Chris Bumstead has been able to control his weight and has kept workouts intense despite lowering PED use.
Chris Bumstead has been at the top of the Classic Physique division for four years now but continues to make improvements to his prep at this point in his career. During a recent interview with The Raw U. Podcast, Bumstead discussed how he lowered his PED use and that allows him to train even harder this offseason.
Bumstead was able to reach the top of Classic Physique when he won his first Olympia title in 2019 and has not relinquished it since. As he prepares for the 2023 competition, Bumstead remains the favorite to win his fifth consecutive title.
During his bodybuilding prep, Bumstead has shared many workouts and diet plans that he uses over the course of the year. Now, he discussed his PED use and how he has been able to control his weight.
Chris Bumstead Lowers PED Use But Continues To Push Hard
Chris Bumstead battled through a torn bicep during the 2022 Olympia and was still able to comfortably win his fourth title. He opened up about the experience on show day with this injury and it was difficult to perform. He seems to be recovered from this injury and is back to training hard in the gym.
Bumstead has been able to keep his workouts intense while lowering his PED use.
“I brought my PEDs down and it allowed me to have to train harder. When I do, if anything, it now gives me that three months after a show to really just relax and let my body recover because I’m not anxiously being like, ‘I need to be huge.’”
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Lowering his PED use has allowed Bumstead to remain under his weight cap and not worry about it during prep.
“I’ve been able to lower my PED usage from when I was younger even and still push really hard and it just keeps me under my weight cap. I still have a few pounds to play with I’m not dying to make weight like some people.”
“When I got my pro card as a heavyweight bodybuilder I weighed 219 pounds or something and now I’m on stage at 240, 239 – so it’s taken me that long to put on like 20 pounds of muscle and it doesn’t really show too much on my frame, because I have a big frame but when you see comparison shots my density has gotten a lot better. But this is the first year, and I am looking forward to this and I was speaking with Hany [Rambod] and he was like, ‘We are not getting you up to 265 anymore this year.’”
Chris Bumstead continued to discuss his prep for the 2023 Olympia and how Hany Rambod wants him to compete much leaner.
“I’m already just beginning my off-season now barely eating like over 4,000 calories and I’m like, ‘Oh man, fu** I got to eat again?’ You know, it’s already there. So that’s definitely a benefit of Classic Physique this year and it will be interesting to see how it goes, hopefully, it makes me come in the best condition I’ve ever come to because I can get there earlier and slowly lean into it instead of crushing myself at the end of a prep like I’ve had to in the past just to make that weight but it’s not really a big difference.”
Chris Bumstead continues to be one of the top bodybuilders on the planet and is well in the midst of his prep for the 2023 Olympia. If he comes in at his best, it seems as though it would be difficult to take him down.
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