Jay Cutler was born on August 3, 1973 in Worcester, Massachusetts and grew up in a small town called Sterling. Jay enjoyed an active childhood playing sports all through school, and started working for his brother’s concrete business at the young age of eleven. There is no doubt that his active childhood was the foundation for his bodybuilding career.

Jay graduated from high school in 1991 and began studying criminal justice at Quinsigamond Community College. During his college years Jay didn’t play any organized sports so he needed something to fill the void that was left by his former athletic activities. This is when he discovered bodybuilding.

Jay originally began bodybuilding to get in better shape but it quickly became an obsession, he wanted to compete professionally. Jay Cutler competed in his first bodybuilding show at the age of 19, the Teen Nationals in Raleigh, NC. Jay Cutler took first place in his very first bodybuilding competition; this victory was the first of many that would follow in what has been called one of the best bodybuilding careers to date.

After his first victory Jay began training with a man named Bruce Vartanian and quickly developed a winning physique.

Jay Cutler gained professional status when he swept the Nationals in 19996 and was quickly bombarded with contract offers, which led to him signing on with Joe Weider’s company.

He then took 1997 off to work on his body and made a return in 1998 at the Night of Champions in New York City, where he placed a decent 11th. Jay decided to work harder on his image and took the rest of 1998 of to prepare for contests in 1999. When he showed up at the Pro Ironman Invitational he placed 3rd and later took an impressive 4th at the Arnold Classic. Later that year Jay placed 15th at the Olympia.

In May of 2000 Jay Cutler won the night of champions, followed by 8th at the Olympia and the 2nd at the English and Italian Grand Prix’s. At the Olympia in 2001 Jay Cutler placed a controversial 2nd place behind the winner, Big Ronnie Coleman. Many people thought that Jay should have been the winner. The following year Jay won the Arnold Classic over Chris Cormier and took the rest of the year off to focus on 2003.

2003 was unofficially dubbed “The Year of Jay Cutler.” Jay set the bodybuilding world on fire. He won five contests, the IronMan Pro Invitational, the Arnold Schwarzenegger Classic and the San Francisco Pro Invitational, the English and Dutch Grand Prix’s, and placed 2nd in three contests, Mr. Olympia, Russian Grand Prix and the GNC Show of Strength. The bodybuilding community was astounded at what Jay Cutler managed to accomplish in 2003.

Jay has managed to place 2nd in the 2004 and 2005 Mr. Olympia’s and has his mind set on defeating the current champ Ronnie Coleman in 2006.

Best of luck Jay!!!