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Fitness Profile: Pavel Tsatsouline trains NFL’s Heath Evans with kettlebell fitness program in Palm Beach County
By Nick Sortal | South Florida Sun-Sentinel
June 29, 2008
He wrote a strength magazine article in 1998 called “Vodka, Pickle Juice, Kettlebell Lifting, and Other Russian Pastimes.”
Then, in 2001, kettlebell sales and books came to the United States.
Now Pavel Tsatsouline is the Anthony Robbins of kettlebell. He markets kettlebell books, videos, equipment and seminars.
A former Soviet Special Forces instructor, Tsatsouline came to Palm Beach Gardens earlier this month to train New England Patriots fullback Heath Evans, who grew up in Palm Beach County. Kettlebells can improve explosive strength, he says, and their awkward nature engages your core. While taking a break, he managed to handle a few questions.
Why do people like kettlebells?
I think it’s because of the rapid results, the explosive strength. If you adjust, you can improve at any front. One woman lost more than 100 pounds in 11 months and has definition most men don’t have. You can adjust it for any of your goals … fat loss, explosive strength or muscle.
But why would they stick with it?
There’s something addictive about it; a kettlebell feels very live in your hands. Weights just feel dead.
What challenges do you see?
I see a lot of orthopedic problems and tight messed-up shoulders, from either no training or poor training. We have to do a lot more corrective work in the [United States] before getting people to train. That’s the result of the lack of [physical education] in schools in the United States.
For example, in Russia in order to graduate from high school — to get a C! — you have to do eight pull-ups, starting from a dead hang. Many people here can’t do one.
Why is that?
The United States has too much emphasis on competitive sports and team sports. You can’t get in shape by playing the game. You have to have the foundation; and you have to be strong.
You travel around the world teaching. How do you have time for your own training?
Fortunately, there’s enough kettlebells around the world to train with.
What’s the strangest thing someone has said to you?
People name their kettlebells, paint them and get attached to them, and when somebody grabs theirs, they get extremely upset. I’ve seen that attachment to guns, trucks or motorcycles, but not a piece of exercise equipment. They even give them Russian names.
How do you feel about being the face of kettlebell?
Great. But let’s not kid ourselves. I’m not Bruce Willis or anything.
Nick Sortal can be reached at nsortal@sun-sentinel.com or 954-356-4725.
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