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Chris "Big Boy Bodner" Bumstead
professional bodybuilder
Personal info
Born (1995-02-02) February 2, 1995 (age 29)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Best statistics
Height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)[1]
WeightContest: 225 lb (102 kg)
Off-season: 260 lb (118 kg)
Professional (Pro) career
Pro-debut
  • IFBB North American Championships
  • 2016
Best win
PredecessorBreon Ansley
Active2014–present

Christopher Adam Bumstead (born 2 February 1995) is a Canadian IFBB professional bodybuilder. Bumstead is the reigning Mr. Olympia Classic Physique winner, having won the competition in 2019, 2020 and 2021. He was also the runner-up in 2017 and 2018. He is often referred to by his nickname CBum.

Bumstead maintains a large online presence with content focusing on his lifestyle and bodybuilding.[2][3]

Early life

Bumstead was born and raised in Canada's capital city of Ottawa, Ontario. He was involved in multiple sports in high school including fencing, football, baseball, basketball, and hockey. He started weightlifting at the age of 14, and between the ninth and twelfth grade, he went from 170 to 225 pounds, growing his legs the most.[4] After building what he thought was a good physique, Bumstead met his sister's boyfriend, professional bodybuilder Iain Valliere, who has coached him since.[1] On October 19, 2022, Chris and Iain formally announced they will no longer be working together in order to both focus on their own Mr. Olympia shows.[citation needed]

Career

Growing up, bodybuilding was only a hobby for Bumstead. It was never an end in itself for the Canadian.[5] Playing sports really developed Bumstead's love for the gym at first, as he got into weightlifting his freshman year of high school, around age 14. Chris played many sports growing up, ranging from soccer to baseball, basketball, and ice hockey, the most popular sport in Canada. When Chris met his sisters boyfriend, Iain Valliere, he quickly saw the potential Chris held and helped him capitalize on it. Iain helped develop Chris and got him ready to compete and on stage by 2014. After bodybuilding goals began to stack up, "all of a sudden, I was coming second at the Olympia,” he has stated. Bumstead's first bodybuilding show was a regional level show in Ontario which he participated with his sister, Melissa Valliere. They both won the overall, Bumstead winning as a junior. Chris found himself in love with the sport of bodybuilding after his first show, he knew this was his calling and that he had what it takes to compete at the highest level. He started to work with Iain first hand, and devoted his life to the sport.[citation needed]

Bumstead made his competitive debut aged 19 in 2014 and obtained his IFBB pro card aged 21 after claiming the 2016 IFBB North American Bodybuilding Championship.[6] After multiple shows, Bumstead was the runner-up of the 2017 in the Classic Physique division, being edged out by Breon Ansley.[7][8] Chris impressed the crowd and the judges in his very first Olympia back in 2017 and took the second place in the Classic Physique category. The results were the same for Bumstead in the 2018 Olympia competition, except he was a bit off compared to the previous year. His conditioning wasn’t that sharp. This is because Chris was hospitalized 4 weeks out from the competition due to severe water retention in his body. Chris spent three nights in the emergency room waiting for the result. He was given a very strong diuretic to flash out potassium since the doctors realized it was the problem with his kidneys. Eventually, Chris got released and could continue to train, but this was a huge setback for him.[9]

Bumstead rose to international fame as he reached the top of the podium in 2019, 2020 and 2021, this makes him the current reigning champion in Men's Classic Physique.[10]

Contest history

References

  1. ^ a b "21 Year Old Beast: Chris Bumstead Talks With Simplyshredded.com | SimplyShredded.com". simplyshredded.com. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
  2. ^ "cbumfitness". cbumfitness. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
  3. ^ "FOCHBY - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
  4. ^ "The Route to Massive Legs - Chris Bumstead Shows How". www.musculardevelopment.com. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
  5. ^ Gymshark (December 19, 2020). Bodybuilding 101: What it takes to be Mr. Olympia with Chris Bumstead. Retrieved 2022-07-31 – via YouTube.
  6. ^ "Chris Bumstead". Greatest Physiques. 8 September 2016. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
  7. ^ a b says, Michael Cooper (2017-09-18). "2017 Mr Olympia Results & Surprises". Old School Labs. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
  8. ^ a b "2018 Mr. Olympia Results & Surprises". Old School Labs. 2018-09-18. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
  9. ^ Muscle & Strength (September 30, 2020). Chris Bumstead's Story | The Journey to Classic Physique Mr. Olympia. Retrieved 2022-07-31 – via YouTube.
  10. ^ a b c "Chris Bumstead Wins 2020 Classic Physique Olympia". BarBend. 2020-12-20. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
  11. ^ "2016 IFBB North American Championships | NPC News Online". contests.npcnewsonline.com. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
  12. ^ "2016 IFBB Dayana Cadeau Classic | NPC News Online". contests.npcnewsonline.com. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
  13. ^ "2017 IFBB Pittsburgh Pro | NPC News Online". contests.npcnewsonline.com. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
  14. ^ Staff, IFBB Pro League. "2017 Toronto Pro Supershow Scorecards | IFBB PRO". Retrieved 2021-07-01.
  15. ^ "Three-Peat — Chris Bumstead Wins 2021 Classic Physique Olympia". BarBend. 2021-10-10. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
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