Tales From The Powerful Human
There are many things to describe Ruben, Successful mountain climber, Entrepreneur, Motivational speaker and Fitness expert.But above all things, he humbly describes himself as an innovator with a mission. His accomplishments were motivated by his passion for inspiring others into action. Stimulated by his own self-discovery, he founded POWERFUL HUMAN, an organization he envisioned as a community that supports one another in discovering and fulfilling their biggest dreams.
Using the mountains as metaphors, he shares ideas aimed at self-actualization and motivation to empower others to reach their full potential and live beyond limits. “Before I tell you to go and play big, I wanted to do that thing first, so I can talk from experience. I can genuinely say that it takes a lot of work, sweat, and tears to get here. I don’t call them sacrifice, I call them an emotional investment, as there will be times that you’ll have to be away from your loved ones but it’s all for a bigger cause and you have to believe in that” Ruben sincerely says. More often than not, Ruben firmly stressed that the climb is not about the physical mountain.It’s the internal ones. Climbing an actual peak is sometimes easier than conquering figurative ones. Maybe by letting yourself to reach a literal peak, you’re really telling your subconscious to scale those personal, intangible mountains. Therefore, a powerful human is the message of that internal climb.
Ruben adventures as a mountain climber are just the tip of the iceberg. He is also a successful entrepreneur who decided to go to China way back in 2007 for an intended short break with little more than a suitcase and a plan to study Chinese martial arts. But that planned suddenly changed when he built the HUMAN IN MOTION—the nation’s No. 1 fitness studio.
Soon after, he became the Asia’s Director for Institute of Human Performance—Asia’s
leading source of functional training education for numerous high-level athletes. Here they taught trainers how to utilize functional training properly. Being a huge believer of the younger generation, Ruben also works as a volunteer speaker for youth groups and educational institutions. He also published a fictional novel titled “We Are” with a book cover putting emphasis to “WAR’, it is a post-apocalyptic tale of war and unlikely friendship.
Tales Coming At Rock Bottom
Not all tales will run as smoothly. Even after several accomplishments through climbing expedition and reaching the peak of every mountain he climbs in, that doesn’t mean this humble innovator will be invincible with anything. As humane as he can be, Ruben still encountered challenges along the way. From having a 2-year climbing hiatus because of not having enough money to fund his climbing journey down to reaching the top with seeing nothing but white.
Imagine this. “You spend your whole life wanting to stand at the top of the world, for this one moment and you can’t see the view. Like someone stole your experience from you and like you worked so hard to get a bigger paycheck then someone took all your
money.” Ruben with a brow furrowed ends his line with a smile, as he reminisced his experience.
