Praise for Pavel Tsatsouline and for the First Edition of Beyond Crunches 'Thank you for the great job you did in your presentation (on abdominal training) at the Arnold Fitness EXPO Seminar. We received uniformly favorable comments concerning the quality of your instruction and the content of your message.

As you know the fitness enthusiasts we attract to our seminars are very knowledgeable individuals. Hence, their supportive feedback concerning you and your presentation is of special significance.'

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Your portion of the instruction was a huge success. All of the student critiques were very complimentary.

As a team leader with the Houston Police Department SWAT team, I am constantly looking for new ways to improve my physical performance. According to the student comments, you have truly introduced a new and revolutionary fitness program to our members. In particular, our members commented on your common sense, practical exercises that utilize a minimum amount of equipment to achieve the very goals that other instructors require thousands of dollars of equipment to achieve. These techniques will help each officer reach new levels of fitness and ultimately improve their ability to protect the communities they serve.It is our mission to provide the very best training available, anywhere. Your efforts helped make that possible. 'Sandy' Wall, Training Advisor, TTPOZ. 'I have seen many abdominal routines in the last 25 years and the Beyond Crunches program is the best yet.'

—Steve Maxwell, M.Sc., Senior World Brazilian Jujitsu Champion 'As a chiropractic physician, I see the deleterious effects of a weak torso on the lower back. Weak abs lead to years of back pain and dysfunction. As a world record holding powerlifter, I know the importance of strong abs on maximum power performance. Beyond Crunches is THE text and authority on ab/trunk stability.' Fred Clary, National Powerlifting Champion and World Record Holder 'I learned a lot from Pavel's books and video, and plan to use many of his ideas in my own workouts, especially the nontraditional ab exercises described in Beyond Crunches.' —Clarence Bass, Most Muscular Man, Mr.

U.S.A, Past 40, author of Ripped 1, 2 & 3 and Lean for Life 'Congratulations on your book Beyond Crunches. I found several of the insights and expressions to be very interesting and thought provoking (The Ab Pavelizer is just one). I will be implementing some of them into my own abdominal workout schedules.' Weiss, author of Mass! Download O Re Piya Atif Aslam Song more. , Raw Muscle & Anabolic Muscle Mass 'Expect to find some of the most grueling stomach-bustersthat you have ever experienced—Tsatsoulineadvocates low-repetitionintensity over high-repetition'burn' exercises, and introduces us to the Ab Pavelizer, a machine of his own invention that allows for perfect sit-ups. Beyond Crunches has many new and challenging drills, making this a great manual for anyone who needs some variety in their workout routine. Included is the Flag, Bruce Lee's favorite abdominal exercise.'

LaSalle, Amazon.com 'As someone who has been crippled twice by injuries to my spine and had to rebuild my body from scratch twice, I have two things to say: 1) serious abdominal conditioning is *mandatory* for anyone with back pain and anyone who intends to push their body in sport or martial arts and 2) Pavel's book is, by far, the best book I've seen on this vitally important and neglected subject.' —KenMcCarthy, New York. 'This book took me from having a back that everyone told me was too weak to ever do heavy lifting and that was in almost constant pain to no back pain and new PR's in the deadlift and Squat. Pavel's ab exercises are the stuff champions are made of. Kid Pix Deluxe 4 Free Download Full Version more. Clear, concise directions and radical new ideas make this book well worth the money spent. And it's for every trainee with a desire to succeed. I've heard that you must already be very advanced to begin the exercises in this book, but I recently began training my 50 year old father-in-lawusing these techniques and after about a month he was doing Janda situps with the best of them.

Not to mention he no longer complains of back pain and has better posture. Get this book and throw out all of your others on abs!' —ChrisDudzik, Hollister, CA. 'Pavel delivers once again!

This book details the mechanics of abdominal and oblique development in an easy to understand, user-friendlyformat. Learn to either build up your midsection, tone it up, get a prominent six-pack,and/or increase your punching and throwing power by learning to integrate your powerful midsection! There is one particular exercise that I found to be super productive in adding to punching power, and this is the only book that has it.

It is extremely simple and easy to understand. Pavel explains how to protect your spine and perform the 'perfect' situp. All in all a great book by a great author, definitely a must-havefor any fighter and lifter. My punching power and deadlifting strength went up very quickly on this program and I am very pleased.'

— Sean Williams, Long Beach, NY 'I've bought the TV advertised training devices and a bundle of ab books— tried them all. But, doing the routines Pavel Tsatsouline presents in this book is the way I have achieved solid abs! Pavel offers a great deal of knowledge in an easy to digest manner. His writing, while colloquial, is founded in research and deep understanding of physiology and kinesthetics.

I highly recommend this book.' — Linda Crawford, Minnesota State Masters Powerlifting Champion and Record Holder, Minneapolis, MN. Copyright © 2000 by Advanced Fitness Solutions, Inc. All rights under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions.

Published in the United States by: Dragon Door Publications, Inc. Box 4381, St. TABLE OF CONTENTS Part I How to Truly Isolate Your Abs—forFaster, More Effective Results...................... 9 The three essentials of a perfect abs exercise.why crunches can’t and don’t work.why the current ab machines fail to deliver on their promise.

The Law of Irradiation. Professor Janda’s breakthrough discovery.how the Janda situp strengthens and tones your abs in the quickest, most efficient manner.the Law of Reciprocal Inhibition.how the Ab Pavelizer minimizes irradiation and maximizes abdominal strength.how to optimize your results with a graduated program and achieve the abs of a world class athlete. Part II Integration: How to Turn Your Abs into Team Players— and Skyrocket Your Athletic Potential........... 27 A two-stepprogram: from training the muscles to training the movement.

The Russian Ballet Leg Thrust for a stable spine and corrugated abs.the right way to do situps.how to test if you are ready to do situps. The dangers of adaptive shortening.Laputin’s highly effective variation of the straight-leggedsitup. Scissor Situps—usinga martial arts secret for an extra edge in abs strength.how the Swiss Ball Crunch uses extreme stretching to transform the worthless crunch into a thing of pure evil.a brutal love handle muscle work- out.hell-on-a-wheelwith the jackknife pushup. Yananis and the killer Spetsnaz special—aone arm-oneleg jackknife. Abdominal pushups for core strength and back stability.Bruce Lee’s Dragon Flag.

Part III How to Brutalize the Obliques and Save Your Spine..71 The four crucial functions of the obliques. The Full Contact Twist—fora tight waist and massive punching power. The Saxon Side Bend—forsinewy, wiry obliques.

The Suitcase Style One-Arm Deadlift—knowwhat it means to lose to a semi. Power rack deadlifts and neurological carryover. TABLE OF CONTENTS Part IV How to Boost Yourself from Wannabe to Champion with Power Breathing..............

87 The vital difference between passive and active exhalation. The pneumo-mus- cular reflex.

How to pick the optimal breathing pattern. Maximizing intraabdominal pressure.a simple way to boost your strength by 12.2%. Vladimir Zatsiorsky’s first choice for armoured abs. Bending the Fire—1,500year old martial art secret meets Russian science.turbocharge your breath with the Chi Kung secret of the anal lock.get yet another competitive advantage with the Second Focus.and then beyond—extremeintensity contractions with the Elbow Strike Second Focus.and welcome to the Gulag—withthe Second Focus/Ab Pavelizer™ Negative Sequence.clean up the intercostals with the Yogic Vacuum. Part V Questions & Answers..................... 101 The truth about burning, building and toning.how best to counter the Law of Accommodation.why negatives generate up to 1.3 times more muscular tension than positives. The force-velocitycurve.incorporating isometrics into your abs program.varying exercise tempo for extra strength gains.canning your concrete abs—forthose who want the six-packlook.how often to train your abs.why you shouldn’t warm up before abs exercises.debunking the strange myth of ‘upper’ and ‘lower’ abs.the benefits of relaxing between reps.

HOW TO TRULY ISOLATE YOUR ABS —FOR FASTER, MORE EFFECTIVE RESULTS Part I How to Truly Isolate Your Abs—for Faster, More Effective Results Comrade! I have forged bullet-proofabs for the Special Forces of the Evil Russian Empire.

You are next! If you don’t know how—I’llteach you. If you don’t want to—I’llmake you.

I forged bullet-proofabs for the crack troops of the Evil Soviet Empire. You are next! If you don’t know how—I’llteach you.

If you don’t want to—I’llmake you. While crunches rival baseball as the national pastime and infomercial ab gizmos are selling like hot dogs, an average American gut still looks more like an air bag than a six-pack.I'll fix it. It is universally accepted that the perfect ab exercise: 1) maximizes isolation of the abdominal muscles; 2) reduces lower back stress by minimizing the involvement of the hip flexors (the psoas group); 3) fool-proofsitself by the nature of its performance.