MACKAY Hospital and Health Service has been visited by one of the country's most popular indigenous television personalities.

Australian Ninja Warrior contestant and fan favourite Jack Wilson, the 'Deadly Ninja', dropped by Mackay Base Hospital late last week, the health service revealed.

The Mount Isa man and proud Kalkadoon man made quite a name for himself while competing in the program on the Nine Network over the past two years.

While Wilson did not visit the hospital complete with his trademark budgie smugglers and body paint, it seems patients and staff were nonplussed.

Wilson was speaking about the benefits of being fit and healthy.

"My background and family give me the passion and desire to fulfilling everything that I possibly want in life and are the reason why I hold my values close to my heart," he said.

"My family has always been sport and fitness orientated, growing up I was immersed in a number of team sports but especially loved watching my dad do free weights and pull ups at home.

"Around the age of 21 I found myself leaning towards the calisthenics style of training after continuously watching amazing bodyweight athletes on social media, I decided to become one of them."

Wilson's ancestry includes Aboriginal/Asian on his mother's side and Welsh/Australian on his mother's side, he said.

Heading into Australian Ninja Warrior initially, Wilson said he fought through a difficult upbringing.

Wilson began to head down a dark path involving the abuse of drugs and alcohol, but he decided to make a change and began long distance running.

Come 2013, Wilson became involved in the Indigenous Marathon Project and was mentored by Olympian Robert De Castella.

He competed in the New York Marathon alongside 11 fellow indigenous runners, both male and female, before his appearance on national television.

Wilson has said his goal is to inspire indigenous men, women and children to lead healthy lifestyles, and to encourage others to achieve their goals.