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Dinosaur Training Video Library #5: Strength Training Basics (preview)...keep reading

In July of 2014, I began a program of heavy support training for the purpose of potentially increasing my bone mass. In this issue of my 'Train Hard Bulletin' newsletter, you'll find all the specifics, background, research and my first few months of workouts.

UPDATE: after six months of this type training, a DEXA scan confirmed that I did indeed experience an appreciable increase in bone mass... along with a corresponding increase in strength and power. This newsletter outlines the exact protocol that was utilized....keep reading

28-year NFL strength coach ... Arthur Jones' right hand man during the founding and success of Nautilus ... helped found Hammer Strength and was a charter member in the Strength Coach hall of fame -- yeah, he's been around and seen some things....keep reading

Far too many trainees believe the bench press to be a simple lift. Nothing could be further from the truth. Properly performed, the bench press is a true test of explosive power, coordinated strength, sheer determination, and sharply-honed technique.

This course from Brooks Kubik will teach you the lift the heaviest possible weight....keep reading

[1 hour, 42 Minutes] "The old-time strongmen built incredible strength and power -- and tons of muscle -- with heavy, old-school dumbbell training. And when I say "heavy," I mean it. The old-timers didn't waste their time with light weights and baby exercises. They trained hard and heavy -- with SERIOUS iron. And that's what I teach you how to do in 'The Lost Art of Dumbbell Training.' In this video, you'll see: A clean and push press with a pair of 121 pound dumbbells A one-arm swing with a 151 pound dumbbell A one-arm clean and push press with a 151 pound dumbbell And many other terrific lifts -- as well as a comprehensive, step by step training program, and detailed instruction on how to perform the most important dumbbell exercises."...keep reading

Power ForeArms! has something for everyone. It offers the bodybuilder massive, ripped forearms. It offers the martial artist nearly impenetrable blocks and explosive strikes. It offers any athlete a more powerful grip and greatly enhanced wrist stability. And it delivers all this in just 10 minutes a day, twice a week!

At some point you've probably been told something like this: "Since you use your forearms every time you grab, twist, or pull something, they have really high endurance, so the only way to weight-train them is to do really high numbers of reps. Anything less just won't make them grow."

Luckily, that's not true!...keep reading

[6 pages] A hand gripper training course has been bouncing around in my head for more than a decade now. My original vision was to cover everything about hand grippers from A to Z but this has proven to be more of a challenge than I ever realized. Seems like every time I sit down to write, I get a few pages in and then hit a wall, a pattern that has repeated itself countless times. No idea why this has been the case but to get over this hurdle, I'm going to try a different approach this time around....keep reading

[10 minutes] For the last year and a half, I (John Wood) have been engaging in a series of heavy support workouts with the intention of increasing bone mass. When I got started, I had no idea if this training would work ...it did, and it did better than I could have ever imagined. This heavy support training has opened up a whole new world of possibilities for me. Here is a short video that I put together which outlines the exact techniques that I've been using....keep reading

[120 Minutes] Olympic weightlifters are the fastest, most powerful and most explosive athletes on the planet - and that's why everyone interested in building strength and power should learn the fundamentals of Olympic lifting. And no, you don't need to become a competitive weightlifter to get the benefits that Olympic weightlifting offers - nor do you need to learn the squat style of cleaning and snatching. You can do really well with power cleans, power snatches, high pulls and push presses - and THOSE are the movements I teach in this exciting and informative DVD....keep reading

[113 Minutes] "If you're familiar with the writing of Brooks Kubik, you know that he is a huge fan of power rack training - and you also know he has some very special twists on rack training and rack workouts.

You may also know that Brooks used rack training almost exclusively for a period of several years, and that he added 200 pounds to his squat, gained close to 40 pounds of muscle and pushed his bench press to the point where he was able to win 5 National Bench Press championships and set a number of state, regional, American, National Meet and even World records in drug-tested competition (198 and 220 pound weight classes, sub-master's division).

In this awesome Power Rack video, Brooks demonstrates a number of different ways to use the power rack for super intense, ultra-effective Dino-style workouts. And he works up to some heavy weights - including a 400 pound partial push press." ...keep reading

"One of the keys to Tim Krumrie's great football strength is the amazing strength and development of his fore-arms, wrists, hands and fingers. There is no question that Tim has great genetic gifts for such strength but his strength in the area is also the product of hard, intense work... The Cincinnati Bengals feel that you play football with your hands."...keep reading

* IRON MAN HONORS PAUL ANDERSON by Peary Rader

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* THREE EXERCISES FOR FANTASTIC SIZE by Anthony Ditillo

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[120 Minutes] Breathing deeply, closing his eyes and concentrating on the task before him, bending over -- grasping the anvil firmly with his powerful hands -- heaving the block of iron to his chest in one lightning quick movement -- and then pressing it overhead to complete the lift. You will see this lift and many other amazing exercises in BAGS, BARRELS AND BEYOND - all performed during a series of two real-life workouts by the Dino Man, Brooks Kubik....keep reading

[3 pages] As of late, I have provided a few ongoing updates and goings on regarding The Bone Strength Project (TBSP) in my newsletter, The John Wood Report. Given the level of interest that TBSP has garnered, however, I thought it would be an even better idea to instead devote an entire publication to topics related to TBSP and it will also be available exclusively to Iron League members -- so there is yet another excellent reason to be an Iron Leaguer.

The goal here is to provide a more up-to-date idea of what I'm currently working on as far as Bone Strength training, how that might be going, and perhaps any other topics of interest that I should happen upon that you might want to hear about....keep reading

[28 pages] "It is imperative that every person: man woman or growing child should take regular exercise for the creation and preservation of ideal physical health, and all--apart from the athlete or body-builder whose primer concern may be for personal appearance and the moulding of a perfect body in shape and design for reasons that may be either aesthetic or purely exhibitionist -- should pay attention to the stomach muscles..

My advice, backed by thirty years of active physical culture experience, is for every young man taking up exercise for health and fitness to cultivate strength and symmetry in the region of the stomach.

I will admit that the cultivation of bulging biceps is very alluring and quite a normal desire in the mind of the average youth, but we should use our intelligence in physical culture as in other matters, and by paying attention to the lower half of the body, we will build up stamina for later life and thus retain our vital power...keep reading

[20 pages] "To Body Builders, arm development is the top consideration. This is one part of the body which all bodybuilders are anxious to develop because the massiveness and shapliness of the arms is one of the most obvious and impressive body developments.

Muscular arms have always fascinated me. I have admired them, studied them and eventually secured them... I have spent many years reading all the articles of arm development that I could find and now I am sitting here at my desk putting together and passing on to you my own system . I will be very happy if this system will do for you as much as it has done for me..."...keep reading

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* THE SINGLE REP PRINCIPLE by Anthony Ditillo

* DEVELOP THOSE ABDOMINALS by Achilles Kallos

* FAST REPS FOR FAST GAINS by Bruce Page

* THOUGHTS FOR POWERLIFTERS by Jim Witt

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"...it pays to obtain the services of a qualified instructor. I do not mean someone who advertises but who has yet to prove that he has any right to teach, advertisers who have never been seen stripped at any display, who hold no records, who have not even tried to establish one - but the genuine lifter who himself holds records, an ex-champion who has proved his knowledge in many a public display and contest. Such a man can save disappointment, wasted time and effort, and any danger there may be through using wrong styles, too heavy poundages, etc.Progress is naturally made at a far more rapid rate when your footsteps are guided by the hand of one who has been "through the mill," as the saying goes.

There is in everything a right and a wrong method. This book will give a real insight into the methods of the best amateurs and professionals, an individual course would put the finishing touches to your attempts to gain strength above the average....keep reading

SUPER STRENGTH CAN BE YOURS IN A SHORT TIME THIS EASY WAY This New System is Planned and Outlined by Peary Rader, World Famous Bodybuilding Authority and Editor and Publisher of Iron Man and Lifting News Magazines. Its value has been proven by himself and pupils.

The response to our articles in Lifting News and Iron Man has been so great that it has become impractical to answer each inquiry with a letter of advice and instruction, so we have prepared this little pamphlet which will give you the essential information for training on the new, sensational, result-producing Power System and it will show you how to build your own...keep reading