Obi Obadike
Biography
Obi found his love for fitness by being involved in sports. He is a former top Division I collegiate sprinter at Cal State Fullerton. He is still considered one of the fastest men in the history of the school. Before graduating from the school he was the school record holder in the 100 and 200 meters, 4&100 meter relay and a Two-time All Big West Conference honors. During his collegiate career he got the privilege of training and competing against some of the fastest and the best athletes in the world. His knowledge and awareness of health and fitness came from his collegiate background.
After suffering hamstring injuries during half of his collegiate career, he decided to get involve in sports modeling. Being a natural athlete allowed him to succeed as a sports model quickly. With over a decade of being a sports model, his resume spans currently with over 8 national commercials and 15 national print ad campaigns in his belt. The most notable commercial is the Gatorade Commercial called the winning formula where he beat out over 100 fitness models and athletes for this spot.
This international commercial which aired from 2005 to 2007 is considered one of the greatest gatorade commercials ever. The link to viewing this historical commercial is at
After attaining the success as a sports model, he decided it was time to break into the fitness industry. He broke into the fitness industry in early 2008 and has taken the industry by storm in his quick rise to success. In his first year in the fitness industry he has landed two fitness covers and three different international supplement ad campaigns for Dymatize Nutrition. His ads have been featured in magazines such as Fitness RX For Men, Men’s Journal, Flex, Muscle Mag, Inside Cover of Reps, Muscular Development, (back cover of Exercise and Health), (Inside Cover of Reps), Muscle and Fitness and other fitness/bodybuilding magazines across the world.
During his tenure in the fitness industry he made three big milestones. He made history by being part of the first African-American male and female on a U.S fitness magazine for Max Sports and Fitness and the first male and female for a Canadian fitness magazine for Inside Fitness. He also was the first African-American male fitness model to land a supplement ad for Dymatize Nutrition. He is widely regarded in the fitness industry as having one of the best abs in the business. In January of 2009, he was selected by Criticalbench.com the #1 interview site on the web for strength sports as the most ripped fitness model on the planet. In the interview over 20 of the top fitness professionals such as editors, publishers, photographers, fitness legends and covers models give their quotes about him as a fitness model. The interview can be viewed at http://www.criticalbench.com/Obi-Obadike.htm
His quick rise in the fitness industry has been chronicled on Bodybuilding.com, Big Nation Radio, Greg Mantell Show, etc. He is also a freelance fitness writer for Australian Natural Bodz, Max Sports and Fitness and Inside Fitness magazine where he enjoys writing articles that allows him to educate people about health and fitness. Obi also has an online personal training business at www.obiobadike.com where its mission is to help people become more fit and healthy in their respective lives. His life goals in fitness is to inspire people all over the world to be as healthy as they can be. He hopes he can help reduce the obesity rate in this country by his articles and his knowledge and love of health and fitness. His approach to fitness has always been from an altruistic perspective which is helping others and asking nothing in return. There is nothing greater than that.
In 2009 he is accomplishing things no other male fitness model has ever done. He recently just landed a major UK sports meal campaign where his face, name and physique will be on four different frozen cover sports meal products in the UK. This campaign will featured ads of him in every major fitness and bodybuilding magazine in the UK. This campaign makes him the first American male fitness model to land a major sports meal UK campaign. He will also make history this summer by being the first American male fitness model to be on the cover of Australian’s #1 fitness and natural bodybuilding magazine called Australian Natural Bodz. In 2009 he is the only male fitness model this year to land three major supplement campaigns which were for Dymatize Nutrition, Labrada Nutrition and the UK meal supplement ad campaign.
Obi’s main quote, “You can have great abs, great physique, money in the bank and have all the wisdom in the world, but if you don’t have the ability to share it with people then it means absolutely nothing.”
