February Dinosaur Files!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Here's the February issue of the
Dinosaur Files newsletter:

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurfiles_february2016.html

Grab it now - and let me know
how you like the little monster!

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. How about that cover photo?

The Training Equipment Dinosaurs Would Take to a Desert Island

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

One quick note and then we'll talk iron.

1. The February Dinosaur Files

I'm doing the final proofing and edits on
the February Dinosaur Files -- so the little
monster will be ready for you VERY soon.

I'll send an email with the link as soon as
it's ready to go.

The Dinosaur Files is a monthly newsletter
(really a small magazine) that covers old
school strength training and physical
culture. It features my own original articles
and articles and feedback from your fellow
Dinos.

It's available as a PDF download, so you
get it immediately and there's no charge
for shipping and handling. That makes it
very convenient and affordable, especially
for our overseas Dinos.

BTW, the February issue looks great -- and
the cover photo features one of the most
powerful-looking strongmen you've ever
seen.

2. Desert Island Training

Last week I asked you what three pieces
of equipment you would want to use if you
were lost on a desert island.

This was a fun project, because it helped
everyone focus on what their most
important and productive exercises are.

It's also good information for anyone who
wants to set up a home gym -- or wants
to do some training while on vacation or
business travel.

Here are some of the answers from your
fellow Dinos -- with my notes and
comments:

AN ITALIAN DINO RESPONDS

1) Pull up bar

2) Dip bars

3) a pair of adjustable dumbbells or kettlebells

Federico F.

Note: I'd skip the pull-up and dip bars
and assume I could find trees to use.
Otherwise, these are good choices.
They would be easy to implement in
a home gym.

A COMMON CHOICE

If I had to pick three they would be the
Trap Bar, barbell and dumbbell.

Nick T.

Note: This was a very common choice.
You can get a lot done with these three.

A VIKING'S CHOICE

The best three training implements in
my book are:

 1. Nature stones in various sizes

2. Trap Bar
 
3. Pull-up bar, gymnastic rings or manila
rope - your choice!

The stones will give you all the overall tow-truck
strength you need plus lots of functional muscle.

The Trap Bar is in my opinion the absolutely best
piece of manmade equipment ever made, and
letting the lifter do a cross between a squat and
a deadlift makes it an exceptional tool for strength,
muscle and power.

Pull-ups are fantastic for upper body development
whether they are done one a bar, a pair of rings or
a rope!

Peter J.

Note: I'm going to assume the desert island has
plenty of nature stones. So Peter deserves another
choice. I bet he chooses a barbell, a set of plate-
loading dumbbells, or a pair of kettlebells.

A VERY SIMPLE CHOICE

Love your work, particularly your bodyweight
book! May seem silly, but right now my favorite
equipment is two towels for pull ups.

Henry B.

Note: That's an interesting choice -- and it's
something that would travel pretty well and
work well with any tree that has a good
branch for doing double towel pull-ups.

AN OLDER DINO'S CHOICE

At this point in my life, the safety squat bar
and my power rack are my favorite things to
train with.

Jerry F.

Note: That's a good one. You can do pull-ups
and push-ups for the upper body, and work the
heck out of your lower body with the safety
squat bar.

FOUR FAVORITES

Favorite pieces of training equipment:

1. Powerblock dumbbells.  Easiest and fastest
weight changes for an adjustable dumbbell,
and a cool design that keeps weights secure
with high strength magnets and steel pins.

 2. Olympic bar with iron or bumper plates

 3.  Trap Bar

 4.  Macebell or Gada

 Oops! That was four items.

John K.

Note:  Those are interesting. You probably could
make your own macebell or gada from things you
find on the island, so pack the items in your first
three choices!

ANOTHER TRAP BAR FAN

If I could take piece of equipment it'd be a Trap
Bar. You can do bench, military press, rows, and
deadlift/squats. My stand would be made outta
trees. I'll be environmentally conscious with this
one.

Two pieces would be a Trap Bar and a rack.

Three would be Trap Bar, (yes, I love mine),
rack, and bench.

Gregory G.

Note: Those are good - and I like the idea of
making your own lifting stand. 

Those are all pretty good choices. I'll share more
feedback from your fellow Dinos later in the week.

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. If you missed the December and January
issues of The Dinosaur Files, go here to grab
them:

December (cover photo of Sig Klein)

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

January (cover photo of Eugene Sandow)

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurfiles_januaryr2016.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: "Keep it simple,
but keep at it." -- Brooks Kubik

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

"Are Five Work Sets Too Much?" He Asked

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

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

1. Follow Me On Instagram!

I'm on Instagram now, and I'm posting some
fun photos and videos. Yesterday I posted a
photo of the Dinosaur Research Library -- my
special Good Luck York Dumbbell paperweight --
and a Patron's medal from the 1947 World
Weightlifting championships. The day before
that, I posted a photo of the Dino Dungeon.

There's lots to see, so check it out -- and hit
hit the LIKE button, and share and tell other
people about it and help us spread the word.

You can find me right here:

https://www.instagram.com/brooks_kubik/

2. Email Gremlins

From time to time, readers drop off our email
list. I don't know why or how this happens.

I send emails every day other than Sunday,
so if you don't get an email for a couple of
days, you probably have fallen off the list.

If that happens, send me an email and we'll
put you back on the list pronto.

I post all emails at the Dinosaur Training
Blog, so you can go there to read any emails
you missed. Access the Blog from the drop-
down bar at my website.

Any questions, holler.

3. "Are Five Work Sets Too Much?" He
Asked

I just got an email from a reader who says he
does 5 x 5, using five work sets for each
exercise.

He wondered if that was too much.

Short answer: Yes, it's probably too much
work -- but, like anything else, it depends on
several different factors -- and it will probably
change for you over time.

Many trainees get very good results from ONE
work set. They find that they overtrain if they
perform more than one work set -- especially in
exercises like squats and deadlifts.

Other trainees do well with TWO or even THREE
work sets. But three is the limit for most trainees,
unless they're doing very low reps (singles,
doubles or triples).

As a general rule, older trainees do better with
fewer work sets -- and stronger, more advanced
trainees do better with fewer work sets. So what
works bets for you may chance over time.

If you do five work sets, you need to follow
an ultra-abbreviated training program. Limit
yourself to one or two exercises per workout.
You won't be able to do justice to more than
that.

And here's a thought: If one, two or three work
sets do the job for you, why do more than that?

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 straight talk on sets, reps and real,
world, no-nonsense strength training, grab
Dinosaur Training Secrets, Vol. 1:

Hard-copy edition

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

Kindle edition

http://brookskubik.com/dinosaursecrets01_kindle.html

PDF with electronic delivery

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaursecrets_vol1_digital.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: "Why do more
when less works just as well -- or maybe
even better?" -- Brooks Kubik

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

What's Your Single Favorite Piece of Training Equipment?

One corner of my garage gym, a/k/a The Dinosaur Dungeon.  My stepson made the wooden plate rack by the back wall.  It works pretty well.  My Olympic barbell is on a homemade lifting platform -- and the platform works pretty well, too.  You don't need fancy to get a great workout.

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

We'll talk iron in just a minute, but first
of all, let me cover two quick updates.

1. Dino Training on Instagram!

I'm on Instagram now, and I'm posting
lots of fun photos and videos. Head on
over and take a look:

https://www.instagram.com/brooks_kubik/

I'm also on Facebook at "Brooks Kubik" and
on Twitter at Brooks_Kubik or #brookskubik
and #dinosaurtraining. These are all great
ways to stay in touch, so check them out.

2. The Iron League

My buddy, John Wood, is putting more and
more great stuff up at The Iron League.
If you're not already a member, head on
over and take a look:

http://www.ironleague.com/

Some of the new stuff at The Iron League
includes some great issues of Peary Rader's
wonderful Lifting News magazine -- which
covered strength and power training in even
greater detail than Iron Man magazine.

3. What's Your Single Favorite Piece of
Training Equipment?

The "What's your favorite exercise?" question
is a popular one at discussion boards, but
here's another fun question:

"What's your single favorite piece of training
equipment?"

Meaning, if you were stuck on a desert island
somewhere (think Tom Hanks in Castaway),
what's the one piece of equipment you would
want the most?

For me, it would be a plate-loading barbell --
although in keeping with the desert island
theme, I can see the merit of an old globe
barbell that you could fill with sand.

No, on second thought, I'll stick to the plate
loading barbell. Faster and easier to change
the weight.

Other people might have different ideas. I
imagine that some Dinos would like a Trap
Bar more than anything else -- or a pair of
adjustable dumbbells -- or a pair of
kettlebells. (I think a pair of dumbbells
or kettlebells counts as one item.)

And I suppose we could change the question
and let you choose your TWO favorite pieces
of training equipment -- or even your THREE
favorite pieces of equipment.

If you had THREE choices, what would they
be?

For me, it would be:

1. Olympic barbell and bumper plates

2. Adjustable squat stands or a power
rack

3. Lifting platform

Of course, I focus on Olympic lifting now,
so my choices reflect that. If I were doing
powerlifting or basic strength and power
training, I'd choose a barbell, power rack
and a bench.

What would you choose?

Shoot me an email, and let me know! I'll
share the answers in a future email.

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. Dinosaur Training: Lost Secrets of Strength
and Development is 20 years old this year -- and
it's still going strong. If you don't have a copy,
grab one now:

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_training.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: "Wherever you train,
and whatever equipment you use, make the most
of it." -- Brooks Kubik

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

A Training Tip from World Champion Doug Hepburn!

Fred Rollon shows amazing old-school muscular development.

 
Hail to the Dinosaurs!

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

1. Dino Training on Instagram!

I'm on Instagram now, and I'm posting
fun photos and video. Be sure to follow
me at this link:

https://www.instagram.com/brooks_kubik/

This is a great supplement to my daily
email tips, and gives you a unique, up
close and personal look at Dino Head-
quarters. Check it out!

2. John Wood on Instagram!

My buddy John Wood is also on Instagram,
and he's publishing some really cool photos,
including some great photos of old-school
iron. The kettlebell photo is my favorite so
far -- with John's sledgehammer collection
right up there as no. 2:

https://www.instagram.com/oldtime.strongman/

3. The February Dino Files

Is almost finished, and will be ready soon.
It's another terrific issue, and you're definitely
going to want to grab the little monster. I'll
send an email when it's ready to go.

4. A Training Tip from Doug Hepburn

Doug Hepburn may have had the strongest
upper arms of all time. They also were pretty
darn big. In his prime, the 1953 World Weight-
lifting champion was one of the most massive
muscular giants in the entire world.

Hepburn built his arms with basic exercises:

1. For the triceps, he did plenty of heavy
military presses, push presses, dumbbell
presses and bench presses.

2. For the biceps, he did plenty of heavy
curls.

And here's the interesting thing. Doug Hepburn
is the only man in history who set World records
in:

1. The military press

2. The bench press,

and

3. The barbell curl

Think about that for a second.

All over the world, trainees are pumping away
with baby weights in their upper body exercises,
desperately trying to build "big guns." You see
it all the time. It's the most common thing in
any gym.

Some guys spend hours doing nothing but
endless sets of concentration curls and triceps
pumpers.

And they get nothing to show for it.

As in, nada. Zippo. Not a thing.

Those big guns aren't even BB guns.

Heck, they're not even BB's.

Meanwhile, there's Doug Hepburn -- quietly
loading the bar with massive weights for his
presses, bench presses and curls.

Did I say he set a World record in the curl?

He did. It was 260 pounds. Using an Olympic
barbell. And doing it perfectly strict. No swing,
no cheat, no leaning backwards. Just a strict
curl performed with superhuman arm power.

That was Doug Hepburn's secret. He trained
his arms the way he trained the rest of his
body: hard and heavy.

I cover the same kind of old-school arm
training in Dinosaur Arm Training. It gives
you a complete set of progressive workouts
that focus on building strength, power and
muscle throughout the entire body -- with
extra emphasis on the arms.

If you grab the course and follow the
programs, you may not end up as big and
strong as Doug Hepburn -- but you'll end
up plenty big and plenty strong.

The course is available in your choice
of hard copy or PDF with immediate
electronic delivery:

Hard copy

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

PDF version

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

Anyhow, that's the tip of the day -- and it
comes to you from one of the strongest men
who ever lived.

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

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

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

P.S. 2. Thought for the Day: "Hard and heavy
applies to curls just as much as squats and
deadlifts." -- Brooks Kubik

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