Bodybuilder Chris Bumstead plans to make some changes for the New Year with a focus on health and athleticism. On December 28, 2024, he broke down his fitness goals for 2025, emphasizing that he’ll achieve them with fewer exogenous hormones.
Bumstead enjoyed a storybook ending to his legendary bodybuilding career. In October, he presented one of his all-time best packages at the 2024 Mr. Olympia, leading to his sixth consecutive Classic Physique title. Although he faced resistance from Mike Sommerfeld, ‘Cbum’s’ combination of aesthetics, shape, and condition sealed the deal.
In an epic one-off event, he turned his attention to the 2024 EVLS Prague Pro in the Men’s Open class. Despite having limited time to prepare for his debut in the new division, Bumstead shined, securing second place behind Martin Fitzwater. This marked the end of his illustrious career in the IFBB Pro League but signaled a new beginning for his future fitness goals.
Chris Bumstead Reveals Fitness Goals for 2025: “Whatever I Achieve Now Will be Achieved With Less Exogenous Hormones”
Bumstead plans to adopt a ‘hybrid’ approach to training which will include lifting and running marathons while holding on to as much muscle as possible.
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“I’m going to get a lot of hate for looking like I’m going mildly hybrid. Everyone is just going to fucking hate on me,” said Bumstead. “A hybrid athlete right now is someone who runs marathons and sometimes lifts, who used to lift and started running marathons but trying to hold on to as much muscle possible. But in my mind, a hybrid athlete is a lot more jacked than that and kind of runs.”
One of his ‘broader goals’ for 2025 is to be more explosive and improve his fast-twitch muscle fibers.
“One of my broad goals this year is definitely to be a little bit more explosive,” he shared. “Exploding out of a squat, working towards those fast-twitch muscle fibers to be able to dunk, sprint, all that shit and still looked jacked. That’s one of the broad goals.”
Bumstead said his last few weeks of training have felt ‘pretty pathetic,’ so he’s looking forward to achieving new feats in fitness.
“The first few weeks felt pretty pathetic. That’s when I was talking about just starting, doing something is fucking helpful even though it sucks and I didn’t want to be here. And now, I feel good right now but I know I’m going to need more purpose, more goals, more smart goals to achieve what I actually will make me feel fulfilled in fitness right now.”
Whatever he does accomplish in the future will be achieved with fewer exogenous hormones.
“It’s a weird realization to know I’ll never before as strong, or as big, or as shredded as I was two months ago ever again in my life. So I have to create some new goals to keep myself pushing forward.
I’m at a bigger disadvantage because I don’t have super supps, obviously, so whatever I achieve now will be achieved with less exogenous hormones, so it’s still a new achievement.”
While Bumstead has stepped away from competing, he still intends to keep involved in the sport. Having made a name for himself in the Classic Physique category, he wants to boost the division’s prize money when the Olympia returns in 2025. Before we know it, Bumstead could have a vastly different physique than what he’s boasted in years as he settles into a life of retirement.
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