A gathering of two hallowed health legends completed 2022.
At the beginning of this century, Ronnie Coleman and Jay Cutler have been arguably the 2 most outstanding names in bodybuilding. En path to his legendary run of eight consecutive Mr. Olympia victories (1998-2005), Coleman relegated Cutler to second-place on 4 events (2001, 2003-2005). When push got here to shove, and Cutler was prepared for his long-awaited second of glory, he would lastly dethrone Coleman in 2006 and seize one other title over his ripped peer in 2007.
Over a decade and a half later, Coleman and Cutler are two main fixtures within the prolonged lore of bodybuilding historical past. The 2 former titans have a mixed 12 Mr. Olympia titles (eight for Coleman, 4 for Cutler) and proceed to be influential voices intimately involved with the happenings of the fashionable sport. On Jan. 10, 2023, a video posted on Cutler’s YouTube channel options the 2 icons, joined by bodybuilding YouTube character Jesse James West, plowing by way of a collaborative coaching session. Per the caption of Cutler’s video, the exercise occurred someday in the course of the 2022 Mr. Olympia weekend on Dec. 16-18, 2022.
The central focus of the three males’s joint exercise was to chisel their respective again and biceps muscle groups. To commemorate the 2 legends he was coaching with, West had headbands and sleeveless flannels for everybody concerned to adorn. A torn towel (paying homage to these headbands) was a Cutler trademark look in the course of the early components of his profession. In the meantime, Coleman made carrying a sleeveless flannel his personal staple throughout his dominant run as Mr. Olympia.
As soon as the exercise received up and rolling, there was no stopping this whirlwind of energy and power. The trio labored by way of respective units of lat pulldowns, shifted to seated cable rows and single-arm machine rows, and carried out alternating conventional dumbbell curls all through their routine. They didn’t specify the exact numbers and reps for every respective set.
In a deal with for any spectating and diehard followers, Coleman and Cutler used the exercise as a chance to swap distinctive anecdotes from Olympia legend to Olympia legend. It may need been an inside have a look at what it was wish to be within the two males’s sneakers whereas they have been of their athletic primes.
Coleman and Cutler are definitely astute sufficient to know that what they’ve to supply bodybuilding now could be extra consistent with their replete knowledge and expertise. That’s what made their enthusiasm for watching Hadi Choopan lastly climb the Olympia mountain post-workout palpable.
For a time, they have been rivals. Within the current, Coleman and Cutler can fortunately embrace their roles as stewards of bodybuilding’s previous and future.
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