Jay Cutler led Strongman legend Brian Shaw through his Olympia back workout.
Jay Cutler continues to train at a high level in retirement. The bodybuilding legend was recently joined by former World’s Strongest Man Brian Shaw for a Mr. Olympia back workout.
Cutler recently went through his “Fit-For-50” transformation and showed off his progress during a guest posing appearance at the 2023 Musclecontest FitExpo in August. Cutler looked shredded on stage, showing off the improvements made on his physique.
During his career, Cutler rose to the top of bodybuilding and won four Olympia titles. This includes a victory over Ronnie Coleman in 2006, ending his eight-year reign as champion. Cutler was joined by another four-time champion in Shaw. He is a four-time World’s Strongest Man. In 2020, Shaw created the Shaw Classic and won inaugural contest. Before he called it a career, Shaw also won the 2023 rendition of the event. His legacy is stamped in Strongman and he will now move onto another avenue looking to find success.
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This will be MMA as he sets his sights on his new endeavor. Shaw announced that his first fight could take place at the beginning of 2024. He has trained with Coleman in the past and recently joined another bodybuilding legend for a workout.
Jay Cutler’s Mr. Olympia Back Workout
This workout created by Jay Cutler featured four exercises. Each movement began with two warmup sets and featured three working sets of 10-12 reps.
Reverse Grip Lat Pulldown
The workout began with reverse grip lat pulldowns on a plate-loaded machine. This grip has the arms closer to the body and emphasis on the lower lats. The duo hit three sets after warmups.
Machine Bent Over Rows
The second workout took place on another plate-loaded machine. Cutler and Shaw hit machine rows rather than using dumbbells. Cutler shared that one-arm dumbbell rows was his favorite exercise during the prime of his career. The duo began with three plates and added weight as sets went on.
“Your back depth is carried over from your bent over rows, one-arm rows, seated cable rows. It takes a long time.”
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Lat Pulldown
The session began with reverse grip lat pulldowns. Here, Cutler instructed Shaw to do basic lat pulldowns on a plate-loaded iso-lateral machine. Here, they focused on pushing the chest out to create contraction in the back.
Cutler continues to work lat pulldowns into his routine but still prefers the pull-up as the best way to build this muscle mass.
“Pull-ups were my number one lat builder in my opinion. Like width-wise so a wide-grip pull-up, I think that’s the best. If someone wants to build a crazy V-taper, I think the pull-up is the best.”
Close Grip Seated Cable Rows
The final workout of the day was close grip seated rows. Following the workout, Cutler shared that he still performs deadlifts and that there are benefits for bodybuilders as well.
“I think it works the overall body. When you talk about doing bent over rows and I’m doing four plates, those deadlifts helped that strength all around. We talk about core strength and I believe that deadlifts help a lot with that.”
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