Power to the People- - Russian Strength Training Secrets for Every American Description:

Power to the People! : Russian Strength Training Secrets for Every American review:
5 stars (I'm amazed) - This stuff works! The guy says he will have us growing like weeds in no time, and he is RIGHT. I've made amazing gains in strength (and some in mass) by using principles found in this book. I'm a guy who has lifted weights for 15 years and had stagnated a long time ago. I thought I was a "hardgainer", and hardly had any results from my training after my first 2-3 years. This book finally changed that.



A word of caution. The author recommends training very frequently, even several times at day (but never to failure). If you, like me, have been training every bodypart only once a week and you switch to Pavel-type training, I suggest you add volume GRADUALLY. Full of excitement I started benching 5 times a day immediately -- and I became severly overtrained and had to take a week off to recover. Ouch. (Now, Pavel doesn't recommend using the bench press. In fact, he only provides you with 2 (actually 3) excercises, but the principles he describes will work with ANY excercise. I have made HUGE gains in the bench and pull-ups using what I learned from this book.)



A second word of caution. I found the book to be quite disorganized. It could definately use the work of a good editor.



Yes, half the book is advertising, and the pages with usefull stuff contain so much repetition they could probably be reduced in half as well.



I could have deducted a couple of stars because of these problems, but this book has GREAT information about how to get awesomly strong. And when it comes down to it that's all that matters.



This is the book I wish I had read 15 years ago. Do yourself a favour and buy it.
3 stars (Lots of Hype. Good Program, though) - Pavel has some good stuff in this book. The book revolves around a simple, high tension, low volume, high frequency program involving two exercises and their variations.



It's good, but it can be pretty much descibed in one page and detailed in five. What we get is a book chock full of marketing hype with a bent towards hyping the Iron Curtain angle.



Pavel is pretty hyped up in the Strength & Conditioning world. He's got good credentials and, more importantly, a great gimmick. The whole Evil Russian thing gets them in by the truckload. I, for one, am happy enough to see Pavel enjoying the fruits of capitalism.



The book covers the side press and deadlift and their variations and a couple of training programs. It is, in a lot of ways the weighted version of his 'Naked Warrior' book.



Insofar as the programs, they work. The logic Pavel presents is great and he doesn't stoop to pseudo-scientific malarky. He recommends what he's found to work, albeit in a very gimmicky fashion.



Great book for just about anyone who wants to get stronger without getting obsessive.



This is a good book, but loses points due to high price and incessant marketing drivel.
5 stars (This is the real deal- ignore the negatives!) - I am a veteran of the US Army and have been exposed to practically every training theory there is... (hey, it get's boring out there). Every single thing this man says is 100% accurate. Every principle is backed by detailed references that any fool can check. I have been training with weights for over 15 years and I am stonger and more ripped at 39 than ever- thanks to PAVEL. (Just ask my muscle head friends.) His formula is simple: hi tension = dense (ie STRONGER) muscle. Simple. I am the ultimate sceptic- you want me to beleive something? Prove it. Pavel did and the only reason I am writing this is because I have read some ridiculous, and totally incorrect, negative reviews here.



Trust me now- thank me later.