He Grabbed Him By the Leg . . .

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

 

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

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

On Friday we released a new training
book on Kindle.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

100 Strength Training Tips for
Combat Athletes

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

Trap Bar Training Book
No. 2

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

 

Trap Bar Training Book
No. 1

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

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

Kindle edition

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

PDF edition

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

Power and Health Through
Progressive Exercise

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

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

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

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

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

"You've Got No Guts, Kid!"

Get ready for a heck of a story - one that I think you're going to enjoy enormously - and one that has an important lesson for all of us.

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

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

1. Strength, Muscle and Power

We're getting very close to the end of the
line for Strength, Muscle and Power -
and I'm not going to do another printing any
time soon - perhaps not ever - so if you want
a copy, grab it now:

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

2. The March Dinosaur Files

Here's the link to grab the March issue of
The Dinosaur Files. It's a great issue,
and we've been getting some seriously
good feedback from Dinos around the
world.

Go here to grab the little monster:

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur-files-march2018pdf.html

Also - if you missed the October, Nov, Dec
Jan or Feb issues, go here to grab them so
you have the complete set:

Feb issue

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

Oct, Nov, Dec and Jan issues

http://brookskubik.com/dinosaur_files.html

And please let me know how you like
this month's issue. Your feedback is
very important to us.

3. "You've Got No Guts, Kid!"

He was the captain of the chess team and a
bit of a bookworm.

In addition to chess and books, he loved to
swim. So he went out for the swim team.

But he had trouble making proper turns in
the pool -- which is bad news for a kid who
wants to be a competitive swimmer. It's
sort of like wanting to play baseball and
not being able to hit a curve ball.

His swim coach was less than happy with
him.

One day, the coach uttered these fateful
words:

"Kid, forget it. You'll never be a swimmer.
You've got no intestinal fortitude. You know
what that means? You've got no guts."

Twelve years later, the kid represented the
United States in the 1948 Olympic Games
in London.

Not in swimming -- but in wrestling!

In the semi-final match, he suffered a
crippling injury -- a severe muscle and
tendon tear in his chest.

He won the match, but afterwards he could
barely move. Pain ripped through his body
with every breath.

His coach told him to forfeit the gold medal
match.

"No way," he replied.

He went into the final match bandaged like a
mummy -- and challenged one of the very
best wrestlers in the world.

He won the match -- and the Olympic gold
medal.

His name was Henry Wittenberg, and he was
one of the greatest wrestlers who ever lived.

"No guts?"

Not hardly.

I don't know the name of the high school swim
coach who told Henry Wittenberg he had "no
guts" -- but I do know this:

People remember Henry Wittenberg.

No one remembers the swim coach.

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. Henry Wittenberg built tremendous strength
with old-school, Dino-style barbell and dumbbell
training -- the kind I cover in Dinosaur Training:
Lost Secrets of Strength and Development:

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: 

"Anyone who tells you that you can't
do it is wrong - dead wrong - totally,
absolutely and completely wrong."

-- 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

Something to Think About

A classic photo of old-time wrestling and weightlifting champion, George Hackenschmidt. He's thick and massive from head to toe - but take a close second look at the thickness of his neck. Almost all of the old-timers specialized in neck training - and it shows!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Did you know that many of the old-time
strongmen and weightlifting champions
were also wrestlers?

And that many weightlifting gyms were
also wrestling gyms - and vice-versa?

It's true.

At least, it was true back in Europe.

Not so much in the USA, simply because
there wasn't much weightlifting in the
USA back then.

Back in the day - the 1860's or 1870's
through World War I (or perhaps even
into the 1920's), most of the top strong-
men and weightlifters in Europe also did
plenty of wrestling.

George Hackenschmidt, the famous
"Russian Lion," was both a weightlifting
champion and record holder and a great
wrestling champion.

George Lurich set a world record in the
one-hand jerk - and also won plenty of
wrestling titles.

George F. Jowett was a famous lifter and
strongman - but he also doubled as a
wrestling champion.

Arthur Saxon was one of the most famous
strongmen of the era - but he also did
plenty of wrestling.

The list goes on and on. It includes all or
substantially all of the old-time European
strongmen and weightlifters.

In Europe, the strongmen traveled from
city to city, engaging in hugely popular
weightlifting contests. Back in those days,
weightlifting contests were a popular thing
to see, and people paid good money to
watch an afternoon of top notch lifting.

And people also paid good money to see
top notch wrestling.

So the promoters got smart, and paid
what it took to bring the strongmen to
town - but then doubled their ticket
sales but hosting TWO events with the
same men - a lifting event, and a
separate wrestling event.

One of the results of this was that all old-
time strongmen had truly excellent neck
development.

That's because wrestling builds the neck
muscles - and because wrestlers do plenty
of bridging - and because the old-school,
stand on your feat weightlifting that these
men did was great for building the traps
(which is a necessary part of effective
neck training).

Later, wrestlers and weightlifters drifted
apart.

In the 1940's, Henry Wittenberg, one of
the best amateur wrestlers in the USA, had
to do his weight training in secret so his
coach wouldn't find out about it. (It worked,
too, because Wittenberg won an Olympic
gold medal in 1948 and a silver medal in
1952.)

And when bodybuilding became the big
thing on the weight training side of things,
some men actually stopped training their
neck at all - because they thought it would
make their arms and shoulders look bigger!

Anyhow, I happen to think that the old-
school way of doing things was the best.
Nothing beats a combination of all-around
strength training PLUS specialized neck
training.

It builds a strong, thick, massive, and
impressive neck - one that tells the entire
at the very first glance that YOU are a man
to be reckoned with!

That's the kind of development you want.

A strong, thick, powerful neck - just like
all of the old-timer champions.

To help you do that, I've included an all
new, complete neck training course in
the November issue of The Dinosaur
Files newsletter.

You can find it right here:

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

Go ahead and grab it today - and start
the neck course tonight - and build the
very biggest, thickest and most powerful
neck possible.

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. The November Dino Files is available
in a PDF edition with immediate electronic
delivery.

The PDF is printable, so if you prefer a
hard-copy, order the PDF and print it --
and you'll have an instant hard-copy to
save in your collection.

If you don't have a printer, send me
an email and we'll see what we can do
for you.

Also, if you prefer to subscribe to The
Dino Files rather than order each issue
as it becomes available, shoot me an
email and we'll work up a special
subscription package for you.

How to Build Gold Medal Strength and Power

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Yesterday, I shared an email about
Olympic gold-medal winner Henry
Wittenberg.

Now I want to tell you a bit about
his training.

Henry Wittenberg was one of the first
amateur wrestlers in the United States
to do heavy weight training.

His coach didn't believe in weight training
or weightlifting. He thought it made you
slow and muscle-bound -- which is what
most coaches thought back in the thirties
and forties. Heck, many coaches still
worried about the muscle-bound myth
when I was in high school back in the
70's!

Henry Wittenberg reasoned that building
great strength would make him a better
wrestler -- and that he'd maintain his
speed and his timing if he kept on doing
his regular wrestling workouts.

It was good thinking. In fact, it was 100
percent correct.

But because his coach didn't believe in
weight training, he had to train in secret.

And because he spent so much time on the
mat, he had to keep his barbell and dumbbell
workouts short and sweet, with no wasted
effort and no wasted time.

So he trained on the basics -- the military
press with barbells, squats, barbell bent-
over rowing, dumbbell curls and dumbbell
presses.

And it worked pretty well. He got REALLY
strong.

He worked up to doing TEN consecutive
reps in the military press with 200 pounds --
and that was his bodyweight -- so it was
pretty darn good.

He could military press 250 pounds for
a single.

That's some serious pressing power.

Whittenberg was strong in other exercises,
as well.

He squatted with 400 pounds, and did 10
reps in the bent-over row with 180 pounds.
And he handled 60 pound dumbbells in his
curls.

Not bad for a man who was training for a
different sport -- and who had to do his
lifting in secret so his coach wouldn't find
out about it!

At the 1948 Olympic Games he trained with
the United States Olympic weightlifting team.
He was so strong that the lifters tried to get
him to change sports!

For extra conditioning, he did roadwork.

Good old-fashioned running.

That, and his wrestling workouts, were all he
did -- and all he needed to do.

Eventually, he made a confession to his
wrestling coach. Admitted that he'd been
lifting weights in secret. At that point, he
was the Olympic champion -- so the
coach let him keep on lifting!

You can do a lot of fancy, modern stuff if
you're a wrestler -- but you also can train
like Henry Wittenberg. You can keep it
hard, heavy and simple.

And if you do, you'll do pretty darn well.

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. If you want to build the kind of serious,
old-school pressing power and total body
strength that won Henry Wittenberg an
Olympic gold medal in wrestling, then
grab this little monster today:

Kindle e-book

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

Hard-copy

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

PDF with electronic delivery
See the section for the PDF courses at
our products page - and scroll down to
find the Military Press course.

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

P.S. 2. My other books and courses -- and
links to my other Kindle e-books and PDF
training courses -- are right here:

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

P.S. 3. Thought for the Day: "The answer to
most questions in life is good old fashioned
hard work." - Brooks Kubik

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

"You've Got No Guts, Kid!"

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

He was the captain of the chess team and a
bit of a bookworm.

In addition to chess and books, he loved to
swim. So he went out for the swim team.

But he had trouble making proper turns in
the pool -- which is bad news for a kid who
wants to be a competitive swimmer. It's
sort of like wanting to play baseball and
not being able to hit a curve ball.

His swim coach was less than happy with
him.

One day, the coach uttered these fateful
words:

"Kid, forget it. You'll never be a swimmer.
You've got no intestinal fortitude. You know
what that means? You've got no guts."

Twelve years later, the kid represented the
United States in the 1948 Olympic Games
in London.

Not in swimming -- but in wrestling!

In the semi-final match, he suffered a
crippling injury -- a severe muscle and
tendon tear in his chest.

He won the match, but afterwards he could
barely move. Pain ripped through his body
with every breath.

His coach told him to forfeit the gold medal
match.

"No way," he replied.

He went into the final match bandaged like a
mummy -- and challenged one of the very
best wrestlers in the world.

He won the match -- and the Olympic gold
medal.

His name was Henry Wittenberg, and he was
one of the greatest wrestlers who ever lived.

"No guts?"

Not hardly.

I don't know the name of the high school swim
coach who told Henry Wittenberg he had "no
guts" -- but I do know this:

People remember Henry Wittenberg.

No one remembers the swim coach.

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. Henry Wittenberg built tremendous strength
with old-school, Dino-style barbell and dumbbell
training -- the kind we cover in Dinosaur Training:
Lost Secrets of Strength and Development:

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

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

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

P.S. 3. Thought for the day: "Don't ever listen
to someone who tells you you can't do it."
-- Brooks Kubik

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

The Secret of Knockout Throws!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

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

1. The October Dinosaur Files

The October issue of The Dinosaur Files is
now available in PDF format. Go here to grab
the little monster:

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurfiles_october2016.html

And as always, let me know how you like
this issue!

2. The Secret of Knockout Throws

On the training front, let's talk knockouts.

I spotted a great video in my Facebook feed the
other day.

It was from a Greco-Roman wrestling match --
and it was one of the hardest throws I've seen
in a long time. A real power slam.

I almost felt sorry for the guy who got thrown.

That made me think back 40 years to my wrestling
days.  I won a state championship in Greco-Roman
wrestling, and I did it by knocking out two kids in a
row with hard throws. Both of them were older and
better than me -- but the throws stunned them, and
that was that.

The year before I won a state qualifier in Greco-
Roman wrestling, and once again, won it with a
hard throw. I knocked that guy out, as well. He
was a friend and teammate. I threw him harder
than I meant to throw him.

Our coach called our 185 pounder and our Heavy-
weight King Kong and Godzilla. I wrestled 145
in the scholastic season and 154 in the summer
season. He called me "the little monster". Now
you know why.

But back to those hard throws. They don't
happen without a lot of training.

The secret of hard throws is to get your hips into
the throw.  It's a total body movement. Legs,
back and hips provide most of the power.

Of course, upper body strength is very important
in Greco-Roman wrestling -- or in any kind of
wrestling. But it's the legs, back and hips that
bring home the gold.

That taught me an important lesson, and it's one
that I teach in all of my books and courses.

Train the entire body -- and train the legs, back
and hips harder than anything.

My wrestling days also taught me the importance
of stand on your feet training.

Wrestling is a stand on your feet sport. So it
makes sense to do most of your training on your
feet.

That's a bit like life in general. The human body is
designed for standing, walking and running. That's
why we need to stand on our feet when we train.

It's also why stand on your feet training is important
as we grow older. One of the goals of an older trainee
is to maintain youthful movement patterns, youthful
strength and youthful balance. Stand on your feet
exercises help do that.

That's the genesis of the advice I give you so often.
Do squats and front squats. Do deadlifts and Trap
Bar deadlifts. Do standing presses and other overhead
exercises. If you can, do Olympic lifting. Do lugging
and loading drills. Lift and carry and drag and pull
and throw heavy stuff. Work your legs, hips and back
to the max.

In other words, train to deliver a knockout throw.

And if you're ever on a wrestling mat, be careful. Don't
hurt the other guy!

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

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. The Dinosaur Training Military Press and Shoulder
Power course covers one of the best exercises for
stand on your feet, knockout strength and power.

You can order it your choice of hard-copy,
Kindle e-book, or PDF format:

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

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

For PDF, see the section for PDF courses
at our products page:

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

P.S. 2. Dinosaur Training Secrets, Vol. 1, covers
plenty of great exercises and workouts to build
bone-crushing knockout power. It, too, is available
in your choice of hard-copy, Kindlee-book or PDF
format:

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

P.S. 3. My other books and courses are right here
at Dinosaur Headquarters - and all of them build
real world, stand on your feet strength and
power:

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

P.S. 4. Thought for the day: "If you wrestle,
wrestle tough. If you train, train tough."
-- Brooks Kubik

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

How to Build Gold Medal Strength and Power!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Two weeks ago I shared an email about
Olympic gold-medal winner Henry
Wittenberg.

Now I want to tell you a bit about
his training.

Henry Wittenberg was one of the first
amateur wrestlers in the United States
to do heavy weight training.

His coach didn't believe in weight training
or weightlifting. He thought it made you
slow and muscle-bound -- which is what
most coaches thought back in the thirties
and forties. Heck, many coaches still
worried about the muscle-bound myth
when I was in high school!

Henry Wittenberg reasoned that building
great strength would make him a better
wrestler -- and that he'd maintain his
speed and his timing if he kept on doing
his regular wrestling workouts.

It was good thinking. In fact, it was 100
percent correct.

But because his coach didn't believe in
weight training, he had to train in secret.

And because he spent so much time on the
mat, he had to keep his barbell and dumbbell
workouts short and sweet, with no wasted
effort and no wasted time.

So he trained on the basics -- the military
press with barbells, squats, barbell bent-
over rowing, dumbbell curls and dumbbell
presses.

And it worked pretty well. He got REALLY
strong.

He worked up to doing TEN consecutive
reps in the military press with 200 pounds --
and that was his bodyweight -- so it was
pretty darn good.

He could military press 250 pounds for
a single.

That's some serious pressing power.

Whittenberg was strong in other exercises,
as well.

He squatted with 400 pounds, and did 10
reps in the bent-over row with 180 pounds.
And he handled 60 pound dumbbells in his
curls.

Not bad for a man who was training for a
different sport -- and who had to do his
lifting in secret so his coach wouldn't find
out about it!

At the 1948 Olympic Games he trained with
the United States Olympic weightlifting team.
He was so strong that the lifters tried to get
him to change sports!

For extra conditioning, he did roadwork.

Good old-fashioned running.

That, and his wrestling workouts, were all he
did -- and all he needed to do.

Eventually, he made a confession to his
wrestling coach. Admitted that he'd been
lifting weights in secret. At that point, he
was the Olympic champion -- so the
coach let him keep on lifting!

You can do a lot of fancy, modern stuff if
you're a wrestler -- but you also can train
like Henry Wittenberg. You can keep it
hard, heavy and simple.

And if you do, you'll do pretty darn well.

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. If you want to build the kind of serious,
old-school pressing power and total body
strength that won Henry Wittenberg an
Olympic gold medal in wrestling, then
grab this little monster today:

Kindle e-book

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

Hard-copy

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

PDF edition

See the links to our PDF products at our
products page:

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

P.S. 2. My other books and courses -- and
links to my other Kindle e-books -- are
right here:

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

P,S. 3. Thought for the Day: "Train hard,
keep it real, and never give up." -- Brooks
Kubik

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

Old and New Books and Courses for Sale at Dinosaur Headquarters! (List No. 3)

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

I have a ton of duplicate books, courses and magazines about strength training, weightlifting, powerlifting, bodybuilding, physical culture, Iron Game history, boxing, wrestling, martial arts, diet,  nutrition, and related subjects, and I since I only need one copy of any particular item, I'm going to sell the rest of them.

We're setting up an eBay store to sell them on eBay, but in the meantime, here are some items you might want to grab right now.

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

IMPORTANT!

Everything is first come, first served.  So if you're interested in anything, do not delay. Shoot me an email and ask about availability. Include your shipping address so we can calculate shipping and handling for you.

In addition, please let me know whether you use PayPal. If you use PayPal, we can send you a payment request that includes the appropriate s&h charge for the item(s) you purchadse.

If you prefer to pay by check or credit card, please let me know. We will contact you by email to let you know how to pay by either of these options. Please do NOT send credit card info by email.  


My email is:

[email protected]


THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE FOR SALE:

1. The Paleo Solution: The Original Human Diet

By Robb Wolf. Foreword by Loren Cordain, Ph.D. Hard copy. Published in 2010. 319 pages, with drawings and photos. In good condition.

A detailed, but easy to read discussion of ancestral diets and stone age nutrition for modern man. One of my favorite books on the so-called "Paleo Diet."

Original retail price was $24.95. 

Price: $14.95 plus shipping and handling. 


STATUS: SOLD

2. The Production of Muscular Bulk

By Michael J. Salvatti. Hard copy. Copyright 1965. Second edition. 107 pages, with several black and white photos. Good condition.

This is an original copy published by Iron Man Industries (the publishing company owned and operated by Peary Rader, the founder and editor of Iron Man magazine).

A detailed review of old-school methods of aagaining muscular bodyweight as fast as possible. Includes details on the X-Plus drink, and covers the dietary programs of Paul Anderson, Doug Hepburn, Vern Bickel, Armand Grant, Bruce randall and the author himself.

Also reviews various training sytems to build maximum muscular bulk, including the conventional isotonic exercise system, the blitz system, the isometric contraction system, and the famous "Rest Pause" system developed by Charles Ross.

Price: $25.00 plus shipping and handling.

STATUS: AVAILABLE 

3. Muscle Control or Body Development by Will-Power

By Maxick. This is a modern reprint edition of the original course published in 1911. It was published in 1992 by William F. Hinbern. Bill has since done a second edition of the course. This is Bill's first edition.

8 1/2 x 11, 44 pages, with over 50 photographs. Excellent condition.

A great addition to your strength and health library.

Price: $19.95 plus shipping and handling.

STATUS: AVAILABLE 

4. IronMind: Stronger Minds, Stronger Bodies

By Randall J. Strossen. Ph.D. Soft cover. 182 pages. Published in 1994. Good condition.

A detailed analysis of the mental aspects of peak performance in weightlifting, strength training, muscle building and life.

A whopping 60 chapters. Fast, fun and informative. Highly recommended.

Price: $12.95 plus shipping and handling

STATUS: AVAILABLE 

5.  Relax Into Stretch

By Pavel Tsatsouline. 138 pages with many photos. Second edition, 2001. Good condition.

This is a detailed guide to stretching and flexibility training for martial artists, athletes and strength trainers.

Change stiff and tight to strong and supple.


Price: $19.95 plus shipping and handling.

STATUS: AVAILABLE 

6. Weightlifting Programming: A Coach's Guide

By Bob Takano. Published by catalyst Athletics. 2012 edition. 247 pages. Good condition, with yellow highlighting on some pages.


A very good book from a long-time, experienced coach and teacher. Presents complicated and technical informationin an easy to understand, practical format.

Cut through the Internet BS and piles of misinformation about programming for Olympic weightlifters, and get a detailed review of training programs that really work.  

Highly recommended.

Price: $14.95 plus shipping and handling

STATUS: SOLD 

7. The Warrior Diet

By Ori Hofmekler. Softcover. 2007 edition. 278 pages. Includes photos.  Good condition.

A very popular approach to diet and nutrition for strength athletes and martial artists.

Price: $12.95 plus shipping and handling

STATUS: SOLD

8. The Rader Master Bodybuilding and Weight Gaining System

By Peary Rader, the founder of Iron Man magazine, and it's editor and publisher for 50 years. A 48 page booklet with many photos.

This is my personal copy, purchased when I was in high school more than 40 years ago. I've probably read it a dozen times. It is an original copy as sold by Peary Rader and Iron Man Industries, not a modern reprint edition. It is in good condition, with slight yellowing on the first and last inside pages (apparently caused by contact with the cover of the booklet, which is yellow). I'm selling it now because I have another copy, and someone may enjoy having my personal copy from the Dinosaur Training Research Library.


This booklet gives you a detailed course in Peary Rader's breathing squat program for rapid gains in strength and muscle mass. It also covers a variety of specialization programs, including some very effective Dino-style abbreviated programs.  Many believe it's one of the best all-around courses ever written.

And don't forget - Peary Rader gained almost 100 pounds of muscle in two years on the breathing squat program that he outlines in this course!

 Price: $30.00

STATUS: SOLD

9. The Development of Physical Strength

By Anthony Ditillo.  Paperback. 140 pages. This is a copy of the original edition published in 1982 by Iron Man Publishing Company. Good condition aside from a small bend or crease on the bottom right hand corner of the book.

This is the second book that collects Anthony Ditillo's old Iron Man articles (many of which also have appeared in Milo). Many of the training programs and workouts in this book were inspired by Ditillo's friend and training partner, a former Bulgarian weightlifter named Dezso Ban.

A very interesting guide to strength and power training as practiced in the 1970s and 1980s.

I purchased this book many years ago (when I was in high school or college) and have had it ever since. 

Price: $19.95 plus shipping and handling.

STATUS: SOLD


10. The Wrestling Physical Conditioning Encyclopedia

By John Jesse. 10th printing, 1986. 416 pages with many drawings and photos, including some terrific photos of old-time strongmen and wrestlers. Good condition aside from a bit of wear on the front and back cover.

Covers bodyweight training, homemade weight equipment, training with gymnastics equipment, barbell and dumbbell training, isometric training sandbag training, flexibility exercises, special grip exercises for wrestlers, neck exercises fro wrestlers, aerobic conditioning, diet and nutrition, and much more.

An incredibly detailed, comprehensive review of training methods for wrestlers - but of great value to all strength trainers, all athletes and all martial artists.

Highly recommended.

Price: $30.00 plus shipping and handling.

STATUS: SOLD 

11.  The New Bodybuilding for Old-School Results

By Ellington Darden, Ph.D. paperback. 309 pages, with many photos. Published in 2006. Good condition, with a little wear and tear on the front and back cover.

Thias is a detailed guide to "High Intensity" bodybuilding and strength training by Ellington Darden, one of the leading proponents of this style of training. The front cover quotes Dr. Darden's mission statement:

"Most trainees don't want that bloated, drug-induced look of a modern pro bodybuilder. They'd much rather have that chiseled, athletic look of the Golden-Age Mr. Americas - such as Steve Reeves, Boyer Coe and Casey Viator. I've taken those lost techniques of the masters - added today's science - and created the new bodybuilding for old-school results."

This book sold for $39.99 new. You can have it for a bit less than that.

Price: $30.00 plus shipping and handling. 

STATUS: SOLD

12. Body-Building and Self-Defense

By Myles Callum. paperback. 141 pages with many photos. 8th printing, 1969. From the University of montreal Library. Good condition with a slight bend on the back cover, a small library card glued to the gront cover, and a library slip glued to the first interior page (a blank page facing the title page).

When I was a kid, this book was one of the very few weight training books you could find at the public library - and I must have read it dozens of times. It's an excellent guide to weight training and muscle building for beginners, and also includes a course in basic self-defense training.

Highly recommended. especially for beginners or teenagers.

 Price: $19.95 plus shipping and handling. 

STATUS: AVAILABLE 

NOTE: Also Available -- Strength and Health Magazine!

We also have some complete 12-issue sets of Strength and health magazine from the 1930s and 1940s. Go here to see what is currently available:

http://dinosaurtraining.blogspot.com/2016/03/rare-strength-and-health-magazines-for.html

AND THERE'S MORE TO COME!

We have many more old books and courses - and many more old magazines - and we'll be offering them during the coming week. To stay up to date on what's available, be sure to sign up for my daily emails at the Dinosaur Training website:

http://www.brookskubik.com/

Also, continue to check the Dinosaur Training Blog for updates about other books, courses and magazines for sale.

Thanks, and I hope you see something you like!

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

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Happy Birthday, Bruno!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

We're a day late, but it's time to wish
Bruno Sammartino a very happy birthday.
Bruno turned 80 yesterday -- and based on
his most recent photos, he's still a very
impressive physical speciman.

For his age, he's one of the most muscular
and most massive men in the world -- and
he's undoubtedly one of the strongest 80
year olds in the world. Maybe the
strongest.

That's the result of a lifetime of strength
training.

Bruno Sammartino was an honest to
goodness, real life, rags to riches story.
He was born in Abbruzi, Italy back in 1935.
During World War Two, the family had to
hide in the hills to escape the Nazis. They
lived in a cave, and as you might imagine,
there was hardly anything to eat. They
often ate grass for dinner because that
was all they could find.

When the War ended, the family immigrated
to the United States. They ended up in a
tough neighborhood in Pittsburgh.

For young Bruno, that was better than living
in the cave -- but not much better. He was
terribly thin and painfully weak as a result
of the years of malnutrition during the War.

At age 14, he weighed 95 pounds.

That's not good when you're an immigrant
kid living in a tough part of town.

So Bruno started lifting weights.

Later, as he grew stronger, he began wrestling.

The training program worked.

At age 21, he weighed 265 pounds, with 20
inch arms and a 56 inch chest. He could bench
press 565 pounds -- which was a World record
back then.

He went into professional wrestling, and in
short order he won the WWWF Heavyweight
Championship of the World. He held the title
for many years.

In 1961, Bruno wrote a short course called
"The Bruno Course of Bodybuilding."

I saw an ad for it in a wrestling magazine
when I was 11 years old, and promptly
mailed in my two bucks to buy the little
monster. It was a good little course,
and I still have it.

Bruno recommended short workouts focusing
on the basic exercises: squats, bench presses,
curls, etc. Three or four sets of six reps on
each. Training with weights three times per
week. Doing some simple bodyweight exercises
on two other days.

Nothing earth-shattering -- but it worked.

He even touched on the mental aspect of training.
"Have confidence in yourself!" he wrote.

"Concentrate on the fact that you are going to
succeed and make the gains in physique and
strength that you want. Again I repeat --
never, never get discouraged."

"The reason I made my sensational gains and
went from 95 pounds at age 14 to 265 pounds
at age 21  . . . was that I concentrated on making
my goal. I stuck it out and actually that is my
secret!"

Many years later, I sent some of my own books
to Bruno. He sent me an autographed photo with
a handwritten note.

It says:

"To Brooks Kubik,

Wishing you the best of health, best wishes
always, and keep pushing that weight.

Yours in strength,

Bruno Sammartino"

Yep. He signed off by saying "Yours in strength."

Now I guess you know where that comes from.

Happy Birthday, Bruno! And thanks for showing
us what strong at age 80 looks like!

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

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. The way to be strong at age 80 is to start
training and keep it up -- and to train the right
way. Gray Hair and Black Iron will teach you how
to train for lifelong strength and health:

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

P.S. 2. My other books and courses -- and links
to my e-books on Kindle -- are right here:

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

P.S. 3. Thought for the Day: "Start today, and
make strength training a regular part of your
life." -- Brooks Kubik

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How to Build Gold Medal Strength and Power!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Earlier today I shared an email about
Olympic gold-medal winner Henry
Wittenberg.

Now I want to tell you a bit about
his training.

Henry Wittenberg was one of the first
amateur wrestlers in the United States
to do heavy weight training.

His coach didn't believe in weight training
or weightlifting. He thought it made you
slow and muscle-bound -- which is what
most coaches thought back in the thirties
and forties. Heck, many coaches still
worried about the muscle-bound myth
when I was in high school!

Henry Wittenberg reasoned that building
great strength would make him a better
wrestler -- and that he'd maintain his
speed and his timing if he kept on doing
his regular wrestling workouts.

It was good thinking. In fact, it was 100
percent correct.

But because his coach didn't believe in
weight training, he had to train in secret.

And because he spent so much time on the
mat, he had to keep his barbell and dumbbell
workouts short and sweet, with no wasted
effort and no wasted time.

So he trained on the basics -- the military
press with barbells, squats, barbell bent-
over rowing, dumbbell curls and dumbbell
presses.

And it worked pretty well. He got REALLY
strong.

He worked up to doing TEN consecutive
reps in the military press with 200 pounds --
and that was his bodyweight -- so it was
pretty darn good.

He could military press 250 pounds for
a single.

That's some serious pressing power.

Whittenberg was strong in other exercises,
as well.

He squatted with 400 pounds, and did 10
reps in the bent-over row with 180 pounds.

And he handled 60 pound dumbbells in his
curls.

Not bad for a man who was training for a
different sport -- and who had to do his
lifting in secret so his coach wouldn't find
out about it!

At the 1948 Olympic Games he trained with
the United States Olympic weightlifting team.
He was so strong that the lifters tried to get
him to change sports!

For extra conditioning, he did roadwork.
Good old-fashioned running.

That, and his wrestling workouts, were all he
did -- and all he needed to do.

Eventually, he made a confession to his
wrestling coach. Admitted that he'd been
lifting weights in secret. At that point, he
was the Olympic champion -- so the
coach let him keep on lifting!

You can do a lot of fancy, modern stuff if
you're a wrestler -- but you also can train
like Henry Wittenberg. You can keep it
hard, heavy and simple.

And if you do, you'll do pretty darn well.

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. If you want to build the kind of serious,
old-school pressing power and total body
strength that won Henry Wittenberg an
Olympic gold medal in wrestling, then
grab this little monster today:

Kindle e-book

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

Hard-copy

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

P.S. 2. My other books and courses -- and
links to my other Kindle e-books -- are
right here:

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

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"You've Got No Guts, Kid!"

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

He was the captain of the chess team and a
bit of a bookworm.

In addition to chess and books, he loved to
swim. So he went out for the swim team.

But he had trouble making proper turns in
the pool -- which is bad news for a kid who
wants to be a competitive swimmer. It's
sort of like wanting to play baseball and
not being able to hit a curve ball.

His swim coach was less than happy with
him.

One day, the coach uttered these fateful
words:

"Kid, forget it. You'll never be a swimmer.
You've got no intestinal fortitude. You know
what that means? You've got no guts."

Twelve years later, the kid represented the
United States in the 1948 Olympic Games
in London.

Not in swimming -- but in wrestling!

In the semi-final match, he suffered a
crippling injury -- a severe muscle and
tendon tear in his chest.

He won the match, but afterwards he could
barely move. Pain ripped through his body
with every breath.

His coach told him to forfeit the gold medal
match.

"No way," he replied.

He went into the final match bandaged like a
mummy -- and challenged one of the very
best wrestlers in the world.

He won the match -- and the Olympic gold
medal.

His name was Henry Wittenberg, and he was
one of the greatest amateur wrestlers who
ever lived.

"No guts?" Not hardly.

I don't know the name of the high school swim
coach who told Henry Wittenberg he had "no
guts" -- but I do know this: People remember
Henry Wittenberg. No one remembers the swim
coach.

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. Henry Wittenberg built tremendous strength
with old-school, Dino-style barbell and dumbbell
training -- the kind we cover in Dinosaur Training:
Lost Secrets of Strength and Development:

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

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

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

P.S. 3. Thought for the day: "Don't ever listen
to someone who tells you you can't do it."
-- Brooks Kubik

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The Secret of Knockout Throws!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Two quick notes and then we'll talk training.

1. Physical Culture Radio

I'm doing a regular podcast at 12:00 noon
EST on Thursdays with Carl Lanore. It's called
Physical Culture Radio, and I think you'll really
like it. Catch us live or listen to the download
at your convenience:

http://superhumanradio.com/

It's a great show that covers all things Dino.

2. The Dinosaur Files quarterly

Issue no. 2 is out, and getting great reviews from
Dinos around the world. If you missed it, go here
to grab the little monster:

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

If you already have your copy, shoot me an
email and let me know how you like this issue!

On the training front, let's talk knockouts.

I spotted a great video in my Facebook feed the
other day.

It was from a Greco-Roman wrestling match --
and it was one of the hardest throws I've seen
in a long time. A real power slam.

That made me think back 40 years to my wrestling
days.  I won a state championship in Greco-Roman
wrestling, and I did it by knocking out two kids in a
row with hard throws. Both of them were older and
better than me -- but the throws stunned them, and
that was that.

The year before I won a state qualifier in Greco-
Roman wrestling, and once again, won it with a
hard throw. I knocked that guy out, as well. He
was a friend and teammate. I threw him harder
than I meant to throw him.

Our coach called our 185 pounder and our Heavy-
weight King Kong and Godzilla. I wrestled 145
in the scholastic season and 154 in the summer
season. He called me the little monster. Now
you know why.

But back to those hard throws. They don't
happen without a lot of training.

The secret of hard throws is to get your hips into
the throw.  It's a total body movement. Legs,
back and hips provide most of the power.

Of course, upper body strength is very important
in Greco-Roman wrestling -- or in any kind of
wrestling. But it's the legs, back and hips that
bring home the gold.

That taught me an important lesson, and it's one
that I teach in all of my books and courses.

Train the entire body -- and train the legs, back
and hips harder than anything.

My wrestling days also taught me the importance
of stand on your feet training.

Wrestling is a stand on your feet sport. So it
makes sense to do most of your training on your
feet.

That's a bit like life in general. The human body is
designed for standing, walking and running. That's
why we need to stand on our feet when we train.

It's also why stand on your feet training is important
as we grow older. One of the goals of an older trainee
is to maintain youthful movement patterns, youthful
strength and youthful balance. Stand on your feet
exercises help do that.

That's the genesis of the advice I give you so often.

Do squats and front squats. Do deadlifts and Trap
Bar deadlifts. Do standing presses and other overhead
exercises. If you can, do Olympic lifting. Do lugging
and loading drills. Lift and carry and drag and pull
and throw heavy stuff. Work your legs, hips and back
to the max.

You didn't know it, but you were training to deliver
a knockout throw.

So if you're ever on a wrestling mat, be careful. Don't
hurt the other guy!

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

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. The Dinosaur Training Military Press and Shoulder
Power course covers one of the best exercises for
stand on your feet, knockout strength and power.

You can order it your choice of hard-copy or
Kindle e-book:

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

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

P.S. 2. Dinosaur Training Secrets, Vol. 1, covers
plenty of great exercises and workouts to build
bone-crushing knockout power. It, too, is available
in your choice of hard-copy or Kindle e-book:

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

P.S. 3. My other books and courses are right here
at Dinosaur Headquarters - and all of them build
real world, stand on your feet strength and
power:

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

P.S. 4. Thought for the day: "If you wrestle,
wrestle tough. If you train, train tough."
-- Brooks Kubik

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Some Very Important Training Advice!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Let me begin with a story. A true
story.

There was a kid who fell in love
with wrestling in junior high school.
He won the City championship for
7th and 8th graders two years in a
row, and the wrestling coaches were
looking for him when he started high
school.

He went to a school with a great
wrestling program, and worked
like heck to become another of
the schools place-winners at the
state tournament.

His goal was to win the state
championship. And for his entire
high school career, he worked
tirelessly to achieve his dream.

He won the state championship
in Greco-Roman wrestling during
a summer tournament, and it looked
like he had a great shot at the
collefgiate style (or folk style)
title during his senior year of
high school.

But then -- disaster.

His right shoulder started to slip
slightly out of joint whenever his
shoulder or arm took a hard hit --
as in, for example, when he shot in
on a single leg take-down and his
opponent countered with an arm block.

He qualified for the state championship
in a bizarre match where his shoulder
got hurt in the first few seconds of
the match and he had to wrestle it --
and win it -- one armed.

He won in the final seconds with a
reversal, a quick turn, and three points
for a near fall -- all with one arm.
And against one of the toughest kids
in the state.

In the state tournament, he lost a close
match to the eventual champion, went into
wrestle-backs, and ended up finishing
third in state. Again, all with a bad
shoulder.

Now, third in state is pretty darn good.
But if his shoulder had held up, he might
have been number one.

And yes, you guessed right.

That kid was me.

How did he hurt his shoulder?

He hurt it in training. In the weight
room. Doing pullovers on the old Nautilus
Pullover Torso machine.

The range of motion on the machine was
too great. It pulled his shoulders a
little bit out of joint on every rep.
And over time, those excessive stretches
with weight resistance did the damage.

He also did lots of dips with extra weight
around his waist. Those probably didn't
help.

Neither did the behind neck presses.

And yet, in performing those exercises, the
kid was following the advice of virtually
all the Iron Game writers of the era -- and
the coaches -- and he was doing what they
said to do in Peary Rader's old Iron Man
magazine, which was widely viewed as the
best source of unbiased, sensible advice
that you could find back then.

So here's the moral to the story:

The most important thing about your training
is this: DON'T HURT YOURSELF!

I learned the hard way that there are certain
exercises that just aren't worth doing -- by
anyone -- because the risks far outweigh the
benefits. I mentioned three of them in this
email -- machine pullovers, press behind neck,
and weighted dips.

There are others. I cover them in Gray Hair and
Black Iron. If you own a copy, dust it off and
reread the chapter on exercises to avoid. If you
don't already have a copy, grab one now.

If I had avoided the WRONG exercises -- the ones
that hurt my shoulder -- I might have achieved
my dream of winning the state title -- and I
might have avoided 40 years of sore shoulders.
Because yes, that right shoulder has bothered
me ever since. Still does. Actually aches a
bit right now as I type this.

So choose your exercises wisely. Train smart.
Always use perfect form on all of your exercises.
Train with deep focus and total concentration.
Use spotters when you need to use spotters.

And if something hurts -- if you feel a twinge
that says STOP -- then stop. And don't do it.
Find a substitute that doesn't hurt.

The shoulder (or knee, elbow, wrist, ankle or
lower back) that you save may be your own.

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. Go here to grab a copy of Gray Hair and
Black Iron:

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

P.S. 2. My other books and courses are right
here at Dino Headquarters:

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

P.S. 3. Thought for the Day: "Train to build
your body, not to destroy it." -- Brooks Kubik

Why I'm Not Watching the 2016 Olympics

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

For much of my life, I lived in
the power rack.

But before that, I lived on the
wrestling mat.

I was a high school wrestler, and
a good one. I even won a state
championship in Greco-Roman
wrestling.

Wrestling is the oldest sport -- and
a great sport.

It builds men.

It's arguably the toughest and most
demanding of all sports.

It's also cheap to do. Even small
schools can field a great wrestling
team -- and small countries can field
great wrestlers in international
competition.

Which is why the decision of the IOC
(announced yesterday) to drop wrestling
from the Olympic Games is absolutely
ridiculous.

Apparently, the sport doesn't bring in
top television ratings -- so they're
dropping it-- and just like that, the
oldest sport in the Olympic Games is
gone.

I suppose they'll replace it with two-man
pogo stick races, popsicle tossing, or
synchronized basket weaving.

And that makes my decision an easy one. No
more Olympics. They can have them -- but
I'm not watching them.

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. My Dinosaur Training books and courses are
right here:

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

P.S. 2. Thought for the Day: "It's not about
the audience, it's about the athletes -- or
should be." -- Brooks Kubik