“Bout Time”: Mr. Olympia Forerunner Chris Bumstead Ready to Make a Final Sacrifice Days Ahead of the Big Event

Chris Bumstead is among the top contenders for the upcoming Mr. Olympia 2022. Cbum has kept his fans in the loop throughout his preparations. The Canadian bodybuilder has shared yet another update, this time related to his last look.

With that being said, after his most recent update, a question arises. As Cbum is ready to let go of his beard, will the iconic mustache look make a comeback?

Preparations are in full swing

Born in 1995, Chris Bumstead is the reigning Mr. Olympia Classic Physique champion. Having won the contest for three years in a row; in 2019, 2020, and 2021, Bumstead’s prime focus would be to defend his title. To achieve his goal, Cbum has left no stone unturned.

As one last step, hopefully, towards his next win, Bumstead is ready to bring back his “lucky” look. Chris Bumstead recently took to his Instagram and posted a story hinting towards his next move. He shared a black-and-white close-up selfie of himself. With the photo, he added a one-line caption that indicated his near-future plans. The caption read, “bout time for the beard to go…👨🏻”

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If Bumstead removes his bread and lets his mustache stay, he’ll get his lucky look. With this, it can be assumed that the vincent-prince mustache is coming back, as promised by the bodybuilder himself, earlier this year. During the Q&A session with Hany Rambod at the Arnold Classic 2022, Bumstead reinstated that the mustache will be coming back at the end of the year, for good.

The story behind Chris Bumstead and his iconic mustache

At this point, Cbum’s mustache can be considered his signature look at the competition. While it may be just a look for the onlooker, it means significantly more than that for the 3x Mr. Olympia Classic Physique winner. In fact, Bumstead considers the mustache his lucky charm.

For the unversed, Chris Bumstead has been participating in the Mr. Olympia contests since 2017. However, it wasn’t until 2019 that he won his first title. And since then he never lost. But what changed in 2019 compared to the years before?

Well, according to Cbum, it was his mustache that worked as a charm. He first donned his iconic mustache in 2019. While initially there might be a funny story behind him taking that look, eventually it gave him confidence and that edge on the stage. Since 2019, the mustache has stayed with him in all his Mr. Olympia contests. The rest, as they say, is history.

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Which look of his do you think looks better- just the mustache or the one with the beard?