Hi! My name is Michael Burlingham, creator of ChampionYourBody.com. I am a native Oregonian, residing in the state of Washington with my amazing wife, and two beautiful daughters. I love the Pacific Northwest. There’s no place quite like it, in my humble opinion. I love to travel, hike, bike, camp, fish, raft, drink craft beer, occasionally run….you know, typical PNW type activities.
Over the course of the last two decades, I’ve been on a journey of self discovery. Although during most of that time, I didn’t exactly realize that was what I was doing. I had my ups and downs. I had some good years, and I had some very terrible years. The habits I formed in my childhood carried over into adulthood, and it’s been an uphill battle everyday of my life. Through my learning, I discovered the battle doesn’t have to be hard. We can make our own lives far more difficult than what it has to be. It took a long time for me to realize this. I’m constantly trying to learn new things and adapt them into my life. And I’ve come realize something very important….I haven’t even scratched the surface.
My goal and passion in life is to help others. I’ve had help along the way myself. I have my mentors, coaches and consultants. Not all these come in personal relationships either. They are in the books we read, the forums online, our social media platforms and podcasts. There’s a wealth of knowledge out there. The trick is to pick up all the various pieces of the puzzle and put them together in our own individual lives.
This is the story of how I changed my way of life, physically inside and out, and far more important, mentally. This is how I learned to champion my body.
To learn more about my story, where I’ve come from to where I am now, please check out “In The Beginning…”
