“Never Exceeded an Hour”: Bodybuilding Icon Jay Cutler Unveils Perfect Workout Split That Led Him to Four Olympia Wins

Former Mr. Olympia Jay Cutler imparted some valuable training advice. At a time when countless fitness influencers are giving out training advice, the four-time Mr. Olympia didn’t overcomplicate things. Instead of a complex training program and comparison charts, the 50-year-old revealed how he trained. Cutler’s workout split was deceptively simple.

In the age of bodybuilding and fitness influencers, information overload and conflicting advice have become a common problem. However, Jay Cutler said that despite sounding simple, following what he told the fans allowed him to win the Mr. Olympia title four times, becoming “the best in the world” in his prime.

Jay Cutler revealed three rules

While answering the age-old question, “How long and often should someone workout?” the Comeback Kid explained that he trained five days a week. Hence, workout frequency was the first of his three rules. The bodybuilding icon said while some people train six days a week, he always took two rest days per week. Cutler followed it with his second rule.

The former Arnold Classic champion said that he preferred training each body part for an hour. Jay Cutler didn’t follow approaches like a full-body workout or push-pull-legs. Neither did he switch up or experiment too much once he found the split that suited him. The third and final rule was following strict rest periods between sets and training sessions.

Since Jay Cutler stuck to the 8-12 rep range, his rest periods lasted between 40 to 60 seconds. The 50-year-old didn’t train the same body part before 72 hours had passed. To sum it up, Jay Culter trained five days a week, “never exceeded an hour at the gym,” and maintained short to moderate rest periods.

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However, training was just part of the equation, the only Mr. Olympia to avenge his loss, ate a lot to become the best bodybuilder in the late 200s.

The unbelievable diet of the former Mr. Olympia

To compete in the era of mass monster and dethrone Ronnie Coleman, Jay Ctuler had to get as big as The King. Hence, to rival Coleman’s size, the bodybuilder started eating big. Through the years, the bodybuilding legend has recounted the mind-boggling stories of his diet. Cutler has confessed to eating over a dozen eggwhites just for breakfast.

The Comeback Kid’s grocery hauls are equally as massive. The bodybuilding icon once said that he would buy a whole cow at a time. Cutler would ask his butcher to carve the entire cow. Besides red meat, Cutler also bought pounds of chicken in a single haul.

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Hence, whether it was training or diet, Jay Cutler kept it simple and went all out. While many people might dish out different advice about training volume, frequency, and duration, Cutler advised people to follow the three simple rules.