Jay Cutler discussed eating during prep today compared to when he was competing.
Jay Cutler enjoyed a stretch during his career where he was the best in the world. Now, he uses his experiences to share information to the next generation. Cutler has kept in touch with all things bodybuilding since retiring competition and openly discusses many topics. During a recent interview, Cutler opened up about his diet and eating during prep compared to athletes today.
Cutler built a massive physique that competed with the likes of Ronnie Coleman at the highest level. In 2006, Cutler ended Coleman’s streak of eight consecutive Mr. Olympia titles and won his first after years as the runner-up. This would start a stretch of four titles in five years for Cutler. In 2011, he was defeated by Phil Heath and this sparked his winning streak of seven years.
In retirement, Cutler has started a successful social media platform across the board. This includes Cutler Cast, which is his podcast that is also streamed on YouTube.
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Full Name: Jay Cutler |
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| Weight | Height | Date Of Birth |
| 265-275 lbs. | 5’9’’ | 08/03/1973 |
| Division | Era | Nationality |
| Men’s Open | 1990, 2000, 2010 | American |
Jay Cutler: “The Eating Is Just Insanely Out Of Control”
Jay Cutler discussed how eating habits of bodybuilders have changed since his time on stage. Nowadays, competitors are eating much more as size continues to grow.
“I think eating was a factor. The eating is just insanely out of control in my opinion these days. Everyone is trying to be bigger.
That was painful for me. Eating was just, oh my gosh. When Hany brought me to seven meals, you know Chris had me on six, okay I got to stay up an extra two and a half hours to get this meal in. The timetable was very difficult. There’s certain genetics and you can only push those genetics so far.”
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Cutler continued to discuss how injuries play a factor in the careers of many across the sport. He talked about a personal example of this, when he was attempting to comeback from an injury in 2013.
“The bicep injury really didn’t affect anything really because it was surgically repaired. It was the upper bicep. It really never was aesthetic. Yeah, I reattached it but I had the surgery like six months after because I had guest appearances after.
That didn’t hinder me but when I made the comeback for 2013, I tore the lower on this one and I wasn’t going to get surgery as it happened when I just started prep so that did hinder me from the row movements and stuff because I could feel it pull.”
The sport has changed as a whole in today’s world because of the size of competitors and what it takes to stay in championship shape. Jay Cutler knows what worked for him on stage and believes it is taken to another level today.
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