The 2021 Classic Physique Mr. Olympia winner, Chris Bumstead, is a visionary individual. Mr. Olympia 2022 hasn’t even started yet, and Bumstead is already making plans for the next one. In the recent upload by Vitamin Shoppe, Bumstead revealed his training plans for one of the biggest bodybuilding competitions next year, Mr. Olympia 2023.
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Less than 24 hours are left before the biggest bodybuilding tournament of the year, Mr. Olympia 2022, starts. Bodybuilders who have been training hard, just like Bumstead, can no longer wait to see how fruitful their efforts have been. So what are Bumstead’s plans for the next year’s competition? Let’s find out.
Chris Bumstead plans for the next year’s Olympia
Recently, Vitamin Shoppe uploaded a video, sharing a glimpse of the question-and-answer session with the 3x Mr. Olympia Classic Physique champion. The Q&A session took place as a part of the collaboration between Vitamin Shoppe and Bumstead’s brand, Raw Nutrition. In the video, Chris Bumstead was asked how much in advance he starts preparing for the competition. The ever-so-confident Mr. Olympia did not hesitate before revealing his training secret in front of the world. He said, “So training mode or prep, whatever you wanna call it, typically starts 16 weeks out of the Olympia.”
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Bumstead also revealed that he’ll be switching his coach next year. “And next year I think I’m going to start even earlier, working with a new coach who wants me to be ahead and more ahead of time. So I started 20 weeks ago but the typical time is 16 to 12-week prep, and through that, it gradually gets more and more intense,” he added.
While talking about how the ratio between his food intake and exercise changes, he revealed he practices all year round. “Cardio gets more and more, food gets less and less and it just kind of slowly builds over time. But all year, I’m in training mode. It’s always getting ready for the next Olympia, pretty much 24/7 365. But prep diet officially starts 16 weeks out,” he concluded. It seems like Chris Bumstead is not only ready to lift this year’s Olympia trophy but also the one in the coming year.
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