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# Kettlebell Simple & Sinister: Revised and Updated (2nd Edition)

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Six years after the publication of the original S&S, people are still getting great results from the program and the book has never left the desertcart weight training best-seller list. So why another edition? Pavel answers with a quote from a novel: You know our motto: “We never let well enough alone.” This is Kettlebell Simple & Sinister: Revised & Updated Edition or simply S&S 2.0 . Learn how to use the extreme hand-held gym from the source—the man who started the kettlebell revolution. Simple & Sinister will prepare you for almost anything life could throw at you, from carrying a piano upstairs to holding your own in a street fight. Simple & Sinister will forge a fighter’s physique—because the form must follow the function. Simple & Sinister will give you the strength, the stamina, and the suppleness to play any sport recreationally—and play it well. If you are a serious athlete, Simple & Sinister will serve as a perfect foundation for your sport-specific training. If you are a serious lifter, Simple & Sinister will build your strength, rather than interfere with it. Simple & Sinister ® will achieve all of the above while leaving you plenty of time and energy to do your duty, your job, practice your sport, and have a life.

Review: Excellent, well presented KB program - Review Kettlebell Simple and Sinister Pavel “KettleBell Simple and Sinister” is a superb product from Pavel Tsatsouline through his company StrongFirst. It is Pavel's claim, backed up by a host of experts he quotes, that a simple program of 3 warm ups (prying goblet squat, hip bridge and KB halo) and two exercises, Kettlebell swings, one and two handed, and turkish get up will make your body strong, hard and flexible. Looking at the components of the exercises and the warm ups, it cannot be argued that they do not produce a complete program. It may not lead to records in deadlifts, benches, pullups or pushups. It may not lead to heavy muscle mass. But it is a well rounded program. Pavel does state that if you have extreme tight joint issues, or cardiac issues, extra instruction and advice may be necessary. The book is well produced, beautiful to look at and for the most part easy to read. The writing is clear. The directions detailed and easily followed. The pictures are well done and with the text, demonstrate clearly what is expected. All of the exercise pictures are works of art with the athletes in black outfits on a black background. I would like more attention paid to titles and separating important portions of the text. For instance, the pages seem to flow directly from the warmups to the exercises to Program Minimum Remastered without white space or fonts clearly showing the separation. The book is in two sections. The first section is detailed instructions and clear pictures for the warmups and for the two exercises. This ends with “Program Minimum Remastered”, borrowed from Steve Justa, explaining how to do the program. The second section is a rather long discussion of “hard style” and directions and hints on how to approach the program and the exercises. This discussion is an excellent presentation of the rather atypical concept of working out without burnout, nearly daily, to achieve more rapid gains. There is also here the suggestion to give yourself a maxing out trail every two weeks. Suitable advice to go slow, not to rush the weights or reps. Pavel includes a fascinating discussion contrasting manual labor, farm labor, and gym exercise. I applaud the inclusion of standards for the warmups, each exercise and the daily performance. Pavel does state one should only do this workout, 30 minutes daily and no other program. It requires a leap of faith to leave the routine lifts and programs behind and just do this workout.
Review: Highly recommended! - Simple & Sinister, the book, is well written and presents the material in a clear, concise and lively manner. As a 20-year veteran of the marital arts, I am someone used to breaking down movements to their finest points and understand the true power in any movement is in the details and cues. I am often frustrated by the typical exercise books that show the start and end position and say, do this. By contrast, Pavel's teaching style refreshing. His text is both spartan and comprehensive, and goes into enough detail to allow the reader to really understand the techniques. Simple & Sinister, the workout, just plain works. The program is short and refreshing but is densely packed with hard work. I found I could squeeze it in different parts of the day and not miss a beat. Once you get into it, you can motor through it in less than 25 minutes, day-in, day-out. I also found that it did not spike my appetite like more aggressive programs often do, so my weight stayed where I wanted it to be without feeling hungry or having to worrying about my consumption. My personal experience: I am a 40-year-old desk jocky who has been doing various forms of resistance training for the past 10 years or so with limited results, and kettlebells for about a six months previous to Simple and Sinister. I did Simple & Sinister for 8 weeks. I started with a 20kg for all movements and met the standard of 5 min for the swings and 10 minute for the Get-ups, but could only perform a couple of sets with the 24kg. By the end of the 8 weeks, the 24kg seemed like a toy, and I was mixing in a healthy amount of Swings and Get-ups with the 32kg, well on my way to the "Simple" goal (all 32kg, 100 swings/min, 10 Get-up/10min). I put on some muscle, especially my back, and felt a lot more solid through the mid-section, especially when I started working with the 32kg. To me and others who like variety, it is a great training plan that helped my plug some gaps in my tension and strength and was a nice break from more aggressive training programs. One of the benefits of this plan for variety junkies is that you can not screw this up or mask lack of progress in variety, because there is none, the results just come. I plan to revisit this training program from time to time for 8-12 week training blocks to continue to make progress My wife is 6 months in on the program. She started swinging the 8kg and is now is using the 16kg, get-ups went from 4kg to 12kg. She is a mom, career woman, runner, martial artist and this is the first strength program that she has been able to plug into, stick with in a very long time. The convenience of such and effective workout in your living room has got her hooked.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #13,308 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #10 in Weight Training (Books) #17 in Quick Workouts (Books) #22 in Sports Training (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 6,355 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent, well presented KB program
*by G***R on September 15, 2014*

Review Kettlebell Simple and Sinister Pavel “KettleBell Simple and Sinister” is a superb product from Pavel Tsatsouline through his company StrongFirst. It is Pavel's claim, backed up by a host of experts he quotes, that a simple program of 3 warm ups (prying goblet squat, hip bridge and KB halo) and two exercises, Kettlebell swings, one and two handed, and turkish get up will make your body strong, hard and flexible. Looking at the components of the exercises and the warm ups, it cannot be argued that they do not produce a complete program. It may not lead to records in deadlifts, benches, pullups or pushups. It may not lead to heavy muscle mass. But it is a well rounded program. Pavel does state that if you have extreme tight joint issues, or cardiac issues, extra instruction and advice may be necessary. The book is well produced, beautiful to look at and for the most part easy to read. The writing is clear. The directions detailed and easily followed. The pictures are well done and with the text, demonstrate clearly what is expected. All of the exercise pictures are works of art with the athletes in black outfits on a black background. I would like more attention paid to titles and separating important portions of the text. For instance, the pages seem to flow directly from the warmups to the exercises to Program Minimum Remastered without white space or fonts clearly showing the separation. The book is in two sections. The first section is detailed instructions and clear pictures for the warmups and for the two exercises. This ends with “Program Minimum Remastered”, borrowed from Steve Justa, explaining how to do the program. The second section is a rather long discussion of “hard style” and directions and hints on how to approach the program and the exercises. This discussion is an excellent presentation of the rather atypical concept of working out without burnout, nearly daily, to achieve more rapid gains. There is also here the suggestion to give yourself a maxing out trail every two weeks. Suitable advice to go slow, not to rush the weights or reps. Pavel includes a fascinating discussion contrasting manual labor, farm labor, and gym exercise. I applaud the inclusion of standards for the warmups, each exercise and the daily performance. Pavel does state one should only do this workout, 30 minutes daily and no other program. It requires a leap of faith to leave the routine lifts and programs behind and just do this workout.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Highly recommended!
*by C***O on May 9, 2014*

Simple & Sinister, the book, is well written and presents the material in a clear, concise and lively manner. As a 20-year veteran of the marital arts, I am someone used to breaking down movements to their finest points and understand the true power in any movement is in the details and cues. I am often frustrated by the typical exercise books that show the start and end position and say, do this. By contrast, Pavel's teaching style refreshing. His text is both spartan and comprehensive, and goes into enough detail to allow the reader to really understand the techniques. Simple & Sinister, the workout, just plain works. The program is short and refreshing but is densely packed with hard work. I found I could squeeze it in different parts of the day and not miss a beat. Once you get into it, you can motor through it in less than 25 minutes, day-in, day-out. I also found that it did not spike my appetite like more aggressive programs often do, so my weight stayed where I wanted it to be without feeling hungry or having to worrying about my consumption. My personal experience: I am a 40-year-old desk jocky who has been doing various forms of resistance training for the past 10 years or so with limited results, and kettlebells for about a six months previous to Simple and Sinister. I did Simple & Sinister for 8 weeks. I started with a 20kg for all movements and met the standard of 5 min for the swings and 10 minute for the Get-ups, but could only perform a couple of sets with the 24kg. By the end of the 8 weeks, the 24kg seemed like a toy, and I was mixing in a healthy amount of Swings and Get-ups with the 32kg, well on my way to the "Simple" goal (all 32kg, 100 swings/min, 10 Get-up/10min). I put on some muscle, especially my back, and felt a lot more solid through the mid-section, especially when I started working with the 32kg. To me and others who like variety, it is a great training plan that helped my plug some gaps in my tension and strength and was a nice break from more aggressive training programs. One of the benefits of this plan for variety junkies is that you can not screw this up or mask lack of progress in variety, because there is none, the results just come. I plan to revisit this training program from time to time for 8-12 week training blocks to continue to make progress My wife is 6 months in on the program. She started swinging the 8kg and is now is using the 16kg, get-ups went from 4kg to 12kg. She is a mom, career woman, runner, martial artist and this is the first strength program that she has been able to plug into, stick with in a very long time. The convenience of such and effective workout in your living room has got her hooked.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ great conditioning / easy strength protocol
*by H***D on July 11, 2018*

As a background information I’m a 38 years old male. I have been practicing martial arts and strength training since my early/mid 20’s. Family life and sedentary academic job have taking their toll, however, and during last ten years I have gained some 10kg of fat being 185 cm tall with weight of 95 kg. I injured my neck in December 2015 and had a pinned nerve that took my left lat out of the game for a half a year. I couldn’t do a single pushup, perform a single straight punch, or play guitar. The pinned nerve was eventually released, but I had lost a great deal of strength and conditioning. In Jan 2018 my lat activation was still a bit weaker on the left side and my pushups had went down from 60+ to 20. I was, however, able to carry on my normal life pain-free and I was able to continue MA practices. Simple and Sinister seemed like a great back-in-to-game protocol. I started simple & sinister January 2nd 2018 with a 16 kg kettlebell. I never did S&S exclusively but trained also kickboxing and krav maga a couple of times a week, and I tried to nail 10 000 steps daily. On January, I did Simple and Sinister 27 times. This was quite easy for the 16kg bell felt really light and I could do the exercise on my lunch break without breaking much sweat. My training volume, however, was quite high as it was not a problem to do S&S and MA during the same day. I noticed quite early on that my conditioning got much better and sparring rounds didn’t wear me out as much as earlier. After a month, I moved to 24 kg on both getups and swings. The fatigue started to cumulate and I had to keep one or two days off weekly from any exercise to be able to recover. The exercise took longer time with the 24 kg bell and there was a tad too much sweat to do it in office at a lunch break. I started to notice some development in my forearms, biceps and triceps. Not any great hypertrophy but my arms felt more solid. In early March I proceeded gradually to using 32kg bell for getups. By the end of March, I did the time test successfully with 24 kg bell. I noticed I had a small stability issue with the packing of the left shoulder when the kettlebell was moving downward. That made me quite cautious of moving forward to 32 kg bell in swings. In late April I suffered a small setback by having an inflammation in my left bicep tendon. I think this was due to improper hip drive in swings causing me to overcompensate the pull with upper body. I let the arm rest and only did four exercises in May. I continued with other activities like MA, bicycling and running, though. In June the tendon started to feel quite good again and I went right to 32kg sessions. The arm was quite ok as long as I focused on the hardstyle hip drive. I did the first full 32kg session on June 14. The 32kg bell started to feel quite comfortable quite fast. In July 11 I gave the simple test a try on my 94th Simple and Sinister practice. I was still somewhat tired from last night MA training (and S&S). I completed the time test quite easily, even though I wouldn’t have passed the talking test. All in all, I didn’t lose weight,but my waistline got smaller whereas my glutes got a bit bigger. There were definitely some strength gains. Especially my grip and mid section got much stronger making grappling much easier.

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