Pavel's "Power to the People" shows the reader how to run extremely efficient workout sessions, by maximizing strength gain and minimizing mass gain, fatigue and injury as well as eliminating post-workout muscle soreness and stiffness. If your goal is to bulk up, Pavel covers techniques to gain maximum results. By treating the body as a system, Power to the People rarely if ever isolates just one muscle group but rather involves several at once. This leads to the kind of functional strength that combat sports athletes and special operators in the military prize. The book is at once entertaining and informative. Pavel's playful Russian personality shines through on every page, making it easy to read, even if the physical training is incredibly intense. The most unusual aspect of this work is that it contains the information one would expect from a text book yet has the functionality of a cookbook. If you are ready to see real results in less time, and are willing to work harder than ever before, get Power to the People!, Comrade!
What if we told you: "YOU COULD OWN A WORLD CLASS BODY—whatever your present condition—by doing only two exercises, for twenty minutes a day?" And we are talking about a world class body—a body so lean, ripped and powerful looking, you won't believe your own reflection when you catch yourself in the mirror. And we do mean whatever your present condition—we don't care if you're currently an abject pipsqueak, a rotund couch potato, or any other sorry-excuse-for-a-human-being.
And what if we told you, "YOU CAN DO IT without a single supplement, without having to waste your time at a gym and with only a 150 bucks of simple equipment?"
And what if we told you, "With only two exercises for twenty minutes a day, you'll not only be stronger than you've ever been in your life, but you'll have higher energy and better performance in whatever you do?"
And what if we told you, "You can have an instant download of the world's absolutely most effective strength secrets? You can possess exactly the same knowledge that created world-champion athletes—and the strongest bodies of their generation?"
"In my capacity as a leader of Marines, I have to continually balance the matters of mission and training. There is never enough time to train Marines to the standard that exists in a leader's mind. However, if I were to recommend one Physical Training program to develop a Marine's overall strength and fighting capability, it would be one prescribed by Pavel Tsatsouline. His exercise principles are well researched, easy to implement, and focus directly on a functional end-state: high caliber efficiency. He is a man of extensive knowledge, vast experience, and boundless enthusiasm. However, while his skills are legion, he escues the chest pumping, "look at me" attitude and focuses an iron will on the trainee. This fact is rare in today's world of self-promotion and provides a learning atmosphere that is unparalleled. From hoisting his beloved Kettlebells to Janda sit-ups to one-legged squats, results are declarative. Anyone serious about getting fit - and in particular the military or law enforcement professional - should stop looking for a better piece of equipment or diet supplement and get 'Pavelized.' There is no substitute for hard work and knowledge. Pavel has both in tremendous quantity and quality."
Lieutenant Colonel George H. Bristol, USMC
Director, Marine Corps Martial Arts Program
About the author: Pavel was a physical training instructor for Soviet Special Forces and holds a Masters Degree (or equivalent in the old Soviet education system) in what would probably be called Kiniesiology in the United States.
Pavel has a unique and very effective writing style. He is at once entertaining and informative. His books are some of the few, if not only, on physical training that I actually LIKE to read. So many training books are just complete and total bores. Not this one. Pavel's playful Russian personality shines through on every page. Besides that, the book is loaded with interesting sidebars. The most unusual aspect of this work is that it contains the information one would expect from a text book yet has the functionality of a cookbook. It's a difficult line to walk but Pavel pulls it off.
While Power To The People will appeal to a generally fitness audience, it was clearly written with the martial artist in mind. In a nut shell, this books shows the reader how to run an extremely efficient workout sessions (short & sweet), maximizing strength gain while minimizing mass gain, fatigue and injury as well as eliminating post-workout muscle soreness and stiffness. On the other hand, if your goal is to bulk up, there is also a chapter on that as well (and I've seen it work-it's scary!). To go a little more in depth, Pavel treats the body as a system and trains it as such. He rarely if ever isolates just one muscle group but rather involves several at once. This should make a great deal of sense to most martial artists. We use our bodies as a whole so we should train them as such.
In a very real sense, this book is a sort of fusion of Martial Art and Science. Many of the techniques for gaining additional strength are right out of Chi Gong practices. What's unique is not only are these techniques detailed, they are also concisely but thoroughly explained in Western terms. I've found this aspect of the Power To The People particularly helpful in my martial arts practice. This type of information goes hand-in-hand with the presentation of the practice of cycling, explanations of the different types of muscle growth (Myofibrillar Hypertrophy VS Sarcoplasmic Hypertrophy), Hyperirradiation, Feed-forward tension, etc…
The workout itself is surprisingly brief. Only 3 to 5 sets of three to five repetitions and only three exercises, bench, side press and some variant of a dead lift, not all of which need to be necessarily performed on the same day. This workout is perfect in many ways for the martial artist. It's brevity is important, because we would all rather be doing MA than spending time in the gym. The lack of stiffness and soreness is essential in any training for the martial artist (I have found that I can do this workout immediately preceding kung fu practice with no problem). Besides that, it just makes you darn strong which certainly can't hurt!
The exercises themselves are extremely well detailed and illustrated. I have had no trouble what so ever following the instructions. None of them involve any sort of gimmick or machine. They can all be performed with a minimal "Olympic" weight set (a bar and plates). A bench helps but isn't totally 100% necessary.
Drawbacks of this book? Few, if any. I'll have to really reach here. The book itself is not complete by itself. To be considered complete, it would really require Pavels other two works on abdominal training and flexibility training. The latter is also really about strength training in the extreme range of motion. Training the mid-section is critical for safety, good form and increased strength so I feel that should be undertaken concurrently. It is worth mentioning that the author does a good job of promoting safety though out his books, which I greatly value.
-Gulo Gulo on CyberKwoon.com
Well, here it is for the asking……
Pavel Tsatsouline's new book: Power to the People!
Russian Strength Training Secrets for Every American
How often do you grab a read and discover you've just landed one of those "IF-I-COULD- ONLY-TAKE-FIVE-BOOKS-TO-A-DESERT-ISLAND" blockbusters? The kind of book that shakes the molecules in your brain and has your synapses firing like popcorn? The kind of book that has you leaping out of the bath tub, pumping your fist and screaming "FINALLY!' to the startled masses?
Or how about a book that gets you so worked up, your friends start reaching for the Ritalin?
If you're about maximizing your potential, if you're about cutting-to-the-chase, if you're about "just-give-me-what-works", then Pavel's Power to the People! is everything you ever dreamed about—and then some.
As an editor for Joe Weider's Flex magazine, Jim Wright is recognized as one of the world's premier authorities on strength training. Jim is raving about Pavel's Power to the People! Here's more of what he had to say:
"Whether you're young or old, a beginner or an elite athlete, training in your room or in the most high tech facility, if there was only one book I could recommend to help you reach your ultimate physical potential, this would be it.
Simple, concise and truly reader friendly, this amazing book contains it all—everything you need to know—what exercises (only two!), how to do them (unique detailed information you'll find nowhere else), and why.
Follow its advice and, believe it or not, you'll be stronger and more injury-resistant immediately. I guarantee it. I only wish I'd had a book like this when I first began training.
Follow this program for three months and you'll not only be amazed but hooked. It is the ultimate program for "Everyman" AND Woman! I thought I knew a lot with a Ph.D. and 40 years of training experience...but I learned a lot and it's improved my training significantly."
And how about this from World Masters Powerlifting champion and Parrillo Performance Press editor, Marty Gallagher:
"Pavel Tsatsouline has burst onto the American health and fitness scene like a Russian cyclone. He razes the sacred temples of fitness complacency and smugness with his revolutionary concepts and ideas.
If you want a new and innovative approach to the age old dilemma of physical transformation, you've struck the mother-lode."
Or this, from "Arnie's" camp: "Pavel and his book are the best imports from Russia since Siberian Ginseng! A fountain of information... an elixir for the body." —Fairfax Hackley, Arnold Schwarzenegger Classic Martial Arts Seminar Director
Here's just some of what you'll discover, when you possess your own copy of Pavel's Power to the People!:
- How to get super strong without training to muscle failure or exhaustion
- How to hack into your 'muscle software' and magnify your power and muscle definition
- How to get super strong without putting on an ounce of weight
- Or how to build massive muscles with a classified Soviet Special Forces workout
- Why high rep training to the 'burn' is like a form of rigor mortis—and what it really takes to develop spectacular muscle tone
- How to mold your whole body into an off-planet rock with only two exercises
- How to increase your bench press by ten pounds overnight
- How to get a tremendous workout on the road without any equipment
- How to design a world class body in your basement—with $150 worth of basic weights and in twenty minutes a day
- How futuristic techniques can squeeze more horsepower out of your body-engine
- How to maximize muscular tension for traffic-stopping muscular definition
- How to minimize fatigue and get the most out of your strength training
- How to ensure high energy after your workout
- How to get stronger and harder without getting bigger
- Why it's safer to use free weights than machines
- How to achieve massive muscles and awesome strength—if that's what you want
- What, how and when to eat for maximum gains
- How to master the magic of effective exercise variation
- The ultimate formula for strength
- How to gain beyond your wildest dreams—with less chance of injury
- A high intensity, immediate gratification technique for massive strength gains
- The eight most effective breathing habits for lifting weights
- The secret that separates elite athletes from 'also-rans'
- How to become super strong and live to tell about it
