OLD GOLD
I just ran across this in the September 1973 issue of Iron Man Magazine. Take a look:
“…One of the most unfortunate mistakes that people often make is to believe that a product,an idea, a cause, or a system is superior simply because it is new. Now, certainly progress has been made in many areas during the past 20 to 40 years, but (for good or bad) there are many things that actually have not improved primarily because a “better” way just doesn’t exist and the old – or already existing way – is actually the “best”…”
That was the introduction to “Old Gold” by Bradley J. Steiner in the aforementioned issue of Iron Man magazine. The calendar on the wall tells me that’s around 35 years ago – and it’s no less true today that it was when it was written. Keep that in mind when the new super-duper upside-down space age wonder course comes out. Meanwhile, if you want to read for yourself how “little” some things physical training have changed, I suggest another look at Arthur Saxon’s two great books, written in 1906 and 1911 respectively (the two oldest books we feature.)
Train hard,
John Wood