{"id":6558,"date":"2022-09-16T21:28:26","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T21:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/?p=6558"},"modified":"2022-09-16T21:37:56","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T21:37:56","slug":"bodybuilder-regan-grimes-withdraws-from-the-2022-mr-olympia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/everything-else\/bodybuilder-regan-grimes-withdraws-from-the-2022-mr-olympia\/","title":{"rendered":"Bodybuilder Regan Grimes Withdraws from the 2022 Mr. Olympia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Regan Grimes will not participate in this year&#8217;s upcoming 2022 Mr. Olympia. On Sept. 15, 2022, the bodybuilder announced the decision during an episode of <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/jay-cutler-bodybuilding-retirement-training-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"141158\">four-time Mr. Olympia Jay Cutler&#8217;s<\/a> podcast, the <em>Cutler Cast<\/em>. Grimes will shift his focus to 2023 in a mission to <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/how-to-build-muscle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"141159\">build more mass<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"videos\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"#44 - Regan Grimes | OUT of 2022 Olympia\" width=\"950\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gPCMG5GTIQA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><em>[Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/dips\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"141160\">How to Do Dips for Chest Size and Strength<\/a>]<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Grimes made the appearance on Cutler&#8217;s podcast alongside his coach Milo\u0161 \u0160ar\u010dev. The pair outlined Grimes&#8217; upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/emom-training\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"141161\">strength training<\/a> plans, maintaining that Grimes&#8217; new goal is to add 15 pounds of muscle mass before returning to compete at the 2023 Olympia. Grimes finished in 15th place in each of the last two Mr. Olympia contests and would like to improve his results the next time he steps onto the Olympia stage. (Note: \u0160ar\u010dev also coaches Grimes&#8217; fellow Men&#8217;s Open competitors <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/bodybuilder-samson-dauda-weighs-330-pounds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"141162\">Samson Dauda<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/iron-wars-vi-joe-mackey-deadlift-850-pounds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"141163\">Joe Mackey<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to really get in the top five, and I don\u2019t think, right now, I\u2019m just not there yet,\u201d Grimes says. \u201cSo this year, we\u2019ve decided to take it off and continue this rhythm of putting the tissue on, and we\u2019ll hit a show next year and go to Olympia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grimes says he weighs 295 pounds in the clip, but after consultation with \u0160ar\u010dev with the contest roughly four months away \u2014 the two agreed that Grimes&#8217; progress wasn&#8217;t where they wanted at this point in the lead-up process.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/ChVmxdpvFyo\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/ChVmxdpvFyo\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"141172\">A post shared by REGAN GRIMES (@regangrimes)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><strong><em>[Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/reverse-crunch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"141164\">How to Do the Reverse Crunch for Strong, Well-Developed Abs<\/a>]<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Over the past few years, Grimes has been a consistent fixture in the competitive bodybuilding scene.<\/p>\n<p>According to<em> NPC News Online<\/em>, among other notable appearances aside from the last two Olympias, Grimes won the 2018 New York Pro as a Classic Physique competitor. He also took first place in the Men&#8217;s Open division at the 2020 Romania Muscle Fest Pro. With more time on his plate instead of focusing on any pending contests, Grimes says stepping away from the Olympia will allow him more flexibility to improve his physique for the future.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, \u0160ar\u010dev was candid, saying he doesn&#8217;t believe Grimes had the appropriate size to overcome established Men&#8217;s Open stars like <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/mamdouh-big-ramy-elssbiay-weighs-336-pounds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"141165\">Mamdouh &#8220;Big Ramy&#8221; Ellsbiay<\/a>, Brandon Curry, <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/nick-walker-big-ramy-2022-mr-olympia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"141166\">Nick Walker<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/bodybuilder-hunter-labrada-banded-squats-495-pounds-17-reps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"141167\">Hunter Labrada<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/hadi-choopan-looks-jacked-ahead-of-2022-mr-olympia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"141168\">Hadi Choopan<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-slot-rendered-dynamic=\"true\">\u201cIt\u2019s still a muscle contest \u2014 it doesn\u2019t matter what we say,\u201d Sarcev says. \u201cWhen you stand next to &#8216;Big Ramy,&#8217; you have to have size. And if he doesn\u2019t have it, he would be outclassed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-slot-rendered-dynamic=\"true\">Cutler echoed a similar sentiment about Big Ramy and any potential challengers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-slot-rendered-dynamic=\"true\">&#8220;A month ago, I said okay, people may challenge [Big Ramy]. But now, I can\u2019t see him losing being in the shape he is in.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-slot-rendered-dynamic=\"true\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cigh-vyDaLW\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cigh-vyDaLW\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"141174\">A post shared by REGAN GRIMES (@regangrimes)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><strong><em>[Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/triceps-kickback\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"141169\">How to Do the Triceps Kickback for Arm Size<\/a>]<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div data-wrapper=\"content_3_btf\" data-nosnippet=\"\">Grimes earned an automatic qualification for the 2022 Mr. Olympia by winning the 2022 Cairo Pro. This past competitive year also saw respective seventh-place results at the 2022 Arnold Classic and 2022 Boston Pro.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div data-wrapper=\"content_3_btf\" data-nosnippet=\"\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div data-wrapper=\"content_3_btf\" data-nosnippet=\"\">At the time of this writing, Grimes has not clarified when he would compete next as he resets his sights on the 2023 Olympia. In the next instance that Grimes is seen on a stage, his physique could look dramatically different.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div data-wrapper=\"content_3_btf\" data-nosnippet=\"\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div data-wrapper=\"content_3_btf\" data-nosnippet=\"\"><em>Featured image: @regangrimes on Instagram<\/em><\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/bodybuilder-regan-grimes-withdraws-2022-olympia\/\">Bodybuilder Regan Grimes Withdraws from the 2022 Mr. Olympia<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\">Breaking Muscle<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Regan Grimes will not participate in this year\u2019s upcoming 2022 Mr. Olympia. On Sept. 15, 2022, the bodybuilder announced the decision during an episode of four-time Mr. Olympia Jay Cutler\u2019s podcast, the Cutler Cast. Grimes will shift his focus to 2023 in a mission to build more mass.\u00a0 [Related: How to Do Dips for Chest &#8230; Read more<br \/>\nThe post Bodybuilder Regan Grimes Withdraws from the 2022 Mr. Olympia appeared first on Breaking Muscle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":868,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":""},"categories":[20,1,21,22,19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6558"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6558"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6559,"href":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6558\/revisions\/6559"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}