Reigning Classic Physique Mr. Olympia Chris Bumstead Once Revealed Pro Bodybuilding Is Not Healthy: “So Much Stress on Your Joints”

Since 2019, Chris Bumstead has been the undefeated champion of Mr. Olympia Classic Physique. In addition, the Canadian IFBB bodybuilder finished second in both the 2017 and 2018 competitions. He has been associated with professional bodybuilding for quite a long time now. Even though the sport brings bodybuilders immense popularity, there are setbacks of his own.

When Chris sat down for an interview with Generation Iron Fitness Vault in 2020, he laid his heart out. Despite being a bodybuilder himself, he honestly talked about the negatives that pro-building has!

Chris Bumstead reveals the cons of bodybuilding

It is always a delight to watch the bodybuilders flexing their enormous bodies and muscles. The competition may last for just some hours, and it is just some pictures that go on to become a memorial, but there’s more to the sport. The hard work that goes into getting into the perfect body is too hard even to imagine. It not just demands one’s dedication for years but also takes a toll on the body.

When asked about his views on whether he thinks pro fitness is as healthy or “too extreme of a sport?” Chris had a definitive answer. He quoted, “Pro League, I would say it’s a bit too extreme of a sport to remain healthy.” Speaking his heart out, the bodybuilding champion confessed that “it’s not healthy.”

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Adding further, he acknowledged that even other sports have their setbacks and are not healthy. Trying to establish his viewpoint, he cited the example of football and said how the players had the risk of getting injured. He then brought up a correlation with bodybuilding. Trying to explain, he said, “you’re pushing your body to such limits, you’re training so hard, putting so much stress on your joints, bringing your body fat to unhealthy levels for competitions multiple times a year.”

Is bodybuilding an extreme sport?

In a competitive sport like bodybuilding, the stakes are very high, and unlike other sports here, one has to take up a lot of physical hardships. Be it the enormous diet plans that they have to follow for the monstrous workout session; it is a daily endeavor that the bodybuilders try to perfect.

Chris, however, acknowledges that this is true for almost all professional sports leagues. The intensity of rivalry and the quest for excellence strain things beyond human endurance. He best describes it as “intense.” For one has to perform at a level above most others if one wants to be a professional athlete. In a way, this is extreme, but this is what the competition and sports demand.

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