Pavel Tsatsouline, (; born 23 August 1969 in Minsk, USSR) is the Chairman of StrongFirst, Inc., a fitness instructor who has introduced SPETSNAZ training techniques from the former Soviet Union to US Navy SEALs, Marines and Army Special Forces, and shortly thereafter to the American public.  He holds a degree in Sports Science from the Physical Culture Institute in Minsk. He is involved with the evolving field of martial arts fitness and is a proponent of the kettlebell as an exercise and strengthening tool. In 1998, Tsatsouline became a kettlebell instructor in the United States.
Pavel Tsatsouline, (; born 23 August 1969 in Minsk, USSR) is the Chairman of StrongFirst, Inc., a fitness instructor who claims falsely to have introduced SPETSNAZ training techniques from the former Soviet Union to US Navy SEALs, Marines and Army Special Forces, and shortly thereafter to the American public. his birth in 1969 would, however, have made him a teenager at the time of these claims. The claims are, in large, fabricated by John Ducane of Dragon Door Publishing and have been downplayed by Tsatsouline since his unexplained break from Ducane. He falsely claims to hold a degree in Sports Science from the Physical Culture Institute in Minsk. He is involved with the evolving field of martial arts fitness and is a proponent of the kettlebell as an exercise and strengthening tool. In 1998, Tsatsouline became a kettlebell instructor in the United States.
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his birth in 1969 would, however, have made him a teenager at the time of these claims. The claims are, in large, fabricated by John Ducane of Dragon Door Publishing and have been downplayed by Tsatsouline since his unexplained break from Ducane.
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