Sergei Kutovoi, at the age of 17, was left without a leg, he was hit by a truck right on the sidewalk. After the amputation, the guy did not withdraw into himself, but, on the contrary, began to look for opportunities to play sports in order to lose weight. Thanks to social networks, he gained popularity, found a girl and came from Arkhangelsk to Khanty-Mansiysk. To become an athlete.
Not a problem, but an opportunity
The tragedy occurred due to the fault of the driver - the brakes failed, he lost control and drove onto the sidewalk. The car hooked Sergei. If it weren't for the pillar, the guy would have fallen right under the wheels. The driver was given a one and a half year suspended sentence, but he soon died of stomach cancer, so the victim did not receive any compensation.
“After I had an accident, I was lying in the hospital and thinking that many people are broken by what happened to me. Either they lay hands on themselves, or they simply exist and do not live. And I thought this was just a cool chance to change my life. That is, the loss of my leg was not a problem for me, but an opportunity,” says Sergei.
Before arriving in Ugra, Sergei Kutovoy lived in Arkhangelsk, spending several hours every day in the gym. He had a dream: to create a sculpted body for himself in order to become a fitness model using a prosthesis. After long workouts, the guy lost weight and began posting “before and after” posts on the social network Instagram. In a short time, his page gained great popularity - now Sergei has about 60 thousand subscribers.
“Many two-legged people look up to me, they want to be just as pumped up. At first I evoke pity, and then - surprise. I realized that this was a good opportunity and I needed to take advantage of it,” says Kutovoy.
Over time, activity on the social network began to bring Sergei a small income. And with the help of Instagram, Sergei got a girlfriend - Polina. At first, the young people simply communicated on the Internet, but then they realized that they were made for each other.
“She comes from a good family and lives in abundance. At first I sent flowers and gifts, and then I came to her in Yekaterinburg alone,” the athlete shares.
Don't spread yourself thin
This year Sergey came to Khanty-Mansiysk to play sledge hockey at the Ugra club. He was invited by Alexey Buzyrev, the junior coach of the national team. Sergei has already entered the mode, but so far he is only a candidate for the hockey team.
“I plan to move to Khanty-Mansiysk to train here constantly. If I decide to achieve this, then I don’t need to spread myself thin. I’m also a third-year student at the university, and I want to continue my studies here. If everything works out, then Polina will come here with me,” shares Sergei. - Before the accident, I didn’t know who I wanted to be and how I wanted to live, I didn’t understand what I needed. I drank a lot, ate a lot, had fun in clubs. Now I want to succeed in sledge hockey and become the first fitness model like Alex Minsky. Maybe you can become the face of some company.”
Now Sergei has all the necessary equipment for training, he practices four hours a day, and wants to become a defender. The young athlete plans to take part in the 2020 Paralympics.
“I would like to express my gratitude to the entire team of the Ugra sledge hockey club, ex-director of the Center for Adaptive Sports Eduard Isakov, coaches Alexei Buzyrev, Alexander Zykov for the opportunity to develop,” he says.
For now, Sergei uses a wheelchair, but says that this is temporary. He plans to finally get up from it - he increasingly walks on a crutch and develops his leg. When the guy arrived in the capital of Ugra, he was very surprised at how Khanty-Mansiysk was equipped for disabled people compared to Arkhangelsk.
And they promised to share inspiring stories from girls and boys about how they lost weight. The story of the new hero of our project - 20-year-old Sergei Kutovoy - clearly goes beyond the format, since it is filled with much more meaning than just the struggle for a beautiful body: it is an incredible story of overcoming, courage, bravery and self-confidence.
“At the age of 17, I was a fat, shapeless bag and weighed 148 kilograms,” Sergei, who prefers to call a spade a spade, begins his story. Sergei went on a diet and began to lose weight. However, a few months later, when his goal was already very close, trouble befell him. Sergei fell under the wheels of a car, as a result of which he became disabled - he lost his leg. A completely different story began: a struggle for one’s own life. Photos showing what Sergei looks like now are the best illustration that the impossible is possible. HELLO.RU asked Sergei to tell his story from the very beginning.
Sergey, 20 years old
Lost weight by 52 kg (from 120 to 68 kg)
My weight loss story began in 2013, when I was in 11th grade. I weighed 148 kilograms with a height of 186 centimeters. To call a spade a spade, I looked like a fat and shapeless bag that no one could like. For a long time this did not bother me: I was not humiliated at school, I had quite a lot of friends. Unhappy love changed everything - my heart was broken. I always knew how to carry on a conversation, I was gallant with girls, but this turned out to be not enough. If your appearance leaves much to be desired, you will always be just a friend for girls, and they will build relationships with other guys who are good-looking. Female hormones require testosterone, and fat men tend to have the lowest levels.
I decided that I would lose weight once and for all. I went on a protein diet, lasted 5 months without a single breakdown - I was able to lose 44 kilograms. I was very pleased with myself and set myself a new goal - another minus 20 kilograms, and after that - the gym and the struggle for a sculpted body. But everything turned out completely differently...
On April 13, 2013, I was walking from the hospital where I was undergoing a routine annual examination. Almost reached the house, all that remained was to cross the pedestrian crossing. There was a one-way road in front of me, I stopped and carefully looked around. The car gave way to me, as the rules prescribed, and I began to cross. When I was on the sidewalk and seemingly out of the risk zone, I felt a hard blow. Disconnected. As it turned out later, the brakes of the WAF model truck failed, and at a speed of 100 kilometers per hour it hit me, slamming me into a pole. After that there was 10 days of coma.
After coming out of a coma, I lay in traction in bed for 9 months - my pelvis was crushed, I couldn’t even sit. I missed everything: last call, graduation, entrance exams to college. Over this year I have become stronger and older. I had to cry and get angry, analyze and discover a new me.
In the hospital I was completely deprived of physical activity: I played on the computer, slept and ate. When I arrived home, I weighed 120 kilograms. I saw myself in the mirror, in which I had last looked as a healthy and hopeful young man, and I was horrified. I looked like an old man: bald, disabled, in a wheelchair, wearing glasses, with 37 scars on my body. At that moment I realized: in order to be happy again, I need to learn to fight myself and my laziness.
I started looking for ways to get an athletic body and realized that only proper and balanced nutrition can lead to success. Diets are stress and collapse for our body, metabolism, hair, skin, endocrine and hormonal systems. My transformation took a year and a half. The first seven months were an internal psychological struggle with myself: I broke down several times, throwing the system of proper nutrition to hell, and started again; I spent the next 8 months working on my athletic form. On social networks I am often asked if I pumped out fat or injected some drugs. No, there are no magic “things” that will solve your excess weight problems for you.
Sergey Kutovoy is sure: everyone can lose weight and get their body in order
I am sure that everyone can change for the better. Even I, a guy without a leg and in a wheelchair, was able to lose 52 kilograms and gain an athletic physique. Why don't you try it too?
If we get down to practice, the most important secret to losing weight is to speed up your metabolism. An accelerated metabolism speeds up the rate of fat burning, food absorption and muscle building.
I’ll tell you about the basic rules for accelerating metabolism:
1. Eat every 2 hours.
2. Do not drink while eating: either 20 minutes before or 40 minutes after.
3. Eliminate fast carbohydrates: smoked, flour, sweet, salty, fried, fast food and semi-finished products.
4. Go to bed early: between 10 pm and 2 am, growth hormone is released best.
Now I lead the lifestyle of an ordinary young man: I study at the university, go to the gym and swimming pool, I have friends and a girlfriend. Recently I was invited to play sledge hockey at a professional level, with the prospect of a chance to join the Russian national team in this sport. The main thing is to believe in the best and set the right goals!
“The world is not without good people,” Sergei captioned the photo. "That day I arrived at the gym, but the elevator was not working. I turned around to go home. This man lifted me to the second floor in his own arms. Thank you!"
I didn’t think then that I was dying,” recalls Sergei Kutovoy. “I was lying in blood on the road and was looking in my pockets for the phone to call my father, but the people who had come running began to shout at me not to move and not to look at my feet.
Our twenty-year-old fellow countryman has already told his tragic story, which took a life-affirming turn, on social networks, newspapers and magazines. He has been on popular Russian talk shows, starred in a music video, and now plays... himself in a movie.
140 kilograms and a thousand times more fans
Seryozha himself opened the door for me; two dogs were jumping next to the wheels of his chair.
Meet us, this is Europe, and this is just a puppy - Barack Obama,” Seryozha laughs. - Come in and apologize for the mess.
Artem needed an already famous character for filming. He said then: “You are already a media personality!” We agreed that he would come to Arkhangelsk, then we didn’t even really know which song of Volya we would take. Later I offered him "Two". We were shocked how easily my brother and I’s story fit into a song that everyone perceived as the story of a man and a woman. You could say we gave it a new sound.
The video was filmed in Arkhangelsk for three days. In the video, my brother Vanya and I are carefree, good-natured people. Of course, in real life, he and I don’t run around the city like fools every day,” Sergei laughs. - And we’re not always so nice, we both love dark humor, but the main point in the video is true: he and I are very close and have always supported each other in difficult times. The clip began to gain views, comments appeared: “well done,” “cool,” “brilliant.” Who would have thought that this is just the beginning of the story.
The guys in the video need to talk
The theory of six handshakes works. The “Two” clip was seen on the Internet by film director Andrei Grigoriev, known for his film “Vasenin” - this documentary was shown in dozens of countries around the world, it tells the story of a Russian soldier who heroically fought on the side of the French Resistance after escaping from fascist captivity. Andrey Grigoriev watched a dynamic video clip about the Kutov brothers and decided: these guys should talk. To the cinema.
What can I say for sure about the film? Arkhangelsk will be there - in October we filmed various plans of it from a quadcopter,” comments Sergei. - As for the plot, why tell the already well-known story of the Kutovs? We creatively replayed it. In the center of the picture is a teenage wheelchair user who suddenly turns into a rock star for everyone and quickly wins the love of first his close circle and then strangers. This guy will do such crazy things that even healthy guys have never dreamed of!
Perhaps at first the hero will arouse pity in the viewer, but soon you will warm to him, and perhaps even want to become just like him. I was not immediately able to relax in front of the camera, I felt some kind of falseness behind me, but I wanted to be real.
Over time, I got used to the camera, and I felt comfortable. We want to do something really worthwhile, but we don’t have enough money - we’re trying to raise funds with the help of
A 19-year-old disabled person from Arkhangelsk became famous because, having lost his leg, he did not despair and continued to play sports. At the age of 17, Sergei Kutovoy, who weighed 140 kg, started playing sports and went on a diet, he managed to lose as much as 50 kg. He enjoyed life, made plans for the future and finished 11th grade. However, the tragic accident seemed to put an end to all his endeavors. The guy was hit by a truck speeding at 90 km/h, after which he ended up in a coma, and his parents were given a choice - their leg or their life.
The guy's leg, and it also turned out that he had kidney stones, so they had to be removed. Lying in a hospital bed, Sergei again gained extra pounds, however, when his condition improved, he began to play sports again. He managed to create an ideal figure for himself and dreams of becoming a fitness model. It is quite possible that after they wrote about him in the media and began to invite him to television, Sergei will be able to achieve his goal.
Now he has improved his personal life, he has a girlfriend, he wants a beautiful prosthesis and shares his plans for the future with his followers on Instagram, where he has almost 40,000 of them.
celebrated on the Champ de Mars in St. Petersburg in the company of not only close friends and his girlfriend, but also his subscribers. Today Sergei has more than 400 thousand of them. The guy gained such popularity online thanks to his story of overcoming himself, told with incredible honesty. A couple of hundred subscribers came to chat live with their idol, congratulate him on his birthday and be sure to give him a big hug.
After the accident, it seemed to me that I had no options, no possibilities, that I was doomed to a lonely life, a disabled person, in which there would no longer be anything bright. But I believed in myself, started playing sports, and lost weight. And my life is honestly better than before. And any of you can make your life better. Each of you has the right to happiness and love, to have a family, a favorite business. “Even if I could, you definitely can,” says Arkhangelsk resident Sergei Kutovoy to the crowd of fans.
At the age of 17, as a result of an accident, Sergei Kutovoi lost his legs and... The WAF truck's brakes failed and it hit a guy at 100 kilometers per hour. The crushed left leg had to be amputated. He spent almost a year in the hospital, after discharge he began to stress out everything in a row, moved little, so he quickly gained excess weight: 120 kilograms with a height of 186 centimeters. “He looked like an old man: a bald invalid, in a wheelchair, wearing glasses, with 37 scars on his body,” recalls Sergei Kutovoy.
Sergei was able to accept himself without a leg, but he couldn’t look at the sagging folds of fat, so he decided to take himself seriously: first the horizontal bar at home, then full-fledged training in the gym, a diet, and later even sledge hockey. Two years later, even old Arnold would be jealous of Sergei’s pumped up biceps. Moreover Kutova posts honest photos on Instagram both “before” and “after”.
I first saw Seryozha in Nastya Ivleeva’s vlog, and I was immediately hooked by his story: the guy has not lost hope, he is developing, growing. I’ve been following him on Instagram for a year now: his posts are very sincere and sincere. “He inspires me very much with his faith in people,” admits fan Nastya, who came to congratulate Sergei on his birthday.
Loving life and Ksyusha
“There are so many fans around Seryozha, aren’t you jealous?” - Sergei Kutovoy’s girlfriend Ksyusha answers this question with a confident “No.” This is not surprising: Sergei looks at his beloved girl with such tenderness and love that it becomes clear to his enchanted subscribers that there is no chance.
“Why do you love Sergei?” “He’s very caring,” Ksyusha answers and wipes away her tears: the warm meeting with so many fans made an impression on the girl. They hug Sergei and Ksyusha, ask for photos and autographs and vying with each other to ask questions.
The guys, answering the next question, remember the story of their acquaintance in different ways. Ksyusha laughs and says that Sergei ignored her for several months and only then invited her to the cinema: “I thought that the two of us would go together. I came, and there were six people there - family, friends.”
Sergei explains this company with serious intentions, saying that he immediately wanted to introduce the girl to everyone. “When I walked Ksyusha home after the movie, I took her hand and realized that I was attracted to her, that I wanted her to always be in my life,” recalls Sergei.
When I was invited to St. Petersburg to participate in the “Sport to the People” project, Ksyusha supported my decision. This was very important to me. It seems to me that a healthy relationship is when people support each other,” says Sergei Kutovoy. - Our long-distance relationship lasted for a year. It was very difficult: I raked the last money out of my pockets to buy Ksyusha a ticket from Arkhangelsk to St. Petersburg. But you know what I realized? When everything is bad in life, don’t despair. You pay with these bad things for all the good things that will happen in life.
After graduation, Ksyusha was able to move to Sergei in St. Petersburg permanently. After three years of relationship, the guys’ plans are only more serious: to get married and buy their own home, and definitely not with a mortgage, but to save up for an apartment on their own. “I didn’t have a complete family, my childhood was not easy. Therefore, now I really want a real happy family with Ksyusha. It seems to me that it’s right to give new people to society,” shares Sergei Kutovoy.
Write a book and stand on both feet
Among Sergei Kutovoy’s creative plans is a book. “I have a story to tell,” he says confidently.
In the meantime, the Arkhangelsk resident writes posts on Instagram.
As a friend, he knows how to motivate. He always asks why you are doing this, what you want to achieve with it. In this regard, we were thinking about master classes in the format of Nick Vujicic (an Australian motivational speaker with a hereditary disease that leads to the absence of all limbs. - Note ed.), - said a friend of Sergei Menua.
A week later, a film is released in which Sergei plays the main role. Partner in the movie “Sergei Kutovoy. “I am taller than everyone,” became his twin brother Ivan. This is the brothers’ first filming experience, not counting Artem Gryanik’s video for Pavel Volya’s song “Two”. Film director Andrei Grigoriev saw him on the Internet and invited the guys to star in a full-length film.
We were unable to raise the full amount for the filming through crowdfunding, as we had originally planned, and we were forced to give back all the money and invest our own funds in the creation of the film. The film will be released in a week, before that it will be shown at the VKontakte festival,” said Sergei.
Sergei Kutovoy plans to get back on his feet not only figuratively, but also literally. A prosthesis will be made for him in St. Petersburg. The state allocates four and a half million rubles for it. “There are literally a couple of certificates left, and I will try. It’s not a fact that everything will work out, because my leg is cut very close, but perhaps soon I will be walking,” Sergei does not betray his excitement.
Do you know what I value Seryoga most for? Because he is disabled, but you don’t treat him like a disabled person. “It’s cool,” says his friend Anton. - Yesterday we took the oath at Menua. And it so happened that Seryoga was sitting on the windowsill, the stroller was removed, and everyone forgot that they actually needed to help him... Do you understand what I’m talking about? We didn't think anything was wrong.
Our communication is very simple, you don’t think about the fact that he’s in a wheelchair. He still teases us so much! - Mainua picks up.
For a long time, Sergei’s fans did not want to let him leave the Champ de Mars. The girls ran to take pictures and could not hold back their tears. But those were tears of joy. The guy never tired of saying “thank you” and, of course, soon a new post appeared on Sergei Kutovoy’s Instagram: “The huge charge of positivity and kindness that you gave me today will remain forever in my heart. Thank you!".
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