Pavel Tsatsouline - Power To The People - Russian Strength Training Secrets

Pavel Tsatsouline - Power To The People - Russian Strength Training Secrets


* Maximum strength using minimum exercise and training time
* Using bare minimum equipment (a Barbell)
* Very few sets & reps
* Never train to failure
* Flexible training cycles
* Whilst it mainly concentrates on strength rather than size, Pavel does include

his \"Russian Bear\" routine

Tsatsouline\'s book revolves around just 2 exercises, done for just 2 \'work sets\' each

with just 5 reps in each set. Read that again. Yes, just 2 exercises and 2 sets of 5

reps! Your entire workout is done with 20 reps.

The first exercise is the the deadlift. Pavel much prefers it to the squat - although

you wonder if it\'s because Pavel looks more like a (albeit a bit skinny) deadlifter

than a natural squatter. That the deadlift is one of the most productive exercises you

can do with a barbell is nothing new. So from that point of view, Power to the People

is a bit seen-it-done-it.

His second exercise is the Side Press. - the old time strongman lift. Basically you

hike a barbell overhead with one hand. Yes that\'s right, just one hand. Arthur Saxon

could hoist over 300lbs that way and Pavel reason\'s that if you can get strong in that,

then that\'s good enough.