Workout competitions take place in Zhytomyr with a certain frequency, and we managed to get used to this spectacular action. However, it was this autumn that they attracted a lot of attention: there was a conflict, the cause of which was the reluctance of the judges to give third place to the girl. Workout coach Mila Kostrytsia was not used to giving up, and together with the whole team she defended the achievements of her ward Katya Romanenko. She told Zhytomyr.Travel about workout, friendship and her life
Lyudmila Kostrytsia
«First of all, a workout is a promotion of a healthy lifestyle. The most accessible sport, because horizontal bars are in every yard, so you can easily go and perform specific exercises. Workout is not an element or a competition, but an increase in physical shape, an opportunity to relax, improve your well-being, and keep yourself in shape. You just go outside and practice. This is your health, which you maintain by performing basic exercises. Pull-ups on horizontal bars, push-ups from the floor, press – this is also a workout. And only then, when you get a certain physical shape, reach a certain level, feel the strength, you can perform certain elements. Only then come competitions, records, freestyle. In a workout there is always a place and an opportunity to show yourself»
Vlad Simonok
«I found the information quite by accident. Iryna Stanislavivna Jacyk sent me a message. In this message there was a post from Lyudmila Mykolaivna about training. I realized from the geolocation that it was not far from my house. I called my friends and we decided to try to go to the first training session together. I used to go in for sports – I went swimming for five years. But this is not the case. The workout is attracted by the lack of any restrictions: you can practice anytime and anywhere»
Lyudmyla Kostrytsia
«Workout has never been a purely «female» or «male» sport. Everyone is interested. In general, for girls and boys, workout classes do not differ, but there are differences: for girls, the emphasis is on stretching, thanks to which a girl can make a significant number of elements. Now girls-workers in competitions are evaluated on an equal footing with boys – by the same combinations of elements. We have such a discipline as streetlifting: you take the maximum weight with which you need to pull up once on a horizontal bar and on bars. Everyone is engaged on the same level. There is a girl who clings to 50 kg to the waist and pulls herself up, showing the result that not all men are capable of»
Martyniuk Inna
«I like workout because it’s a team sport and a favorite thing at the same time. You can train with your friends. In our team, everyone always supports each other, there is no such thing as yourself. Even when the horizontal bars are too shaky, friends are ready to keep them for you»
Lyudmyla Kostrytsia
«As soon as the wave of workouts began in Ukraine, the competitions were largely freestyle – the participants invented tricks. Nowadays, street sports are becoming more and more similar to professional ones, although the tendencies to spectacle remain… Last year we were at the championship of Ukraine and each participant under 13-14 years old had a small performance»
«We have a strong team. At the time when our Katya was selected for the championship of Ukraine, she was engaged for about a year. Her competitors were more than 200 participants, and this is a great marker. Before that we went to Brovary, where Oleh Koshyl took third place on horizontal bars, and this year at the Ukrainian championship he won third place in battles»
«Earlier we had an after-class activity in municipal institution of out-of-school education of the ecological and naturalistic center of the Zhytomyr regional council. I got a job there and offered the director to do a section of health gymnastics or workout. I was supported, and I started recruiting children: I wrote ads on social networks, went to the sites in search of young people. As a result, a lot of children came – classes were held twice a week for two hours. At that time we had nothing, not even a playground. We bought ten mats at our own expense, and later posted a post on Facebook asking those who can help set up a training ground to respond. We were helped by the company «World of Sports» – they gave us structures for a small playground»
«Maksym Shvets was the first to start training children of the freeout on Poliova free of charge. I myself went to study with him and we still maintain good friendly relations. And later Vadym Zablotsky joined, also began to organize events. I have been practicing for six years… We have been fortunate to work with Ahmet Kenawi, who once taught me and now coaches some of my students. He has a huge coaching experience, he is an open and sincere person»
«At the beginning of my coaching career, I took a health gymnastics program and conducted classes on it, and at the end of the year I wrote a training program for workout. It was approved at the level of the ecological center. Now I have resigned and I don’t know if they continue training under this program or if the new coach has written his own. I would like that group to work and for many children to train there, because a lot of effort was invested in the case»
«Parents have a positive attitude to the fascination of children with workouts, and during the quarantine I conducted live broadcasts on Instagram for children, their parents and everyone who wants to do. I made a separate page for this and went on the air three times a week. Of course, it was free, because I really wanted to help people in difficult times»
Romanenko Kateryna
«I’ve been working out for about a year and a half. I went to various clubs, but I didn’t like it there. When I was 11 years old, my mother found Lyudmila Mykolaivna on the social network Facebook and told me. Then I decided to go to her classes. I went and I really liked it. I immediately liked the classes with a good crazy trainer. I’m still doing it and I don’t plan to quit»
Lyudmyla Kostrytsia
«When I started training, I immediately said that we are all one big team: we help, insure, help, support. Now there is a team «Dragons Zhytomyr», which has pages on Instagram and Facebook»
«In Kyiv, I joined the SLS workout team and continue to practice. This team opens in the capital SLS Club, ready to train others. They have no age or gender restrictions. Women with a family pass come to us for training: the child is engaged in the next hall, and the mother trains and has a rest. One of the mothers came with a two-month-old child and trained with her»
«Everyone can whine. I had a very difficult life situation. Although I planned to do science, I could not continue my studies and went to work because there was simply nothing to live for. I found strength in myself and splashed all my despair and pain in difficult trainings. When I was fighting, my coach said, «Everyone can give up, and you try not to give up!» This phrase has become my motto in life and now I teach it to children»
«Everything I know and can do today is not because of talent. These are all the fruits of my work and character. You need to want new achievements and be ready to work until you lose your heart rate. Probably, I’m just stubborn, so everything works out for me»
«Now I live and work in Kyiv. When I left, of course, the children wrote and consulted. And I just sat and wrote to everyone how to do these or those elements correctly. We meet often, I come to Zhytomyr, they come to Kyiv to me. At one time I did everything possible not to go, to stay in Zhytomyr. There is potential for development here. In general, I love Zhytomyr for its peace and comfort. In the capital, the opposite is true»
«In order for Zhytomyr to become a top city, it is necessary to provide people with jobs. If there was work in Zhytomyr, many would return. I would probably do it myself to create a club again»
