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Pavel releases major new for Size and Strength — which both Pavel
and I highly recommend. See his explanatory
title: Beyond Bodybuilding article and full details on pages 23 to 25.
So we have gone to considerable pains to In his article Kettlebell Training for World Publisher & Editor-in-Chief
organize this body of articles into a highly Class Powerlifting Donnie Thompson John Du Cane
practical workbook Beyond Bodybuilding, reveals some surprising ways kettlebells —
that can serve your training needs for many and Pavel’s tips in general — helped him Editorial
years to come. The articles have been increase his major lifts. See pages 38 and 39. Training Editor
organized and indexed for extreme ease of Pavel Tsatsouline
reference and use. We have added over 250 And in How To Be Your Best When It Editorial Assistant
excellent photographs to illustrate the wide Counts The Most, on pages 59 and 60, Dennis Armstrong
range of techniques, plus 38 workout charts.
Charles Stocking discusses how to take
See pages 3 to 6 of this catalog for full Contributors
advantage of Pavel’s ‘Grease the Groove’
details. Steve Baccari, Mike Mahler, Charles
technique to peak successfully in competition.
Stocking, Donnie Thompson
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Smash Your Training Plateaus, Overcome Injuries,
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in the Wisdom of the Past — and the Scientific
Breakthroughs of the Modern Day Masters
T he fight for greater strength and muscle is the
story of a constant struggle against conflicting forces…
submitting his own body to the pain of infinite
experiment. And Pavel has trained thousands of troops
Beyond
Bodybuilding
Since ancient times — when strength meant survival and police whose life might depend on his tips…
— to the more modern goals of competitive excellence hundreds of athletes and martial artists with the chance Muscle and Strength
to achieve their dreams thanks to his advice.
and physical culture, we’ve fought a never-ending
battle with our own bodies to achieve and maintain And of course, tens of thousands have gone to the
Training Secrets for
maximum performance. dragondoor.com strength forum to share the The Renaissance Man
astonishing gains and results they have achieved by
Because our bodies don’t want to change! And if we
make them, they’ll do their best to sabotage us! employing Pavel’s strength advice… By Pavel
Let’s face it… our bodies are reluctant partners in the In Beyond Bodybuilding, you get the essence of 8.5 x 11 Spiral bound Workbook
strength game… most-all of the strategies, tips, routines and fine points 365 pages • 255 Photographs
Pavel has developed over many, many years for these
Anyone who’s been around the block, knows this
elite men and women of the strength game. (Beyond
38 workout charts
only too well:
Bodybuilding represents a compilation of many of
The story of strength training is the story of Pavel’s best magazine articles over the course of the last Trouble is, the rules keep changing on you…
constantly adjusting, constantly engaging in a guerrilla few years.)
campaign of trickery and skullduggery against our When’s it time to give the body a good smacking and
Now, with Beyond Bodybuilding, there are simply when’s it the time to lighten up? Pavel steers a path for
obstinate bods. A small victory here, a setback there, a
no more excuses for not excelling in strength, you through the minefield…
sudden breakthrough, another setback, another
continuing to gain, continuing to reach new heights in
breakthrough, a long stalemate, another breakthrough Now, you can stop butting your head against the
your performance.
… it never ends! wall and stride through the door Pavel has opened
And many of us simply give up from sheer for you…
Defeat the enemies of progress
frustration. We quit, when perhaps we could have The already highly skilled amongst you will find a
Now, as you’ll quickly discover in Beyond
stayed ahead… We become content to slough back into treasure trove of new strategies for elevating your
Bodybuilding, a close adherence to classical strength
slackness and physical mediocrity… game. After all, give a consummate professional the
training principles is the true recipe for strength and
And that’s mostly because we never got the education correct adjustments at the correct time and they can
muscle building success. What are these key principles?
we needed — to know how to win — and keep winning surge forward in their gains… give a championship
You’ll find them all in Beyond Bodybuilding.
— the guerrilla war against our own bodies. caliber team the right coaching tips and they can
But as mentioned, it’s not-by-far enough to just win it all…
Of course, it doesn’t help, in this day and age, that know and employ these key principles. Because without
we also have to fight the myth-mongering marketers of For the regular bodybuilder or strength athlete, Pavel
an additional bag of tricks, your body will inevitably
strength training half-truths, preying on our ignorance gives you the ultimate road map for progress and
find a way to escape…
to make a quick buck out of the gullible… success. You’ll be fired up all over again, as you
experience one great breakthrough after another…
We have to fight against the machines, the gizmos, Discover the finer points of with your new understanding of the skill of strength.
the quick fixes, the absurd claims — and the downright
foolishness of most of what passes for ‘training advice’
technique… that separate the champs
in the magazines and gyms of our country. from the chumps Fight these crimes against the body
What finally distinguishes Pavel from almost any If there’s one thing that makes Pavel as mad as hell…
Fortunately, there is a solution to all the confusion,
strength author on the planet… is his ability to zero in it’s the insidious sissification of the body that has been
ignorance and uncertainty…
on the finer points of adjustment to the body’s perpetrated in this country, in the name of
continuing effort to sabotage your progress. That — bodybuilding and fitness.
When all else has failed you…
and the sheer breadth and wealth of the fine points Beyond Bodybuilding is a masterplan to eliminate
Pavel has spent his life immersed in the study and Pavel has to offer… those cheap, cosmetic, skin-deep looks… and move to
practice of practical strength and muscle training… as
Because to truly succeed with your strength training strength-from-the-inside-out. Experience a new level of
it applies in the very hard testing ground of both
you need to become a master at making these confidence as your power does the talking for you….
American and Soviet Spec ops, of the US Marines,
adjustments… Armed with the new knowledge Pavel gives you,
SWAT, professional athletes, martial artists, gymnasts,
powerlifters, weightlifters, Olympic champions and It’s a Good Cop, Bad Cop kind of thing: you’ll find yourself with the power-body of a wild
numerous other tough, tough competitors — where You need to know how to cajole, torture, sweet-talk, animal — but the mindset of a skilled strength-scientist.
results are everything and failure is simply not on the seduce, beat up and lie to your body… to bend it to After all you’ve put yourself through already, you
menu. your wants! owe it to yourself to get Pavel’s short cuts to strength-
Pavel has, frankly, done the research for you… But you also need to know how to feed it, maintain skill mastery — and make history of your past failures.
plundering both the classic and the little-known it, make it happy, care for it, sensitize it, protect it…
strength texts from past and present… networking and yes, all that good guy nice stuff too.
More details next page...
comparing notes with many of today’s great masters…
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ä STOP! Could your muscle fatigue actually be ä Former Mr. Olympia, Lee Haney, used this ä Want your lats to grow faster? Then stretch them!
ligament fatigue --setting you up for injury and excellent split to successfully break through his ä This partner-assisted chopping technique ensures a
failure? Know the solution. training plateau. Page 100 more potent pullup. Page 137
ä How to train your connective tissues to be ä How and why you must cycle your loads to keep
ä Discover 3 Russian ‘low tech/high concept’
maximally tough. succeeding in the iron game.
ä Why the high-tension techniques give you more ä Why sharp changes in training volume and programs for pullup power and exceptional lat
bang for the buck than the high-intensity intensity are more effective than smooth ones. development. Page 138
techniques. ä The best training conditions for high-level ä Essential pullup techniques you must know to
ä How and why integration, not isolation, is the key anabolism in the body. excel and gain.
to elite performance. ä Failing to gain? You may be suffering from what ä The single best exercise for developing huge lats.
ä How to use ‘active negatives’ for power, muscle
ä According to Mike Mentzer, this is the King of
Dorian Yates called ‘excessive muscle confusion.’
and safety. Page 64. ä What is the optimal volume/intensity ratio for back exercises. Are you about to disagree?
ä The three major benefits of active negatives.
ä How to smoke your back from top to bottom with
strength gains? Page 104
ä Relying on excess bodyfat to push up greater ä The one rigid rule of load variation -- ignore this at one simple but brutally intense lift -- what you
poundage? Try this safer, healthier method of your peril! Page 105 need to know to make it work like gangbusters.
‘virtual size leverage.’ Page 65 ä A better way to optimize your body’s strength ä Marines -- and other ‘put-up-or-shut-up’
ä Are your joints in agony from so much heavy adaptation. Page 106 professionals -- employ these extra tweaks to
lifting? Protect them better, reduce pain, with guarantee acing their pullup tests. Page 147
ä How to take advantage of the ‘adaptation lag’ -- ä Soviet ice hockey megastar, Oleg Fetisov solemnly
‘virtual tissue leverage.’
ä How to injury-proof your shoulders and add and its tremendous impact on your strength and swore: “this drill cannot be beat for building a
pounds to your other lifts -- with special shrugs! muscle training. Page 107 powerful corset of ligaments and muscles.”
ä Want this too? Many bodybuilders have reported
ä Knees killing you? Can’t squat regularly because of sensational gains after using this particular ä How to take carefully measured doses of
the pain… but still want squat-like benefits? Here’s workout. Page 108 ‘poisonous’ exercises to prevent injury and raise
one great solution. Page 70 ä The upper body solution for High Intensity your tolerance levels.
ä Try the ‘dead squat’ program -- two bodybuilders who are failing to gain. Page 110 ä Are you afraid of injuring your back when lifting
fortysomething guys added at least five pounds a ä 59.3% of top Russian kettlebellers reported taking heavy? Page 156
ä Do you slouch after exercise? This apparently
week for a year with this. 1-4 month layoffs from their training! How can
ä This special breathing technique protects your this work? And how can you personally take innocuous behavior could end up costing you years
spine from heavy poundage -- the effects are advantage of this surprising strategy for success? of avoidable back pain.
ä Perform this maneuver with a trap bar -- and it
nothing short of miraculous. Page 75 Page 111
ä The seven fundamentals you must know to ä Confused about whether it’s okay to train twice a could spell disaster for your back. Page 158
succeed in the iron game. Page 76 day? Page 112
ä Flare and build your lats, develop spectacular ä Is it really okay to train your abs every day?
shoulder flexibility, work all your core muscles and Section Four: Legs
make your back more injury resistant with this
ä How ‘controlled overtraining’ can be gain-superior ä How to forge truly powerful, traffic-stopping legs.
ä How to perform a heavier, deeper squat -- more
great ‘retro’ exercise. Page 78
to ‘total recovery training.’ Page 115
ä Got a head for figures? This mathematical safely.
ä How to sculpt a classical physique with ‘retro’ lifts. approach could have you surging forward with ä Try this little-known, killer squat-deadlift combo
ä Could these be the most important ‘lost’ newfound muscle and strength gains. Page 116 for greater flexibility, better form and surprising
bodybuilding secrets of all time? Page 81 ä Changing your exercise tempo can result in gains. Page 165
ä Exercises you should avoid like the plague -- and surprising gains. Find out how, when and why. ä Just say NO! Why it’s asking for trouble to squat
exercises you should rush to embrace. ä Are you a dissatisfied bodybuilder? This approach with a towel. Page 168
ä Why free weights are safer than machines -- could breathe new life, vitality and progress in to ä Do you really know how to squat correctly?
particularly for beginners. Page 91 your strength and mass program. Page 117 Precious few do! Here are the fine points you must
ä 3 high-yield, yet inexpensive ‘home gyms” for the ä How a used phone book could help you add 15 know to safely make huge gains. Page 175
champion on a budget. lbs to your bench in just one month. ä Why plyometrics are NOT the answer for building
up your legs.
Section Two: Training Planning Section Three: Back ä Rip your calves to shreds with this barbell calf
ä Are you confused about when and how often to ä Nothing on the planet beats this exercise for all- raise. Page 177
ä How to avoid setback injuries when squatting
hit each bodypart? Discover how to customize around back development! Page 125
your iron schedule for greater gains in strength and ä It hurts so good! How to assault your body with a deep. Page 190
ä Front squat killing your wrists and shoulders?
muscle. max of ‘constructive pain’ -- with this brutishly evil
ä Understand the pros and cons of full body
ä The quickest way to master proper squat form.
one-armed drill.
workouts versus split routines. Page 99 ä Want truly amazing lats? Page 129
ä The most foolproof training schedule for high- ä Are high-poundage squats murdering your
ä How to add righteous beef to your traps and
yield results. shoulders? Try this unique procedure to rescue
neck… with the Hise shrug. Page 130
ä The perfect training schedule… if strength is more
your beaten-up joints.
ä This unique drill -- an incredible back developer --
important to you than size. ä How to avoid bowing -- and potentially damaging
helped Matt Dimel squat 1,010. Page 131 -- your knees when you squat.
ä Shouldn’t this vital back-saving skill be made
mandatory in our schools? Page 134
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An Excerpt from Beyond Bodybuilding by Pavel
FAST OR SLOW –
WHICH WILL MAKE YOU STRONGER?
Question: My friend who read your Power to the People! book
told me that you are against explosive lifting. Why?
One of the most crucial skills any iron athlete must develop is that of
‘staying tight’. And only the elite can stay tight while exploding like a bat out
of hell. Even the Westside Barbell Club powerlifters famous for their
explosive training dedicate a special day in their schedule to ‘grinding’. So
forget pyrotechnic displays until you master full body tension and put up
some respectable poundages.
Third, when going for a record, even the opponents of being fast recognize
the training value of explosive lifting. Legendary Russian coach S.Y. Smolov,
Master of Sports advocates Power to the People! style ‘grinding’ on max lifts
yet dedicates two weeks of exclusively explosive training for his famous squat
cycle.
The last word on lifting explosively (it does not apply to the ‘quick lifts’:
snatches, cleans, etc.). Don’t even think about exploding until you have built Forget pyrotechnic
a respectable level of strength and learned to get and stay tight. Find out displays until you master
whether maxing explosively works for you through trial and error. full body tension and
Periodically introduce acceleration training with moderate weights into your put up some
routine. A great set of guidelines can be found in Dr. Fred Hatfield’s book respectable poundages.
Power: the Scientific Approach.
Power to you!
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Major Seminars at the National Kettlebell Convention by Pavel
Attendance Fee: Tsatsouline and all Senior Russian Kettlebell Instructors
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Learn the martial art of kettlebell strength training with a of Kettlebell Training
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$40.00 Code # WPKB12A The star of From Russia With Tough Love book and Special Guest Seminars
DVD teaches you the finer points for ensuring a powerful
Registrations for Buffet made after combination of strength and flexibility. Tim Larkin: Intro to Target Focused Training
March 7, or at the door: $50.00 An RKC and one of the nation’s top self-defense experts,
Brett Jones: Kettlebell Grip! shares key concepts from his dramatic program.
Secrets to developing a bone-crushing grip with
Kettlebell kettlebells. Brett Jones is one of only eleven gentlemen
worldwide to have bent the infamous red nail.
Charles Staley: EDT + Kettlebells =
Convention Schedule Muscles and Power
One of the most-highly regarded athletic coaches in the
Rob Lawrence: Little Things That Make a Big country explains how to integrate kettlebells into his own
Saturday, March 19 Difference in Kettlebell Strength Gains proven system for optimal physical performance.
9:00 am — 9:00 pm Rob is a master at researching the fine art of leverage to
optimize strength gains from kettlebell lifting. He’ll share Tony Blauer: Intro to the S.P.E.A.R. System
Seminars and contests: his little-known, hard-won secrets. Discover immensely valuable street-survival skills
9:30 am — 6:00 pm Mike Mahler: How to Get Big
normally only taught to law enforcement and military.
Evening Buffet and Prize Giving: and Strong with Kettlebells Dan John: Kettlebells for Throwers
7:00 pm — 9: 00 pm The secrets to packing on hunks of righteous Dan is ranked Number One in the world in the Highland
muscle…and to getting as big as you want with Games, ages 45-49, broke the American Record in the
kettlebells. Weight Pentathlon last August, and holds numerous
Sunday, March 20 Jeff Martone: Hand-to-Hand Kettlebells
National Championships in weightlifting and throwing.
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Seminars and contests: specialists.
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Besides the thirteen seminars by many of the nation’s
9:30 am — 4:30 pm leading kettlebell and strength experts, there will be four
Steve Maxwell: Joint Mobility with Kettlebells major kettlebell strength contests and three major
Note: the exact schedule of events will World champion Jiu Jitsu artist teaches you how to contests. Dragon Door will be awarding a total of
be given to you when you register and protect yourself from injury, be far tougher, with his $9,502.00 worth of prize to winners of the various
unique weighted-joint program. contests and competitions.
will also be posted on
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A Special Forces trainer shares ways kettlebells Saturday evening Buffet, which gives you a further
can enhance performance — when your life chance to visit and network with the amazing group of
depends on it. participants we are expecting. During the Buffet we will
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Who trains with kettlebells? Am I kettlebell material? sessions and you can start intense training during the
second or even first week (Dvorkin, 2001).
Hard comrades of all persuasions. Kettlebell training is extreme but not elitist. At the
Soviet weightlifting legends such as Vlasov, 1995 Russian Championship the youngest contestant
Zhabotinskiy, and Alexeyev started their Olympic was 16, the oldest 53! And we are talking elite “…I felt rejuvenated and ready to conquer the
careers with old-fashioned kettlebells. Yuri Vlasov competition here; the range is even wider if you are world. I was sold on the kettlebells, as the
once interrupted an interview he was giving to a training for yourself rather than for the gold. Dr. exercises were fun and challenging, and
Western journalist and proceeded to press a pair of Krayevskiy, the father of the kettlebell sport, took up demanded coordination, explosion, balance,
kettlebells. “A wonderful exercise,” commented the training at the age of forty-one and twenty years later and power… I am now on my way to being a
world champion. “…It is hard to find an exercise he was said to look fresher and healthier than at forty. better, fitter, and more explosive grappler, and
better suited for developing strength and flexibility Only 8.8% of top Russian gireviks, members of the doing things I haven’t done in years!”
simultaneously.” Russian National Team and regional teams, reported
The Russian Special Forces personnel owe much of injuries in training or competition (Voropayev, 1997). —Kid Peligro, Grappling magazine
their wiry strength, explosive agility, and never- A remarkably low number, especially if you consider
quitting stamina to kettlebells. Soldier, Be Strong!, the that these are elite athletes who push their bodies over What is the right
official Soviet armed forces strength training manual the edge. Many hard men with high mileage have kettlebell size for me?
pronounced kettlebell drills to be “one of the most overcome debilitating injuries with kettlebell training
(get your doctor’s approval). Acrobat Valentin Dikul Kettlebells come in ‘poods'. A pood is an old
effective means of strength development” representing
fell and broke his back at seventeen. Today, in his mid- Russian measure of weight, which equals 16kg, or
“a new era in the development of human strength-
sixties, he juggles 180-pound balls and breaks roughly 35 lbs. An average man should start with a
potential”.
powerlifting records! 35-pounder. It does not sound like a lot but believe it;
The elite of the US military and law enforcement it feels a lot heavier than it should! Most men will
instantly recognized the power of the Russian eventually progress to a 53-pounder, the standard
kettlebell, ruggedly simple and deadly effective as an “… kettlebells are a unique conditioning tool issue size in the Russian military. Although available in
AK-47. You can find Pavel’s certified RKC instructors and a powerful one as well that you should add most units, 70-pounders are used only by a few
among Force Recon Marines, Department of Energy to your arsenal of strength... my experience with advanced guys and in elite competitions. 88-pounders
nuclear security teams, the FBI’s Hostage Rescue them has been part of what’s led me to a are for mutants.
Team, the Secret Service Counter Assault Team, etc.
modification in my thoughts on strength and An average woman should start with an 18-pounder.
Once the Russian kettlebell became a hit among bodyweight exercises… I’m having a blast A strong woman can go for a 26-pounder. Some
those whose life depends on their strength and women will advance to a 35-pounder. A few hard
conditioning, it took off among hard people from all
training with them and I think you will as well.”
women will go beyond.
walks of life: martial artists, athletes, regular hard —Bud Jeffries, the author of How to Squat 900lbs.
comrades. without Drugs, Powersuits, or Kneewraps
“Kettlebells are like
“I can’t think of a more practical way of special How do I learn to weightlifting times ten.”
operations training… I was extremely skeptical use the kettlebell?
about kettlebell training and now wish that I “Kettlebells are like weightlifting times ten. …If
From Pavel’s books and videos: The Russian I could’ve met Pavel in the early ‘80s, I might’ve
had known about it fifteen years ago…” Kettlebell Challenge or From Russia with Tough Love
for comrades ladies. From an RKC certified instructor;
won two gold medals. I’m serious.”
—Name withheld, Special Agent, U.S. Secret Service
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“Pavel and Comrades your advice has “About a month ago I suspended my
helped me shed fat (30 plus lbs) using the Westside Barbell method powerlifting
Russian Kettlebell Challenge.” workout and went for a month of straight
From: Black Coffee, Date/Time 2002- KB workout. I just did the max effort on
12-03 21:24:29 reg. deadlift and get this folks. I just added
forty pounds to my PR on 1RM. My 1RM
“I’ve lost over 25lbs so far doing KB’s deadlift went up from 325lb to 365lb. My
only.” deadlift technique got a lot more snap in it
From: Jim Haines, Date/Time 2002-11- and more explosive. I noticed the same
15 12:36:45 “In the last few months I’ve hacked off thing on my squat technique. I am 6 feet
about twenty-five pounds of lard without and weight 180 lbs. Lifting the twice of
“For the last 7-8 weeks, I have trained even cutting out the goodies or doing any your body weight is pretty cool eh?”
exclusively with KB’s. I have lost 7 pounds, special eating plan, simply by doing three From: Craig. Date/Time: 2001-10-29
dropped a pants size and have firmer, more RKC workouts per week.” 09:47:25.
defined muscles. I am no stranger to From: Craig N. Date/Time 2002-03-11
fitness, having been an avid weight lifter in 19:49:37 “Since I have been doing the kettlebell
addition to running marathons. For me, my strength has sky rocketed and my body
KB’s are the best training devices I have “For a variety of biomechanically sound which used to be soft is now hard as a
ever used.” reasons, the Kettlebell workouts deliver an rock. I fell pumped most of the time.
From: rhgo, Date/Time 2002-11-30 astounding variety of athletic benefits, Kettlebells are far superior to dumbbells
11:10:02 including literally melting the fat off your and barbells, now I only workout with
body. I’ve lost about 1% body fat per week kettlebells. After, I got the book for
“It seems just like it almost happened on the system. It is so intense it’s downright kettlebell training, I am mass training as
overnight. Around the holidays I was scary. The endurance benefits are equally well. And believe me Kettlebell training for
porked up to 242 and I regret not impressive.” mass is far superior than ordinary weight
measuring bf then, but I’ll estimate and say From: Steven Barnes Date: Aug. 7, 2001 training. I’m about to give away my
19-22%. Anyway, after the holidays I weights, I guess you could say I’m a
started kicking ass and taking names with “ I love KB’s! I have lost 16 lbs in the converted kettlebell lifter now!
the kbells and dropped 20 pounds in a last four weeks since I started the KB lifts. People comment me all the time on my
short amount of time, it was a little less Also, I haven’t jogged in 2 weeks and last mass gains. I honestly fell that I have
than a month.. It’s insane, the kbells are night I went jogging after my KB workout. widened and defined my shoulders doing
just melting my fat away and I’m loving At the end of the course that I run there is the kettlebell Scott Press Lift in two weeks
every minute of it. Look out single digit a big hill. Before KB’s I was dying at the than I have doing a year of training with
body fat and visible abs, here I come!!” beginning of the hill, and a complete goner regular weights! Also, I love the kettlebell
From: Fish. Date/Time: 2002-02-08 at the top. Last night I threw the hill aside so much I can’t put it down. I’m lifting it
10:18:15. like a little pink plastic dumbbell!!!” all the time. I fell like I have to force myself
From: Gediminai. Date/Time: 2001-10- to take a break! Thank You Pavel for all
“My biceps grew faster and better from 05 16:58:42. the golden information you have given,
doing KB snatches than they ever did with You have advanced me in
curls. Just another of the MANY benefits “I have my kettlebell three weeks now weight training 1000yrs.”
of doing KB’s.” and WOW! So far my back and shoulders From: voitle. Date:
From: BigNate. Date/Time 2001-11-16 are growing and getting cut up all at once 5/01/01.
14:20:11. and my forearms look like Popeye’s. I can’t
stop eating but I haven’t gained an ounce
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to new heights. Pavel’s trademark There are no namby-pamby
humor is ever present, and his exercises in this video. Tsatsouline
instruction is no-nonsense and, as demonstrates the drills with the
always, well done. Multiple ease and grace normally reserved
camera angles are used, and are for an Olympic figure skater, only
very helpful in grasping the fine this guy, who looks like he was
points of the drills. Pavel’s carved out of stone, is heaving
this video will give you more
instruction is pure gold — and hoisting kettlebells. I am very
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For Size And Strength
Can you get bigger and stronger with
By Mike Mahler,
Senior RKC kettlebells? Yes, if you use heavy kettlebells
and know what exercises to do.
I started training with kettlebells over three
years ago and was always interested in lifting
working against 70lbs total. When you press
two kettlebells overhead, your body is working
The only exercise listed above that is done with
one kettlebell is the Turkish Get-up. The TGU
heavy kettlebells for strength and power. against 140lbs. I say body, as the military press has many benefits. One, TGUs build a strong
Doing tons of reps with light kettlebells never requires a full body effort when executed core, which is mandatory for heavy leg and
appealed to me. While my goal was not to get properly. To lift the most weight overhead, you overhead work. Two, TGUs build up shoulder
bigger, it happened as a side effect of hard need to flex your butt, legs, stomach, lats, flexibility and stability, which is critical for
training with heavy kettlebells. While I am not shoulder, triceps and bicep. The more weight strong pressing. The double windmill will
giving any of the Venice Beach Bodybuilders that your body has to work against, the more work as well for building the core and
any competition (not one of my goals and I intense the exercise is and the more shoulders. However, the TGU is still a wise
doubt that it is one of yours), I have shown hypertrophy will be developed. choice to implement.
clearly that you can build a strong, muscular,
and flexible physique with kettlebells. Focusing on compound bi-lateral Next, lets go over a sample four-week program
exercises is the way to go for to get you started.
When I first started lifting kettlebells, I could maximum size and strength
barely press two 70lb kettlebells three times. Mahler’s Plan Of Attack
Now, I can press two 88lb kettlebells five times If lifting one kettlebell were superior or even 5x5 (Five Sets Of Five) Weeks 1-4
at a bodyweight of 195lbs. Let’s go over the just as effective, then why do thousands of
best kettlebell exercises for size and strength bodybuilders and athletes focus on basic 5x5 training is a standard protocol that has
and a sample program to get you started. compound barbell exercises? Why not do one- been around for many years. It is also an
arm bench presses instead of two-arm barbell extremely effective way to pack on some size
Mahler’s Kettlebell Arsenal bench presses? Unilateral exercises are great and strength. It was a favorite of legendary
for addressing imbalances and have a place in bodybuilder Reg Park who just happens to be
• Double Front Squat
a training regimen. However, focusing on Arnold’s idol.
• Double Swing
compound bi-lateral exercises is the way to go
• Double Snatch for maximum size and strength. Here is how it works. Pick a training weight
• Double Windmill and do five sets of five reps. If and when you
• Turkish Get-up Let’s use the example of the kettlebell front can complete all sets of five, increase the
• Double Military Press squat to drive the point home. Do you really weight by five to ten pounds and shoot for five
• Double Bent-over Row think that front squats with one 88lb kettlebell sets of five again. Take three-minute breaks in
• Floor Press will be as effective as holding two kettlebells? between each set. Obviously, incremental
Sure with one, your core has to work hard to weight increases are not possible with
It does not take a rocket scientist to realize that maintain balance, but you are only working kettlebell training so we have to look at other
most of the above kettlebell exercises require with 88lbs. With two kettlebells, you have to factors to manipulate. One factor to
two kettlebells. Why? The reason is obvious: work against 176lbs and believe me this is manipulate is time under tension. When you
more resistance equals faster hypertrophy and harder than it sounds. Holding two big can do 5x5 with a quick tempo, increase the
strength gains. kettlebells in place for full body squats requires negative to four seconds and the positive to
concentration, a strong upper body, and some two seconds. When that becomes easy, try five
Let’s use the example of the Double Military strong wheels. The payoff? You get bigger and seconds up, a pause at the bottom and five
Press to illustrate this point further. When you stronger legs. seconds down.
(Continued next page)
press one 70lb kettlebell overhead your body is
Monday
Same directions as A-1 and A-2 forth between A-1 and A-2 until you have
• A-1: Double Military Press completed all five sets.
Wrap up with:
• A-2: Kettlebell Pull-up • B-1: Double Kettlebell Front Squat
Double Windmill 5x5 l,r (left and right) Take
Do A-1 and A-2 back to back. In other words, two minute breaks in between each set. One • B-2: Double Kettlebell Swing
do one set of A-1, wait a minute and then do a complete set equals five reps on each side.
set of A-2, wait a minute and then do another Wrap up with:
set of A-1 and so forth. Keep going back and Wednesday
forth between A-1 and A-2 until you have Guard Sit-up 5x5 l,r (left and right) Take two
completed all five sets. • A-1: Double Floor Press minute breaks in between each set. One
complete set equals five reps on each side.
• B-1: Double Kettlebell Front Squat • A-2: Double Bent-over Row
Take a day off in between each workout. In
• B-2: Double Kettlebell Swing Same directions as above other words, do day one on Monday, day two
on Wednesday, and then Day 1 again on
• B-1: Double Front Squat Friday.
• B-2: Double Snatch There you have it. The best kettlebell exercises
for getting bigger and stronger and a sample
Same Directions as above program to get you started. Make sure that
you ramp up your caloric intake if you want to
Wrap up with pack on some muscle. For more programs and
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Friday
• A-1: Double Seated Military Press About The Author
Mike Mahler is a strength
Photo courtesy Mike Mahler
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hamstrings and develop tremendous explosive Comes with a User Guide that goes over each you demonstrated. Your finer points for the double military
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posture, correction of lower back weakness, completion of the repair of a MANY benefits of doing KB’s.” From: BigNate Date/Time 2001-11-16
very serious shoulder injury from 6 years ago and far better muscle 14:20:11
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Excellent and thorough knowledge by all instructors, CPT, USAW Sports performance coach & USATF level Quality of instruction was top-notch. Sr. Instructors were
especially Pavel. Scope is probably the broadest I have ever II sprints/hurdles coach. Will have MS in exercise always available and patient. By far the most challenging and
dealt with. Practical use is excellent.” science in Dec 2004. Have coached and taught squash in depth training course I have taken, (and I have taken a lot
for last 4 yrs. Masters All-American Indoors – 60-meter or courses.)”
Mario Civalleri, Fitness Consultant, dash. Play senior men’s baseball.
Cantu, Italy “The instructors were as better than any other clinic I’ve
Zar Horton, Firefighter/Paramedic
been to and that is a lengthy list. I enjoyed the combination Special Ops Training Coord.
Athletic Achievements, training background of no-nonsense approach with humor and camaraderie. In Albuquerque, NM
or specialty: their various disciplines or exercises the instructors were at
the top of the pyramid. They have a way of distilling
Former National Level bodybuilder, 1999 Powerlifting Athletic Achievements, training background
complex concepts to their simple essence. Great course, ton
World Champ, Former Paratrooper.
of info, great instructors, great community of folks from all or specialty:
over the world (literally). Personal Trainer 10yrs. Competitive soccer (17yrs),
“A really complete and well structured course: Theory,
track (10yrs), Youth girls soccer coach. DOE certified
practice, review, marketing. Nothing is left! Top quality of
Kirsten Cummings, Personal Trainer, instructor of intermediate force and ground control for
information. Full control from instructors (never had it
law enforcement. Co-developer of Albuquerque Fire
before). Time to go deep in each argument. Extra time to
refine skills. Professional teachers & champions: The best
San Diego, CA Dept Health/Wellness Program
source of information.”
Athletic Achievements, training background “These 3 days were packed full of essential information on
technique, principles, and other components. It was
Pat Cuntrera, Teacher/Trainer, West or specialty: presented in a sequence and method that yielded
High school & College All American 1st team in
Paterson, NJ proficiency in a short period of time. From the beginning,
Basketball. Professional Basketball player 14 years.
each principle stacked on to the next. I feel I walk away
2003 2nd in US Women’s National Championships in
from this with complete confidence I can train people
Athletic Achievements, training background Sailing Masters degree in bio Mechanics
immediately to a high degree of proficiency. It is amazing
or specialty: the level of knowledge that was present on these grounds
“RKC training has taken away my frustration with the
NSCA – CPT, Bronze medal/world record Goodwill this weekend!! But more impressively was the ability of the
traditional method of strength training, and has given me a
Games 1994. staff to dissect and present that knowledge in an
direction of where to go. RKC has given me science, logic,
immediately understandable and useable way.”
invention, and creativity in strength training. Pavel’s ability
“Deeper scope and range of material than anything I have
to guide a question in order to get an answer is amazing.
attended before.” Terrence Thomas, Health, Sports
There is no text book to memorize. Instead, he uses the
power of thinking to materialize into understanding and Conditioning, Rehab Consultant,
Thomas Phillips, Special Education productivity.
Teacher/ Owner personal training Miami. FL
As a life long athlete, it was extremely hard to retire from
studio, Tinton Falls, NJ professional basketball of 14years because I felt I lost my Athletic Achievements, training background
identity as an athlete. Kettlebells has brought back the or specialty:
Athletic Achievements, training background athlete in me. Moreover, it has allowed me to go further
I have been an athlete all my life. From a nationally
than where I was. Today, at 41 years old, I’m strong and
or specialty: more flexible then I was at the height of my successful
ranked sprinter as a youth to HS wrestling and football,
2002 Body-for-Life Grand master Champion. Certified to martial arts.
basketball career.”
personal trainer, sport specific trainer, certified
stretching coach. Motivational speaker for EAS “It was the best decision that I have made in many years in
transformation camps. Owner of personal training Luc Readinger, Physician, regards to advancing my personal fitness levels and career.
studio, featured in Muscle Media, 4 times. Outside Minneapolis, MN The course was far beyond what I expected. All of the
magazine, various local TV networks, various instructors are top shelf and exude what kettlebell and hard
newspapers. Former basketball, baseball, cross country, style strength training is all about. To use one word:
boxing and various other sports competitively.
Athletic Achievements, training background Outstanding! I’m a strength coach and have studied with
or specialty: some brilliant people and the knowledge of the RKC
“Since I am a gym owner, I have been to a lot of different Martial Arts Instructors are just as or even more knowledgeable as they
workshops: this one is by far the best. The quality of are. I learned from each and every instructor. The
instruction and level of attention is second to none. This is “The RKC was incredible. I learned a ton and it had taken information is practical, universal, and extremely effective.
the highest quality of instruction I have ever had, and I have my own personal strength and conditioning training to the It has been life changing as far as I’m concerned.”
been to some excellent workshops. Pavel and the Senior next level. An awesome fund of knowledge & insight. They
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Saturdays are dedicated to lower body Kettlebell training. We may start with Powerlifter Donnie
one-arm swings between the legs and then move on to hand-to-hand swings, Thompson, WPO-SHW
followed by double Kettlebell swings between the legs. Mr. Haney and I perform snatches an 88 lb.
kettlebell for reps...
about 9 to 12 sets depending how much we have in the tank after the squats. I
quit doing deadlifts, period. Yet my last meet I pulled a personal record of
832lbs. I plan to pull over 850lbs. at the Arnold Classic. This year, with the
help of Kettlebells, I will finally reach my lifetime goal of 903lbs. in the deadlift.
All these advancements without performing deadlifts in training!
I rest about four minutes between sets because sometimes we have five or six
Donnie Thompson’s Westside/RKC Weekly Schedule
people in our group. When it is just myself and Mr. Haney, I rest about three. I
Monday- Heavy bench day. ladder. Note how I switch my arms.
selected the weights of the Kettlebells by guesswork. The 35's are too light for The first ladder: 53L, 62R, 88L. The
me for anything so I usually start with the 44's. However, I warm up for the Tuesday- Light shoulders. second ladder: 53R, 62L, 88R.
bench with the 35's for 3 sets of 10 reps. I use the swing, the snatch, and the Double kettlebell swings outside Saturday- Speed Squats and a 45-
snatch-and-press. I really didn't start doing the snatches till July. Mr. Haney the legs. 3x8-12. Climb the ladder 60min lower body Kettlebell
with 35s, 44s, and 53s. workout.
convinced me to just try them. It was love at first try. The rep range I use is 8-
12 because I just get to out of breath to do more. I am usually beat up from Double kettlebell snatches outside 8 sets of 3 speed squats are
training heavy, so that dictates the rep range also. Most of my progression comes the legs. 3x8-10. Climb the ladder performed with no gear and all out
with 35s, 44s, and 53s. effort with little rest. Then the
from trial and error and, of course, experience. My understanding of what Pavel kettlebell routine starts.
taught me is very clear now compared to ten months ago. I want Mr. Haney and Double kettlebell snatches-&-
presses outside the legs. 3x10. A 53, one-arm swings for 10
I to come to the RKC to learn even more. Climb the ladder with 35s, 44s, and between the legs. The next set is
53s. hand-to-hand swings with same 53.
Then I go to the 62 and repeat.
World Class Powerlifters are always looking for that secret training technique to Double kettlebell prone swings. Lie The 88, and repeat.
push them past themselves and their competition. I have been using Louie face down on a tall bench and
swing the kettlebells overhead. Then I take both 53's and swing
Simmons’ Westside training secrets since 1998. With the addition of the Bring them back all the way to them between the legs at the same
Kettlebells, I feel there are zero obstacles to get in the way of that one goal, that parallel from the ground. Like a time for 10. I repeat. Then I go to
swimming stroke. Works muscles in the 65's for the same. Then repeat.
one total everyone wants. The world’s biggest total. your upper back you never knew This is really grueling and no one
you had. 3x12 likes to do these. A lot of lifters
can't do these. It is by far the best
My actions will speak louder than my words. Who would have thought that a Wednesday- Heavy Squat day. Box deadlift builder I have found. By
simple thing that looks like a cannon ball with a handle would be so squats, ‘dead’ good mornings with the way, at the GNC Show of
instrumental to so many athletes in their respective fields! Kettlebell training will the bar suspended on a chain. Strength I was the only person to
pull all three deadlifts from the
be a mainstay not only in my own training. When I become a strength coach, it Thursday- Light bench day (speed). 220's up to SHW. Everyone got
will be a big part of my program. No worries about my other powerlifting tired but I was still fresh.
Friday- Heavy Kettlebell shoulder
comrades doing Kettlebells to help their lifts. They all think it looks too hard day. I finish with the 65's for ‘ the
and it is too expensive to buy them! I hope they never do them! spreading the hips exercise’ that
Same as Tues but heavier. Climb Pavel showed to me. “Pull the hips
the ladder with 44s, 53s, and 62s out of the socket.” Takes about 5-6
I would like to thank Pavel for taking the time to show me those great exercises for 3x8-10. seconds each rep. It teaches to
leverage your body under the bar. I
and Mr. Haney, the very first person in South Carolina to use Kettlebells, for his Last is the one-arm snatch between use this technique in good
willingness to work beyond his capabilities. Also, you combat guys in Pavel's the legs. Line up a 53, a 62, and an mornings as well. Two sets of six for
88 for another ladder. I do sets of this with each rep taking six
book, you guys are tough! 5-7 reps. A brief rest, and another seconds.
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“I have increased my deadlift by 150% and have “I have been following a regimen I got from Power
“I have gained 25 lbs. in my bench and 40 lbs. in doubled my snatch and power clean. My workouts to the People! for about seven weeks now. I have
my deadlift in six weeks. All this improvement and now take less than half the time they did before. lost about 17lbs and have lost three inches in my
I would spend only 20 minutes a day in the weight And now I’m strong! Best of all, I’ve regained the waist. My deadlift has gone from a meager 180lbs
room and not one day was I ever sore. If you are strength in my leg that I had lost after a botched to 255 lbs in that short time as well.”
serious about strength, you are not doing knee surgery. Power to the People! will teach you —Lawrence J. Kochert
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minute workout you can do at home. It also “Like Beyond Stretching and Beyond Crunches,
explains why most popular American workouts his other books, this is great. I think that it is the
are useless or dangerous or both. I can’t best book on effective strength training that I have
“I’ve been lifting for eight years, and Power to the
recommend PTP enough.” ever read. This is not a book just about theory and
People! is the most functional strength training
—David Cooke, Atlanta, GA
H H H
system that I have ever tried. In four short months, principles. But Tsatsouline provides a detailed and
I went from being able to deadlift 165 for five reps complete outline of an exact program to do and
to being able to dead 405 for a single. All without how to customize it for yourself. It is very different
putting on a pound of weight, but by making my “I learned a lot from Pavel’s books and plan to use from anything you have probably every read about
nervous system more effective. Though, to be many of his ideas in my own workouts. Power to strength training. The things he teaches in the book
honest... I seem to have replaced some of my fat the People! is an eye-opener. It will give you new— though won’t just get you strong, if you want more
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so buff now.... I hate you.” My new girlfriend told You will find plenty of ideas here to make your lean, ripped, and/or real big muscled if you want it.
me: “They should make a statue out of you.” The training more productive.” It’s a very good book; the best available English-
difference? Pavel.” —Clarence Bass, author of Ripped 1, 2 &3. language print matter on the topic of strength
H H H
—Dan McVicker, Boulder, CO training.”—Dan Paltzik
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that I couldn’t put it down. I am thoroughly
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“A good book for the athlete looking for a routine indoor training consisted only of Yoga postures. I
“This is the best of the best, and you owe it
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mass. Good source of variation for anyone who’s in enhancing their performance on the job, in
strength you never thought possible. My personal
tired of doing standard exercises.” weight training, and in other athletic pursuits.
experience has been a two-fold increase in my
—Jonathan Lawson, IronMan Magazine Pavel’s genius is that he can take a complex subject
pulling strength and a 70% increase in my presses.
H H H
like weight training and design a program that is
Unlike my previous experiences with weight
enjoyable, efficient and gets fast results. He has
training, these gains were functional. I now run
done the same thing for abdominal development
faster, jump higher, and hit harder.” “I have been a training athlete for over 30 years. I and stretching.”
—Tyler Hass, Pullman, WA played NCAA basketball in college, kick boxed as —Cliff D.V., Honolulu, Hawaii
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Decoding the “Russian Mystery”
In his classic article in Powerlifting USA Marty Gallagher ponders why
the Russians excel in the sport, in spite of horrible food and scarcity of
training equipment. Porridge and
potatoes supplemented with soy animal
feed for extra protein are not exactly ‘the
breakfast of champions’. The equipment
is equally Spartan; post-Soviet strength
athletes rarely have access to more than
just a basic barbell and a lot of plates.
The Power Points — what you’ll get with Pavel’s Power to the People!:
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“Pavel and his book after your strength workout — rather
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Siberian Ginseng!” minutes a day — with only two old-school
—Fairfax Hackley, Arnold Schwarzenegger
exercises
Classic Martial Arts Seminar Director:
H ow often do you grab a read and discover you’ve just landed one of
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How to Develop a
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Turn on Pavel’s
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Do you have a “power presence”? weird circus tricks? I didn’t think so. Do you have to
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an old warhorse who does not need his campaign
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The deadlift separates the serious students of strength gains aren’t exactly typical, but you get the idea.
from the wannabes.
Did Pavel invent the ‘instant strength techniques’? —
Any weenie can answer the question, “How much can No. All top strength athletes use them, some
you bench?” Ask the poser how much he deadlifts and consciously, others not. These elite specimens figured
he will run for cover. these things out after years of practice. But for one
reason or another they generally choose to keep it to
No other exercise will work more muscles in five reps themselves. When Pavel mentioned one of these obscure
of concentrated agony. Your back will fill with strength moves to a world champion powerlifter, the latter
and vitality. Your legs will harden into powerful thought for a moment and said, “I already do that.”
pistons. Have you seen photos of strongmen in the pre-
squat days? No chafing, just wiry power. Your forearms Now, you don’t have to be an elite lifter with decades of Whatever your current
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life require balancing on rubber balls and performing improvement in your results.
Power to you!
Wired for power: superstrength without bulk strength workout…. Starting a chain reaction and bringing every Power breathing: the karate secret of superstrength
How to install a ‘muscle software’ upgrade into your nervous system muscle in your body into play…..portrait of the deadlifter as supreme How to elevate intra-abdominal and intra-thoracic pressure for
and improve your strength and muscle tone….Why the fascination muscleman…Why the deadlift is THE exercise of choice for everyone, additional power….The pneumo-muscular reflex……How to
with bodybuilding has led to a decline in effective strength training…. from computer geek to Olympic athlete…..Why the deadlift is more potentiate ‘muscle excitability’ for further strength gains….How to
Futuristic techniques which enable you to squeeze more horsepower effective than the squat…. How the deadlift strengthens the lower safely hold your breath for greater lifting power—and when the
out of your body-engine. back, traps, scapulae retractors, lats, forearms, and hamstrings…. Valsalva maneuver may be contraindicated…..Why you shouldn’t
Why the deadlift may be the best abdominal exercise, bar wear a lifting belt…..The best-ever ab exercise?…..Avoiding back
Tension! What force is made of none…..How to develop your pressing prowess….How to correctly injuries and hernias…..Increasing your overall strength with the
How tension generates force…..How to maximize muscular tension perform the side press. pneumo-muscular reflex….Rectal sphincter contraction for
for traffic-stopping muscular definition…The five keys to high tension amplifying strength…. The eight most effective breathing habits for
training…The inverse relationship between velocity and How to emphasize your problem areas lifting weights.
strength….Flexing to maximize tension…The function of the without adding exercises
mechanoreceptors in regulating strength….Using Henneman’s size How to shape your body with only two exercises….Why you cannot Slow and steady wins the race
principle to maximize muscular recruitment....Why high values of reshape an individual muscle….Why genetics makes a difference…. How to simultaneously maximize training effect, safety, and
fatigue and tension are mutually exclusive. Tweaking the basic drill to shift a lion’s share of the load to your performance….The benefits of slowness.…Why gymnasts have the
problem area…Specializing on your weakness while working the rest most spectacular muscular definition…Why ballistic cheating is a
Training to failure–or to success? of your muscles adequately—without adding exercises. loser’s game….Straining and grinding for maximum lifts….How the
Why the strongest men and women in the world have never trained firing rate burst can turn you into a lifting crash-and-burn
to failure….Why intensity is the single most important factor in How to become a bear: a Soviet commando’s victim….How gunning the weight can kill your lift….Super slow for
strength training….The fallacy of ‘pushing to the limit’…The only muscle building secret massive go…..Teaching your nervous system how not to give up.
scientific definition of weight training intensity….. Pushing the limits If you want massive muscles and awesome strength….How a Russian
of weight/tension, not reps/exhaustion…..Why training to muscle trooper was able to sport sixteen inch arms-of-steel in just two Feed-forward tension—how to acquire the
failure is counterproductive… Greasing the neural groove using the months of training—and go on to lift 40-50 tons every strength of the mentally deranged
Hebbian rule. workout…How compression of rest intervals promotes growth Frantz’s Third Commandment of Powerlifting…How to trick your
hormone production and maximizes testosterone. feed-back loop and surge to new strength gains….Pulling the brake
Don’t water down your strength with reps and fatigue! from under your gas pedal… Disinhibition training, the hottest new
How to minimize various types of fatigue and get the most out of Last three pieces of the big biceps puzzle direction in strength training…Employing feed-forward tension to
your strength training…How to ensure high energy after your How to build huge muscles on a program of deadlifts and presses maximum advantage…. How ‘virtual lifting’ builds strength…..How
workout….Why performing more than five reps per set hinders only….What, how and when to eat for maximum gains….The to successfully ignore reality….Using internalization as a secret
strength development….Why you need to increase the rest intervals importance of rest….Why you need to reduce stress to protect your weapon in strength training.
between sets….Why it’s best to do only two sets….Why you need to gains—and how to do it best.
pause and relax between reps…How to build greater ligament Pre-tension for max power and safety
strength by “locking and loading”….Surprising advice on how often Virtual masculinity, or “Can I get built up with Maximal flexing of the muscles for greater strength and safety…. The
to practice a lift for optimal gains. a very light weight by pumping my muscles up?” three types of contraction and which gives the highest values of
‘Muscle spinning’, ‘fake’ muscle growth and the Potemkin village tension….The secret that separates elite athletes from ‘also-rans'.
More low rep advantages phenomenon….The two types of muscle growth—which one Successive induction: how to get a strong biceps by contracting your
Three reasons why heavy low rep training is the safest way to lift…. maximizes strength and makes you rock hard. triceps Why antagonist pre-tensing, or successive induction,
Why the stabilizing muscles are prematurely fatigued during high-rep contributes lasting changes to your strength...Successive induction for
sets…. Why most serious injuries occur during fatigued states….Why On variety, soreness, and keeping things in focus superior joint stabilization and reduced joint stress.
bodybuilders suffer from more pec tears than powerlifters….the
How the rebound phenomenon affects your strength
significance of concentration for injury prevention…Low reps for a On shoes, gloves and mirrors
program….Mastering the magic of effective exercise variation….
better quality of life…Why heavy low reps can have a tonic, Less strength, more injuries—why it’s better not to wear shoes when
The danger of switching routines….The importance of focused
energizing effect on the nervous system. you lift—and what to wear if you have to…. Achieving a power boost
superhuman effort….How to remain relatively free of muscle
soreness…..The benefits of simplicity over complexity. with the positive support reaction…Sensitizing the extensor reflex
Rigor mortis, or why high reps failed to tone you up receptors for heavier lifts…Why wearing gloves weakens your
Why going for the ‘burn’ doesn’t work….What is ‘real’ muscle tone Cycling: the Russian breakthrough for continuous presses… Why mirror-gazing can be the difference between
and how do you get it?…..building muscular tension from mediocrity and greatness….Blindfolded lifting for developing superior
neurological activity, not energy exhaustion….Increasing muscle tone improvement (and an excuse to work hard part time) ‘muscle-joint sense’ and better body awareness.
through a more alert nervous system…Why strength and tone The fallacy of the Milo myth…..The pitfalls of over-prolonged
training is the same thing….why deadlifts work best for steel training….Making improvements through reduction….Periodization Power stretching
glutes…How to get maximum definition in your triceps…Why or cycling—a revolutionary approach to strength training…..How to
Becoming super strong and living to tell about it….Speeding recovery
training heavy is the best way to get ripped. make gains year after year….Why ‘softening up’ can reward you with
and reducing injury with power stretching….Increasing muscle
new strength breakthroughs…The ultimate formula for
growth 334%—with progressively more intense stretching…. 9.4%
“But I don’t want to bulk up!” strength…..How to gain beyond your wildest dreams—with less
strength increases using Loaded Passive Stretches between sets…Why
chance of injury….How to avoid burnout….How to perform the
Why lifting heavy doesn’t have to translate into bulking up….What Eastern European sports scientists consider stretching a form of
Linear Cycle for new personal records….. Wave cycling and dealing
makes a biceps grow?…. How to get stronger and harder without strength training…The importance of Shutdown Threshold
with gaps in your training….The Flexible Wave Cycle….. The
getting bigger…minimizing muscular tear-down and Isometrics and Fascial Stretching.
Structured Wave Cycle…. The Step Cycle.
reconstruction…. Increasing your muscles’ packing density….Why a
denser muscle is a harder muscle. The drills
Hyperirradiation: how to boost your strength Forging your body into an off-planet rock….The only equipment you
“Machines are the wusses’ way out” and safety at the same time need…..Loading correctly…..Performing a deadlift correctly….Grip,
How to hack into nature’s neural software to maximize strength posture, breathing….How to lower the weight….The five keys to an
Why it’s safer to use free weights than machines…..And why using the
training effectiveness and efficiency….The reflex arc for easier, safer impeccable deadlift….. The Sumo Deadlift for steel glutes….The
strength built on an exercise machine is like shooting a cannon from
deadlifts….How to milk irradiation for all its strength amplifying Modified Romanian Deadlift for stronger hamstrings and granite
a canoe….How machines create micro-trauma, pattern overload and
worth.…..Hyperirradiation—the high intensity, immediate calves…. The Duck Deadlift off a Platform for eye-popping quads….
eventual injury….Why the Soviet Olympic teams considered free
gratification technique for massive strength gains…How to increase The Snatch Pull for rock hard lats and upper back…..The Clean Pull
weights their best chance for winning a Gold.
your bench press by ten pounds overnight… Three ‘Anti-isolation’ for exceptional hand and forearm strength….The Deadlift Lockout
techniques for added strength and greater workout safety….How for midsection, traps, and grip emphasis…. The Side Press—seven
Isolation exercises, Frankenstein’s choice Japanese sanchin techniques can add power and stability to your
The dangers of isolation exercises….Paying attention to the kinetic reasons to make it the press of choice…. The Floor Press for pec
training….The importance of full tension….How to avoid dissipating emphasis…. The Curl Grip Floor Press for biceps and lateral triceps
chain for optimal performance…The importance of building inter- your strength…The three greatest benefits of hyperirradiation.
muscular coordination for functional strength….Why deadlifts can emphasis—and for fixing wrecked shoulders….. The Barbell Curl—
help you run faster and jump higher. for those who insist.
Hard abs + strong hands = powerful body
Irradiation: the science of getting strong and Stimulating the forearm musculature for enhanced lifting The Power to the People! Manifesto
ability….The importance of grip strength….. Avoiding ligament Getting back to the basics—the Holy Grail of true power and
hard with only two exercises damage and carpal tunnel syndrome…..Abs—the weak link limiting
The Sherrington Law of Irradiation……The neural ‘turn on’…. How strength…..Power to the People!, a ‘simplex’ approach to strength
everyone’s performance…How flexing the abs amplifies the power of training…The no frills power formula for everyone….On brutally
a hard-working muscle can cheerlead its neighbors into amplifying your lift.
their strength….Why compound exercises are more effective strength effective essentials—Bruce Lee’s final word.
builders than isolation moves…Designing a superior efficiency
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“Abs to Die For—
SECRETS
to Kill For.”
Gain a Ripped Powerhouse of Six-Pack
Muscle In No Time at All—
with Breakthrough Techniques
That Blow the Roof Off
Traditional Ab Exercises
“For those of you who are unfamiliar with the full contact twist, you
are really missing out. I picked up this little gem in Pavel
Tsatsouline’s excellent ab training book, Bullet-Proof Abs. The FCT
is one of the few exercises that I can honestly say revolutionized my
training. No other exercise has improved my core strength and
rotational power to that degree.”
—Steven Morris, MILO: A Journal for Serious Strength Athletes
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“An IRON CURTAIN Has
Descended Across MY Abs”
Possess a maximum impact training
tool for the world’s most effective abs,
no question.
Includes detailed follow-along inst- • No one—but no one—has ever matched
ructions on how to perform most of the Bruce Lee’s ripped-beyond-belief abs.
exercises described in the companion What was his favorite exercise? Here it is.
book, Bullet-Proof Abs Demonstrates Now you can rip your own abs to eye-
popping shreds and reclassify yourself as
advanced techniques for optimizing
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Part I - How to TRULY ISOLATE Your Abs—
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The three essentials of a perfect abs exercise….why crunches can’t and don’t
work….why the current ab machines fail to deliver on their promise…. the Law
of Irradiation…. Professor Janda’s breakthrough discovery….how the Janda
situp strengthens and tones your abs in the quickest, most efficient manner….
the Law of Reciprocal Inhibition….how the Ab Pavelizer minimizes irradiation
and maximizes abdominal strength….how to optimize your results with a
Pavel Tsatsouline graduated program and achieve the abs of a world class athlete.
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PRAISE FOR PAVEL TSATSOULINE AND FOR THE FIRST EDITION OF BEYOND CRUNCHES
“Thank you for the great job you did in your “Congratulations on your book Beyond Crunches. I
presentation (on abdominal training) at the Arnold Fitness found several of the insights and expressions to be very
EXPO Seminar. We received uniformly interesting and thought provoking (The Ab Pavelizer is
favorable comments concerning the quality of your just one). I will be implementing some of them into my
instruction and the content of your message. As you know own abdominal workout schedules.”
the fitness enthusiasts we attract to our seminars are very —Dennis B. Weiss, author of Mass!, Raw Muscle &
knowledgeable individuals. Hence, their supportive Anabolic Muscle Mass
feedback concerning you and your presentation is of
special significance.” “As someone who has been crippled twice by injuries to
—James J. Lorimer, Schwarzenegger/Lorimer my spine and had to rebuild my body from scratch twice,
Productions I have two things to say: 1) serious abdominal
conditioning is *mandatory* for anyone with back pain
“The Pavelizer is the rage among the iron elite.” and anyone who intends to push their body in sport or
—Marty Gallagher, World Masters Powerlifting martial arts and 2) Pavel’s book is, by far, the best book
Champion, WashingtonPost.com I’ve seen on this vitally important and neglected
subject.”
Bullet-Proof Abs
“I am writing on behalf of the entire Board of Directors
of the Texas Tactical Police Officers Association to
—Ken McCarthy, New York 2nd Edition of
express our sincere gratitude to you for helping with our “This book took me from having a back that everyone Beyond Crunches
Conference 2000. We trained 536 officers from 129 told me was too weak to ever do heavy lifting and that Book By Pavel Tsatsouline,
agencies. was in almost constant pain to no back pain and new PR’s Paperback 128 pages
Your portion of the instruction was a huge success. All in the deadlift and Squat. Pavel’s ab exercises are the stuff
119 Photos and 112 Illustrations
of the student critiques were very complimentary. As a champions are made of. Clear, concise directions and
team leader with the Houston Police Department SWAT radical new ideas make this book well worth the money #B11 $34.95
team, I am constantly looking for new ways to improve spent. And it’s for every trainee with a desire to succeed.
my physical performance. According to the student I’ve heard that you must already be very advanced to
comments, you have truly introduced a new and begin the exercises in this book, but I recently began
revolutionary fitness program to our members. training my 50 year old father-in-law using these “I have seen
In particular, our members commented on your techniques and after about a month he was doing Janda many abdominal
common sense, practical exercises that utilize a situps with the best of them. Not to
routines in the
minimum amount of equipment to achieve the very goals mention he no longer complains of back pain and has
that other instructors require thousands of dollars of better posture. Get this book and throw out all of your last 25 years and
equipment to achieve. These techniques will help each others on abs!” the Beyond
officer reach new levels of fitness and ultimately improve —Chris Dudzik, Hollister, CA. Crunches
their ability to protect the communities they serve.It is our program is the
mission to provide the very best training available, “Pavel delivers once again! This book details the
anywhere. Your efforts helped make that possible.” mechanics of abdominal and oblique development in an best yet.”
—M.L. “Sandy” Wall, Training Advisor, TTPOZ easy to understand, user-friendly format. Learn to either
build up your midsection, tone it up, get a prominent six- —Steve Maxwell,
“Expect to find some of the most grueling stomach- pack, and/or increase your punching and throwing power M.Sc., Senior
busters that you have ever experienced—Tsatsouline by learning to integrate your powerful midsection! There
advocates low-repetition intensity over high-repetition is one particular exercise that I found to be super World Brazilian
“burn” exercises, and introduces us to the Ab Pavelizer, a productive in adding to punching power, and this is the Jujitsu Champion
machine of his own invention that allows for perfect sit- only book that has it... It is extremely simple and easy to
ups. Beyond Crunches has many new and challenging understand. Pavel explains how to protect your spine and
drills, making this a great manual for anyone who needs perform the “perfect” situp. All in all a great book by a
some variety in their workout routine. Included is great author, definitely a must-have for any fighter and
the Flag, Bruce Lee’s favorite abdominal exercise.” lifter. My punching power and deadlifting strength went
—Brendan J. LaSalle, Amazon.com up very quickly on this program and I am very pleased.”
— Sean Williams, Long Beach, NY
“As a chiropractic physician, I see the deleterious effects
of a weak torso on the lower back. Weak abs lead to years “I’ve bought the TV advertised training devices and a
of back pain and dysfunction. As a world record holding bundle of ab books—tried them all. But, doing the
powerlifter, I know the importance of strong abs on routines Pavel Tsatsouline presents in this book is the way
maximum power performance. Beyond Crunches is THE I have achieved solid abs! Pavel offers a great deal of
text and authority on ab/trunk stability.” knowledge in an easy to digest manner. His writing, while
—Dr. Fred Clary, National Powerlifting Champion and colloquial, is founded in research and deep understanding
World Record Holder of physiology and kinesthetics. I highly recommend this See the
book.”
“I learned a lot from Pavel’s books and video, and plan — Linda Crawford, Minnesota State Masters Ab Pavelizer™ II
to use many of his ideas in my own workouts, especially
the nontraditional ab exercises described in Beyond
Powerlifting Champion and Record Holder,
Minneapolis, MN
on page 35
Crunches.”—Clarence Bass, Most Muscular Man, Mr.
U.S.A, Past 40, author of Ripped 1, 2 & 3 and Lean for Life
“I use the T.A.P.S. System with all fighters every single day with great results!”
—Steve Baccari, RKC Boxing Coach, Co-author: Power Behind the Punch
The 11 individual exercises plus 11
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FULL KONTACT KETTLEBELLS
THE MARTIAL ART OF STRENGTH TRAINING
• Hit HARDER and FASTER—for a quicker victory in any fight Martial artists have long been
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• Develop explosive, short-range striking POWER—and hammer the most and body control. Watch your
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• Build STRENGTH at all angles—be impregnable where you used to be a
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every conflict
most important strength training
• Absorb all drills effortlessly—thanks to multiple camera angles and
super-clear demos secrets for martial artists. Never
• Master bodyweight exercises—then graduate to super-powerful, weighted before has such a thorough
drills strength training program been
• Discover how to brace your body for heavy impact—and deny entry to the available for combat athletes.
most dangerous strikes
• Identify and avoid the errors that can lead to career-threatening injuries
• Master the principles behind the techniques—to build an instinctive
advantage in sudden, unexpected attacks
Steve Cotter will teach you
Steve Cotter became a Champion by discovering what works—and the martial art of strength Full KOntact
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Full KOntact Kettlebells: The Martial Art of Strength Training lays of The Russian Kettlebell DVD #DV010 $44.95
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Be as FLEXIBLE as
You Want to Be—
FASTER, SAFER and SOONER
“I can’t say I’ve read many books on flexibility with the wit and clearheaded wisdom I found in
Pavel Tsatsouline’s Relax Into Stretch. Tsatsouline delivers the how-and-why of progressive
techniques for achieving suppleness, from simple yoga stretching to advance neuromuscular
facilitation, without burying the reader in hocus-pocus or scientific jargon. Tsatsouline’s Relax
Into Stretch provides an alternative: straightforward and practical techniques that don’t require
a lifetime to master”.
—Fernando Pages Ruiz, Contributing Editor Yoga Journal
“I tell you truly that Relax Into Stretch is superb. Stretching has always been associated with any
serious fitness effort and Tsatsouline’s approach to this old discipline is fresh and unique and
thought provoking. Best of all, this book combines philosophic insight with in-your-face reality
as Pavel shares with the reader ‘drills’ that turn you into what this former Russian Spetznaz
instructor calls ‘ a flexibility mutant'. This book supplies both the road map and the
methodology. Don’t ask to borrow my copy.”
—Marty Gallagher, Columnist, WashingtonPost.com
Look at all you get to live longer and feel better with SUPER JOINTS:
Foreword joints and your quest for splits…what never to do with your knees…Split switches—an excellent adjunct
to your Relax into Stretch split training and simply dandy for your hips…Spine flexion/extension…why
Who needs Super Joints?…the needs-based survey for super-healthy joint owners…decreasing the odds spine decompression is vital to spine health and mobility…Spine rotation…mobility drills for your spine
of injuries…how to develop the right blend of strength and flexibility and improve your survival as a top priority for rejuvenation.
odds…for better performance…active flexibility versus passive flexibility…restoring youthful
mobility…flexibility development for young athletes…improving posture…kicking-range…improving Part Two: Strength-Flexibility Plus More Joint Mobility
passive flexibility.
How to make your body feel better than you can remember…active flexibility for sporting prowess and
Part One: Joint Health and Mobility fewer injuries…agonists and antagonists…basic active flexibility training…how long to hold an active
stretch…how to “Reach the Mark” —using the ideomotor effect to successfully extend your stretch…
How to keep your one hundred joints running smooth…how Mobility Drills can save your joints and how strength coach Bill Starr develops active and passive flexibility.
prevent or reduce arthritis …the theory of limit loads…Amosov’s daily complex of joint mobility
exercises…Lying Behind-the-Head Leg Raises…Standing Toe-Touch…Arm Circles… Side bends… How to perform the ‘Pink Panther’ technique…taking advantage of the Ukhtomsky reflex…how one
Shoulder Blade Reach…Torso Turn…Knee Raises…Pushups…Roman Chair Situps…how to make the physical therapist used the Pink Panther to add a couple of feet to her hamstring stretch in one set…the
Roman chair situp safer…paradoxical breathing…squats… the secrets of safer back bending… partner hamstring stretch.
Amosov’s vital tip for creating a surge in your fountain-of-youth calisthenics.
Is active isolated stretching any good?—the bottom line on AIS…the demographics of stretching…how
The distinct difference between joint mobility and muscle flexibility training…Amosov’s “three stages of and why your age and sex should dictate your choice of stretching exercises…the best techniques for
joint health”…appropriate maintenance/prevention strategies for the three stages…how to get started young girls and boys—and what to avoid…a special warning for pregnant women…what adults should
and how to ramp up….the correct tempos for best results—Amosov’s way and Pavel’s way…when best do…the elderly…and adolescents.
to perform your mobility drills… shakin’ up your proprioceptors—the one-stop care-shop for your inner
Tin Man…how to give your nervous system a tune up, your joints a lube-job and your energy a recharge. Stretching to help slumped shoulders…stretch weakness and tight weakness…how to address the
weakness of the overstretched muscles and the tightness of their antagonists…two respected Russian
From cruise control to full throttle: The One Thousand Moves Morning Recharge—Academician regimens for better posture…understanding the vital difference between a tight and a toned muscle…the
Amosov’s “bigger bang” calisthenics complex—how to add more cardio and more strengthening to you Davis Law…functional and dysfunctional tension.
joint mobility program…adding One Legged Jumps, Stomach Sucks and The Birch Tree—how to
achieve heaven-on-earth in 25–40 minutes. The Drills: Strength-Flexibility Plus More Joint Mobility
Checking yourself…are your joints mobile enough?—F. L. Dolenko’s battery of joint mobility tests…four Illustrated descriptions and special tips:
tests for the cervical spine…two for the thoracic and lumbar spine…four for the shoulder girdle…two Windmill—for effectively improving the spine’s rotation…Pink Panther straight-legged situp—the drill
for the elbows…three for the wrists…three for the hips…and two for the knee joints. that can add a palm’s length to your toe touch in minutes…Bridge—awesome for opening up the chest
and improving spine extension…some warnings for those with back and wrists problems…how to
The Drills: Joint Mobility dramatically improve your bridges with the Relax into Stretch hip flexor stretches.
Illustrated descriptions and special tips: ‘Bathtub push’—opens up the chest, great for posture and a must for a big bench press…how to develop
Three plane neck movements—deceptively simple but great for bad necks…Shoulder circles…Fist an actively flexible spine with minimal disc loading—three tips from Russian experts…‘Ghost Pulling
exercise…Wrist rotations…Elbow circles…how to avoid contracture or age-related shortening…The Knife’—great for correcting “computer hunch”... Shoulder dislocate with a bungee cord—the Olympic
Egyptian—an awesome shoulder loosener popular with Russian martial artists... Russian Pool—for weightlifter favorite for mutant shoulder flexibility…Shoulder blade spread—a popular stretch among
super-cranking your shoulders…Arm circles—for all the ROM your shoulders need……Ankle old time strong men…Side wall reach…Pink Panther knee chambers and kicks—to dramatically
circles…Knee circles…Squats…finding the sweet spot…why deep squats are essential and how to avoid improve the height and precision of your kicks…a S.W.A.T. team favorite... a unique stretching technique
injury with correct performance…Hula hoop— a favorite of Russian Phys. Ed. Teachers, good for your for high kicks from the Russian army’s top hand-to-hand combat instructor…Pink Panther
lower back and hips…Belly dance—a must for martial artists…The Cossack—a great drill for the hip arabesque…add more height and power to your kicks with the ‘Scissors maneuver’.
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“The Do-It-Now, Fast-Start,
Get-Up-and-Go, Jump-into-Action
Bible for
HIGH PERFORMANCE
and LONGER LIFE”
You have a choice in life. You can sputter
and stumble and creak your way along in a
process of painful, slow decline—or you
can take charge of your health and become
a human dynamo.
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Acclaim for The Warrior Diet
“For those individuals who like to think Having met Ori on several occasions, I can energy and spirit that humans have always
outside of the box, The Warrior Diet represents certainly attest that he is the living proof that his been meant to possess.”
an innovative approach to fitness and weight system works. He maintains a ripped muscular —Pilar Gerasimo, Editor in Chief, Experience
loss. No questions, it’s worked for Ori body year round despite juggling extreme Life Magazine
Hofmekler, so why not give it a shot?” workloads and family life. His take on
—Men’s Exercise, Aug 2003 supplementation is refreshing as he promotes
an integrated and timed approach. The “I refuse to graze all day, I have better things to
Warrior Diet is a must read for the nutrition do. I choose The Warrior Diet.”
“In a startling reversal of recent dietary advice and training enthusiast who wishes to expand —Pavel Tsatsouline, author of Power to the
fitness expert Ori shows how you can indeed his horizons.” People! and The Russian Kettlebell Challenge
have your cake and eat it too—staying slim and —Charles Poliquin, author of The Poliquin
trim while indulging yourself with many of Principles and Modern Trends in Strength
your favorite foods. Not just another diet book, “I think of myself as a modern-day warrior;
Training, Three-Time Olympic Strength
The Warrior Diet presents a brilliant synthesis businessman, family man and competitive
Coach
of modern scientific research and ancient time- athlete. In the 2 years that I have been following
tested secrets for reducing body fat, gaining The Warrior Diet, I have enjoyed the predators’
energy and looking younger.” “Despite its name, The Warrior Diet isn’t about advantage of freedom from the necessity of
—Women’s Health and Fitness, June 2003 leading a Spartan lifestyle, although it is about frequent feedings. I also benefit from the
improving quality of life. With a uniquely competitive edge of being a fat burning
compelling approach, the book guides you machine. My 12-year-old son, who is also a
“In my quest for a lean, muscular body, I have towards the body you want by re-awakening competitive athlete, has naturally gravitated
seen practically every diet and suffered through primal instinct and biofeedback—the things towards The Warrior Diet. He is growing up
most of them. It is also my business to help that have allowed us to evolve this far. lean, strong and healthy, unlike many of his
others with their fat loss programs. I am Ironically, in a comfortable world of peers, many of whom, even in this land of
supremely skeptical of any eating plan or overindulgence, your survival may still be plenty, are overweight and frequently sick.
“diet” book that can’t tell me how and why it determined by natural selection. If this is the Thank you, Ori, for writing The Warrior
works in simple language. Ori Hofmekler’s case, The Warrior Diet will be the only tool Diet.”
The Warrior Diet does just this, with a logical, you’ll need.” —Stephen Maxwell, Ms., 2-time Brazilian
readable approach that provides grounding for —Brian Batcheldor, Science writer/researcher, Jiu-Jitsu World Champion, Co-Owner,
his claims and never asks the reader to take a National Coach, British Powerlifting Team Maxercise Sports/Fitness Training Center and
leap of faith. The Warrior Diet can be a very Relson Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy East
valuable weapon in the personal arsenal of any
woman.” “In a era of decadence, where wants and
—DC Maxwell, 2-time Women’s Brazilian desires are virtually limitless, Ori’s vision recalls “My body continues to get tighter and more
Jiu-Jitsu World Champion, Co-Owner, an age of warriors, where success meant toned in all of the right places...and people
Maxercise Sports/Fitness Training Center and survival and survival was the only option. A marvel at my eating practices.
Relson Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy East diet of the utmost challenge from which users Read The Warrior Diet with an open mind.
will reap tremendous benefits.” Digest the information at your own pace.
—John Davies, Olympic and professional Assimilate the knowledge to make it fit into
“The information in The Warrior Diet will sports strength/speed coach your current lifestyle. You will be amazed at
help you achieve the next level in training for how much more productive and energetic you
the 21st century. It is the physical training along will be. Be a warrior in your own right. Your
with the diet that will make a lasting impact on “Ori Hofmekler has his finger on a deep, body will thank you for it.”
your life. I am deeply grateful for Ori’s advice ancient and very visceral pulse—one that too
and the friendship we have established over the many of us have all but forgotten. Part warrior- —Laura Moore, Science writer, Penthouse
years.” athlete, part philosopher-romantic, Ori not Magazine, IronMan Magazine, Body of the
only reminds us what this innate, instinctive Month for IronMan, Sept 2001, Radio Talk
—Sifu John R. Salgado, World Champion, Show Host The Health Nuts, author of Sex
Chinese Wrestling and Taiji Push Hands rhythm is all about, he also shows us how to
detect and rekindle it in our own bodies. His Heals
“The Warrior Diet certainly defies so-called program challenges and guides each of us to
modern nutritional and training dogmas. fully reclaim for ourselves the strength, sinew,
Maximum Muscle “In a sea of crash diets and fitness fads Ori Hofmekler offers an intelligent, well-researched and
functional blueprint for healthy living. Those of you familiar with “The Warrior Diet” will find new
Minimum Fat information and further depth in Ori’s latest offering. For readers new to Ori’s research you will
find a detailed exploration into how we can fuel and train our bodies to reach our full potential. A
The Science of Physical far cry from the usual diet/fitness books that line bookstore shelves, Maximum Muscle, Minimum
Fat offers an unprecedented exploration into the science human performance and in doing so sets a
Perfection new standard.
By Ori Hofmekler With Marc Salzman
This extremely well written book is packed with technical information along with carefully crafted
#B27 $34.95 summaries that help turn the science of training into the art of personal excellence. It goes beyond
Paperback 180 pages 8.5” x 11” training for the sake of vanity and explores the science behind functional strength.
Discover: in the gym and at the dinner table. Such people go through their
training and their life with a kind of handbrake on, never reaching
their full potential. For a practical method of pushing the limits of
human performance and to create a functionally strong and fit body I
• How to turn on your anabolic switch—and optimize highly recommend Maximum Muscle, Minimum Fat.
muscle growth —Shawn Mozen, President, Agatsu Inc.
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HOW TO BE AT YOUR BEST WHEN IT COUNTS THE MOST:
PEAK YOUR STRENGTH BY ‘GREASING THE GROOVE’
Charles Stocking MA, CSCS
1st attempt
The weight you used for week 2 of the peaking phase, 90-95%
Sample Peaking Schedule
of your Near Max. You just did this weight for 10-15 singles the
Here is my exact three-week peaking schedule just to give you an idea of how
week before. This weight will feel light as a feather!
to organize your training. But remember -the exact way you peak and the
distribution of singles when Greasing the Groove is strictly individual!
2nd attempt
Your Near Max, the weight you did the week 1 of the peaking cycle. Week1: Test for Near Max
Friday-Test day
This routine builds tremendous confidence in your competitive Squat- warm up to 385x1, 405x1, 445x1 (old PR), 460x1 (new comfortable
lifting while building an incredible amount of strength at the PR) Deadlift- warm up to 445x1, 465x1, 485 x1 (old PR), 500 x1 (new
same time. You will find that the first two attempts really just lift comfortable PR) I treated Monday and Wednesday as a sort of ‘neurological
themselves. On the third attempt it's time to dig deep and let it primer’ for my test day. I did only squats on Monday and Wednesday so as not to
all go. get a CNS burnout before my test day. Similarly, we all performed fewer deadlifts
than squats for the same reason during our GTG week.
Across the board, we all set personal records and performed
Week 2: GTG
better in competition than in our training. In this meet, we
focused on the squat and the deadlift but this routine can be used Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday
for the bench as well. In my experience though, the routine is Squat -440 3x1 (sets x reps) Deadlift -485 2x1
most effective when focusing on a single lift and doing
maintenance work for the others. Even if the gain is as little as Friday
10 lbs., that can be the difference between the first and the Squat -440 3x1 Deadlift -485 3x1 Which adds up to 15 singles @ 440 in the
second place or the difference between getting a record or not, squat and 9 deadlift singles @ 485.
whether it’s a World Record or simply a personal record. The
Week 3: The Meet
point is, you've increased your Competitive Reliability, you're no
longer a gym lifter, you performed at your best when it counted Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
the most. Rest
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Have you noticed—the greater a man’s skill, the more he achieves with less? And the skill of strength
is no exception. From the ancient days of Greek wrestling, to the jealously guarded secrets of Chinese
Kung Fu masters, to the hard men of modern spec ops, warriors and allied strongmen have developed
an amazing array of skills for generating inhuman strength.
But these skills have been scattered far and wide, held closely secret, or communicated in a piecemeal
fashion that has left most of us frustrated and far from reaching our true strength potential.
Now, for the first time, Russian strength expert and former Spetsnaz instructor Pavel has gathered
many of these devastating techniques into one highly teachable skill set. In The Naked Warrior Pavel
reveals exactly what it takes to be super-strong in minimum time—when your body is your only tool.
• Gain more brute strength in days than • Master the one-arm/one-leg pushup
you did in years of bodybuilding or for crushing upper body force
calisthenics • Forge super-piston, never-quit legs
• Discover the martial secrets of instant
power generation—for rapid surges in
with the Spetsnaz favorite “Pistol”
• Discover the magic of “GTG”—
The Naked Warrior
applied strength guaranteed the world’s most effective
Master the Secrets of the
• Discover how to get a world-class strength routine Super-Strong—Using
powerlifter’s quality workout—using • Be tow-truck strong—yet possess the Bodyweight Exercises Only
your body only rugged looks of a stripped-down racer By Pavel
• Get a harder, firmer, functionally-fitter • No gym, no weights, no problem—get
body—and be as resilient as hell #B28 $39.95
a dynamite strength workout at a
whatever you face moment’s notice—wherever you are
Paperback 218 pages 8.5” x 11”
Over 190 black & white photos plus several
illustrations
Chapter 1 Another secret of the karate punch…the power of of concentric-only training…Renegade Pistol
rotation and spiral…the invisible force…Bracing: …Fire-in-the-Hole Pistol … Cossack Pistol
The Naked Warrior Rules of boost your strength up to 20% with an …Dynamic Isometric Pistol…combining dynamic
Engagement armwrestling tactic…when to brace…the exercise with high-tension stops…multiple stops
advantage of dead-start exercises…‘Body for greater pain…taking advantage of your
‘The Naked Warrior', or why strength train with hardening’—tough love for teaching tension…the sticking points…easier variations…three reasons
bodyweight? The definition of strength…strength quick and hard way to greater tension why adding isos to dynamic lifting can increase
classifications…examples of the three types of control…Beyond bracing: “zipping up”…taking effectiveness by up to 15%…protecting yourself
strength…the only way to build strength…high your pretensing skills to a new level…Wind up for against injury…Isometric Pistol…holding tension
resistance and mental focus on contraction power…the art of storing elastic energy for over time…the art of “powered-down” high-
…tension generation skill…a powerful instant- greater power…the reverse squat. tension techniques…Weighted Pistol…working
strength mix…The Naked Warrior Principles the spinal erectors.
…the six keys to greater strength…How do lifters Chapter 4
really train?…‘best practice’ secrets of
Power Breathing: The Martial Chapter 7
powerlifters and Olympic weightlifters…How do
gymnasts get a good workout with the same Arts Masters’ Secret for Field-Stripping the One-Arm
weight?…five strategies for making 5-rep Superstrength Pushup
exercises harder…how gymnasts achieve super
strength…how to customize the resistance Bruce Lee called it “breath strength”…cranking The One-Arm Pushup, floor and elevated…how
without changing the weight. up your breath strength…your body as a first- to shine at high-intensity exertion…change-ups
class sound system—how to make it happen… for easy and difficult…the authorized
Chapter 2 definition of true power breathing…Power technique…developing a controlled descent…
inhalation…the mystery breathing muscle that’s Isometric One-Arm Pushup…The One-Arm Dive
The Naked Warrior Workout Bomber Pushup…The One-Arm Pump…The
vital to your strength…amping up the
compression…when and why to hold your One-Arm Half Bomber Pushup…Four more drills
“Grease the groove,” or how to get superstrong to work up to the One-Arm Dive Bomber…The
breath…Reverse power breathing: evolution of
without a routine…the secret success One-Arm/One-Leg Pushup…the Tsar of the one-
the Iron Shirt technique…the pelvic diaphragm
formula…Some GTG testimonials from the arm pushups.
lock…two crucial rules for maximal power
dragondoor.com forum…how does the GTG
breathing…Power up from the core, or the
system work?…turning your nerves into
superconductors…avoiding muscle failure…
‘pneumatics of Chi’…two important principles of Chapter 8
strength as a skill—the magic formula…”The
power generation…how to avoid a power Naked Warrior Q&A
leakage…the “balloon” technique for greater
Pistol”: the Russian Spec Ops’ leg strengthener of
power.
choice…how to do it—the basics…The one- Are bodyweight exercises superior to exercises
arm/one-leg pushup: “an exercise in total body with weights?…the advantage of cals…what cals
tension”…what gymnastics has to teach Chapter 5 enforce…the biggest disadvantage of bodyweight
us…another advantage of the one-arm Driving GTG Home exercising…the advantage of barbells…the
pushup…GTG, the ultimate specialization advantages and disadvantages of dumbbells…the
program. advantages of kettlebells…Why is there such an
Driving GTG home: focused…skill-building— intense argument in the martial arts community as
why “fewer is better”…the law of the to whether bodyweight exercises are superior to
Chapter 3 jungle…Driving GTG home: flawless…how to exercises with weights?…confusions explained
High-Tension Techniques for achieve perfection—the real key…the five …what a fighter needs…Can I get very strong
Instant Strength conditions for generating high tension…the using only bodyweight exercises?…Should I mix
significance of low rep work…Driving GTG different strength-training tools in my training?
home: frequent…the one great secret of press …How can I incorporate bodyweight exercises
Tension. What force is made of…the relationship success…Driving GTG home: fresh…the many
between tension and force…high-tension with kettlebell and barbell training?…Can the
aspects of staying fresh for optimal strength high-tension techniques and GTG system be
techniques…'Raw strength’ versus ‘technique’ gains…staying away from failure…the balancing
…the power of mental focus…Low gear for brute applied to weights?… Can the high-tension
act between frequency and freshness…Driving techniques and GTG system be applied to strength
force…speed and tension…putting explosiveness GTG home: fluctuating…how to avoid training
in context…”Doesn’t dynamic tension act like a endurance training?…I can’t help overtraining.
plateaus…”same yet different” strategies… What should I do?…Can I follow the Naked
brake?”… a dirty little secret of bodybuilding ‘waviness of load’…countering fatigue…training
…the dangers of mindless lifting…The power of a Warrior program on an ongoing basis?…Can I
guidelines for a PR…backing off and overtraining. add more exercises to the Naked Warrior
fist…the principle of irradiation…Accidental
discharge of strength: a tip from firearms program?…Will my development be unbalanced
instructors…interlimb response and your muscle Chapter 6 from doing only two exercises?…Is there a way to
software…Power abs = a power body…the Field-Stripping the Pistol work the lats with a pulling exercise when no
relationship between abs tension and body weights or pullup bars are accessible?…door
strength… he ‘back-pressure crunch’…the source pullups…door rows…Where can I learn more
Box Pistol…how to go from zero to hero…the
of real striking power…A gymnast instantly gains about bodyweight-only strength training?…Low
box squat—a champions’ favorite for multi-
40 pounds of strength on his iron cross with the reps and no failure? This training is too
muscle strength gains…making a quantum leap in
three techniques you have just learned…The easy!…Will I forget all the strength techniques in
your squats…various options from easier to
“static stomp”: using ground pressure to some sort of emergency?…Isn’t dedicating most of
eviler…the rocking pistol…how to recruit your
maximize power…a secret of top karatekas and the book to technique too much?…why technique
hip flexors…how to avoid cramping…One-
bench pressers…how the secret of armpit power is crucial…moving from ordinary to
Legged Squat, Paul Anderson style…Airborne
translates into paydirt for one-arm pushups, extraordinary.
Lunge…Pistol Classic…mastering the real
punches, and bench presses…”The corkscrew”: deal…Negative-Free Pistol…the three advantages
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Praise for Pavel’s The Naked Warrior
“As a diehard weightlifting competitor
throughout the past 40 years, I at first
The Naked Warrior
viewed the bodyweight-only approach of Master the Secrets of the
The Naked Warrior with some trepidation.
Imagine my surprise when discovering Pavel
Super-Strong—Using
Tsatsouline’s latest work stresses real Bodyweight Exercises Only
STRENGTH TRAINING, employment of a
limited amount of key major muscle group By Pavel Tsatsouline
movements, and a high intensity, low rep
format! Indeed, by deriving the best features #B28 $39.95
of proven power building programs from all Paperback 218 pages 8.5” x 11”
weightlifting disciplines, gymnastics, martial
arts, and other “heavy” exercise modes, Mr. Over 190 black & white photos
Tsatsouline has redefined strength-
conditioning for the 21st century!
“This book has caused me to completely re-
Recently retired from 32 years in public evaluate the way I look at calisthenics...
education, I used to agonize over the archaic Education is a wonderful thing and in this
athletic training which was witnessed on a book you have most certainly educated me,
daily basis; coaches simply led their charges as you will educate thousands... The great
through hours of mind-numbing, ineffective detail you include works, as I often receive a
calisthenics, “tradition” since centuries great deal of e-mail asking for more detail.
before. Now, Pavel’s research can yield a Even those of us who have cranked out
much more condensed, result- producing hundreds of thousands of reps in various “The Naked Warrior is outstanding as a
package. The Naked Warrior routine has the drills don’t really know what we are doing complement to Pavel’s other books or
potential to save teams huge blocks of much at a micro level. The detail allows us to standing alone. The ‘Grease the Groove’
needed time, will not drain their athletes’ scrutinize our performance and make section alone makes this book worth
energy, and saves from any strain on the adjustments to improve performance. owning. For martial artists and practitioners
usual tight budget—no new equipment, of police defensive tactics the two featured
definitely no assembly required!!!” As for the spec ops warrior, this is great! exercises in The Naked Warrior will greatly
—John McKean, six time All-Round There are so many times when you are enhance striking and kicking. The One-Arm
Weightlifting World Champion unable to bring weights with you and you Pushup and the One-Legged Squat (Pistol)
have to rely on cals to get you through. are the closest thing to actually striking and
kicking that strength training has to offer.
This new learning on cals allows us in the
“Pavel... your sections on tension and field to still train for great strength with only For martial artists who don’t wish to weight
breathing de-mystify the concept of our bodies and that’s like money in the train or just don’t have the time The Naked
‘centering’. Many practitioners of Oriental bank! For example, I am going on a 10 day Warrior program is the way to go to
arts emphasize the mental path to power trip with no weights and I will most enhance strength. Those who do weight
generation. The majority of Westerners certainly do The Naked Warrior workout train will want to include the Naked
cannot relate to that. You have made it a while I am gone! I can’t wait to get started! Warrior program into their training as well
physical skill and described it in such a way since the benefit is great while time, cost and
that anyone can practice it and readily The Naked Warrior is a must for anyone convenience are non-factors.
improve... This book, as with The Russian who trains people with cals! While it’s great
Kettlebell Challenge... will catch like fire in for your own use, you can help others The ‘byproduct’ of the high tension concepts
the tactical community.” improve dramatically by knowing what to outlined in this book is the martial artist will
—Name withheld, Instructor, Counter look for and what to suggest to improve learn more about the use of muscle tension
Assault Team, US Secret Service their technique. in motion than he will during the majority
—SSgt. Nate Morrison, USAF, Pararescue of martial arts training. Tension, in it’s
Combatives Course Project Manager proper degree and application is of
paramount importance, it is not only a
factor in strength, but in speed and
endurance as well. The section on Power
“If I was stuck on a desert island (or
Breathing explains the relation between
somewhere else with no access to weights)
“The Naked Warrior is one of Pavel’s best strength and breathing like most martial art
I’d hope that Pavel Tsatsouline would be
work yet!!! I find that Pavel’s easy to instructors don’t or cannot.
there to help keep me in shape. With The
Naked Warrior, Pavel has moved the art of understand, no nonsense approach in The
Naked Warrior will help one become the There is finally a scientific explanation on
exercise without weights to a new level. I
best they can be. In addition, the tools Pavel many of the breathing exercises and
like both the exercises he has selected and
explains in The Naked Warrior will help my techniques that abound. As is stated in the
the approach he advocates for training on
Olympic style weight lifters gain the core book, ‘strength is a technique.’ You can
them. Now, whether you have weights or
strength they need to put additional kg on practice martial skills without the
not, there is no reason not to get into top
their totals. Thanks Pavel for such a great information offered in The Naked Warrior,
shape!”
work!! “ but you risk not operating at full potential.”
—Arthur Drechsler, author “The
—Mike Burgener, Sr international —George Demetriou, Modern Warrior
Weightlifting Encyclopedia”
weightlifting coach Defensive Tactics Institute, NYC