Sacrifice is one of the most important ingredients in the recipe for success. In tuning with hard work, perseverance, and dedication, sacrifice works as a catalyst to reach your goals. Every successful person has a backstory of the sacrifices, they made to reach their peak. Similarly, the reigning champion of Mr. Olympia Classic Physique, Chris Bumstead, who has also won the previous two editions, has his story of sacrifices.

Among many sacrifices, he has made to reach the epitome. He once revealed the biggest sacrifice that Chris felt he made to become his best version. 

Chris Bumstead’s willful transition

Even before winning his first Mr. Olympia Classic Physique title, in 2019, he stood as runner-up for two consecutive times. It shows the domination of Bumstead in the past five years of the competition. However, he has worked hard to win these three consecutive titles, but the sacrifices remain the backbone of the improvement.

A few years ago, Bumstead revealed his biggest sacrifice in an interview in 2020. Bumstead said, “The biggest sacrifice I have made for personal bodybuilding would be in my social life, absolutely. I, especially coming from a very social background in University. I lived in a house with seven guys and we kind of ran a big party scene around our school.”

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He added, “We hosted parties, we all went to parties, we went out multiple times a week and all of a sudden I had to trans… I didn’t have to I chose to transition into more focusing and more on my career of bodybuilding.”

Amongst sacrifices, Chris Bumstead cheats once in a while 

As every professional does, Bumstead also works hard for his competitions. They do strict training, strict diets and everything under the supervision of the bests. However, it is important for mental happiness that a person should break those barriers and look over them once in a while. 

Bumstead does look over the line once in a while. Likewise, he did enjoy his cheat meal after winning his third consecutive title. He relished the taste of some tremendous food that included egg-white wrap, turkey, pancakes, cookies, and a lot more. This kind of breaking barrier helps mentally to train harder later for the next competitions.

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Sacrifices are a part of reaching the next level. It might sound easy to sacrifice a social life, but a person who is socially open and habitual to that. It is difficult to change your personality to become around yourself only and completely focused. Bumstead is currently one of the most famous bodybuilders in the world, and for that, he has paid his part in sacrifices.