Jay Cutler - Rivalry with Ronnie Coleman / Legacy as 4 times Mr. Olympia

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Jay Cutler – Ronnie Coleman’s Rival 

Jay Cutler finished at least top second in the Mr. Olympia which was and still the most prestigious bodybuilding competition for ten times.

No bodybuilder has ever shown such consistency like Jay Cutler. Also, Jay Cutler was the famous rival of Ronnie Coleman. Bodybuilder fans could be sorted to two kinds those who support Ronnie Coleman and those who support Jay Cutler.

 

Along with Ronnie Coleman, Jay Cutler was surely the superstar of bodybuilding. Jay Cutler and Ronnie Coleman maintained a healthy rivalry in competition and remained friends.

Jay Cutler described his rivalry with Ronnie Coleman as below. As much as the Mr. Olympia title was important, the fierce rivalry between Ronnie Coleman and Jay Cutler still remains a joy for bodybuilding fans. 

 

 

Second place is still second best to the best guy in the world, and I was so eager to not just win the Olympia but beat Ronnie Coleman. Looking back now there’s so much clarity to my career since I stepped aside and got out of the robotic competition side of my brain.

As Ronnie Coleman’s rival, the only person to finish top two in the Mr. Olympia Men’s Open Bodybuilding division, the first person to reclaim the Mr. Olympia title, Jay Cutler is sure one of the most legendary bodybuilders. 

In dedication for his work, Jason Issac Cutler or Jay Cutler was inducted into the International Sports Hall of Fame. Jay Cutler’s Quad Stomp or Cutler Stomp inspired many bodybuilding fans all over the world. 

 

Jay Cutler’s family - Before Bodybuilding

Jay Cutler’s name is Jason Isacc Cutler. Jay Cutler’s birthday is 3rd of August. He was born in 3rd August, 1973 in Worcester, Massachusetts, the Unite States of America.

Jason Isacc Cutler or Jay Cutler was born to a former military family with six other siblings. As a kid Jason Issac Cutler or Jay Cutler fancied Jean-Claude Van Damme and Sylvester Stallone on television and movies.

 

Jay Cutler’s parents divorced when he was four years old but his parents maintained a great supporter for Jay Cutler’s career. Jay Cutler also met Kerry during his years at Wachusett Regional high school who supported Jay’s bodybuilding career. Jay Cutler married Kerry after 10 years of dating but they’ve ended their relationship in 2009. 

 

Jay Cutler – Early career in bodybuilding and IFFB Pro Card 

Jay Cutler first started working out at the gym while he went to college. While he started to enjoy workout sessions at the gym, a personal trainer Marcos Rodriguez inspired Jay Cutler to start competing in bodybuilding. 

Jay Cutler entered and graduated from Quinsiagmond Community College with a Criminal Justice degree to pursue his dreams as a corrections officer. 

However, Jay Cutler quickly realized he had talent in bodybuilding. Jay Cutler participated his first bodybuilding competition in 1992 the Gold’s Gym Worcester Bodybuilding Championship and won second place. 

 

After that, Jay Cutler won the teenage division and the heavyweight division of the NPC Iron Bodies Invitational Show in 1993. It was such a short time, but Jay Cutler realized that he could prevail in the bodybuilding industry. 

Jay Cutler started to earn fame as a prominent and promising bodybuilder. After extensive training, Jay Cutler dominated the NPC Nationals in 1996 with an exceptional physique. Jay Cutler won the IFBB Pro Card at the age only of 23 years old. 

 

Jay Cutler – Mr. Olympia and Ronnie Coleman 

Jay Cutler first competed for the Mr. Olympia in 1999. He ended up 14th for his first Mr. Olympia and he finished 8th in the 2000 Mr. Olympia. However, at the 2001 Mr. Olympia Jay Cutler appeared with a physique that no one expected. Ronnie Coleman has been dominating the Mr. Olympia since 1998, no one was able to rival the massive physique of Ronnie Coleman. 

 

However, Jay Cutler put up so much mass with a such a striated dry body that he started to threaten the reign of Ronnie Coleman. The 2001 Mr. Olympia started the famous rivalry between Ronnie Coleman and Jay Cutler. 

However, Jay Cutler finished second and Ronnie Coleman secured his Mr. Olympia title in 2001. 

Also, the IFBB(International Federation of Body Building) took Jay Cutler’s second place as he was positive for banned diuretics which Jay Cutler won a law suit and reclaimed his second place in 2001 Mr. Olympia. 

 

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utler didn’t compete in the Mr. Olympia in 2002 against this ban by the IFBB. Jay Cutler ended up 2nd in the Mr. Olympia in 2003, 2004, 2005 still losing against Ronnie Coleman. However on 2006, Jay Cutler finally witnesses fear in his rival Ronnie Coleman’s eyes and Jay Cutler wins his first Mr. Olympia title, the Sandow Trophy in his age 33 at 2006. 

 

Jay Cutler – Reclamation of Mr. Olympia and Retirement 

Jay Cutler wins the Mr. Olympia again in 2007. However, he loses the Mr. Olympia title and the Sandow Trophy to Dexter Jackson in 2008.

After redemption, Jay Cutler reclaims the Mr. Olympia title in 2009 and 2010. Jay Cutler is the first person and as of 2024, the only person who was able to reclaim the Mr. Olympia title and the Sandow Trophy.

 

 

At the 2011 Mr. Olympia, Phil Heath starts his era and Jay Cutler finishes second to Phil Heath. After Jay Cutler ended 6th place at the Mr. Olympia at 2013, he retires from bodybuilding competitions.

Jay Cutler, all his life has competed in the most prestigious bodybuilding competition Mr. Olympia but he has also one many other bodybuilding titles such as the three consecutive titles of the 2002~2004 Arnold Classic.

 

Jay Cutler – Legacy and after retirement

Jay Cutler was 4 times Mr. Olympia and six times runner up for the Mr. Olympia. He also started and ran a successful business Cutler Nutrition and Cutler Athletics. He is still promoting bodybuilding by his youtube, Instagram and his podcast the Cutler Cast. Jay Cutler’s competition weight was 260 ~ 275 pounds which is about 118kg ~ 125kg. 

 

He was one of the bodybuilders that competed with Dexter Jackson, Phil Heath, Kai Greene, Gustavo Badell, and Markus Rühl. Jason Issac Cutler or Jay Cutler was inducted into the International Sports Hall of Fame in 2021 for his dedication to bodybuilding. The iconic ‘Cutler Stomp’ or the ‘Quad Stomp’ is still legends for body builder fans.

 

Jay Cutler’s Titles 

1993 NPC Iron Bodies Invitational - Teenage & Men’s Middleweight
NPC Teen Nationals - Middleweight
1995 NPC U.S. Tournament of Champions – Men’s Middleweight and Overall
2000 IFBB Night of Champions
2002 Arnold Classic
2003 Arnold Classic
Ironman Pro Invitational
San Francisco Pro Invitational

 

Dutch Grand Prix
British Grand Prix
2004 Arnold Classic
2006 Austrian Grand Prix
Romanian Grand Prix
Dutch Grand Prix
2006 Mr. Olympia
2007 Mr. Olympia
2009 Mr. Olympia
2010 Mr. Olympia

 

 

Jay Cutler – Lessons for life

Jay Cutler’s humbleness, consistency and solid effort inspired many people including those who weren’t interested in bodybuilding. Jay Cutler once quoted

“The introverts did better—the people who were able to live that very secluded life, like Ronnie and before that Dorian [Yates]. For those 12 or 16 weeks before a show, it’s a very boxy lifestyle. Your life is like four or five steps daily, and that’s what you do, again and again and again. Anything else is going to take away from that”

 

Even after giving the Mr. Olympia title to Ronnie Coleman for so many times, Jay Cutler was consistent and had faith in himself that empowered him and kept him in the game which eventually made him the Mr. Olympia. Jay Cutler is pure evidence that quiet consistent work, that Slow and Steady wins the Race. 

 

Jay Cutler’s Quotes

 

I had the goal to be the best since day one

Surround yourself with people who dream bigger than you do.

I don't eat for taste, I eat for function.

It’s Consistency. Stay with it. You have to do this Day In Day Out. It becomes a Lifestyle.