Jeremy Buendia has suffered a nasty pec tear.

Lately it seems the the standout athletes in bodybuilding have been suffering some pretty serious injuries. There’s nothing worse than a nagging injury getting in the way of progress, but what has happened to Men’s Physique Olympia champion Jeremy Buendia isn’t simply a tweaked shoulder. His injury could actually effect his career.

After injury his pec during training, Jeremy Buendia was sure to check if the damage was serious. It seems that the injury was serious enough to garner pec surgery and so Jeremy Buendia found himself under the knife this holiday season.

Appreciate the prayers! Surgery went well! I’ll be back in no time, thank you to everybody who reached out. Means a lot to me

A post shared by 4x Mr. Olympia Physique Champ (@jeremy_buendia) on Dec 29, 2017 at 1:08am PST

It’s great to see that the surgery was a success, but one has to wonder if this will effect his progression greatly. As the reigning Men’s Physique Olympia king, Buendia is going to want to defend his title next year and this pec tear does him no favors.

Do you think this pec tear will effect Jeremy Buendia in 2018?

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