In one of the previous articles, we examined the personality of such a well-known bodybuilder-blogger in RuNet as Alexey Schroeder. The article about him turned out to be quite popular among our readers. Therefore, this time we decided to write an article about another, no less famous bodybuilding blogger. So, meet Denis Borisov :
Childhood and youth
Denis Borisov himself told some details of his birth and childhood, highlighting this part of the biography for interested fans. The athlete did this on the pages of his personal blog.
Denis was born, or as the athlete was later nicknamed on the Internet - Denchik, on September 14, 1980. The boy's father is a military man, and his mother is a preschool teacher. The father's professional service was the reason that his son was born on an island on the border with Turkey, in a closed military town.
Denis says that his mother is a creative person and played in the theater in her youth, so she supported the boy’s desire for art. She encouraged her interests in music and singing, and later justified her controversial participation in dance show programs with her love for the stage.
Minsk remains Borisov’s hometown, although as a schoolboy the boy had to often change his place of residence due to his parents’ constant moves. Denis jokes that his father couldn’t decide which city he liked best. Therefore, the boy graduated from the first three grades of primary school in Kyiv, and senior classes in Minsk. Borisov notes that each new class began in a new school, and sometimes in a new city.
Denis Borisov in his youth
Constant moving affected academic performance - grades in the diary were average. However, after completing secondary education, the young man successfully passes exams to the military academy, planning to follow in his father’s footsteps. The unfavorable situation for the army that has developed due to the collapse of the Union forces us to change plans.
The newly minted student entered the Faculty of Economic Law at the Minsk Institute of Management, from which he successfully graduated and received a law degree. True, the young man did not turn out to be a lawyer.
Photo session of Denis Borisov
Even during his school years, Denchik begins to play sports intensively, or, to be more precise, to work on strength training and improve physical fitness indicators. Since the fifth grade, he spends the summer on horizontal bars and trains independently at home. The future athlete admits that at that time the training was not planned; it was carried out with the help of improvised dumbbells, an expander and a couple of chairs.
Despite my inexperience, the lessons brought results. Denis was able to surprise his classmates by doing 20 pull-ups on the horizontal bar.
Trainings
Denis Borisov's training focuses on gaining muscle mass. A special preparatory program has been developed for beginning bodybuilders to help them join the world of bodybuilding. The duration of preparatory training is 4 months.
Denis Borisov's program has been developed for advanced bodybuilders, with an emphasis on microperiodization. Athletes are offered training with a gradual increase in load level. Despite his fascination with chemicals, the man does not advise his clients to use them to gain weight. Such products cause side effects and negatively affect the functioning of the body.
The bodybuilder encourages novice bodybuilders to keep a sports diary where all achievements and victories will be recorded. According to the man, keeping records makes it clear that the person is serious about bodybuilding. In addition, it is necessary to record the dates of classes and information about upcoming workloads in the diary.
In parallel with training, you should adhere to proper nutrition. A special diet will help you get productive results faster. You should eat about 6 times a day, but in small portions. During the drying period, you should focus on protein foods, and during weight gain, alternate protein days with carbohydrate days.
To consolidate the results of training, it is allowed to take nutritional supplements. Such products do not contain harmful components and do not cause side effects. On the contrary, they have a beneficial effect on the functioning of the body and enrich it with vitamins.
Career
Borisov’s amateur passion for bodybuilding led him to professional performances. From 1997 to 1999 he took part in the bodybuilding championships of the Republic of Belarus. The desire to win and hard training helped to take places in the top three, although more often the athlete received silver.
Bodybuilder Denis Borisov
After Denis finished with bodybuilding championships, the man’s path led him to erotic dance shows. Borisov recalls that he began participating in programs in 2001. At first these were dance numbers, then elements of undressing began to appear, and ultimately it all ended with a male striptease.
The dancer's career was carried out at a professional level - until 2004, the bodybuilder participated in erotic shows in Europe. In 2004 he moved to Moscow, where he worked as an administrator of the erotic show “Night Edges”, while at the same time being part of a group of performers.
In 2008, the athlete moved to Kyiv. It was there that he began to develop the Fit4life project. Borisov gradually gave up striptease. Now, although Denchik is not ashamed of his past biography, he is still not at all proud of his experience, considering striptease to be an activity that weakens society.
In 2014, due to instability in Ukraine, he returned to his native Minsk. He continues to live and work for two cities, while simultaneously visiting Russian cities and delighting his followers with seminars and meetings.
Denis Borisov in the gym
A channel on YouTube hosting, a page on Instagram and Periscope were gradually added to the blog. The video blogger publishes training videos for beginning amateur athletes, in which he gives advice on training and nutrition. On Periscope he meets with fans online and answers questions.
In 2015, Borisov created an English version of the site. In addition, the athlete publishes his own indicators. The athlete performs a bench press (bending upside down): 140-160 kg for 6 times (working weight), a classic standing chest press: 100-110 kg for 6 times (working weight). Due to his injuries, Borisov gave up squats and deadlifts.
Denis has developed a training program that includes, in addition to recommendations on the exercise regime, diet and nutrition tips both during muscle gain and during the cutting period. The basis of the volume-building program is to consume more protein and carbohydrates than you expend during training.
The athlete states without embellishment that absolutely all professional athletes use steroids, no matter what they say about the naturalness of the diet. However, for amateur bodybuilders, steroids are unnecessary, and excellent results can be achieved with a balanced diet and a properly selected diet.
Tattoo by Denis Borisov
In addition to his activities on the Internet, since 2012, the video blogger has written and published a number of books with recommendations for working on the body of your dreams.
In addition to bodybuilding issues, on the website and blog pages Denchik likes to talk about philosophical topics, raises psychological topics, problems of relationships between men and women, and gives advice on marketing.
Training courses by Denis Borisov
In terms of creating training courses, Denis turned out to be very fruitful. Over the course of several years, he released about 20+ paid materials. Here are some of them (the list may not be complete):
- Vnature: How to get pumped up without steroids
- V3 - Volume Progress (2013)
- Sportpit with garlic
- Algorithm for choosing your training program (2012)
- Anabolicum (2013 and 2015)
- Antichemist (2013)
- Anabolicum 2 Bread and Butter
- Hyperplasia (2012)
- How to pump up crisp abs at home (2012)
- The Bodybuilder's Catechism (2012)
- Summer Scheme (2015)
- Male Circuit (2013)
- Statodynamic workshop (2015)
- Harsh Fat Burner (2014)
- Body drying “Rocket”
- Body Under Reconstruction (Volume 1 - Laying the Foundations) (2013)
- Carcass to dry (2013)
- Epic hands from Denchik
- Jock-action guy
Also, he has materials not only on the topic of strength training:
- Internet bubblerub
- Investor's Bible
- Biohacker
- Life 120
We had the honor of familiarizing ourselves with many of his materials, and we are ready to assert that they are of sufficient quality, interesting, and quite worthy of attention.
Personal life
In 2016, the athlete announced his wedding to Anna Malyarova. The girl is Denis’s colleague both in his career as a bodybuilding athlete and in video blogging.
Denis Borisov and his wife Anna
Anna has repeatedly become a champion in bikini and body fitness. After finishing his career on the podium, he runs a personal channel on YouTube with recommendations for working on the body.
Our days
Today, the athlete continues to blog about proper nutrition and training. Together with his wife, Denis runs a YouTube channel, where he talks about all sorts of ways to gain muscle mass. At the same time, the man conducts motivational trainings and conferences.
Borisov records not only sports videos, but also psychological and political videos. The athlete likes to talk about various topics, so his entries vary in length.
Denis Borisov now
Currently, Denis Borisov continues to conduct projects on social networks, regularly publishes articles and videos on the website and personal blog. In 2022, three new books by the athlete were released, still dedicated to how to make the body ideal.
Denis Borisov in 2018
Together with his wife, Borisov runs the Fit4woman channel, whose audience, as the name suggests, is girls and women.
From time to time, the athlete pleases his fans with free seminars and conferences. Moreover, such meetings are held not only on the topic of sports and fitness. The blogger also talks about marketing and relationship psychology.
Interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda Publishing House (FITNESS GUIDE)
After graduating from Alma Mater, Denis completely plunged “ into the abyss of stage debauchery and vice,”
performing
in various erotic shows.
From 2004-2011 in Moscow he worked as an administrator and participant in an erotic show. He completed acting courses at the film studio named after. M. Gorky.
Since 2010, he began to try his hand at video blogging: he shot a number of preliminary videos on exercise techniques called “Secrets of a Stripper.” In 2011-2012, he gave up striptease and devoted himself to fitness blogging, regularly releasing free and paid information materials.
Awards
- IFBB World Women's bodybuilding and fitness & Men's fitness Championship – 2nd place;
- IFBB Arnold Classic Europe - 1st place;
- IFBB Europa Dallas Super Show (Dallas Pro) - 3rd place out of 34 participants;
- IFBB Pro Dayana Cadeau Classic - 3rd place out of 18 participants;
- IFBB Puerto Rico Pro - 4th place out of 21 participants;
- IFBB Pro Miami Muscle Beach - 6th place out of 29 participants;
- IFBB Pro - Neva Pro Show - 1st place out of 7 participants (qualification for Mr. Olympia-2016);
- IFBB Pro – San Marino Pro – 3rd place out of 5 participants;
- Mr. Olympia - 16th place out of 40 participants;
- Moscow Power Pro Show - 4th place out of 14 participants;
- Galaxy Pro - 1st place out of 11 participants;
- Veronica Gallego Pro - 6th place out of 16 participants.
