Who is Chris Bumstead? Wiki bio

Chris Jonathan Bumstead was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada in 1995, so his zodiac sign would be Pisces, and he is a Canadian national. He is an International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness (IFBB) bodybuilder, best known for winning the Mr. Olympia match in 2019 when he defeated Breon Ansley.

Early life and education

Chris was raised in Ottawa by his father, who is a lawyer, and his mother, who teaches at a local high school; Chris has an older sister. He was very physically active and played soccer while attending a local high school, and wanting to improve his performance, he joined the gym to strengthen his muscles and build his stamina.

The results were soon visible, but Chris fell in love with the gym and began to spend most of his free time there, shaping his body. professional bodybuilder himself, and forgot about football. After his matriculation exam, Chris did not enroll in college, but rather focused on his career as a bodybuilder.

Career as a bodybuilder

Chris made his big debut as a bodybuilder in 2015 when he competed in the Canadian Bodybuilding Federation (CBBF) National Bodybuilding Championship Men’s Junior Division, which he won, and in 2016, he competed in the CBBF Open Heavyweight Division, where he finished second. right behind Khaled Chikhaoui.

The same year, Chris competed in the IFBB North American Bodybuilding Championships, winning first place and earning his Pro Card.

Chris is also very active and popular on the internet just like his Instagram account is followed by more than 1.2 million people, while he has uploaded more than 1,300 photos on it. He is also a YouTuber who launched his channel on March 5, 2011, which today has almost 300,000 subscribers and all his videos combined have more than 28 million views.

Workout routine

Chris works out five to seven days a week, working a separate part of his body each day, never neglecting one muscle group so he can work the others.

His favorite three exercises are squats, incline dumbbell press and bent-over barbell rows.

Chris does back exercises on his first day, including deadlifts, bent-over rows, and wide-grip lat pulldowns, while on his second day, he does chest and biceps exercises, such as incline dumbbell bench press, smith machine bench press, and barbell curls, among countless others . His third day is reserved for hamstrings and glutes, and exercises like lying leg curls, straight leg deadlifts, and reverse hack squat. On the fourth day, he works his shoulders and triceps, with exercises such as barbell lateral raises, one-arm cable, and machine lateral raises.

By day five, he’s working on his quads, including leg extensions, leg presses, and standing lunges.

Diet plan

Chris is extremely careful and pedantic about his diet plan, usually eating the same six meals every day months before he is about to compete, as he believes this way he can notice exactly what his body needs. If he’s not competing, he won’t pay as much attention to his calorie and fat intake, but he still won’t eat fast food or too many sweets. He usually aims for seven meals a day while trying to get in 6,000 calories, mostly from potatoes, rice and chicken meat.

Chris usually has egg whites and oats for breakfast, followed by chicken, rice and mixed vegetables. His third meal normally consists of fish, sweet potato and mixed vegetables, followed again by his pre-workout meal consisting of white fish and rice. He takes a post-exercise protein shake consisting of 100 percent Whey Isolate, while his sixth meal consists of chicken, sweet potato, broccoli and asparagus. His last meal of the day is similar to his breakfast, as he eats two egg whites, three whole eggs, and mixed vegetables.

Love life and girlfriends

The website generationiron.com published an article about Chris’s relationship with Courtney King, an IFBB professional bikini bodybuilder.

The two met at a bodybuilding competition and started dating in the summer of 2018, while it took them three months to publicly date, when Chris uploaded a picture holding her on his Instagram account. They have been together for two years now and there are no rumors or controversies surrounding their relationship.

Courtney Alexis King was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA, on September 13, 1993 – her zodiac sign is Virgo and she is an American national. She started modeling while still in high school, and around the same time she joined the gym to further shape her body.

Courtney gained recognition in 2013 when she competed in the IFBB Bikini Olympia and took seventh place while she competed in the same competition in 2017 and reached third place. She is currently represented by GNC Holdings Inc., a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania company that sells health food products.

Hobbies and other interests

Chris loves to travel and his career as a bodybuilder has taken him all over Canada and the US, while he has also been to France, Greece and Italy in Europe, as well as visiting Africa and Asia. He enjoys spending his free time outdoors and occasionally goes for a run or walk with his sister.

Chris is a big animal lover, horses are his favorite, and he has a dog as a pet.

He likes to watch movies in his spare time, and some of his favorite actors and actresses are Robert De Niro, Adam Sandler and Natalie Portman, while his favorite movies are “V for Vendetta”, “The Godfather” trilogy and “Anger Management” . ”. Two of his favorite series are “Breaking Bad” and “Chernobyl”, and he enjoys listening to rock music and bands like AC/DC and ZZ Top.

Appearance and power

Chris is about 24 years old. He has short brown hair and blue eyes, is 1.85 m tall and weighs about 99 kg. As of April 2020, his net worth is estimated at over $1 million.