Davide Minuzzo: worker, then manager, now four-time world champion of cultism (natural)

In an increasingly frenetic and competitive world, finding concrete tools to tackle daily challenges has become essential. Sport, often relegated to leisure time, is proving to be a powerful ally for personal and professional growth. It's not just about running to stay fit or training to win a race.

Behind every athletic gesture lie precious lessons : perseverance, sacrifice, and pressure management. An analysis of over 14,000 participants and more than 200 combined clinical studies published in The British Medical Journal (2024) also explains this: physical exercise, and weight training in particular, can significantly reduce depressive symptoms , with effects comparable to those of pharmacological or psychological therapies.

And it is precisely in this context that Davide Minuzzo 's story fits. Born into a difficult family background, raised without parents and with few resources, Minuzzo faced isolation and insecurity as a young man, which led him to start working in a factory as a teenager, putting aside his studies, which he later completed. But it is precisely thanks to fitness that he owes his "blessing." For Minuzzo, the gym has represented a fixed point since childhood: a stable place where every result is achieved through patience, consistency, and daily commitment.

“Training consistently teaches you to tolerate frustration , to develop a method, with discipline and respect for yourself and others. These are the same skills that are useful in work, relationships, and stress management ,” says Mimuzzo.

Exercising can significantly reduce depressive symptoms

Today, he works for EssilorLuxottica in New York, after holding senior positions in various international settings. This career has never separated him from fitness, a field in which he has continued to train internationally, exploring various schools of thought and methodologies, earning over twenty certifications in personal training, nutrition, life and mental coaching, and athletic preparation for athletes and Natural Bodybuilding athletes.

Since 2019 he has also begun competing in the aesthetic categories of natural bodybuilding , which aims to develop muscle mass without the use of doping substances such as steroids, anabolics or growth hormones and which promotes a healthy and wholesome vision of training in the gym.

Today, he is one of the most decorated athletes in the world in his discipline, with eight gold medals at the Natural Olympia, seven World Cup medals, and Masters Champion at the Arnold Classic Amateur in Columbus and the Fitness Universe in New York. Crowning years of hard work and dedication, at 51 he earned the title of World Champion , proving that determination can make a difference at any age. This prestigious recognition came at the 2025 INBA/PNBA World Championships in Barcelona, where he won four gold medals in the various divisions of the Sport Model category and two silver medals in the Masters divisions of the Men's Physique category, in a competition that pitted him against competitors 20 or 30 years younger.

In short, a truly enviable list of achievements. But what the athlete cares most about is the message he wants to send to others: "I'd like my story to help people understand that change is possible, but it doesn't happen by chance. It takes method, awareness, and the willingness to commit every day, even when results seem distant."