Last year we interviewed Faisal Buresli, founder of TFB and realized that he cared just as much about educating people about fitness and the latest techniques and scientific discoveries as he was about coaching. Last month he invited Mike Salemi, renowned international presenter in the field of health and fitness and human performance specialist to Kuwait.
Mike’s background is quite diverse and he has been active in the industry for over 15 years. He is an expert in strength and conditioning and has competed at an elite level in Powerlifting and Kettlebell Sport. His own path has led him to having to deal with sport-related injuries, and he realized the value of integrating the body, mind, and spirit as a means to foster high performance for the long term. Helping athletes, fitness professionals, and coaches discover their own potential from the inside-out is what motivates him the most. Mike has also served as a Division 1 strength and conditioning coach for Santa Clara University, and trained elite athletes across a wide range of sports.
Just like Faisal, Mike believes that providing educational workshops, certifications, and creating programs on unconventional training that will build more balanced athletes is one of the most effective ways of improving their clients’ performance, while also making sure they stay safe. By partnering up, Mike was able to bring his course ‘Beyond Art and Athletic Performance’ to Kuwait through the TFB platform. The course teaches people to use multiple tools like suples balls, suples bands, Bulgarian bags and some modalities called eldoa stretches.
A total of 12 people took part in the training course, many of which were coaches themselves. This is part of Faisal’s overall vision, because he doesn’t want the knowledge to end with him, he truly wants to put Kuwait on the fitness map.
In order to do so, he believes that education is one of the best tools in his arsenal. “The goal is to elevate the standards and educate everyone who’s interested to be better,” Faisal says.
By bringing over elites in the fitness world and offering people an opportunity to receive coaching from the best in their respective fields is one of Faisal’s end goals too. And while he understands that people now have access to online courses, in-person training in his opinion is still superior. “ It’s like tasting food from the menu or watching a football match and playing in real life, for sure it’s not the same and that’s why lots of mistakes and injuries happen,” says Faisal, and we can’t disagree with his logic. Faisal has promised us that there is more to come and that he is already planning for more future events, collaborations and partnerships with global experts. We can’t wait to see what he is going to be doing next!
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