Alexey Martynov is a raw foodist and vegan since 2000, as well as an athlete, bodybuilder and former lead singer of the Scenacardia group, known as MC Delovoy. In 2019, the native Muscovite Alexei will turn 40 years old, since 2014 he has been living in Montenegro.
His story is a long way to himself, a constant search for new ideas for self-improvement. The views of Alexei Martynov changed, transformed, decisions were not always successful, but the seeker always finds his way.
The story of becoming a jock
Martynov is a man of self-discipline, all his life he paid special attention to lifestyle and nutrition. Sometimes, however, rushing from one extreme to another.
As a child, Alexei, not having a strong immune system, constantly caught colds, sat on antibiotics. Good genetics in terms of physical form was also not observed, the body was weak, loose, the guy could not pull himself up even once. From the seventh gradeAlexey Martynov began to work out in the gym, adhere to a he althy lifestyle, was fond of martial arts. But he was categorically against sports nutrition and pharmacology, which many comrades "dabbled in". By the age of 17, despite regular training, his weight was only 65 kg with a height of 170 cm.
At some point, Alexei unbearably wanted to become "big and strong." With all possible thoroughness for that time, approaching the issue of gaining muscle mass, he studied the special literature on bodybuilding and chose a diet and training regimen for himself. And that, and another in the life of a novice bodybuilder has become a lot, especially food. He ate huge meals 8 times a day, and two years later, along with the desired muscles, he gained a weight of 120 kg.
On a protein diet
When overweight became obvious, Alexei Martynov began to look for ways to lose weight, while maintaining the muscles acquired with such difficulty. By that time, it was difficult for him not only to continue training, but even to move around, he became more like a sumo wrestler than a bodybuilder. His choice fell on a protein diet. Having practically abandoned plant foods, Alexei ate chicken, cottage cheese, and eggs in huge quantities. To this he added more intense cardio workouts. After 3 months, Martynov achieved what he wanted - 80 kg and a relief body were pleasing to the eye.
But he alth problems began. Due to protein poisoning of the body, the stomach, kidneys began to hurt, the bodybuilder was tormented by constant nausea and dizziness. For Alexei Martynov, the biography has not comebest time. He no longer cared about the issue of appearance, the main goal was to restore undermined he alth.
Switching to a vegetarian and raw food diet
With his characteristic determination and scrupulousness, Alexei Martynov began to study various authors who wrote on the topic of a raw food diet, the benefits and harms of such nutrition, its moral aspects. Information then was not so easy to find, there were some notes, books, magazines. He read the works of Herbert Shelton, Mechnikov, Pavlov. I learned something from the beginner Gennady Malakhov. An article by Galina Shatalova on the effect of meat food on the body put an end to his research. After reading it, literally in one day, Martynov decided to become a vegetarian and abruptly refused protein foods. His main diet was vegetables, fruits and kefir. Over time, dairy products have also been added to the forbidden list.
At the same time, he continued to actively engage in sports, running at least 15 kilometers a day. In less than a year, Alexei's weight dropped to the bar of 55-58 kg.
Realizing that once again he was carried away, he again went to the gym and, without changing the diet, increased the number of calories consumed. Today Alexey Martynov has been a raw foodist since the age of 21, he has been following this lifestyle for almost 19 years.
The beginning of the musical journey
Music, as well as sports, Aleksey was fond of from school. His first rap group, known in narrow circles, was Rhythm U. In the mid-90s, under the pseudonym MS Delovoy, which he still uses, he organized a rapgroup "Tree of Life". This was a new direction, combining rap and live musical accompaniment. Alexey Martynov is included in the Russian Guinness Book of Records as the fastest rap artist - 348 words in 55 seconds.
After the new saxophonist Timofey Khazanov joined the line-up, two young people created a duet and called themselves "Scenacardia". It was in 2000, at the same time that Martynov became seriously interested in veganism.
Successes of the Scenacardia group
Khazanova and Martynova were united by common character traits - a constant search for new, non-standard solutions, a craving for improvement. Together they created a new style, which they themselves called a mixture of styles, fusion. It contains elements of hip-hop, rap, jazz, chanson, rock, R@B, ethnic.
Alexey Martynov acted as a lyricist and vocalist, and Timofey Khazanov as a composer and saxophonist. In 2005, the group won first place in the Sochi competition for young performers "Five Stars". This victory came as a surprise to the guys themselves, after which the duet began to make more pop compositions that could bring fame in wide circles.
In 2006, Scenacardia presented its first album, True Friends. The title of the album is true. On the path of spiritual transformations, Timofey became for Alexei a person who accepted all his reincarnations and oddities unconditionally and without judging, unlike many of the musician's acquaintances and friends.
BIn the same 2006, the album "Stenacardia" was released, recorded together with Yuri G altsev. Until 2010, the group won the Golden Gramophone twice on Russian Radio in Kazakhstan. The last album "Airplanes" of their common group "Scenacardia" was released in 2013.
Band breakup
The pop direction made it possible for fruitful work, touring, but did not quite correspond to what the soul lay for. Therefore, gradually the work of Timofey Khazanov and Alexei Martynov in Scenacardia came to naught, they began to participate more actively in other projects, separately from each other. Timofey developed as a saxophonist, Alexei and old friends created the underground group "Crew".
Since 2013, after the release of the last album "Scenacardia", Martynov traveled a lot, mainly in Asian countries, India, Vietnam.
Raw food as a secret of beauty and he alth
Martynov, during the period of fanatical adherence to ideas, assured that such a lifestyle not only helps maintain excellent physical shape, but also the ability to overcome serious ailments. For example, the musician had chronic sinusitis, which he had since childhood. In addition, the symptoms of allergies, which had seriously bothered him before switching to vegetables, fruits and grains, disappeared of their own accord.
Also, Alexey Martynov said then, the raw foodist retains a clearer mind and activates creative possibilities, it became easier for him to write lyrics.
Walrus Alexey Martynov
Vegan and raw foodistAlexey Martynov for a long time, about 10 years, living in Moscow, was fond of winter swimming and hardening. It all started with dousing with cold water and swimming in the summer in any weather. Subsequently, he was inspired by the works of Porfiry Ivanov, began to swim in the ice-hole every day in winter and surprise passers-by with out-of-season clothes. Literally then, he could be found on the street in flip flops, a T-shirt and shorts. Only when the temperature dropped below 15 degrees did Aleksey change flip-flops for sneakers.
Martynov's diet
The menu of a raw foodist cannot be called monotonous. He himself believes that he eats even more fully than before. These are mainly fruits, vegetables, honey, nuts. He doesn't eat sugar. In the initial period, according to him, "rabid fanaticism", he did not use s alt either, replacing it with seaweed. Martynov drinks freshly squeezed juices. Makes salads with walnut dressings, soups, occasional and those that require boiling. In the season of melons and watermelons, it mainly leans on them. As vegan desserts, there are various fruit smoothies with spices. In restaurants, he orders most often only juices and fruits. When there is no way to eat something from the usual list, Alexei prefers to stay hungry. Most recently, in 2018, Martynov returned to the diet of dairy products, preferring mainly goat whey.
Alexey Martynov's beliefs as a raw foodist
Today, Alexey is a trainer, blogger and coach with his own views on life and nutrition. He always talked aboutGoing vegan is not so much about he alth as it is about ethics and non-participation in the killing of animals. Now he condemns fanatical veganism and believes that one should not adhere to a raw food diet if it is harmful to he alth.
Once he made veganism and a raw food diet practically a religion, so now, having returned milk to the diet, he is arguing and defending his position in front of somewhat disappointed admirers. He admits that he used to be "so stubborn about his ideas that he honestly believed that carnivorous pets should eat ethically too!" He doesn't feel comfortable thinking about it today. He himself calls this process “vegan dechurching.”
Aleksey says that over time he stopped spending a lot of time preparing various vegan dishes, trying to prove that the raw foodist's menu is very diverse, and preferred to eat practically "grass food". His body just completely rebuilt to this style of eating.
There is too much noise around the raw food diet. Its magical healing properties are clearly overrated, and the side effects of a fanatical following of such a lifestyle are not customary to talk about.
Relationship with sports today
Alexey Martynov has always paid great attention to his physical form, considering sports one of the secrets of beauty and he alth. In his photo in 2016-2017, when training was very active, he looks perfect.
But since 2017, maintaining weight and muscle mass began to be given to Alexei with great difficulty. longRestriction in protein foods and an excess of carbohydrates in the diet led to the fact that Alexei is gaining weight even from low-calorie fruits and vegetables. To maintain muscle tone, he trains with heavy weights for 4 hours a day, runs and bikes a lot, swims with fins.
The life of a musician and a vegan now
Aleksey Martynov is not a raw foodist in the purest sense in the last year, recipes for hot soups began to appear on his blog. A lot of noise was made among his subscribers by the fact of the return to the menu of dairy products. Alexey considers such transformations inevitable for people who have been following a vegan diet for many years. He is proud of his experience, knowledge and is ready to share them. Today Martynov is a coach and trainer, gives paid consultations on nutrition and training.
Since 2016, nothing has been heard about his work as part of the Crew, but music has not disappeared from his life, he records solo compositions, improvisations. The musician does not plan to return to pop music, preferring to do what he really likes.
