A lot of muscleheads want to be personal trainers, be in a bodybuilding
show, get a website and promote themselves. How many actually do it?
Amost none. I try to help some of them out and they literally run
away from attention. Not Danny Apollo Bruce. He contacted me
to do a fan page. I didn't even have to chase after him. He is
very self motivated and goes to bodybuilding contests to promote
himself, do business and make connections. If he wins a trophy great but
the real deal is that he can promote himself and work with photogs and
web designers.
One reason he is so motivated is the terrible 2012
car crash that changed him forever. As he recounts on his website
"I remember being in the emergency room, with a neck brace on in
agonizing pain; surrounded by people with terrible looks on their faces.
Doctors told me that my back was seriously injured, that I had four
discs herniated and moreover, that I had sustained a head injury which
would cause me migraine attacks daily.
If that wasn’t enough, it
didn’t look like I was going to be able to walk anytime soon, if ever
again. There was blood all over my clothes, and everything was confusing
and chaotic. As I learned that I might have never been able to walk
again, the whole world fell on my shoulders. I refused to believe I
would be paralyzed in my mid-20s; I fought that notion, I tried to stand
up, again and again, only to fall back on the floor. All my life, I took
care of my younger siblings. 'I told them, never to give up on
anything.' What kind of big brother would I be, if I gave up then? I
just couldn’t disappoint them; I had to show them that if you truly set
out to accomplish something, you can make it in the end.
 With
such mindset, I tried to stand up, every day. In spite of all the odds,
I left the hospital moving on my own, with the help of single walker
after a few months. This was big for me, but it was still just a small
step forward. The doctors were amazed at my progress, but they estimated
that it would take years before I could work out again. Nonetheless, I
got a gym membership and I began to train very lightly, without
overworking myself.
I walked slowly around the gym, I did
plyometrics in the water for 15 minutes sessions at the time, I did
plenty of stretching… After 16 months of efforts, not only was I able to
walk, but I could jump, I could swim, I could play sports. Sure, there
were still a few things I couldn’t do, because they affected my back,
but in spite of that I was able to get in a great body shape, sculpting
my body simply by training smart and focusing my efforts. This life
experience prompted me to create my training program, based on the
concepts that anyone can get results without necessarily submitting to
an intense physical routine of exercises. My method has been helping
people of all walks of life, from soldiers and athletes, to actors and
everyday folks. "
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