Tenacity is, without a doubt, the most important trait for an entrepreneur. And tenacity is what Joromono Martin has in spades. After surviving a childhood full of abuse, neglect, and abandonment, he was adopted at 14 by Tuck and Kathy Duncan. Defying the odds, he graduated early from high school and joined the military at 17. His love affair with physical fitness started his junior year in high school when he volunteered at the VA hospital and met a bodybuilder named David Taylor. He began training and never stopped. He was first certified in PT (Physical Training) in the military and became a certified personal trainer in 2001.
When he left the military, he competed in bodybuilding competitions while overseeing one-on-one personal training on the side. “I have mentored and put roughly 80 people on bodybuilding stages,” he said. A double hernia sidelined him in 2008, but he continued to help others with custom diets and workout plans. Little did he know he was planting the seeds of his future. As the years went by, he married, had four children, and earned a psychology degree. In 2018, he decided to get back on the stage. He trained for eight months and took third place in a national men’s physique competition two years in a row.
Amid all of this training, while balancing a corporate job, marriage, and fatherhood, Martin’s tenacity finally failed him. “I had a breakdown,” he shared. “I found myself severely depressed, in the middle of a divorce, child custody…it was just too much.”
“It took me 41 years before I let anything bother me, but I realized that I had been battling against all odds my whole life,” he said. And in true form, he used that realization to move himself forward. Against All Odds became the theme of his second national show along with the motto “You don’t have to face the mountain alone!” In 2021, Martin decided to start a mobile training and nutrition app. and AAO was born. “I thought I was lost, but everything I’ve done in my life has led me to this point and when I realized it, it was like a thousand light bulbs went off. There was no stopping me!”
Today, AAO has roughly 300 subscribers who participate in specialized workouts from home with weekly weigh-ins to keep them accountable. Martin has also developed a line of nutritional supplements. “It’s the perfect platform to be able to share all of my knowledge and experience,” Martin said. “When I look at what’s been done in two years by one man from Topeka, KS, it really blows my mind. You just have to keep believing in yourself.”
“There are so many gimmicks that aren’t effective. As someone who has used nutritional supplements for 25 years, I know what works. My dream is to have these products on shelves nationwide so they are available to everyone.” His sports drink, EAA Hydrate and AAO Supreme Protein Mix are currently available online at Walmart.
Intensify Fat Burner
Time-Released capsule
Only 150 mg of caffeine
Provides Energy
Enhances Mental Focus
Vegan
Pre Workout Supplement (3 flavors)
19 Ingredients (packed with vitamins)
All-Day Energy
No Jitters (low in caffeine)
Supreme Protein Mix
3 Proteins - Whey Concentrate, Whey Isolate, and Whey Casein
Digestive Enzymes (aids with lactose intolerance)
EAA Hydrate Sports Drink
Essential Amino Acids
Basic Chain Amino Acids
Electrolytes
Supplements available at AgainstAllOdds.Training