Chad Vermillion | Professional Bodybuilder + Coach
Stop Guessing.
Start Transforming.
Personalized training, nutrition and accountability built around your body, your lifestyle and your goal.
You don't need another generic workout downloaded from the internet. You need to know what to train, what to eat, when to adjust and whether what you're doing is actually working. That's where coaching comes in.
- /Professional Bodybuilder
- /2023 FXB Classic Overall Champion
- /Personal Training
- /Nutrition & Meal Planning
- /Contest Prep Coaching
/ Who I Coach
This Isn't One-Size-Fits-All Fitness.
Physique Transformation
For people who want to build muscle, lose body fat and finally create the physique they've been chasing.
Transformation After 40
Your body changes as you get older. That doesn't mean your best physique has to be behind you. Build a realistic training and nutrition strategy around your schedule, recovery and lifestyle while still pursuing serious results.
Muscle Building
Structured hypertrophy-focused programming designed around your experience level, available equipment, recovery and weak points.
Fat Loss
Lose body fat while protecting the muscle you've worked hard to build. Focus on sustainable nutrition, intelligent training and ongoing adjustments instead of crash dieting.
Contest Prep
For bodybuilding and physique competitors who need a structured approach to training, nutrition, conditioning, posing/readiness and the final stages of preparation.
Accountability & Direction
For someone who already trains but needs an experienced set of eyes making adjustments and keeping the process moving forward.
/ The Coaching System
Your Plan. Your Body. Your Progress.
- 01
Assessment
Start with where you are today: goals, training history, schedule, nutrition, available equipment, strengths, weaknesses and current condition.
- 02
Personalized Training
No cookie-cutter workouts. Programming is designed around your goals, body, experience, recovery, equipment and lifestyle.
- 03
Nutrition Strategy
A practical nutrition and meal strategy aligned with your physique goal — structured enough to produce measurable progress, realistic enough for an actual human being to follow.
- 04
Coaching & Adjustments
A program should evolve as the body changes. Progress is monitored and training and nutrition are adjusted based on real-world results instead of blindly following the same plan indefinitely. Accountability is part of the work, not an add-on.
/ Why Chad
I've Lived This Process.
I don't coach bodybuilding from the sidelines. I've spent years training, dieting, competing and learning how the body responds through every phase of the process — building muscle, getting lean, breaking plateaus and preparing for the stage. That experience matters.
My job isn't to make your life revolve around fitness. It's to determine the smartest way to make your training and nutrition work within your life while still pushing you toward a result you can actually see.
I expect effort from the people I coach. In return, you get a coach who is invested in your progress and willing to make changes when something isn't working.
/ Client Results
The Work Speaks for Itself.
Before / After Chad Vermillion · Before / after
My own transformation — from out of shape to competing as a professional bodybuilder. Every method I coach is one I've applied to myself first.
Before / After Client · Before / contest day
Male client, over 40: structured training and nutrition taken through to a bodybuilding stage appearance.
Before / After Client · Before / contest day
Female client: fat loss and muscle retention through a full prep, finishing on a competition stage.
Before / After Client · Prep progress
Female competitor: conditioning refined through the final stages of contest prep while holding onto muscle.
Before / After Client · Before / after
Female client: significant fat loss with muscle developed through consistent training and a structured nutrition plan.
Getting older changes the strategy — not what's possible. You may not recover exactly like you did at 22. You probably have more responsibilities, a career, a family and less time to waste on workouts and diets that don't produce results.
That's exactly why your plan needs to be smarter. I'll help you build a training and nutrition strategy designed around your current life while still pursuing something ambitious:
- More muscle.
- Less body fat.
- Better conditioning.
- A stronger, more capable physique.
/ Contest Prep
Thinking About Stepping Onstage?
Contest prep requires a different level of structure and attention to detail. If you're preparing for bodybuilding or a physique competition, I'll help guide the process from your starting condition toward stage readiness through structured training, nutrition, conditioning and ongoing adjustments.
Whether you're approaching your first competition or already have stage experience, the goal is the same:
Bring the best version of your physique possible when it matters.
Ask About Contest Prep/ Questions
Before You Apply.
/ Coaching Application
Apply for Coaching.
The more honest you are here, the better the plan I can build. I read every application myself and I'll tell you straight whether coaching is the right fit.
- Response time
- Within one business day
How Much Could You Change in the Next 12 Months?
A year is going to pass either way. If you're serious about changing your physique, let's give that time a purpose.
Apply for CoachingTell me where you are, where you want to go and what's been holding you back.