Chris Cormier

Chris "The Real Deal" Cormier is an IFBB professional bodybuilder from Palm Springs, California. He ranks among the best professional bodybuilders of all time. Growing up, Chris excelled at sports but was very shy when he wasn't competing. He was heavily involved with his school weight lifting club and competed against lifters from others schools- coming 4th in his first contest. As he developed his weight lifting knowledge and understanding of nutrition, his physique improved massively. He took his pro card in 1993 and would compete at 70 professional competitions; taking the overall title in eleven and placing in the top 5 52 times. Fast forward to today, and Chris has dedicated himself to the sport for life. He loves helping other people reach their fitness goals while working on his own physique. Chris was born in Palm Springs, California in 1967. He loved playing sports during school and joined his high school weightlifting team as soon as he could. He would go on to compete in interscholastic tournaments against the best young lifters in the state. Chris says that many people don't know how shy he is. He remembers that he was going to compete in his first bodybuilding competition when he was 15, but "chickened out" because he was scared of the posing. Up until the end of his career, every competition was terrifying, but he hid it well every time. For Chris, 1993 would be a huge year. He was invited to return to the same competition and prepared eagerly with the anticipation of doing better than his 4th place. His cutting preparation was the best he had done yet and the judges noticed. He managed to take an incredible first place trophy at this event. This gave him his fist major win, as well as his Pro Card, which would allow him to compete at IFBB competitions nationwide and internationally. Chris began competing right away. In 1994, he posed at 5 competitions. He managed to place in the top ten in all of them, taking a 2nd at the 1994 Ironman Pro Invitational which allowed him to qualify for the Mr Olympia - a dream come true. The Mr Olympia is perhaps the most prestigious tournament of all time and Chris stood alongside the best in the sport. He ultimately came in 6th place, but managed to beat the likes of Nasser El Sonbaty and Ronnie Coleman. Some of the highlights of his 30 year bodybuilding career was a 4 year 1st place run at the Ironman Pro invitational. He also won the Australian Grand Prix consecutively and stood on the Mr Olympia stage 10 times.