Arina Skoromnaya stands out in the world of bikinists for her personal story of weight loss and transformation. As well as the implementation of personal projects. Arina is a fitness presenter, writer, author of postpartum recovery programs, author of personal weight loss techniques, trainer and sports nutritionist. In addition, the athlete is a young mother. The girl takes any task and achieving her goal very seriously, she always goes to the end. Biography of Arina Skoromnaya: how she came to fitness, what parameters she has at the moment, what exercises she does and how she eats.
Biography of Arina Skoromnaya
Arina Skoromnaya, aka Varskaya, the girl’s maiden name, was born in Moscow. She grew up in a family where her parents had serious professions (psychologist and head of an audit company). Since childhood, dad and mom instilled in Arina the understanding that she needs to study and achieve everything through her own work. Therefore, the athlete has two higher educations. It is impossible to say that in childhood, adolescence and student years the bikinist was distinguished by her love of sports. Yes, she did rhythmic gymnastics, snowboarded and bicycled. However, hobbies quickly changed one after another, and there were no definite results anywhere. In addition, Arina had a tendency to be overweight. Dietary habits from childhood migrated to the university period.
The turning point occurred when Varskaya met her future husband Andrei Skoromny. The pumped-up guy immediately made an impression on Arina. At that time, Andrei was already a master of sports in bodybuilding and a fairly well-known personality in sports circles. At first, the couple positioned their relationship as friendly, but then... Looking closely at each other, they realized the real feeling.
With Andrey's easy encouragement, Arina fell in love with the gym. And she began to study under the guidance of Skoromny. The bikinist's weight loss story still has a motivating effect on many girls. Arina managed to lose 12 kg in six months, change her imperfect figure, making it harmonious and athletic. The fat is gone and muscle is in its place. Skoromnaya stands out in the world of fitness for its naturalness. She did not build up anything, did not go under the knife and did not take special supplements or doping.
Arina Skoromnaya does not participate in bikini fitness; she believes that the main competitions should not take place on stage, but within herself. Therefore, the girl never sought to win titles, titles and cups. Her life already has enough busyness in an interesting and favorite activity. She has achieved great success in her professional activities as a trainer, presenter, nutritionist, writer, author of a method for postpartum recovery, and an anti-cellulite program. Arina also developed a unique FIT FOR YOU program and is a co-founder of a service for preparing and delivering healthy food. The training videos that Skoromnaya filmed as part of the “Body Time” project helped many girls change their body parameters.
However, despite such an active and eventful life, Skoromnaya manages to train and look great.
Arina Skoromnaya: “The path to a beautiful figure needs to start from the head”
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Arina Skoromnaya is a well-known girl in healthy lifestyle circles. The fitness trainer places special emphasis on the fact that she is a fitness mother, who was one of the first to write a book about restoring health and figure after childbirth. She herself put herself in order twice: when she first became interested in sports and after the birth of her daughter. Now Arina actively blogs, develops her YouTube channel, helps others get fit during fitness marathons, and gives individual consultations.
Arina Skoromnaya with her husband Timur Pankov and daughter Sofia
Books about the most important things
Skoromnaya’s first book “Beautiful and Healthy Mom. Pregnancy and recovery after childbirth” was a success, and therefore ZOZH-motivator decided to release the next one. Or rather, present two books at once: “Start right now! Healthy approach to the body" and "Fitness recipes from Arina Skoromnaya." She told us why it is worth paying attention to her work:
“After the book about recovery after childbirth, I decided to write a book for a wider public, for people who want to be beautiful and healthy. This book is more intended for beginners and those who work with them. At the end of the publication there is a scientific basis for the points that I write about, because I work together with nutrigenetics and nutritionist, Dr. Zolotarev. The book has sections on psychology, nutrition, and training. Fitness recipes are specially designed for those who need complete, balanced nutrition. They are absolutely simple, nothing complicated. I myself don’t like complexity, there are no lobsters and foie gras there, but only simple, affordable products.”
Since the book is called “Start Right Now!”, we asked Arina to share the very first step with which the path to beauty and a slim figure begins:
“You need to start with psychology, with the head. What prevents a person from doing anything is his head, his blocks, lack of motivation. The first thing you need to understand is whether this is his motivation, whether this is his goal. Maybe your loved ones tell you about this or society rewards you with its stereotypes. For example, a husband tells his wife that he doesn’t like her figure and she seems to be thinking about losing weight, but in fact she is comfortable in her body. Therefore, the figure is a choice. And society should not attack a person if his choice is to be who he is.”
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Monetization of knowledge
Arina started her blog back in 2012 and, as she claims, did not set the goal of further earnings, but “simply did her job and shared.” Gradually, a whole community of people formed around the charismatic trainer, whom she helped put themselves in order. As the girl herself says, “transformed without harming her figure.” At the moment, the number of people who have become healthier using Skoromna’s method exceeds 16,000 people.
Then, gradually, the girl began to give individual consultations on training and nutrition, then launched several online marathons, and after giving birth, she wrote her first book. Arina was invited to host the Friday TV channel, she became the ambassador of several sports brands: Reebok , Optimum Nutrition , and even produces anti-cellulite cosmetics under her own name. All these aspects of activity turned into a successful healthy lifestyle business. However, not everything is so rosy there:
“Selling books is a huge investment. Yes, it may be monetized after some time, but not a fact. And you won’t guess whether you have hit the point and niche that is in demand today or not. I also noticed that summer is a period of decline. No one cares a little about their figure, everyone wants to go to the sea and eat delicious junk on vacation, so online marathons are not successful at this time. But there will always be individual consultations; if you are an expert and specialist, people will always turn to you and there will be demand.”
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Arina also admitted that years of work on herself and constant self-education are often erased by dishonest competitors who simply steal online marathon programs and pass them off as their own:
“In every stream of online marathons I have such cunning people. They come as ordinary participants, download the program and then resell it on the Internet. At the same time, some also manage to write that my method did not help them and return the money for participation. But what can you do? You can’t catch everyone’s hand, although I periodically come across my own recommendations coming from the mouths of other people.”
Arina Skoromnaya does not recommend seeking help from people who have simply lost weight and are talking about their own experience. Yes, this is a great motivation, but for serious work on health, a scientific approach and the education of your mentor are important. Otherwise, you risk not only your beauty, but also your health.
Both books “Start Now! A healthy approach to the body" and "Fitness recipes from Arina Skoromnaia" have already gone on sale online on Arina's official website (skoromnaia.com); you can purchase the books here .
Popularity
The impetus for the development of popularity was the launch of the “Telu Time” project on the YouTube channel. Arina organized it together with her husband, where the couple talked in detail about exercises and a healthy lifestyle.
After the birth of her daughter Sofia, Arina’s microblog “Diary of Women’s Happiness” gained incredible popularity thanks to the mass of useful information that the young mother happily shared with her subscribers.
Recently, Skoromnaya took part in the development of the online weight loss program “FitForYou” and released her own anti-cellulite cream Fatbuster.
In 2016, a book about training after the birth of a child was published. At the same time, Arina receives an offer to work on Channel One in the Good Morning program, and as the author of a column in the Iron World magazine.
Arina Skoromnaya’s latest achievement was the “Friday Morning” program, where the girl hosts fitness columns.
The most popular “fitonyas” and the secrets of their success: from Ekaterina Usmanova to Arina Skoromnaya
The figures of models and it girls are gradually losing popularity to the lean forms of fitness bikinis. Such owners of elastic buttocks and steel abs as Ekaterina Usmanova, Ekaterina Krasavina and Olga Blokhina are becoming role models for millions of girls and a new generation of Internet stars. Thanks to the daily demonstration on the pages of social networks of the results of colossal work in the gym in the form of biceps and oblique muscles, these purposeful individuals were able not only to build a personal life, but also their own business in the fitness industry.
Ekaterina Usmanova, 26 years old (448,000 subscribers)
From: Ekaterina Usmanova moved to Moscow from the small town of Krymsk. Back in the provinces, a graduate of a financial university exchanged the drab everyday life of an advertising manager for an energy-intensive job as a fitness trainer and began to actively participate in competitions. Prize-winning places at fitness championships brought Ekaterina her first fans, job offers and a divorce from her first husband Alexander Usmanov. The athlete arrived in the Russian capital with an impressive background of medals and cups from the country’s largest competitions.
Popularity: Many photographs in swimsuits, emphasizing sexy curves and appetizing forms, quickly brought Usmanova half a million subscribers and advertising contracts.
Transformation: The athlete never hid from her subscribers plastic surgery for breast augmentation and youthful photographs in which she does not have an ideal appearance and figure. However, Usmanova is extremely unpleasant about the comments about the plastic surgeon’s other interventions, which she never tires of denying.
Business: For a hefty monthly subscription, the athlete shares with her like-minded people the secrets of building an ideal body in her own fitness school, Body Lab, and also produces her own line of swimsuits and sportswear.
Arina Skoromnaya, 27 years old (149,000 subscribers)
From: Arina Varskaya (maiden name - editor's note) is a hereditary Muscovite, mother is a famous psychologist, father is the director of an audit firm.
Success story : Arina turned from an unremarkable girl into a role model after meeting her future husband, Master of Sports of Russia in bodybuilding Andrei Skoromny. It was her lover who gave Arina the first impetus in body fitness, after which the girl began hosting the author’s program “Body Time.” With the birth of the couple’s daughter, Skoromnaya’s blog “Diary of Women’s Happiness” gained wild popularity among young mothers. In it, Arina talks in detail about how to get back in shape after childbirth, eat right and exercise during pregnancy.
Transformation: unlike most heroines of the fitness Olympus, Skoromnaya’s beauty is natural. The girl did not resort to breast augmentation or beauty injections. It was only sports that transformed Skoromnaya - Arina lost extra pounds, thanks to which the athlete’s body acquired sexy curves.
Business: The latest projects of the Internet star were a joint business with Dzhigan and Oksana Samoilova Fit for you, as well as the production of their own anti-cellulite product - Fatbuster cream.
Ekaterina Krasavina, 30 years old (86,500 subscribers)
Success story : people first started talking about Ekaterina Krasavina in 2014 - it was then that the little-known athlete surprised fans of the Fitness Bikini competition by taking 2nd place at the Moscow Championship in the category up to 166 cm. Thanks to her charm and excellent physical shape, Krasavina became one of the main favorites to win any fitness competition. The athlete regularly receives advertising contracts and conducts master classes on posing.
Transformation: in addition to hard work on her forms, Ekaterina noticeably improved her appearance through breast surgery, installation of dental veneers, Botox injections and lip augmentation with hyaluronic acid.
The secret of her popularity: the beauty with appetizing curves combines her fitness career with raising her 6-year-old daughter. Krasavina also gained particular popularity among subscribers due to her kindness and responsiveness - the athlete tries to answer all the questions of her readers, and also conducts online posing lessons for girls from the outback.
Olga Blokhina, 25 years old (37,600 subscribers)
Success story: thanks to the titles of four-time absolute champion of Moscow, champion of Russia and champion of the Arnold Classic competition, the men's magazine MAXIM drew attention to the seductive forms of fitness bikinist Olga Blokhina. And with him a whole army of lonely men. Several years ago, a graduate of the Faculty of Art History chose grueling training on a Smith machine over working in a gallery and made the right decision, achieving unprecedented heights in this sport.
The secret of popularity: according to professionals, Blokhina’s form in the off-season is “far from perfect,” but the girl has “crazy sexual energy.”
Olga Putrova, 29 years old (26,300 subscribers)
Success story: long-legged beauty with blond curls, Olga Putrova has been the living embodiment of strength and grace at any fitness championships for several years now. The former model’s journey in professional bodybuilding began with the desire to change her body, and led to unconditional victories at several major Russian fitness bikini competitions.
Transformation: unlike many modern athletes, Putrova has a naturally striking appearance, which makes her a welcome guest on television and advertising posters. On the way to fame, Olga escaped with only plastic surgery for breast augmentation.
Business: not so long ago, an athlete and her friend Olga Blokhina opened a school for women, where, for a fee, they teach everyone who wants to eat right, be self-confident and work on their body.
Arina Skoromnaya: “I went to the gym on the tenth day after giving birth”
Woman.ru: Arina, you started your path to slimness and fitness two years ago. What then made you, an already pretty girl, start to change?
Arina Skoromnaya: Love forced me. On vacation in Africa, I met my future husband, bodybuilder Andrei Skoromny. Before meeting him, I had a preconceived idea about “jocks.” But he completely changed my attitude towards bodybuilders, showing his education, determination and responsiveness. At first we were just friends and looked closely at each other, his iron will and focus on results inspired me and helped me look at training differently. When I returned home, I started going to the gym every day.
Woman.ru: Did you want to lose weight?
A.S.: I weighed 72 kilograms with a height of 172 centimeters and, of course, was not happy with my shape. But even this was not the impetus for the changes, but precisely the desire to come to the philosophy of a healthy lifestyle. And this is not a rejection of “classic” bad habits - I never smoked and did not like alcohol, it is more about discipline, adrenaline and determination that sports give.
Woman.ru: How did your weight change?
A.S.: I had a feminine figure, wide hips and a flat stomach, but everything was flabby and required a lot of work. In six months I managed to lose 12 kilograms and completely change my body, lose fat and gain muscle mass.
Woman.ru: What was your attitude towards sports before?
A.S.: I did different sports, even breakdancing, but I didn’t bring anything to completion. Regular training began after meeting Andrey. At first they were unsystematic, like many beginners, then he began to train me, and the first results appeared.
Woman.ru: What advice do you give to those who are not motivated by their other half? How to love training?
A.S.: The feeling of progress helps a lot. If you honestly go towards your goal and follow a diet and training regimen, it is inevitable.
As soon as you start to progress, take photos as often as possible. If you compare your “before” and “after” every month, you won’t have a question about why you should go to the gym. This is very inspiring!
Woman.ru: What was the hardest thing on the way to a beautiful body?
A.S.: It was very difficult for me to change my diet, give up my favorite “harmful foods”, I even had nervous breakdowns.
Now, having been eating healthy for several years, I don’t even want to eat what I used to. Those products do not increase vitality in any way and do not contribute to either active training or good health.
Woman.ru: What is your diet now?
A.S.: Of course, I eat little by little often (5-6 times a day). I start the day with complex carbohydrates - porridge with water and sometimes milk. You can add a teaspoon of honey or dried fruits to it. Before lunch I snack on fruit. 2nd and 3rd meals - fish or meat with vegetables. 4th and 5th - salads, eggs. At night, if I really want to eat, I can afford a salad of herbs and vegetables. I don't drink coffee, I prefer tea.
Woman.ru: What about fashionable low-fat dairy products?
A.S.: I almost don’t eat dairy products. Athletes who are cutting avoid them because they retain water. There is not so much protein in them that they are indispensable in the diet; instead, it is better to eat meat, fish and eggs.
Woman.ru: What do you recommend doing when you want to eat unhealthy foods?
A.S.: Eat (laughs). But let this be an exception.
Even professional athletes sometimes have a cheat meal, where you eat whatever you want one day a week.
This will not affect your progress in any way if you do everything according to the rules and within reason: arrange a “load” once a week and monitor the portion size.
Woman.ru: It’s time to mention that this is not your first transformation. Just recently you became a mother and amazed your subscribers by showing off your flat stomach just a month after giving birth. Tell us how training during pregnancy affected your well-being.
A.S.: I gave birth almost 2 months ago, and now, more than ever, it is clear to me that training during pregnancy was necessary and I did everything right. Firstly, it helped me a lot during the birth itself! Secondly, of course, recovery is much faster and easier than for girls who spent their entire pregnancy on the couch.
Woman.ru: You became a mother for the first time. How do you feel in your new role?
A.S.: I’m just getting used to it, but I can say for sure that numerous stories about not having time to take a shower remain myths for me. So far, the baby is unpretentious: she only eats and sleeps, so I have time to care not only for her, but also for my husband, get myself in order, find time for household chores and, most importantly, sleep. So at the moment everything is great and I am a happy mother.
Woman.ru: You didn’t give up training even when you were pregnant. Do you have enough time for them now? Are you gradually returning to your usual routine?
A.S.: Before pregnancy, I did an hour of cardio and about an hour of strength training every day. During pregnancy, I did not lift weights and did a set of exercises with a fitball to reduce the load on my back.
Just 4 days after giving birth, I started working out my abs, and 10 days later I went to the gym. Now I'm returning to my previous loads.
Woman.ru: Wow! How did you manage to get into shape so quickly after giving birth?
A.S.: Fitness during pregnancy contributed to good health, so while I was still pregnant, I made a special video lesson for mothers. Well, then I simply had no time to become limp: I alone cope with the child, the household and still have time to take care of myself. It is important that young mothers do not forget to take care of themselves.
Woman.ru: But how to manage everything? It's good if there is someone to help.
A.S.: No one helps me take care of the child, I do everything completely myself. I don’t think that the husband is obliged to do this; I prefer that everything be voluntary.
It is important to accustom your child to a routine and feed him by the hour, then your nerves will be intact and you will have time for yourself and your family. I feed the baby every three hours, and she is already used to it and does not cause me much concern.
Woman.ru: What do you advise our readers to quickly, like you, get in shape after giving birth?
A.S.: You shouldn’t strive to repeat someone’s success; there are no identical people with the same body and organism. Don't be upset if the process doesn't go as quickly as you would like. The main thing is to purposefully go towards your plans, and the result will be! For me, the ideal period for recovery was one and a half to two months, for some it was longer. There is no need to chase other people's records. The main competition in life is with yourself.
Skoromnaya Arina Andreevna
Russian blogger. Model. TV presenter. Journalist. Specialist in physical therapy and medical massage. Co-founder of the healthy food service “Muscle Factory Kitchen”. Author of a methodology for comprehensive recovery after childbirth and a healthy lifestyle.
Arina Skoromnaya was born on March 27, 1988 in Moscow. After graduating from Moscow secondary school No. 1605, she entered the Russian University of Transport to major in the humanities. Later she studied for a second higher education majoring in jurisprudence, but did not complete it. In my first year at the institute, I started working as a photographer. After studying at institutes, I went to Sweden and stayed there for about a year, where I learned English.
Arina was motivated to take up fitness classes by her ex-husband Andrei Skoromny. The girl weighed 74 kg and started doing fitness and bodybuilding. Subsequently, she and her husband got a job as a trainer at a fitness club. The couple launched the “Body Time” project on the YouTube channel.
In 2015, popular bloggers Oksana Samoilova and Denis Dzhigan invited Arina to become the developer of the popular online weight loss program fitforyou. A year later, a presentation of her book about postpartum training took place. Also, Skoromnaya, in collaboration with the laboratory, released an anti-cellulite complex named after her.
In the same year, the girl became a fitness expert on the first channel of the Good Morning program and was soon invited to write her own column in the Iron World magazine. In 2022, she began working as a leading fitness column in the “Friday Morning” program on the “Friday!” TV channel.
Achievements of Arina Skoromnaya
Achievements of Arina Skoromnaya
Author of the book “Beautiful and Healthy Mom. Pregnancy and recovery after childbirth" Author of a column in the magazine "Iron World" Author of popular video trainings, co-author and presenter of the popular sports project "Body Time" Author of methods for recovery after childbirth, author of more than 100 articles on healthy lifestyle topics, author of a blog for pregnant women and nursing * Certified fitness trainer Certified sports nutritionist-nutritionist Certified specialist in physical therapy and medical massage Author of methods for recovery after childbirth, author of more than 100 articles on healthy lifestyle topics, author of a blog for pregnant and lactating women One of the main developers of the popular FIT FOR program YOU Co-founder of the healthy nutrition service Muscle Factory Kitchen Creator of the fatbuster anti-cellulite complex by Arina Skoromnaya.
Arina Skoromnaya's family
Arina Skoromnaya's family
Mom - Natalya Vladimirovna Varskaya, a famous psychologist. Father - Andrey Yuryevich Sotnikov, director of an audit company.
Husband - Andrey Skoromny (marriage from 2012 to 2017), bodybuilder. Daughter - Sofia (born 2014).
26.03.2020
Crucial moment
Everything in Arina’s life changed after meeting her future husband Andrei Skoromny. The meeting took place on vacation in Africa. Being at that time the Master of Sports of Russia in bodybuilding, the handsome man immediately attracted the girl’s attention and became a role model for her. Upon returning to Moscow, Arina immediately purchased a gym membership.
In just six months, the girl’s body changed beyond recognition. From the usual 72 kilograms with a height of 172 cm, Arina lost weight to 60.
At first, the girl was unable to devote enough time to systematic training. But after Andrey took up training, the results were not long in coming. Arina notes in many interviews that the most difficult thing was not even forcing herself to go to the gym, but starting to eat right.
