Biography of Mikhail Koklyaev
The legendary Russian hero Mikhail Koklyaev (born December 17, 1978) from Chelyabinsk is famous for his achievements in strength sports. The boy attended school No. 140, but was soon transferred to secondary school No. 29. After graduation, Koklyaev continued his studies at the correspondence department of the Faculty of Physical Education and Safety of the SUGGPU.
The future champion came to the sport at the age of 13, the boy’s height at that time was already 170 cm, and his weight was 57 kg. After just three years of persistent weightlifting, Mikhail defended the title of Master of Sports. And at the age of 20, he successfully passed the international class MS standards. The champion completed his military service in the Strategic Missile Forces.
Koklyaev devoted most of his time to preparing for and performing at various competitions and competitions. In the period from 1997 to 2004, the athlete was a member of first the youth and then the national weightlifting team. Bogatyr repeatedly defended the honor of the country at championships in Poland, Serbia, Scotland and other countries.
In 2004, the leadership of the FTAR refused to allow Koklyaev to participate in the Olympics. The hero then started drinking. However, thanks to the support of his family and friends, Mikhail still managed to pull himself together and return to big-time sports.
In 2005, Koklyaev decided to try himself in extreme power sports. The Russian hero performed at the “Highlander Games”, the team competition “Bogatyrs on Khortitsa” and at the world championship. For impeccable performances and excellent results, Mikhail was awarded the title of the strongest man in Russia for 2005.
In 2006-2011 Koklyaev tries himself at the Arnold Classic competition. In subsequent years, the athlete continues to actively participate in various Russian and international tournaments.
Since 2011, the Russian hero has increasingly appeared at championships as a referee or presenter.
Accident
The first year of the millennium became somewhat tragic for Mikhail Koklyaev - he got into a motorcycle accident, however, without any complications. In addition, he constantly works on control, devoting almost all his time to this. Mikhail Koklyaev, whose injury excited the entire domestic sports world, still managed to stay afloat.
Mikhail characterizes 2001 as “calm, unremarkable.” Well, 200+232.5 kg, which gives a total of 432.5 kg, is a good result, especially for third place at the Russian Championship. As Mikhail himself says, he spent this year training at home.
Training and nutrition
Mikhail Koklyaev is a multiple champion and holder of numerous titles in extreme power sports. The athlete trains 5 times a week, sometimes doing 2 workouts a day. The main set of exercises contains various variations of deadlifts, squats, bending and stretching.
Loads are not performed with maximum weight, but with submaximal weight. The number of repetitions is 3-5, each subsequent one is done with more weight. Rest between exercises – up to 5 minutes, as long as it takes for complete recovery.
Twice a week Koklyaev visits the pool. For relaxation, use the sauna once a week. To reduce body weight, the hero prefers cardio exercises.
Day 1:
Morning
» Snatch pull » Snatch of the barbell from hanging and from the knees » Snatch of the barbell from low plinths
Evening
» Barbell chest press » Push rows » Snatch rows » Squats with a barbell on the shoulders
Day 2:
» Standing barbell press » Close grip snatch » Chest push » Jump squats » Triceps pulldowns » French press » Barbell biceps press
Day 3:
Morning
» Snatch pull » Snatch from platform and hanging » Snatch pull
Evening
» Push from racks » Pull from bars » Front squats » Snatch with classic grip
Day 4:
» Shwung press » Hanging snatch » Close grip barbell row to the chin » Upper and lower triceps rows » French press
Day 5:
» Squats with a barbell on the shoulders » Alternating dumbbell press » Wide grip chest push » Triceps pulldowns » French press
Mikhail Koklyaev consumes large amounts of food to maintain strength and mass. Daily calorie content ranges from 5-7 thousand kcal. The bulk of the diet often consists of proteins, which complement carbohydrates and, to a lesser extent, fats. Maintaining water balance throughout the day and during training is another essential element of a balanced diet.
For breakfast, the hero prefers scrambled eggs, porridge and dairy products. For lunch, Mikhail eats the first course, a side dish with a large portion of meat, salad and washes it all down with fruit juice. Dinner also consists of a large number of dishes.
Strength training
By the way, Mikhail started training in strong back in 2004, after an unsuccessful qualifying round in Athens. Elbrus Nigmatullin brought him to this idea. As Mikhail himself said, he wanted to do strong before, but he was primarily hampered by the fear that he could be seriously injured, which would entail too long a rehabilitation period.
YouTube, media presence of Mikhail Koklyaev
Mikhail Koklyaev devotes a lot of time to the development and popularization of strength sports in Russia. The champion travels around the country, conducts and attends all kinds of conferences, trainings and seminars. Koklyaev often performs demonstrations at sports festivals.
In 2008, the hero started a channel on YouTube. The number of views of the videos exceeded 33 million, and the number of fans - 219 thousand. The channel is dedicated to issues of strength sports, pumping and nutrition. Koklyaev’s most famous project is “Real Rocking Chair”.
Personal life
The personal life of the heavyweight developed in his youth. The athlete's wife's name is Oksana. The couple has two children - son Mikhail and daughter Diana. The Koklyaev family often goes out together for walks in the city or on picnics, as evidenced by the photos posted by Koklyaev Sr. on his Instagram page.
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Mikhail Koklyaev, the youngest, also goes to the gym and has a good constitution, but is still far from his father’s performance.
Interesting Facts
» In October 2009, Mikhail Koklyaev hit a man. The athlete was driving a vehicle while drunk.
“The hero did not contact his friends and did not comment on his behavior in the press.
“While being part of the experimental junior team, Koklyaev injured his knee. The old injury periodically bothers the athlete even now.
» In 2011, Koklyaev’s performance at the Arnold Classic was noted by the founder of the tournament himself, Arnold Schwarzenegger. The actor wrote a Twitter message to the President of the Russian Federation, admiring the strength of Russian heroes. Medvedev’s reaction was quite laconic: “Yes, Russian men are generally so strong.” “As a teenager, Mikhail was fond of martial arts and attended karate and boxing classes. “Mikhail Koklyaev pulled a bus, a tank and a Hummer with his teeth. But the athlete considers the traction of a double-decker pleasure boat to be the most severe load. » The athlete cooperates with the sports nutrition company Sun. “In total, during his sports career, Koklyaev received many injuries and was forced to undergo operations seven times.
Criticism[edit | edit code]
Mikhail Koklyaev and Alexander Shpak (family dinner) Koklyaev in character
After 2011, Mikhail’s sports results decreased and he is currently engaged in media projects, among which the main one is the video channel RUDIARIUS (Real Rocking Chair). Many criticize Mikhail for his redneck behavior and abundant use of profanity in his videos, but this is justified by the corresponding target audience. Openly admits to being a “marginalist” and a “stupid jock.”[4][5]
On October 22, 2009, Koklyaev killed a pedestrian at a speed of 130 km/h while drunk and fleeing the crime scene.[6] Later, the case was hushed up and it was reported that Koklyaev was already allegedly in a sober state (which contradicts the words of the arresting inspector, who smelled a distinct smell of alcohol). Claims about Koklyaev's sobriety are refuted not only by the initial testimony of the police inspector, but also by the testimony of witnesses. In this regard, the prosecutor's office sent the criminal case against Koklyaev for additional verification, but after that the case was hushed up. [7][8] As a result, Mikhail was not brought to justice.
attitude to alcohol
Mikhail is trying to promote himself in every possible way. In his author’s program, Koklyaev often interviews various odious personalities, one of whom was Alexander Shpak
. After violent public discontent, including staged criticism of Sergei Baddyuk, Koklyaev repeatedly made excuses and stated that this was done for the sake of “hype” and to attract attention. Later he continued to develop this topic and published many other Shpak videos in his group and VKontakte page. Mikhail holds joint family dinners with the Shpakov family.
In February 2016, Real Rocking with Alexander Nevsky
, where over the course of two issues [9] [10] Nevsky describes his merits, merits and records. The episodes received almost half of the dislikes.
On December 3, 2016, at a children's festival of bloggers, a drunk Shilov danced on stage without pants, and Koklyaev spanked his ass.[11][12] Despite the age limit of 18+ indicated on posters and commercials, the majority of festival guests were children over 10 years old. The invited stars of the festival themselves, in their videos and posts on social networks, encouraged everyone over 12 years old to attend this event. As it turned out later, different age restrictions were indicated on the posters and tickets. Despite the fact that the speakers themselves noted that there were children in the audience, they used obscene language, discussed obscene topics and drank alcoholic beverages right on stage. The culmination of the festival was the dance of Krasnoyarsk blogger Dmitry Shilov in his underwear.
Koklyaev often advertises various ineffective and dubious additives, including Pantalfamarin, Saw Palmetto, and Tribulus. In one of the latest videos, Mikhail actively advertised Chondroxide Maximum ointment. For mentioning the additive, the manufacturer offers up to 30 thousand rubles. The main active ingredient of the ointment is glucosamine, which penetrates the skin very poorly, so the use of the drug is virtually pointless.
Sergei Mironov exposes advertising
The extreme degree of “venality” began to appear in February 2016, when Mikhail began advertising the notorious Leveton-P
and their project Cult of the Body. Let us remind you that Sportviki was blocked for criticizing this supplement.[13]
Advertising of leveton by Mikhail Koklyaev
It is reliably known that many negative comments and reviews on the channel of the real rocking chair RUDIARIUS are deleted. Participated in a fight according to boxing rules with Alexander Emelianenko who lost by knockout in November 2022.
Achievements
During his career, Koklyaev managed to set records and also earn the following titles and awards:
- the strongest man in Russia according to PLSE and 2nd place according to IFSA
- 2nd and 3rd place The Arnold Strongman Classic
- eight-time Russian champion in weightlifting
- absolute Russian record holder in deadlift
- 1st place in the Champions League in Serbia;
- 3rd place at the Gigant Level tournament
- world record for throwing a 25 kg weight upward
- 2nd place in the world and Russian record in lifting a log weighing 202.5 kg
- 1st place at the IFSA International Grand Prix
Weightlifting today
Mikhail Viktorovich Koklyaev argues that the current situation in weightlifting in Russia is more or less tolerable: due to increasing doping control and updates in the system for improving this sport, many beginning weightlifters no longer face the difficulties that Mikhail dealt with at the beginning of your career. Strongman, or extreme strength, is a sport that is accessible to everyone, because the exercises of this school are not particularly difficult in terms of technique. And since the average age of participants in this area is approximately 30 years old, it is not surprising that this type of strength athletics is becoming increasingly popular. As our hero says, it’s easy to become an experienced strongman, but you can improve this simple technique throughout your adult life.
Mikhail Koklyaev, whose biography, in principle, is a complete list of all sporting achievements, cannot but contain some aspects of his daily life and those things without which an athlete cannot imagine his existence. Mikhail has earned the recognition of many famous world weightlifters, including Arnold Schwarzenegger, who spoke of our compatriot as a great athlete. When Mikhail participated in the Arnold Strongman 2011 tournament, Schwarzenegger sent an enthusiastic message to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev via Twitter that Mikhail was able to lift 111 kg twice. To which Dmitry Medvedev succinctly replied: “Yes, Russian men are generally so strong.”
“The team organized a special doping control: they would have caught everyone, but they only found me.”
“Next there was a national team, a sports company. I came here for 1.5 years and signed business trips.
- Why one and a half?
- A bad story happened. I chased better conditions and transferred to the Rostov Artillery School. The military knocked it out of the park. They said they pay you something there? No? And we'll give you an apartment. They showed us a one-room hut. They said there might not be another chance, but for you, as a promising one, here you go. The coach of the national team at that time was David Adamovich Rigert, he said it was necessary. I asked: will you decide? It was decided at the headquarters level. But one of the regions for which I spoke - Chelyabinsk and Moscow - had to be removed. Removed Moscow. This is a lesson for me for life. Not everyone should take money if they offer it. If Kirkorov offers it, of course I won’t take it.
- Why?
– Because you can earn money not in Kirkorov’s way. This is reputation. Money can be stolen, it can be spent, but the reputation remains.
– Did you end up taking that hut?
- No. The Moscow Federation organized a special internal doping control, the team was at a recovery camp, they said that they could use it. Everyone would have been caught illegally. But out of the entire team they found only me. They punished me this way because I abandoned the coaches and the federation who invested in me.
– Not to go too far from the topic of money: you said that for the fight with Sasha Emelianenko you will receive a fee that you would earn if you win the Arnold Classic and World Strongest Man (two top tournaments for strongman - Sports.ru). In total this is approximately 80 thousand dollars.
– Plus or minus, but according to the contract I cannot say the figure.
“Sasha Emelianenko is lonely. All strong and strong people understand that you can’t whine.”
– Did anything else change you?
– I got sick in winter and read “Unholy Saints” in 4 days. Then he began to fast. The book describes the Pskov-Pechersk Lavra, and I wanted to go there. I got ready and went. At that moment, Moscow was just covered in snow, and alone I had to drive about 700 km towards the Estonian border. I remember getting ready. I took a sleeping bag, an axe, matches, water and canned food. By three o'clock in the morning I had driven about halfway, driving and driving, turning on the high beams - nothing was visible. I feel the speed has dropped to 40-50 km/h. I get out of the car and look - there is no clearance, it is completely clogged. I turned around, spent the night at a gas station, and drove to the place in the morning. Then it dawned on me that I needed to do something. I prayed: Lord, I need to do something. What? Take up boxing. So I started little by little.
– So it wasn’t initially for the sake of the fight with Sasha?
- No. In January, I was already slowly losing weight, training once a week, and then that was what I decided to do.
– Is it true that you ordered a sorokoust (prayerful commemoration for 40 days in the Russian Orthodox Church - Sports.ru) for Emelianenko?
- Certainly. I ordered a magpie, and it fell off the bike. He constantly wrote notes about his health; he is a brother in Christ. I understand his condition.
- What do you mean?
– State of loneliness.
– Is Sasha lonely?
- I think yes.
- How is it shown?
– He has no family, plus a relationship with Fedor. I reconsidered my grievances - by and large, it was all my fault. I put on the crown. Sasha has the image of a brutal person, and all strong people understand: you can’t whine, no matter how bad you feel. Whoever has high ranks, whoever has power, is not allowed. Then loneliness sets in, when you are so tired and there is no one to tell about it. Because for everyone, you are a leader, someone people look up to.
Should you share secret things with your parents? I can't. Telling your mom that your boss punished you means hurting her and making her worry. That’s why you always tell her and your father that everything is fine. Wife? She should see protection in you. Children? They won't understand, and if they do, they might get scared. Friends? Well... I think when 28 Panfilov’s men were sitting, and one of them would have said: “Guys, we need #####,” they would all really have been #####. We wouldn't survive. And so they got together and did the job. The same goes for Leonov, who went into outer space and his spacesuit was inflated. If he had told mission control: “Guys, I need #####,” everyone there would have shouted, “###, he has #####.” And it would all end in tears. Therefore, strong people cannot share something frank even with their loved ones.
-What are you doing then?
– Priests to whom you can confess. I go to church not only to atone for my sins, but to share my pain and fears.
How it became popular
Mikhail Koklyaev
Popularity came to Koklyaev at a fairly early age. Back in Soviet times, Mikhail was one of the most promising and promising athletes. The start of his professional career was given to him by his first coach, Igor Slyunin. He received one achievement after another, participated in a huge number of competitions around the world, and then created his own show. In this show, people gifted with phenomenal abilities carried heavy objects around. The show became popular and was broadcast on many channels. This show was called “Hero Games”.
Mikhail was also noticed overseas and invited to their show – Arnold Classic Strongman. Koklyaev became the first Russian to take part in this tournament. Mikhail managed to take third place, after which he became known throughout the world, as well as a regular participant in the tournament. The championship title, unfortunately, never came to Mikhail Koklyaev; the maximum result was vice-championship.
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Fight against Alexander Emelianenko
Mikhail Koklyaev
The conflict between Mikhail Koklyaev and Alexander Emelianenko began when the former served. In March, Misha recorded a video on his Instagram in which he says that Alexander dispelled the myth about the “stupidity of jocks.” It turned out that “it’s not just the jocks who are stupid.” Alexander responded only at the beginning of April. He recorded a response video in which he demonstrated his physical fitness, making it clear to Mikhail that even on his field Alexander looked much better. Next, Alexander challenged Mikhail to a fight. Koklyaev’s answer was not long in coming. Mikhail again recorded a video on Instagram in which he hit an electronic bag with incredible force of 320 kilograms, after which he left a comment that if Alexander needed a series of blows, only one would be enough for Mikhail. Then the fight was accepted.
As mentioned earlier, Mikhail Koklyaev has been boxing for only a few months in his life. Alexander Emelianenko is a professional fighter, and also an excellent striker. There was a colossal difference in the class of athletes and readiness for battle. The result was a lot of missed body shots and an unconditional knockout in the first round, in the third minute of the fight. As experts later said, the battle could have ended even earlier if Alexander had been less favorable.
Especially for this fight, Alexander lost more than twenty kilograms, and also allowed himself to drink alcohol less than a month before the fight, and also managed to cause a brawl on the playground and serve time behind bars.. These circumstances gave Mikhail minimal chances of success, but even this did not save him from a crushing defeat. After the starting gong, the outcome of the battle could be read in Koklyaev’s gaze - he lost in absentia. Mikhail asked for revenge, but in the octagon, where Alexander feels like a duck to water. In any case, they both went down in boxing history as athletes who attracted huge public excitement and, as a result, a considerable box office after the fight.
