Jay Cutler has shared the ‘simplified’ five-day training split that helps keep him in impressive shape now he’s 51. At the peak of his powers in the 2000s, Cutler trained six days a week – and sometimes twice a day – helping him to win four Mr Olympia titles and finish as runner-up on six more occasions.
Retirement has seen him move away from such intensity, but he still puts care into his workout split, which has a similar look to what he implemented when stepping on stage. The American bodybuilder clearly prefers to hit individual body parts, with his iconic chest and calves workout remaining a key feature, with rests after hitting both his back and legs included, too.
Jay Cutler’s Workout Split At 51Day 1: Chest and CalvesDay 2: Biceps and TricepsDay 3: ShouldersDay 4: BackDay 5: RestDay 6: LegsDay 7: Rest
‘I’m going to tell you… the groupings of my body parts,’ Cutler said on his latest YouTube Short. ‘One day, I do chest and calves. Everyone knows I do calves before chest. Second day, I’ll do arms: biceps and triceps. Third day, I do shoulders. I do shoulders on its own. I don’t do any trap work anymore.
‘Another day, I do back. Back on its own day. And then, of course, legs.’
Why He’s Pulled Back the Intensity
Cutler admits that, while he still enjoys training, he no longer hits the gym with the same intensity he once did. His priorities have now shifted away from packing on as much muscle as possible, instead now recognising how important rest and recovery truly are.
‘I don’t train hard, and I hate to say that because people look at me as, of course, an Olympia winner,’ Cutler added. ‘I’ve been retired now for quite some time, but I pretty much stay on that schedule and sometimes I take days in between, especially when I travel on a plane or whatnot.
‘Remember, you have to eat around the training, you have to sleep around the training. You have to recover but I do train on those splits, whether it’s back, legs, chest, shoulders, arms. That’s pretty simplified.’
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