The authentic trainer is anxious to seek in the consciences of the levers for the personal development in the broad sense. From there come the solid and adaptable methods. From this, too, come the legitimate successes in the disparate and unequal field of online training.
Common sense and method
What’s fun regarding the Michigan Academy, it is this posture consisting in valuing what everyone already knows… without going to the application. When the founder is asked regarding his secrets, he feels no embarrassment at the idea of confessing that there are actually quite a few. All its merit resides in putting widely shared knowledge into practice, in a precise and, if one dared, almost scientific mode. It is not a question of changing oneself (a desire as unhealthy as it is illusory), it would rather be a question of composing an improved version of oneself, in other words of optimizing one’s own potential. There is nothing revolutionary in this approach, but is it so easy to find formations that compose lucidly from what is feasible, that keep empty words, magical thoughts and inapplicable practices at bay? Unfortunately not. And that’s a great thing for anyone who makes the excellence of others their mission. Of all the others, potentially.
It is therefore the method that matters, the sense of one’s own interest, but also and above all that of the long term. Reason for which these formations find their coherence in a mixture of well-being and successes, but is it not there, finally, the same thing? Self-control is the heart of all things and it is a wisdom that dates back to Stoicism, that is to say the fourth century BC. However, from theory to practice, from knowledge to action, from project to success, there is often more than one step. It’s counter-intuitive, but investing in oneself is by no means obvious and it is through support that one rediscovers the concern for one’s global identity, the connection between a body and a mind seen in their equal dignity. No doubt this is felt in the career of a man who, in addition to being a trainer, has worked as an actor, model, athlete, physical trainer and music producer. Several successes, but only one method: his own.
The true trainer draws from himself
The Chabal beard, a bodybuilder and darkness in the eyes. The man does not go unnoticed, but the incognito is not exactly in his plans. David Michigan is a character, clearly, and nearly 20 million subscribers to his Instagram account will not deny it. “Today, in the age of visual overstimulation, it is very difficult to succeed if you do not support your ideas with strong and impactful aesthetics”. Only, like marble, it combines hardness and delicacy: massive in body and refined in spirit. It is because these two aspects proceed from the same dynamic, from a personal history. Discovering his successes, one almost comes to take seriously his inclination for magic. Almost.
Until the age of 20, the young man was solitary, compulsive reader and diligent sportsman. It was regarding betting on yourself, giving yourself every chance to approach the best the future can offer through sporting and psychological expertise. For those who perceive existence as a marathon, it is obvious that freedom is learned. Logically, it is also transmitted. And that’s probably the key to all success. Whether it’s to appease the relationship with one’s own body, to free oneself from stress, to work on one’s charisma or to gain momentum on social networks, the Michigan Academy delivers solutions that resolutely articulate body and mind.
