Secrets...

I've read in more than a few places that "there aren't any secrets" in strength training... but I know thats not the case.

You see, a "Secret" can be something that you just dont know, or it can be something that you once knew but forgot for one reason or another - but regardless of its classification, when you start applying that "secret" (whatever it happens to be) your training begins to change for the better.

Of course, "Secrets" are also relative. - they are based on who you are and where you are in your training.

It might be that something as straightforward as keeping a training log, is the "Secret" which you havent been doing and which will suddenly skyrocket your training.

It might be that finally understanding how certain exercises fit together better than others which make the missing piece of the puzzle.

It be something you have been told time and time again, only to finally listen to what should be obvious.

It might be the revelation that there is such a thing called overtraining and realization of the fact that you have probably been suffering from it for far too long which will transform your training.

It might be the simple understanding of what specific exercises actually "do" and what would make one a better choice over another in order to accomplish some specific goals.

It just might be to start doing "something" -- as opposed to nothing -- which causes a miracle to occur.

Secrets might be big things, they might be small things, they may be physical, they may be mental, they may be obvious, or they may be truly profound - regardless, they are undoubtedly out there, just waiting for you to find them -- or find them again.

And yes, we all have to be reminded of many of them from time to time which means that much of training is simply "going back," to what we thought we already knew and taking another look.

I know that no matter how many times I read a book like Dinosaur Training by Brooks Kubik I'll always find something new, when I flip through it.

The material hasn't changed, but where I am right now has - something that was
never relevant before may be just the thing I need.

Funny how that works.

Keep digging, you never know what youll find, but only as long as you keep looking.

Train hard,
John Wood

P.S. A lot of people have two copies of Dinosaur Training, one they
keep mint, and one thats all dog-eared with notes in the margins from
being read and read again. In either case, whether you need to read it
the first time, or need a new one because your old copy is falling apart,
heres when you can pick one up:


Dinosaur Training
by Brooks Kubik