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Enter The Kettlebell!: Strength Secret of the Soviet Supermen Paperback – May 1, 2018

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With Enter the Kettlebell! Pavel delivers a significant upgrade to his original landmark work, The Russian Kettlebell Challenge. Drawing on five years of developing and leading the world's first and premiere kettlebell instructor certification program, and after spending five years of additional research into what really works for dramatic results with the kettlebell-we have Enter the Kettlebell!Pavel lays out a foolproof master system that guarantees you success-if you simply follow the commands! . Develop all-purpose strength-to easily handle the toughest and most unexpected demand.. Maximize staying power-because the last round decides all. Forge a fighter's physique-because the form must follow the functionEnter the kettlebell!-and follow the plan:1. The New RKC Program MinimumWith just two kettlebell exercises, takes you from raw newbie to solid contender-well-conditioned, flexible, resilient and muscular in all the right places.2. The RKC Rite of Passage Jumps you to the next level of physical excellence with Pavel's proven RKC formula for exceptional strength and conditioning. 3. Become a Man Among MenPropels you to a Special Forces level of conditioning.
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Pavel Tsatsouline, is a former Soviet Special Forces physical training instructor, who helped Dragon Door Publications initiate the modern kettlebell movement. Pavel is regarded as one of the premier strength authorities in the world today, having created the first-ever kettlebell instructor certification system and being the author of the first-ever book on the subject of kettlebell training.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ AmazonUs/INDPB; Second Edition, Second edition (May 1, 2018)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 200 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1942812132
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1942812135
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.7 x 0.4 x 9.4 inches
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Pavel Tsatsouline is a former Soviet Special Forces instructor and Subject Matter Expert to elite US military and law enforcement special operations units.

Pavel introduced the Russian kettlebell to the West in 1998 and started the kettlebell revolution. Dr. Randall Strossen, one of the most respected names in the strength world, stated, Pavel Tsatsouline will always reign as the modern king of kettlebells since it was he who popularized them to the point where you could almost found a country filled with his converts.

Pavel is the chairman of StrongFirst, Inc. In addition to the gold-standard in kettlebell, barbell, and bodyweight instructor certifications, StrongFirst offers user courses and special events internationally in strength training and advanced programming.

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JaJa Aerin
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Kettlebell Resource
Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2011
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This book is phenomenal.

I have read a variety of books about kettlebells and watched countless DVDs. This one is the absolute best.

Kettlebell exercises are simple (do NOT confuse "simple" with "easy" !!!). Pavel spends a lot of time breaking down each exercise into stages and always emphasizes the importance of proper technique and safety.

The Swing, The Get-up, The Clean, The Press, The Clean and Press, and The Snatch are the techniques that are covered.

The Swing is the most beneficial aerobic exercise I have ever done (made all the more intense because of the strength-training and flexibility components). I dislocated my ankle a few months ago and have been unable to run as I normally would. The Swing has allowed me to not just maintain my level of cardiovascular fitness, but improve it. All with no impact and minimal stress/torque on my ankle. Awesome!

Pavel is also conscious of the fact that not all people will be able to do all of the exercises without building up to them. Box squats, vertical leaps, etc. all help you build up to being able to do the swing properly. If you take the time to work on the basics, your time investment will be returned to you.

Working with kettlebells is the most time-efficient workout I have ever experienced. Cardio, strength-training and flexibility all in one workout. Anyone who complains of not having time to workout needs to get their hands on a kettlebell and some of Pavel's instructional materials. Fifteen minutes of working with a kettlebell beats hours in a gym any day.

I have this book and the accompanying DVD and I would recommend doing both. The book is a great resource for the history of kettlebells and for detailed explanations of movements, techniques and advice. The DVD is great for putting it all together and seeing proper technique in action. One of the main criticisms of the DVD is that it is instructional only and does not include a workout routine that you watch and workout with at the same time. Do you understand why there isn't a routine? Because kettlebell work is about repetitions with proper technique. Do you need to watch Pavel do 200 swings in a row? No. I would, but that's for purely aesthetic reasons (I'll admit it: He's HOT). You don't need a routine laid out for you because once you have good technique, it's all about just building up your strength and conditioning with more reps.

My one recommendation would be to get a heart rate monitor (you won't believe how many calories you burn!) and it helps you keep in the proper heart rate zone for whatever your cardio-conditioning goal is.

Pavel does ham it up with the evil Russian drill instructor persona, but it's endearing. This man knows his stuff.
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Plotinus
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Stuff!
Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2016
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There are many ways to skin the proverbial cat when it comes to exercising. Why not simplify your exercise routine down to a few exercises that cover all your major muscle groups? Pavel has a few different programmes that do this, and not only with kettlebells. While the kettlebell is over 300 years old as an exercise tool, this system is a new one invented by Pavel based on combining ancient trial and error with modern continued trial and error and also science and theory. This programme, which came out I guess when it was published in 2006 goes through some preliminary exercises until you get into a routine based on 3 major exercises with an optional 4th one. The three major ones are the Clean&Press, the one armed swing, and the snatch. As the one armed swing is actually a "toned down" snatch, the "Enter the Kettlebell" programme is really about only TWO major exercises: the Clean&Press and the snatch. I'm capitalizing Clean&Press here because in fact this is the absolute heart of the programme. The goal is to eventually Clean and Press half your body weight and to snatch the kettlebell 200 times in 10 minutes. Evidently, it takes time to get to this and Pavel sets out a recommended training schedule to follow. It is not a daily routine but rather a weekly one, that allows for a lot of variation. It is a very serious, "all out" training regimen, and is a time tested and true method to truly master the kettlebell as conceived of by Pavel, who brought the thing over from Russia back in the 90s. Generally speaking, you start with "ladders" of cleans and presses, with optional ladders of pullups (if you have a pullup bar available) mixed into the cycle. A "ladder" is a routine where you do an exercise once, then twice in a row, then three times, etc; so a ladder of "5" means repeating the movement once, twice, thrice, four times, then five times, for a total of 15 repetitions. Exactly how many rungs of the ladder you go up and how many ladders you do in a given day are variant based on how far along you are in the programme. After all this, you do several minutes of single handed swings or snatches. The theory behind only having the two major movements is that the clean and press exercise develops the entire body with an emphasis on the pushing muscles and the snatch develops the entire body also but with an emphasis on the puling muscles. According to Pavel's thought, which I find convincing, if you do one major push and one major pull movement in your routine, you cover all the major muscles. I suppose if you don't want to buy too many kettlebells you could do the entire programme with just a 24kg if you're a man and a 16kg bell if you're a woman, but the idea is to progress until you meet the two challenges and then maintain these skills. There is of course a lot of variety in this programme and this is just the base of it.

Interestingly, about 9 years later, Pavel came out with an alternate programme called "Simple and Sinister" or "S&S" for short. To me it is not clear as to which programme is better or for what reasons, but what I like about Pavel is that he designs programmes that are each excellent in their own way but all of them make you terrifically strong without taking too much time out of your life. In other words, his programmes are very efficient, maximally efficient. In my own case, I follow S&S religiously but I add "Enter the Kettlebell" onto it to a limited extent, normally one cycle of cleans and presses and chinups daily. The magic to the programme is that by only doing two or three exercises, albeit doing them quite intensively, you develop your whole body to look spectacular and to be terrifically strong and fit.
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Roger
5.0 out of 5 stars Another great Pavel work
Reviewed in Canada on October 12, 2023
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As with all of his works, great material that is well researched and referenced. Definitely for the more advanced athlete.
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Kathleen Mills
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 27, 2023
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Person I gifted this book was very pleased with it.
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Riccardo
5.0 out of 5 stars Ottimo per neofiti!!
Reviewed in Italy on October 16, 2023
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Mi sono affacciato da poco al mondo del Kettlebell e devo dire che questo libro ben scritto e dettagliato, mi ha tolto qualche dubbio sui vari esercizi, perfezionando la mia performance. Lo consiglio a tutti!!
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Pranjal G.
5.0 out of 5 stars Great
Reviewed in India on August 26, 2022
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If anyone is looking to become genuinely strong without the assistance of so called "fitness experts " and really want to follow the Advice of a world renowned coach,
Follow this book to the letter . You will not be disappointed

P.S the program is supposed to make you strong , not make you win a bodybuilding competition. Take that as you will .
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Pedro Magalhães
5.0 out of 5 stars Very good.
Reviewed in Brazil on April 4, 2020
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Pavel describes a simple and effective system to workout and build strength using kettlebells. Unlike his previous book, on this the instructions are clear and one knows exactly what to do.
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