Pavel Tsatsouline - The Naked Warrior: Master the Secrets of the super-Strong--Using Bodyweight Exercises Only

Copyright 2003 Advanced Fitness Solutions, Inc. All rights under International and Pan-American Copyright conventions. Published in the United States by: Dragon Door Publications, Inc P.O. Box 4381, St. Paul, MN 55104 Tel: (651) 487-2180 Fax: (651) 487-3954 Credit card orders: 1-800-899-5111 Email: dragondoor@aol.com Website: www.dragondoor.com ISBN: 0-938045-55-5 This edition first published in January 2004 No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means without the prior written consent of the Publisher, excepting brief quotes used in reviews. Printed in the United States of America Book design, Illustrations and cover by Derek Brigham Website http//www.dbrigham.com Tel/Fax: (612) 827-3431 Email: dbrigham@visi.com Photographs by Don Pitlik: (612) 252-6797 DISCLAIMER The author and publisher of this material are not responsible in any manner whatsoever for any injury that may occur through following the instructions contained in this material.

The activities, physical and otherwise, described herein for informational purposes only, may be too strenuous or dangerous for some people and the reader(s) should consult a physician before engaging in them. DE DI C AT E DTO T H E PA R TY,TH E DR A G O NDO OR.CO MST R E N G T H FOR UM FOR EW OR D IT A I NT N U T H I N T I L L I C A L L I T. Even if youre not a baseball fan, chances are that youve heard this quote by umpire Bill Klem. After reading The Naked Wa rrior those words took on new meaning for me. How many times have we seen someone perf o rm a skill that appears to be magical? How many people do we know, or know of, who seem to be able to naturally do things that we cant do? The temptation is to s h rug our shoulders and acknowledge their natural abilities, talents, and other i n b o rn gifts. That is, until someone calls it.

Until that someone can observe it, b reak it down, and describe it to the rest of us in a way that makes it possible for us to re p roduce the magic. That someone is Pavel. In his book, T h eNaked Wa rr i o r, Pavel presents us with a clear system for building a stro n g body that can perf o rm acts of useful strength, the kind of strength that men have always needed to win when winning meant living another day. I have spent my entire career instructing others, as a teacher, a coach and a trainer of bodies. One of things I do best is to shuffle my mental deck of e x e rcise and technique cards and deal out new workouts. I am always adding to this deck because I have learned to be open to all sources of inform a t i o n and ideas.

I take what I have read, heard or seen and sift it through the filters of more than three decades of education and experience. Then I try the re s u l t out on whoever is either unobservant enough to miss the Ive got something new look in my eye, or brave enough not to care or slow enough not to escape in time. If it works, it goes in the deck.