Pavel Tsatsouline Kettlebell Strength Training Weight Lifting Workouts Exercise and Flexibility Questions & Answers.

I hope some of you can make it to the Unlock! flexibilit/mobility workshop Pavel, myself and Steve are doing in July. I will be teaching around four hours of qigong at that workshop, quite a lot of it not on any of my current videos. You may be surprised at how demanding some of the qigong is -- and how invigorating. This particular workshop of course is mobility-oriented so the qigong fits that profile. There are also qigong practices that contribute greatly to strength and conditioning, none of which I have personally put on tape, but do teach. I expect to be putting on a qigong for strength and conditioning workshop down the road, which I highly recommend as a complement to KB practice. The comments from Steve Cotter and Ultracharge are well worth noting. 

As Pavel and Teddy indicate this is not at all what happens if you make this request. Our customer service is excellent in helping you. As Pavel already recommended, contact support@dragondoor.com for help. However I will also contact our wwebmaster myself and see if we can identify why there was a problem in your case. Please email me at jducane@dragondoor.com with your contact info. Thanks John 

tactical pullups -- at seventeen years old she was the only woman present to accomplish this. She is a phenom. And of course Sarah was amazing. You are very right about the women at the convention. Svelte is a word that comes to mind. Another word would be lithe. A real testament to what kettlebells can do for women. One of the new women RKCs whom I interviewed at the last RKC said something I liked about their appeal to women, amongst many other appeals: "If you don't have a butt, kettlebells will give you a butt. If your butt is too big, kettlebells will reduce and tone it." Sounds good to me! 

after reading some of the research and reading people's testimonials. I tried Synthovial Seven for several months. Can't say I could be sure of a noticeable difference, but I might try it again down the road (it's pricey!) I would be very interested in anyone's feedback myself as it is certainly a very intriguing product. 

Just kidding, kind of... The Beast is in production but we still haven't been shown the prototype. I would say we are looking at about another month, or six weeks... hopefully not more than that for this creature to finally show itself. 

is that they have helped us very readily by letting their readers review our products on their site. Never the hint of a problem. They have a heavy schtick that is extremely different from the approach we take, but I have always had a friendly relationship with the T-Mag people I have spoken or emailed with. 

I first took up Kung Fu at the age of around 35. There were weeks where I would be practicing two or more hours five days of the week. I spent about five years doing very demanding Wu Shu-like practices and did very fine. The general thought in these styles is that you reach your prime in your late forties, early fifties. And then there is the true martial art of Tai Chi (as opposed to the health dance), Bagua, Hsing Yi etc where you can continue to develop surprising power, energy and strength into your seventies and eighties. Master TT Liang started Tai Chi when he was forty-five. He was considered a martial handful in his sixties and beyond. Depends on a lot of factors, but the artistic martial practices, as you refer to them, can give you a lifetime of satisfying results and development. I have no experience with Capoeira, but I do know there many styles, some more athletic than others. 

Good to hear Brian. We are aware also that the off-the-shelf forum softwares that most sites are using are very vulnerable to hacking as you point out. A few years ago, we had major discussions about whether to go with a multiple topic forum or to keep it simple as we have done here. There are big plusses and minuses whichever direction you take. 

I appreciate your straightforward criticism. We will be making a change in the future. My point was that it wasn't going to be immediate. We read all the posts and suggestions and are not ignoring the issue. 

Yes, start with Bliss. Your second question depends so much on how much time you have to practice. You can do a long version of all Five Animals in about an hour. You can cut the reps and do a half hour version. You can break the animals up in the day and do fifteen minutes or so four times a day. There are many possibilities. If you are doing all five together, the traditional progression is Crane, Bear, Monkey, Deer, Tiger.