Jay Cutler Talks 2009 Battle With Collettes, Fast Cardio To Get Down At 51, And Andrew Jacked’s Chances To Win 2024 Mr. Olympia – Fitness Volt

Having once left the sport of bodybuilding behind, Jay Cutler is no stranger to the methods that helped him become a four-time Mr. Olympia. In his latest effort on YouTube, shared on August 20, 2024, Cutler discussed his 2009 fight with Collette, getting down at age 51 using fast cardio, and Chendo Andrews. ‘Jacked’ Obeika opened up his chances of claiming gold at the upcoming Olympics.

Throughout his bodybuilding career, Jay Cutler never let outside opinions shape his mindset. He always knew he would one day be the best open talent in the league, after Ronnie Coleman’s sacking in 2006 proved to be a massive upset. Despite losing the Mr. Olympia title to Dexter Jackson in 2008, Cutler successfully won it back in 2009 in the following competition.

Little did we know that Cutler would be dealing with a diagnosis of painful colitis shortly after cementing himself as an all-time great with his infamous quad stomp pose. Although the problem does not persist today, it certainly affected his ability to consume the necessary food to boast a 300-pound physique during his prime. In retirement, Cutler’s focus has shifted downward, and with constant fast cardio, the results are incredible.

Between bites of cardio sessions, Cutler makes it a point to open up about what’s happening on top of the part he once dominated. And with Andrew Jacked claiming gold for a three-peat victory at the Texas Pro, there is talk of whether he could win the 2024 Mr. Olympia.

Lately, Jay Cutler upped his card to 30 minutes with a goal down at age 51.

“I’ve actually bumped my cardio up to 30 minutes so I’m not just doing 20 minutes. For a long time, I’ve been doing it for you guys who follow me on social media but I’ve really picked it up now. Like Like I said, I’m working on getting some down.

Dropping a few pounds, I’m sitting at about 235, so I want to lean down a little bit and as I lean, it’s kind of funny, everybody goes into the winter and puts on pounds, I try to lost because I had different goals and aspirations,” Cutler said.

As for his bout with colitis in 2009, he noted that after consulting a specialist, medication helped to resolve the problem, however, he struggled to maintain his diet for a while. .

“I can’t find it during my prep. It might have been 2010, no I think it was ’09. I had an issue where I couldn’t stop any food.

So, I went in for a checkup and they put me through all these different specialists, and sooner or later, yes, they said I had colitis. They gave me a prescription for this medicine that was oral, and literally the day I took it, it stopped.

According to Cutler, doctors told him he had inflammation in his colon in 2003.

“They said you know, you have inflammation in the bowel, they told me since 03. They thought it was a few years so you can imagine it looks like six years it’s been there for a long time.

While he thought a high-fiber diet was to blame, he also explained that genetics could play a role in the diagnosis of colitis.

“I thought it was the high fiber diet but they said a lot of it could be genetic. But, I had this nausea so I took medicine, I ate it for six months, they said you can reduce it. Try and it was very expensive back then,” Cutler shares. “It was thousands of dollars for a monthly prescription.”

“I tried to come back and it really came back. Then a year later, because Hani was worried about it because I started preparing for the next Olympia in 2010, and the next thing you know, I was gone. And I never had that again,” he shared.

Fortunately, these issues no longer persist for Cutler.

“Luckily, I didn’t have any problems [lately]but my diet changed a lot, I feel like it was a lot of Ezekiel cereal and a lot of Ezekiel bread. Anyone on a high-fiber diet, you have to be careful,” Cutler said. “Remember I was almost 300 pounds so you can imagine the food I was eating.”

In light of Texas Pro Andrew Jacked’s dominant win, Cutler discussed how he and his coaches Chris ‘Psycho’ Lewis and Chris Acto could win the 2024 Mr. Olympia (with the same team used by the late Sean Roden ).

“Yes, he is good [Andrew Jacked] is 6’3, I mean Ronnie was 5’11,” Cutler added. “He’s [like a supersized Flex Wheeler. Do you think he can challenge the top three?” 

With a similar stature to Samson Dauda, Cutler anticipates an intense battle between Jacked and ‘The Nigerian Lion.’ 

“They are going full guns to the Olympia to win it, which I think is great. It makes it really exciting especially when you have Samson, he was like this standout position guy because of his height and his stature, and now he’s got someone that where Andrew was fifth last year, Samson was third, I think we will really see those guys kind of battle it out and who’s going to topple.” 

If he hopes to earn the sport’s most prestigious title, Cutler advised Jacked to adjust his side poses. 

“His front poses, his front relaxed, his lat spread, his front double, I mean they are all pretty almost unbeatable, he can beat everybody in that. His back has improved, he’s made some improvements. Side poses he still needs to adjust the side chest he can look a little more dense and that side triceps is amazing. He’s got the tools to be Mr. Olympia.” 

Like all of us, Jay Cutler is ready to see the best Men’s Open competitors wage war at the nearing 2024 Mr. Olympia. In the meantime, he plans to continue fasted cardio to lean down and lose weight throughout the year. 

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Watch the full video from the JayCutlerTV YouTube channel below: 

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