Tsatsouline Pavel Quotes & Sayings

Vodka at night. Pickle juice in the morning (the best thing for a hangover). Throwing some kettlebells around between this hangover and the next one. A Russian's day well spent. The 'kettlebell' or girya is a cast iron weight which looks like a basketball with a suitcase handle. It is an old Russian toy. As the 1986 Soviet Weightlifting Yearbook put it, "It is hard to find a sport that has deeper roots in the — Pavel Tsatsouline

Dogs are forever in the moment. They are always a tidal wave of feelings, and every feeling is some variant of love. — Jack Canfield

You shall gain but you shall pay with sweat, blood, and vomit, Comrade. — Pavel Tsatsouline

The one arm one leg pushup is an exercise in total body tension — Pavel Tsatsouline

Shrugging your shoulder and/or letting it move forward will destroy your shoulder and your power alike - whether you are punching, benching, or doing pushups. — Pavel Tsatsouline

Take a close look at a squat, barbell, or bodyweight - it makes no difference. Both the quadriceps and the hamstrings are working toward the common goal of standing up. The quads are extending the knees, and the hammies are extending the hips. — Pavel Tsatsouline

HOW TO GRIND YOUR DEADLIFT Mentally prepare for a steady, relentless effort, as opposed to having a speed mindset. Pre-tense. Pressurize. Squeeze the bar off the floor, don't jerk. "Lift the barbell powerfully-steady, applying a maximal effort along the whole lift." (Smolov) Aim for a constant, low, acceleration towards the lockout. There is more than one way to pull big. — Pavel Tsatsouline

The Kettlebell is an Ancient Russian Weapon Against Weakness — Pavel Tsatsouline

For my part, the thing I would wish to obtain from money would be leisure with security. But what the typical modern man desires to get with it is more money, with a view to ostentation, splendour, and the outshining of those who have hitherto been his equals. — Bertrand Russell

Religion is inwardly focused and driven only to sustain itself. — Kary Mullis

When the Russian kettlebell meets an American steak, it is a beautiful thing. — Pavel Tsatsouline

It is not the size of a flower, but the size of its beauty. ~Matshona Dhliwayo — Matshona Dhliwayo

Indian misery is when somebody takes your land.
Indian misery is when somebody kills your friends.
Indian misery is when your people turn against you.
Indian misery is being slaves to people.
Indian misery is being locked up in jail.
Indian misery is people killing your food for money.
Indian misery is fighting. Indian misery is no peace.
Indian misery is when you get killed. Indian misery is if you lose the fight.

(Andrew Herman, student) — Timothy P. McLaughlin

I get to have Sunday lunch at my mum's, pick my nephew up from school now and then: it's a very normal life. — Vicky McClure

Push from your armpit, rather than your shoulder. — Pavel Tsatsouline

Russians are easy to spot, even if you dress them like Buckingham Palace guards. They are "the white people who look seriously ticked off," as Army Ranger vet Ellis Jones, RKC, has put it on our forum. — Pavel Tsatsouline

If you are wondering what 'strong' is, it is probably not you. — Pavel Tsatsouline

You are a fine judge of character, child. You must have done well as the Wisdom of your village. It was Laras who went to Sheriam and demanded to know how long you three are to be kept to the dirtiest and hardest work, without a turn at lighter. She said she would not be a party to breaking any woman's health or spirit, no matter what I said. A fine judge of character, child. — Robert Jordan

You can be anything you want ... But you must be strong first. — Pavel Tsatsouline

Everything in your body is interrelated and isolation is a myth. — Pavel Tsatsouline

If you think you are only strong if you can lift a certain number, whatever that number is, you will feel pretty weak most of the time. Strength is not a data point; it's not a number. It's an attitude. — Pavel Tsatsouline

Strength has a greater purpose. — Pavel Tsatsouline