Since 2016, the classic physical division has become extremely popular in the bodybuilding sport. This division is known for bodybuilders having a leaner and more aesthetic build. Consider Arnold Schwarzenegger, for example. Chris Bumstead is the most popular in sports today, he has sculpted his body as beautiful and as symmetrical as possible and his posing on stage is amazing. Classic bodybuilding is about body proportions, lines, muscle shape and conditioning.
Chris Bumstead Stats
Origin: Canada
Length: 1.85m
Weight: 104 kg
Age: 28 years
Division: Classic bodybuilding
About Chris Bumstead
Christopher Adam Bumstead, otherwise known to his fans as CBum, is a Canadian IFBB professional bodybuilder. Growing up, he played a lot of sports, such as football, basketball and athletics. Ultimately, this should be a good start for future bodybuilding plans. Being an athlete, he knew how important it was to start lifting weights. He discovered he didn’t have what it took to compete at the highest level of his sports.
He was introduced to the sport of bodybuilding through his brother-in-law, Ian Valliere. Ian supported him and was his coach, with this Chris entered his first competition in 2014. He won his first show at the age of 19, competing against adult men. From this point on he realized how much potential he had and only started training harder from here.
In 2018 he had a few weeks for the Mr. Olympia discovered a major problem, he gained 7 kilos in 1 day. He went to the hospital and was extensively tested for 6 days. The doctors found out that he has a disease called: IGA nephropathy or Burger’s disease. This causes local inflammation, which over time can cause problems with your kidneys’ ability to filter waste from your blood. Thanks to medication, his kidneys are working properly again and he was therefore able to do the bodybuilding competition that he had trained for so long.
He competes in the male classical physical bodybuilding division. Chris is a 5-time classical bodybuilding winner from 2019 to 2023. He won his 5th Mr. on November 5. Olympia title won with a great fight against Ramon and Urs.
What is Chris Bumstead’s net worth?
According to statistics and other open sources, Chris’s net worth is estimated to be around $11,100,000. He has several sources of income.
- The prize money of the Mr. Olympia is probably the lowest source of income. He will receive $50,000 for first place.
- With advertising costs, Chris earns $372,000 per year, almost 8 times as much as winning the competition!
- The merchandise also has monthly revenues of $100,000.
- His supplement company also has 150 physical stores and a large online store with a turnover of 5.6 million.
- In addition, he recently signed a sponsorship deal with one of the hottest new clothing lines in the world.
What merchandise does Chris Bumstead have?
Chris has his own clothing brand, with many types of clothing, decoration, accessories, phone cases and sportswear. He is known for his pronounced words with a lisp, i.e. pronunciations with the letter ‘s’. This is why his best-selling merch is also a piece of clothing with the word ”thavage” on it, which of course should be the word ‘savage’.
accessories
Under the accessories heading you can find many types of things. Products include backpacks, bags, mugs and face masks. All accessories are printed with a photo of Chris or a quote or text about or from him.
Covers
Chris also sells 41 different phone cases for some 26 different types of phones. Prices are around 15 dollars, which works out to approximately 14 euros.
Clothing
He sells the most in the clothing category, namely 332 products in total. These are hats and caps, hoodies, pants and sweatpants, sweatshirts and T-shirts. The cheapest product is a shirt with ‘thavage’ on it for 20 dollars, the most expensive product will be a hoody for 90 dollars from a collaboration with Nike.
Decoration
Decoration includes blankets, pillows, posters and puzzles. These are all products with inspiring quotes, a posing Chris or a mix of both. A poster will cost you $19 and comes on semi-gloss poster paper. A duvet cover from the champion can easily cost you $70. But hey, how cool is that when you go to sleep and you see the iconic Mr. Olympia on your bed!
Sportswear
Of course he also sells sportswear. Of course, everything originated from this collection, because he is a bodybuilder himself, you first sell sportswear and then expand to other categories. This category consists of tank tops and leggings. You will spend about 30 dollars for a tank top, and 50 dollars for leggings.
Chris Bumstead and the Mr. Olympia
Chris Bumstead made his pro debut at the North American Championships in 2016. He has since competed in the Mr. Olympia and came second in the competition in 2017 and 2018. In the 2019 of the Mr. He took his first victory at Olympia, which probably felt the best, because he came second the 2 years before. From 2019 to 2023, no one could dethrone him, some call him the best bodybuilder for this decade in classical bodybuilding. There won’t be anyone who could take his crown anytime soon, unless a very special opponent comes along, but that chance is estimated to be small.