Chad Martin Fitness Routine
Chad Martin Exercises
Chad Martin has an outstanding career as a bodybuilder, and is one of the most renowned figures in the world when it comes to his line of work. Over the years he has won a large number of prizes, including seven Heavyweight Class Natural Bodybuilding Championships and three Mr. Natural Olympia’s. Not only that, but he can pride himself with his Bachelor’s degree from Eastern Washington University and Master’s degree from Gonzaga University. That being said, I think everybody is very anxious to find out an expert’s opinion on diet and exercise. So keep reading and Chad Martin will tell you all you have to do to get as fit as you can possibly get!
Portion Control Tips
Today we would like to share with you some information from Chad Martin on how a little knowledge about portion size can help us control our calorie intake. The fewer calories you add to your daily diet, the fewer you will have to try to burn off every day. Here are some useful diet tips – use a smaller plate, get rid of all large plates, they are not needed in a house, except for maybe the china hutch. Always eat a lot of salad, just don’t drench the salad in liquid fat, defeating the purpose; same with a sandwich.
Foods are not created equal, an ounce of lean chicken is not the same as an ounce of butter. Stick to healthier foods, longer/darker foods, such as complex carbs, like rice and vegetables, which are much better choices for a low carb diet. Try to increase the number of meals in a day to six, but much smaller meals – almost consider them snacks. Replace one snack with a salad (no dressing).
Also, on top of the diet plans, use your feet as much as you can, use the stairs instead of an elevator and if you go close by, walk or use a bike, save your gas money for a special treat. Plus, using your feet a lot is one of the fastest ways to lose weight.
Working out on the road
Traveling always presents challenges to maintaining a healthy lifestyle. With the erratic schedule, restaurant fare and staying at different hotels, it’s hard to eat right and maintain our workouts. If experience has thought Chad Martin anything, is how to be practical and inventive. With that in mind, Chad has come up with an easy theory that can have you ready for workout anytime, anyplace, and turn anything into exercise equipment.
The Three P’s
Tip #1- Plan- “Those who fail to prepare, prepare to fail”. Always plan your trip including what you will do for cardio or workout. Call ahead or check online. Most hotel web sites have virtual tours or at least have pictures of their facilities; if all else fails give them a call.
Tip #2- Pack- Always pack necessities- Vitamins, workout clothes, swim trunks, shoes, jump rope, bands, etc.. Save room in the bag for workout equipment or what I typically do is pack an entirely different bag that has all the workout items in it.
Tip #3- ImProvise-(chairs, bags, push-ups, crunches, leg lifts, lunges, stairs, jog). The goal here is to use anything you can that is safe and can effectively give you resistance or increase the intensity of your workout like normal exercise machines would.
Obviously, the easy ones are body weight type exercises, such as push-ups, sit-ups, crunches, lying leg lifts, lunges, squats. Add a chair and you can do incline push-ups with your feet on the chair and hands on the ground and if you still are unable to do a regular push-ups switching your hands to chair and feet on the ground. Also, chair dips will help develop thickness in the triceps.
Start by sitting on the chair then stretch your legs out on the floor, even though another chair or bed is much better, then lift your glutes off the chair, straightening out your arms and then lower and stretch down as far you can go then push up as high as you can and repeat.
For lower abs, sit again at the edge of the chair hold your upper body off the back of the chair. Extend your legs straight out then pull your knees into your chest without leaning back into the chair. The bottom line is get creative and you can still get a good, quality workout in anytime, anywhere.
