Sam Sulek is only 21 years old and his popularity and career have already taken a huge leap. Being able to gather a huge fandom of about 5 million followers on Instagram, Sulek has earned majorly from social media and other endorsements. Even then, the bodybuilder has not neglected his studies.

Sulek did not only open this year’s Arnold Classic next to Arnold Schwarzenegger but he was also a part of the Arnold Expo sharing his booth next to Ronnie Coleman, Jay Cutler, and Chris Bumstead. While many influencers have dropped out of school after social media became a revenue generator, Sulek has his reasons for not doing so.

Sulek says his life hasn’t changed much

In an interview during the Arnold Classic that had Iain Valliere and Ron Partlow as hosts, Valliere had asked Sulek how he manages his studies alongside his career on social media. The 21-year-old replied that he had noticed how many had dropped out of their schools without having a second thought after they found success on the internet. But Sulek begged to differ. “I don’t want like name drop anyone but a lot of kind of guys my age who when they sort of start to pop off social media instantly drop out of school. I think the main part for me was I was already in my senior year of college so if you’re nearly done you may as well finish it,” the fitness influencer explained the reason behind him not quitting school.

Moreover, the bodybuilder also mentioned that it only takes him an hour to do his training and photos daily, outside of that he still has the rest of the day to be productive. He confessed, “But you got to remember even though I’m making these videos all the time it’s just a one-hour portion of the day at the workout it’s the same as what I was doing before the same as what we’re all doing so it’s not like a huge life-changing thing at least in terms of the schedule.”

Sam Sulek is not just a favorite of the fans but of many bodybuilding greats as well. Recently, he had gained appreciation from Jay Cutler.

Jay Cutler’s theory of line-ups

During one of the prediction podcasts before the Arnold Classic 2024, Jay Cutler was asked about Sam Sulek sharing the Expo booths with other bodybuilding stars like the five-time Mr. Olympia winner, Chris Bumstead, strongman Hafthor Bjornsson, among others. Cutler expressed a positive view of the development and said, “I think it’s great, I think it’s awesome.”

The bodybuilding legend further talked about predicting the number of people that would turn up at the fitness influencer’s booth, compared with Chris Bumstead. “I think he’ll [Sam Sulek] have the biggest lineup at the Arnold next to Chris you know I mean I don’t know I don’t want to I’d hate to to judge who’s going to have the bigger lineup but I don’t know,” Cutler said.

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The fact that Sam Sulek can use all of his time productively shows how he manages his time without overlooking education. Much like his potential bodybuilding career, he might as well flourish in his studies because of such a mature outlook on life. What do you think of the fitness influencer’s thought process? Let us know in the comments below.

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