Such guys have always been and will be a motivation for many others, proving by their example that if you have the desire, then with the help of workout you can move mountains!
Our guest today is - Andrey Kobelev aka xabarih from Krasnoyarsk, who proves by his own example that training opportunities can be found anywhere, and achieving a high level depends primarily on desire and willpower, and not on fashionable street sports grounds!
Tell us a little about yourself, since most of our readers are meeting you for the first time.
I am an ordinary village guy born and raised in a suburban area of Krasnoyarsk. I study in Pedagogy. University, I train, and whenever possible I participate in competitions.
How did you even learn about workout and why did you start doing it?
I started training even before I learned about workout, when I was 16 years old. My brother went to the gym and I also decided to pump myself up + my grandfather was a gymnast, he told me a lot about his training and achievements, it was my grandfather who taught me many elements. So for the first year of training I combined training with iron and training of elements. Once my brother called me a turnstile man, I asked in bewilderment who it was, he showed me a video
Who from the workout community motivates you, if there are such people?
My grandfather and brother, my environment, motivated me more to start classes. The performances motivated me a lot
How do your workouts usually go?
For the first 2 years I trained strictly using a diary and a stopwatch, I created a training program for myself and strictly followed it, recording each approach. Throughout my training, I constantly read various scientific literature and articles on physical development, and as my knowledge increased, my approach to training changed. Progress has been very powerful, but Last year I’ve moved away from this and am training to make it work, this is due to personal problems, I really want to return to that regime, but it just doesn’t work out. At first I trained 3-4 times a week for 1-, 1.5 hours, training the base on horizontal bars and uneven bars, the base with iron and elements, on different days, now I train the base on horizontal bars with weight, dynamic elements (hanging pull-ups, push-ups in a rack, exits, etc.), and statics. On average, 3-4 approaches per exercise, changing grips. It’s not so easy to train here in Siberia when it’s -30, -40 in the winter. And in spring and autumn there is constant rain and wind. Most of the time I train at home.
Do you train with iron or weights?
I previously wrote about the fact that I work out with weights; I don’t do regular pull-ups and push-ups without weight at all, now even on 1 arm. I gave up training with iron a year ago.
Why?
I gave up training with iron because... changed my training goals. Now I just train for fun, if I want to do something, then I train only this.
Do you have any favorite/least favorite exercises?
My favorite exercises are elements on 1 arm, I consider them more complex and spectacular, even the most ideal and long front hang cannot be compared with hanging on 1 arm. I also like elements on
Least favorites - I don’t like platitudes, if everyone trains and performs 1 element, I won’t do it.
At the very beginning, you said that you took part in freestyle competitions on horizontal bars. Can you tell me more?
He took part in regional and World Cup stages in Chelyabinsk. But the modern assessment system simply does not exist; everyone evaluates at his own discretion, and often he is wrong. This has become especially noticeable now. In many groups, people began to massively criticize the decisions of the judges, and both beginners and experienced athletes who understand what’s what are criticizing. Therefore, I no longer see the point of participating in competitions under such a system.
In your opinion, are workout competitions even necessary?
We need it, but we need to create at least some kind of assessment system; of course, it’s impossible to cover everything, but it’s quite possible to lay the foundations. For example, I would remove the artistry, it only distracts. We are still athletes, not artists. There is also a problem with the presentation of 1 element, I myself, of course, go overboard with the hang, but many now perform simply showing 15 varieties of horizon. And, most importantly and sadly, they win.
Okay, if not in competitions, then how do you see your further development in workout? What goals do you set for yourself?
I’m not giving up competitions at all; you can still take part in regional ones because... I don’t lose anything, it’s expensive for me to travel somewhere. I train, shoot videos, exchange experiences with other guys, I think this is enough + we recently defended a project for the construction of a site, so we will develop the movement in our area.
What advice could you give to newbies?
Gain knowledge and you won't need advice. Purely from my own experience, I can say that a well-planned regimen gives much higher results than chaotic training. The base is your everything and your nothing, without a good base you are unlikely to achieve anything, but even without targeted training on elements or some sports performance, you will not be able to develop them to a decent level.
Thank you very much for the interview, would you like to give anyone my final greetings?
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From "Planet Dynamo"
Our Andrey Nikolaevich
Rather, I accidentally witnessed Andrei Kobelev’s debut games at Dynamo.
Business trip to Moscow, duty visit to Petrovsky Park. Good weather, even mood, inexpressive play of the favorites, an insignificant match with Ararat. It was felt that fresh blood and enthusiasm were needed, and here was a debutant - a nice, nice guy, confidently holding the ball, not widening his eyes and not stumbling from jitters...
...The nimble Armenians quickly scored their “hop” goal, ours fumbled for a long time, and finally, in the commotion at the gate, they hardly pushed in the return goal. Beginners, as a rule, are lucky; Kobelev was the last to touch the ball before the net. And rightly so - he was the most active in the team, no, he did not “playmaker”, as in his future football life, he simply ran honestly, made tackles, fought until the end in the penalty area.
...I definitely liked Kobelev - something will happen to him in ten years - the thought lingered. And will his Russian surname, which at first offends the ear, become as familiar as Vshivtsev?…
...Twelve years later he abandoned his studies and foreign affairs and settled in Russia - Dynamo PLAYED. By the end of the first round, everyone believed - a new champion had appeared, not an opportunistic, points-based, administrative one - in a game long forgotten, a grandmaster's, a master's.
The Belarusian grenadiers with Yurts stood like a wall in defense, walking in unison into someone else's penalty area. The century-old English proverb - “a corner is half a goal” - began to take on a real Dynamo meaning. At any standard, the opponent panicked convulsively, rushed about, fussed - four pillars and Terekha blocked the penalty area, the serve was either a goal or weak legs after a pre-infarction state.
...And he led that game - the playmaker, the player Andrei Nikolaevich Kobelev - Koba. He turned into a seasoned handsome man, an athlete, an authority figure. He confidently held the team in his hands, like a good manager in volleyball. After a tackle or interception, any speaker looked for Koba. Koba has the ball - Terekha in the penalty area, the defenders are approaching the wicks. A simple tactic, but combined with pressure, tough selection, and good physics, it was devastating. Everyone knew and carried out their maneuver - and this meaningfulness of the game paralyzed the enemy.
…- If you ask me who will be the national champion, I will firmly say - Dynamo Moscow! - “grandfather” Pereturin said in “Football Review” early that summer. This time I agreed with him unconditionally...
...Dynamo did not become the champion that year - there was not enough “administrative resource”, which the Spartak players used to the fullest. But we were uncrowned champions - 97 - in game, impression, power, intelligence, justice, just as Dynamo was the champion - 86, Dynamo - 70.
And the heart of that Dynamo is Andrei Nikolaevich. Without him, there would be no Dynamo 97, a dream team, a team with the power of the German national team. Or England, at worst... A team that seemed to appear out of nowhere in Petrovsky Park after ten years of hectic twitching, suddenly playing Dynamo football...
...And only during this outstanding season Andrei Nikolaevich joined the ranks of the great Dynamo players. A season that more than covered all his everyday, human weaknesses - whims, self-confidence, throwing around, walking around Europe, even flirting with Spartak. Dirt doesn't stick to the great Dynamo players...
Andrey Kobolev is the head of the board of NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine. It is interesting to know whether he is getting rich along with the state or at its expense? Then quickly read the article: here you will find information about how the official lives, what salary and bonus he receives. You will also find out why his declaration and those of other members of the board of NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine are classified.
Biography
Zodiac sign: Leo. According to the eastern horoscope: the year of the Earth Horse.
Nationality: Ukrainian.
Religion: Orthodox.
His autobiography includes a dry list of facts about his work activity. At first it may even seem that this person is pure and unbiased. Let's find out how Andrei Vladimirovich came into big politics and became the chairman of the board of NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine.
And also about why he transferred $7.9 million outside of Ukraine. However, most Ukrainian politicians do this: they place their assets in other countries. Let's talk more about his material assets and family values.
Family
I spent my childhood and youth in Kyiv. Parents: father - Vladimir Pavlovich, chief geophysicist of Ukraine. Mother has been living in America for more than 10 years. Not long ago, her son transferred 207 million UAH to her abroad, which he converted into dollars - 7.9 million. He received this amount as a bonus. But why did the billionaire give all the money to his mother? Is he really so generous, and his mother is the most dear person for him, for whom millions are not a pity?
Let us remind you that the official received a cosmic sum after winning a dispute with Gazprom in the Stockholm arbitration. In addition, the award was given to other employees of the company. Thus, it is known that commercial director Yuriy Vitrenko received 158 million UAH.
In an interview with the media, Andrei Vladimirovich noted that he sent all the money to his mother for insurance reasons. In case he suddenly loses the court appeal. This step will help avoid confiscation of money in case of loss.
By the way, on what legal basis the decision to pay bonuses was made, the chairman of the board of NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine did not answer the parliamentarians. Meanwhile, according to facts related to the work of Naftogaz, he is a defendant in several criminal proceedings opened in Ukraine. At this stage, none of the cases have been closed.
Marital status: divorced. Zoryan's wife gave birth to three daughters. He was married to her for 14 years. The couple divorced a year ago - in 2017. According to the agreement on the division of property, the ex-wife received an elite Porsche Cayenne car, 2007, the cost of which on the secondary market in 2018 was from 16 to 18 thousand dollars.
She also got a house with an area of 275.5 m² and 12 acres of land on Chaika (a cottage town near Kyiv). The price of one hundred square meters of land here is 153 thousand 600 UAH. And 12 acres now cost almost 2 million UAH. And if you also take into account real estate, the amount turns out to be fabulous.
Education
At the age of 17, after graduating from school, he entered the Institute of International Relations of Kyiv national university named after T. Shevchenko, where his father is a professor at the Department of Geophysics. After 5 years, he received a diploma and a master's degree in international economic relations.
Career and business
After graduating from the institute, for three years he specialized in strategic management and corporate transformations in the Ukrainian division of the international consulting and auditing company PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), which became the main defendant in the scandal between PrivatBank and the NBU.
PwC valued the “privat” collaterals at several times higher than their real value. A conflict of interest was also caused by the fact that they simultaneously provided the services of an appraiser-auditor.
Then for 8 years he held various positions at NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine. Head of the Board - since 2014. For four years before that he was an advisor at the investment company AYA Securities. By the way, he is also its co-owner.
Compromising evidence and rumors
According to a number of media reports, Andrei Vladimirovich is a protege of ex-Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk. Journalists are confident that he is his man, carrying out instructions and enriching himself at the expense of Ukrainians, having a number of specific obligations to him.
It is interesting that Andrei Kobolev’s declaration is classified. It is impossible to find out what his salary and financial status were over the past four years, because these documents are not available on the official website of the company of the NAC Public Relations Department. Members of the board of NJSC Neftegaz Ukraine explain this to journalists by the fact that for them the current legislation does not require mandatory declaration of their income and property.
There are only meager declarations for 2013 and 2014. In the latter, the total amount of income is 769 thousand 548 UAH. Of these, 763 thousand 263 is the salary of the declarant (the difference is dividends), the income of family members amounted to 520 thousand 70 UAH.
The property listed is a Kiev rented apartment with an area of 115 sq. m. m. and a garage of 42 square meters. Family members have a residential building in the Kiev-Svyatoshinsky district with an area of 275.5 m² and an adjacent land plot with an area of 1204 m².
The vehicles declared are a Porsche Cayenne, 2007, which he gave to his wife during the divorce, and a Mercedes-Benz GL 550, 2008. and Jet Ski “Bomber” Sea-Doo RXP-255, 2006. Family members have a Lexus LX 570, 2011.
There is more than 53 thousand UAH in the declarant’s bank account. And nothing more. So how does the billionaire, Head of the Board of NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine, live in reality? What luxury does he enjoy? Is his salary gigantic? And how many people are on the list of those who should have received the bonus?
It is known that he cares about his safety. According to media reports, the official previously drove a Toyota Highlander. And now he drives around in an armored full-size Cadillac Escalade SUV. By the way, a 2017 car costs more than 155 thousand dollars.
The latest news regarding his salary was in the fall of 2017, when the audit report of the State Audit Service of Naftogaz activities was made public. According to the information specified in this document, in 2016 the official received a remuneration of several million hryvnia.
A wave of surprise swept over Ukraine. After all, the money from Gazprom for the lawsuit has not yet arrived in Ukraine. And the amount of incentives for poor Ukraine is unprecedented. There were 41 people on the list for the prize, whose names Andrei Kobolev refused to name, for which he was fined 1.7 thousand UAH. But what is this amount for him if his income is in the millions?
According to open sources, Andrei Kobolev has an elite house. Journalists managed to find out this in the fall of 2015. Reporters investigating his background discovered that the official lived in the closed country cottage town of Chaika, which, when the property was divided, became the property of his wife. The average price of home ownership here including land in 2018 is more than 23 million UAH.
What has the Head of the Board of NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine been up to lately? According to Andrei Vladimirovich himself, a new model is being built, which involves the restructuring of the internal corporate system, the creation of gas and oil divisions, which will include Ukrgasvydobuvannya and Ukrtransnafta as subsidiaries. This looks like a usurpation of corporate power, although Andrei Vladimirovich himself denies this.
He allowed Igor Kolomoisky to set conditions. By his actions in 2015, the Chairman of the Board of NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine allowed Igor Valerievich to take about 12 billion UAH from Ukrnafta, for which the Prosecutor General’s Office subsequently opened a criminal case against Andrei Kobolev.
Meanwhile, while Ukrainians are thinking about how to survive the winter and how to pay for gas, Andrei Vladimirovich continues to enrich himself. And Ukrainians are encouraged from TV screens to save gas, dress second-hand, and buy used household appliances. It turns out that for some - everything, and for others - nothing? How will this turn of events end? And how long will the top of Naftogaz continue to enrich itself at the expense of ordinary people?
On November 15, 2018, Andrey Kobolev wrote on his Facebook page: “In order to stop another betrayal from our “ardent supporters” in the pro-Russian media, we have decided to postpone the placement of Neftegaz Eurobonds: market instability and the high potential cost of raising funds on international markets makes the issue Five-year debt obligations are not yet practical. We continue to monitor the market situation and plan to return to the issue of placement on foreign markets under more favorable conditions...”
When Andrey Kobolev became the chairman of the board of Naftogaz, the word “diversification,” which was new to the Ukrainian public, began to be heard with might and main. It means expanding the range of purchased and manufactured products, and reorienting the purchasing and sales markets. Roughly speaking, in order to avoid gas prices after Tymoshenko’s “counterattack,” Yatsenyuk and Kobolev began purchasing gas from other European companies.
But many media outlets began to write that this was just an excuse to cash in on purchases. Among the companies from which gas was purchased, there was one that stood out the most - TrailStone. Gas was purchased from her in large quantities, but obviously at too high a price.
Yulia Tymoshenko even started talking about this. She stated that TrailStone was created artificially by the Yatsenyuk government. It is headed by Ukrainian citizen Pavel Levin, who is directly related to the management of Naftogaz. Kobolev did not remain in debt.
Neftegaz almost immediately responded with a post where he explained that TrailStone has existed for more than 15 years. But, as the documents show, this is a lie. The company was founded at a time when Yatsenyuk gained great power - in 2013.
And after that Kobolev himself comes into play. 2 days later, after TrailStone was registered on the stock exchange, Kobolev says that 2 more companies will supply gas to Ukraine. It seemed good, but he didn’t say a word about the price. And he was not obliged to publish prices, so no one knew or saw anything.
Soviet and Russian football player, Russian football coach. Master of Sports of International Class (1990). Formerly a central midfielder, he is known for his performances for the clubs Dynamo (Moscow), Zenit (St. Petersburg) and the Spanish Real Betis.
Footballer's career
He began playing football in 1976 at the Dynamo Sports School (coaches: V.V. Ilyin and A.S. Nazarov).
He played for youth teams (1983-86, 40 matches, 15 goals), and was captain of the USSR youth team. European champion among 16-year-olds (1985). Winner of the V. A. Granatkin Memorial among youth teams (1986). He was recognized as the best player in the Youth Cup competition (1983).
In the team of masters since 1983 (first game 06/16/85 with Zenit). The team's youngest debutant in the national championships is 16 years old.
As part of Dynamo (Moscow) (1985-98), he played 327 games (253 in the USSR and Russian championships, 28 in the National Cup, 29 in European cups and 17 in the USSR Federation Cup); scored 61 goals (46 in ES, 6 in KS, 6 in EC, 3 in CF).
In 1993-94, together with Dynamo partner Veli Kasumov, he played for Real Betis. However, due to a serious injury, his career in Spain did not work out, and Andrei returned to Moscow.
In 1999-2001 he played for Zenit (St. Petersburg), played 69 games, scored 9 goals. In 2002 he spent his last season with Dynamo, after which he ended his playing career.
Match for the Russian national team
On August 16, 1992, Kobelev played in the first official match of the Russian national team after the collapse of the USSR - at the Lokomotiv stadium in Moscow, Russia met with the Mexican national team. Kobelev entered the second half with the score 0:0, replacing Ledyakhov. Despite the friendly status of the match, the game took place in a tough and stubborn fight, the Mexicans did not hesitate to openly be rude and break the rules, and this was soon followed by a penalty in the 60th minute - this was just Kobelev, after going one-on-one with goalkeeper Campos , was brought down by him inside the penalty area. The penalty was successfully converted by Valery Karpin, who became the player who scored the historic first goal of the Russian team. Five minutes later the score was doubled after Dmitry Popov's shot. And in the 72nd minute, the Mexican team was left in the minority: Hermosillo grossly violated the rules against the same Kobelev and earned a red card. And soon Kobelev himself had to leave the field - he, seriously injured, was replaced by Andrei Ivanov in the 76th minute. This half hour remained for Kobelev the only time spent in the Russian national team T-shirt. Due to constant injuries, he was no longer involved in the matches of the national team.
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Coaching career
Graduated from the Higher School of Coaches. He has been working as a coach at Dynamo Moscow since 2004. Since October 2004, coach of the team's main team. From May 16 to July 19, from November 8 to 20, 2005 and from August 5 to 29 - acting head coach of the Dynamo team (Moscow). Since August 30, head coach of Dynamo. In 2005, he received the coaching category A (FIFA license), and in 2006 - the PRO category (FIFA license).
Achievements as a player
Silver medal of the USSR championship: 1986
Bronze medalist of the USSR Championship: 1990
Bronze medalist of the Russian Championship: 1992, 1997, 2001
Russian Cup winner: 1995
Russian Cup finalist: 1997
Winner of the European Youth Championship: 1990
Winner of the European Youth Championship (under 16 years old): 1985
Dynamo's youngest debutant in championships and national cup competitions - at 16 years old
Captain of Dynamo Moscow: 1991-1992, 1996-1998
In 1998, he became Dynamo's record holder for the number of matches played in European competition - 29.
In the lists of the 33 best football players of the season in the USSR (2): No. 2 - 1991; No. 3 - 1990
In the lists of the 33 best football players of the Russian Championship (3): No. 2 - 1992, No. 3 - 1996, 1997