WHO IS MIKE?

AN INTRODUCTION

Mike Hulusi is an up and coming Australian bodybuilder and personal online coach. A relative new comer to the competition stage, Mike started his journey in 2014 after years of yo-yo dieting, in and out of the gym and suffering from a severe lack of motivation and self confidence.

Being a dedicated husband to Tunel and father of 3 children, Mike believes in family first above everything and is proud of his achievements so far proving you can have a great lifestyle balance juggling full time work, multiple businesses, family, nutrition, training and competition preparation.

Born and raised in Victoria, Australia, Mike had a broken upbringing with multiple family separations and experienced many heartbreaks along the way. Ultimately, the lifestyle he lived with the family was unhealthy and did nothing to help Mike’s health and fitness goals.

“Growing up, the extent my parents taught me about health was the Diet soft drinks were good for you. There was no foundational education or guidance on exercise, nutrition, gut health, mind health or even proper bed times. As a result, all of my siblings including myself suffered from childhood obesity often eating large servings of frozen lasagne or bowls and bowls of spaghetti Bolognese for dinner at 11pm, and we always had a desert.”

These experiences have lead Mike on a journey of self discovery and real world education. With Mike’s weight peaking at an unhealthy 136kg when he was just 19, Mike simply decided he had enough and decided to make a change.

“Over the next 6 months I read every magazine, article, book I could get my hands on trying to crack the code of fat loss. I would do countless hours of cardio then try to lift some weights with little to no results. I would try to cut all carbs out by struggled to stick to that plan and eventually would cave and binge eat. I tried everything!”

The addictive personality of Mike meant that as soon as he found something that worked he simply went all in. Over the next 6 months Mike would drop down to 81kg. The problem was his goal was always to lose fat, now he had, what was next?

“I had always like the look of muscles thanks to the movies such as Rambo, Cliff Hanger and Conan.. So I decided that what I wanted to look like. I went out and found the best coaches all over the world and set about learning underneath them all their different techniques and protocols.”