By IFBB Classic Physique Pro Chris Bumstead
CLASSIC
TRAINING
CAMP IG: cbum
112 MD musculardevelopment.com July 2019
JASON BREEZEWhy Classic Is Right for Me
Do you ever see yourself wanting to get huge and
move into the open class?
Defi nitely not. Classic Physique is a division I feel I
was made for, and I love everything about it. I love to
challenge and push myself. I still train just as hard and
eat as much as I would if I were an open competitor,
but there are certain other factors I’m not pushing as
much. That makes me a litt le healthier, a litt le saner,
and I enjoy the sport more. I’d rather put all my energy
into training and eating and not have to worry so much
about that other aspect. Even if it wasn’t me, and I was
trying to build another physique with my frame, I’d
rather it be 230 pounds and shredded, and fi ne-tune it
to perfection rather than put another 40 pounds of mass
onto it. I like Classic a lot more than open. There’s a lot
more longevity to it.Calories and Carb Cycling for
Mass Gains
How many calories do you eat when you’re bulking?
It actually ranges quite a bit. I think this year I got
up to 6,000 calories, but I wasn’t eating that every day
of the week. I’d say it was four days a week. This was
when I was really trying to put on a bunch of weight. I
probably averaged 4,600-5,000 calories a day the rest of
the week, and I would have cheat meals here and there.
I don’t carb cycle exactly, but I do have days where I’d try
to force myself to eat more carbs. Let’s say I’m training
arms. I’d try to get in a really big carb meal that morning,
or in both the meals I eat before I train. The days I would
eat more carbs were arms because they suck, legs
because I’m trying to get them back to where they were,
and back because that also needs to improve a lot.Fighting Bloating and Water Retention
How do you prevent bloating and water retention?
These can be two separate things, or they can be
closely related. Bloating is almost always a result of
eating foods your body can’t handle, or it’s not used
to. You could be meticulous about it and have a food
intolerance test done, but normally you can tell. If you eat
something and it bloats you and makes you feel shitty ,
then you’re not digesting it properly and you should avoid
it. Everyone knows I’ve dealt with a lot of water retention
due to Berger’s disease. I still have issues, mainly when
I fl y. In all cases of water retention, you want to eat fewer
carbs, less sodium, and less processed foods. Oft en if I
do nothing but eliminate processed foods, I drop about
4 pounds of water in a couple of days. When I fl y, I
eat fewer carbs that day. The next morning, I don’t eat
anything until I go do some fasted cardio fi rst to shed
some water. If you cut way back on carbs and sodium
and you’re still retaining water, please see a doctor as it
might be something serious that needs to be treated.“ I’d rather
be 230
pounds and
shredded,
and fine-tune
my physique
to perfection
than put
another 40
pounds of
mass onto it.”