Making His Comeback After 5 Years, Men’s Physique Competitor Jeremy Buendia Failed to Make a Mark at Mr. Olympia 2023. Here’s Why.

Jeremy Buendia is an American bodybuilding champ, and he boasts one of the most impressive physiques and records of any competitor in the Men’s Physique category. Even though he had stepped away from proper professional competition a few years ago, he had never given an ultimatum about no return.

Earlier, in an Instagram post, he had announced his intention to come back in the 2023 Mr. Olympia and also teased about a battle with 2022 Men’s Physique champion Erin Banks. However, at the event, Buendia was placed eighth among 46 competitors, despite staying away from the stage for over five years. Let us look into why he could not win the title.

Jeremy Buendia announced his comeback in September 

The four-time men’s physique Olympia winner has always committed to his career and has one of the most flawless and chiseled physics in the industry. He returned to the stage for the first time since 2018 and participated in Mr. Olympia. On September 6, 2022, he published a video on his YouTube channel announcing that he was starting his off-season to return to the competition. 

The video opened with Buendia measuring his weight while stepping on a scale, and he weighed 192.4 pounds. As the title of the video indicated, his goal was to bulk up and increase his weight to 220 pounds. Before he started his training, he talked about his emotions of making a comeback after a five-year absence.

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“I took a lot of time off. I am ready. I am ready mentally and physically I’m ready to get after it.” He also revealed his eagerness to get back on stage and show the audience what he was capable of doing. Before taking time off, Buendia had worked with coach Hany Rambod, but now he was working with a new coach. He admitted that he had a great bond with Rambod, but also talked about the mistakes he made that led to the deterioration of their relationship. “In a lot of previous videos I’ve talked about me having my head so far up in my a** that you know I was extremely arrogant, I made a lot of poor decisions and I treated people wrong,” he explained.

Competing in the 2023 Mr. Olympia

In the men’s physique, Olympia, Buendía decided to compete with other 46 bodybuilding champions. They had arguably one of the most surprising ends of the entire Olympia weekend. The weight class was increased for the division and defending champion Erin Banks came third and won the bronze medal.

Three-time Mr. Olympia champion Brandon Hendrickson came second and won a silver for the first time in nine appearances. Ryan Terry claimed the gold. Buendia himself justified why he did not win Mr. Olympia, and delved into what made him miss the mark and caused him to not be at his best. He took to his YouTube channel further explaining what his plans were for the competition and what was the major reason behind them backfiring.

Why did Jeremy Buendia did not win this time?

He started the video by asking himself and others why he did not win Mr. Olympia this time. After coming back to the competitive stage in 2018, Buendia said that he had worked extremely hard and trained a lot to prepare for the stage. He also explained how he was working with his coach, Alan Watkins, and did not leave any stone unturned when it came to training and nutrition for the best conditioning.

Ten weeks out of Olympia, Buendia was in Denver, leaving home after so long to bring his best physique possible. He wanted to concentrate on his career which is why he decided to stay away from his family and dedicate his whole time to training properly. He also explained that he had full confidence because he had done everything in his power to bring the best on stage.

The first day he went to Orlando, he uploaded a short video on Instagram and his physique looked so flawless and perfect that the video got almost 10,000,000 views. The bodybuilder also admitted the fact that he got the whole industry talking about him, and everyone asked him about his conditioning. 

Buendia explained that he and his coach wanted to see the peak of his physique, which is the ultimate perfection that comes from all the muscle striations, and according to him, “ there is a very small window for that.” He realized that for his physique to look the best, he needed three days of carbohydrate load, and that is what he had planned for Mr. Olympia. The bodybuilding champ was 183 lbs, and he pushed through all carbs and his body was metabolizing the food. However, days before the competition, he did not get proper sleep because it was his busiest day, and ate 600 grams of carbs, leading to his physique getting affected. According to the bodybuilder, that was the major reason why he could not perform as well as he hope for, at the Mr. Olympia.

Nevertheless, dedication to bodybuilding has not diminished and he is still keeping at it. Do you think Buendia has better chances next year? Let us know in the comments below.

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