Fueling his body to win four Mr. Olympia titles, Jay Cutler made nutrition one of his top priorities. In a recent YouTube short, Cutler looked back on spending $50,000 a year on food, which included a whole cow, 150 pounds of chicken, and 30 dozen eggs.
Chasing the great Ronnie Coleman was no easy feat given the former eight-time Mr. Olympia’s unparalleled mass and definition. However, it was Cutler’s high-volume training and massive diet that catapulted him to the throne. In 2006, Cutler finally defeated Coleman after years of taking the runner-up position.
Having looked back on his career, Cutler has been open about the dietary measures it took to become Mr. Olympia. He credits eating 140 egg whites a day for helping him achieve the success he enjoys today. And now, the bodybuilding legend is sharing more details about the diet that helped him rule atop the Men’s Open for four years.
Jay Cutler Talks $50,000 Mr. Olympia Diet: “I Was Eating Probably Four Pounds of Meat a Day”
To meet the dietary needs of a near-300-pound mass monster, Jay Cutler spent $50,000 a year on food, which included a ‘whole cow,’ ‘150 pounds of chicken,’ and ’30 dozen eggs.’
“Back then I was probably spending maybe $50,000 a year on food. Yeah, because you know I would eat out sometimes too but I’d buy a whole cow at a time.
I had two freezers in my house. One time I was eating probably four pounds of meat a day, a lot of it was red meat but I’d buy 150 pounds of chicken at a time. I’d buy 30 dozen eggs,” Jay Cutler shared.
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In addition to buying his food in bulk, he would also cook it all at the same time as well, for convenience.
“I’d buy a whole case of eggs and that would be my whole refrigerator. That’s how dedicated I was. I’d sit outside and cook all my chicken breast, and my steak and stuff like that on the barbecue grill,” explains Jay Cutler.
Dieting strategies have always been highly sought after in the bodybuilding world. Cutler has been open with fans about many of his nutritional systems. In 2006, the year Cutler dethroned Coleman, he utilized a ‘blood-type’ diet. While he admits the diet made him leaner, he preferred other methods that included eggs.
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Jay Cutler wasn’t the only prolific bodybuilder to test his limits with an exorbitant amount of food. Former Olympia kingpin Ronnie Coleman, Cutler’s rival, also endured some wild nutritional plans in his heyday. At the height of his career, Coleman utilized a 600-gram protein diet to maintain his position as one of the best in the world.
The price tag on Jay Cutler’s old grocery list might raise eyebrows, proving that the road to bodybuilding greatness comes at a cost. However, had Cutler not committed to such a colossal diet, he may have never solidified himself as one of the best to ever do it.
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