Jay Cutler is not new to the world of slamming weights and setting foot on the competition stages. Cutler has had a strong physique since a younger age, kudos to the construction company his elder sibling run. When he finally entered a formal gym setting at 18, he quickly rose to the ranks of the premiere bodybuilders. It led to him competing in his first Mr. Olympia in 2006, and the rest, as they say, is history. In such contemporary times, he has been acclaimed as one of the best bodybuilders ever posed on the stage. His grit and dedication got him four wins on the Olympia stage, attracting enormous attention for his incredible leg stomp.

According to the popular opinions of bodybuilding enthusiasts, the era of Ronnie Coleman and Jay Cutler was superior. They shared the stage in 2001. The event was dubbed one of the most intense face-offs in the sport’s history. Ronnie hailed from a generation of athletes just preceding Cutler. And at the time of this competition, Ronnie was waning while Cutler was in his prime. While they had an intense tiff on stage, Jay was not afraid to acknowledge the differences between Ronnie and the current era.

Jay Cutler explained a paradigm shift in bodybuilding

While opening up to an interview on the YouTube channel ‘Generation Iron Fitness and Bodybuilding Network’, this 4-time Mr. Olympia winner opened up about the recent surge of trash talking. According to this veteran athlete, the practice of trash-talking has surged up quite a bit, thanks to the conveniently available internet.

And this was unlike the days of the classics like Ronnie Coleman, where all the rivalry would be channelized through pages of a magazine. Cutler remarked, “the internet has given people a voice that really shouldn’t have a voice…” and unlike older times, the men with not great rankings or cuts could also trash out someone of higher stature.

And, here is when Jay said, “that is the difference between Ronnie era and now” and that the people who would take to trashing were often very poor in developing themselves. To quote him, these individuals did not think about “how weak their body parts were”. Safe to say, Cutler made some insightful comments.

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How Coleman and Cutler ruled their stages

Apart from the onstage feud, the Cutler-Coleman duo had stringent work ethics. They believed in the old-fashioned mantra of hard work and hitting it rep after rep. Ronnie was titled “The King” in his prime due to his gorgeous physique and monstrous size. At around 300lbs and 0.33% body fat, he was one of the tightest bodies to ever pose. Such was his dedication that he worked out for a decade with crippling injuries. He has been crowned Mr. Olympia 8 times, and rightfully so.

Jay belonged to a much more modern era of bodybuilding and had won 4 Mr. Olympia stages (2006, 2007, 2009, and 2010) and came second in a handful of others. At his peak, he was known to have a chest of 150 cm and a quad of 84 cm. He was also incredibly strong, benching around 440lb on an incline bench. That was indeed an era of beats. Don’t forget to mention your thoughts on the article.

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