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The biography, life, and accomplishments of Chad Martin

Chad Martin is a German/Scottish American International Natural Bodybuilding Association (INBA)/Professional Natural Bodybuilding Association (PNBA) natural bodybuilder born on August 7th, 1971. Martin competes in the Men’s Bodybuilding Grand Masters class. At 2021 Natural Olympia, Martin placed fourth place. This year, Martin plans to make his 19th Natural Olympia appearance. 

Interestingly, he’s sometimes referred to as “The Bowflex Guy” after appearing in Bowflex’s 2005 widespread national commercial. 

Below is a complete breakdown of Chad Martin’s profile, stats, biography, training, and diet regimen. 

Full Name: Chad Martin
Weight Height Date Of Birth
210 lbs (off-season), 185-190 lbs (competition) 6’0” 08/07/1971
Division Era Nationality
Men’s Bodybuilding Grand Masters 2010 German/Scottish American

Biography 

Chad Martin was born on August 7th, 1971, in Washington State. Martin’s weightlifting routine started on a farm, throwing around hay bales. These rigorous summers built Martin a solid and robust physique for high school sports. 

Martin’s first love began with baseball. And once his baseball career was over, he started lifting at a local gym. The gym owner and close friend convinced him to enter a local bodybuilding show. Of course, Martin found his next love in natural bodybuilding; the rest is history. 

Chad Martin has been competing in natural bodybuilding for decades. Martin joined the INBA PNBA league after frustration with his hunch about the integrity of other natural bodybuilding leagues. He’s now competed in most Natural Olympia shows and against top champions, including Philip Ricardo Jr. and Kiyoshi Moody.

Martin considers himself “Forever Natural” and has never considered steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs. 

Competition History

Best Showings

Pro Contests

*Note: *denotes gained placing from failed drug test by another competitor (8 in total)

Chad Martin’s Workout Routine

Martin said that he’s been following a six-day split routine since the covid pandemic and has one day saved for cardio. On the other days, he’ll include cardio after lifts and train a different muscle group daily. 

Martin performs an old-school pyramid scheme, performing three sets ranging from five to 10 reps. After about four weeks, Martin will do either a deload week, perform various exercises for 100 reps or follow his “Tetris Ten” training methodology to shock his muscles. 

Martin uses various equipment when training, including machines, barbells, cables, dumbbells, Bowflex, Nautilus, TRX, etc. He firmly believes adding variety to your workouts is imperative for muscle shock. 

Favorite Exercises

When asked about his favorite exercises, Martin asserted:

“Bowflex is my favorite piece of equipment in the gym, then I would say dumbbells. I don’t really have a favorite, I just enjoy training and the way it makes me feel, so I enjoy training every day, I just try to mentally prepare myself for that body part that day and make it fun and enjoyable, try not to think of it as work.”    

Nutrition

Regarding Martin’s diet, he stated:

“After 40, my diet hasn’t changed a whole lot. My standard is oatmeal on lifting days, spinach, carrot, beet shake on cardio days or smaller muscle group days, tuna for lunch, Advocare protein bar and shake for pre and post-workout.

Dinners vary a little but usually it is bison, steak, chicken or fish with a starchy carb like potatoes or brown rice with lots of veggies, such as Brussel sprouts, green beans, cabbage and some fruit.

The major difference from in season and offseason is cheat days and then no cheat days and enjoy the holidays, then just slowly reduce calories over a few months time.

I have been sponsored by Advocare for 20 years and have only used their great products for the entire time.”

Personal Life

Besides competing in natural bodybuilding, Chad Martin has taught physical education and computer tech at a juvenile jail in WA for the last few decades. 

Martin lives an active lifestyle while not prepping for bodybuilding shows or working. He enjoys being a dad and loves to watch his kids play games (one’s a professional baseball player), train with them, and coach them. In addition, the Martin family loves sports and will partake in anything active, including riding bikes, pickleball, basketball, and tennis.

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