Everywhere you look in the United States whether at the local health club or the newsstand you will see the stronghold of a bodybuilding mentality that has permeated our society for decades. Until September 2003 I had fallen victim to that type of thinking and did not know any better until I stumbled upon the man known simply as Pavel. Russian Master of Sports Pavel Tsatsouline has taken America by storm with his simple yet effective training methods that have been used extensively in Eastern Bloc countries for years. This explains why so few people are open to the Party (all-inclusive of Pavels students) methods. Most Americans are too egotistical to think that some other country would have the answers to OUR LIFESTYLE. Russian kettlebells are THE ANSWER to American health issues!

Have you ever had a friend throw their back out by tying his/her shoe or by picking up a box or a child? Everyone one of us have either experienced that ourselves or vicariously through a friend or relative. Could you have trained to prevent that particular injury? I dont necessarily have the answer to that specific question, but as general rule I have found it to be true with trainees in the kettlebell world including friends, clie