Pavel Tsatsouline

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Pavel Tsatsouline is a fitness instructor and former nationally ranked kettlebell competitor from the former Soviet government. He is heavily involved with the evolving field of martial arts fitness and is a major proponent of the traditional Russian fitness tool, the kettlebell, as an exercise and strengthening tool.

Tsatsouline is a former physical training instructor for the Soviet special forces. Currently he is a subject matter expert to the U.S. Marine Corps, the National Nuclear Security Administration / U.S. Department of Energy, and the US Secret Service.^{[citation needed]}He was once a nationally ranked kettlebell lifter in the USSR. He was voted a "Hot Trainer" by Rolling Stone in 2001.^[1]

Tsatsouline has published articles in Milo magazine and Performance Press.

Pavel runs Dragon Door with John Ducane. Dragon Door is a website and publishing company generally focused on martial arts and related sports, but also catering to general health, fitness, weight loss, and stress management.

1 Fraud Allegations
2 Books
3 Reference
4 External links

[edit] Fraud Allegations

On February 2, 2007, former Dragon Door staff instructor, Steve Cotter, accused Pavel of fraudulently claiming to be a Master of Sports in kettlebell sport and plagiarizing many of his articles.^[2] Pavel responded that although he was not awarded the Master of Sports degree, he had unofficially achieved the qualifying numbers. He also stated that he had always given due credit to original authors.^[3] Cotter later apologized for the angry tone in which he made the accusations, although he stands by the accuracy of his statements.^[4]

[edit] Books

Beyond Stretching: Russian Flexibility Breakthroughs (1998). ISBN 0-938045-18-0.
Beyond Crunches (1998). ISBN 0-938045-17-2.
Power to the People!: Russian Strength Training Secrets for Every American (2000). ISBN 0-938045-19-9.
Bulletproof Abs (2000). ISBN 0-938045-25-3. The sequel to Beyond Crunches advertising the Ab Pavelizer.
The Russian Kettlebell Challenge (2001). ISBN 0-938045-32-6.
Relax into Stretch: Instant Flexibility Through Mastering Muscle Tension (2001). ISBN 0-938045-28-8.
Super Joints: Russian Longevity Secrets for Pain-Free Movement, Maximum Mobility & Flexible Strength (2001). ISBN 0-938045-36-9.
From Russia with Tough Love: Pavel's Kettlebell Workout for a Femme Fatale (2002, ISBN 0-938045-43-1)
Naked Warrior (2003). ISBN 0-938045-55-5.
Enter the Kettlebell! (2006). ISBN 0-938045-69-5.