Brooks Kubik: Dinosaur Training

In the 107th episode of The Strength Connection Podcast, Mike and our special guest, Author of Dinosaur Training and Champion Wrestler, Brooks Kubik, will talk about his childhood asthma, becoming an academic, drug-free powerlifting contests, the beginning of dinosaur training, and more. Join us in this insightful and captivating talk! In this chapter, you will discover: (1:00) Introducing our special guest, Author of Dinosaur Training and Champion Wrestler, Brooks Kubik @brooks_kubik (1:20) Dinosaur Training by Brooks Kubik @brooks_kubik (2:35) Brooks’ origin story (2:45) Childhood asthma (3:40) A lover of biographies (4:00) Reading about Theodore Roosevelt (4:40) The only exercise Brooks did at the age of 9 (5:50) Introduction to wrestling (7:35) Getting into weight and strength training (8:40) Goal behind training (9:15) Wrestle training in the high school gym (12:00) Why wrestling? (13:00) The miniature class (14:00) Wrestling with a blindfold on (15:10) Brooks’s initial focus (16:10) Shout out to Jeff Blatnick (18:45) Severe shoulder injury (19:20) Becoming an academic (19:50) Drug-free powerlifting contests (22:10) Winning championships in the bench press (22:50) Looking for something new (23:30) Exploring new modalities and techniques (24:10) The beginning of dinosaur training (25:10) How to publish a book 101! (26:40) The wall of books (28:55) The reason behind the success of dinosaur training (31:45) Ancient techniques of strongmen (34:40) Research behind hand strength (35:40) Shout out to Adam Glass @adamtglass_ (35:40) Shout out to Frankie Faires @frankiefaires (37:30) The Dinosaur Business: a phenomenon (38:55) 54 years of strength training (42:20) “Life is short to be boring.” - Brooks Kubik @brooks_kubik (44:00) The secrets of strength by Earle Liederman (44:25) Why do people overlook old training methods? (47:45) “As the world grows more complex, people are saying, I want the sheer simplicity of going back to basics.” - Brooks Kubik @brooks_kubik (48:10) Shout out to Dan John @coachdanjohn (49:15) “If you want to develop strength and really build mastery, you’re going to be doing it over and over again.” - Michael Kurkowski @mike_strength_connection (49:40) The benefit of playing organized sports (50:40) “You always keep practicing the basic skills, you never outgrow them.” - Brooks Kubik @brooks_kubik (53:15) Do it slowly! (55:15) Shout out to Brett Jones @brettjonessfg (57:00) “You don’t achieve success in anything overnight. And you shouldn’t expect to.” - Brooks Kubik @brooks_kubik (57:10) “Progress is never linear. It’s an ever upward angle.” - Brooks Kubik @brooks_kubik (1:00:25) Importance of longevity (1:02:50) Where to find Brooks Kubik? @brooks_kubik