Ekaterina Lapteva: “I think that I still need to work on the quality of the muscles of my legs and back.” Fitness model Ekaterina Lapteva - biography, photo, training and nutrition program

One of the most talked about fitness bikini champions today is Ekaterina Lapteva: master of sports in rhythmic gymnastics in the past, a young mother was able to get around many eminent athletes at world-class competitions, and this, of course, could not go unnoticed. At 25, Katya is already a Russian Cup bronze medalist, Russian champion, European vice-champion, Arnold Classic 2015 champion and Olympia Amateur Spain vice-champion in the fitness bikini category.

Ekaterina Lapteva was born in Moscow and most of her sports life devoted to rhythmic gymnastics, having achieved the title of master of sports. From the outside, it may seem that moving from one sport to another is easy, but in fact, changing your life and leaving gymnastics for bodybuilding is a serious volitional decision. However, the gracefulness of the gymnast in the girl is felt. While posing, Katya showed incredible artistry and plasticity.

- How did you start performing in the fitness bikini category?

- My path to a fitness bikini was long and thorny! When I decided to take part in competitions, as an MC in rhythmic gymnastics, I was attracted by the “fitness” category. In this nomination, in addition to proportional beautiful body you still have to come out with a free program, in which there is acrobatics and a lot of gymnastic elements. It was very close to me then. I competed for 2 seasons and, in the last tournament of the second season, I broke my arm and could not recover for a very long time. I missed the competition and all our sports atmosphere. After looking at beautiful girls in bikinis, I decided to try myself in this category. My coach gave the go-ahead and as it turned out, all the accidents are not accidental!
Many girls after childbirth are concerned about the question: Of course, for the master of sports, the path to restoring form was easier than for a girl who was not familiar with sports. But not everyone can win on Arnold and conquer Europe, being a young mother.

- How did you combine the role of a young mother and preparation for competitions?

- First of all, it is worth noting that I have a lot, which helped to create all the conditions so that I had time for this very preparation for the competition. When I started preparing, my daughter was just a baby, she was only a year old, but I managed to combine caring for the child, work and training. All in one bottle. Now I understand what it would be great desire and in a day immediately appears extra couple hours! Of course, sometimes I had to train late in the evening and chew the breasts wherever possible. But that time hardened me and taught me to organize myself even more and use time with maximum benefit.

Katya's approach to training and nutrition is strictly individual, she is not used to thoughtlessly copying someone else's experience. For example, most athletes remove carbohydrates from the diet 3-4 days before the competition, and water 1-2 days before the competition in order to have a good body. Thanks to genetics, Katya Lapteva’s drying process is faster than the others, which is an advantage for the “fitness” category, but does not give any advantages for performances in the “fitness bikini”. Therefore, she developed her own approach to nutrition. The same is true with training.

- What are your favorite exercises?

- Oddly enough, I have no unloved exercises. I love to train and work in the gym every time to the maximum. But there are, of course, exercises that I am ready to include in every workout - these are all kinds of isolating ones. I like to work on quality and. Muscle volume is of course important, but it is a beautiful high-quality form that pleases the eyes of spectators and judges most of all!

The life of Ekaterina Lapteva is a series of serious sports achievements. At 26, she is a master of sports in rhythmic gymnastics, Russian champion and European medalist in bodybuilding. The girl owes her success to diligence, perseverance and the desire to find her own way - she tries all the nutrition and training systems on herself, offering clients only the most effective ones. For those who are just starting the path to gaining beautiful forms, three simple but effective principles from Catherine will help.

Don't get carried away with diets. They tend to have little to do with a balanced diet. Digestible proteins must be present in your diet, complex carbohydrates and fats in a small percentage. Eat more fish, lean meat, cottage cheese, vegetables, or contact a nutritionist - he will make a healthy menu, taking into account the characteristics of your health.

Determine your drinking regimen. Lack of water can cause excess weight, but its excess can lead to swelling. Divide the total amount of food per day into six servings and drink 150 - 250 ml of warm water half an hour before meals - this way you can control the amount of fluid consumed.

Move on to training slowly. Be patient - start with two one-hour sessions a week, gradually increasing their number and level of difficulty. Ask a trainer for a program to stretch core muscles, control breathing, and strengthen muscle corset: this is necessary for an easy transition to more intensive loads without injury or pain.

Catherine is 25 years old. Her height is 171 cm and her weight is 58 kg. Volumes: 88-63-92. She is a master of sports in rhythmic gymnastics, Arnold Classic champion (Madrid 2015), European vice-champion (Santa Susanna 2015), absolute champion Moscow (2015) and vice-champion of Russia (2015). And she's also part of the team.

Ekaterina, we were looking for information about you, some interviews, but you didn’t talk much about yourself. Did you really have a gymnastics background? Tell us - how did you get into fitness, where did you start, what mistakes did you make?

I have a really rich sports past, I devoted half of my life to rhythmic gymnastics and became a master of sports. I think that a person who has been on the move, in sports since childhood, will not turn away from physical activity. That's how I got into fitness, where I fulfilled my dream of being a coach and transforming other people.

When I started training in an unusual power mode for myself, I got to know dumbbells and barbells better, all this smoothly flowed into a desire to perform in the fitness category, to try myself in something new. Not to be confused with a fitness bikini! The fitness category includes not only building a beautiful body and posing, but also free program with acrobatic and gymnastic elements.

I performed in this nomination for two seasons, and then I broke my arm and could not recover for a very long time, but time passed and I wanted to perform. As a result, I decided that I would compete in the fitness bikini category.

Of course, at the beginning of the competitive path, I made a lot of mistakes, they mainly related to nutrition. It never occurred to me that after removing the water before the start, you can’t gnaw cucumbers and, perhaps, you shouldn’t remove this water at all. I did everything according to certain patterns and, one might say, experimented on myself, but this is the experience thanks to which I learned to feel my body well.

Judging by the VKontakte photo, do you have a child? How do you manage to combine family and hard work with competitions and trips?

Yes, I have a daughter and I am married to a very understanding and patient man. At first it was difficult to match. child, husband, workout, strict diet and a lot of work - this is not a joke, it was not easy for me. But a person adapts to everything, finds strength in himself, if he knows what he is striving for. Well, I'm doubly lucky, my husband supports me in everything. Probably also because the athlete himself knows everything from the inside, so to speak. So my family is my castle.

How did it happen that you started power sports? What prompted?

My husband pushed me, he was at least somehow familiar with this sport, but for me it was a dense forest, to be honest. Everything somehow came together by itself, like a puzzle, and I vaguely remember the details. One evening they just thought, why not speak out, my husband had acquaintances with the world of bodybuilding, and all roads led to a coach. No one dissuaded me, but there were warnings that it would be difficult, but we are not looking for easy ways. I did everything.

Were there losses that were very frustrating and demotivating? Or vice versa, charged with sports anger?

Of course they were! As a rule, I get angry, but I draw conclusions and correct mistakes. I try to take advantage of every situation and charge myself with even more energy.

How do you manage to psychologically survive the rather tough discussions of your appearance and personality on the network?

Unfortunately, there is a lot of negativity on the Internet. Timid people with closed pages without a single photo write very bold and loud comments. I am a living person, and, like everyone else, when they scold me, I get upset. I remember when the first video with my participation came out, after reading what some people were writing, I was very upset and could not understand how people can splash out their negativity so easily?

Now I think that this is probably from the abundance of free time. I don't have time to even think about something like that. Now I prefer not to pay attention to such attacks, you won’t be nice to everyone. Although constructive criticism from professionals is very motivating, you need to focus on the positive.

It seems that all the top athletes work for Bodylab. Do you enjoy doing this?

I really like this kind of work! I love my job in general. coaching. Before, I confess, I was rather skeptical about online training, but now I see which girls are doing well and which ones are showing results. Such fitness is very honest. After all, no one pushes you, if you want a result - you get a result, if you are lazy - you will not get anything. We, curators, try to motivate girls in every possible way, but a lot depends on them. Well, you won’t get bored with such a friendly team, the guys are all very positive and will always point you in the right direction.

What's your education?

My education is not related to sports, but is connected with the management of hotels and restaurants. My parents were against sports universities, but despite this, I still went into coaching. I started with children, then I started working with adults.

I had a lot of great teachers, a lot of seminars, trainings and conventions, plus my own experience - it's better than any theory, in my opinion. Passing all the techniques through ourselves, we begin to feel people at 100%. Now I dream of studying in America, I think they ran away from us for many years ahead. After a trip to Los Angeles, I understood this very well, so I dream of living there and working there, gaining experience.

Where do you see yourself in 5-7 years?

I see myself as a mother of two children, a person who is satisfied with his life and does not stop learning and developing in his favorite business. I want to share my knowledge and experience with people.

How is your relationship with your own coach? What are your current fitness goals?

I was extremely lucky with a coach: a person knows how to guide, suggest, morally help, and not just write a program and look at the form. We are friendly and do our best to help each other. I do not want to talk about sports plans yet. I don’t keep secrets, it’s just that closer to the starts it will definitely be known and understandable, but now it’s work and work again.

I think that I still need to work on the quality of the muscles of the legs and back. I want to change my stage image a little, not globally, but quite thoroughly. While the picture is not clear, but there are outlines.

In general, what do you think it takes to win in a bikini? What data? Why were you given the first place, what do you think?

To win, you need harmony within yourself, I understand this for sure now. You go out with the wrong mood - and the stage does not accept you with the judges for a couple. So, positive to the masses!

Is it true that blondes with long hair are more likely to win than brunettes with short hair?

I dyed my hair long before the performances, right after giving birth. This is a state of mind! Being a blonde or brunette is a matter of taste, it is important that the hair is beautiful and well-groomed, but I agree that on stage long hair look more advantageous.

Some bikini women put on quite a lot of weight during the off-season. And how are things going with you?

I found a weight in which I feel comfortable, and it differs from the competitive one by only 3 kg, so the diet does not change much during different periods of preparation. In the off-season, cottage cheese and fruits simply appear, I eat more complex carbohydrates.

Do you use any of the sports nutrition?

I only drink Activlab protein and amino acids.

Do workouts change depending on the season?

Now I have a period of rest and training, I build in such a way that they are exclusively for pleasure. I do cardio every day for 30-40 minutes, and on strength training I try to work in as many different ways as possible. Left four strengths a week for now and broke them down by muscle groups in the following way:

• Back + chest
• Shoulders, arms
• Legs (functional training)

Exactly a year ago, information appeared that the famous Russian model Ekaterina Grigoryeva entered into a legal marriage. On the Internet, photographs of a happy couple began to appear and an interview with a girl in which she claimed that she got the best husband. It would seem that this is an ideal couple, two halves merged into one. But exactly one year later, the blond beauty could be seen in the arms of another man - famous goalkeeper from Dynamo. What happened in the life of the "Russian angel"?

How famous is Grigorieva?

Ekaterina Grigorieva was born on September 15, 1989 in a small town located in the Murmansk region. From childhood, she was engaged in ballroom dancing and was fond of fashion. She always wanted to have an individual, not like the other style.

At the age of 18, the girl began to dream of a modeling career. In 2010, she got to the first casting in her life for the Miss Russia contest. Unfortunately, Ekaterina Grigorieva failed to reach the final, but the girl was remembered by everyone for her sincerity and optimism. The competition, which took place two years later, did not bring her success either.

In 2012, she, along with her own sister, takes part in the reality show "Top Model in Russian." The girl easily performs all the tasks and deservedly takes second place. After this show, Grigorieva became famous, and she was invited to fashion shows in New York, Paris and Milan. In 2014, she was awarded the title of "The Most best model season"

Angel form

From the photo of Ekaterina Grigorieva, you can see that this is a very charming girl with a sincere and snow-white smile. It was for such external data that her colleagues nicknamed her the “Russian angel”.

Some character traits contributed to this. Catherine, unlike other models, always behaved quite modestly and restrained. Not surprising, because her childhood passed in fairly strict orders, as she grew up in a military family. Over time, the model began to appear on stage in the guise of this fairy-tale character. There were wings behind her back, a halo above her head, and a mysterious smile lurked on her face.

Spouse

Ekaterina Grigorieva grew up in a military family. She always chose men who looked like her father. It was under this criterion that her chosen one Alexander fit. He currently serves in Severomorsk. Catherine claimed that she got the most reliable, loyal and strong man with whom she felt like behind a stone wall. She was ready to travel with him to the most distant countries and cities, forgetting about everything in the world. The Russian model is sure that true happiness needs silence, so she never revealed all the information about her spouse.

A young couple met long before Ekaterina Grigorieva appeared at the best world shows. The model claimed that Alexander became her talisman, which brought her good luck in life. The wedding took place in the city of St. Petersburg in a narrow family circle. For the young bride, a snow-white dress was sewn to order according to the project of famous world designers. It favorably emphasized perfect figure famous model.

Married life

In the summer of 2016, the happiest event in Catherine's life took place. It was clear that the couple was really marrying for love, their eyes were filled with happiness, and a smile did not want to leave their faces throughout the day. All the guests were sure that the couple had found each other and tied their destinies together for life.

The first month after marriage, the young wife felt like the happiest woman. With such a strong and strong-willed man, she felt weak and protected. However, after a while, the girl began to get bored. The young spouse was constantly at work, working day and night with one goal - to ensure a decent life for his young wife. Model, unfortunately, all these efforts were not needed, deep down she dreamed of her own success and worldwide fame.

If Alexander dreamed of the long-awaited appearance of a child, of a calm family life, then Catherine had other plans. A year after the marriage, the couple divorced. The initiator of this event is Ekaterina Grigorieva. The husband has been making every effort to restore the family for a long time, but he fails to do this.

New chosen one

A few months after the separation of the spouses on the page social network Grigoryeva could see photos with another young man. It was clear from them that the couple were not just friends, there was a “spark” between them. As it turned out, the goalkeeper of the Moscow Dynamo club Anton Shunin became the chosen one of the model. A romance between young people is just emerging, so the 28-year-old girl's eyes are burning again and a sweet smile does not leave her face.

Behind the athlete, another long romance was noticed with the famous model Alena Shishkova. The famous couple was connected by the kindest, sincere and happy feelings. All the fans already thought that their most important event in life would soon happen, but young people suddenly decide to part.

Grigorieva now

Currently, Ekaterina Grigorieva is stubbornly trying to achieve success in her chosen profession. She performs at various shows, she can be seen in commercials and on the covers of the most popular magazines. Now a well-known model has fundamentally changed the attitude towards men and marriage. She claims that she will only marry the man who will not interfere with her career. The young girl does not think about children yet.