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Dinosaur Training

Trap Bar Q and AHail to the Dinosaurs!

Let’s do some Trap Bar Q and A today.

I rec’d an email from Thornton Abbott, one of our younger Dinos, with a tonof Trap Bar questions. Let’s tackle them one by one.

“I have been using the Trap Bar for my deadlift for the last 2-3 weeks andmust say I love it.”

Well, okay, not a question, but a comment. It’s pretty common, too. TrapBars are GREAT!

“I have made some bumper plates for the Trap Bar, must still convert themto work on my barbell since I do my lifting indoors and the tiles doesn’tappreciate the punishment I give them. So I haven’t been alternatingbetween the Trap Bar and the barbell yet, hopefully will get the bumperplates sorted end of this week or early the next week.”

Okay, that’s not quite a question, either, but it calls for a tip: put somethingon the floor to cushion things – ¾” rubber mats will do well – or build asmall platform for your deadlifts. Plywood (two ¾” sheets) and rubbermatting will work well. And don’t drop or bounce the bar – control it!

“My father also trains with me, and he can’t go so deep with the deadlift,and finds the Trap Bar (lifted a bit) more comfortable.

So I want to try and slowly get him to use the barbell, elevate it a bit andsuch but want to know what the benefits would be.

He likes the Trap Bar and is working out with it, why change?”

Your dad should stick to the Trap Bar. It’s much more forgiving for olderlifters.

“So what benefits and negatives are there between the Trap Bar and Barbellfor deadlifts.”

It’s covered in detail here (which is also THE PLACE to get the OriginalGerard Trap Bar):

http://www.trapbartraining.com/

The short answer is, the Trap Bar keeps the weight closer to your center ofgravity, which gives you better leverage for heavy lifting. Better leveragemeans heavier weight, more muscle growth and less stress on the lowback.

“I read that Gerard designed the Trap Bar and managed to improve hisnormal barbell deadlift with just practicing the Trap bar version, is this so?”

Yes. Al Gerard was a competitive powerlifter, and used the trap bar to helphis deadlift. By the way, there is much good stuff on Trap Bar training forpowerlifters in Paul Kelso’s book, Powerlifting Basics – Texas Style.

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“I looked on discussion forums but half the people there don’t know what aTrap Bar is, so I don’t know how they can give their opinions then.”

Don’t worry, they’ll give you their opinions anyway.

“Also what will be the poundage difference between the Trap Bar and thebarbell, plus or minus.”

It varies from person to person depending on a variety of factors, includingyour body structure and deadlifting style.

“Will I be able to pull more with the Trap Bar?”

See the answer to the above question.

“Also I am smoked after my deadlifts and presses, so motivation for gripwork is a bit low, just using my Ivanko gripper. I assume the normal deadliftwill also work my grip a lot (trying to make myself feel better when skippingthe grip workout). Want to try and move the workouts so I will do the gripwork at night so I have time for recovery from my deadlifts. Does thatsound ok?”

You’re much better off to do your grip work AFTER your regular strengthtraining, not later on at night. I don’t care if you’re tired – do the grip work. Itwill work much better when you’re sweating, breathing hard, and your heartis pumping blood like crazy.

“Last question the 2 inch and 3 inch bar, does that train crushing grip orpinch grip? My hands are so open it feels like pinch grip training.”

Thick bars train both types of grip. The thicker the bar, the harder it worksthe thumbs – which makes it more f a pinch grip exercise. That’s a goodreason to have several thick bars of different thicknesses.

“Had a PR with the Trap Bar deadlift last night. Need to get more platesthough.”

Good job – and yes, get more plates! (Needing to get more plates is aGOOD thing!)

That’s enough questions and answers for one email – so that wraps thingsup. As always, thanks for reading – and have a great day. If you traintoday, stay warm – and make it a good one!

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. For more information on Trap Bar training and Trap Bar workouts, aswell as thick bar training and thick bar workouts, try the followingresources:

1. Dinosaur Training: Lost Secrets of Strength and Development

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

2. Strength, Muscle and Power

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

3. Gray Hair and Black Iron

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

4. Chalk and Sweat (not yet available, but coming very soon)

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Why I Wrote Chalk and SweatHail to the Dinosaurs!

Back in the old days, when you bought a barbell, you had absolutely noidea what to do with it.

Think about it.

There was no television – no video – no DVD’s – and no YouTube.

Gyms were few and far between.

There were very few books or courses that taught weight training orweightlifting. And most folks would go their entire life and never see abarbell, or someone using a barbell, or someone who had barbell-builtmuscles.

So if you wanted to make a living but selling barbells, you needed to offervery simple, very basic, easy to follow instructions on how to use the darnthing.

The Milo Barbell Company did a good job of that in the old Milo BarbellCompany courses. Writers like Alan Calvert (“Super Strength”), George F.Jowett (“The Key to Might and Muscle”), and Mark Berry (“Physical TrainingSimplified”) did a good job of it, as well.

But the very best courses were the ones authored by Bob Hoffman, andsold with barbell sets from the York Barbell Company.

One of the great things about the York courses was that they wereprogressive. And by that, I don’t mean that you implemented the principleof progressive resistance training by adding reps, and then adding weight tothe bar.

Instead, I mean that the courses were progressive in the sense that youstarted out on a beginners program (course no. 1) – and then you moved toa variation of the beginner’s program with slightly more advanced exercises(course no. 2) – and then you got serious by doing heavy leg and backtraining (via “repetition weightlifting” in course no. 3). After that, you movedon to course no. 4, which was nothing more nor less than training forweightlifting competition.

It was a wonderful way to train. It covered everything from beginner tointermediate to advanced men. And it made sure that you built a body thatwas strong and powerful from head to toe – hard and muscular—well-balanced, well-proportioned, and well-developed – with muscles that werefunctional and athletic.

Over the years, the basic York approach – the progressive exercises orprogressive programs approach – built tons of muscle and brought greatresults to tens of thousands of boys and men around the world.

It also produced some remarkable champions, both in weightlifting, inbodybuilding, and in other sports. In the 1940’s and 50’s, virtually everygreat lifting champion or bodybuilding champion in the United States used avariation of this approach – and virtually every athlete who trained withweights did the same thing.

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At some point, however, we forgot about this way of doing things.Gradually, we reduced the number and variety of exercises we were doing.

Pretty soon, everyone was doing pretty much the same exercises – andmany of the really productive movements used back in the 30’s, 40’s and50’s fell by the wayside.

Case in point. The very first barbell set I ever owned – one of those hollowpipe bars with caps on the end, and plates made of concrete inside of poly-vinyl – taught only ONE leg exercise: the two dumbbell swing and squat ontoes, which you were supposed to do for two sets of five reps as a warm-up.

No back squats, no front squats, no overhead squats, no Jefferson lift, nosquat and press, no squat and press behind neck, no power clean and frontsquat, no squat snatches, no split snatches, no split squats with the bar onyour shoulders, no split squats with the bar overhead, no dumbbell squats,no one leg squats, no one arm overhead squats with barbell or dumbbell, nodeep knee bends on your toes, no walking or going up steps with a barbellon your shoulders or while holding heavy dumbbells – literally NOTHING foryour legs and hips.

My notes show that I weighed 86 pounds when I started training. A yearlater, I still weighed 86 pounds. Could it possibly have been the lack of legtraining? Go figure.

The more I’ve thought about this, the more I’ve thought that it would be areal service to write a book that contained a whole bunch of trainingprograms for beginners – like perhaps ten different programs.

If you were getting started, you could take a very basic, simple programand follow it for four to six weeks.

Then you could follow a different beginner’s program – and follow it foranother four to six weeks.

After that, you could follow a third program for beginners. Or you couldalternate back and forth between two or even three different programs forbeginners.

The idea would be to lay a really good foundation for future training.

After that, you would tackle more difficult programs – programs designedespecially for intermediates. And once again, you’d have ten of them tochoose from.

After paying your dues on a couple of the intermediate programs of yourchoosing, you’d move on to the really fun stuff – programs for advancedlifters.

Once again, to make the book as complete as possible, there would be tendifferent programs for advanced lifters.

And in each of the sections of the book – beginner, intermediate andadvanced – there would be detailed instruction on how to train the RIGHTway for your current level of development.

And because different guys like to do different things, there would be a nicemixture of barbell training, dumbbell exercises, bodyweight training,Olympic lifting, powerlifting, and heavy awkward objects. So there would besomething for just about everyone.

And then – still following that old time idea of progressive programs – therewould be two chapters devoted entirely to the kind of training that will takeyou from advanced to super-human – or perhaps even to super-gorilla.

Heavy leg and back training.

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The stuff that will build as much muscle mass, as much strength and asmuch power as is humanly possible.

Once again, you’d get a variety of different programs. Perhaps ten heavyleg specialization programs – and ten heavy back specialization programs.With detailed, step by step advice about how to use them.

That would be a pretty good book – and a pretty valuable one. It wouldhave something for virtually every trainee in the entire world – and for manytrainees, it would have the very best and most effective training programsthat he or she had ever seen.

The more I thought about it, the more I decided that this book really neededto be written.

So I sat down and started to work on it.

When it was finished, I needed to choose a title. And THAT part was easy.

CHALK AND SWEAT

You can see the cover for CHALK AND SWEAT right here:

http://brookskubik.com/chalk_and_sweat.html

The little monster is currently at the printer, and it’s scheduled to befinished and shipped to Dino Headquarters this coming Friday (December17) . I use an out of state printer, so the books will be shipped to me bytruck – and it takes a few days to get them to me – and that means that ifall goes well, I should be getting the shipment on Tuesday (December 21)or Wednesday (December 22).

That’s not going to be early enough to get them out the door in time forChristmas, but you probably won’t be training on Christmas anyway – so goahead and enjoy the Holidays, and be looking forward to seeing CHALKAND SWEAT arrive in the mail not very long after Santa, his elves and hisreindeer taking a long, long nap up at the North Pole.

I’ll put an order page up after the printer has finished the books and thedelivery truck is heading to Louisville. That way, you can pre-order andreserve your place in line. As always, once we have the books, we’ll shootthem right out the door to you – and we’ll fill the orders in the same order inwhich we receive them.

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. Once Chalk and Sweat is here, we’re going to be buried in orders for it– so if you’re thinking of grabbing anything else form Dino HQ, please do itnow. Chalk and Sweat is going to create a log-jam for a couple of days:

Our new Dinosaur Training hoodies are here:

http://brookskubik.com/dinosaurtraining_hoodie.html

And our books, courses, DVD’s, t-shirts, sweatshirts and subscriptions tothe Dinosaur Files newsletter are right here:

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Feedback on the John Davis Video

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Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Several days ago I sent out a link to a video of John Davis – and eversince, I’ve been getting all kind of feedback from readers who really – really– really – enjoyed it.

Here’s some of the feedback:

“Awesome. Take me back to the time before supplements! The world ofsports is overwhelmingly muddied up with juice, doping, GH and a zillionover-the-counter supplements.

Those were the days of real men lifting for glory, self-accomplishment andpatriotism. Now we are forced into our garages; alone in the cold of winterfacing ourselves the steel to triumph alone! But you know what - I freakin'love it! Take me back to the good, ole days, Brooks. Thanks for bringing usall together.

Let the spirit live on!

Thank you.

Tony Barnett”

“Thanks for posting the web address of the video of John making the lift.It's downright scary.” – Floyd Orr

“That was AWESOME! I really liked the opera voice,too.” -- CesarChaparro,

“Sir, may god bless you for this footage. – No name on the email

“That is one awesome video, can't believe how much talent the guy had.He'd be on Americas Got Talent with that voice!” Rob

“Thank you for posting these links. I had been trying to find that clip inParis. I had no idea he was also such an accomplished singer. I am prettysure you will be putting out a book on John Davis and his training in yourseries on strongmen.” – Peter Yates

“Brooks, this has got to be the best weightlifting video I have ever received.I am 63 years old and I am a Dinosaur starting back in the late 50's when Iwas still in the single digits and using a Johnson bar out in mygrandparents’ garage. Then sometime in the late 50's or early 60's a friendsdad who owned a sporting goods store bought home a 110 lbs Billard setand we went insane on that set of weights. I love your site Brooks andwhen I start back on my summer job I'm going to buy Gray Hair and BlackIron, Legacy of Iron, and your latest, Chalk and Sweat. Keep up the goodwork!” Bill Cullen

“Wow! What a great video. John was one strong guy.” – Luis Hernandez

“Thanks for taking the time to provide this link. I almost cried thinking aboutMr. Davis being ignored and sickly when he should have been enjoyingtraining the young ones.” Larry Garcia

(Note: John Davis died of cancer on July 13, 1984, at the age of 63.)

“Thanks so much for posting that link. While I've never done Olympic styleweightlifting, I can't get over the way they seem to "snap" the weights intoposition. The way John Davis missed that clean and then came back tomake it look a hundred pounds lighter was absolutely amazing.Phenomenal technique right there.” – Jim McAllister

“Man, I'm a sucker for heroics like that. Amazing! Practically passing out atthe end. Davis and Grimek were so athletic, as well as strong. Davis's legand hip development... pure power. I wonder if, say, football was as popular

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then as it is now. He (Davis) looks like he could run a 4.4 40 (yd. dash) andbowl anyone over who got in his way. Strip the ball out of his hands? I don'tthink so. Again, great video. Thanks.” – Tim Breidor

“Amazing video and the first time I’ve ever seen it. A 2-inch diameter baron the rail wheel axle? That is superhuman. I love how this video shows thewell-rounded nature of Davis (and by extension, most men back then) –i.e., singing opera baritone, etc. Although breaking records in niches isdefinitely appealing I feel so many people nowadays are NOT well rounded,seeking to succeed in too narrow of fields across the board. Not just inphysical culture, either. I feel this whole dichotomous way of thinkingpervades our entire culture. Be it medicine's way of looking at the body likejust a joining of parts as in a car, to people that know everything aboutstock trading on wall street but can't play with a 2 x 4, etc. – Ben

There are more comments, but I can’t list them all. In any case, thanks toeveryone who sent in a comment about the video, and to everyone elsewho watched it, I hope you enjoyed it as much as these guys did!

NOW you know what John Davis is one of my all-time favorite strongmen –and NOW you know why I pay so much attention to the lifters of his era –and NOW you know whey he appears in all of the various Legacy of Ironbooks.

As always, thanks for reading – and have a great weekend!

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. If you enjoyed watching John Davis on video and learning a little bitmore about the man and the lifter, then you’re really going to like the booksin Legacy of Iron series – which bring you an unrivalled, up close picture ofJohn Davis, Steve Stanko, John Grimek, Tony Terlazzo, Harry Paschall,Sig Klein, Bob Hoffman and the other legendary champions, coaches andtrainers of the Golden Age of Might and Muscle.

There are four books in the Legacy of Iron series – and more coming in2011.

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Snow, Chalk and Sweat in CanadaHail to the Dinosaurs!

It’s currently 5 degrees above 0 in Calgary, and snowing – with a northwestwind for good measure.

But that doesn’t stop our Canadian Dinos – and later today, the chalk andiron is going to be flying as fast and furious as the snow is now.

How do I know?

I know it because of the following email from Jeff Osadec, who works at aplace called Peak Power Sport Development, located on the campus of the

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Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) in Calgary. It’s a real gym,with lots of heavy iron – lifting platforms – high quality Olympic bars andbumper plates – and plenty of chalk.

I know, because I vacationed in Calgary and trained there several times. Ihad some great workouts, with plenty of heavy Olympic lifting and plenty ofchalk. Good stuff.

So with that background, here’s the email from Jeff:

“Brooks,

I wanted to say thank you for the great posts, and I am looking forward toreading your book, "Dinosaur Training". I was referred it through a friend theother day. But the funniest part of this is sheer coincidence.

I had a woman call the gym I work at and ask is she can come in and havea look around.

She comes in, takes a look, and states, "No mirrors?"

I said,"No."

She asks, "Can I use chalk?"

I said, "Sure, it's in the buckets on the platforms."

We talked about training and the basics (pushing, pulling squatting andOlympic lifting) and she said, "I think this is the gym for me."

So I asked, "How did you hear about us?"

And then she said, "Brooks Kubik, the guy who wrote Dinosaur Training."

I just started to laugh and told her that I had just ordered the book. By theway, I work at Peak Power Sport Development on the SAIT Campus.Thanks for the referral and I look forward to reading the book.

Cheers,

Jeff Osadec”

Now, you might be wondering, who was the Mystery Woman?

Her name is Lynne Loiselle – and she’s one of the top female bodybuildersin Canada – and a certified Dinosaur. Her favorite exercise is the deadlift –and cleans, high pulls, squats and bent over rowing aren’t far behind on herlist!

A few years ago, a different version of the Dinosaur Training site had aDinosaur Hall of Fame – and Lynne was our very first Hall of Famer.

Anyhow, Lynne recently moved to Calgary – and asked me for ideas aboutplaces to train – and I suggested Peak Power – and now you know the restof the story!

And speaking of CHALK – I will be getting some info from my printer aboutthe shipping date for CHALK AND SWEAT – and when I have somethingdefinite, I’ll let you know the status.

As always, thanks for reading, and have a great day – and if you traintoday, do it Dino style – hard, heavy and serious – with lots of chalk, andlots of sweat.

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

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The Dinosaur MailbagHail to the Dinosaurs!

Yesterday’s message about my old concrete barbell plates – which, by theway, are still alive and well 35 years after I cast them – brought a flood ofemails from readers.

Here is a sampling of what your fellow Dinosaurs had to say – along withmy responses:

1. More About Concrete Plates

Brooks, did the same thing, but I refined the concrete plate processsomewhat. I found that if you used rubber baseboard material (used forvinyl flooring), you could make a perfectly round plate. Also, I calculatedweight/volume for the circle and had forms for everything from 5 lbs. up to50 lbs. Also, painting the plates with epoxy paint gave them a tougher skin.I have saved one of the 5-pounders. I got quite good at the process,especially when I learned how to get free ready-mix. Well, I made platesand gave tons away. I got out of the concrete plate business when I startedbuying plates, bars and everything in between in salvage yards for pennieson the dollar. It was amazing; most of it was Chinese, but occasionally Istill find York and Billard rusting away. I have bought both Olympic andexercise plates this way. Next time, I'll give you a crash course onrefinishing these "junk" plates to better than new. Best always, Paul Murray

Paul – That sounds awesome. You must have had some great lookingbarbell sets! Do you have any photos to share?

2. “Inspiring!”

I really found this inspiring. You don't mind if I pass the info on how tomake homemade plates on to a friend of mine, do you? – Joseph Perkins

Joe – Thanks for your feedback. Feel free to pass it along – or just sendyour friend over to the Dinosaur Training Blog. It’s posted there.

3. Peary Rader

Gotta love Peary Rader. I trust HE wasn't left lying in some unmarked spot,otherwise we'd have to take care of that situation too. By the way, is thereany kind of commemorative icon for Peary in his hometown or whatever?We all owe him. He's one of those people that even lifters who've neverheard of him owe him without knowing it. Thanks for everything. – SimonBuchanon

Simon – I assume Peary has been well taken care of. If any of our readerslive in or near Alliance, Nebraska, they could visit Peary’s grave and take aphoto to share with the rest of us.

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4. “Watering” Your Concrete to Cure It.

Yes, that is correct about the concrete. My dad taught me about thatwhenever we were putting in a new basketball pole when I was a kid. Hesaid it helps to "cure" it. I don't think it's so much about drying it out as it isabout just making it stronger. – Robert Locke

Robert – Thanks! I thought I remembered having to do that.

5. Museum Pieces

I love your story of home made squat stands and concrete plates! Do youstill have them? You should put these pieces on invaluable trainingequipment in the Dinosaur Museum Hall of Fame! I continue to train in TheRusty Iron Dungeon! Nothing like it! – Christian Lombardo

Christian – They’re still in my parents’ garage! I’ll have to go up and getthem and bring them back to Louisville – and take some photos!

6. Memory Lane and Iron Boots

Does that bring back memories! How I can relate. Like adding iron liftingboots on the end of the bar to add 5 lbs. – Cliff Werner

Cliff – Gee, you did that, too? It worked great, didn’t it?

7. The Best Move He Ever Made

Awesome article. Best move I ever made in strength training was quittingthe gym and working out in my shed. I started with just my bodyweight, a35lb KB and a jump rope. Now I have a bench, squat rack, over 1000 lbs ofOlympic weights and whole bunch of homemade stuff. I love it. – AcieBryan

Acie – I always tell people, if you can do it, training at home is the bestmove ever for most lifters. You can train whenever you want, you can useas much chalk as you want, you can do whatever you want – and mostimportantly, you can get out and CONCENTRATE on your training. That’sreally hard to do at most gyms.

That wraps it up for now. I hope you had a chance to check out the coverof my new book – Chalk and Sweat. It’s right here:

http://brookskubik.com/chalk_and_sweat.html

Readers have been asking when the little monster will be available. Theanswer is – pretty soon. It’s at the printer now, and if all goes well, I’ll havethe shipment of books in about 10 – 14 days. I’ll let you know more (andput up a sales page), when I have more info from the printer.

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

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

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Hail to the Dinosaurs!

One of the best gyms I ever trained in was my parents’ garage back when Iwas 18 or 19.

You’d have laughed if you’d seen it. It was a unique collection of thingscobbled together from a variety of sources.

I had an exercise bench we bought from a local equipment company thatsome guy ran out of his garage. I saved my pennies forever to buy it. Thething was a combination flat bench and adjustable incline bench, and thefirst time I tried an incline press on it with 150 or so pounds, it collapsed.After that, all I could use it for was a flat bench.

My squat stands were wooden things made out of 4 x 4’s, using a design inan old course written by Bruno Sammartino, the wrestling champion. I’mnot much of a carpenter, and they probably would have earned me a C–minus in Shop class, but they did the job.

My dad had an old exercise style barbell with a one-inch bar and 110pounds of exercise plates. He bought it in 1965 or 66. It was still in goodshape 10 or 12 years later when I used it as part of my garage gym.

I had two “big” plates. These were black iron 25’s, which dad bought for hisbarbell. They let me load up to 160 pounds.

That wasn’t enough weight for squats, benches or deadlifts, so I had tothink of something else. Barbell plates were expensive, and I was a poorcollege kid, working a variety of part-time jobs to try to pay for school.

First I got another bar. This was a seven-foot length of one-inch iron rodthat lay rusting in the corner at one of the local YMCA’s. The athleticdirector let me have it for nothing.

An issue of Iron Man came out, and Peary Rader ran an article on how tomake barbell plates out of concrete. This was amazing, because Pearysold his own barbells and barbell plates, so the article was strictly againsthis own business interests. He admitted this, but said it was okay becausehe was doing it as a sort of public service for lifters. Which goes to showyou the kind of man he was.

Anyhow, I decided to make some concrete plates.

I followed the instructions carefully.

You made a mold out of sheet metal formed in a circle.

That was easy enough, although it took a lot of work to get the thing toform a perfect circle.

You mixed the concrete.

That was easy.

You poured the concrete into the mold, added some small pieces of chainand wire to help hold it all together, and then you put in a piece of plasticpipe to form the center hole.

That was all pretty easy, except for getting the center hole exactly right. Icast four plates and only got it right on three of them. The other was a littlebit slanted.

After casting the plates, I waited a few days so they would have time to dryout and season. If memory serves correctly, you had to sprinkle water onthem every day or two, which seems like a strange way to help the dryingout process – but I think that’s what you were supposed to do. Mind you,this was about 35 years ago, so I may be getting some of the details

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wrong.

When they were finished, the plates were enormous. They were huge slabsof rock, several inches thick, and weighed about 75 pounds apiece.

They were so big and cumbersome that you got a good workout just loadingthe bar.

But they worked fine. I used my old iron bar from the YMCA and theconcrete plates for all of my squats, benches and deadlifts, and although itmay have looked funny, it built plenty of muscle. My first 300 pound squatwas with that homemade barbell – and later, my first 300 pound benchpress.

Today, 35 years later, I still train out in the garage, and I still keep thingspretty basic. Basic is good.

That’s the way strength training used to be – a guy and a garage (or abasement) and a barbell – and not much else. But that was all it took.That’s all it ever takes.

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. Those old concrete barbell plates weren’t pretty, but they WORKED!So do the training programs, the advice and the ideas in these books andcourses, and in the Dinosaur Files newsletter:

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News and Updates from Dinosaur Training!Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Couple of important updates and some Dino News.

1. The December Dino Files Newsletter.

Was mailed last Thursday – so be looking for it soon. Holler when it arrives,and give me your thoughts and feedback after you read it.

2. The Dinosaur Training Blog.

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If you ever miss one of my daily email messages, check the DinosaurTraining Blog.

3. Follow Dinosaur Training on Facebook!

We’re right here:

facebook.com/dinosaur.training

Note that all of my daily emails are posted on the Dinosaur Training Blogand I link to the Blog through the Facebook page. So that’s another easyway to stay current with us.

4. The Harry Paschall Memorial Fund.

We’ve had a terrific response from Dinos around the world, and have raiseda little over $4,000 for Harry’s marker. Thanks very much to everyone whoparticipated in this worthy cause.

5. Dinosaur Training Hoodies.

Are flying out the door. Note: if you need to order small, medium or 3XL,just order an XL and note in the Special Instructions the size you reallywant – and we’ll get it done asap as a special order.

6. My New Book – Chalk and Sweat!

It’s at the printer – and I’m hoping to get the shipment right aboutChristmas time. I have NOT put up an order page because I don’t think wecan get it to you before Christmas, and it will work better for everyone if wekeep the Christmas orders separate.

If you subscribe to The Dinosaur Files, you’ll learn more about Chalk andSweat and see what the cover looks like on page 4 of the December issue.

For everyone else -- I’ll put a photo of the cover up on the Dinosaur TrainingBlog a little later today or tomorrow. It’s a killer cover – one of those thingsthat makes you want to grab something heavy and lift it over your head!

7. Autographed books.

I am always honored when someone asks that a book or course beautographed – but you need to ask! (Just include a note in the SpecialInstructions part of the on-line order form – and if you prefer Mike toMichael of Jim to James or whatever, let me know.)

If someone else is ordering a present for you, be sure they know this.

That’s all for now – back to filling orders and working on more good stuff forour Dinos!

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

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An Old-Fashioned Success StoryHail to the Dinosaurs!

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There’s a great letter to the editor featured (if memory serves me correctly)in an old copy of Strength magazine. It’s from a farm kid in one of thesouthern states, who got bit by the physical culture bug and turned onecorner of the family farm into a training area.

He cobbled together some homemade barbells, dumbbells and kettlebells –put up a chinning bar, a climbing rope and some rings – and got someheavy sledge hammers to use for extra arm, shoulder and grip training.

Then he goes out and starts training, working on the best sort of schedulehe can figure out from what he’s read in the magazine.

Now remember – back then, hardly anyone owned a barbell (and mostpeople had never even seen one and had no idea what it was for or how touse it). So the odds are good that he was the only guy in the entire countrywho was doing any sort of systematic strength training and muscle buildingprogram.

He had no training partners, no coaches, no teachers, and no helpful gymowner to help out. And yes, I know it’s hard to believe, but he didn’t have apersonal trainer.

Time passed, and the kid kept training, and he got stronger and stronger –and developed an outstanding, very muscular, well-defined physique.

So he sends a letter to the editor, along with a photo where he’s doing oneof his favorite exercises, and asks, “Is it good?”

You see, since he trained alone, he really didn’t know how he was doingcompared to other trainees. He had no basis for comparison.

The editor of the magazine got the letter, read it, took one look at the photo– and fell right out of his chair.

The photo showed the kid doing a one-arm pull-up – while holding a heavysledgehammer in his other hand!

“Is this good?” the kid asked.

Yeah – I would say so.

In fact, I would say it was great.

Now, a couple of things have always impressed me about this:

1. The kid trained all alone -- in a small outdoor gym crammed withhomemade equipment – and he made great gains.

2. The kid learned everything he needed to know from reading the fewbooks and magazines available to him back then. Whatever else he neededto know, he figured out for himself.

3. Because he had little or no conception of just how difficult it is to performa one-hand pull-up, he went ahead and taught himself to do it. The featpresented no sort of mental barrier to his young mind.

And for the record – with minor variations, this is the story of almost everykid who grew up to become a famous lifting or bodybuilding champion backin the 20’s, 30’s, 40’s and 50’s. The details vary – sometimes the kid usesa York barbell and the York training courses – sometimes he has a traininga partner or two – and sometimes he trains at one of those old-fashionedhole in the wall black iron gyms or YMCA weight rooms – but the guts ofthe story is always the same.

Kid wants to get bigger and stronger – kid starts to train – kid works hardon the basic stuff – and kid gets great results.

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And hard work on the basics is what does the job for him. It doesn’t takeanything fancy, and it doesn’t take anything high tech.

That’s the tradition I work to keep alive here at Dinosaur Headquarters –and it’s the tradition that each and every one of you honors and supportswhenever you train.

And for that, I thank you. Keep up the good work! You are helping tocontinue a great tradition.

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

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

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Revealed: The Title of My New Book!Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Here the answers to yesterday’s 10 clues to help you guess the title of mynew, soon to be released, strength training book:

1. The title is three words.

And remember that earlier I had said they were all one syllable words – andthat they all shared one letter of the alphabet – and that other than that oneletter, they had no letters in common.

2. The first word begins with the same letter as the first name of TommyKono’s brand new book on Olympic weightlifting.

The letter “C” – the title of Tommy’s new book (which is excellent!) is“Championship Weightlifting.”

3. The second word begins with the first letter of the stage name used bythe legendary French strongman, Louis Uni.

The letter “A.” Louis Uni performed under the stage name of Apollon.

4. The third word ends with the first letter of the first name of the author ofthe old book, “Scientific Weightlifting” – which Bill Hinbern just released in amodern, reprint edition.

The letter “T” – Thomas Inch wrote “Scientific Weightlifting.”

5. The first word in the title is something that helps lifters.

6. The third word is something that’s often fake in the photos they use inthe muscle comics.

Hmmm. Well, if they spray water on the guy to make it look like he’ssweating, the answer would be “sweat.”

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7. Go to the Dinosaur Training Blog and look for a post I put up 7 – 10 daysago titled “Heavy Singles – What Works Best?” It gives you three HUGEclues. Look for what I repeat.

This sentence is repeated 3 times: “When I finished the workout I wascovered with chalk, dripping with sweat, and breathing like a locomotive.”

8. When Doug Hepburn first traveled to New York City in the early 1950’s,an Iron Game author met him at the train station, and later wrote thefamous words:

“So broad was he, so massive, so striking in appearance, that everyonearound stopped, stood, and stared. His very carriage, his step, deliberate,yet light and springy, spelled power.”

The first letters of the author’s first, middle, and last name are the same asthe first letters of the three words in the title.

The author was Charles A. Smith – so the letters are “C” – “A” – and “S.”

9. The three words in the title are the mark of a successful workout.

Go back and reread no. 7.

10. The three words in the tile will get you kicked out of 99% of the “gyms”in the world – and ALL of the chrome and fern pleasure palaces.

All the places that don’t like heavy iron, hard work, chalk – and – sweat.

Can you guess the title now?

I bet you can. Many of you already guessed it.

CHALK AND SWEAT

I don’t know about you, but I think it’s a darn good title for a book thatfocuses on the kind of hard, heavy, no-nonsense training we teach here atDino Headquarters.

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. I’ll reveal the winner of the “Guess the Title of My New Book Contest”next week. He did it the hard way – using the first clues I gave you wayback in November.

P.S. 2 Our new Dinosaur Training hoodies are going like hotcakes. Checkthem out:

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Something New from Dinosaur Training!Hail to the Dinosaurs!

They say that when you get married, you’re supposed to wear “somethingold, something new, something borrowed, something blue.”

Well, I’m not getting married – but at age 53 I do qualify as “somethingOLD.”

And right now, I’m wearing something NEW.

And it’s something I BORROWED from a big box of them that we rec’d not

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very long ago.

And it’s BLUE – with white letters. Although it also comes in black withwhite letters, and gray with black letters.

And I will add this – the little monster is just the thing for cold-weatherworkouts!

So slide on over to Dinosaur Headquarters and take a look:

http://brookskubik.com/dinosaurtraining_hoodie.html

Yours in strength,

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Ten Big Clues to Give You the Title of My NewBook!Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Here are the 10 clues I promised to help you guess the title of my new,soon to be released, strength training book:

1. The title is three words.

2. The first word begins with the same letter as the first name of TommyKono’s brand new book on Olympic weightlifting.

3. The second word begins with the first letter of the stage name used bythe legendary French strongman, Louis Uni.

4. The third word ends with the the first letter of the first name of the authorof the old book, Scientific Weightlifting – which Bill Hinbern just released ina modern, reprint edition.

5. The first word in the title is something that helps lifters.

6. The third word is something that’s often fake in the photos they use inthe muscle comics.

7. Go to the Dinosaur Training Blog and look for a post I put up 7 – 10 daysago titled “Heavy Singles – What Works Best?” It gives you three HUGEclues. Look for what I repeat.

8. When Doug Hepburn first traveled to New York City in the early 1950’s,an Iron Game author met him at the train station, and later wrote thefamous words:

“So broad was he, so massive, so striking in appearance, that everyonearound stopped, stood, and stared. His very carriage, his step, deliberate,yet light and springy, spelled power.”

The first letters of the author’s first, middle, and last name are the same asthe first letters of the three words in the title.

9. The three words in the title are the mark of a successful workout.

10. The three words in the tile will get you kicked out of 99% of the “gyms”in the world – and ALL of the chrome and fern pleasure palaces.

Can you guess the title now?

Yours in strength,

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Brooks Kubik

P.S. Several readers guessed “Strength, Muscle and Power.” That’s fourwords, not three – and I’ve already released that book! You can find it righthere – it’s one of our best selling books:

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What Is the Title of My New Book?Hail to the Dinosaurs!

As regular readers know, I have a new book coming out. No, it’s notvolume 5 in the Legacy of Iron series (although that will be coming g outsoon, as well).

It’s a new training book.

It’s all about getting bigger, stronger and more powerful. It gives you step-by-step instructions. And it could literally save years of wasted effort andslow or even non-existent progress.

We held a contest two weeks ago to see if anyone could guess the title ofthe book.

It’s THREE words – three words you often see in my emails.

Hundreds of readers tried to guess the title. But only a few of you managedto piece the clues together.

Most of you thought it was “Yours in Strength.”

Good guess – but that’s not it.

Others thought it was “Hail to the Dinosaurs!”

Oops – that has four words, not three. So again, good guess, but that’s notit.

And others thought it was “Legacy of Iron” – but no, I already told you thenext Legacy of Iron book is coming out AFTER this one. So that’s not it,either.

So here’s what we’re going to do.

I’m going to put up another post a little later today. It will give you 10 cluesfor the book title.

Be looking for it – and see if you can guess the title of my new book.

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. In the meantime, if you don’t already have this one on your bookshelf,you’re missing something very, very special:

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The December Dino FilesHail to the Dinosaurs!

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Re this morning’s email:

1. Yes, the reference to the old-time strongman going on a special “squat”program should have read “deadlift” program. My fingers type too fastsometimes.

2. The movie reference was to Kelly’s Heroes.

3. Several of you have asked what’s in this month’s Dinosaur Filesnewsletter – so here you go:

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Jurassic Jottings

Mesozoic Mail

Workout of the Month

Another New Grip Exercise!

Training Tips for Injured Older Lifters Pt. 1

Sets and Reps

A Combination Strength Training Program

Dino-Mizing Big Nate

Once Per Week Training

George Ray Hudson: A Louisville Strength Hero (Part 2)

Five Training Tips from the Golden Age

Dumbbell Training from the Land of the Vikings

The Wrap-Up

Dinos Around the World

Plus TONS of photos featuring your fellow Dinosaurs doing Dino-type stuff.

It’s the last issue of the year, and we’re going out with a bang!

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. A subscription to the Dinosaur Files would make a terrific Holidaypresent. Ask us to begin your subscription with the May 2010 issue, so thatyou end up with the complete set:

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Questions and Answers for Dinos!Hail to the Dinosaurs!

I thought you might like to see some short questions and answers today.Here’s what’s been coming in the door lately.

1. Is it okay to use deadlifts as your primary lower body movement ratherthan squats?

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Absolutely! Back in the 40’s, a top strongman specialized on nothing butdeadlifts – performed every 4 or 5 days with different set/rep schemes –and gained 20 pounds of muscle in 6 weeks – and ended up setting a worldrecord in the deadlift.

2. I’m an older lifter, and my knees always swell up and get sore after I dosquats. What should I do?

This is a common problem, which I cover in detail in Gray hair and BlackIron. In short – squat 1x per week only. Reduce your reps. Cycle yourweights. Use Tommy Kono knee bands. If nothing works, replace squatswith deadlifts or Trap bar deadlifts.

3. What do you think about the clean and press?

It’s a terrific exercise! John Grimek used to say that if you could only doone exercise, do the clean and press. I often use it as a one-exerciseworkout. It hits everything from your toes to your eyeballs.

4. Why do you tell people to use thick handled barbells for deadlifts andother exercises? You can’t lift as much with a thick handled bar, so you aredefeating the whole purpose of training.

Ixnay on the egative-nay aves-way. (Classic movie reference rendered inpig latin – who can catch it?)

Train with a regular bar, and then finish things off with thick bar work foryour grip. For example, do deadlifts with a regulation size bar, and then dodeadlifts with a double overhand grip to work your grip.

A thick bar is a great tool, but like any other tool, you need to use it theright way.

5. Who is your favorite Iron Game author?

Wow, that’s tough – there are so many great ones. The list would include:

Harry Paschall

Bradley J. Steiner

Dr. Ken Leistner

Arthur Jones

Bob Hoffman

George F. Jowett

Alan Calvert

Peary Rader

Jim Schmitz

Tommy Kono

And many, many more.

6. When is the next issue of The Dinosaur Files newsletter coming out?

I just did the final edits this morning, and it should be printed today and(hopefully) mailed tomorrow. I’ll keep you posted as I have more detailedinformation.

7. What happened with the contest to guess the title of your new book?

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We had several readers guess the correct title – and several hundred whodid not. I’ve been busy with the Harry Paschall memorial Fund, but I’ll sendan email with an update on the new book very shortly.

8. Are you sending emails every day? I’m not getting them.

Sometimes the emails don’t get through to everyone – which is the result ofsome sort of crazy cyberspace thing. I am posting all daily emails on theDinosaur Training Blog, which you can access from the front page of theDinosaur Training website. So if you miss an email, look for the Blog tostay current. You can also follow me on Facebook – I always link to theDinosaur Training Blog through Facebook.

If you stop getting emails, you may need to sign back up for them.Sometimes you email filter blocks them for no real reason, and if thishappens a certain number of times, you drop off the list.

But do whatever you need to do to keep current – because we have LOTSof new developments at Dino HQ – and much more coming to you this yearand in coming years.

9. When is your new book coming out?

Stay tuned – very, very soon.

10. What do you think about Indian clubs?

I think LIGHT Indian clubs are a terrific tool for training and rehabbing yourshoulders – and for keeping your shoulders healthy and mobile. So doesTommy Kono – and when a two Olympic Gold medalist likes something,that speaks volumes.

That wraps it up for this morning. As always, thanks for reading, and havea great day. If you train today, make it a good one!

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. We’ve been getting tons of orders and great feedback on these twobooks:

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The Voice of Experience!Hail to the Dinosaurs!

One of the most telling things you see on internet discussion boards or onFacebook goes something like this:

1. Someone posts: “Has anyone tried A and also tried B? What were yourexperiences with the two? Which worked better for you?”

I actually saw this on Facebook yesterday with A being the Paleo Diet andB being a pure vegan diet – which are about as North and South as you canget.

2. Ten people will post: “A would never work. It is scientifically impossible.So and so (learned expert) says so.”

3. Ten other people will post: “B would never work. It is scientifically

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impossible. So and so (a different learned expert) says so.”

4. The flame war will begin, and all the people who think that A would neverwork say terrible things about the people who think that B would never work– and vice versa. It’s a real Pier 6 brawl.

5. ONE person will say, “I tried A, and this is what happened. I got thefollowing results: list results. I also tried B, and this is what happened. I gotthe following results: list results.”

Now, of everyone who posted a response, only ONE person is qualified toanswer the question – the one who actually tried both approaches, and cantruly say, “One worked better for me.”

Everyone else is just making noise. They’re not answering the question,and they’re not helping the discussion.

You see this all the time in the “free weights” vs. machines stuff that’s allover the discussion boards and has been from day one. In my opinion, theonly person who is truly qualified to address this issue is someone who hastrained with both. THAT person has the benefit of experience – and can aidthe discussion by sharing his or her experiences. Not his or her opinions.His or her experiences.

One of the really wonderful things about the early days of strength trainingwas that it was all pretty new – so people tried all sorts of different things –and reported the results.

So the old-time magazines were filled with letters to the editor or shortarticles from readers that detailed their training experiments, and outlinedwhat worked and what didn’t work.

That was how the breathing squat came into prominence back in the 30’s.It was the result of readers who gave it a try and then sent in a letter withtheir results.

Nowadays, the muscle media focuses on “how the champs” train – and soyou get an endless series of look-alike, read-alike articles that never sayanything new. It was infinitely better when the magazines printed reportsand feedback from the average lifter training “out in the Iron Mines.”

In any event, when you read something about training, examine it carefully.Is it a mere opinion – or is it based on real world, hands on experience?

As always, thanks for reading, and have a great day. If you train today,make it a good one – and add to that store of real world, hands onexperience that all true Dinos possess.

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. It’s the Holiday Season, and orders are coming in fast and furious. Itlooks like everyone is doing their Holiday shopping here at Dino Central:

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The Secret of the Old Gardening ShedHail to the Dinosaurs!

The big man peeled off a couple of bills and handed them to the smallerman.

“There it is!” he said.

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The small man counted the bills and nodded.

“Yep! That’s it,” he said. “She’s all yours.”

The big man nodded and flexed his fingers.

“Where is she?” he asked.

“Same place as before – out in the shed.”

They went to the back door, stepped outside and walked through the yearto the old gardening shed.

The door was unlocked.

The little man pushed the door open, and they peered inside.

In the far corner, hidden among the bags of seeds, the gardening tools, thespades and shovels, lay an old wooden box with faded lettering.

“He carried it around in a wooden box,” said the little man. “Made it easier.”

The big man nodded. It made sense.

“What do I owe you for the box?” he asked.

“For the box – nothing! Nothing at all – it goes with dumbbell.”

“Well, that’s fair.”

“I mean – they’ve been together for so many years now – it wouldn’t do tosplit them up, eh?”

“That’s true.”

The little man stepped to the side.

“If you can shift the box out of the corner, we can lift it into thewheelbarrow,” he suggested. “And we’ll just roll it out to your car.”

The big man looked at the old wooden box. Once again, his fingersclenched. He felt a challenge coming.

“Let me see what I can do,” he said, softly.

The big stepped through the door and into the shed, stooping slightly, andwalked to the old box.

He took off the lid.

Inside, lay an enormous black iron dumbbell – with a handle just under 2 ½inches thick.

It weighed 172 pounds.

It had been owned by a legendary strongman named Thomas Inch – whowas for many years the only man in the world who ever lifted the dumbbell.

It even had a name:

THE UNLIFTABLE DUMBBELL

The little man was Bertie Lightfoot. He had purchased the UnliftableDumbbell from Reg Park, who had purchased it after Thomas Inch died.Park had tried to lift the dumbbell – but strong as he was, he had not beenable to do so.

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The big man was David Prowse, the British Champion in OlympicWeightlifting – an enormously powerful competitor in the Highland Games –one of the very few men in history to lift the world-famous Dinnie stones --and one of the very strongest men in the world.

Prowse wrapped his massive right hand around the dumbbell – and pulledas hard as he could.

The dumbbell shot up like a rocket – still in the old wooden box – andsailed up so high that if Prowse had dipped he would have cleaned it.

Prowse shook his head in amazement.

Bertie’s eyes popped out of head.

“I don’t think you’ll be needing that wheelbarrow after all,” he said.

Now, that was a golden moment in Iron Game history – and I’m sharing itwith you because my friend Bill Hinbern has just put out something newand exciting.

No, it’s not the Unliftable Dumbbell – it’s a modern reprint edition of anextremely rare old book authored by Thomas Inch. The title is “ScientificWeightlifting.”

It will make a great addition to your collection -- you can find it right here:

http://www.superstrengthtraining.com/thomas_inch.html

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

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. We’re still taking donations to the Harry Paschall Memorial Fund. Ifyou missed the announcement, please read about it here – and watch thevideo of my visit to Harry Paschall’s grave:

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The Harry Paschall Memorial FundHail to the Dinosaurs!

I know that many of you are huge fans of Harry Paschall.

That probably goes double for those of you who are purchasing vintagecopies of Strength and Health from John Wood and reading Harry’smarvelous articles in them.

It probably goes triple for those of you who have grabbed Bill Hinbern’smodern reprint editions of Harry’s books and training courses.

And it probably goes double triple for those of you who are following theLegacy of Iron series, where Harry is one of the main characters.

So here’s a very special message for Harry Paschall fans:

Last Sunday, I visited Harry Paschall’s grave – to pay my respects – andthis is what I found . . . .

http://brookskubik.com/paschall_memorial.html

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Yours in strength,

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Heavy Singles -- What Works Best?Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Newsflash: My buddy John Wood has something new and exciting forStrength and Health fans and fans of old-school strength training:

http://www.oldtimestrongman.com/1945_strengthandhealth.html

Meanwhile, one of our readers from Italy sent in a training question – onethat I get quite often:

“How many singles are enough?”

Let me answer it this way.

I once performed the following workout in bottom position squats in thepower rack:

135 x 1

225 x 1

315 x 1

405 x 1

450 x 1

500 x 1

When I finished the workout I was covered with chalk, dripping with sweat,and breathing like a locomotive. It was a heck of a workout. And it worked.I was big and thick and strong and I probably could have beaten a grizzlybear 2 out of 3 in arm-wrestling.

On another occasion, I performed the following workout in bottom positionsquats in the power rack:

135 x 1

225 x 1

315 x 1

405 x 1

420 x 20 singles

When I finished the workout I was covered with chalk, dripping with sweat,and breathing like a locomotive. It was a heck of a workout. And it worked.I was big and thick and strong and I probably could have beaten a grizzlybear 2 out of 3 in arm-wrestling.

On still another occasion, I performed the following workout in bottomposition squats in the power rack:

135 x 1

225 x 1

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315 x 100 singles, resting 30 seconds to one minute between lifts

When I finished the workout I was covered with chalk, dripping with sweat,and breathing like a locomotive. It was a heck of a workout. And it worked.I was big and thick and strong and I probably could have beaten a grizzlybear 2 out of 3 in arm-wrestling.

Which was best?

They all were! Each workout was hard, heavy and challenging. Eachworkout stimulated muscular growth. Each workout made me bigger andstronger.

Now, I will note this – doing 100 singles – what I call “The 100 repChallenge” (an idea I got from from Kim Wood, who got it from an old IronMan with an article by George Irving Nathanson, a training partner of JoeHise) – is really tough, really grueling, and takes a long time to do. It alsotakes a long time to recover from your workout. It’s hard to do on a regularbasis. It usually works better as a once in a while thing or as part of a oneexercise specialization program.

20 singles is much more manageable. Ten is also good. So is five.

But working up to ONE heavy single works pretty well. And it has thebenefit of being quick and fast and being something that you can recoverfrom pretty easily.

And please remember that there’s nothing at all wrong with varying thenumber of singles you do and how heavy you go. You can do one heavysingle, two heavy singles, three heavy singles, five heavy singles or sevenheavy singles or ten heavy singles.

Each way of using singles is a little bit different – but each way is veryeffective.

So – how many heavy singles should you do? How heavy should they be?What percentage of your one rep max should you use?

The answer is – there are many different ways to do it. Your job is toexperiment and find what works the best for you. But when you do, pleaseremember this -- it may very well be the case that less is more.

One or two heavy singles with 90 or 95 percent of your one rep max maywork wonders as part of an abbreviated training program – and doing eachof your exercises once per week may be a big key to getting the most outof your single rep workouts.

But, please note that heavy singles are big medicine. They’re not forbeginners. Save them for when you are an intermediate or advanced lifter.And be sure to break into them by doing low rep training for a few monthsbefore you try singles. If you’ve been doing high reps and you suddenly trysingles, you are asking for trouble.

And if you do try heavy singles – warm up well – work up in progressivepoundage jumps – and use perfect form! And for safety’s sake – do them ina power rack just in case you miss.

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

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

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mojo to your training:

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The Guess the Title of My New Book Contest --Day TwoHail to the Dinosaurs!

We’re in the middle of a contest to guess the title of my new strength-training book – which is currently at the printer and should be ready to shipto you very, very soon.

Don’t run over to the Dinosaur Training site and look for an information pageabout the book.

I haven’t put one up yet.

Instead, we’re going to see if anyone can guess the title. The first readerwith the right answer gets a free copy of the book.

So far, we have had hundreds of guesses – and no one has come close.

Here are yesterday’s clues:

1. There are THREE words in the title.

2. I use all three words in my emails on a regular basis.

3. None of the three words in the title begin with the same letter.

And please note -- the new book has a subtitle as well – but this contestonly applies to the main title.

Almost everyone looked at clue no. 3 and guessed “Yours in Strength.”

That was a good guess – but it was wrong.

Several other readers guessed “Legacy of Iron.” That’s wrong, too. I justlaunched a new Legacy of Iron book last week -- volume 4 in the series –and the new book is not part of the series. It’s a training book. It tells youhow to get bigger and stronger – how to train for maximum results – andhow to develop maximum levels of muscle mass, strength and power.

Others guessed “Dinosaur Strength Training” or “Dinosaur Olympic Lifting” –again, good guesses, but not correct.

So here are some more clues for the cryptologists and word-sleuths inDino-Land:

1. All of the words in the title are one-syllable words.

2. One letter of the alphabet appears in all 3 words.

3. No other letter of the alphabet appears in more than one of the threewords.

Think about it, play with a pencil and paper and see what you can do – andin the meantime, I’ll drop back later on and cover a training topic. Belooking for it.

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

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P.S. The Dinosaur Store is open for business – and Dinos around the worldare doing their Holiday shopping early, right here at Dino Central. Stepinside and join them:

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Can You Guess the Title of My New Book?Hail to the Dinosaurs!

There’s a great new strength-training book coming to you from DinosaurHeadquarters.

Normally, I’d go ahead and tell you the title – and show you the cover – andlet you go ahead and place an order for the little monster.

But not this time.

This time, we’re going to have a little contest.

So here’s the deal.

The first reader to guess the title of the new book gets a free copy!

And I’ll give you three clues:

1. There are THREE words in the title.

2. I use all three words in my emails on a regular basis.

3. None of the three words in the title begin with the same letter.

Now, for the sake of clarity, I’ll mention that the book has a subtitle as well– but this contest only applies to the main title.

Standard rules apply.

1. One guess per reader.

2. Email your guess to me at Dinosaur Headquarters.

3. Don’t bother asking Bill Hinbern, John Wood or anyone else – becausethey won’t tell you.

4. Do not email Trudi and ask her to tell you – she won’t tell you, either.

5. My layout and design team knows – and so does my printer – but onceagain, don’t bother. They’re sworn to secrecy, too.So there you have it – and remember, the first correct guess wins!

As always, thanks for reading – and good luck to everyone!

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. In the meantime, we’re filling orders for other products like crazy – andthis little monster was the number one seller last week:

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