Bodybuilding legend Jay Cutler shared his current chest and calves training session. Cutler is easing his way back into intense training after transforming his physique for the ‘Fit for 50 challenge. He will look forward to improving his physique further in the months to come.
Jay Cutler is one of the most prominent bodybuilders in the history of the sport. Winning the prestigious Mr. Olympia title is enough to cement a competitor’s place in history. Cutler won the coveted trophy a whopping four times, in 2006, 2007, 2009, and 2010. The fact that he stopped the legendary Ronnie Coleman’s eight-year undefeated run to become the 2006 Mr. Olympia adds more weight to his accomplishments.
Cutner is also the only Mr. Olympia who regained the top spot after losing to Dexter Jackson in 2008. The 50-year-old’s bodybuilding journey is remarkable because he balanced his long-term health and competitive success perfectly well. The four-time Mr. Olympia retired without any major injuries or health issues, setting a positive example for younger bodybuilders to follow.
Although significantly downsized as compared to his active bodybuilding days, Cutler carries an impeccable physique all year round and trains with furious intensity. One of the most popular yesteryear bodybuilders, Cutler adapted well to the age of the internet and social media.
He has built a community of over 6 million combined followers on YouTube and Instagram. Additionally, the four-time Mr. Olympia is one of the most prominent voices of the sport. He shares his insights through journalistic work and several podcast appearances. In 2022, Jay Cutler launched the Fit for 50 challenge to transform his physique and showed off the impressive results on his 50th birthday. He is now onto the next chapter of his life.
Jay Cutler goes through a chest and calves workout
Recently, Jay Cutler returned to Las Vegas from his trip to Scandinavian countries and hit the gym to train the chest. He has been clubbing calf work with other muscle groups over the last few years and sneaked in a couple of exercises in this training session as well. The video of his workout was posted on Jay Cutler’s YouTube channel. So let’s see how he pumped the chest.
Overall, the workout included:
| Exercise | Sets | Reps |
|---|---|---|
| Incline Chest Press Machine | 3 | 12 to 15 |
| Iso-Lateral Incline Chest Press Machine | 3 | 12 to 15 |
| Incline Chest Flyes Machine | 3 | 12 to 15 |
| Vertical Chest Press Machine | 3 | 12 to 15 |
| Dumbbell Pullovers | 3 | 12 to 15 |
| Toe Press | 2 | 12 to 15 |
| Seated Calf Raises | 2 | 12 to 15 |
NOTE: The number of sets and rep range is based on the visual observation of the video. Actual numbers may vary
Incline Chest Press Machine
Jay Cutler commenced the workout with this movement. Incline presses emphasize the upper pecs / clavicular head of the pectoralis major muscles. Cutler is in the maintenance phase after transforming his physique for the Fit for 50 challenge. Although he could train with relatively heavier weights, the four-time Mr. Olympia refrained from doing it:
“It’s just about getting the stimulation, feeling good about it.”
After dealing with three solid sets of the exercise to pump blood into the chest, the retired bodybuilder took to the next exercise.
Iso-Lateral Incline Chest Press Machine
While many people use iso-lateral machines for doing one-arm variations, that’s not quite Jay Cutler’s style of working. He prefers the machine because of the movement and muscle-building benefits it offers:
“My training has remained the same since the beginning but I like this movement. It gives me a good contraction. So works similarly to dumbbells.”
Ego lifting has no place in Jay Cutler’s life. He does not allow the ego to take over and followed the same rule in this training session as well. He executed a few good sets of this compound movement to stimulate the pecs further.
Incline Chest Flyes Machine
After working the pushing muscles like chest, triceps, and anterior deltoids with the incline pressing exercises, the four-time Mr. Olympia worked with this isolation exercise. Chest flyes build the adduction strength of the upper body and are extremely efficient in terms of pectoral muscle activation. A few sets of this exercise on a plate-loaded machine followed. After this, Cutler went back to working with a pressing exercise.
Vertical Chest Press Machine
This served as the final pressing exercise of the day as Jay Cutler pushed through a few sets of vertical chest presses on the machine to add the last bit of stimulus to the upper body pushing muscles.
Dumbbell Pullovers
Cutler wrapped up chest training with dumbbell pullovers. He explained that holding the dumbbell with a firm grip tends to engage the lats while lightly supporting it with palms focuses more on stretching the pectoral muscles. He performed a few sets of this isolation movement to get a good stretch in the pecs. This enabled him to keep the blood flowing into the chest muscles after pumping them with the earlier pressing movements.
Toe Press
Jay Cutler performed a toe press on the leg press machine to commence calf work. Although he prefers to kick things off with the donkey calf raises, the gym did not have the equipment to enable that, and Cutler performed toe press to get the job done.
Seated Calf Raises
This served as the finisher of this training session. Seated calf raises work the soleus muscle that lies underneath the gastrocnemius muscle. It receives relatively less stimulation during standing calf raises and incorporating seated calf raises in the routine can help with the overall development of the calves.
In recent weeks, Jay Cutler has shed light on different aspects of a bodybuilder’s life through the Jay Walking series on his Youtube channel. It will be interesting to see what he brings for the fans in the time to come.
Watch the full workout video below, courtesy of Jay Cutler’s personal YouTube channel:
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