by Christian Duque
In an interview that has made the rounds all all through social media Basic Mr. Olympia Chris Bumstead sat down for a tell-all interview with Valutainment’s Patrick Wager David. The PBD Podcast is the kind of setting the place friends have the flexibility to talk at size about quite a lot of matters. The present has stellar pre and publish manufacturing guaranteeing a completed product in contrast to anything within the business.
This was a really telling interview as a result of it talked about how the Olympia prize cash actually doesn’t have any impression on the champion’s funds. The truth that he makes $50,000 as in comparison with what open bodybuilding makes is one thing that we at all times knew was not tantamount to any type of an impression on his annual earnings. it additionally doesn’t actually do very a lot for response. Chris could be equally served by showing at an expo or maybe doing a social media marketing campaign. The very fact of the matter is that he has gained so many Olympias that successful yet one more actually doesn’t do something.
Additionally there isn’t any actual rivalry within the sport like there was when he was going head-to-head with
Breon Ansley. Proper now it’s simply Chris and a number of different rivals which might be actually battling for second place to final. No one is de facto giving the champ a run for his cash and that’s additionally a part of why it does probably not do something for him by way of his profession. This podcast was the primary time the champion spoke in regards to the prize cash. That was big!
For a very long time we’ve been speaking in regards to the disproportionate quantity of winnings on the subject of the most important present in bodybuilding. This has at all times been a subject of full of life dialogue way back to the introduction of bikini, males’s physique, and now in fact traditional physique.
Apparently, traditional physique attracts greater numbers than open bodybuilding however that doesn’t account for something by way of prize cash. In actuality the entire different divisions make just about the identical – with open bodybuilding making as a lot as seven instances extra. It’s fairly lopsided when you consider it particularly given the truth that social media numbers don’t add up.
I’ve typically made the case when talking about my look on the Pure Nutritional vitamins block celebration in Ozone Park, New York. This occasion, which is thought all around the globe and is deliberate by the workers of the complement retailer, has its finger on the game’s pulse. Once I was there in 2021, I noticed strains in extra of six blocks lengthy. And whereas there have been many celebrities there like Nick Walker, Brandon Curry, Evan Centopani and others, virtually 95% of the individuals ready in that chilly New York Metropolis climate had been there for Chris Bumstead. They didn’t care about who else was there they usually didn’t wish to meet anybody else there. They merely waited patiently in line, typically for upwards of two or three hours, merely to shake fingers with the traditional physique Mr. Olympia.
This was not by any means an remoted occasion. That is the case wherever Chris goes, whether or not it’s an expo, an in-store look, or a bodybuilding present. The followers are there for C-Bum.
In reality Arnold Schwarzenegger, himself, has mentioned that traditional physique is what bodybuilding ought to appear to be. Now l, Arnold just isn’t a choose and he’s not the president of the Federation, however as the most well-liked bodybuilder on the planet and the namesake of the second largest bodybuilding present on the professional circuit, his opinion ought to matter. The key phrase right here is ought to. In actuality his opinion doesn’t actually matter greater than yours or mine however maybe because of this the game continues to be within the area of interest class versus the mainstream one.
The truth of the matter is bodybuilding is the flagship division. That isn’t going to alter now or ever. Additionally it is not going to alter for Chris Bumstead or every other competitor. Bodybuilding is the headliner and if you wish to make headliner cash you should compete in it. That in and of itself sounds fairly nonsensical however once more don’t kill the messenger.
Along with the lackluster prize cash Chris additionally opened as much as Patrick about his wanting to start out a household and his disinterest in successful seven, eight, or ten Olympias. Not solely is there no monetary incentive, why ought to he put beginning a household on maintain simply to place extra {hardware} on his mantle? It doesn’t make any sense and in contrast to different bodybuilders which might be keen to sacrifice private relationships to try this – he’s not.
C-Bum has already greater than made his mark on the division and he has helped develop the game throughout the boards. Subsequently, I feel his legacy is just about safe if he had been to give up at this time. Now everyone knows he’s not going to give up at this time and he’ll in all probability do one other Olympia or two, however retirement is within the playing cards. The query is what number of extra will or not it’s till he calls it quits?
One other concern is one which we’ve written about proper right here at Iron Journal and that’s well being. This man is aware of that the longer he competes and topics his physique to the rigorous contest prep circumstances that he could also be shortening his life. Once more we’re speaking about competing on the elite stage and being the best possible athlete on the planet. Though they’ve given the rivals slightly bit extra respiration room by way of extra weight, that also doesn’t take away the truth that he takes exogenous/artificial hormones, diuretics, and subjecting his physique to all types of stresses that day by day males don’t expertise. Plus he’s getting older and with that, his physique could begin to give out.
It is a competitor that doesn’t have any main accidents and possibly doesn’t need them. No one wakes up within the morning saying “gee I’d like to get a pec tear or a hernia,” but it surely occurs. And the extra he competes and the older he will get, the extra inclined to damage he will get. Possibly that’s ageist of me, however so be it.
I’ll let you know I’m fairly positive his sponsors had been in all probability not ecstatic that he did this interview, however then once more possibly it’s probably not a secret that he’s eyeing retirement. Though he could wish to win the open Olympia at some point, I feel that will go towards all the pieces he’s attempting to perform by way of beginning a household and preserving his well being. If he had been to go to the brand new division he must acquire an incredible quantity of weight and actually begin from scratch. It could make for good dialog and it may be a great way to hype the present, however I extremely doubt Chris will ever do open bodybuilding. Why would he? He’s the perfect of all time, the GOAT when you ask me of traditional physique. Why begin on the backside in open bodybuilding to arguably get into the highest three or not. it doesn’t make any sens. No less than that’s what I obtained from the podcast.
As at all times Patrick did a stellar job and his workers ought to be recommended for placing collectively a really spectacular manufacturing that might stand towards something from ESPN or Fox Sports activities. Very, excellent job, and a podcast you positively don’t wish to miss!
