Who is Chad Nicolls? Legendary coach who led Ronnie Coleman to Mr. Olympia wins
Chad Nicolls is a sports nutrition expert famous for mentoring some of the biggest celebrities, including Mike Tyson. He has therefore taken the nickname the Diet Doc on Instagram. Nicolls has coached some of the most successful bodybuilders of all time. The legendary trainer trained Chris Dickerson, Flex Wheeler, and Nasser El-Sonbaty, all Hall of Famers. He also coached Ronnie Coleman, who is counted among the most epic bodybuilders of all time
Chad Nicolls is known for providing diet and nutrition advice to his bodybuilders. At the time, it sparked rumors of him giving some sort of plasma doping to them. But it was just Nicoll's expertise in diet that refined giants like Coleman.
Watch this throwback reel video shared by Nicolls @thedietdoc on his Instagram, where bodybuilders are hanging out with him and eating:
Nicolls took retirement from the service to become a health coach
Nicolls was a policeman in Illinois. In an interview with King Kamali, he reminisced about his life when he hadn't gotten into the health and fitness industry.
"I was a cop for five years and I loved being a cop. At the same time I got into working out and got into training," Nicolls said.
"I was very good at being a cop. I wanted to learn more about nutrition and health & fitness, those types of things because I had seen that there was an opportunity in the wellness industry through the police department," he added.
Kim Chizevsky, who dated and later married Chad Nicolls, became Ms. International in 1993 under his guidance. She was the first person Nicolls had coached for competitive bodybuilding.
When his wife's career was also taking off, it was a learning time for both of them as Nicolls stated:
"I was taking a year's leave of absence and just seeing what this whole bodybuilding thing was about."
Despite making nothing out of it at that moment, Nicolls knew that the bodybuilding and coaching career could give him better money. He went back to his Seargent and told him he was going to quit.
Watch this video of Chad Nicolls talking about his initial days: