Learn Russian with the First Bodybuilding LEGEND Who Started It All!

Hello everyone! This is Yaroslava and this is a channel for those who study Russian. On this channel, we read different news or interesting articles in Russian so that you can better understand Russian, speak Russian better and so that you learn a lot of different interesting words from different areas. So, what have I brought for you today? I don't know why I haven't seen any interesting news lately. To be honest, I don't like anything. Almost like on April 18, people from the UK, please tell me if this is true or not. It is true that on April 18, the BBC director announced that there is absolutely no news today that can be told to the listener. And instead of the news, the piano music was playing all day on the radio. Because I have about the same mood, I have about the same state. Therefore, why not, let's read about one person today. I think you have already seen who we will read about today. And on this channel, I read news, I read articles that are related to Russia. Therefore, let's read about the first bodybuilder in the world who, by the way, was born in Kaliningrad at the time when he was born in 1867. It was Prussia, the city of Königsberg. But now the city of Königsberg is Kaliningrad. And it is located in Russia. Here it is. I think you know that Russia is a big country. And Russia has a small, small piece, which is located here, on the Baltic Sea. Today we will learn not only about this hero, this person. Also today we will talk a lot about different sports terms. Therefore, you will learn how to talk about sports. And in order not to forget all the interesting words that we read today, please download the pdf, there is a link to a free pdf in the description. By the way, if you haven't liked this video yet, please like it. I will be very pleased. And now let's get started. So, our today's hero. His name is Evgeny Sandov, also known as Eugene Sandov. His real name is Friedrich Wilhelm Müller. Not even close. He was born on April 2, 1867 in the city of Königsberg, Prussia. And died on October 14, 1925 in London. He is a 19th century athlete and is considered the founder of bodybuilding. That is, this is the person who founded, who started this movement. The very first bodybuilder in the world. This is what this man looks like. This is what this young man looks like. Let's look at his parameters. Height 1.70 meters. 170 centimeters. This is his height. Weight 88 kilograms. Biceps 43 centimeters. Hip. This is the upper part of the leg. Hip. Upper part of the leg. 63 centimeters. Hip. So massive. And the last one is the calves. 40 centimeters. The calves are the lower part of the leg. Below the knee. This is the hip. The knee. And these are the calves. The muscular part. And what is his story? Let's see. Early years. Who was he as a child? So, Friedrich Müller was born on April 2. We have already said this. In the Prussian city of Königsberg. Now Kaliningrad. The father is a German. A seller of greens and fruits. Greens are different herbs. This is green onion. This is parsley. Dill. Salad. Spinach. This is greens. The mother is Russian. She helped her father. Little is known about Müller's childhood. We know almost nothing. To be honest, it was a long time ago. In the middle of the 19th century. As a student. When was he a student? As a student. He was fascinated by anatomy. He was interested in anatomy. He was fascinated by passion. Anatomy was his passion. He was fascinated by anatomy. And physical education. Physical education. We call it physical education. This is physical education. In schools, for example, in Russia. Sports classes. Physical education classes. They are called physical education. Today I had two physical education lessons. And then. Then. He became a circus fighter. That is, he performed in a circus. You see how unusual it was. Because if a man wanted to do sports, wanted such muscles. Now no one will be surprised if you find out that one of your friends wants to have big muscles. No one will be surprised. At that time, he had to go to the circus. The way to fame. His way to fame. How did he become famous? How did he become popular? Soon. Friedrich became a circus athlete. And he chose a new name for himself. Evgeny Sandow. By the way. In Russian, we would rather say athlete. Athlete. He took the maiden name of his mother. The maiden name. The one that was before marriage. I'm telling you all this now. And I remember different materials where I talked about it. For example. I'll tell you now. Quickly. And we will continue. We discussed with my friend Andrey on the podcast What is the difference between an athlete and an athlete? My friend Andrey was a volunteer at the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi. And we discussed it. You can listen to this recording in the podcast which is on BuyMeCoffee. The link will be in the description. Please join. And here is Eugene and Evgeny. By the way. I remember this. I told a video on my YouTube channel about different names. More precisely. About names and their short forms. The video was called A Guide to Names in Russian. I think so. And I think you know that the names Evgeny and Zhenya are the same. Evgeny is a full form. Zhenya is a short form. Evgeny and Zhenya. And many people even native speakers of Russian have this question. Why is Evgeny Zhenya? It's not even close. These two names don't even know each other. Why is it the same name? The explanation is very simple. Because at that time in the 18th and 19th centuries Russian was spoken in French. In French this name is Evgeny. The French version is Eugène. As it is written here. The English version is Eugène. Russian is Evgeny. French is Eugène. And they spoke in French. And so when they said Eugène, Eugène, Eugène, Zhenya, Zhenya, Zhenya, and it turns out Zhenya. So it turned out Evgeny. Evgeny is Zhenya. Because it's French. So Evgeny Sandov took the name of his mother. Her name was Sandov. And in addition to demonstrating power tricks and the beauty of his muscles, he also engaged in wrestling, winning the glory of the undefeated. So what did he show? He demonstrated different power tricks, athletic tricks, strength is how much strength you have, and the beauty of your muscles. He was engaged in wrestling. Wrestling is, for example, boxing, karate. This is wrestling. And he won the glory, reputation of the undefeated man, that he cannot be defeated. Gradually, step by step, Sandov left wrestling. He stopped wrestling. It became uninteresting to him. And he concentrated, focused, this is a good word, it will definitely be in PDF, focused on strength exercises and propaganda of his physical exercise system. So he not only demonstrated his strength, but then decided to propagandize this system, how he did it. Let's see if you can see the video or not. This is the first bodybuilder. So, his career in America. The next step. After a successful tour of Europe, he had a tour, he traveled to different countries. Evgeny went to America in 1894. He went to America. And there he was advertised as the strongest person in the world. The strongest. This is the strongest. The strongest. The most beautiful. The smartest. And Sandov showed the unrivaled talent of a businessman. Very bright, very strong. This word, of course, unrivaled. It is a bit old. I see it very, very, very rarely. Yes. Such an unusual, unusual, unique, rather unique. He had a talent as a businessman. And he advertised his method of developing strength and the sports equipment necessary for this. Sports equipment. A healthy lifestyle and a rational diet. Very similar to what different bloggers are doing now, different sports influencers. Right? And thanks to him, because of him, thank you, thanks to him, the sale of kettlebells, these are such things, yes, the sale of kettlebells, dumbbells, here men have two dumbbells, barbell, this is a barbell, and the book about bodybuilding has grown significantly. Grown. By the way, I found out that in Spanish kettlebells, these kettlebells, are called pesas rusos, Russian weights. I was very surprised when I saw it in the gym. Then he moved to England. Let's see what he had already in England. In 1897, Sandov moved to England, where he continued his performances, his shows, his demonstrations, and propaganda of his numerous methods. He had a lot of these methods, a lot of different programs. He created the Institutes of Physical Culture. He founded, we already had this word, he is considered the founder, the one who founded something, who started something. And here he created, founded the Institutes of Physical Culture, as well as salons and studios of physical culture. These were prototypes of gymnasiums. Yes, now, you know, everywhere, in any city, on every street, there are different gymnasiums, where there are special machines, machines for sports. And he also had these. In 1901, Sandov held in England the first competition in the world for the beauty of athletic composition with the support of the royal family. Athletic composition, that is, the composition of how your body looks. In general, a composition is a plus sign. 2 plus 2 will be 4. And this is a combination, a mathematical combination. But there is also a body composition. What does your body look like? Let's see. Body composition, yes. There are different proportions. This is a body composition. And here he held the first competition in the world. By that time, he had finally, finally completed his wrestling career and fully devoted himself to the propaganda of his methods and demonstrations of power numbers. That's it. He finished his old career and became only a bodybuilder, only an athlete. And devote yourself. This is a good expression too. To devote something to someone. This means to fully focus, to give all your attention. And he fully focused and devoted himself to his new business. What else did I want to say? Oh, dedication. You can devote to a knight, for example. By the way, they devote to a knight. They devote to a king or queen to a knight. Or maybe a singer, for example, an artist can devote his work, his song, his painting, for example, to his beloved woman. It can be like that. And in 1902, at the competition, at these competitions, yes, there was another competition, a sports competition. In weightlifting in New York, Sandov was defeated. He was defeated. He was defeated by an 18-year-old strong woman, Katya Brumbach. He was defeated by an 18-year-old girl, Katya Brumbach. She lifted a 300-pound weight over her head. This is 136 kilograms. She lifted it over her head while Sandov was able to lift it only to the level of the chest. So the girl was able to lift the weight of the bar over her head. Let's look at the current record of lifting the bar. Let's look at the record of lifting the bar. This is weightlifting. What is the world record? My God! A Georgian weightlifter Lasha Talahadze took gold in the category over 105 kilograms. Well, he was. And he set the world record 473 kilograms. What? Terrible! I think this is a lot. So, after this, the winner, Katya Brumbach, took the pseudonym Sandvin and began to perform in the circus. Yes, another bodybuilder. And in 1911, King George V appointed Evgeny Sandov as a professor of physical development. This is his career. Look, here he depicts the sculpture of a dying gall, symbolizing the Greek ideal of beauty. Such a picture. I say picture, sculpture. Such a sculpture. Personal life. His private life. He was married to Blanche Brooks, but their relationship deteriorated, became worse. By the way, this is a mistake that is often made by Russian-speaking carriers in English. And a mistake that is made by English-speaking carriers in Russian. In Russian, we say the relationship between people. For example, among friends. Relationship. My relationship with my other friend. Or among two in love. This is one relationship, one contact. But this is already a relationship. This is in the plural. Relationship is how I, or one person, relate to another person. How two people, or more, relate to each other. This is a relationship. So, unfortunately, of course, Yevgeny Sandov died. Died. Well, yes, here he rather died, because he died himself. Died. Usually this is a tragic death. Yes, October 14, 1925. In London. From hemorrhage. A video about Stalin. We talked about these hemorrhages just 20 times. Hemorrhage is an insult when blood gets into the brain. There is a version, there is a version, that this insult, yes, the insult happened after he, Yevgeny, pulled out a car with one hand. That is, the car fell and he pulled it out. Sandov was buried in London at the cemetery. I don't know how to read this correctly. And his wife buried him in an inconspicuous grave without a tombstone. That is, an inconspicuous grave that cannot be noticed. Well, it is written here that their relationship was spoiled. It can be seen that they did not have a very good relationship. And yes, Sandov, of course, had many followers. People who followed him. People who also used his technique. His fans, his fans. Yes, there were many of them. And in Russia, where his books, articles were published in large circulation. And his techniques were used by the St. Petersburg athletic community, for example. Which prepared a lot of great wrestlers. For example, Ivan Poddubny. Here is such a Russian Soviet professional wrestler. And Arnold Schwarzenegger, a famous actor, called Sandov his idol. Well, let's see what Evgeny Sandov And you will say, can you do this or not? How many times can you push-ups? How many times can you lift? Let's see. For example, Evgeny could do it in 4 minutes. In 4 minutes he did push-ups 200 times. Push-ups is such a basic exercise from the floor. He did push-ups 200 times. I can do push-ups 2 times. No, 2 times on a good day. Usually I can't. Then, for a few seconds he held, he held 27 kg each on his hands. That is, he could hold 27 kg heavy kettlebells. Then, leaning on his heels. Heel is the back side of the foot. Here you stand, and here is the heel. I think you understand. This is the foot, and this is the heel. Leaning on one chair and the other on the back of the head, he held two people on his chest. How can it be? I'm trying to imagine. Heel. We have two chairs. Ok, got it. And he lies on one chair with his heels. The back of the head. On the other chair. And he held two people on his chest. Yes. I got it. I imagined this picture. So, he was lying with his heels on one chair, the back of the head on the other. There were two people on his chest. I think so. And he had a 22 kg kettlebell in his hand. Terrible! These are such strong muscles of the abs, of the core. Such strong muscles. Then, he held 24 kg kettlebell in his hand. I hope you remember what it is. A kettlebell is such a shell. When he held 24 kg kettlebell he stood on a nose pad. A nose pad is a very small pad, in principle. A small nose pad. This one. He stood on this nose pad, jumped, did a back flip, 360 degrees, landed and got up there again. He did a back flip. He jumped on the spot over the head with kettlebells. Phenomenal! Then, he was put on a platform on his chest. I think he was lying on his chest. He was put on a platform on his chest. And he held three horses on it. How? And in another room there was a piano and an orchestra consisting of eight people. He was lying on it and there were three horses or an entire orchestra. Horrible! In 1894 he set a world record. He survived the bar with one hand with huge hollow balls inside of which one person was sitting. The weight of an unusual bar was 122 kg. Let's look at this picture. Hmm. The world record. Let's see. I can't see it. Ok. Let's believe. Everything that is written in Wikipedia is true. Let's believe in Wikipedia. And the next one. During a tour to San Francisco in 1894 Sandov fought with a lion who was wearing a muzzle. You know, dogs can have a muzzle specially for their mouth, for their face, for their muzzle. And they were wearing mittens. The lion was wearing mittens. I thought... I was trying to understand who was wearing mittens. Yes. Mittens are for winter. By the way, you must be cold now. We will have plus 30. The lion was wearing a muzzle. The lion was wearing special mittens. And he was attacking Sandov. And he was catching him, holding him and throwing him away. And the last one. The most difficult trick. In 1895 Sandov lifted and squeezed a 115 kg bar Then he lifted the bar with his right hand, took it in the other hand, put it in the other hand, in the left hand, sat down, lay on his back and did not let go of the bar and got up. I think we even saw it somewhere in the pictures. Or maybe not. But the point is that he lifts the bar with one hand, takes it in the other hand, then sits down, squats, like this, doing this exercise, squats, and then lies on his back and gets up. What a man, of course. You can read his book. In 1977 the bronze statuette of Yevgeny Sandov was chosen as the main prize of the Mr. Olympia competition. There is a statuette of Oscar, for example. And they have a statuette with our today's hero. Well, dear friends, I hope you enjoyed such a long video as usual. You see how good it is when there is no news. And we will meet in a week. Bye everyone! Don't forget to like if you haven't already and download PDF. Ciao!