{"id":20798,"date":"2015-11-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/this-gangly-kid-transformed-himself-into-bodybuilding-brut\/"},"modified":"2015-11-05T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-11-05T00:00:00","slug":"this-gangly-kid-transformed-himself-into-bodybuilding-brut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/this-gangly-kid-transformed-himself-into-bodybuilding-brut\/","title":{"rendered":"This gangly kid transformed himself into a bodybuilding BRUT"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Growing up, Martyn Ford was considered lanky \u2013 6ft 8\u201d and all skin and bones.<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/martyn1.jpg\" width=\"520\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>But if you\u2019d gone to school with Martyn, you probably wouldn\u2019t recognize him now\u2026<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/martyn2.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>An avid bodybuilder, Martyn has transformed himself into a 147kg powerhouse.<\/h3>\n<p>As well as owning a gym, Martyn now also has an acting career. In 2016 he will appear in The Undisputed 4 as a character named Koshmar \u2013 which means \u201cnightmare\u201d. Sounds about right by the look of him:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/martyn5.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>CHECK out the full Martyn Ford gallery here:<\/h3>\n[gallery_63757]\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/rowey-bicks\/graham-cornes-downbeat-about-adelaide-crows-in-2016\">GRAHAM CORNES HAS CONCERNS ABOUT CROWS IN 2016<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/former-biggest-loser-star-opens-up-about-80-k-a-year-meth-habit\">THIS REALITY TV STAR SPENT $80K ON HIS ICE ADDICTION IN ONE YEAR<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Growing up, Martyn Ford was considered lanky \u2013 6ft 8\u201d and all skin and bones. But if you\u2019d gone to school with Martyn, you probably wouldn\u2019t recognize him now\u2026 An avid bodybuilder, Martyn has transformed himself into a 147kg powerhouse. As well as owning a gym, Martyn now also has an acting career. In 2016 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":20802,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[144],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-20798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>This gangly kid transformed himself into a bodybuilding BRUT - FIVEAA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/this-gangly-kid-transformed-himself-into-bodybuilding-brut\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"This gangly kid transformed himself into a bodybuilding BRUT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Growing up, Martyn Ford was considered lanky \u2013 6ft 8\u201d and all skin and bones. 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