Jeremy Buendia: natty or not?
Confirmed Four straight Men's Physique Mr. Olympia titles, 2014 through 2017
Short answer. Verdict: confirmed. At the peak physique on this page, Jeremy Buendia is 5'8" (173 cm) and 185 lbs (84 kg) at roughly 6% body fat. That works out to an FFMI of 26.8, against the ~25 mark cited as the natural ceiling.
The numbers (estimated)
| Peak physique | Olympia-winning stage condition, top of his reported 175-185 lb range |
|---|---|
| Height | 5'8" (173 cm) |
| Weight | 185 lbs (84 kg) |
| Body fat | ~6% |
| FFMI | 26.8 — ~25 is the cited natural ceiling |
Era by era (estimated)
| Era | Year | Age | Weight | Evidence | Body fat | FFMI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's Physique Olympia champion | 2015 | 25 | 185 lbs (84 kg) | reported | ~6% | 26.8 |
| Off-season on his stated protocol | 2023 | 33 | 210 lbs (95.3 kg) | reported | ~12% | 28.4 |
FFMI over time (estimated)
FFMI per era (values in the table above). Hover a point for details.
Note. Stage weights are reported figures; body-fat numbers are contest-shape estimates. The admission below covers 2023, not his title years — see the verdict for what that does and does not settle. See the methodology page for how we judge.
Jeremy Buendia posted it himself. In March 2023 he wrote that his “weight is hovering around 210lbs on TRT & some other peptides like IGF-1 LR3 & Ibutamoren (mk677)”, and added that he “wouldn’t be this lean or full without the IGF + MK677” on a diet he described as bad for the previous month and a half.
Confirmed — self-declared, in his own words, in public.
The numbers
Buendia’s file has the shape this site looks for. He competed as a teenager in the INBF, a tested natural federation, in 2008, moved through the NPC, and won four consecutive Men’s Physique Olympia titles from 2014 to 2017 at 175-185 lbs (79-84 kg) at 5’8” (173 cm).
Men’s Physique is not an open-class mass division — the FFMI here is nowhere near a Ronnie Coleman number, and that is exactly what makes it interesting. The division rewards a look that most men reading this page think is attainable. The man who won it four times says he holds his off-season shape on testosterone and two peptides.
What the admission covers
Be precise about this. His statement is about 2023, years after his last title. It is not an admission about his 2014-2017 prep, and no test failure or record exists from those years. What it does do is remove the possibility that the physique in question is drug-free today, and it puts a named protocol on the man whose look defined the division.
Verdict
Confirmed — by his own post. The honest footnote is that he confirmed the present, not the past, and this page does not stretch it further than he did.
In their words
“Weight is hovering around 210lbs on TRT & some other peptides like IGF-1 LR3 & Ibutamoren (mk677)”
“I don't think I'd be this lean or full without the IGF + MK677.”
Common questions
Is Jeremy Buendia natty or on steroids?
This site rates Jeremy Buendia as confirmed, the only verdict here stated as fact. It takes an admission, a failed test or an official record, and the one behind this page is cited in the sources below.
Has Jeremy Buendia ever failed a drug test or admitted to using PEDs?
The record that settles this page is listed in the sources below and described in the article above. It is what makes the verdict confirmed rather than an opinion.
What is Jeremy Buendia's FFMI?
About 26.8. That comes from 5'8" (173 cm) and 185 lbs (84 kg) at roughly 6% body fat, normalized to 1.8 m. Drug-free lifters in the Kouri 1995 study topped out near 25.