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Super Joints: Russian Longevity Secrets for Pain-Free Movement,
The Do-It-Now, Fast-Start, Get-Up-and-Go, Jump-into-Action Bible for High Performance and Longer LifeYou have a choice in life. You can sputter and stumble and creak your way along in a process of painful, slow decline-or you can take charge of your health and become a human dynamo.And there is no better way to insure a long, pain-free life than performing the right daily combination of joint mobility and strength-flexibility exercises. In Super Joints, Russian fitness expert Pavel Tsatsouline shows you exactly how to quickly achieve and maintain peak joint health-and then use it to improve every aspect of your physical performance.Only the foolish would deliberately ignore the life-saving and life-enhancing advice Pavel offers in Super Joints. Why would anyone willingly subject themselves to a life of increasing pain, degeneration and decrepitude? But for an athlete, a dancer, a martial artist or any serious performer, Super Joints could spell the difference between greatness and mediocrity.Discover: The twenty-eight most valuable drills for youthful joints and a stronger stretch.How to save your joints and prevent or reduce arthritis. The one-stop care-shop for your inner Tin Man-how to give your nervous system a tune up, your joints a lube-job and your energy a recharge. What it takes to go from cruise control to full throttle: The One Thousand Moves Morning Recharge-Amosov's bigger bang calisthenics complex for achieving heaven-on-earth in 25 minutes. How to make your body feel better than you can remember-active flexibility for sporting prowess and fewer injuries. The amazing Pink Panther technique that may add a couple of feet to your stretch the first time you do it.
120 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 2001
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July 21, 2025
This is one of the essential Pavel Tsatsouline workout reference manuals in my opinion. This book focused on improving overall performance in the areas of both strength and flexibility. The book first part of the book focused on Joint Health and Mobility: paradoxical breathing, theory of limit loading, joint mobility and muscle flexibility. These drills targeted the shoulders, arms, wrists, hips, waist, spine health, knees, and ankles.
The second part was strength-focused in regards to enhancing flexibility alongside mobility: active & passive stretching, agonists & antagonists, the ideomotor effect, Ukhtomsky Reflex, tight muscles vs. toned muscles, and more.
Overall this was a great book at increasing performance through flexibility-mobility-strength with the overall aim of preventing injuries. I would recommend anything by Pavel Tsatsouline as his material goes beyond the basics and you actually learn something. Thanks!
The second part was strength-focused in regards to enhancing flexibility alongside mobility: active & passive stretching, agonists & antagonists, the ideomotor effect, Ukhtomsky Reflex, tight muscles vs. toned muscles, and more.
Overall this was a great book at increasing performance through flexibility-mobility-strength with the overall aim of preventing injuries. I would recommend anything by Pavel Tsatsouline as his material goes beyond the basics and you actually learn something. Thanks!
August 14, 2017
Excellent training advice
As one who is in need of improved joint mobility, I am looking forward to putting this program into practice. I am a little skeptical, though, of some of what seems to be Russian stereotyping used a a marketing gimmick. As long as the advice is sound, I suppose the hype is tolerable.
As one who is in need of improved joint mobility, I am looking forward to putting this program into practice. I am a little skeptical, though, of some of what seems to be Russian stereotyping used a a marketing gimmick. As long as the advice is sound, I suppose the hype is tolerable.
June 30, 2013
He's a supah saiyen!
January 15, 2020
Classic Pavel, Comrades
Super Joints with its companion DVD is a really great complement to “Relax into Stretch” and its companion DVD.
Pavel is an absolute master of presenting very dense information in a very succinct, easy to follow and easy to begin to implement manner. Beyond his commitment to sifting through loads of Soviet research and making the data available to the world, his ability to communicate otherwise opaque information so clearly—in my opinion, is arguably his greatest strength.
This is a manual that you will likely read through quickly, but then refer to repeatedly as you work through and develop these exercises.
Super Joints with its companion DVD is a really great complement to “Relax into Stretch” and its companion DVD.
Pavel is an absolute master of presenting very dense information in a very succinct, easy to follow and easy to begin to implement manner. Beyond his commitment to sifting through loads of Soviet research and making the data available to the world, his ability to communicate otherwise opaque information so clearly—in my opinion, is arguably his greatest strength.
This is a manual that you will likely read through quickly, but then refer to repeatedly as you work through and develop these exercises.
May 26, 2023
I consume anything by Pavel and trust his strength training advice implicitly. This one is particularly relevant as I’m a few years north of 40 and keep getting a string of annoying injuries that seem to take forever to heal. It’s time to be more proactive about injury prevention and this is a great tool to do so. I particularly like the Amosov morning complexes. Sounds like a great way to start the day.
May 9, 2021
It's a short read on the importance of learning flexibility through strength training. It places emphasis on doing the exercises for the body's possibility of remaining movements with age. It has great exercises with detailed explanations and good pictures.
January 23, 2023
Very nicely explained
Lucidly explained. Joint mobility is more important then strength routine . Before starting workout these exercise should be practiced without fail. Best wishes
Lucidly explained. Joint mobility is more important then strength routine . Before starting workout these exercise should be practiced without fail. Best wishes
July 3, 2025
One of the best books on mobility/flexibility training
Simple, accessible and highly effective techniques. If you are interested in mobility and stretching, make sure to get this book.
Simple, accessible and highly effective techniques. If you are interested in mobility and stretching, make sure to get this book.
June 18, 2017
More great stuff from Pavel.
August 20, 2017
Guys from USSR have a lot of great concepts ^^
February 17, 2019
Excellent tips and exercises, that's definitely the book you want to get a useful list of movements and to improve your mobility and your own joint understanding.
April 3, 2020
Good suggestions! Worth a read.
If you're looking more stretch work with in-depth descriptions, this book has it. Good to add to your repertoire of stretch routines.
If you're looking more stretch work with in-depth descriptions, this book has it. Good to add to your repertoire of stretch routines.
February 7, 2021
Good techniques, light on exposition and "how should I use this". Probably should have been one book with Relax into Stretch.
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September 29, 2021Very functional uses
I'm wheelchair bound and train in martial arts. I could adapt a lot of upper body stuff. It has helped a great deal with flexibility and strength.
I'm wheelchair bound and train in martial arts. I could adapt a lot of upper body stuff. It has helped a great deal with flexibility and strength.
June 13, 2012
Wonderful book great information about how to become pain-free by increasing mobility with active stretching as well as joint circling something that is hard to find information on. The active stretching is basically range of motion with strength (mobility) which is more important than passive stretching (flexibility) because you are more likely to hurt yourself if you go into a range of motion that you do not have strength to be in. The joint circling is wonderful I am currently doing 100 rotations for every joint in my body takes me about an hour to do but it is so worth it all my hand, shoulder, upper back pain, and hip pain have just gone away as well as improved range of motion. In truth I have snapping hip syndrome as well as a rotated leg from jumping down from 6 feet and landing on a rod that left a level 3 bruise the size of a soft ball right under my butt on my left leg causing a shift in my hip. With both the snapping hip and rotation are nearly complete goal because of the joint circling allowing the muscles to stop sticking to each other and compensating. In truth this is just one of many things I have tried and do but by far one of the best things I have ever done. Also my neck and upper back have basically been frozen most my life and is pain to move either one. When I started doing the joint circling and my upper back broke free it sounded like a grinding rocks and pop rocks. At first this was really painful because all of the connective tissue hadn't been used for ever so there was no real muscle tone around my spine on my upper back so for nearly a week with doing the joint circling it was an exereince learning to bend with my upper back and working through it to where I am now with much much less pain and full movement as well as it not sounding like pop rocks or grinding rocks. I still have a ways to go with my joint circling but with the progression I have had in just 3 weeks I amazed.
April 29, 2015
Super Joints makes a good partner to Pavel's Relax into Stretch. I found Relax into Stretch to be more actionable, but maybe that's because I need to work on my flexibility more than joint health.
I learned some useful warmups from Super Joints that I've incorporated into my exercises. As always, Pavel's explanations are crystal clear.
The "Soviet scientists did everything right and I will teach you their secrets" shtick does get a little old. On the other hand, the evil-Russian attitude is hilarious and adds some comedy to what would otherwise be a dry subject.
I learned some useful warmups from Super Joints that I've incorporated into my exercises. As always, Pavel's explanations are crystal clear.
The "Soviet scientists did everything right and I will teach you their secrets" shtick does get a little old. On the other hand, the evil-Russian attitude is hilarious and adds some comedy to what would otherwise be a dry subject.
April 1, 2016
A rather short, unfocused work but there are some good simple exercises and ideas here. The Pink Panther variations stick out, for instance.
If you're looking for a complete program, you'd better find something else. Think of this as a list of general exercises that you can mix an match any way you see fit.
If you're looking for a complete program, you'd better find something else. Think of this as a list of general exercises that you can mix an match any way you see fit.
April 13, 2015
Excellent short book on joint health and mobility. The only criticism is that I couldn't perform some movements(eg; split switches) and no progression guide was included. I'm going to read 'Relax into Stretching' soon, so hopefully that will help.
October 4, 2015
Good joints make healthy bodies
What a fantastic, simple, reminder and primer that without range of motion and mobility there's nothing. You can do this every day, easily, for the rest of your life.
What a fantastic, simple, reminder and primer that without range of motion and mobility there's nothing. You can do this every day, easily, for the rest of your life.
August 4, 2016
Some good theory and exercises scattered throughout.
High rep joint rotations for joint health - as many as your age is a good target for each joint daily. 100 if over 40 years old, 200-300 for damaged joints
High rep joint rotations for joint health - as many as your age is a good target for each joint daily. 100 if over 40 years old, 200-300 for damaged joints
August 17, 2012
Three sets of exercises for promoting joint mobility and strength. Some excellent ideas but a little skimpy on pictures from time to time. Some typos in Kindle version.
June 14, 2013
Similar book as relax into stretch. There are definitely good movements in this book. I would recommend this book to only the most body aware. I will try many of the movements myself.
November 10, 2021
Comprehensive and practical exercises for joint health
August 29, 2009
I can't say that I adopted much from this book.
January 5, 2013
I'd reccomend this book to anybody.
The trick to making it work is to actually doing it.
The trick to making it work is to actually doing it.
June 1, 2017
It's an okay book to pick up if you're looking on strengthening your joints. I'd recommend taking more of a gymnastics approach though.
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