Chris Bumstead, better known as CBum, is one of the reigning athletes in the bodybuilding world. He has conquered every hurdle that life has thrown at him. Managing to secure his pro card only at the age of 21, the 29-year-old, bodybuilder who is as calm as a cucumber, first started his journey with part-time jobs at the gym and with fitness companies. While he was busy studying physical science in school, he decided that bodybuilding was his final goal. The young man was not wrong, because once he prepared and got on stage, he conquered the world and won 5 Mr. Olympia titles, with the last coming just a few weeks ago.

Bumstead has had a lot of ups and downs throughout his career and life, and now after seven years of competing and winning five Sandow trophies fans are wondering about his future. Even Bob Chick could not resist the question and asked him after he won his fifth Mr. Olympia. Bumstead gave a cryptic answer as usual, but from the trajectory of his Instagram posts and his words, it seems like his career is going to be long and fruitful. Let?s see what the future holds for CBum.

Chris Bumstead’s career and training

Bumstead was born in Ontario, Canada on 2nd February 1995. He first competed in Pittsburgh Pro in 2017. As of November 2023, he has competed in 9 pro contests and has never finished below second in any of the competitions.?

His training consists of foundational, free-weight movements such as squats, deadlifts, bent-over rows, and shoulder presses. Bumstead has also followed a high-intensity workout where he goes on till failure his final set. After his longtime trainer and brother-in-law Iain Valliere retired from the sport, Hany Rambod is his current coach. The IFBB pro coach has worked with amazing athletes such as Phil Heath, Jay Cutler, and Hadi Choopan.

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Rambod uses the FST-7 method of training for all his bodybuilding athletes, including Chris Bumstead. The two worked together for Bumstead?s fourth Olympia, as well as the fifth one. Both of these competitions were successfully won by Bumstead. Even after having an autoimmune disease that affects his kidney and going through an injury just ten days before his fifth Olympia, Bumstead had the best conditioning and the most chiseled muscles anyone has seen on stage. Even veteran bodybuilders believed that he would win, with many even expecting him to go to the open division in the future. However, some even speculate that he might retire.

Possibility of retirement and CBum going to the Open Division?

Bodybuilding coach Greg Doucette recently made a video where he revealed that Chris Bumstead might retire after the 2023 competitions. This is also because Bumstead hinted at this previously through an Instagram post. In the YouTube video, Doucette highlighted the challenges that CBum had to face before his fifth Olympia win.?

During the recent competition, Bumstead had another setback where he injured his lat and could not exercise his back muscles for almost one month before the competition. He also said,?“I feel like every time it’s his hardest but the question is is he now going to retire I feel like he is going to retire they didn’t even want to ask him this time he was saying you know this was special it was the most special.”

Doucette also clear the fact that since Bumstead has an autoimmune disease and has gone through a lot of injuries, his muscles are mostly natural, and he does not take a lot of performance-enhancing drugs. According to the coach, even if the fans want to see him in the open division, it might take a toll on his body, and this might be expecting too much from the bodybuilding champion.

However, this is all speculation of all the bodybuilding coaches and veterans. During an interview at Mr. Olympia, when CBum was was asked about his decision to change divisions in bodybuilding competition, he simply stated, ?I?m right where I belong.? He truly knows what he?s talking about as just days after the Olympia, Bumstead revealed the news about him going to become a father soon with his fianc? Courtney.

Bumstead’s future with family

Bumstead met his fianc? Courtney in 2017 during a bodybuilding competition and they have been dating since 2018. The couple got engaged in 2021 and the couple have always posted about each other on social media even before the engagement. Bumstead always credits Courtney for standing by him through all hardships and happy times.

The first news was their engagement, which made the fans extremely happy. And now, after winning his fifth Olympia title, Bumstead announced that he is winning another title of becoming a father. The?couple recently posted pictures on Instagram?of the sonogram of the baby along with Courtney?s baby bump.

He seems to be extremely happy with where he is right now in his life and is soon starting a family with his longtime love. As for bodybuilding, he had said, in the same interview doing the Mr. Olympia that he?s still young and expects to continue in the career for a long time.

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