Tsatsouline Quotes

#1. When the Russian kettlebell meets an American steak, it is a beautiful thing.

Pavel Tsatsouline

#2. The Kettlebell is an Ancient Russian Weapon Against Weakness

Pavel Tsatsouline

#3. Push from your armpit, rather than your shoulder.

Pavel Tsatsouline

#4. Everything in your body is interrelated and isolation is a myth.

Pavel Tsatsouline

#5. When you can break apart something, or look at it from some new angle, it loses its power over you.

Ryan Holiday

#6. If you are wondering what 'strong' is, it is probably not you.

Pavel Tsatsouline

#7. You can be anything you want ... But you must be strong first.

Pavel Tsatsouline

#8. My heart understands all, and it no longer beats, it peals.

Knut Hamsun

#9. 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

#10. The one arm one leg pushup is an exercise in total body tension

Pavel Tsatsouline

#11. 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

#12. You shall gain but you shall pay with sweat, blood, and vomit, Comrade.

Pavel Tsatsouline

#13. I closed my eyes and dived into foreign water.

Erica Sehyun Song

#14. To televisionize any serious problem, the program directors face the task of making the message 'go down smooth' until the audience is delivered to the commercial.

Arlie Russell Hochschild

#15. A popular government wields a moral force, which is infinitely superior to the physical force that the foreign government could summon to its assistance.

Mahatma Gandhi

#16. 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

#17. Strength has a greater purpose.

Pavel Tsatsouline

#18. 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