Mike O’Hearn commented on Chris Bumstead making the jump to Men’s Open in Prague!
The news that Chris Bumstead would be competing in Men’s Open during the EVLS Prague Pro took the bodybuilding world by storm. Mike O’Hearn became the latest to comment on the move and believes it can bring fans back to previous eras.
Bumstead has teased the idea of doing an Open show before completely retiring from bodybuilding. After his victory at the 2024 Olympia, Bumstead announced his retirement from the sport but has decided to do one final show.
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O’Hearn used this news to bring up how bodybuilding used to be in the days of Arnold Schwarzenegger and many others.
“I would like to see him win and I would like that to be kind of back to that era of art in a sense where I wouldn’t want Arnold to change anything.”
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Mike O’Hearn Discusses Chris Bumstead In Open
Open Bodybuilding has become about overall size above all else. This has sparked different comments and opinions from old-school competitors who found success in different ways.
“He had a beautiful physique. Completely the opposite of, he’d be bigger, he’d be better, he’d be all this. I like how he was. Do not take away. Do not change it.”
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O’Hearn is a four-time Mr. Universe who has been down many avenues in the fitness world. He has been bodybuilding since he was a teenage over 40 years ago. He is best known for his incredible longevity in the sport. With a claim of being all-natural, his body is considered to be one of the best natural physiques of all time. O’Hearn has dawned hundreds of magazine covers, acted in both television and film, and competed in multiple bodybuilding and strength sports leagues.
Chris Bumstead will take the stage in Prague in just over two weeks and the entire world of bodybuilding will have eyes on the competition.
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