One of the things I think confuses people most about Brick Muscle the RKC system is that they become attached to specific things. What I mean is, we refer to ourselves as a school of strength. So people hear that and begin to think what they need to do is lift more and more, and heavier and heavier. Or they hear the term “Hardstyle” and think it means “Uglystyle” and unnecessary, continuous tension But Pavel never said, “Comrades, don’t do anything other than lift.” One of his earliest books The Naked Warrior is perhaps the greatest example of the blend of “styles” of the RKC system. The essence of the book is the one-arm push up and single-leg squat. To perform both you need to be strong, symmetrical, mobile, and stable. You would be hard pressed to find a more balanced training regime.When Gray Cook first came along to the RKC he said Pavel had his attention when he said, “We are a school of strength AND movement.” This began a partnership with the Certified Kettlebell Functional Movement Specialist (CK FMS) course. This combination of strength as well as the movement is an important aspect of the RKC. It allowed us to, as Brett Jones explained, “’field strip’ exercises to get to the goal in the best way for the individual.”But as humans we like polarity, black and white, in our philosophies. How can one thing be both tension and relaxation? How can we lift heavy, but be flexible? At the end of last year Pavel offered some suggestions for New Year Resolutions, “A double body weight deadlift and do the splits,” he said. As always, he instantly distilled these two seemingly separate goals into a single unified approach. http://drozforskolin.org/brick-muscle-supplement/