Dorian Yates tore a muscle
Englishman Yates is famous for winning the Mr. Olympia tournament six times. He did this every year since 1992. On the eve of his last championship victory in 1997, Dorian tore his triceps, but still won.
He had similar injuries before. In a word, “material fatigue” took its toll. Dorian Yates has retired.
At his best he weighed 130 kg, now about 80 kg. The jock looks athletic and fit, and trains his son.
The big cat went to play music
American Kevin Levrone once won the “Night of Champions” and many national grand prix. In 1992 he took second place in the Mr. Olympia tournament.
He gained fame not only for his successful performances, but also for his amazing plasticity. That's why they called him the Cat. In 2003, he was seduced by the money that was promised in show business. Kevin lost his muscle mass, remaining just a handsome man.
Low-fat dairy products
This could be cottage cheese, kefir, some types of yogurt. In a word, foods containing fats must be consumed, but in limited quantities.
It is recommended to eat in small portions, but often. Usually the figure is 1 time every 3 hours. In this case, you need to have dinner at least 4 hours before bedtime.
Note! It will not be possible to build muscle mass and reduce body fat at the same time. The first requires a significant intake of calories into the body, and the second requires a systematic reduction in their number.
Fedorov was let down by injury
Russian Alexander Fedorov is known as the most titled professional bodybuilder in the country. He practiced freestyle wrestling and taekwondo, and even played football. In peak form, he had an impressive chest - 150 cm with a height of 185 cm.
In 2006, Sasha tore his pectoral tendons and underwent a very difficult surgery to recover. During his illness, he lost 40 kg (he was 140 kg). After 8 years, he returned to professional sports, taking 3rd place in the Orlando Pro competition, Show of Champions. He’s almost back into shape, but it’s years... He’s already 43.
Sports career
The guy managed to achieve success in his bodybuilding career in the spring of 2012, at his very first competition, when he took part in the Open Cup of the Moscow Region and immediately got on the podium, taking 3rd place. After this, Boytsov continued to improve and received a bronze medal at the Open Championship in the fall. The same year he became a prize-winner of the Russian Cup and received the title of Master of Sports.
Soon Sergey discovered the Men's Physique nomination, in which the main evaluation criteria are the aesthetics of the body and its proportions. He has repeatedly participated in competitions in this category (height from 185 cm) and in 2020 he managed to win a gold medal at the Moscow Championship, in which about 160 participants were involved.
This victory allowed the guy to compete at the Amateur Olympia Moscow tournament, where he entered the top 15, and also received an award for his contribution to the development of fitness and bodybuilding in Russia.
Sergey Boytsov – Russian Van Damme
At the same time, the bodybuilder maintained his own channel on YouTube and a blog on Instagram, where he shared news, photos and successes in sports. In 2018, he presented a video called “Russian Van Damme”, where he showed the story of his path to career heights. The video received millions of views and received many rave reviews from fans who thanked the athlete for his motivation.
Another platform where the champion maintains contact with the audience is VKontakte. Also, information about Boytsov’s sporting and personal achievements is posted on the official website and on the Wikipedia page.
Coleman got married and gave up on sports
American Ronald Coleman, better known in RuNet as Ronnie Coleman, topped the Mr. Olympia podium immediately after Yates retired in 1997 and held the title for 8 years. The real Energizer Bunny worked as an accountant, a police officer, acted and continues to act in films.
He left the sport in 2007, immediately after he got married. He maintains his shape, but has lost about 50 kilograms.
Wheeler was eaten by steroids
American Kenneth “Flex” Wheeler is famous in the world of professional bodybuilding for tearing everyone apart at the Ironman Pro competition for several years in a row (1993, 1995, 1996-1998). Known as the Sultan of Symmetry. He became addicted to anabolic steroids, destroyed his immune system, and left his career when his kidneys began to fail.
He is still being treated. In 2020, a message appeared online that due to life-threatening circulatory problems, his right leg was partially amputated.
Personal life
The personal life of the athlete has always been the focus of increased attention from fans. At various times, Sergei was seen in public with such recognized beauties as Elizaveta Solovyova, Anna Kruchinina, Alesya Abramovich and Aisha Vyskubova. He had a long affair with Olga Maslennikova, whom he planned to marry, but after two years of marriage the couple decided to leave.
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Sergey Boytsov and Victoria Demidova
In 2020, rumors appeared about Boytsov’s relationship with businesswoman and blogger Victoria Demidova, known under the pseudonym Demivika. At first, the athlete and the creator of popular fitness applications hid their love and said that there was only friendship between them. But soon they stopped hiding and confirmed the fans’ speculations.
The age difference of almost 16 years and Victoria’s son Nikita from a previous relationship, with whom Boytsov easily found a common language, did not hinder the emergence of strong mutual feelings. In 2020, the couple got married, and Demidova gave birth to an heir, who was named Christian. The happy father was present at the birth and even cut the umbilical cord.
Sergey likes to devote his free time to extreme sports and exciting travels with his family. He repeatedly participated in the Race of Heroes, organized by the League of Heroes under the leadership of Ksenia Shoigu. In addition, Boytsov loves to swim with whales and sharks and skydive. He is even a member of the USPA federation and has more than 200 jumps to his credit.
Sergey Boytsov - How I spent the year
In March 2020, the athlete presented a video that captured the most vivid events in his life over the past year: skydiving, bungee jumping, high-speed driving, riding in the desert, as well as happy time with his wife and the birth of his son.
Fuchs broke his legs
Swiss Jean-Pierre Fuchs became the most promising newcomer at Mr. Olympia in 1997, finishing 7th. The guy began to build a career, but in 2002 he broke his knees during a photo shoot for Flex magazine. They say that he squatted without a harness with a lot of weight (310 kg).
Jean-Pierre was treated for a long time, tried to return, but it didn’t work out. He has lost a lot of weight, but looks decent and runs a successful business in the USA.
Little tricks: how to make your abs photo more impressive?
One day that wonderful day will come when you understand - you have achieved your goal, hurray!
You can, of course, wait for those around you to notice the results of your titanic efforts. But it wouldn’t hurt to help them with this a little.
In the end, we all know that it’s not enough to achieve a great result, you also need to be able to present it well.
Paris chose cinema
American Bob Paris is slender for a bodybuilder. With a height of 183 cm, in his best shape he weighed 98 kg. According to Flex magazine in 2006, he was recognized as “the most aesthetic bodybuilder in the history of bodybuilding.” Bob competed for ten years from 1982 to 1992.
The guy worked as a fashion model, wrote seven books about sports, acted in the theater, and acted in films and TV series. He was noticeably thinner, but acquired a new charm. Homosexual, married.
Childhood and youth
Sergei Dmitrievich Boytsov was born on August 15, 1994 in the city of Klin, located in the Moscow region. The future celebrity spent his childhood in the village of Maidanovo, where he grew up in a single-parent family. The father left, the mother worked a lot, and caring for the boy fell on the grandmother’s shoulders.
Since childhood, Boytsov has been drawn to sports - he played table tennis and played football, in which he became famous as the best goalkeeper and managed to receive the captain's armband. The boy's other hobbies were checkers and chess. But the lack of male education took its toll, which led to the development of bad habits and a passion for computer games.
Athlete Sergei Boytsov
As a teenager, Seryozha sat in his room for days, participating in Counter Strike tournaments and forgetting about his studies. But everything changed when one day his friends invited him to practice on the horizontal bars and he realized with horror that he could not do a single pull-up. Then the teenager decided to improve his physical fitness and increasingly went out to train with the guys. True, this did not stop him from leading an unhealthy lifestyle.
During this period, the young man managed to become famous in Klin, where he popularized the Ghetto workout movement. Seryozha was invited to appear on television and was interviewed, but he could not make a living from sports. Therefore, he was forced to work as a seller at the market, a security guard in entertainment establishments and a dancer in a club.
A new page in Boytsov’s biography was his acquaintance with coach Dmitry Yashankin, to whom he personally wrote on VKontakte when he decided to participate in bodybuilding competitions. The man not only undertook to train the young athlete, but also helped him give up bad habits, start eating right and learn discipline.
Even then, Sergei decided that he would definitely reach the top in sports and would help other people improve. After graduating from secondary school and then college, the guy entered the university of physical education and trained as a trainer-teacher. During his studies, he worked part-time as an instructor at a fitness center.
Martinez left part of his strength in the dungeons
Dominican-American Victor Martinez is known for performing well but unevenly. He is a two-time winner of the Arnold Classic tournament (2007 and 2011). Participates in Mr. Olympia: 2nd place in 2007, 11th place in 2020.
He had breaks in his competitive career due to injuries and, according to rumors, due to problems with the law. Each time he lost, then gained shape. The latest achievement is first place at Muscle Meyham Pro.
She's a woman again
American Kim Chizhevsky is a four-time Miss Olympia (1996–1999). Her fiancé brought her into bodybuilding. During her professional career, with a height of 174.5 cm, she pumped up her weight from 60 to 84 kg and was complex about it.
The girl quit bodybuilding after her last victory and a year later she already weighed 56 kg. With age she has gained a few kilograms, but it suits her.
Cormier left 'of his own free will'
American Chris Cormier came to professional bodybuilding for three crowns - the highest titles at the Mr. Olympia, Arnold Classic and GNC shows. It didn't work out. But there was first place at the Night of Champions in 1997, victories at Ironman Pro in 1999, 2000 and 2001, and later at Grand Prix tournaments.
He ended his career in 2007 and became a professional trainer, very popular. He’s old and shrunken, but happy with life.
Supermass blown away
Finnish bodybuilder Marko Savolainen, nicknamed Supermass, at his peak weighed 108 kg with a height of 173 cm. He did not show good results, but became famous for his record biceps volume of 61 cm. The athlete was eventually let down by the drugs he took to increase muscle mass. At some point, the body’s excretory system failed, and I had to urgently go to the hospital.
Marco gave up bodybuilding and lost a lot of weight. But the immune system has been restored and exercises are more beneficial for health.
Physical exercises to burn fat
Another way to remove the layer hiding the aesthetic cubes is aerobic exercise. That is, those that are aimed not at building muscle mass, but at increasing the tone of the body as a whole.
Running, swimming, aerobics, dancing, skiing - all this, it seems, does not put a significant load on the abs.
However, these exercises can bring you closer to the appearance of sculpted abdominal muscles.
That is why, in order to get a spectacular photo of the abs, a guy or girl may need to not only do the “corner” and “bar”. But also jumping rope, waving your arms, pedaling a bicycle.
In a word, do not disdain types of activities that help burn calories and reduce the percentage of fat in the body.
To summarize, it is worth noting that in order for you to have beautiful abs as quickly as possible, you must do intense abdominal exercises for a month or two.
And then spend about the same amount of time burning excess fat by doing aerobic sports and adhering to the recommended diet.
At first, this whole process seems quite complicated. But gradually the training becomes more interesting, and my health improves. After the first weeks, you will feel that your body listens to you better.
And what a joyful, inspiring moment is that moment when you notice the first results!
We recommend keeping something like a diary. Take a photo of your abs at least once a week.
It can be quite unusual for men to move around with a camera in front of a mirror. But when, having lined up the resulting pictures in one line, you notice progress, you will feel new strength in yourself. Things like this really motivate me to continue.
Dillet was in a car accident
American Paul Dillett, nicknamed Frankenstein, won the “Night of Champions” in 1999. In the world of bodybuilding, he is known for his extravagant approach to training. Paul lifted weights in a state of deep hypnosis, put himself into a state of passion, and shocked himself with high voltage currents. In general, the people were amused.
He ended his career after being unable to recover from a car accident. He survived divorce and bankruptcy and grew a beer belly. Life has improved, but the guy is now unrecognizable.
What’s interesting is that even after ceasing to be a mountain of muscles, all these former jocks have retained their excellent appearance and only look weak compared to the current Mr. Olympia. Even Dilett.
