“Bought a Whole Cow at a Time”: 4 Time Mr. Olympia Beast Jay Cutler Once Revealed His Insane 5-6K Calorie Diet During His Career

Bodybuilding fans praise Jay Cutler as one of the best in the sport. Cutler rose to fame in 2001 when he placed second in that year’s Mr. Olympia. However, it would take four more years for the bodybuilding legend to be crowned Mr. Olympia. He shared an epic rivalry with an all-time great, Ronnie Coleman. To beat a man like Ronnie, Jay ate and trained like a beast.

In 2021, when Chris Van Vliet asked the former champion about his diet in an interview, he wasn’t ready for the answers.

Jay Cutler on buying a whole cow at once

Bodybuilding legend Jay Cutler appeared on Chris Van Vliet’s podcast in 2021. During their conversation, Cutler revealed a lot about his career. However, one of the most shocking revelations was about his crazy diet. Cutler told Chris: “I literally bought a whole cow at one time.” The four-time Mr. Olympia also said: “I would buy 30 dozen eggs at a time… I would buy 140 pounds of chicken at a time.” Cutler always told the local butcher to cut up a whole cow into different cuts of meat. He would then store all the red meat in a large freezer.

Jay surprised Chris with his crazy diet story. Chris was so surprised that he asked: “Was it 10,000 calories?”. However, the former Mr. Olympia dispelled any myths about the calories he consumed. “Between five and six. 10,000 clean calories is very hard to come by and people exaggerate calories.”

Well, even if Cutler wasn’t eating 10,000 calories a day, 5,000 to 6,000 is still a huge number. Jay also revealed some more crazy facts about his diet, “I was eating, you know, 20 egg whites for breakfast.” However, Cutler has already revealed that during some diets, I ate well over 20 egg whites per day.

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The four-time Mr. Olympia needed to eat like this because, “I literally ate, slept and trained, that’s all I did.” Cutler had a very rigorous training regimen and worked on a lot of sets instead of always pushing heavy weights.

Jay Cutler’s achievements in bodybuilding

The former champion was an underdog for most of his career. However, Cutler put all doubters in his place when defeat Ronnie Coleman in 2006. Cutler then defeated the now seven-time Mr. Olympia, Phil Heath. Jay Cutler also has three Arnold Classic titles, three NPC titles, and many more.

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Cutler followed a truly extreme diet during his bodybuilding days. No normal person could eat even close to 6,000 calories a day. However, the Arnold Classic titleholder was competing against the arguable ‘GOAT’ of bodybuilding, Ronnie Coleman. If Jay didn’t eat and train at an incredible level, he would never have beaten the ‘King‘.